The National Co-Operator (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 10, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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Pay As You Go.
A WOf«l of fiMid COUIIM-I
\\Y neVr (ihouM
In that which forewarn* U*
To ktcp out of debt;
For half of lif#*'# l tir<len*
That m*n overthrow*.
Who HtartN out ileU*rmiii« «l
To pay an h * #« «•*.
* TU fo||.v t« IUt«n
' o thoM«* who aHH« rt
That a *\wt<in of rnnlit
tfood au«! not hurt:
For many have ni|uan«l *r **l
Their liieoiiU'H a way,
Ami heart* have Imhmi \vreeke«1
Ity a pro mine to pay.
A man to ) «• houent.
Ah merchant or frletnl,
III onler to ha ve,
Muwt lie willing to Mpeml.
In it |nvi\ or affection,
Orf/iitli, the> bestow?
Iteturu their full valne.
A ml pay ax you j<o.
Ill' loMCM tile MVVCI't Ul'MM,
That life can impart,
Who lock** up a treasure
i H wealth in Ink heart.
To reati a rich harvent
<)f pain ami regret.
When, too late, lit* ilUcover*
11 • v% yrrnt wan Iiih i|el t.
No In** like the l«i*ii tf
1 hat coiiief* l ,v ilclav
In the himlinu: of woumU
That are Needing today•
For where in tiie comfort
< >f tea r* t ha t a re hcil
<hi the face of the dying.
i lie ura ve of t he deuri?
A word of tfoofl couiikcI
We ne'er nhould forget,
Ami t« keep out of danger
Into keep out of debt.
If peace and content
And Joy you would kno\v.
Don't live on credit,
Itut pay an you k« .
W II BKLLEH.
Locke, Ark.
holding His Cotton.
Hector, Ark., Jan. 3.—I see so
much said about holding cotton
that I wish to tell my experience
in holding cotton.
On January 6,1905, our County
Union was organized, and passed
a resolution to hold cotton for 10
cents. At that time cotton was
8 1-2 cents. I had two bales on
hand and was in debt, and had
no corn. I thought it would be
impossible for me to hold it, but
in reading the Constitution of the
Union, I noticed the following
paragraph: "Help one another
in buying and selling." After
reading this, I got some of the
brothers to help me make a note
and borrowed enough money
from the bank to buy my corn,
and held my cotton until Septem-
ber; I hauled it to market and
was offered 'only 8 1-2 cents. To
be true to the resolution, I hauled
it back home and put it in my
barn, and left it there until
about the first of November,
when I hauled it to market and
sold it for 10 1-2 cents. All this
time it was claimed that there
was a 14,000,000 bale crop.
My gain by holding 11 months
was $29.05. Now, I have three
bales left this year and will hold
them for 15 cents.
If every brother was as reso-
lute as myself, every pound of
cotton raised in 1905, would have
brought 15 cents. You must
learn to hold tight and wait.
We have a wide-awake union
with 25 members, also a
co-operative store which is opera-
ted by a stock company composed
of good union farmers.
Keep the Co-Operator 'a goin'.
It makes union men wherever it
goes. I enjoy reading the many
good letters in Co-Operator so
much that I can hardly wait for
the next copy of my paper to
arrive. With much success to
our paper and the Union. I am,
Fraternally yours,
L. A. Ramsey.
Resolutions of Respect*
Wherefore, our beloved broth-
er, A. L. Tefteler, departed life
on Dec. 23, and was laid to rest
the following day, at 2 o'clock,
p. m., with union honors at
Hazen cemetery.
Therefore, be it resolved, by
Pleasant Point union. No. 651,
that in his death we have lost a
true and faithful member, and
the county a useful and upright
citizen, and his life was in keep-
ing with noble and lofty pur-
poses.
Therefore, be it resolved, That
we extend our heartfelt sympa-
thy to his bereaved wife and
aged parents in their great sor-
row.
Therefore, be it resolved, That
as a mark of respect, that this
union, wear the usual badge of
mourning 10 days.
