The National Co-Operator (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 35, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 5, 1906 Page: 3 of 8
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Will Stand bv Minimum Price.
Editor Co Operator:
Saturday evening witnessed a
notable day in the beginning of
history making for tbeF.irun r*'
Union of Fort B^nd coun v.
There is a large ai.d simiJK l<>
cal union at N«etlvi!H>, twelve
miles south of here, tin tirst Un-
ion organized in the county.
Saturday was tbeir regular
meeting day, and at their night
session they proceeded to do
things, the most important of
which was an order made, every
member voting yea, that, pend-
ing the National meeting at Tex-
arkana, not a bale of cotton shall
be offered or sold for less than
ten cents per pound. All other
unions in the county haye been
appealed to that they act accord
ingly and call for a meeting of
delegates from all other unions
in the county, has been made to
meet as the guests of the Need-
ville Union at 2 o'clock, Septem-
ber 8, to organize a County Un-
ion.
The action of President Calvin
and the Executive Committee
was heartily commended for se-
curing the central warehouse in
Houston, and all members who
are not able to hold their cotton
will ship to the Farmers' Union
Warehouse and Compress in
Houston and draw enough to tide
them over. No cotton is to be
put on the market at present pri-
ces. The Farmers' Union of
Fort Bend County will use the
central warehouse at Houston
this season, and for the next year
they intend to build a warehouse
of their own in Fort Bend coun-
ty. The Farmers' Union of Fort
Bend county wants the Unions of
north and central Texas to know
that they can be depended ou to
do their part of holding their cot-
ton for a fair and stable price,
They say it is too late for the
cotton gambler and speculator
to say, 'The farmer won't stick,
they nevor do," that Mr. Farmer
has made up his mind and when
once made up, there is no re-
treat, it is a fair price or they
keep the cot'011 For once they
have determined to take all the
chances, name the price of their
cotton or let it remain in the
warehouse until the moths eat it
up. H. T. McCabe.
Rosenberg, Texas.
vice-president S. T. Shook pre-
siding. Fifteen local unions
were represented, and I must
say that great interest was man
ifested by our delegates, and sev-
eral business matters of impor-
tance were transacted. Report
of executive committee was re-
ceived: also the report of the spe-
cial committee on warehouse was
received. They recommended
that more time be given for a
more thorough investigation,
which was granted. W. C.
Weems was elected delegate to
the State meeting. Brother R.
D. Gladney of Lee county was
present and delivered a fine lec-
ture on the warehouse problem
and other important matters.
Come again, Brother Gladney;
we will always give you a cordial
welcome. The secretary was in-
structed to send a report of this
meeting to the National Co-Oper-
ator and the Prentiss Plaindeal-
er for publication. Mauldins
schoolhouse was selected as the
next place of meeting, Sept. 15.
G. P. Millican, Sec.
Booneville, Miss.
An Appeal-
Brethren:
I have received letters from
Brothers E. B. House and S. J.
Cockrell, of San Saba county,
stating, that recently some of the
brethren in this county had suf-
fered great loss on account of
the Colorado river overflowing
its banks, and destroying all tlie
crops in the vicinity of the river.
They state that many of our Un-
ion people suffered an entire loss
and have nothing to go on for an-
other year.
This was indeed a great calam-
ity, and it is our duty as Union
people to administer to the needs
of these people who are in dis-
tress, and I call upon each local
union for a voluntary contribu-
tion.
All contributions should be
sent to E. B. House, San Saba,
Texas, or S. J. Cockrell, Big Val-
ley, Texas. Fraternally,
E. A. Calvin,
Pres. Texas State Union.
Dallas, Tex., Aug. 28.
Notice.
Lincoln Parish Farmers' Un-
ion will meet in Duboch on the
last Thursday and Friday in
September, 1906, being the 27th
and 28th days. The first day
will be devoted to public speak-
ing and Brother O. P. Pyle will
be with us. He will speak at
Duboch on Thursday and at Ber-
nice on Friday, then back to
Ruston on Saturday. Let each
local take notice and send a good
strong delegation, and then let
the rest of each local come as
visitors and hear this great and
good man speak. In sending
delegates to the Union send one
delegate for each ten members
or majority fraction thereof.
