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Vol. XXVI, No. 52
Dallas* Texas, Thursday, December 20, 1906
$1.00 Per Annum
FARMERS' COTTON UNION.
! SANGER BROTHERS
Men's
Fine
Clothing
AW
MSA
♦♦♦
This season's clothing bus-
iness has been notable for
the marked increase in the
sales of our highest grades
of clothing to men who
have not hitherto worn
read-to-wear garments—
a most significant fact,
brought about by our abil-
ity to provide clothing that
is in every way beyond
criticism.
When you start out to se-
lect Christmas clot lies for
yourself or friend we cor-
dially invite your inspec-
tion of our superb values,
Business Suits, Semi-
Dress Suits, Overcoats,
Top Coats and Craven-
ettes in all sizes and for
all shapes, prices range
from $15.00 to. $50 00
We also show cheaper
grades.
Full dress and Tuxedo
Suits of the finest mate-
rials and best makes, tiie
prices range from
*30 00 to $55 00
Fine handmade Peerless
Trousers in any length and
breadth. -Prices range
from $5.00 to....$10 00
Plain and fancy Waist-
coats to fit the short,
stout, tall, slim, regular
built and extra sizes in
men. Prices range
from $2.00 to.;... S7 50
New Style Hats
For the holidays
KXOX OPERA
ROXION DERBY
STETSON SOFf
KNOX SILK
KNOX DERBY
KEN WICK SOFT
Make fine Christinas presents. Should you
happen to get the wrong size same can be
exchanged after Christmas.
W. C. Moore, one of the best in-
formed cotton experts; T. T. Wake-
field, president of the Anderson Coun-
ty Farmers' Union, and Hon. J. B.
Watson, a large cotton planter, all
of the South Carolina branch of the
Farmers' Union, have obtained a com-
mission from the State to organize a
"Farmers' Cotton Union-' for the pur-
pose of selling the farmers' cotton di-
rect to spinners.
The initial capital of this first com-
pany will be $10,000, privileged to in-
crease capital to any amount required
to support the business. In order to
popularize the enterprise among the
growers of cotton as much possible,
it is thought advisable to place the
shares at $1. Now, the cotton grow-
ers of the South produce aud place
upon the market each year from
$0,000,000 to $100,000,000 worth
of cotton. Between producer and spin-
ner, as trade now goes, is a vast an l
expansive army of men, whose chief
occupation is in demoralizing the cot-
ness to suit their own welfare.— J. C.
Stribling, in Union News.
D. L. Wright of Jefferson, Tex., has
invested In West Texas lands. He pur-
I oses to give the peanut indust ry spe-
cial attention. Mr. J. 11. Moore, who
ha3 land adjoining Mr. Wriglit, raised
this years 3000 bushels of peanuts on
twenty-eight acres of land, and has
already sold the entire output for f.
o. h. Abilene for 77 1-2 cents per
bushel. The ease with which peanuts
can be cultivated and the remunerative
prices obtainable will no doubt make
them a prominent feature in agricultu-
ral circles in Texas.
quite a difference.
In searching around In some old
books the following scrap fell under
our observation. It shows the prices
in England away before George Wash-
ington had chopped on the cherry tree,
or Rockefeller had struck oil. While
country produce was low, it will be no-
ticed that wages were on a level with
other things:
Two cents or its cqulvaltn would buy
a pair of < hlckens. For the value oi
ton market and getting the crop out; a ntckel one ccu'd acquire a goose lii
of the producers hands as cheaply as for a Christmas dinner.
possible and selling the spinners as, ^ penny would i lire hase a dozen
high as possible. I strictly fresh egfs, while for 2 cents
As we look upon this new proposl- brewer was compelled by law to
tion, there is no reason why growers s(Ji| three gallons of beer, the equiva-
words of cheer.
a Veteran In the Work Gives Encour-
aging Report of the Outlook
In Oklahoma.
