The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 23, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 4, 1907 Page: 3 of 8
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FARMERS' EDUCATIONAL
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CO-OPERATIVE UNION
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The manufacturers of farming tools
and vehicles had a meeting recently,
and the whole trend of the talk wa8
that prices must be advanced. Now,
it is the easiest thing in the world to
meet this advance, if the farmers
would only do it. The way to do it is
to put every farming tool, every ve-
hicle and every Implement on the
place under shelter every night when
at all practicable, and never leave
anything out in the weather for a sin-
gle moment when It can be put into a
plase of safety and protection. If the
farmers would do this, it would cut
the demands for such things fully half
in two. Would half of the demand
bring the price down? You bet it
would. The factories are now running
over time, and the dealers are hardly
able to get stocked up at all. Cut the
demand in two, and the factories
would immediately seek a market, and
the "overproduction " of cotton would
have a parallel. At any rate, this
sort of a thing on the part of the farm-
ers would be the only sensible thing to
do anyway. How much better a tool
works when It is clean and ready at
the commencement of the job, instead
of having to be used half a day to get
It so that it can be decently used.
There is a constant tendency in the
minds of some of the Farmers Union
people to want to mix up and amalf
gamate with the labor unions of the
towns and cities. They make a serious
mistake. There is little or nothing in
common between them, and the whole
idea comes from politicians who would
like to ride the organizations into
office, or "business men" who want to
make good by fleecing somebody. No,
thank you, the farmers will be kept
so busy tending to their own business
that the won't have time along in
August to look at all the Amalgamated
Haymakers' cards to see whether all
the students from the Eastern col-
leges who come west to work In the
fields have paid all their assessments
to the union. No, the thing is too
many; the farmers are farming now,
and are not making shoe laces.
The only question about the Union
in the minds of many people seems to
be whether the Farmers' Union is the
"Order that has come to stay." It is
no longer questioned as to the wisdom
of farmers getting together as all
other workers are doing. Every man
who has sense enough to come In out
of the rain knows that this is the only
salvation of the farmer. Now, aa
there is nothing else under heaven,
even claiming to be a farmer's organ-
ization, it looks funny to see anyone
longer hesitate. Get in on the ground
floor.
WHAT ARE WE ORGANIZED FORT
This question is the biggest one con-
nected with our movenment. It will
take some real thinking to solve It.
One may say I joined to buy for less
while another would Kay, I joined to
get a better price for my products;
while another says he joined to down
every other ciass and build himself
upon the ruins of a destroyed commer-
cialism. All of this brings about a
confounding of tongues 'that make®
success impossible. A correct under-
standing of the real purposes of the
organlation on the part of each mem-
ber of the Union Is necessary In order
for wise consideration along lines that
will assure success.
The Co-Operator would feel that it
had accomplished a great deal if,
through Its editorial columns It could
get a correct understanding on this
one question, "What are we organ-
ized for?" For when all our members
fully understand this we will move on
harmonious lines to victory.
The first effort of the Union should
be to take out of our lives the spirit
of enmity and fill It with charity. Then
remove from us the principle of greed
and avarice and fill us with the princi-
ple of justice and equity. This would
give us a desire to do unto others as
we would have them to do us Instead
of doing the other fellow before he
does us.
It Is well for us to consider what
we are not organized tor that we may
more fully understand what we are
to do. We are not organled to destroy
any part of our commercial, social, re-
ligious or political system where they
are progressing along paths that lead
to the road to a higher and better civ-
illzation. It will take all the agencies
co-operating together to reach a better
condition. We can not hope to build
up this great organization upon the
downfall of any of the necessary agen-
cies or helps in this help.
Our duty is clear as to our atttitude
to all churchs, schools, fraternal or
ders and legitimate commercial enter
prises. It is not to pull down, but
eliminate the illicit and confirm and
build the legitimate.
We are organled to take care of the
business of the farmer, both in pro
duction and distribution. In other
words, to rasie and sell the products
of the soil. In the past we have only
studied the production of wealth and
not its distribution. /
The educational feature of an organ-
ization should call every farmer to
thoughtfulness and study, for it is
only through intelligence that we will
be able to take possession of our own.
We are organized to plant at the very
foundation head of our commercial
life the principle of justice, equity and
the golden rule that It may take root
and give a health tonic to our entire
civilization.
