The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-08
THE WORK BEGUN.


The Farmers OrEanizing-It IL Red
HOt-Push 1t.
Mr.. Hanley, secretary Of the Grain
Growers Association, has been at a
great meeting of farmers. held at AL
bany, Stearns county, Mimi, and he
writes us the following letter, which is
most encouraging. He says:
Mr.. Editor.
John Ba1z the hustling member II the
Sixth congressional district, has started the
campaign of organizing the Alliance in
Stearns county. large meeting Of 1879
farmers around the station of Albany gatn-
cred at that station on Thursday, Feb. 2,
at l O'Clock, and organized a comfy al
lance and enrolled nearly every farmer
present.
1t was decided also 10 nut an alliance and
industrial union in every township In the
county, and a gen eral meeting of Stearns
county has been decided on for Saturday,
Feb. IL, at the same place, Albany, to per-
feet the township organizations, and 10 also
subscribe for stock to build a farmers clo j..
vatOr.
first meeting sufficient stock was in sight
to make the project an assured success. 1t
is also intended that the four stations west
of Albany, Freeport, Sank Center, West
Union and Avon. will each build q farme- {.
elevator. Already preliminary meetiass
have been held at some Of the above named
stations and after he Albany meeting Of
Feb. II there will be meetings held on
Feb. H. II and Is ut ea:h Of tho above
named stations which MIR. BATE has Oh lrgs
Of.
Also Mr.. Matt Berschie. of Leaf Valley
has teen appointed organizer for Douglas
county, and will hold the first meeting on
Feb. II at Alexandria,
We leave tonight to attend q meeting to
organize an association and farmer els
vator at Tenney, MINI. This meeting has
been under the direction Of those hustIers
F. L. Cook and Charles Mullen of Tenney
p. A. Sweet, of Fisher, requests an esti-
mate on $4,000 bushel elevator and 90
barrel flour mill, to be built on the CO.
operative plan. The mill will run between
$4,000 and $4,000. according to distance away
from lumber, stone and machinery mar
ket, while an up-to- late modern elevator
can be built for from IS to II cents per
bushel capacity
The farmers at Ulen and Lake Park are
also commencing to arrange for building a
FARMER elevator at cach station. We have
notlce or ABOUT go new farmers elevators
that are In contemplation in the two Da-
kotas, Iowa and Minnesota since the state
convention.
We would like to have some one from
every station write to the state secretary's
e..
we will send out printed posters for call
ing meetings and general information. We
VIII also send representative to explain
the business agency plan to any station
whose people will guarantee tho round trim
rallroad fare from st. Paul to the station
calling for this service. We will explain
now to proceed to build farmers elevators.
cost OF same, marketing grain and farm
products and securing better prices for tho
Same securing cheaper prices on binding
Irvine, agricultural implements, lumber.
coal, etc. Also explain in detail how to or
ganlze and start the Grain Growers Assoc
cation and Farmers Alliance and Indus
trlal Unions, appoint sub-agents at all sta
tions In the state to buy and sell the goods
the farmers sell or use.
Address all communications for dates Of
meeting, posters. Instructions etc., to ].
Z. Hanley. secretary Of National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union and Grain
growers Cooperative Association, st. Paul,
MINI.