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Southern Mercury Established I88O.
Farmers Union Password Established 1903.
Southern Mercury and Farmers Union Password Consolidated May lv 1905.
Vol. XXVI. No. 3
Dallas, Texas, Thursday, January 18, 1906
$1,00 Per Annum
Sanger Bros. Bargains
Ladies Walking Skirts
No better styles shown this season. Beautifully made, with rows of
lace inserting: between cluster of tucks, finished with lace edge; other
styles finished with embroidery flounce and umbrella styles.
Walking Skirts of muslin, cambric or longcloth, trimmed with rows of
lace tucks and edge or wide embroidery flounce with beading, some
very elaborate designs.
for 1.25 Skirts. «° *v"r ". 5-50 Skirts.
SI 25 tor $1.5^ —tc tt^orjcal SOg £.75 Skirts.
81 50 for $1.75
.50 Skirts.
lies
Gowns
with fine
of styles,
and close
Night Gowns made of the best muslin, cambric or nainsook, high neck,
V neck, round and square neck effects, some in the slip-over styles,
prettily trimmed with rows of lace or embroidery, tucks and hemstitch-
ing. finls.hed with beading and ribbon, an immense assortment and in a
varety of charming styles.
50«* for 75c Night Gowns. #1 5© for $1.85 Ni-'ht Gowns.
75gk for $1.00 Night Gowns. $1 7f for $2.26 Night Gowns.
984k for $1.25 Night Gowns. #2 251 for *300 Nl*ht Gowns-
81 25. for *1-65 Nieht Gowns. $3 25 for *4 50 Nieht Gowns.
Values were never better nor quality as good.
Ladies Corset Covers
Corset Covers of fine cambric or nainsook, daintily trimmed
lace, embroidery tucks and hemstitching, in a large variety
finished with beading and ribbon, the full French eff
fitting styles.
25<4 for 40cc cCocrcset Covers. 98^ for *125 Corset Covers.
5#3 for 75c Corset Covers. 81 25 for $1.65 Corset Covers.
75^ for $1.00 Corset Covers. $2 25/ f°r Corset Covers.
Ladies Chemise
A maker's surplus consisting of a lot of dainty, well made Chemises
excellent muslin or cambric with embroidery and lace trimming, made
full and large. Chemises of fine nainsook, longcloth or cambric trim-
med with lace or embroidery, tucks and hemstitching, finished with head-
ing and ribbon, a very^phanning and elaborate assortment of styles.
KOgt for 75c Chemises 81 25l for ** 65 Chemises.
75^ for $1.00 Chemises 81 50 f°r Chemises
87"^ for $1.25 Chemises.
Also great values at $2.00, $2.25, $2.50 *$3 2S
Order By Mail Telephone or Telegraph.
We Prepay Express on Orders Value $5 or More
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HOMESEEKERS
RATES....
To Panhandle Country, Tuesdays and
Saturdays, limit 30 diiys. Stopovers al-
lowed. Lands rapidly rising in value.
California Colonist Rate
$25, February 15 to April 7.
One Fare Plus $2
To Denver, January 27, 28 and 29, ac-
count Stock Growers' Conventions.
frock Island
Is the one line from Texas on which
the Sleepers and Chair Cars go through
to Chicago via Wichita, Topafca and
Kansas City.
Write For
Full information regarding any trip
North, East, Southeast or West, to
8. J. TUCKER
C. P. * T. A. Dallas, T*
PHIL. A. AUEft
G. P. A. Ft. Worth, Tx
No, no, it cannot be that the copy for
tlie minutes of the Waco meeting were
purposely delayed in order to injure
anyone. They were lost and that Is all
there Is to it. When they are found
they will be printed. They cannot be
printed, 'till the copy Is found. Let us
hope it will b« found.—Co-operator,
Jan. 10. 1 f 06.
Probably the above paragraph was
not intended to be funny!
BELL COUNTY Resolutions.
