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STATE FARMERS' UNION MBE T S Organization Growing Rapidly-20,- a 000 Members-Resolutions a Adopted. t The annual meeting of the South a Carolina Farmers' Union was called at Greenwood on1 Tiursdav mornini by State Piresident 0. P. (oodwin, of Laurens. President Goodwin, afterlp rapping the meeting to order, an- b nouinced that an address of welcome 1 to the delegates and other attending farmers would be made by Mayor s Kenneth Baker. Mayor Baker most b cordially and happily welcomed the h delegates to Greenwood and inter- a spersed his remarks with timely sug- a gestions and appropriate remarks, which elicited much applause. Presi- a dent Goodwin then introduced Hon. b J. Beliton Watson, of Anderson. Mr. Watson made a good, sound, practical: talk on the workings of the Union s while responding to the address of t welcome by Mayor Baker. t Twenty-one counties were represen- a ted at the opening. Eight hundred de- e legattes were in attendance and more c were coming in. The organization s claims a membership of 15,000 in a South Carolina. At twenty minutes m to 12 the meeting went into execu- a tive session. The committee on cre- p dentials was as follows: d J. B. O'eall Holloway, of New- u berry; S. J. Clark, Lexington; T. C. o Anderson. Greenwood; F. H. Foster, Greenville, and L. A. Mahaffey, of b Anderson. Is National President C. S. Barrett, t] of Atwater, Ga., addressed the meet-Idi ing a-t 3 o'clock for period of two b hours. Among other things he said the Un- tj ion was now more harmonious than I < any old farmers' organization had u ever been in the south before.' The fo average growth of the union is now p over .3,000 members a day. Some ir days it reaches five or six thousand E new members. The enrolled member- C ship now is over one and a half mil- i1 lion. None of the state organizations h1 ha-? any debts and there is more or T les., money in the treasury of every N state organization. The national o treasurer has considerable money to o his credit. i1 One of the most important things d in connection with this Farmers' Un- o ion is the talk now curreiit that the 1r *organization is affiliated with the i American Federation of La.bor. Much ,ei has been said about this matter of s affiliation with the general federation i bi and the attitude of many good and I. eonservative men on the outside has! li been undecided toward the organiza-, e tion, pending a statement of its posi- h tion. President Barrett was asked o: this question: "Is the Farmers' Edu- el eational and Co-operative Union affi liated with the American Federation ti of Labor '' The answer was "no' al anid in his address to the meeting tI here he cautioned the members to "go a, slow about affiliating with any organ- f< ization.'' He further said: "Why ti should we affiliate when the Farmers' ft ~UTnion is now strong enough and pow- el erful enough to accomplish anything p: that it wan'ts to that is just and f( right?''" HISTORY OF,\THE UNION. Organization Ras Had Marvellous Growth Since 1903. Anderson. July 25.--The Farmers, ~ Co-operative and Educational Union. - or the Farmers' Union, as it is called for short is worthy of a short story of that order in this state. 10 The union is only four years old and was organized in Texas in 1903, A and its growth has been' marvellous. It has attempted to profit by t.he mistakes of the Alliance and other A farmers' organizations. and to build on a better foundation. The mud sill A of the organization is co-operation in buying and selling, and among its tenets is mutual help to members of the Union, to promote better methods of farming and an improvement of c farm life. The union is organized in 22 stat.es, A4 and the South Carolina branch was. organized three years ago. Tt requires f 5,000 members to secure a state or- Ur ganization. and the South Carolina organization was only instituted last ti year. Anderson county is the strong hold of the union for this state-the first union in South Carolina, being V Septus Union No. 1, with T. T. Wake-. field president. The union now claims 20,000 members in South Carolina, all located above Columbia. They have no organization in the low country. The Farmers' Union is a secret or- a: der, and usually holds monthly meet- b< ings. The dues are nominal,- only 60 cents per year for all purposes. There N ar the national union, state unions N county unions and local unions. All N matters of legislation of the order N has to go through all these channels N before it can be determined. and a N 1In aMition to) re..uliar officers. such. N presi. ide. Ce president. etc., the laliax a Iusiness agent. N !d dhen there is a head blusiless N -eint for the couity. The main work N f the union in this section has been N he marketinu of eottoni. A member of ulniol, or. an outsider for that mat er. puts his Ootton in the hands of ie county business ,a:ent for sale. 'lie (iwner of tihe cotton makes his rice lie is willing to take. When the usiniess agent can' secure that price e se,lls the cotton. The unions have in this section a si vstem of ware houses built by mem- i ers of the unions, but the ware d< ouses are not union property, but c re organized corporations, each sep rate, under the laws of the state. Re ular rates of storage and insurance re charged. and fee of 50 cents a ale is also charged for sampling and rading the cotton. These are the only a barges made in the handling of the taple. Several thousand bales of cot >n were handled the past season in his manner, and today the business gent sold a lot of 58 bales for 13 1-2 ents. When a member places his otton with the business agent for ale he must abide the act of the gent. and whether the cotton is in a *are house or not, if he instructs the gent to sell his cotton at a st:ated rice. and the agen-t does so, he must eliver the cotton at the time stated nder penalty of expulsion from the rder. Thus far, the unions have not ought a great deal in bulk. They tate they only co-operate in buying mist controlled goods, such as ferti- I zers. Though in some cases they have ought flour, etc., in large lots. Partisan politics are forbidden by ie constitution to be discussed in >cal unions, but a leading union iember said he. would always vote )r the man representing his prin.ci les. So while the union may not be politics it is closely identified. uring the past session of South arolina legislature the Farmers Un- c n. of this county, made an effort to ave the lien law repealed but failed. he unions disclaim any connection -ith the lahor unions or any other raanization whatever and claim to perate independently. This was npressed on the foinders of the or er by the fact of the wreck of the ~ ree powerful Alliance. But if my iemory is correct the National Un >n last year adopted a resolution idorsing the Union Printers in their rike for eight hours. As the mem ers of the Farmers' Union are most r employers themselves this is? kely to cause some awkward compli itions should it be brought too close ame. But the Union will steer clear these matters when they come too ose. The great fight of the union now is ie abolishment of cotton exchanges rid cotton speculators. They believe ie New York Cotton Exchange is ainst their interest and are fighting r its abolishment. In this matter 8 1ev unite with the Western unions r the abolishment of the grain ex- C ianges. They elaim it is for the roducer to say what he will take r his produce and not the specula >r, and the advance in the price of tton the past season has greatly renthened the union and the faith its members. Cotton has brought better price sold in round lots thang smaller quantities. Ware houses are being built at any points in this section, and the JAME.STOWN EXPOSITION. Rates from Newberry S. C., as fol ws: Season Ticket $19.55. Sold daily pril 19th to November 30th. 60 Day ticket $16.30. Sold daily pril 19th to November 30th. 15 day ticket $14.30. Sold daily pril 19th to November 30th. Coaeh Excursion $8.55. Sold each uedy limit 10 days. Endorsed. 'Not good in parlor or sleeping Through Pullman sleeping ears, via tlatie Cost Line Railroad company. 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