Be it further resolved, That
these resolutions be spread upon
the minutes of our local and
county unions, and a copy be
furnished the bereaved wife and
family, also to The National Co-
Operator and Grand Prairie Re-
counter.
C. P. Johnson,
J. L. Willis,
J. J. Picheloup,
Committee.
Hazen,Ark.,Dec.30, *05.
Co-Operator Doing Much Good.
Madden, Miss., Jan. 4.—Our
state is behind other states in
the great union work, but the
reason is, we are younger in the
cause.
Our local union was organized
November 18, with only six mem-
bers. and I am glad to say that
our membership has reached the
17*mark, and we have several ap-
plications for membership for
our next meeting.
The Co-Operator is doing much
good in this section, and if each
member would make more Co-
Operator readers, stick to his
obligation, and push forward,
we would soon have the victory
won.
Success to The Co-Operator and
Union at large.
F. Russell, Sec-Treas.
Elected New Officers.
Midway, Tex., Jan. 3. —East
Liberty local union met Saturday
evening, December 23, and elec-
ted the following officers:
T. A. Price, president: D. A.
Herring, vice-president: R. A.
Keep, secretary-treasurer; W. P.
Price, chaplain; W. M. Roder,
conductor; G. A. Hendrix, door-
keeper, and T. J. Price, lecturer.
We have 23 members and are
growing rapidly. We organized
last March with 17 members.
All our members are working
hard for the union cause.
Yours fraternally,
T. A. Price, Pres.
Local union, No. 3002.
Marvinville Union drawing.
Marvinville, Ark., Jan. 6.—
I have seen nothing in Co-Opera-
tor about our union, so I thought
I would tell the brothers some-
thing about how our union is
growing.
Our union started with a small
membership and now has sixty
members—all enthusiastic and
good workers.
We are holding our cotton for
a better price.
We like The Co-Operator and
wish it much success.
Fraternally,
Ray Howard.
They Like Co-Operator.
Winsboro, La., Jan. 2.—We
are learning more every day, of
the advancement of the Farmers
Union through the columns of
Co-Operator. We all like it and
would not be without it for any
reasonable price.
The farmers are learning fast,
how to handle their products.
They are putting the speculators
out of business.
Much success to Co-Operator
and the Union.
J. 0. Setzer.
Lecturer.
Progressing Nicely.
Lisbon, Ark., Jan. 2. —Lisbon
local union is progressing nicely.
We have a membership of 22,
and have adopted a resolution
for the new Year, to improve our
condition morally, socially and
financially, and to be of better
service to mankind generally.
Success to The Co-Operator, the
best Union paper published.
J. A. Flournoy.
The Parcels Post in the Country.
We once offered, by advertis-
ing, some of our pure bred cattle
for sale. Orders came by mail
from all parts of the Southwest
telling us to ship by freight, but
we received an order from far
away India for a calf with in-
structions to forward the calf by
mail. The man was not insane,
neither was he very ignorant.
He wrote a most legible letter in
excellent English. But he was a
foreigner and was ignorant of the
fact that our United States peo-
ple could not ship calves through
the government mails. In India
the mails take the place in a
large measure of express com-
panies and railways, as operated
with us.
Doubtless some of our readers
can recall the time when no par-
cels of merchandise, however
small, were permitted to enter
Uncle Sam's mail pouches. Still
more can recall the time when
'money was not transferred by
registered mail—while nearly all
will remember when post-office
money orders were first issued.
We will continue to progress. It
is merely a question of a short
time until any merchandise of
reasonable size will be transpor-
ted by Uncle Sam for us in his
pouches and will reach its desti-
nation of one or two thousand
miles safely when we paste on
the necessary postage.
The farmers and stock men of
this southwestern country are in-
terested in a larger parcels post
than we now have. The weight
limit is now four pounds. There
are 30,000 post wagons on the
rural routes alone in America.
Each serves about 125 families of
five persons each. Here are 20,-
000,000 people directly concerned
in enlarging the size of this four-
pound parcel.
" A public carrier is a public ser-
vant, kept up by a tax on freight.