The Farmers' Union has a respon-
sibility that no other organization in
this country has and in proportion to
a correct understanding of this re-
sponsibility and our action in keeping
with our principles, will be the good
effect of our effort on our fellowman.
—Co-Operator.
PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PcACrt CROP.
Every now and then we read of the
So-andso Farmers' Union Debating
Club. That sounds mighty good to the
old-timer, who in the days gone by
Joined in the country debating club,
and decided whether the Monroe Doc-
trine should be enforced as a matter
of right, or as a matter of expediency,
or some other equally profound sub-
It is time that the Unions were ta-
king some notice of the movement to
fill the South with emigrants from ail
over Europe, and particularly from
Spain and Italy. This means the plant-
ing of more cotton and the consump-
tion of no more cotton; the produc-
tion of more food stuff, and the sale of
less, to the Southern farmer. This is a
condition that must be met, and right
away.
The cotton crop has, in the hands of
Providence, been reduced to something
like a money-making quantity.
There must be warehouses, and the
farmer should own them. He has the
cotton at first hand, it has cost him
less than it will cost anybody else, if
It is sold at the right price, and he can
therefore, hold it to better advantage
than somebody who has to buy it and
then add his cost and expenses.
The day has gone when diversifica-
tion needs to be discussed. It went
with the crowd of rain makers who
brought plenty of water from the
clouds by the firing of rockets, and
with the man who plants his potatoes
"In the moon."
The Farmers' Union should stand up
for the quality of stuff under the Farm-
ers' Union label. Make it a guarantee
of first quality, and it will need no
sort of boosting to keep the price
right. But don't amalgamate with
other orders.
The farmer, more than anybody else,
fs interested In building and maintain-
ing good roads. Everything he handles
must use the public roads. It is the
way he travels to church, and the way
his children go to school.
UNION NEWS NUGGETS.
The man that thinks is the man that
wins.
The time has come when the man
that plows is the man to' rule.
The farmers are learning to think,
hence are more prosperous.
The banker has his organization, the
merchant his, the lawyer his, the rall-
rotder his, the mechanic his, and why
not the farmer his?" '
It is said that the drummers have
decided to mould the sentiment of this
country, and they are going to play a
part, no doubt. They are organized,
you see.
The Farmers' Union is bound to
succeed so long as all local, county
and State officials are men who were
elected to office from the farm. A
farmers' organization, see!
A million dollar paper company, a
hundred million dollar holding com-
pany, a ten million dollar cotton ex-
change, a greater cotton Journal. What
next, please f 1
CO-OPERATOR CLIPPINGS.
It is better to be an Independent
farmer than a dependent speculator.
No, no. A business organization can
not be political. This is a business or-
ganization composed of people of the
various political beliefs. We will stay
on the main track.
The old system of marketing is fast
falling of its own weight. We have
had two sytsemB of marketing cotton.
We are now building the third, the
correct, the just system.
Wealth belongs, or should belong to
him who creates It. The wealth pro-
ducers will get what Is rightly their
own when they properly understand
each, other.
Let us never thing that the other
fellow will change the system and
build a new one for us. We are doing
it. Keep up the good work.
Have you yet arranged to have that
supper for your local? It will do you
much good.. There are yet a few men
and women in your communit> who
should become members of your loc&l.
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Any American Citizen Would Gladiy "Stand Pat" on This Proposition.
BY DEADLY FUMES
EXPLOSION OF AMMONIA KILLS
PACKING HOUSE EMPLOYES.
FIFTEEN MEN WERE DRAGGED OUT
First Body Was Not Taken from the
Building Until Six Hours After
the Accident.
Chicago, 111.—Five workmen were
killed an da dozen others seriously in-
jured when an ammonia pipe exploded
in the beef killing department of Ar-
mour & Co.'s plant at the stockyards.
The building was full of workmen
at the 'ime and the deadly ammonia
fumes, escaping from high pressure,
penetrated through every department
in the building in such a short time
that twenty of the men were over-
come before they could make their es-
cape to the fresh air. All but five of
these men were dragged from the
place by their companions in such a
serious condition that it was necessary
to take them to a nearby hospital.
An ineffectual effort to search for
dead In the interior of the building
was made by employes wearing safety
masks, but they were driven back by
the fumes and it was not until six
hours after the explosion that the first
body, that of an unidentified man,
burned beyond recognition, was taken
from the fourth floor. A few minutes
later four other bodies were found, all
of them having been burned in a hor-
rible manner.
