The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-03-12
A FALSE STATEMENT.

On March 3rd there was an article,
coming as q special from Dubuque, in
which 1t was stated that the State
Business Mems Association has sent
notices to jobbers that they must
stop selling goods to the Alliance, or
the members Of the state association
will stop buying goods Of them. l
have endeavOred to find out where
this originated, but SO far have been
unable to do SO: but | have this to
say: 1t Is false in every sense OF the
word, and whoever started it knew
1t was false at the time and intended
to try to do the State Business Mems
Association some harm. The refer
ence made to the farmers alliance at
our convention at Cedar Rapids was
in its favor. In our presidents an
nual address his remarks in regard
to the Farmers Alliance were these:
Just how far the alliance movement
comes within the scope OF the dis
cussions II is difficult to say, but that
It demands some attention none
will doubt; whether we shall
meet organization with counter or
ganizatfon, or whether it is one of
those misguided movements which
will best work its own cure, leave
with you to decide
The committee that was appointed
to report on the presidents address,
reported as follows: '.6th-Resolyed,
that this association, and all business
men are SO closely allied with farm
ers and the farming interests that
whatever measures may be deemed
wise for one, Is regarded Of equal in
terest to the other, and that it is the
sense Of this meeting that we act in
harmony with them in all things for
our common good"
1t is simply an attempt to make
hard feelings between the state asso-
citation and the alliance, which l am
very sorry to see, as this cannot be
accomplished. What is in reality,
good for the alliance, is good for the
retail merchants. and the state asso-
citation SO feels towards them, and
wish to state for the benefit Of all
those that may read that article,
that none Of the local association in
Iowa has any right to form such q
resolution in their local association.
They have constitution and by
laws to 20 by, and anything of this
is contrary to them. l will say fur
ther, that the Dubuque Association
has never formed any such reso-
lutions, for l have a report in my of
flee Of every one of their meetings,
and in fact, one Of my own travelling
men, Mr.. G. H. Simpson, is secretary
of that association. 1t is simply Il
put up job, and l hope that every
one OF our members will preserve
this paper, and II any OF the farmers
come In (Which they undoubtedly
willy that they will show them this
article, and show them how false the
item in the Register is. We are will
ing to have everything that is done
in our state association, or in our To-
cal associations, put in print, but we
are not willing to have false state
ments made about our association,
and we hope in the future. if any
thing Of this kind is sent in to any
Of our large daily papers in Iowa,
that they will drop me line to find
out whether it is true or not as will
be more than pleased to give them
full particulars in any case. Our
state association is not for the pur-
pose Of regulating such things as
this, It is for the general good of the
retail merchants and the consumers
of Iowa. A. s. BURNELL,
State Secretary.
l do, hereby, soiemnly swear that
the above is true in every sense of
the word, for l have verbatim Pc
port of every word that was said at
the State Convention which was
held at Cedar Rapids, Feb. "a, %,
and 26, 1901.
A. s. BURNELL,
Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this fifth day Of March, A. D., 1897.
49,, T. BINFoED,
SEAL. Notary Public,
wv Marshall Co., Iowa.