The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-08-17
State Farmers Union.

III AleAanurla on TUESDAY, august
9th, and was in session five days.
The following officers were elect
to serve for the ensuing year, viz:
President, rs. Adams, of East Fe-
liciana; vice-president, S. Whited,
of Ouachita; treasurer, r. L. Tan
nehill, of VIM; secretary, j. w.
Macfarland, of Claiborne; lecturer,
I. j. Guice, of DeSoto; chaplain,
Rev. w. III. Bass, of Sabine; door,
keeper, Pat. Donnahue, of St. Lam
dry; assistant doorkeeper, S. w.
Wilkes, of West Feliciana; serg't-
alarms, H. d. Brown, Ascension.
The question of establishing a
factory under the auspices of the
union, for the purpose of manufac-
turing cotton bagging, was extern
.sively discussed, and propositions
were received from a number of
places, of liberal contributions if
the site is selected in the commu-
nifty making the offer. Monroe Of
ers to take one-half interest in a
$4,000 or a 100000 factory, or
she will give $4,000 in cash. fur
nish site for the factory, and also
furnish the right of way for build
ing railway switches. Alexandria
proposes to furnish the necessary
ground for buildings, donate $4,000
annually for five years, and exempt
the factory from paying city taxes
for period of ten years, to which
may also be added $l630 raised by
private subscription. None of the
offers were accepted, it being held
that the present condition of the
union finances did not warrant the
investment. A 'bagging factory
committee" consisting of I. S. AID.
ans, Linn Tanner and T..J. Guice,
was appointed, who, in connection
with the executive committee, are
authorized to name the location as
soon as $50. 900 has been raised hv
union members.
The constitution of the National
Farmers and Laborers' Union of
America was ratified and adopted,
and a committee of seven was APP
pointed to draft new State con-
stitution to conform Herewith.
Baton Ronge is named as the
place, and the first Tuesday in Au-
gust, 1890, as the time, for the next
meeting of the State union.
A great amount of other impor-
tant business was disposed of, but
our limited space forbids mention
in detail. A few resolutions in the
nature of '.buncombe" were also
put through, among which we rate
the resolution to instruct our dele
gates to the national body Ito use
their every effort to secure circu-
lating medium" The report of the
educational committee also goes in
an oblique direction when it pro-
poses to remodel the Judiciary and
appropriate the money thus saved
to school purposes! We look ON
the farmers union as being organ
lied strictly for business purposes,
and it is eminently improper to in
cite political discussions and ham,
per the order with debates and d.
visions over abstruse questions of
political economy. We regard this
as particularly out of place at a
time when we are unable to accept
business proposition from COM
mercial community which proposes
to furnish half the money to build
that cotton factory, of which we all
SO love to boast. No, farmers, let
us have strong State agency es-
tablished, and cooperative organi-
cations throughout the length and
bredth of the land, and then we
viii be with you on any outside IS