By continuous traveling and lecturing
day and night tit the northern counties!
ot Oklahoma since last August I con-
tracted a severe cold and cough that
forced me to resign the otlice o. State
lecturer until my health Is restored.
Dont' imagine that 1 shall at any time
lose my loyalty to the principles of
Uio farmers' Union, for I assure you
that I will be in the field its a pri-
vate and Independent worker wherever
my i.oople want me, as soon as 1 re-
gain my health. 1 shall remain at
Guthrie during the constitutional con-
vention nnd avail myself of the op-
to grow in power and influence upon
the community at large. I.et us clasp
hands and unite our hearts will full
confidence in the fatherhood of God
and the brotherhood of man. Let's
never become partisan, but always be
willing to accept wise nnd wholesome
instruction and wisdom, and have noth-
ing to do with bectarinnism, and con-
tinue faithfully In our efforts to ad-
vance and upbuild our organization.
S. O. UAWS.
Guthrie, Okla.
rural free delivery.
THE COMPOSITION OF SALT SOLD
IN TEXA8.
Hy <i. S. Fours of Texas Kxpcrlmeut
Station.
Two kinds of salt are found on the
Texas mai;ket —Texas salt and Michi-
gan salt. The Michigan salt Im used
poitunilies to inform myself and un- , chiefly for curing meat, there being the
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We Prepay Express on Orders Value $5 or More
SANGER BROTHERS,
DALLAS, TEXAS.
COL. BUCK BARRY DEAD.
The many friends of Col. Jas. B.
(Buck) Barry will be pained to learn
of his death which occurred at his
home at Walnut Springs, Bosque Coun-
ty, Texas, last Sunday. Col. Barry
was a pioneer of Texas, having remov-
ed here from North Carolina In the
early days of of the Republic. He
was Intimately associated with Gen.
Sam Houston and other prominent
characters In the early struggles for
Texas independence. He was the first
sheriff elected in Navarro County af-
ter Its organization. He was a veter-
an of the Texas War of Independence,
the Mexican War and Clcil War. For
several years he was a Texas Ranger
and engaged In battles against the hos-
tile Indtans on the Texas frontier.
The deceased was born in North
Carolina, Dec. 16, 1823. He died on
the anniversary of his birth, 86 years
ago.
He leaves a widow and six children.
as follows: Mrs. R. M. Cox, Mrs. John
8helton, Miss Mattie Barry of Walnut,
Kosruth Barry, Augustus Barry and
David Barry of Bosque County.
Few men In all Texas were better
posted on the trials and privations of
the pioneers of the Lone Star State
than Col. Barry. In his death The
Mercury-Password loses one of Its
■tannchest friends and supporters and
the State at large an honored citizen,
peace to his ashes.
DECEMBER MAGAZINES.
• "The Arena" for December has a
▼ery Important discussion of the rail-
toad question from the pen of Prof.
Parsons, Ph.D., the eminent
1st and author of "The Rail-
the Trusts and the People" and
Heart of the Railway
The author visited Switzerland when
the government was buying railways
and made an exhaustive^ personal study
of the railroads of the Alpine Repub-
lic. Last summer he returned to
Switzerland to note the results of gov-
ernment ownership and operation,
hence this story of the nationalization
of the Swiss railways, and the result
is an authoritative paper. It is told
In a clear and interesting manner, and
is a very valuable contribution to the
growing literature on the railroad ques-
tion.
of cotton cannot, with proper manage-
ment, place their cotton directly into
the hands of the spinners as readily
as they now place It into the liands
of the speculative element that sands
between the two. It appears to us that
the growers of the staple would nat-
urally have more confidence in them-
selves than they should have in men
who make vast fortunes bv standing
between the producer and spinners of
cotton.
Cotton growers must trust some
one and place confidence in some one
to price and take their cotton to the
spinner. Farmers, you are square up
against the proposition. Will you con-
tinue to trust and confide the business
of pricing and handling your cotton
to the grand wolfish pack that robs
lent of forty-eight glasses,
A man could buy the finest fat sheep
for 24 cents. A cow was more expen-
sive, but $1.50 would buy the best in
the market, while for a fat hog one
need i nly part with SO cents.
