The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 30, 1907, Page TWO, Image 2
STATE FARMERS' UNION MEETS
Organization Growing Rapidly?20,000
Members?Resolutions
Adopted.
I'lie annual meeting of I In* South
Carolina Farmers' l.'nion was called
at (Iret'nwotmI on Thursday morning
l).v Slate President C). I'. Goodwin, of
Laurens. President Goodwin, alter
rapping the meeting lo order, announced
that an address <?t' welcome
to 1 he delegates and other attending
farmers would be made by Mayor
Kenneth Maker. Mayor Maker most
cordially and happily welcomed the
delegates lo (Jreenwood and interspersed
his remarks with timely su.truest
ions and appropriate remarks,
which elicited much applause. Pivsiueiil
(ioodwin then introduced lion.
J. Mellon Watson, ol' Anderson. Mr.
AValsou made a good, sound, practical
talk on the workings of (lie Union
while responding to the address of
welcome by Mayor Maker.
Twenlv-one counties were represented
al Hie opening. Eight hundred delegates
were in attendance and more
were coining in. The organization
claims a membership of 1 .*?,(?()() in
South Carolina. At twenty minutes
lo l'J the meeting went into executive
session. The committee on credentials
was as follows:
I. M. O'Xeall llollowav, of Newberry:
S. ,1. Clark, Lexington; T. ('.
Anderson, Greenwood: F. II. Foster,
Greenville. and L. A. M a ha f fey, of
A ndcrson.
National President C. S. Marretl,
of A I water, (J a., addressed the meeting
a>| o'clock for period of two
hours.
Among other tilings he said the Union
was now more harmonious than
any old farmers' organization had
ever been in the south before. The
average growth of I he union is now
over M.01MI members a day. Some
days it reaches five or six thousand,
new members. The enrolled member-1
ship now is over one and a half mil-1
lion. None of (lie slate organizations,
have any debts and there is more or;
less money in the treasury of every
stale organization. The national
treasurer has considerable money lo'
his credit.
One of |lie most important things
in connection with this Farmers' Union
is the talk now current that I he'
rgnnization is affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor. Much;
lias been said about this matter of |
affiliation with the general federationi
and the attitude of many good and!
conservative men on the outside has
been undecided toward the organiza-j
lion, pending a statement of its pi>si- j
lion. President Marretl was asked
this <piesliou: "Is the Farmers' F.duealional
and Co-operative Union allilialed
with the American Federation ,
of Labor?" The answer was ''no"
and in his address to the meeting
here he cautioned the members to "go
slow about affiliating with any organ-!
ization." lie further said: '' Why j
should we alVdiale when the Farmers'!
T'nion is now strong enough and pow-1
erful enough to accomplish anything j
thai it wauls to thai is just ami,
right ''
HISTORY OF THE UNION.
Organization Has Had Marvellous
Growth Since. 1903.
Anderson. .Iul\ '.? >. The Farmers',
< 'o i>|m ?.i; i\i i .!',io:i:i! Union,
or the Uai'ineis" I nioii, a-- it i- called
for : horI is worthy of a sh.'it story
of that order in this stale.
The union is only four years old
and was organized in Texas in 1SHW,
and it- growth has been' marvellous.
It has attempted to profit hy the
mistakes of the Alliance and other
farmers' organizalions, and lo build
on a better foundation. The mud sill
of the organization is co-operation in
buying and selling, and among its
tenets is mutual help to members of
the I nioii. lo promote heller methods
of farming and an improvement of
farm life.
The union is organized in '2'2 stales,
and I he South Carolina branch was
organized three years ago. Tl requires
f>,000 members to secure a slate organizal
ion. and the South Carolina
organization was only instituted last
year. Anderson county is the stronghold
of the union for this stale?the
first union in South Carolina, being
Septus Union No. 1, with T. T. Wakefield
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 order,
and usually holds monthly meetings.
The dues are nominal,- only 00
cents per year for all purposes. There
are the national union, slate unions
county unions and local unions. All
matters of legislation of I lie order
lias to go through all these channels
before i! can ne determined, and a
majority rule prevails on all quest ions.