American citizens now pay 16
cents a pound on all freight han-
dled by Uncle Sam's mail agents
—$320 per ton for this freight.
How unreasonable!. The expla-
nation of this excessive cost is
found in the small amount hand-
led. Increase the business and
we will cheapen the cost per
pound and per ton. This is sim-
ple. Will the heads of 4,000,000
families in the United States
speak aloud to their congressmen,
through the mails, using a postal
card and say: "Give us a larger
parcels post. We demand it.
We will pay for it."
When the down-trodden citi-
zens of Germany or the peasant
of France or the rustic of merry
England sends a baby carriage
through the mails as a Christmas
present, there is no complaint
made that "it is too large" or
"weighs too much." It is ac-
cepted and passed through to its
destination with quick dispatch.
In Germany they have a distance
weight rate. For all distances
within 46 miles on parcels up to
11 pounds the rate is six cents,
total; 22 pounds, 12 cents; 33
pounds, 18 cents; 44 pounds, 24
cents; 110 pounds, 60 cents. To
any portion of Germany a 11
pound package will be sent for
12 cents. This is about 1 cent a
pound. We of America pay six-
teen times thte rate without a
parcels post.
Four pounds of books pass
through the Swiss mails for 3
cents. We pay 32 cents for the
same weight—ten times the Swiss
rate. This is a premium on in-
telligence.
When the people living in the
country districts know their
rights in this case they will main-
tain these rights and secure a
cheaper service than they now
thank congress to enjoy. We
need to make a new beginning-
enlarge the parcel now carried to
say 20 pounds and fix the rate to
correspond to the cost of car-
riage. Then the rural carrier
will take to town a letter order-
ing the broken parts ol mowing
or other machine and will return
the next day with the new parts.
The money can now be sent, but
the gap is down at bringing the
new part to the farm. Close this
gap. Write to your congressman
at once.—Farm and Ranch.
A Lively Union-
Hogan, Ark., Jan. 1.—Walnut
Grove local union, No. -366, is
very lively and strong in faith.
We have 40 members and are
in for business.
A new century dawns upon
the world today; the lessons of
the past century should have
prepared us for the duties and
glories of the opening era. It
ought to be the peace of greater
progress, the universal adoption
of the Golden Rule, and the aim
of the nation should be fraterni-
ty and mutual greatness. The
welfare of humanity should be
studied more closely, and justice
made to triumph, and corruption
stamped out. May the sunshine
from above ever smile upon you,
and the treasures of the ground
and the fruits of the soil be
brought forth freely for your
good. Let the people in the
mountains of old Arkansas voice
their sentiments to the whole
world. Let them know that our
wish and aims are for the bless-
ing and salvation of the entire
human race. May the twentieth
century prove the happiest and
most prosperous of all the ages
of time, and may God be glorified
in the victory that is coming.
Let us all be true to the Union
and always speak well of each
other, and earnestly contend for
our rights.
Success to The Co-Operator.
W. F. Griggs.
In rtemoriam.
The death angel has entered
the fold, and a good man has been
taken: It seemeth good, in the
sight of our Heavenly Father, to
call from Highland community,
one of our best citizens. Bro.
John T. Gresham, the subject of
this sketch, has lived in Highland
community for many years, and
every one speaks of him in the
highest terms. He was a kind
and loving husband and father,
a good neighbor and a noble-heart-
ed, upright gentleman. He was
an up-to-date farmer and a mem-
ber, in good standing, of the Far-
mers Union at Highland. He
was a faithful and hard-working
member of the Union, ever ready
to advance its interests, and his
death is a great loss to the Union.
His body was laid to rest in the
Greathouse cemetery, six miles
south of Temple, Texas.
May this touch of Providence
be a Heavenly magnet to draw
his loved ones and friends closer
to God.
We, as brethren to him in the
Farmers Union, deeply sympa-
thize with his loved ones, but
would, also, impress on their
minds and hearts that the "Lord
doeth all things well."