Resolved that In consideration of the
grand fight made, and we believe vic-
tory won, in maintaining a full and
complete "referendum" in the constitu-
tion of the F. E. & C. U. of A., that
applies to local, district, county, state
and national questions effecting this
organization. Therefore, Ihls delegat-
ed body of Bell county, believing that
a full and complete "referendum" vote
should be taken on_ all questions of
vital interest, like forming of a national
organization, that seems questionable
as to the best Interests of this insti-
tution. We kindly and respectfully in-
vite ail the union brethren throughout
the states to co-operate with us In
declaring said election null and void
until ratified by the majority of a full
and complete referendum vote of this
organization, and that a copy of these
resolution's be published In the Mer-
cury-Password, and the co-operator,
requesting all other union papers to
please copy. Offered by J. J. Deaver.
ReftireB to committee on resolutions.
By motion of c. J. Jackson the commit-
tee recommends Its adoption.
J. P. 11AUGH,
Chairman of Committee.
J. A. WlHBELKR,
J. T. MING,
Secretary.
TARRANT COUNTY UNION.
Bro. C. B. Johnson of Grapevine pnld
this office an appreciated visit last
week. He Informed lis that election of
oftiwers for Tarrant County Union re-
sulted as follows: C. B. Johnson,
Pres., Grapevine; R. E. Wilson, V.-P.,
Liltle Elm: .1. T. Bensly, flecy.. Mans-
field; W. B. Lanford, f'h.; E. E. Hi*.
gins> Cond.: C. A. McMeans, Lecturer.
The Texarkana action was disapprov-
ed. Adjourned to meet Feb. 2 in La-
bor Temple.
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ADA COUNTY UNION, I. T.
Ada County Union, I. T., convened
on Jan. 4-6, at Ada. Pres. A. J. Looper
presiding, in a three days' session.
Judge Henry M. Turman, formerly of
Ft. Worth, delivered an eloquent ad-
dress of welcome to the body. Pres. S.
O. J3#ws and Stump Ashby both made
. rousing -addresses. A. J. Looper ten-
dered his resignation as president, as
he expects to remove to New Mexico.
G. W. Black waa elected aa his suc-
cessor.
REDUCE ACREAGE.
I believe that in the proper reduction
of acreage lies the salvation of prices
for our next crop. We must not let
j present high prices cause us to plant a
i large cotton acreage this year. If we
do. It means '6c cotton; a small one
means He and 12c cotton. So we can
have a small acreage of cotton, work
le.->s and make more.
M. C. COOPER, Sea
Mt. Joy. Tex.
REPORTS FROM
THE UNIONS.
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Condensed Notes of Union Work. The Boys
at the Forks of The Creek Heard From, i
McDonald Counter Union, Mo., Is in
session at Jane, Mo., at this writing.
Sevier County Union held a suc-
cessful meeting at Melrose, Ark., on
Jan. G-6.
The Indefatigable Louisiana organiz-
er, Bro. James Dutton, Is to organize
another Parish Union next Saturday—
Ascension. Even during tlie reign of
yellow Jack he was not idle. Good for
Bro. Dutton.
J. T. Delevan, the live county secre-
tary of Gillespie Co. Union, writes en-
couragingly of the outlook, In his sec-
tion, but says they are needing an or-
ganizer and lecturer.
"We appreciate very much the firm
stand you take on true unionism. Our
county had 26 locals represented, and
approved Hunt Co. resolutions unani-
mously." W. H. Pruitt, Co. Organizer.
Rockdale, Tex.
Franklin Parish Union, La., met on
Dec. 28-29 with Big Creek local, with
ten locals represented, whose reports
were of an encouraging nature. Ad-
journed to meet with Stout Local
Miarch 15th.
