Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-24

! accomplished? Will il increase the
price Of our farm products or decrease
| price of our clothing and farm machin-
| cry for US to nominate and elect the
county officers Of every county in this
/ State? / answer unhesitafiDgly no,
provided we can control legislation
otherwise.
By our system of legislative commit
| tees arranged IS we have them, there
| is no question but what we can control
| IL. And justice and right are all the
| farmers OF this country want, and il ls
what we have not had for twenty-five
years.
In our constitution we demand
Equal rights TO all and special privil-
eyes to nome"
We can never bring about this bless
ed state of things unless we keep our
eye single and alone to using the or
ganization only to the end of "ipcreas-
ing the price of our farm products and
decreasing the price of our farm SUE.
piies.n
The control of legislation both Ma.
tionai and State can be brought about
through our legislative committee sys-
ten; of the Farmers and Lsborers'
Union, as suppose the order under
stand. If any of them do not l will
explain its workings in another article
If they request it, If we then pomin-
ate and elect the County and State If.
hcers, we do not relieve the farmers
out simply put come good brothers in
to office. 1 am well aware that tbis in
not the advice that is desired by two
classes OF people in our order in this
State.
One class want the organization N
elect them to some good office and tbev
want to use the order to aid them per-
sonally, to get into some place that
they can live on salary, and freuuent-
ly you find those men the most actiy.
workers in the order.
The second class is composed of tho
smaller class of newspapers who de.
clare that they are anxious for the or
der to become separate political party
and they of course expect their ps pers
will. become the leading party or
gans."
OF the first class we W i'll say that they
have the same right TO run for office
after becoming members of our order
that they had before, and of course
there is disposition on the part of
the members of the order to prefer
them to other men, which is but right
and natural and springs from our asso-
ciating together in the same society;
but they have no right to use the order
to aid them in personal way.
The only way that we can get relief
is to De the 'grand hala nee wheel" aud
assure the various political parties that
we will vote with that party that comes
nearest To our principles and can have
them enforced and then staud as
"unlt" for that party.
BY adopting the resolution referred
to above you would prevent the very
thing that we most desire OF all things,
to-wit: controlling the elections.
One Of our great troubles in the past
has come from the fact that the farm
ers have not attended the primaries
and conventions.
1 say to every farmer In this State,
go to your primaries and conventions
and if you have the majority, "run
them" by "nain strength and work
wonders" aud then, and not till then
will yon Lave your rights respected.
1t is no excuse for you to cay that It
is busy time with you.
The most important days work you
ever can do is guarding your liberties
and rights.
Therefore, farmers, go to your pri-
and see that the men that fill
your offices are faithful and honest aud
that your legislative offices are filled
by men who pledge themselves to vote
FOR such legislation as will give equal
tights to all and special privileges to
none."
l now call on the conservative farm
,rs of our order TO read this with care.
md give 1t that degree of study that
he importance of the matter demands,
md then If you do not understand our
method Of controlling legislation / will
explain to you fully.
With the good of our noble order ev-
T first In my mind, am yours fratern-
lily, U. s. HALL,
State Lecturer f. & l.. u. of Mo.