C. R. Kelley
Pres. Parish Union.
Duback, La. 3t
Louisiana Coming.
Editor Co Operator:
Please find enclosed sixteen
subscribers for the farmers' ed-
ucator, the Co Operator, the
paper for the people. Send me
some sample copies. I want to
help you push this great work
and can by distributing and tak-
ing subscribers for the National
Co-Operator.
Success to the Union. Co-Op-
erator and its many readers.
C. P. Kelly.
Dubac, La.
Prentiss County Meets.
Editor Co-0PERaTOR:
Prentiss County Union met
with Wheeler union, August 17,
The Union Label.
The Farmers' Union Label
should be placed upon all arti-
cles sold by Farmers' Union peo-
ple, and it should be a badge of
honor. Every bale of cotton
should have a tag with our Union
label on it. Every package or
box of fruit, should have our
gummed label on it. The tag
with wire will be furnished at 75
cents a hundred. The gummed
label will be furnished at 50 cents
a hundred. These labels con-
tain blanks in which to write the
name and number of you** local.
Send all orders to this office and
thev will be promptly filled, tf.
ORGANIZERS WANTED.
I need good organizers for the
Farmers' Educational and Co-
operative Union of America for
the State of Mississippi. There
are more than fifty counties yet
to be organized in our state. This
work must be done right away.
If you wish to try the work, write
me and I will tell you what is nec-
essary to be done in order to en-
gage in the organizing work.
Write today. Fraternally,
G. W. Russell,
Sec.-Treas. Mississippi State
Union, Hazlehurst, Miss. tf.
Likes to Work for It.
Editor Co-Operator:
You will find inclosed 13 sub-
scribers for the Co-Operator,
and will send more soon. I like
to work for a good paper, es-
pecially one that is doing the
good it is for the farmer.
The Union is progressing
rapidly in Mississippi. Success
to the Co Operator and its^many
readers.
S. A. Bailey.
Palestine, Miss.
A Qood Proposition.
Agents wanted to write Co-
operative Life Insurance, the
only correct and just method.
Agents can do well in any com-
munity or city. Write today,
Address, The Peoples Co-oper-
ative Insurance Association,
Grand Saline, Texas.
Chuck full of results—a Co-
Operator want ad—3 cents a word
Stand by our Agents.
Editor Co Operator:
As I havn't seen anything
from the garden spot of the
world, Biount County, Ala , in
some time I will write a few-
words of Union news.
Mount Olive f'nion No. 141, is
growing some ia number and is
a giant in Union principles. By
September 15th Blount County
will have a warehouse to store
her cotton in, and we wish every
county in the South had the
same. They say we Union peo-
ple have brought cotton to 8c.
We deny the report but we own
to being the cause of cotton
going to 11c and staying at that
price until it left the farmers'
hands. With our chain of ware-
houses we can show them better
about prices than we can tell
them. There is a trick trying
to be worked out to bust the Un-
ion in regard to the buying of
flour from the mills. It is re-
ported that there is one million
barrels ot flour to begivenaway,
and in my portion of the country
the merchants are selling flour
below mill prices. Why is this
dene? It is to see if we, the
members of the Union, won't
quit ordering our flour from the
mills through our State agents.
Let us stand by the mill men if
they will stand by us. Sacred
writ tells us that "if God be for
us who can be against us," and
in all our meetings and business
transactions let us never forget
the Giver of all thats good.
Fraternally,
J. Han Hays, Pres.
Warrior, Ala.
The Oil Hill.
ISditor Co-Opkrator:
Brother John T. Garner sug-
gests that small cotton seed oil
mills be built in every congress-
ional district. I was proud to
see an article along this line
from a man of such broad ex-
periences as Brother Garner has.
While I realize my inability to
take issue with Brother Garner,
I will make a few seggestions.