The Temple uhion Is a live body. All
in line and hantf at work. The Mer-
cury-Password is our chart and wo
find that it leads In the right way all
the time. Every man in the union
aught to read it.—J. L. Baird, Temple,
Tex.,.
ing, which was not to vote for any ono
for office who was not an actual farm-
er. They should have voted against
any one for office who was not an
actual farmer. We go them one bet-
ter. Elect no one as a delegate to
any union who Is not an actual farmer.
Let the people rule, -nod let us have no
more officials than necessary. If this
be done, the order is safe.
BEN F. SELLS, Sec.
Quintan, Texas, Rt. 2.
IN
Our local Is moving along nicely.
Many of our people are holding their
cotton yet for better prices. Cotton Is
about all picked and ginned. We have
made an abundance of small grain, and
everything Is prosperous.—W. R.
Waldrip, Mercer Gap, Tex.
SANGER BROTHRES,
1 DALLAS, TEXAS.
JsiioigHiii^isiiisaiiiiiiiiisisiBisisisisisiiisisrii
Shoot it Into the pirates lively! I
am glad to know that there are others
who see the cloven foot In the action
of some of our "prominent" members.
When the facts are all made clear,
there will be only one opinion among
the "boys at the forks."—C. A. Saucr,
Hamilton, Tex.
DISTRICT UNION FORMED
POLK CO.
Magnolia Hill Local met on January
6, 1906, at 9 a. in. Had a rousing good
time. After dinner a District Union
was organized with the following offi-
cers: O. L. Davis, Pres.; C. C. Knight,
V. P.; E. C. Collins, Sec.-Treas.; J. D.
Summerall, lecturer; Chas. Dowden,
Ch.; W. M. Cain, D K ; Jas. Holder,
Condr.; W. S. Mederls, Bus. Ant.. Or-
ganizer W. T. Stephens is doing good
work here in Polk County, lie has or-
ganized several unions the past month.
I send under separate cover cash for
ten new subscriptions to the Mercury-
Password. No union can be a success
without this grand old champion of the
plain people. The local members must
beware of surrendering their rights to
officialdom. We have never lost a
member since our organization; from
15 to 50 Is our growth in 9 months.
W. S. MEDKAR1S,
Sec. Magnolia 11111 Union.
Tip Top, Tex.
MILAM COUNTY INDOR8E3 HUNT
COUNTY RESOLUTIONS.
Milam County Union met In regular
session at Bushdale, on January 4, 5.
A large crowd was present and every
one seemed to enjoy the occasion. We
unanimously indorse the Hunt County
resolution as passed by that body on
Dec. 20. 1905, at Greenville. Texas.
JNO. C. SCOTT, Co. Sec.
Rockdale, T<x.
as was plainly evidenced at tho Waco J
meeting last August; and who did not
hesitate to stoop to questionable prac-
tices to secure their election; and
Whereas, said National conference
ignored two cardinal principles of the
"Texas" Union, viz.: tho referendum
and that only actual farmers shall hold
office—Inasmuch as tho constitution
adopted says nothing of .either princi-
ple and at least two of the national of-
ficers are not farmers; therefore, be it
Resolved by the F. E. & C. U. of A.,
of Lavaca county, now In session, Jan.
6. 1906, that we unqualifiedly condemn
the action of the Texarkana conference
in thus presuming to force a national
constitution and national officers on
tho Texas union positively distasteful
to the latter, and we further condemn
said officers for permitting and. In fact,
aiding and abetting in tills attempt to
humiliate the Texas Union; therefore,
be It
Resolved, that we ask the officers of
the real National Union—the Texas
Union—not to surrender tho national
charter to tho officers of this or any
other so-called National Union under
any circumstances whatever, unless
such transfer be approved by a major-
it !T vote of tho Texas Union member-
ship.
Reports from the various Unions
show an encouraging increase both in
membership and enthusiasm. J. S. Air-
heart, the county lecturer and organler,
is mapping out an extensive campaign
to bring tho unorganized suctions Into
the fold.
INDIAN TERRITORY 8PEAK8.
SMOOTHLY WORKED.
