, 1877-09-01
A NEW ORGANIZATION.
Tho UnItet 1lr0ttleriiurd Of potato-GfowcFs'
To he Editor Of TIT Tribune.

moved to small lAfu anu set about raising
potataes chose, ami do choose. this branch
VI agriculture l,e:ausc understand It, and be.
cause It brings fne that "stlc,lt s,mpunionsh!p,
Inorc eioqtient than words,'of which We read
In boolss: for that modern gentleman, In the
gorgeous livery III brown md Euid, yclcpt the
Colorado Beetle, IA certaln To give his co1npuny
10 The potato, and while ever present, he has
ncvcr been kuuwn 10 say l,uo to q goose. H.
never makes pun Or gires out a conuudrurn:
,,uvcr makes witty speeches about suicides,
blustlers, fatal accidents, Or disgusting police
txtuilH; SO, tn one lung afflicted by smart news
pa,,cr.reportcra. the Colorado Beetle Il a gnd'
send. |is Il at all times ono Of thosc ''sflcnt
influences" whic! 30 surely mold the minds and
bodies OF mankind. lie docs nut 90 Kidding
through The world like gsassl,oppcF, or buzz
luz and humping abnut like other beetles, but
lniuds hlA own business, aud "says nothing to
noboly.'
Wei,, he and iave got. along char1nsngly,
and tile rcsult VI our Iabors Is quite sati.faot
tory, except In Que respect.
III tic beginning. bought seed-potatoes,-
aomc At - cents busl'c', slsnc at sl.05. To-
gctl,cs We hare cultivated them. and now the
!argo rs marble, some A. 6g rs becr.''ottlr.
a,ll all slzca betwecn. Thor nrc rounded out
uN1 smooth. and resent boiling b. getting cut
Q. their tackets Wien little more than hsf-done
They crowd encft other Ill the rows, and tumble
out utter tho hoe, as il laughing to tInl It Is
daylight and time for froltc; but-hut-but-
the price Of potatuea Is dnwu. .
Instead OF si.g5 per bushc1. shall probably
not get 20 cct,ts fur my potatocs! afn an up
| prcsscd. down-trodden potato oerpwer, a1d !
| a.u going to strike. want tu get utt Il new
| patty,--a party to protect tue Interests Q!
| ruiatu-GruWers. ] want nn organization OF
putato-Growcss,--au organization with u con-
| stltutiut, aud bylaws. President autl d Setre.
| tasy, Hoasd Of Managers aud L. Solicitor.
want tll1t VT should t2y our President $.,0U d
they will DO credit to eur ors:aniiatt@n,, 1want
to have every Potato-tirower compelled to join
our organization. aud taxed to ksep up the Dig
alty of its oll!ccrs: aud, my Que
paich, to comfort lis widow aud children.
/ want co,nMstec appointed 70 cliatcchlsc tue
eaudidutes of the two Ercat PARTIES to ste which
ly paasIng Iaws tEx,pg tile price Of potatoes AZ
$3.50 pcF buslrl ahl punlshlnE by tine and I'm
,,rfsuumcut all who refuae to buy POTATOES ut
| tlIGse tfglircJ.
Incn want to do away With all arlstocraey
| md psttensioiI among potatoes. as t. now ts,
| soI,lu potatoes are held Ut double the ,prtcu VI
others. Al one bushel Of theIl, y worth
St ssF I 1s,; NOW Il s usts Is y a5sss @
must he established bcforc VIC aEl gct our rights.
1t !. plain to oyesy Que that tuslel u potatoea
IL a bustael oi potalocs.-!D io:e no less,@,anI.
III coursc, the prizes should he tie saltir. With
out tlia rule, sptlie pslato-Crowurs will tt
to put OIL Alts aud uasutno superiority
over Others. They viii plow deep, n,anl,ru
iutrI!gautly. sab*oll, drain, select seed. aud SO
ruise better putatoes tAast thStr neighbours. THEY
viii experiment. and raise new anu better varle,
lics, which will bo purchased In prefer
cuse to those produced by other member.
OF the t,rpuuIzation. Thus the business Of The
great mass ut the-thr-the-lct me tcc-
vcs!-of the Unilea Drothrrhood Of Potatu
uruwers-that will bc n good name for ou.
ors4nIzatlos.-the business u tie ,grrat l'ass d
the Drot.lsrhood would br brought Into d1sre
ihc brotherhood On tlesl level OF equality .ls
not know II It would bs we'll to let unc pant
lnorr potatoes than anutl3er, but think not
AttIl, II ons should llays n'orc thaa another, hi
could divide ell around.
l want stuulp.spealcrs, md pot-houss poll
tleians, ald staall-bces cltoEs, to make psett;
hpeecs'cs to us. recount our wrongs, and tell Vi
@ tnsy ny, re % %xe;n; ts st t,n , tgn s,t q.s
while ~ tas tlIne they pat " on ths baek, an
Iwant every Fotato-uruwcr converted into
and Iaee!el IL the ad'nirasG of % ali Get.o!isi, !ti
In tact, should like them to be everything /,
uerordanec with tho spirit VI the aye, cxesp
angets; anl do not want to be- au augel, be
yn.ise oaject to wearing feathers Ia he
weather, nnt prefer froeks.
Nov, Mr.. Editor, as friend to tlie people.
trust you Will usrol1sr our raattse, aud SEES y
Tint We yet slus sl.ass. What is the ttsa VI lc
intu tho papvrst Yoa cannot thins. my plan
1lurrasuuttc, snec they are identical Wilt ttIus
Adoptcd or ptoposcd 1y hundreds Of thuusanl
| oi ;;A,nettcin toyesrix'ts, IL whom thu batlo
i Seg;,,s TO brng up iauwer, hut WHO follow IN tn
: footsteps ut ttcls lllusttio4s predecessors ore
tue water, that llAyt never catt a vote. Earl
trade furtns un organization; compcls all Of tha
il SfHr{.u lItn NIL tn