Now Brother farmers, I dont
think it a good policy to build
cotton seed mills and tear down
the mills which are already run-
ning, neither do I think it best
to buy them even if they should
offer them to us at a reduced
price. I want them to still stay
in the business and have them to
pay a fair price for their cotton
seed. That is the punishment
I want to put on them for the
wrong they have done. It would
be too good for those vampires,
after they haye sucked all the
blood from us, for us tf) turn in
and buy the machines they have
worn out. No sir, let them keep
them and we will buy new ma-
chinery and put up an oil mill
where it is needed, and this will
make those fellows pay what the
cotton seed is worth. Now then,
say we build one in Houston, one
in Dallas, Ft. Worth, Waco and
Austin. These mills need not
be so very large but they could
run all the time. I think that
mills in each of these places will
control the price of seed. Now,
when these trust people have to
go to doing business on the
square you will hear them say
like Cain of old when he killed
his brother, "our punishment is
greater than we can bear." Yes
brother, that is all the punish-
ment we need inflict, and if they
cannot do a legitimite business,
just let their oil mills go into the
scrap pile as a testimony against
them. Don't think about buy-
ing out an oil mill, but let them
rot on their hands if they are
notwilling to do a legitimate
business.
Brother Garner has well said
that freight rates against the
growers would be the next thing
on the program. He says that
we can get protection through
the rail road commission and
will no doubt have to appeal to
them. Now, brethren, do you
think we can get protection
through the commission? You
know that they have the power
to fix the passenger fares at 2c
per mile if they wanted to, and
yet if the company was making
enough out of their passenger
tratic to give away free passes
they culd keep cutting down
the fare until the company would
have to charge everyone who
rode on their cars in order to!
mak interest on their invest-'
ment. Just think, only three!
men have it in their power to
force the railroad company to
do away with the free pass busi-
ness- You know that the free
pass would go and it would not
be long about it. Some will say
that it is a question of whether
the commission has the author-
ity to fix the fare or not. That
is no excuse for them. Let them
issue orders and if the courts
turn them down we will know
who to turn to. So lets set our
eyes on the railroad commission
and look to them for protection,
and if we don't get it lets know
the reason why. If the com-
mission is in the fault, lets re-
member them big and strong at
the next election, and if it is the
fault of the law, then lets appoint
a committee from each repre-
senativo district to get in be-
hind their renresenative and see
that he voteseither for or against
any reform law that should be
in interest to the farmer. The
only way for the farmer to get
anything is to demand it at the
hands of our officers and if it is
the fault of the law, correct it.
Just as long as we let our offi-
cers ride around on free passes
just so long will we work our
wives and children to death for
this greed and graft outrage.
Yours for success,
John A. Watson.
Buda, Tex.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
Organizing in NewHadrid County
Editor Co-Operator:
Our first Union was organized
about five weeks ago by brother
Murer with fifteen members.
We now have forty-five mem
bers. We have made arrange
ments to have our cotton ginned,
and believe we are on the right
road to liberate ourselves from
the speculators, who have been
feasting long enough on the pro-
ceeds of our labor. We believe
the farmer who tills the soil and
causes mother earth to bring
forth a sufficient supply of food
ought to live and enjoy the fruits
of his labor, but under the pres
ent system it is not so. The fel-
low who tills not enjoys the fruit
Why not make a change, and let
the fellow who tills the soil enjoy
the fruit of his labor, and he who
toils not eat not. We should
praise the Lord for giving us that
great man, Newt Gresham, the
founder of this organization, the
Moses that we may be redeemed
from the sepculator, "And the
Lord said, I have surely seen the
affliction of my people."—Exodus
3:7. God has caused the Farm-
ers' Educational and Co-Opera
tive Union of America to come
for the redemption of the farm-
er; so let us ever remember the
Golden Rule and battle on until
the victory is won.
Rev. G. A. Duty.
Portagenville, Mo.
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Resolutions of Respect.
Whereas, It has pleased God,
the Giyer of all good, to take
from our midst the beloved wife
of our worthy brother, J. J.
Skipper, therefore be it,
Resolved, by Union No. 59,
Washington County, Florida,
that we extend our heartfelt
sympathy to the bereaved family
and be it further,
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be sent to the Na-
tional Co-Operator for publica-
tion.
W. L. Roley,
S. C. Burkk,
J. D. Roley.
Committee.
Miller's Ferry, Fla.
Notice.
Cleburne County Union will
meet with Pleasant Ridge local
No. 1413 Sept. 7-8.
H. M. Badduk, Sec.
Pearson, Ark.
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