Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-04-20
STANDS UP FOR HIS ORDER.
Mr.. 1. ]. Sims Says the F. & L. u.
IL Not Dead BY a Long Shot.

Ger a communication from U. Bet,
of Bean Creek, to the effect stthat
the F. & L. u. of that place has
suspended and thrown up their
charter and the way U. Bet tells it,
it would seem that he, or she rather,
exulted over the failure. just this
one description of the failure of one
Union shows the animus of many
in regard to the organization. Now,
why is it that no one gloats over the
death of any other. organization? All
show signs of sorrow or sympathy
on hearing of the death OF an Odd
Fellow, Freemason, K. of P. or A.
o. U. w. Lodge. Why? Because
they are human and charitable Or
carnations. Then I would ask
what of the F. & L. U? Charity or
the Golden Rule, lido unto others as
you would have them do unto you,"
is one of the fundamental prin-
ciples of the order. But there is no
reason for my giving a long lecture
at this time on the principle OF the
order, but | would like to ask the
men and women that + eligible to
membership, especially the farmers,
a few questions. Has not the F. &
L.. u. done more for the farmers,
wives, sons and daughters together,
than any other one thing. There are
many brought together from dis
tant parts of the country and become
fast warm friends and are happy in
the acquaintance and friendship OF
those that have met in the Union.
Have you ever belonged? If you
have and you are a true member
through pure honest motives you
was always glad to see the men and
women that were members and you
could not avoid giving them a more
hearty greeting than you did out
siders. Now, stop and think, why?
Because the slight acquaintance that
you formed in the Union has grown
and ripened into a coniden'ial friend
ship that will go down to the waters
edge of that mystic river owe which
all living must pass. But this is not
all. There are many men to-day that
are tramping the furrow between the
pillow handles bordering over 0 M
mics and principles that were first
sprung inside the F. & l.. U. Who
ever heard of the "uniform school
book until the Union asked for it
in language not to be misunder-
stood. Who gets the most benefit
from that law? The one that needs
it worst. The man or woman who
has no home Of his or her own and
has to rent and change at least once
a year. Through the efforts of the
Union the children of this state can
go to any of the country schools
of the state and not change books
and hardly know they have changed
places. But some will say why don't
they work and get some money and
buy a home like US. l answer such
by asking why they are not Queen
Victorias Or Premier Gladstones in
stead of the sell -conceited simpleton
that you are. Another measure the
order favors is the Assessors seal.
Again | ask in whose interest and
for whose benefit is this measure?
The order from National President
to doorkeeper in sub unions oppose
trusts, syndicates and combines,
whose object is to throttle and kill
all competition, thereby depreciat-
ing the price of every product of the
farm. If you think l am misrepre-
senting the facts in the case sell a
few bushels of wheat to some miller
that belongs to the Miller's Associ-
alton and then buy some -four from
the same man with the money or
sell some fat steers, then step down
the counter and buy some beef off
the same steers and you will see
there is reason for the opposition.
The Union as a body favors the cleo
ton by the people of every officer
from President to Constable and are
opposed to allowing some individ-
uals the privilege of expanding or
contracting the money of the coun-
try at their will. We oppose a sys-
tenn that gives any corporation the
power to control the labor and time
of the individual thereby fostering
a species of servitude that was
hardly surpassed by African
slavery. 1t is the only organiza-
ton that exists to-day the main
object of which is the elevation
of the farmer socially, fnan-
eially and educationally. There are
to-day hundreds of men in the
Union that are fine parliamentarians
and can preside over a meeting or
public body with as much dignity
and justice as members of any pro-
fession. Stop one minute, brother
farmer, and consider where did they
learn this. Almost all in the Union.
Now, stand up, brother farmer, and
answer, are you opposed to any of
the measures that the Union as a
body favors? No sir, you r not.
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