The resolutions of one county union
published this week is in error In that
the Texarkana constitution does recog-
nie_ the referendum, so far as future
amendments to that Instrument Is con-
cerned—but the body refused to sub-
mit the questions at Issue to the mem-
bership; the constitution was not to
be referred to the membership but was
to go into immediate force and effect.
Our Union at Wilson elected officers,
to-wit: Pres., A. A. Wilson; V.-P., J.
W. Glnscow; Sec'y., W. G. Holloman;
Lectr., J. C. Albritton; Cond., Tom
Purefoy; D.-K., C. A . McWIIliams;
Chap., F. Ray. We meet every Satur-
day evening at 2 p. m., and propose to
strictly do business henceforth.—J. C.
Albritton, Bazette, Tex.
WANT ACTUAL FARMERS.
Miller County, Ark., Heard From—Res-
olutions Adopted.
Miller county union No. 66 met with
Bright Star local union Jan. 5, and had
a very Interesting meeting. Good In-
terest was shown and valuable l<l"as
presented. Resolutions adopted follow:
1. Resolved that this county union
No. 2, south of Sulphur, is not In favor
of a national union at this time, but Is
in favor of a national council.
2. Resolved that we as brethren will
not favor any brother or vote for any
brother for any office in the union un-
less he be an actual farmer.
3. Resolved that we as union breth-
ren come closer together In all of our
YOUNG COUNTY UNION.
The Young county union met ut Gra-
ham, Jan. 5, 1906, and adopted the
Hunt county resolutions, demanding
that the cardinal union principles of
the referendum and farmers for office
must be recognized and adhe red to,
and that these principles cannot be Ig-
nored without betraying the interests
of tho membership. Also endorsed the
,Texas delegates' stand for these prlp-
clples and request the Mercury-Pass-
word to publish.
O. H BUNGER, Secy.
Graham, Tex.
PRES. HOLMES' ITINERARY.
Pres. Holmes of Louisiana is filling
dates In St. Helena, East Feliciana,
East Baton Rougi and Livingston Par-
ishes tills week. He expects to be
with James Dalton, in the organization
of Ascension Parif-h Union, on the 19th.
Thence to Marthaville, 22nd. Mansfield
23rd, Manna( meeting or State com-
mittee), 24th, Parish Union, 2.r>tli. Lo-
cal brethren should work up good
crowds.
LAVACA COUNTY FARMERS-
UNION.
Insist* on Referendum and Actual
Farmers.
Lavaca County Farmers' Union met
in regular quarterly session at Hal-
lettsvllle, Texas, E. O'. M Itzen presid-
ing and J. P. Parr acting as secretary.
Owing to a provision in tin- new
Unvarnished Statement How That
Caucus Endorsement Was Secured.
I note that an Oklahoma brother
asks In last weeks' paper how it came
about that Gresham was endorsed by
tho Texas caucus at T< xarkana for
National organizer, particularly in
view of the dissatisfaction last sea-
son with the Texas committee nnd sec-
retary up to the August meeting, when
they were shelved—as we hoped—per-
manently. Bro. Sheehan wonders I? It
was not a last reluctant concession, In
the Viiln hope of thus defeating another
objectionable! candidate from Texas,
seeing that the* oilier States wre de-
termined to impose n. g. upon us, willy
nllly.
A small caucus was hurriedly Rot-
ten together of Texas delegate* for the
selee tlem eif a niemli. r ol the newspaper
committee, and it was then agreed to
call a. regular caucus of oil tli" Texas
delegates I<> decide upon liit ir prefer-
ences as to officers.
The i"gtilar caucus was duly an-
nounced in the convention, consequent-
ly If any Texas delegate remained
| away It was of his ow n choosing.
More than fifty delegates were pres-
ent. Ex-l'residcnl Murray presided,
and B. |.\ ('liapnuin was secretary.
