The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-12-15
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
OF FARMERS INDUSTRIAL UNION
The Great Task Is Completed and Al
Is Well Done.

Is Well Done.
The most important thing that has
come to pass recently is the meeting
for National organization held at Tex
arkana last week. The meeting was
well attended, and by Il class of men
who bore all the marks Of intelligence
and honesty. 1t was remarked by
some who don't know Il real farmer
when they see them that there is an
absence OF the wool hat element"
The idea that 4 farmer must dress
roughly OH all occasions, that he must
wear uncut hair and Johnson grass
whiSkers is a thing OF the past. 1t is
entertained now by only few ignor-
ant city scrubs, who wouldn't know a
carrot from a wheclbarrow seed, nor
the difference between a butter milk
COW and a cream COW. Education,
getting close together, going to meet
ing il you please, prevents carrica'
lures of the comic-supplement sort
from fructifying. If they ever existed
they are gone 10 join the city girls
who wanted TO get eggs from the egg
plant. and gOoseberrieS from tne
geese.
Yes, indeed, that meeting at TeXar-
kama was meeting OF lot OF bust
ness men in dead earnest about some
thing. They came together with di
vergent opinions, and those differing
opinions were held by men OF big hats
and broad brOws. They all had rea
sons for the faith that is in them,
and like the manly men they are, they
stood in the last ditch to defend those
opinions. No unreasonable stubborn
ness was visible; it was the fight o
honest men for principles, but through
! il all there was ready and anXiou!
wish to accept anything better tina
any man wanted TO present. Their
was difference of opinion as to TIL
ACCESSIBILITY of forming national OF
ganizatiOn at this time. 1t preSsage'
AN increased expense, it involved ne'
departures in the conduct OF Unto
business it required more officials an
headquarters which could be in on
State only while all wanted it. .
the other hand there was need OF gel
eral supervision so that all could wor
together in a harmonious prosecute
of the Unions aims and objects; theI
was need of a central source or II
formation as TO the general progress
and plans. The matter was thrashe
out and turned over until unanimol
opinion favoring organization W;
found to prevail. A committee On D
laws ami constitution, consisting
J. r.. Wakefield, South Carolina; II.
Webb. Texas; K. Y. Smell, Arkansa:
J. w, Sanderson, Indiahoma; L.
Brook. Tennessee; J. r. Bell, Geor9!
: and A. r. Cole, Louisiana, was a
, pointed Wednesday, and the Dalan
: of that day as we'll as all day Thuf
day was spent in hearing every su
gestion possible as to what should
: and what should not be put into u
-, reporf So we'll was this work DO
: that when the report was present.
: Friday morning, it stood six hours &C
sideration by the body, every pol
Y being most microscopically scrut
+ lied. and was adopted practica
e without a change. So much for [
foundation work of the body.
Previous to receiving the report
the committee on constitution ana
, laws, a proposition to establlsh
national newspaper that should be
8 official mouthpiece OF the natlo1
body came up. This matter, al
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~ What men need to be content
o. knowledge and employment righ
II divided between labor and rest. L
y nlovment should be constant, but
s. constant labor, by any means. L
n ployment may mean recreation but