The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-13
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! rushed to the depots to see the trains
! Their coming had been announced in the
| papers for several days and many were
on hand to see them.
Yesterday morning the threshermen be-
gan TO arrive in the city to attend this
| first rally of the Threshermen' National
Protective association, an organization Of
| thresning machine operators of the coun-
| try. This is the first meeting of the kind
| ever held in the country. No city has
! ever had a meeting Of this kind before.
| Men who run threshing machines are
| here from all parts of the country--com-
ing from Michigan and Wisconsin on the
| north, Texas on the south, Illinois on
| the east and Colorado on the west. and
there are representatives here from man.
ufacturing companies from a number of
states outside of this territory. 1t is
threshers. men who own and operate the
machines who are here in great numbers.
Fifteen hundred people were expected for
this rally and half that number came in
yesterday. and the lowest estimate at
present is crowd of from two thousand
! to three thousand threshermen will be
here before tonight
This afternoon Wichita will see the
most unique parades the country has ever
seen There have been parades of thresh-
ing machines before, but none of the
magnitude of this one. There will be
twenty threshing machines and separators
in line and these will be followed by fif-
teen hundred threshermen.
Sanford's band will lead the procession,
which will form at the corner of Doug
las and St. Francis avenue promptly at
2 o'clock. Last night several machines
were hauled to the ground and put in
shape for the parade today. Following
the band will come the threshing ma
chimes, each company having their en-
gines pull their separators and attach
ments.
There are several companies which
manufacture attachments for >thfeshing
machines and these have made arrange
ments to show their products on second
hand outfits. The machines will be gaily
decorated and some neat and novel de-
signs are promised. In the center of the
threshing machine division the steam cal
Hope will do its stunt.
The Innes band will head the line of
threshermen, who will follow directly
after the machines.
The route Of the parade is as follows:
West on Douglas avenue to Main street,
north on Main street to Second, thence
west on Second to Water, where the pa
rade will disband. The parade win fol-
low the center of the street The city
refused to allow the engines to be run
on the asphalt and the promoters Of the
parade made arrangements with the street
car company to hold and run their cars
in such manner as would not interfere
with the threshers. The machines Will
keep on the cobbIe stones or planking
where necessary,
The Wichita fire department will also
be in line.
The Threshermen's National Protective
association is an organization Of the own
ers and operators of the machines
throughout the country. 1t is a fraternal
union of threshermen and is conducted
along the same lines as the Printers,
Brickmasons', Carpenters and other UNI
ions. The supreme or state organiza-
lions have nothing to do with the scale
of prices for work. This is left to the
county organizations to fix. No uniform
rule is observed except among the men,
bers in each county. The organization is
also inteded to stop the cutting of rates
and undertaking which has been prac-
ticed lately and thus destroyed all profits
for the threshermen. The motto of the
organization is: Thou shalt not take
thy brothers job This means that
one member must not underbid another
except in quality Of work According to
the plan. If one man has good machine
and good workmen and does a first class
lob. he is, of course. in demand but if
another man does inferior work he must
not cut the price. but must endeavor to
do as good work as the other fellow. 1t
is not the price. but the quality which
the Threshermen's National Protective
association wishes to give their Gus
toners.
There are something like fifteen million
dollars invested in threshinG machines IN
Kansas. the banner wheat state of the
country. and two millions of dollars in
vested each season in new machines and
repairs. The Threshermen's National Pro
tective association was organized to pro-
mote the interests of the threshermen
both before the legislatures in securing
the repealing of the road law, which in
some states has been declared unconsti-
tutional because of its being class legis-
lation. and in securing the passage of col
lection laws which will protect the thresh-
erman and aid him in getting his money
for the fob, and its purpose is also 10
prevent the undertaking by the thresher-
men themselves and thus cutting theiv
own threats.
Mr.. Miesse, the president OF the Thresh-
ermen's Protective association. is here
and will tell all about the organization
at the meeting in Garfield hall tonight.
The following is the program for the
two days session:
sa.m.-R Registration Of visitors at head
quarters. Manhattan hotel.
%. m.-Grand parade Of threshing ma
chinery and threshermen to be modified
at o'clock sharp. corner Of First street
and st. Francis avenue
7:sO r. injecting at Garfield hall
Selections by cailiope.
Address Of welcome by the mayor.
Response by James Winter, Salina,
Kan.
Song by quartet.
Address by c. L. Miesse, supreme pres
ident T y. P. A.
Response by John Tracy, president of
wichita association.
Addresses by & 7. Bowers, Threshers'
World: r. B. Clark. editor American
Tbresherman: J. I. Stevenson. Threshers'
Review.
Also addresses from representatives II
various thresher and attachment COM
panies.
THURSDAY. MAY l.
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