Nominations were called for, and a
Texas delegate nominate d I'ylc and
talked fe>r him almost on hour, hut fin-
ally, Juct before th" vol.- was taken,
seeing that l'ylc eould hardly get half
tt dozen votes, he withdrew I'yle "lath-
er than have liiin slaughtered,' as lie
expressed it. Calvin then received a
unanimous vole The) caucus decided
that Texas wanted nei other office (ex-
cept a committee man). It was we ll uti-
derstood that one Te xas loan was a
standing candleiate for national organ-
ler, se> the decision te. endorse no oilier
thwart Gresham's election If possible.
Also Texus had no obJ"ctlon te> the
state's distributing the offices provided
they would alse> respect our prefer' iicch
as within our own state'.
Almost Immediately after the caucus
adjourned, emissaries were diligently
circulating all kimls eif misstatements
re-latlvee to the- nellons of the" caucus It
was alleged that Texas bail failed to
agree; that only a f< w were present,
etc . etc, ad infinitum. The endeavors
eif the Texas majority te> corree-t these
allegations wre futile*, fe.r it seemed
constitution which make s only a. tual that no one from Te xas whs lo he I,e--
farnvrs e ligible to office, President j ||i-ved, except that litti<- coterie' whei
Mieltzen retired ami a vote of thanks ; we re so busy pulling the wire s te> ile-
was tendered to him fe.r past services j feat the wish"-; of Die- State which
to the- Union, in his stead was elected
D. J. Simpson of Ilae-kberry. Other
officers are: Ed Tarklngton of Wil-
liamsburg. V P.; J. P. Parr of Ezell,
dealings with each other in the future j S"C.; C- D. Pie rce of Hallettsvllle. Bus.
than we have in fh<- past and that we
make our meetings more interesting.
4. Resolved that these resolutions
Agt.; J. K. Alrhart of Hope, lecturer;
H. F. Kuhne of Hope, Ch.; H. L. N'-w
of Cranberry, Ootid; Wtri G1 rloff of
be sent to the Mercury-Password for j Kinkier, D. K : executive committee: .1
publication anel that they be spread on
the pages of the minutes book of coun-
ty union No. 2 for future' reference.
This closed one of the best meetings
we ever held. Our next county union
meets with Concord local first Friday
in April, 1906, (ileal success to the
Mercury-Password, the best of papers.
J. D. BROWN.
Secretary-Treasurer Miller Co. Union.
ANOTHER VIEW.
Goosett Local Union No. 1011 met
Jan. •, and considered the Te:tarkana
proceedings. First. the cours" pursued
was pot in confoi matletn with the call
for the meeting Issued by. President
Calvin. 2. The move wag void of con-
stitutional authority. The referendum
principle was Ignored. It is also ap-
parent that the Texas del' gallon did
not conform altogether to the Instrue-
tions given them BX Uw Wuo m—ri-
M. Cannon «,f S ■ luslon. C. 11 Thomp-
son of Monserrate, and Frank Kelfeit.
of Gleckl''r.
Committee on eludes anel salary of
business agent Is to report at tr xt
quarterly meeting on April 7.
A constitution and by-laws govern-
ing the County Ciiion, was adopted.
The following resolutions were
aelopted:
Whereas, at the recent Farmers' 17n-
Ion National Conference In Texarkana,
Te-xus, there was organl"d a so-cal''d
National Union, which has no l<>gi l
existence until the "T' xas"' Union sur-
renders lo It the National charter:
Whereas, at said Con vn I Ion, ngalnst j Hill, Tex.: See , •I A. Moyd. Lancaster,
the unanimous protest of the Texas Tex.: Jyeturer, W. S. I'.iiggs, Wllmi-r,
delegation, there wtre elected to the of-j Tex.; Bus. Agent. .1 A Dowdy, Kt<-
fl'es of national president and national j burg, Tex.: Iloeirkeeper, K. II. Samuels,
organizer two Texans, who are not j Wlhrier. T<x Kx<' utlve < 'oinmltt'-e,
farmers; who are- mistrusted by the'Geo. Neelv. Dallas, 'lex., Mote Miller,
rank and file of their onn Stuttt Union. . Lancaster. Teg.
they pretended to represent I.
