The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-04-27
J. A. EVERETT ADDRESSES
FARMERS in THIS CITY.

a. a Everett, National GTeSlubuI
of the American Society of Equity,
made an interesting talk about the
objects of the Society at Oelzes Hall,
Saturday evening, to the farmers and
business men of this city and vicin-
ity. la response to many letters re-
ceived at indianapolis, Ind, the
headquarters of the Society, Mr..
Everett came TO Western Kentucky to
speak in its interest and organize
local unions. Before coming to this
city Mr.. Everett spoke at Morgantield,
Dixon, Henderson and Greensboro.
At these places he was greeted with
enthusiasm by the farm ers and the
newspapers in the sections he visited
devoted much space to pralsing the
merits of the Society and urging all
farmers to join it. This city was
Mr.. Everett's last speaking point in
the State and the trip was the first of
the kind he has made since he found
cd the Society. Besides being the
originator and president of the Amev-
lean Society of Equity, Mr.. Everett
is the editor of Up-To- Date Farming,
the official paper of the Society.
rlr. Everett's Speech.
Mr.. Everett was introduced by f.
B. Oglesby, prominent local organ
izer of the Society. He did not speak
as a fluent orator but in plain, bust
ness-like manner. BY request he gave
especial attention to the tobacco
question.
There is no reason, said Mr..
Everett, why the farmers should not
be independent against the tobacco
trust When all farmers have organ
lied, he SAID it will be the greatest
union in the world and, organized as
a class, it can do anything it wants.
1t is wonderful to contemplate the
growth of the American Society Of
Equity since its foundation sixteen
months ago, said Mr.. Everett. 1t now
has 100, 900 members, who reside in
every state in the union and in Cana
da also. One year ago it had about
%, 600 lnemt ers. At this rate Mr.
Everett predicted that it will have
500, 900 members by the end of 1904
1--WE are working for 1000, 900 men,
bers said Mr.. Everett, but l, 900,
900 is not the limit. There are about
5000, 600 farmers in the country. We
will organize until we have 5000, 600,
yes, 10, 900, 900 members But with
1000, 600 we can accomplish anything
we want to. "
The plan of the Society is simple
and made for business, said Mr..
Everett. There are two features, the
national union and the local. between
which there is direct communication.
There are no state or county organl
cations. There are no politics in it.
The object of farmers societies in the
past was to tear down other kinds of
business to level with the. farming
business. The object of the American
Society of Equity, said Mr.. Everett,
is to build up the agricultural in
dustry, to make farming the best
profession of all, a profession which
the town people will go into the
country to seek.
The farmer has first in his possession
the stuff W hich all other classes
haven't got and must have All the So
ciety expects its members to do to Sc
cure profitable prices on their products,
said Mr.. Everett, is to control the
market; let the demand come out to
the farm and seek the supply
not the supply seek the
demand, as in the old wav. In
the old way he said, the supply
was dumped in.on the demand and
covered it up, naKing 1t a club with
which to beat down prices and letting
other classes than the farmer control