The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-25
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Farmers Meeting.

Farmers Meeting.
Pursuant to acall, the farmers of Dallas
county met in session ia the district court
room, at the court house yesterday, at one
o'clock in the afternoon. Notwithstanding
the fact that but short notice had been given
of the meeting, yet there were large num-
Der present.
Colonel w. II. Harris was called to the
chair. The chair explained the objects of
the meeting, which was TO procure sufficient
labor to gather the large cotton crop, and to
fix upon prices to be paid for it.
The chair regretted to see what
it regarded as exaggerated accounts
in the newspapers of the crop, yet it was a
fact that Dallas unity did have a large cot
ton crop and it was absolutely necessary to
take somo steps to gather it. The time had
come when they must look about them for
labor or the crop would so to q great extent
to waste.
On motion of Colonel j. NJ. Crockett, Mr..
j. S. Strother was elected secretary Of the
meeting.
Colonel Crockett was called upon
by the meeting for his views
was glad to see SO fair an assemblage of
farmers present. They were too negligent
as a class, in organizing associations to ad.
vance their own interests. Now, two ques-
tons arose; the first was to obtain labor and
the second to Axa price to be paid for it.
The county Democratic convention would
meet where they were at O'Clock, and he
thought that they had best adjourn to some
other place, where they could fully discuss
the matter. A great deal of honest labor
had been scared away from the state by such
acts as was perpetrated by the cold.booded
murderer crime at Marshall He said he
could not refrain from mentioning this mat
ter, as it had done so much to keep away i'm
migration and honest labor from Texas, The
speaker moved that q committee of five be
appointed to express by resolutions the sense
of the meeting.
Mr.. O.P. Bowser moved that committee
be appointed to confer with the railroads to see
if they could make reasonable and special
rates for the transfer of labor when found.
Colonel Crockett's motion was put and
carried, and the chair appointed the follow
ing on the committee: Colonel. j. NJ. Crock
EFT, NJ. B. L. Gracy, DR.. Cloud, o. P. Bow.
ser and Ned Perry.
Mr.. Bowser moved that committee be
appointed to confer with the railroad officials
as to fare and as to where they could get the
most surplus labor Others were going to
Kansas after negroes and they had no tiuc to
loose Us they would not get the labor any too
soon, and p9rties from other parts of the
oi,ko lLipr,;pr, harly tho bloply n
from Kansas, and if they proposed to look in
that direction for labor they must act
promptly. The motion was put and carried
Mr.. Baker said that the merchants of Dali
las, were more or less interested in the farm
ers' crops, and he thought they should lend
them assistance.
Mr.. Baker said that he was satisfied
they would do what was right by them.
Some one spoke to the effect that Major R.
V. Tompkins had expressed willingness to
that effect, and thought 1t would be we'll to
have the merchants assist them in getting
rates over the railroads for parties who come
as laborers.
The chair appointed the following COM
mittee to confer with the railroads: o. p.
Bowser, James A. Crawford, w. II. Harris,
A. Baker and Thomas Uhl.
The chair then briefly addressed the meet
ing, urging upon those present its import
ance, and stated that never was there meet.
ing, political or otherwise, in the history of
Dallas county, Of more Importance to them
than this one.
The hour for the holding Of the county
Democratic convention having arrived the
meeting ad journed to meet again at the same
place next Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.
The committee appointed to draft resolu-
tons expressive of the sense of the meeting
presented the following, which were
endorsed:
Tow II. Harris, Chairman farmers meet
ing:
Your committee appointed to draw up q
preamble and resolutions expressive of the
objects of this meeting beg leave to submit
the following
Whereas, The cotton crop of Texas
presents most fattering prospect, and if
no disaster befalls it will make and an enor-
nous yield, and
Whereas, There are great doubts rs to
there being sufficient labor in this county to
pick it out, and
Whereas, The corn crop is unusually large
and the yield extraordinary, which will de-
mand more labor than usual to house it.
therefore,
Resolved, That it is the duty of the farm
ers to look abroad for labor, and make such
provisions as are necessary to induce the i'm
migration of sufficient laborers from other
states as are necessary to gather the great
crops we have maturing in the field.
Resolved, That it is the duty of the
farmers to fix the price per hundred pounds
for picking cotton, so that there will be no
such competition between the different
farmers as will induce any one of them to
interfere with the laborers of his brother
farmer by offering increased wages.
Resolved, That such generous prices
should be stipulated for picking cotton as
will be fair remuneration to laborers, and
that we pledge ourselves to adhere to such
prices when fixed, and request all farmers
in the county to stand by them.
Respectfully submitted.
JNo. M. CRoCKETT,
NJ. d. L. GRAcY,
O.P. BowsER,
B. +. CLOUD,
MrD. PERRY.
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