A search of the plant is still being
made for more bodies, as all the men
have not as yet been definitely ac-
counted for.
Ail of-the dead and injured were for-
eigners.
FIFTY YEAHS AT HARD LABOR
Sentence for Corporal Knowles for
Assaulting Capt. Macklin.
San Antonio, Texas.—The sen-
tence fixed by the court martial in
the case of Corporal E. L. Knowles, of
the Twenty-fiftn Infantry, recently
tried for having assaulted Capt. Edgar
A. Macklin, of the same regiment,
while the regiment was stationed at
Fort Reno, Okla., In December last,
fifty years at hard labor in the peni-
tentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kas.,
j was approved by Gen. Albert L. Mey
| er, commanding the department of
1 Texas. The court found Knowles
guilty on two specifications, assault
and battery with intent to kill and as-
sault with intent to commit robbery.
The sentence named is but two years
less than the maximum penalty whic
could have been assessed.
m Sailors' Time Expires.
Washington, D. C.—In view of
the fact that the tiir- of some of the
sailors on the Marietta is about to ex-
pire, the navy depa: ment ordered
that vessel to be relieved from fur-
ther duty on the gulf coast of Hon-
duras by the gunboat Dubuque, which
has been on auty in Dominican wa-
ters.
REPUBLICANS SUPPORT FRANT2.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory In-
dorse Governor's Action.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Five hundred
republicans of Oklahoma and Indian
territory, at a meeting here of the
state central committee, passed reso-
lutions supporting Gov. Frantz in re-
fusing to call an election to vote on
the adoption or rejection of the con-
stitution drawn for the proposed new
state of Oklahoma; postponing the
state convention previously set for
June 6 until after the Issuance of the
election proclamation and condemning
what the resolutions term unfair pro-
visions in the proposed constitution.
There now seems no doubt that the
republicans of the tv^p territories wil'
unite in opposing the ratification of
the constitution unless modified.
Railroad Extension.
Shawnee, Okla.—D. K. Yoakum, chair-
man of the board of directors of the
Rock Island-Frisco system, announced
that an immediate extension of the St.
Louis & San Francisco railroad from
Okmulgee to Shawnee will be made
and that he las already given orders
to his surveyors to begin work.
Died In Naples.
To Arrest Scrugham and Stirrup.
New York, N. Y.—Magistrate House,
on the application of Assistant Dis-
trict Attorney Smyth, will Issue war-
rants for the arrest on charges of for-
gery of George R. Scrugham, manager
of the international policy holders'
committee, and of Scrugham's asso-
ciate, Charles Stirrup.
Canadian Premier in France.
Paris—The Canadian premier, Sir
Wilfrid Laurier, arrived here from
London and spent the day paying offi-
cial visits. He called on Premier
Clemenceau, Foreign Minister Pichon
and the British ambassador, Sir Fran-
cis Bertie, and will be received In
audience by President Fallieres.
No :mportance to Movement.
City of Mexico.—The war depart-
ment stated the troops that had been
transferred to the Guatemalan border
were the Fifth and Twenty-fifth reg-
iments from Puebla. There is abso-
lutely no significance attached to their
transfer.
Abe Hummel to Prison.
New York—Apparently senseless
and inert on the floor of tne tonneau
of his big French automobile, Abe
Hummel, sentenced to one year in the
penitentiary for conspiracy in the
Dodge-Morse divorce case, was taken
from his home on his trip to Black
well's island.
To Learn How to Cure Squid.
. Newport, R. 1.—Three Japanese, one
a graduate of Harvard university,
asked permission of C B. Anderson, a
wholesale fish shipper, to make ex
pertments in curing squid. The re
quest was granted.
Gets $1,000,000 Alimony.
New York.—Mrs. John Love Elliott
has obtained a divorce from her hus-
band on statutory grounds, and Mr
Elliott has given her $1,000,000 for tho
suppoit of herself and their daughter
Ethel
Embezzlement Case Postponed.
Pittsburg—The hearing of Charles
i S. Rush, the Piitsburg cashier of the
United States Express Co., wha is
charged with embezzling over $6,000
of the company's funds, was post-
poned until a week from next Monday.
Dinner to Cortelyou.
New York—Five hundred postal of-
ficials of New York attended a din-
ner given to George B. Cortelyou, now
secretary of the treasury, but former-
ly posliiiHster general, at the Hotel
Astor. ; j
BACKACHE 18 KIDNEYACHE.
