The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-05
Letters to the Editor.
Montgomery County Farmers' Cut

AAoAISUiueIy OOuhty 1oAmS1S SAub' Editor Advertiser:
 Next Saturday, June 9th, at Ii a. m., in the rooms of the Commercial and In- dustrial Association. 1t is desired to form permanent Farmers Club for the good of every part of the county and indi- viduals as we'll.
 It is earnestly desired that as many farmers as can possibly do so, attend said meeting for the purpose of becom- ing acquainted with each other and forming a union, that will be beneficial to each and every tiller of the soil in the county.
 Almost every avocation of life is organ ized save the farmers. They stand out In the open sunshine and allow every one who chooses to do so, to take slice or hindrance, because they cannot help themselves. There Is no organization, no concert of action by which they may act advisedly.
 Montgomery County can, if she will, organize county club to be common receptacle for the whole interests of the country when thrown together, and the county may be sub-divided into as many organizations as there are beats, and these beat clubs offlcered exactly as the county club Is and through these beat clubs could be gathered all the informa- tfon farmers or any one else need to know in regard to farming interest. Each beat could call its own meeting once a
 
 news in one short Saturday evening. The cotton acreage could be told almost 10 an acre, and so could corn acreage, the stand of corn and cotton could be farm products found out in a much bet ter and more reliable way than Is now in use. when few have to guess at these matters as best they can, and no doubt often guess wide of the facts.
 The men who feed all the people should have at least a decent support out of the product of their labor, but sad to say these men are as scantily fed if not more so, than any people on earth having the unsued opportunities they have.
 As the matter now stands, men who live thousands of miles away from Ala bama cotton fields, and who never saw a cotton boil in all their lives. know more about how much cotton Alabama and blow 1t, and pick it, and sell it often for less than the cost of production. Ii IS an outrage to be unable from circum- stances to be forced to sell for what one can get not what 1t is worth.
 Beat and county and State organiza- tions skllfully managed, will bring the producers together where they may know. when harvest days come, what they have and what 1t Is worth. The want of organization has given men. who do not deserve it, millions of dollars that ought to be in the hands of the produc- CTS. To verify this statement, one only needs be told of the advance in corn and meat and cotton in the last few months.
 Beat organization properly managed and then merged into county clubs, and these into State club or society, would bring out the amount of every bale of cotton and bushel of corn and pound of meat raised in the entire State.
 Farmers properly organized and thor oughly understanding their situation throughout the State in regard to surplus products. If they wanted financial aid to enable them to hold for better prices, moneyed men would be as ready to assist the farmers as they are to help the speculator and the profits would then go where they belong-to the producer to cheer his heart and give him a surplus dollar for a rainy day.
 The organization needed will require time and patience to secure. It cannot be done in one year and may take sev- eral, but 1t must be done or we, as farm CTS, will never have any assurance of anything but a scant living.
 It Is sensible to work to better ones own self, but 1t looks foolish to work a whole life for some other fellow
 Farmers where are you? Come out next Saturday and help set the bread winners Tn line. Country Farmer