Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-11
MOVING ON TRUSTS
Farmers Combine in Modifie d
Form is Now
Reality.
THREE ORGANIZATIONS UNITED
Big Meeting at RoseviIIe Tomorrow
TO Launch Anti Combine
Association.
THREE ORGANIZATIONS UNITED

The farmers trust is not yet, but
the three farmers organizations, the
officers of which have been in session
in Chicago for three days, have de-
cided to cooperate to secure higher
prices for produce and to build grain
elevators and cold storage ware
houses all over the country. The
plan of forming one central organiZa-
ton was abandoned. The organiza-
tions in the combine are the American
Society of Equity, the Farmers Ma
tional Cooperative exchange and the
Producers and Consumers union. 1t
was decided that each concern shall
operate under its own charter for the
present.
The advisory board of the new com
bination is as follows: Illinois, Il. H.
Ferguson, T. W. Uttermayer. c. j.
Mcclure, d. w Wilson, G. NJ. Van
Nleet, p. w Witt, j. ii. -Harnly, S. a.
Hail. o. w. Finnegan, p. Weider, Ed
gar Woods, y. G.. Van Patten; Ohio,
William \. Craig. B. F. Doudna; Lndi-
ana, j. y. Everitt, Gurley Taylor;
Texas, 5. Il. Williams; Tennessee, Joe
Milton Tramble, c. IL. Belmont; Mich
igan, y. c. Glidden: Minnesota, c. +.
Jackson; Iowa, j. j. Ryan, c. W. Ma
her, Charles Escher; California, L. H.
Il. Chamblin; Missouri. j. IL. Payne;
Wisconsin, A. c. Carhart; New York,
y. w. Ayers; North Carolina. b. Fl.
Harnly; Kansas. James Butler: Ida
no. ii. c. French; Nebraska, William
Heastun; Vermont, c. J. Bell; North
Dakota, j. Smith Phillips.
Movement at RoseyIIIe.
y movement of different sort from
the above, but with the same general
object in view, opposition of the
trusts, is under way at Roseville, a
town on the Burlington south of Mon
mouth. There tomorrow the Peoples
National Protective association Will
be launched with Il big picnic which
Will be attended from all the country
round.
The meeting gives promise of being
one of great interest inasmuch as
the principles of the association will
be CNpounded by men with national
regulations such as Hon William
Prentiss, Hon. Frank p. Sadler and
Hon. Francis O'Shaughnessy, of Chi
cagO, and Hon. f. Q. Stuart, of Char
itOn, Iowa. These gentlemen will tell
Of the promised work of the associa-
ton and of the fight it intends to
make against mOnOpolieS and trusts. |
The new organization is TO be non
partisan. Politics will play no part
in the game except as the organiza
ton asks for legislative enactment,
it being realized by the promoters
that the curling of the trusts must
he done through Legislative action,
and the fight will be made along this
line. Legislative candidates Will be
pledged to support the new organiza
tion and to do so must be unalterably
opposed to corporate and monied
powers.
Darlington Road at Bottom
The story of the organization OF
the movement is an interesting one.
When the Burlington railway decided
to curtail expenses some months ago
and cut off two trains on the north
and south branch of their system
ROseville and other towns south were
practically cut off from the world. 1t
was then that the citizens of Rose
Vile used their utmost power to have
the road resume its old schedule, but
with the result so well known. With
the investigation of the matter those
who were interested were led to fur
ther investigate the subject of corpor-
ate power. with the result that they
determined the time was ripe for q
movement which would tenG to coun-
teract the influence of trusts and sim
liar organizations.