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Thursday, October 3, 1912.] THE CAROLINA UNION FARMER Pagfe Three Market Your Cotton Gradually. That Way Lies Good Prices and Independence --A Glut ted Market Means Ruinous Prices. T* tile Officers and Members of the Farmers’ Union: farmers of the Southern this year in an excellent ^^sition to obtain a reasonable price g/ ^°tton if they market the crop ods and employ business meth- yield is much the^ than that of last year. At has time, world consiwnption cott ^ wider range. The conAf- Juarket is in a healthy ition and business the world according to reports received I’ici h ^^f®^aational Institute of Ag- huri Rome, Italy, promises rg the forthcoming season to encouraging proportions, ever ^ ^°hton producer will not, howj anything resembling the legg . staple to civilization un- Hot aiarkets it with care and does the buyers with offer- tgs. In nion ^hlch IJni.^J*^^.tiy of the States the P''armcrs’ has established warehouses e^^bi handle the product and the farmer to hold. system of glutting the Sooji ^ ^^•'^hing cotton upon it as picked has not only robbed the farmer of millions of dollars which was his "due, but it has as well hammered down prices paid the far mer who was more far-sighted and willing to hold his output. If necessary, make sacrifices to feed your cotton gradually to the market. You owe it to your family and your self, and to your fellow-farmers, to get the price civilization is able and willing to pay. It is a certainty that if you do not secure it, others will. No other class of business, no set of producers strain the market by congesting it during a brief three months of the year with the entire yield. It is high time the farmer who produces cotton ceased this ex travagant practice. The fact that di versification has been practiced re cently more than ever in the UoMon Belt will facilitate the practice, since more farmers are provided with feed- stuffs in payment for which they pre viously had to sell their cotton at a sacrifice. The present season is an excellent time for the cotton farmer to pursue the gradual marketing pro cess as never in his career. That way lies independence and good prices. CHARLES S. BARRETT. Union City, Ga., Sept. 27, 1912. Progress of the far mers’ UNION. ^Continued from page 1.) Ihe Is about to descend with find ^ tornado, but he does what will appeal to their *i(liggg^’ what will inflame their prej- ^io^ig : what will bend their pis- s, current making for his ^•s ends. And he utilizes Ihe j.^''[I®dge, however acquired, to Ille Artfully he harangues '’H the- ’ 8'iileful skill he plays Ilie ^*^.^’orst emotions as deftly as •*0 --.oi, ciJiutiuiiB US iieiriy a; ^'iHg j.^ who calls into throb be every cord of tiie harp. ^Iiat ^P*^otizes them into believing ^Ost jjjf/ tlie most abused, the 1'^ Iiisto most put-upon men niagiiifies some little :S Qf local issue into the ques- ^^Ve b and death. When they 'I'leneg under his counterfeit elo- a few minutes they are ^hd believe that he is the IK ^ Out Moses who can lead Jj^iU ^b wilderness. He tells tk tliey are the hockbone of rt ure the salt of ho ^ ' 'I'liey and the king can j^^blib and he won’t let the m hiif^^ them” if they will just ber oy \ chicken thief or any ^Iliho’ officer which he may ^ people wonder, and the b Of raves at the con- ."be tbp Iemagogue. They re- fa farmer who so f^'^t g^bQ ^ ^^bo his clutches. They -j.]'Saoij.'' .biypocrisy; they clamor hev ’ and conservatism, stat realize that as long sentiment continues dp ^hanr"*^ the politi- I-I*® commercial hiFav , have things all his masses of the far- H-m Improving. Wo are ^■hen'^n"'”'' distinguish igjbibg they come in sheep’s bi-a ?*’oater as" ability to discern the kV. V..SUC1.1 tl.C Ihp' Anu^ Under the skin of the ^ost finding, from thaf galling of exper- % in p.„ I]^*'®mises are not always tiy and that fre- dlrt^b to ppf but the bait with fools. Niagara Falls In a day. The French Revolution was not compassed over night. Time and then time again. Patience and endurance intensified, educatioi: and the habit of keeping our eyes open will be the heralds for our eventful deliverance. Perhaps he day will not dawn upon us; but as surely as smoke rises, and as man kind never remains stationary, wc ''un anticipate the moment when the demaf og : e. the schemer, and the traitor ill cease his conjuror’s vil li an y. Ten years ago today, in one little local Union, composed of only ten -nembers, in far off Texas, was plant ed the icaven that was and has leav ened the whole South Many were the struggles and fierce the opposition that these first mem bers had to meet, beginning as they did, with a mere handful of uninflu- ential farmers, none rich or powerful, it has grown by leaps and bounds It began along the gulf region of the south and spread north and west to Maryland to one side, and to Califor nia and Washington on the other. It practically covers the entire farm ing section of the United States to day. With twenty-two State organi zations and an aggregate membership of 3,000,000. No order has had such unprecedented growth as had the Farmers’ Union. Hnlifa.v County. Halifax County Union was organ ized at Enfield on March 26. 1910, with six Locals and about sixty-two members. One year later we had twelve Locals with about 2 50 mem bers. We have today fourteen good, live Locals with 346 members. There were some very grave mistakes made at the very beginning that came near costing the Union its life, but that is in the past and we have turned our faces to the future with the hope that bettor days ahe coming. There has been organized in the county nine teen Locals, but owing to poor man agement and incompetent officials, five of them died a natural death. We gave them a decent burial and in our records we have erected .a mon ument to their memory on which we have written these words: “Gone down.’’ The Farmers’ Union of Hal ifax is stronger and in a more flour ishing condition than ever before. The time is coming, and that soon. when all oi the farmers will realize that in ‘union there is strength;’’ that “united we stand and divided we fall,” then like lost sheep, they will come flocking into the fold of the Farmers’ Union. It is not the quantity but the qual ity of our membership that we stand upon. Now listen. Here is a state ment that I can prove. Through our co-operative selling and buying the Union has saved to the farmers of Halifax County thousands of dollars. Brighter days are dawning for us, and when the sun of our prosperity has reached its zenith, then, and then only, will'we come into our own and take our rightful place in the social, political and commercial work in the grand old county of Halifax, North Carolina. The State Union was or ganized at Charlotte four years ago with only 459 chartered. Locals and 8,000 members. Today there is over eighty-five counties organized, more ;han 3,300 chartered Locals with an aggregate membership of 40,000. In almost every county there is some business enterprise from banks down. Six years ago the press of the south gave the Union scant notice. Today more than 3,200 newspapers print regular the statements sent out from our national headquarters. The power of the Farmers’ Union can only be realized when we turn to the south and see what it has accom plished in ten years. Many have en joyed these benefits without know ing from whence they came. We have over 6,500 warehouses in the south, all having been built in the past six years. We have hundreds of grain elevators, fruit exchanges, etc., in the west and throughout the south. Banks, stores, flour mills, creameries, fertilizer, canning, and tobacco factories, agricultural schools, produce, and clearing houses, storage plants, brokerage companies, oil mills and more than twenty newspapers. The Union as a whole is making great strides towards prosperity. We who have fought the fight and who as God gave us light, have kept the faith, are resolved that the cause shall not fail. We know that the Farmers Union is the last call for the American farmer; that if it disap points him a half century, perhaps a century will elapse before another farmers’ organization can get on its feet in this country. That is why we have pledged our very lives to the man of acres. That is why knowing that the man who fails the Farmers’ Union fails himself. We rejoice over the struggles already won, and with the Almighty Himself smiling on our efforts, greet with absolute confidence the struggles lying as so many challenges in our pathway. LEE COUNTY’ FARMERS’ UNION. The Lee County Farmers’ Union held its regular meeting at the,court house, September 28th, nine Locals being represented. Our State Business Agent, J. R. Rives, and others, discussed the ques tion, “How Can We Improve the Union Trade System?” Quite a num ber of our members have never real ized the great gain to themselves in patronizing the trade system. By actual figures, $600,000 have been saved through the Union on fertil izers alone,—an average of $12 per member. Mr. Rives’ report shows that on account of the patronage of the loyal few, very attractive prices have been secured for next year. Write him your needs. It will give you something to think about. The Union has become quite a force in legislative affairs, the National Union being the most important factor in securing the parcels post which will be in operation January 1. Through the State Union, Farm Life Schools have been established and agricul ture is taught in the public schools. The Torrens System of land registra tion will come next. At the last meeting of the County Union a committee was appointed to secure from the Board of County Commissioners an appropriation for demonstration work in Lee County. The committee reported that the present Board had signed a paper stating that they would give $300 to the work if the committee could se cure the signature of the Democratic candidates for the new Board. All the new men signed except one from ' Deep River, who asked for more time. Three of the men were en thusiastic about the work. District Manager, T. D. McLean, of Moore County, was present and talked on Demonstration Work, tell ing what it had done in other places; n Moore County the corn yield had been raised from twelve or fifteen bushels per acre to forty-two bushels. Lee County does not wish to be back ward in falling in line in anything which means progress. The next coun ty meeting has been set for the first Saturday in December at the court house. PRESS REPORTER. CONCORD LOCAL, No. 137. Concord Liocal has unanimously re quested that the dues be increased from the regular price, enough to cover the price of The Carolina Union Farmer, so that all members in good standing will receive the paper, 2. That Concord Local will pay the dues of all its members who can’t read, and that it will pay' for the paper where there is more than one member in the same family. 3. And that this request be sent to The Carolina Union Farmer for publication, asking all the Locals in this State to take this matter up in' their Locals and county meetings. Fraternally yours, C. M. WATSON, County President. Bostic, N. C., R. 3. A new physician in a small town got himself into a serious predica ment soon after his arrival by his in ability to remember names and peo ple. One day, while making out a pa tient’s receipt, his visitor’s name completely escaped him. But not wishing to appear so forgetful and thinking to get a clew, he asked her whether she spelled her name with an “e” or an “i.” 'fhe lady blushed and replied: “Why, Doctor, my name is Hill.” Life is put together considerably like a set of harness. There are traces of care, lines of troubles, bits of good fortune, breaches of good manners, bridled tongues, and every body has a tug to pull through— Anon. The Church has not yet discov ered, still less began to realize, the limitless possibilities of interces sion.—Mott. Your Choice FREE A free jrift for you. Take your choice. The fine fountain pen, lady's chatalaine pin, lady’s locket chain with white stone pendant, man’s white stone and ynthetic pearl stick pin. Take the one you want. It is postpaid free to you Nothintr to buy; noihintf to pay; nothing to earn; nothing to sell. Positively free. S^D NO MONEY, not a cent. Just send your name and address, a post card or a letter will do. We simply want your name and address so we can ask you for a little information about your locality. This is a very limited f ffer. Write for particulars today. Credit Establishment Co., Depl. 0000 Chlcaie, III.
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