In addition to regular officers, such
A
t '
I ;ts president, vieo president, ete., the
j local unions have a business agent,
and I lien there is a head business
a ye nl lor I he county. The main work
of the. union in this section has been
tiie marketin?- of cotton. A member of
a union, or an outsider for that malj
tcr, puis his cotton in the hands of
j the county business ?agenl for sale.
Ihe owner of the cotton makes his
price he is willing to take. When the
business agent can secure that price
he sells the cotton.
The unions have in (his section a
system of ware houses built by members
of the unions, but the ware
houses are not. union property, but i
arc organized corporations, each separate,
iin.ler the laws of the slate. Regular
rates of storage and insurance
arc charged, and fee of 50 cents a
bale is also charged for sampling and
grading the cotton. These are the only i
I charges made in the handling of the
staple. Several thousand hales of coti
ion were handled the past season in
this manner, and today Ihe business
aireu( sold a lot of 08 bales for 13 1-2
cents. When a member places his
en!Ion with Ihe business agent for
sale lie must abide the act of the
agent. and whether I In* cotton is in a
ware house or not, if he instructs the
aye lit lo sell his cotton at a st'ated
price, and the agent does so, he must i
deliver Ihe cotton at the time slated
under penally of expulsion from Ihe
order.
Thus far, the unions have not j
i bought a ureal deal in bulk. They j
slate | hey only co-operate in buying
I pus I controlled goods, such as ferti-l
lizcrs. Though in some cases they have
bought flour, etc., in large lots.
Partisan politics are forbidden by
the const it utiion to be discussed in
local unions, but a leading union
member said he would always vole
for the man representing his principles.
So while the union may not be
in politics it is closely identified. (
During Ihe past session of South
Carolina legislature Ihe Farmers lTn- ion.
of this county, made an effort to
have the lien law repealed but failed.
The unions disclaim any councclion
wiili ihe labor unions or any oilier
orginizat ion whatever and claim to
opera I e independently. This was
impressed on Ihe founders of Ihe order
by the fact of the wreck of the
once powerful Alliance. Hut if my
memory is correct Ihe National Union
las) year adopted a resolution
endorsing the Union Printers in their
strike lor eight hours. As tlx* members
of the Warmers' Union are mostly
employers themselves this is
likely to cause some awkward complications
should il be brought too close
home. Mut the Union will steer clear
of these mailers when they come too
close.
The great light of the union now is
Ihe abolishment of cot Ion exchanges
and cotton speculators. They believe
the New ^ ork Cotton lOxchange is
against their interest ami are lighting
for its abolishment. In (his matter
they unite with Ihe Western unions
lor the abolishment of the grain exchanges.
They claim it is for the
producer to say what lie will lake
lor his produce ami not the speculator.
and Ihe advance in the price of
cot ion I lie | >asl season has greatly
strengthened llie union and the faith
of its members. Cotton has brought
.1 h"'!er price .-old in round !o|s than
j in smaller quantities,
W are hou-es are being hnill at
many points in this section, ami Ihe
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.
Wales from Newberry S. 0,, as folI
lows:
Season Ticket $10.55. Sold daily
April lOth to November 301 h.
| r?0 ha.v ticket *10.30. Sold daily
J April 10th lo November 30th.
j I * * day ticket $1-1.30. Sold daily
: April 10th lo November 301 h.
j Coach Excursion $8.55. Sold each
j Tuesday; limit 10 days. Endorsed.
Not good in parlor or sleeping
cars."
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Arrival and Departure of Trains.
Schedules of passenger trains in
and out of the Union Station, Newberry,
S. C.
Southern Trains.
No. 15 for Greenville .... 8.56 a. m.
No. 12 for Columbia ....10 32 a. m.
No. 10 for Greenville .... 1.35 p. m.
No. 18 for Columbia 1.50 p. m.
No. 11 for Greenville .... 4.42 p. m.
No. 10 for Columbia .... 0.47 p. m |
C., N. & L. Trains.
No. 85 for Laurens 5.19 ( . ni<'
NTo. 22 for Columbia .... 8.47 ;i. m.!
N'o. 52 for Greenville . .12 40 p. in.
NTo. 58 for Columbia .... 3.10 p. m.
Nro. 21 for Laurens .... 7.25 p. m.
No. 84 for Columbia .... 8.30 p. m.
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