Texas Finally, Just before that r
markahle election, another caucus was.
h"ld, w ith only about half I lie: nuni-
be r present.
Then It was W" we n bunceie-d Into en-
dorsing n g. feir organizer, with the
unele-rstatieilrig that lie remove all eih-
stae'e■« from out neniiin''' l<ir president
(Calvin)!
That Is fine endorse ine-iit I am he art-
ily ashamed of.
\\V ylelele e| point alte r point miie h
more- than our p. eeple « ;> i e- lej y I• |el
just fe.r the* sake- e.f hainte.ny. What
mistakes we maele* w.ev e|u- to this
desll e. M KII'-LDS,
I'reslelent Fulls Cej. I'tllejn,
Lott, Te-x., II I' l>
CORRECTION.
Dallas County Colon, at Its last se*s-
sloll « le e I. e| the' fe.llowlllg Others flit'
I lie* ensuing yea i Pre-s. A. J. Hilton,
timer. Tex.; V I'. .1 M. Young, «'edar
Denounces Texarkana Convention in
Forcible Language—Opposes
Separation of Indiahoma.
Red River County Union No. 1, met
ut Ielabcll, I. T., on Jan. 4-5. On ac-
count of the roads being so bad the
Locals were not ull represented.
The president and vice-president
both being nbsent, C. J. Steward was
elected president protem. The house
was partially organized and adjourned
until 2 p. m.
President E. Blue having arrived on
tho 12 o'clock train, called tho house
to order at 2 p. m. Ono of tho most
Important resolutions acted on was ele-
nounclng the special call of delegates
to meet nt South McAlester on Jan. 17,
for the purpose of organizing a sepa-
rate State Union for Indian Territory.
The house decided that it would be
much wiser to wait until congress set-
tles the Statehood question.
The question regarding a trade house
was presented and It was decided to
let the Locals arrange that matter for
themselves; but It was advised that
where two or more locals are close to-
gether they e'nn arrange tlie matter and
all trade at the same place If possible.
Also It was advised that those of our
members who have not the money to
pay cash should uso caution and good
Judgment in making arrangements to
secure their merchant.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
"Whereas, The so-called National
Convention, assembled at Texarkana,
have trampled unelcr foot the most
sacred leh as of the lay members of the-
Union; and
"Whereas, They have attempted to
muzzle the- press ami have refused to
allow the pe-ople a referendum vote e>n
the proceedings of that convention;
and
"Whereas, The y have promulgated a
scheme to ble-ed the Union fe>r funds
to erect a forty thousand dollar print-
ing plant lo be dominated by machine
heisse's, to mislead the people and de-
stroy the business of the ikatriollc cd-
lleirs who have Invested their all In a
newspaper to be run In defense of Un-
1*u principles: therefore be It
"Resolved, That we denounce the
work done- at. Texarkana as unjust and
detrimental to the best Interests of tho
Union. That It was a direct assault
upon tin* rights and privilege's of tho
rank anil flb\ ami that we. refuse to
eith'T endejrsei or submit to the. high-
handed pl'oe e eellllgs eif that Sclf-e linStl-
tuted boely eif autoe rats."
A'ljourmd lei nice'l at (loodwalcr, I.
T., March .'10-31.
i;. I'.M'K, I'reslelent,
A. 10. .I'MINS'tN, Sec.-Treas.
JUST A FEW.
The' members eiT the- Farmers' rnlein
In Ihls e 'e in n t y elei iieit, take k 111' 11 y to
tli - aellon of the Texarkana Convn-
t ion In departing from the Inst rui'l bins
of the' Ware. Convention ami cspi'i-lally
toward a few of the delegates fioin
Te-xas. Ft. Worth Union Banner.