Pasture and arable lands were ri-
dicu ous.y cheap—2 cents an acre for
the former, and 12 ceuts an acre for
the latter being considered a fair an-
nual rental. Draught horses were a
drug on the market at 72 c°r.t3 each,
and oxen at 51.75. In th" days of the
second Ilenry $50 would have equipped
a farm witli three draught horses, half
a dozen oxen twenty cows and 200
sheep, leaving a balance of $2 toward
the payment of the rent, which would
be perhans $5 a year.
The other side of the story, so far
General E. P. Alexander is almost
the last of the great Confederate lead-
ers. He was a West Pointer, and has
been president of a railroad and a col-1
lege professor. He lives port of the i
year on an island, which he owns, off
the coast of South Carolina, where he
leads an out door life and pursues his i
favorite studies. He was a great en-
glneer and artillerist in the war. and j
for many years he has been working
on a ^military history of those cam-
paigns which came under his person-
al knowledge, without partisan rancor
or personal feeling. Parts of the his-
tory will appear in Scrlbner's Maga-
slne, beginning In the January num-
ber with "The Battle of Bull Run."
Current Literature observes that
within five and a half years President
Roosevelt has had two secretaries of
State, three secretaries of the treasury,
two secretaries of war, two secreta-
ries of the Interior, five secretaries of
the navy, five postmasters general
three attorneys general and three sec-
retaries of commerce and labor. James
Wllsonr the gentleman who tells us
such things as to how to make two
blades of grass grow where one grew
before, has held Ml lob through all
you, year in and year out, or will you as the laboring man is concerned,
take hold of your own affairs and | comes In the folixcwlnR figures: Three
htfve something to say about the pile-1 cents a day was considered good wages
ing of your own products? | for an ordinary laborer. Even at har-
Will you continue to trust the gang
that you know have been robbing
you, and then take your benefits out
in cussing and calamity howling, or
will you side with the "Cotton farm-
ers' Union aud pocket the profits for
yourselves?
Lest those that are real friends to
the farmer, through ignorance, oppose
the plans and movement, it may be
best to say a word as to what the
"Farmers' Cotton Union" Is and what
it will do, and what it proposes to do
for the individual cotton grower. It
is not necessary to reveal the workings
or details, as these are available to
all who have a right to know, through
regular channels. It Is lirst. and al-
ways only a working "arm" of the
Farmers' E. and C. Union, aud under
its control and direction, and proposes
to be the medium through which the
individual farmer can sell his cotton
direct to the spinner anywhere local
ed. and through which the spinner
anywhere in the world can in confi-
dence make known to the farmer his
wants, and what he will pay for it at
first hands, and in any quantity he
may need, any day in the year. It
proposes to perform this service at
actual cost to each specific bale hand-
died, thereby obliterating all manner
of profit and speculation between
planter and the mill. It proposes to
receive all cotton, whether grown by
the Union farmers or not, on exactly
the same terms. It. will receive lots
of cotton at any warehouse or plat-
form that is served by a railroad con-
nection, and have same sampled by
an offlcal sworn to do his duty hon-
estly and under bond. These samples
will then pass before a hoard of ex-
perts, whose duty it shall be to place
exact and specific grade classification
on each particular bale, and do so
without knowing any other particu-
lars than what they see In the sample
before them, so that their judgment
will be beyond any outside influence
or judgment of others, the object be-
ing to fix grades at an exact stand
ard and unchangeable, fixing once and
for all the value per pound for such
cotton. Upon this the office will Is-
sue n ticket to the farmer, contain
ing full and exact details of these
facts, together with weights and loca-
tion of the particular bale, and with
an assignment clause that becomes
a warrant for the proceeds of sale,
and can be placed as collateral secu-
rity or used to pay a debt,
When sale Is ordered or bid
accepted, the F. C. U. will ship this
particular bale to the mill purchasing.
with others, In the cheapest and most
direct manner and route, and make
draft for the net amount or net re-
turns of sale, and take up the ticket
from any bank or source It may reach
the district grade office of the F. C.