Cure the Kidneys and the Pain Will
Never Return.
Only one way to cure an aching
back. Cure the cause, the kidneys.
thousands tell of
cures made by
Doan's Kidney Pills.
John C. Coleman, a
prominent merchant
of Swainsboro, Ga.,
says: "For several
years my kidneys
were affected, and
my back ached day
and night. I was
languid, nervous and lame in the
morning. Douu's Kidney Pills helped
me right away, and the great relief
that followed has been permanent."
Foster-MIlburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Not So Long.
There was so much ceremony con-
nected with a church cornerstone lay-
ing In New York city a few weeks ago
that the moving picture machine man
*<>lt warranted to take a couple of
drills of photographs.
These pictures proved to be very
good, and large crowds were delight-
ed with the exact reproduction of the
dedicatory exercises.
"I like the moving pictures better
than I did the original service," con-
fessed a prominent member of the
congregation.
"You do," gasped a devout elder.
"I'm surely pained to hear you say so.
Why should you prefer the pictures?"
"Because the picture man," an-
swered the prominent member, pleas-
antly, "cut out ail the sermons."
BABY ITCHED TERRIBLY.
Face and Neck Covered with Inflamed
Skin—Doctors No Avail—Cured
by Cuticura Remedies.
"My baby's face and neck were cov^
ered with itching skin similar to ecze-
ma, and she suffered terribly for over
a year. I took her to a number of doc-
tors, and also to different colleges, to
no avail. Then Cuticura Remedies
were recommended to me Jt>y Miss G—.
I did not use it at first, at I had tried
so many other remedies without any
favorable results. At last I tried Cuti-
cura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and (
Cuticura Resolvent Pills, and to my
surprise noticed an Improvement.
After using three boxes of the Cuti-
cura Ointment, together with the Soap
snd Pills, I am pleased to say she is
r,'together a different child and the
picture of health. Mrs. A. C. Brestlin,
171 N. Lincoln St., Chicago, 111., Oct.
20 and 30, 1906."
On her wedding day a young widoj
always wonders how many men
commit suicide on her account.
PALE, WEAK. PEOPLE
MADE STRONG AND ENERGETIC
BY DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS.
May Stop Ball Games.
New York—Police Commissioner
Bingham declared that if order was
not maintained by the management at
I the Polo grounds he would stop all
baseball
imes.
'M ite
General Breakdown Caused by Defi-
cient Blood Quickly Corrected by
This Tonic Remedy.
A feeling of general weakness, poor
appetite, loss of breath after (he slight-
est exercise and broken sleep are some
of the symptoms of general debility.
You may think that they have no relation
to each other and that you will worry
-Along, hoping all the time to feel better
soon. This is a mistake, for every one
of the symptoms is caused by bad blood,
which must be made pure and new
before health will be restored again. A
tonio treatment is necessary and for this
purpose there is no better remedy than
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
Mr. J. G. Havey, of 95 Willow St.,
Chelsea, Mass., says: "I was sick for a
number of years from general debility
and indigestion. I was never free from
stomach trouble and my nerves were so
shattered that the least excitement un-
fitted me for any serious work. My
sleep was restless on account of terrible
pains in the small of my back. These
pains would sometimes last for a month
or two. My sight grew weak, there seem-
ing to be a blur constantly before my
eyes. I couldn't concentrate my mina
on my work, and the attempt to do so
completely exhausted me.
"I was finally forced to give np a
position I had held for twenty-eight
years. After trying several medicines
•without help, I read of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills and gave them a trial. They
made me feel so much better and so
much stronger that I started in business
for myself here in Chelsea. I have
never had a return of my former sick-
ness and cheerfully recommend Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills as an excellent nerve
and blood tonic."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have long
been recognized as an excellent tonio
remedy in cases of indigestion and gen-
eral debility, where the stomach and
other organs of the body aro weakened
and disordered simply through lack of
proper nourishment. They liave also
been especially successful in curing
anaemia, rheumatism, after-effects of the
grip and fevers.
A pamphlet on "Diseases of tho
Blood *1 and a copy of our diet book will
be sent free on request to anyone inter-
ested.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on recei pfc
of price, 60 cents per box, six boxes for
(ft.SO, by the Dr. Williams Medicina
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
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Banger, John. The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 23, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 4, 1907, newspaper, June 4, 1907; Linden, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth340934/m1/3/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.