KAUFMAN COUNTY UNION.
The Kaufman County Farmers'
riilnn met at Kaufman, Tex., Jan.
12-13. The county was very well re-p-
resenteel ceinsleh'l'liig thee bail roaels ami
we'll I her. The feilletwlng eellle ers went
deeded feir the ensuing year: H. \V.
Thompson, I'n-s.; J. J. Ilice, V IV: E.
II. Weave r. See-.; 1,. T. Dalrymiih', Ch.;
.1. (i. Coriicallsein, Coml ; Jim Jackson,
1).-K.: W. II. Smith, Lietonr. Kauf-
man County ITulon fully embuses tie-
ai t Ion taken |,y enir worthy "State;"
president and exe-e utlve committee In
retaining possession eif the' framhlse
until a National Union Is formed by
the- several Slates III ace'orelaile'i' with
the fumlamenlal principles, making It
a Farmers' Inst It ut Ion. Several things
of Impend ami' tei the- oreh-r was atte mi-
ce! to and everybedy present hail a
goo.l time, our mxt regular meeting
will be Mare h 23-24, at Kaufman.
F. II. WKAVKIt. Sis'.-Tresis.
It. 1) No. 3, Kaufman, Te-x.
GRESHAMS QUERY.
What of the Niyht?
"Poor mortals that we aie-. We- hav-
en organization now eif many, many
IhoUMilids 'if members. Ariel It has
come to pass that the tillers eif the-
earth have again b'-ei i organized.
What feu? Feir eelueatlon, feer preitec-
tloii. for co-operation, for buslni'ss.
What have W" deiiie Up tei elate'? Not
much. Only organize'. What eloe-s the
thing look like- now? What are- tie In-
ilie-ators? Where are w at? I heipe eiiir
pe-ople will now 1 leilf matte r straight In
the fine. leein't elo'lge Don't refuse
to I• ie>l< Dein't Imagine that all Is we I
ami Iiiiii ove r atiel sluinh'r again! Tie-
Farmers' I'nlon has now reached a
period III Its hbtory that leioks like a
calamity. Any sore 'if hone h-ss animal
can leiok it I e-e ■ on dress parael". can stay
In ranks wlc n tin re' is nothing to eb>,
cull talk loud and boast of the- farmer
as the; man who f' e els and clothe s the
weird, can heiwl ealamlty ami turn 111•*
atmosphere green with curses of the
fellow who toils not or spins, hut ge ls
there! all the same. Any sort of an ass
can bray but the time lias e-eune NnW
when the Farmers' Union needs men e.f
brains, of Integrity, "f honesty, of pa-
triotism. The time has NOW come
when w- n'*ed me n who will "slick "
The world has told us that the- farm-
er e'OUld do wonders If h<' would only
stick; and he etui. But they say he
won't stick. Will he"? Will he Btick?
If he will, now is the time to show It,
for NOW we are up against the real
thing. They told us that sharpers
would get in, that the political trickster
would get in, and that when he could
control the organization to suit his own
selfish ends, that he would kffl It. And
they told the truth—or at least part ot
It. Tho trickster Is In. The political
schemer Is here. He Is on deck, just as
predicted. He is yelling, "wolf, wolf,
stop thief!" Ho says in his heart,
"The people be damned." He Invited
us to Texarkana to join with him In
council, "looking to the organization
of a National Union, If deemed Ume'y
anil advisable."
State Unions were represented by a
strong delegation, that cost them hun-
dreds of dollars of hard-earned money
—money that was earned In the cotton
flelels. Seven other states were repre-
sented—scattering—those that had no
State Unions, but a few local unions,
nnd, perhaps, a county union or two—
they got a few dollars together and
sent, a delegate also. Thirteen states
in all had delegates at Texarkana. They
were invited to join the organization
of a National Union If "deemed advis-
able." We all got there. Our friend,
the schemer, looked around, felt of th«
water, took his bearing, sniffed the air,
and shook his head and said, "It won't
do. It Is neither timely nor advisable."