U. for full value received. It proposes
to concentrate all handling and all cost
to an exact cent per bale. What this
may mean In saving and relief I will
leave for others to say. We know
that the plan will be ridiculed and ta.-
hood by speculators and gamblers and
their minions and "pimps." but that
will make but little difference to the
farmer or the manufacturer so long
M they two can agrea and do busl-
vest times 4 cents was the highest
amount expected.
House rent was so low that t'.ie l.ord
Mayor of London paid only $4.80 a
year to his landlord. The Chancellor
had an annual salary of $102. When
a father sent his eon to a university
4 cents a clay wa3 looked upon as u
comfortable allowance, with a mar-
gin for such luxuries as wine at 8 or
12 cents a gallon.
A salary of $24 a years was consid-
ered munificent. King Edward VI
gave his daughter un allowance- of
$480 a week, with an additional $247.(ill
a year for the maintenance of her eight
servants.
Since then how times have changed! j
DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE PROP- !
OSITION.
We have before us a communication
from Hro. J. M. I.ec of Alto, Tex., tak- j
ing Issue with the brethren who advo- |
cate local warehouses. He seem:; to'
think that building warehouses is
throwing away good money. He ar-
gues that for the- past thirty years
farmers have put their cotton In cot-
ton yards, and when it was sold the
specu'ators and cotton dealers housed
it when and where they pleased with-
out any expense to the farmer.
Hro. Lee fails to comprehend the fac t
lliat the warehouses are intended to
protect ilie cotton from deterioration
while awaiting sale. Also from fire
or water damage.
The warehouse also enables the cot-
ton growers to hold their product un-
til a satisfactory price Is ofrered, and
to get advances on it, if necessary,
without selling at a low figure.
It Is to the interest of the speculator
to buy cotton as low as possible hence? j
the c'ry. "No use for farmers to build '
warehouses."
The speculator can force the mar-
ket clown when he has to deal with
the cotton grower individually, but
when the growers bulk their cotton and
sell all at the same lime, it Is not so
easy to bear the market.
These warehouses are built by Union
men. for the use of Union men only.
See?
COTTON SOLD FOR TWENTY-TWO
CENTS.
Last week a Red River County farm-
ers sold a bale of his long staple! cot-
ton, a peculiar kind of cotton devel-
oped In that county, at 22 cents per
pound. In an open market in com-
petition with cither cotton. While
the ordinary cotton brought 11 cents,
this brought double that amount.
About 1600 bales of this cotton were
raised this year In Red River County
and sold for fancy prices because of
the exceeding fine staple. There Is
a general demand for the seed of this
especial kind of cotUin. and It Is ex-
pected that thousands of bales of this
cotton will bo raised In North Texas
next year.
The Farmers' Union has orgsnlstlons
In sixteen eountles In Mississippi with
an aggregate membership of says
the "Diversified Farmer."
derstand the influences of organized
(treed. My observation here is that
the Oklahoma constitutional conven-
tion is composed of honest, patriotic
men, who nre determined to keep the
pledges made to the people during
iheir campaign for election. Should
they do this, Oklahoma will have the
best constitution of any State In the
Union, it will be up-to-date, and ex-
pressive of the will of tiie people. The
make-up of the convention is quite cos-
mopolitan. Though the farmers arc in
the majority, every class Is represent-
ed in the body—the fanner, the doc-
tor, the lawyer, the merchant, the min-
er. the teacher and the preacher. This
beinir Its; personnel it represents every
interest of the new State of Oklahoma.
If the industrial people shall fall
to get what they demand of the
reen elected to this constitutional con-
tention I shall be greatly disappointed.
But when I F.ce and learn of any effort,
to thwart the people's will, 1 shall,
in justice to my peop'e, report it, for
lh;:t is my reason for attending this
convention.
