Family “Type Farmers Unite’ In Co-operative HAMMOND. LA.—Over 3,500 farmers, comprising all of the fruit and vegetable growers in this southeastern Louisi ana area, have organized a union affiliated with the AFL National Farm Labor Union and are pioneering in an ex periment that may result in wedding the family-type farm ■er to the industrial worker and halting the trend to large scale, corporate farming. Through the work of their organization — Local 312 of the Louisiana Fruit and Vegetable Producers Union —farmers in this section are receiving a fair share of the profits from their products that are sold on the markets. The development was dif* ferent from anything farm* ing groups have initiated be fore. II marked tne nrsi time that small fruit and vegetable growers became as sociated diirectly with the American labor movement. IiOcal unions of dairy farm ers are of a different char acter. Union Men Lead Way Before organizing, the ! small farmers were going PROGRESSIVE STORES, INC Home of Better Values' On Guard THIS IS THE VERY LCAVT YOU and l CAN DO TO HELP DEFEND AMERICA.' BUYING A BOHU £V£fiy MONTH KS» Courlcty of lie Naught Syndicate, Inc. ”Re6— broke, the middlemen were getting rich and the con sumer was paying high prices r*t the grocery store. Many, family farmers were driven I out of business, the number dropping from 10,000 to 3, 500 in the last 7 years. Following a few unsuccess ful attempts by small farm ers to organize and head off bankruptcy, certain farmers who had been trade union members took the reins and established the union despite bitter opposition from pro duce buyers. They received help from the Louisiana State Federa tion of Labor, the AFL Southern organizing staff, and the National Farm La bor Union. The unttyii meets the needs of the farmers here by doing three things: Selling produce co-operatively; buying co operatively, and financing co -SYSTEM RECAPPING .A GENERAL TIM SERVICE'J WE RECAP AND REPAIR TIRES EXACTLY AS THEY g DO AT THE GENERAL TIRE FACTORY I | Expert Wheel Balancing, Alignment and Brake Service 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE TO FLEET OPERATORS CHARLOTTE GENERAL TIRE CO. 432 SOUTH TRYON STREET PHONE 4-4730 Unions Are Financing Israel W oodworking Mill (Special Correspondence) CHICAGO.—On a recent Saturday evening, at the Cove nant Club in Chicago, something happened of importance to the carpenters of Israel, to wit, a banquet sponsored by Carpenters Local 604, AFL, of Chicago. About 500 banqueteers paid $50 a plate to attend. The object was to raise mon ey to put up a woodworking mill in Beersheba, where door frames and window sashes are a scarce commod ity right now'. Beersheba is the place mentioned in the Bible a? the southernmost point of Jewish ancient territory "from Dan to Beersheba." It is an old city in name and location, but a new one in everything else. Four years ago, after 3,500 Arabs left, there was prac tically nobody in Beersheba. Today there are 18,000—from Bulgaria, Romania, Poland —French Morocco, etc.—but nobody from Local 504 of Chicago or Local 1073 of Philadelphia. But Locals 1073 and 504 proposed to finance the build operatively through a credit union. Seek 100 Per Cent Union Utilizing trade union meth ods and techniques, a solid marketing organization was created. The union, with headquar ters here in the strawberry capital of the United States, has anchored itself firmly by securing written agreements with every handler of fresh produce in the area. Agree ments with all the canneries provide that these companies buy produce only from union members. The small farmers, seeing the benefits of union organi zation, are making plans to organize other family-farm operators in other Southern states. Plans also are being laid to make all the rural parishes (counties) in Louisa iant M)0 per cent union. The union is co-operating with Labor's League for Po litical Education. Seccretary Treasurer George Furs tall said the members realise the champions of labor are the champions of aD the plain people, whether they earn a living off the land or in stores and shops. mg of tne nrst woodworking! mill in Beersheba. The Philadelphia carpenters are paying for the machinery, the Chicago carpenters for the building. Te3 Kenney, president of the Carpenters District Coun cil of Chicago, is chairman (Continued On P«fe 7) PontiM' CONN-GOWER PONTIAC COMPANY 31* South Salisbury Street Raleigh, N. C. GREETINGS TO LABOR MIDYETTE HARDWARE CO. BENJAMIN MOORE PAINTS Hardware and Building Material KINSTON, N. C. Coco-Cola lea Cream Groceries Ice - HARVEY C. HINES COMPANY Manufacturers and Wholesalers KINSTON, N. C. State Capital Life Insurance Co. Horn* Office 2620 Hillsboro Street RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA CAROLINA HARDWARE COMPANY Incorporated JOBBERS 233-35 South Wilmington St. RALEIGH. N.C. BELK-STEVENS COMPANY “REIDSVILLE’S LEADING DEPT. STORE” REIDSVILLE, N. C. Roxboro Cotton Mills * Cotton Yarns L * ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Greetings To Labor F. D. Cline Construction Company RALEIGH, N. G

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