The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-08-23
The VarM.
Farmers, Gardeners, Horticuiturists,
Dairy and Stoohn1en are requested to
Urite for this Department.
Farmers Everywhere Organizing.

cheering and encouraging information
to farmers:
FARMERS AND LABORERs' UNION.
The american Agriculturist says:
What promises to be successful coali-
ton of the principal new agricultural
organizations in the West and South is
now under way. The representatives
of these organizations convened at
Meridian, Miss, in December last, and
perfected plan OF cooperation and
consolidation. They established new
national organization with the above
name, adopting bylaws and c"nstitu-
ton, and electing officers for the ensu-
ing year. This new constitution has
already been ratified by several of the
State organizations, and 1t is safe TO
say, that before the next annual meet
ing of the new Farmers and Laborers'
Union of America, the consolidation
will have been accepted by more than
the three.fouiths majority required
The next meeting is to be held at St.
Louis, Mo-, on the first Tuesday in De-
Gambler, 1889. The members Of the
contributing organizations are claimed
to number one and one-half million
farmers, exclusive of women and chill
dren. These organizations embrace the
following:
National Farmers Alliance and Co,
operative Union of Americe-President
G. W. Mcclure, of Washington, D. G.
Secretary. E. B. Warren, Dallas, Tex.
National Agricultural Wheel-Pres-
idcnt, Isaac McCracken, Ozone, Ark;
Secretary, A. E. Gardner, Dresden,
Tenn.
National Farmers Alliance of the
Observation-Disclosures, J. Burrows,
Filley, Neb.; Secretary, August Post,
Moulton, Ioa.
Farmers Mutual Benefit Association
President, T. G. Blood, Marion. Ill;
Secretary, A. M. Palmer. Marion, III.
Under the new constitution these
different organizations are to be merged
into the Farmers and Laborers' Union
of America, with local, county and
State organizations subordinate to the
National, The State bodies are to be
governed b. the National order, but
the new constitution guarantees State
rights and retains about the same rela-
ton between the National and State
organizations as exists between the re-
spectiye States and the Federal Govern.
ment. President Jones, who is also
President of the Farmers State ALI
ance of Texas, says: ave are not Or
ganized for the purpose Of an'agonizing
any legitimate business, profession or
calling. We realize the fact that in
the general makeup of the running
machinery Of our government there are
three distinct partners-Land, Labor
and Capital, and that either one is es-
sential to the prosperity of the others.
In other words, Labor, cooperating
with Land, assists nature in bring forth
and perfcting the products of Mother
Earth, and then by distributing these
products, creates wealth. Capital in
turn pays labor for its services. Hence,
if there is just distribution of the
wealth created from the earth, all three
of these partners will prosper. If there
is an unjust or unequal distribution,
one-either Land, Labor or Capital
will grow rich and powerful, while the
others will become poor and weak.
The members of this organization real
ize the fact that the agriculturists are
not getting their just share Of the
wealth they create, and hence are or
ganizing-not to Cypress any one, but
through we'll defined system of or.
ganization, education and cooperation,
to regain control of their produce, SO
that we may be able to obtain legitimate
procession both produce and labor
1t will be seen that the scheme Of
organization is representative, and in
many respects similar to the Grange OF
Patrons of Husbandry, except that not
the same prominence nor equality is
given to women, while the social fea-
lures which have made the Grange so
successful are not equally emphasized
in the new Uuion. 1t is less expen-
sive organization than the Grange, the
admission fee as well as the reguler
annual dues being lower. But there
are essentially the same restrictions as
to admitting members. The Union,
however, goes further than the Grange,
and admits laboring men as we'll as
farmers, the Grange being confined