I am happy lo report that all the
industrial organizations are working
in harmony. They did not take any
stock in the campaign ns partisans, or
line up their membership in a parti-
san manner. This lj as it should ever
lie. We should never allow ourselves
to be used for the benefit of any po-
litical party. %
This convention Is composed.-^ men
raised and educated In other States—
Kentucky. MlRstaslnpl. Ohio, Illinois,
Indiana, Rrkansas, Kansas and Texas,
the latter exceeding all others in num-
ber. The leading question Ibis week
has been county boundaries.
Men have been here from all parts
of the two territories, representing
every concelvab'e proposition to divide
counties, and divide and subdivide.
Some "f these propositions are reason-
able, others are absurd and ridicu-
lous.
Woman suffrage Is a question to be
heard and acted upon. Prohibition is
making itself felt. Just here let me
«ay that there are more sober men,
str.'c.'iy temperance men. In this body
than in any political body I have ever
been mixed with. Since the conven-
tion was organized I have naver seen
cfe single member under the Influence
of strong drink. Of course, no one
can tell how tills question will be set-
tled as yet.
The Initiative and Referendum and
the Illirht of Recall will surely become
parts of the new constitution.
We have met the leading Union men
of both territories in this convention.
The Formers' Union In Logan Coun-
ty Is huilcllng up In n substantial wav.
We have been visiting at nighls the lo-
cal Unions around and near Guthrie.
They are j*ece|vlng new members at
each meeting. The if real est drawback
to the Formers' Union In this section,
ivid elsewhere where I have gone,
Is the want of Union literature. The
Union should have a pood local paper
In each county fo publish their meet-
ings and advocate their cause. This
could bo brop'bt about by a little ef-
fort nnon the p*rt of the people who
belong to the Union, by using their
efforts to pet the snnnorl of tlw.lr
county natters bv corresponding for
them glvlne their news Items from
various points. and In this way win
their influence in favor of Union prin-
ciples.
The Un'on neec's books literature,
pamphlets and leaflets scattered broad-
east over the land to bring about a
dearer understanding of Us principles,
rot onl" amcin" Its members hilt
nmontr the outside world who know
comparatively nothing of the benutv
and the grandeur of Unionism. A
thorough organization of the real farm-
ers Is what Is needed, and what we
mu«t have, fo reach that hleher and
grander civilization so earnestly de-
sired.
The Oklahoma Stale TInlon has
headquarters at Guthrie. In charge of
Vice President Duffy, lo watch the
Interests of the farmer. The Federa-
tion of Labor as well as the railroad
engineers, firemen miners and others
also have headquarters here. In charge
of W. 8. Fields of El Reno. St rod of
Shawnee and Harvey Lynch of Law-
ton, representing the Interest of these
Industrial classes. A resolution was
nassed bv the convention Inviting Pres.
Ident Calvin of the Farmers' State
Union of Texas to make a speech he-
fore the bodv. This shows to Ihe
world how the Farmers' Union has
risen un from a little. Insignificant, or-
ganisation, to be respected an honored
hy all men. This has come about from
the teaching of trite principles of
Unionism, and as them principles be-
come known tbe Union will continue
opinion In some quarters that Texas
salt wll not cure meat. Five hundred
or metre carloads of Michigan salt are
sold in Texas every year, at about
$50.00 per carload more than for the
Texas product. In other words, over
$25,000 more In paid for Michigan salt
than would suffice to purchase an equal
quality of Texas sail. The Michigan
product retails for 30c lo 75c more per
l and than the Texas article.
Tiie Department of Chemistry «if the
Texas Kxperlment Station has made a
study of the composition of the salts
Mtiel in Texas to ascertain if the differ-
ence justifies Ihe additional expendi-
tures mentioned—$25,000 or more per
year. Samples of salt wore secured
fr tm a number of representative whole-
stile grocers, each sending one sample
of sample of Texas salt, and one of
Michigan salt eif equal grade.
