The National Co-operator and Farm Journal (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 29, 1908 Page: 1 of 16
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FARM JOURNAL
Volume 30.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, OCTOBER 29, 1908.
Number 1
have an organization that reach-
es from Texas to New Orleans,
and these men have had agents
in every county to seek out some
method whereby they might dis-
rupt our organization. They
have even gone so far as to se-
cure the names of every county
president county secretary and
county lecturer and had their
names written upon what they
call a log book and have marked
opposite each name "easy."
“dead easy,” “approachable,”
“unapproachable” or "doubt-
ful." In this night-riding prop-
sition these men are only carry-
ing out a part of the- 1 liberate-
ly planned scheme % .
Farmers of Texas 200014
to the schemes of these ,7
They have been notified 1
months that schemes would be
tried upon the membership of
this state. Farmers nor their
officials can be intimidated by
men who are violators of the law
who have corrupted and de-
going to Texas. I said positively and bauched their fellows. The far-
do it. This is our hit chance have said from the & 1 %, mers of Texas have placed upon
and we are going to force the that I believe this letter and oth- the statute book laws putting this
people to hold what they have ers like it were instigated by the class of men out of business and
and to plant no more as the to- cotton gambler in Texas. Some we are determined to pursue the
bacco farmers did in Kentucky, of these letters were mailed at same line until we put upon the
Ther . was nothing else left Haskell, one was mailed at En- statute books of the National
for them to do. They raised the nis, two from Dallas and some Government a law that will make
price of tobacco from 3c to 15c a were mailed in Fort Worth. . it a penitentiary offense for any
pound. They had to shed some Farmers living in the Abilene man or firm or exchange to send
blood but without the shedding country have always been my out any fictitious price, either by
of blood there are no remissions warmest supporters. Twice as telegraph, telephone, through
of sin. All our friends of the State lecturer the good people of the newspapers or by mail. Such
past haveleft us. The merchant Taylor County gave me tneir a law would effectually put a
and th banker as Brother Met- support and twice as president stop to gambling in cotton and
calf says in the Co-Operator have the people of Taylor county have would destroy as effectually the
t irned their backs on us. stood loyally by me. I do not power of exchanges as such a
We have tried all other means believe this letter was written law destroyed the Louisiana lot-
and are not now mean enough to by a farmer’s Union man but tery.
give up this fight now when we firmly believeit was instigated Farmers of Texas have no
know we can win. We do not and written by men who once cause to complain of the Gov-
want to shed any blood but it is were benefitted by cotton gamb- ernment of Texas. The Twen-
better for the race that a few ling in Texas, ty-ninth and Thirtieth Legisla-
should suffer that the many may There lies behind this propo- tures gave farmers every demand
go free. We do this in thename sition a deliberately planned they made. We have been sup-
of humanity and we cannot be scheme to destroy the Farmers ported by the Governor and the
kept from it. Union. These men have been officials of Texas and there is no
Be sure you know what you working along the same line for cause upon the part of the farm-
are doing. I want to warn you more than twelve months. They er to complain against conditions
PRESIDENT NEILL WARNED BY
NIGHT RIDERS
Stand ng upon the ba ie prin-
ciple of the Farmers b men
"Equity. Justice an i the Golden
Rule. rosident D. .i. Neill of
the Ta: ners Union of Texas has
consistently and persistently op-
posed the "night rider” move-
ment. because it represents a vi-
olent form of lawlessnessand be-
cause he believes that it is in-
spired and fostered by the ene-
mies of the organized farmers.
Lnst week Mr. Neill received a
threatening letter dated for Abi-
lene. Texas, but mailed at Dallas.
Both the letter and Mr. Neill’s
reply were given to the press
and we print them below:
Abilene, Tex., Oct. 16. 1908-
D. J. Neill: Dear Sir and Bre. -
because you have done some good
work in the part. You are now
doing the v ery thing you can not
afford to do. Knowing this, we
do not see why you are against
us.
If you are going to be a traitor
to us now you do so at your peril
and must be content to take
what all traitors deserve. Is
this plain enough? Do not force
us to do what we do not want to
do and what there is no use in
forcing us to do do. If any of
of our boys are convicted by the
reward you went and won we
will hold you personally respon-
sible for it
A UNION MAN AND
NIGHT RIDER.
in Texas. The farmer feels as-
sured that the Governor and the
Thirty-first Legislature will be
as friendly toward them and
their interests as that of the
Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Leg-
islatures.
The state of Texas is no place
for the night rider. He will nev
er flourish in this State and I am
glad that the Governor upon the
solicitation of the officials of the
State Union hasoffered sng
rewards to suppress :. ■ : / •
State of Texas and I
154 organized county •• .
Texas will condemn n
and s :
suppr
Neill’s Signed Statement.
Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 21. — I
I am your friend and want to made no such admission to a re-
save you. I see you are working porter, I never remotely intima-
against us night riders. You ted that I believed that a union
protest to be the farmer’s friend, farmer er a non-union farmer
You have taught us to demand was engaged in night-riding in
our rightsand we are going to Texas. I said positively and
have said from the beginning,
that ! believe this letterand oth-
ers like it were instigated by the
Texa
34
I). J. Neill, President.
CHAIRMAN MONTGOMERY IS-
SUES ADDRESS.
To the membership in Texas
and the public in mnnorole
Brethren the
action.
Up to this month we nave 1100
especailly urged you to hold cot-
ton only as your judgment indi-
cated. But as most of you both
in and out of the Union have sold
enough cotton to meet pressing
obligations relieving yourselves
and the merchant and banker to
a great extent putting the South
in a1 atter financial condition to
make is. . Webelieve now
is th ne to begin a persistant
holding movement. Numbers of
our people and their friends are
already rallying to the call and
every true Union man should
come to their assistance at once.
The business world and the
non-union man has ) een taught
a lesson. We turned the thing
over to them for a short time un-
til we could catch our breath and
bearings and the price went
from 12 1-2 to 8c. Am sure we
can reverse those figures by uni-
ted action.
In the far 'two very short
crops they 7, ing the effects
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