Nut iloilil, 1ml NlecpiMli; thy nilim- hIuiII IIvi>,
In heartx ti'iir-Ht.'ilnril, in Minrv,
Ami ninny n piiln shall lirl«;litl.v Vlcntii
With (ti'iicr nml glory.
Thy life. Hiiuffi-il nut, Kt 111 nIlIiich: wtill nIiIih-m
Iii wiirhl'N iiii'i'iillnn NpliMiilnr.
Kmlinltiii'il in frlcniln' ami loveil diich'hi-nrtH,
With lnvt\ true iiiiiI tciiih'r.
A. J. Tomlinson,
C. A. Jones,
Dan Bolin,
Committee.
Elected Parish Officers.
Winsboro, La., Jan. 5. - Frank-
lin Parish union met with Big
Creek local union, No. 285, Dec.
28 and 29, at 3 p. m.
Ten local unions were repre-
sented and much interest mani-
fested.
Much business was transacted,
after which, we adjourned to
meet with Stout local, March 15.
Yours fraternally,
A. M. Watson,
Sec.-Treas.
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Fruit Growers Co-Operate.
The people of this country
a fruit-loving and a fruit-eati
people. Notwithstanding tl
fruit culture has grown to
classed among the specialtii
and fruit culture upon restric
areas has been generally over!
looked, with the result that many
persons who own a city lot, or
even a farm, now look upon f]
as a luxury.
This can all be changed, a:
much of the land which is no'
waste and entirely unpaying to
the owner can be made to pro.
duce fruits in sufficient quantity
to give them a regular place up-
on a family bill of fare and at
the same time add greatly to the
beauty of the table and health-
fulness of the diet. A fruit1
grower is a much more intelli.
gent buyer than one who has not
had the advantage of tasting the
better desert sorts as they come
from the tree. If every pur-
chaser were a good judge of dif-
ferent kinds of fruits the demand
for fruits of high quality, which
is ambition, or should be. of every
fruit grower, would become a
reality.
Evervbodv should encourage
the cultivator of the best fruit
trees and the production of new
fruits. In order toprovea source
of pleasure a fruit garden must
have the attention of its ywne:
from early spring until lajfe au-
tumn. Its products rrtfist 'b
planned to cover the greatest!
possible portion of the season be-
tween the frosts. The question
then is to have fruits that ripen
in a succession from the earliest
to the latest. Always get plants
that have good types and hear
heavily in portions to their size.
The question of longevity is not
the question, for we should want
fruit at once.—Farmer's "Senti-
nel."
How Did You Cultivate?
The harvest is over, the far-
mers are in a position to know
pretty well if the operations of
the past year have been profita-
ble. In some sections crops have
been partial failures; in others
exceedingly low; but, taking the
country through, farmers should
have had a prosperous year. If
not, what has been the trouble?
One thing worthy of serious
thought is whether one is wear-
ing out his farm; this is quite
likely to be the case in the older
states. If the crops have been
satisfactory, have we furnished
the soil with enough fertility to
grow the crop and still return
the plant food which it contains
before the seed were sown? If
not, we may consider that we
have taken just so much from
the vitality of the soil, and that
in consequence, the next crop
will be correspondingly smaller.
Of course there are some excep-
tions of this; for example:
Assume that by unusual culti-
vation we released an exception-
al amount of the potash in the
soil, and made it available for
plant food. It would not be nec-
essary, under such circumstances
to replace that potash in chemi-
cal form. Indeed, we might not
apply any potash at all, and yet
the second year, by still continu-
ing the plan of cultivation, re-
lease enough more potash for an-
other crop. While old-time far-
mers, like the writer, thoroughly
believeing in the old rule of mak-
ing the farm grow what is needed
for the living of the family and
stock before planning to sell any
of the crop, conditions may
change this rule slightly. f0ne
would not be justified in raising
hay for one or two animals when
the soil would bring him a much
better return if it grew straw-
berries.
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us should carefully look oyer the
past and search for the mistakes
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Pyle, O. P. The National Co-Operator (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 10, 1906, newspaper, January 10, 1906; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254304/m1/2/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.