Hi'fore discussing the composition of
the sails, tiie following eiuotalleins from
1 the letters received are given to show
the attitude of (lie wholesale grocers:
1. "(Seneral Impression Is that Michi-
gan salt Is best for curing meat. Texas
salt seems to answer all other purpose's
to entire satisfaction of consumers."
. "From what we can learn from tbe
producers direct, they are prejudiced
against the home product, fearing It
will nett cure meat, all of which Is not
so: we consider the Texas product as
fine, or even better than tha Michigan
or any other snlt."
3. "As lo the dlffernece In the grades
of the snlt. our candid opinion Is that
If there Is any difference the Texas salt
Is the better of the two."
. "Have no experience, but some ore
prejudiced against Texas salt. We roal-
ly think that Texas salt Is ns good as
Miehlgun but Texas salt, as a rule, har-
den" In barrels quicker than Michigan,
which makes It. Inconvenient lo retail
or use as easily."
5. "I handle both and know which Is
the belter. All farmers prefer the
Michigan, nt the higher price."
The average Texas sail contains less f
moisture, Insoluble residue, lime and
magnesia than Michigan salt, and more
sulphur troxI'Je. Tbe average Texas
salt, so far as chemical composition is
concerned, is equal to the overage
Michigan salt. The maximum amount
of each Impurity Is found in a Michigan
sample'.
Comparing the Individual analyses,
we rind in three setH the Texas .salt Is
superior and In thrpe sets the Michigan
salt Is superior. The Michigan salt
varies more In composition than the
Texas sails.
Considering all the data we feel justi-
fied in saying thai Texas salt is e>qual
In composition lo Mleblgan salt. There
Is no justification In tbe statement that
Texas salt will not cure meal.
Texas salt hardens In Ihe barrel*
quicker, because Texas salt Is finer ill
grain than Michigan sail. The fine
grain lakes up water easily In damp
weather, causing caking, and likewise
when placed on meat, It melts metre
easily.
The preference shown to Ihe Michi-
gan sail Is due chiefly to the fact that
the sail Is of coarser grain than tin'
Texas product.
Summary: Texas salt Is equal In
chemical composltiem to Michigan salt.
The Michigan salt lias a coarser grain.
WAREHOUSE AT HALLETTSVILLE,
TEX.
The board of directors of Lavaca
County Farmers' Union have let the
contract for a 1500.|iale warehouse
to bo built at Hiillettrville to be com-
pleted by March 10. The cost will
be $2500, exclusive of the ground.
None but Farmers' Union members
own stock In It. Later warehouses
will be built at Shiner and Yoakum.
How to Deliver Free Mail Delivery For
Your 8ectlon.
Tho postmaster general has just Is-
sued a circular of information for those
who may desire to secure free mail de-
livery In their neighborhoods, from
which we extract the following:
"The initial step in securing the In-
auguration of rural delivery service
is to tile a petition with P.
T. DeGraw, fourth assistant post-
master general, Washington, D.
C. This petition should be sign-
ed by at least 100 heads of fam-
ilies along the proposed route. En-
quiry will then be made through post-
masters as to whether petitioners are
heads of families or householders act-
ually residing along the proposed route
of delivery, and if so, it is prebumed
they have petitioned in good faith for
the service.
"After a petition Is acceptcd an In-
spector visits the locality, and if the
conditions are favorable, lays out the
route to be traveled in the delivery of
mail. Favorable conditions are: 'The
roads to be traversed to be In good
condition, unobstructed by gates; no
unhridged creeks or streams not ford-
able at all seasons of the year, and a
possible patronage of 100 or more fam-
ilies on each route of twenty-four or
more miles in length, or a proportion-
ate number of families where it la
necessary to lay out routes less than
Ihe standard lengih.
"To insure a reasonable patronage
from Us inauguration, and also pre-
clude the possibility of reducing the
frequency of delivery from daily to
tri weekly, or discontinuing service be-
cause of lack of patranagc, the rule
requiring the pledge of patronage from
three-fourths of the families on each
route was adopted.