Why not? Don't like the looks ol
things. Why not? Listen, why not?
Read on and see if you can find why
not. The gavel fell. Prayer was of-
fered to tho great God who made US
all, that our deliberations might h4
with nn eye single to the glory of God
and the good of tlie men, women and
little children who toll; that wo might
dei right anel fe ar no man.
"The ball opened, and our friend, ths
schemer, slated his case with all the
earnestness lie could command. There
were less than one dozen of these- gen-
tlemon who said, "the time Is not yet,"
They <1 Li the best they could. Every-
body took Ihe'in to be honest, but mis-
taken. They were out-voted by about
ton to one, but they couldn't help it.
They did their best and fell In line. Th^
decision was that It Is both timely and
advisable to organize a Nutlonal I'n-
lon, ami what eild we do? We organ-
ized a. National Union right over nup
friend, the schemer. He Rot no offle-e.
He alresiely haei one, but h" wanted un-
otlier. 11 e' was only a state officer, hut
he wanted to he national. What diel h#
do? He saiel to hlmselr, ".lust wall;
we'll fix 'cm. We hold the national
franchise. We bought It from thos9
fools over In Rains county, who hael a
good tiling anel elbln'l know it. If w*
had It tei elo ove r we'el lake It away
from them arid ki< k them out. We
promised tei pay tlie-m $3000 for it and
paid $3700 of It before we found out
that we elldn't have !e>. We'll see Vm
in. III II before tiny git the other $300,
e ve-n If they have geit enir note'. \.'e- can
repudiate that that's easy. Yes. We
hod the- national franchise, and we
wemt' let 'em have it, and if they un-
ele-idiike- to dei anything we'll enjoin
the m with the e'eiurts, because we are
now in Dallas. W-'ve talked with Tom
Campbell, our lawyer, whom we are
going to make gov. rnor, anel Tom >ays
the' Injunction law Is the stuff that will
put Vm to sleep."'
Ami It came to pass that the Tex-
arkana committee—the National rete-
ntive committee, after having been
abused by the M.-P., the organ of our
file-nil, tin- sche mer after having been
ridiculed aid called all manner of ugly
names, too numeroii.e to me ntion, met
over hi th" city of Dallas, according
tei pri'vious appointment, to meet the
ceimmittee eif our fi lenel the schemer,
who lie-Id the franehlse. but lo! and
alas, tlie- ,liity work had been eiooe so
w11 that eiolv one man would budge an
Inch Four eif tie in saiel, "Nay, verily
sweet I'auline you can't cutter (all hall
to the- name of J It I,uce, the on!y man
on the ceimmltte'c who was at the Tex-
arkana meeting and the- eaily man on
the. e-ommltt"!' who was willing that tho
people should have a Nutlonal I'niein
If "ele-cimd timely and ailvisable.')
Tin. either four we re not at Texarkana
ami only teiok the' wend of enir friend,
tie' se In im r. Anel here we are. What
shall we do? "Why," says a thousand
veilce-s, "Just as f expected. I told you
se. I knew they wouldn't stick. Good-
ie,\e\ I'm gwlne home." What shall we
elei? Ne> charter, no franchise, no noth-
ing, ami our friend Just simply dares
us to move one w heel—he swears If we
elo he 'll invoke the lhjunctlon, umi he
ran 'hi It, anil I believe he will, because
with the right kind of pull you con get
anything you want In Dallas. They
believe that they have the Farmers'
I'nlon In their vest pocket and can do
anything they please with It even to
electing Tom Campbell governor ol
Texas.
"What are you going to do, hoysl
quit? Tlireiw up the sponge? ar
that It Is Just as you expected? Ace
y.eti going to do that? No, you won't.
You'll 'stand firm' and see the salva-
tion of the I rel." Fraternally.
NRW'T GRESHAM,
In National Co-Operatoiv
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