"Persons desiring the benefits of
service on a rural delivery route are
required to furnish and erect a suita-
ble place accessible to the carrier, at
their own cost, boxes for the reception
of mall to lie delivered or collected
by the carrier. All rural letter boxes
must conform to the specifications
fixed by the department.
"About 2U0 styles of boxes manufac-
tured far-sale have been approved,
whifth fcro sold at prices ranging from
50 cents to $4 per box.
"Since Jan. 1, 1906, Increased efforts
have been made by road officials In
various States to secure the coopera-
tion of the Postofflce Department In
the Improvement of public highways
on which rural delivery service has
been established. The method of pro-
cedure is for the road officials to send
out to each rural currier a blank con-
taining questious to be answered by
him in regard to the condition of the
roads. Postmasters at rural delivery
offices are directed to co-operate with
State and local road officials, and to
Instruct the rural carriers to furnish
all tho Information called for.' '
WORKING NORTHWARD.
President Barrett of ihe National
Union has arranged to visit Illinois
next month and assist In forming a
State Union for those energetic, wlde-
awake farmers In tho Hoosier State.
President Barrett Is just the man
to win tbe hearts eif the sturdy West-
erners. Being a plain, practical Geor-
gia former, a type of the real South-
ern yeomanry, with pleasing address
and earnestness of purpose, seeking
no political or financial preference, his
appeals for active, practical, persist-
ent co-operation In all things pertain-
ing to the welfare of the Industrial
classes will have weight and influ-
ence.
The Diversified Farmer—that excel-
lent Farmers Union publication at
Birmingham will be Issued weekly In-
stead of monthly after January 1st.
ARKAN8AS DISSATISFIED.
T was a reader of the Farmers' XTnlon
Password before It wus consolidated
with the Southern Mercury. I have
been reading the Mercury-Password
ever since. I have noticed In Its pages
that there has been a great deal of dis-
contentment about the National T'nlon,
ever since It was first organized, and
1 believe It would have been a great
deal better for tbe union. If the major-
ity of tiie delegates which were sent lo
Texarkann, would have agreed to have
a national council, composed of the of-
ficers of the various State Unions, and
saved Ihe expense of maintaining sep-
arate national organizations. Neiw I
want to sny just n few weirds In refer-
ence to the national constitution. We
were Informed that we would receive
the natle>nal constitution, which was to
or rejection, shrdluonjus-o tsmvvv
be sent out to all locals for ratifica-
tion or rejection, of course we knew
It would be bound to be ratified If all
Ihe members, not voting, were to be
counted as voting for It. We waited
patiently, hoping to get a copy of the
constitution In time to consider It be-
fore taking the vote. TJut alas, the date
Nov. 24—arrived, but no constitution
ca me. Now, I want to ask the men at
headejuiu'ters, do you think It fair to
count all members not voting, as vot-
ing in the affirmative, when you clfdn't
give us a chance to vote? We do not
think so. F. E. WICKLAND.
Desarc, Ark.
While the Farmers' Union Is strug-
gllng to effect profitable combination
and co-operation among all farmers
and tillers of the soil, there are a lot
of sneaking, oily-tongued evangels of
evil doing their utmost to sow dlscotd
In their ranks and create confusion
and dissension. Watch out, brethren!
They'll strike your neighborhood be-
fore planting time!
Local or County Unions contemplat-
ing making purchases of supplies In
car lots should not fall to get prices
from our State business agent, A. H.
O'Keeffe, Dallas, Tex. He Is In a posi-
tion to save you money on anything
you purchase. Don't fall to write bins
before placing your orders.
Thevat I.ocal experiences a great
loss In the ieath of Bro. D. L. Pvle, one
of Its most active and honored mem-
bers, who was called to his reward on
Nov. 25. Suitable resolutions \
adopted by his brethren at the
meeting of Thevat Lolal .
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