Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-02
Plan by Which 1t Is Hoped to
Organize the Farmers ALI
Over the State
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UNITS
Plan Also Includes the Farmers of the
United States and the Organization
May Become a Political one-cir.
cuIars Sent Out Explaining Its Aims
and Objects.

has been started in Iowa to organize
the farmers of the state by school dis
tricts with view to consolidating or
CARNATIONS of like character in every
school district in the nation for the
purpose of voting the farmers as a
body.
The Iowa end of the movement star
ted at Somers. There recently farm
ers OF Calhoun and Webster counties
discussed the project. 1t was decided
to carry on the work. Officers were
chosen and the work of spreading the
propaganda is now going forward.
This is in charge of H. n. Carr, Of
Chicago, who is CONNECTED with the
board of trade there according 70 the
return card on his letters.
The view which is taken of the flu
ture of the movement among the far
mers is illustrated by the following ex-
tract from the literature which is be-
ing sent all over the state in the hope
of interesting the farmers in every
school district: :.
1T is believed that the ten million
farmers of the United States can be
successfully organized, beginning in
the townships, which consist of thir-
ty-six sections of land, or nine school
districts of sixteen quarter sections
each. It. should be possible to thor
oughly organize township in a week.
Organize all townships, in a county.
joining them together in counties,
counties into states, states into ma
tional organization; then let farmers
use their most effective weapon, the
ballot, for sending representatives to
their legislatures and to the national
body pledged to see that farmers re-
ceive their just dues, the same as every
other business enterprise receives, and
the fifty million farmers of the United
States, who are either directly or in
directly connected with agriculture will
receive what they are justly entitled
to. that is, equal rights and the same
treatment that any one connected with
any other business receives. This is
all the farmer asks for, but ask for
it he does in a stentorian voice, and he
is going to be heard turnout the en-
tire length and breadth Of this land.
He believes that there is a dawn of a
new era for the farmer, and he is going
to look out for the farmer in the flu
ture, first, last and all the time.
"Our newly formed association de-
clares that every enterprise of any i'm
portance in the business world except
farming is concentrated into COM
bine or trust; that if the ten million
farmers of this country can be organ
lied or joined together into a feder-
alton, working as unit, they will pos
sess power and a force against which
nothing can prevail, and can then, and
then only successfully combat the adj
verse influences which are combined
against them.
Producers have no voice in deter
mining the price they shall receive for
their products, and must accept the
price offered at their local station or
haul their grain back home, while per
contra, they have to pay the other
mans price for what they buy, or go
without. The farmer begins to think
it poor rule which does not work
both ways, and he hopes thru organi-
cation, to be able to have some voice
in managing his own business.
Nearly every business enterprise is
supported by agriculturalists. If each
of these agriculturalists will join to-
gether in his home neighborhood, form
ing shipping association, and market
his grain direct to the primary mar
kets, securing 500 each more annually
than he does when selling to the rep
resentatives of a lot of line elevator
companies, with headquarters in the
big cities, the producer keeps his profits
at home, equaling $4,000 annually to
that local neighborhood, which should
aggregate $3O,0O0,OO0 annually to the
three million farmers embraced in that
territory known as "the granary of the
world
This would give a great impetus
to all mercantile business depending
upon farmers for their support. When
farmers succeed times are good thru
out the length and breadth of the land.
If farmers are hard up every business
begins to feel it's effects and ultimately
general hard times ensue.
"The farmer feels that the time is
ripe for him to begin to look out for
No. /, and it should be the interest and
aim of every merchant in the country
to- help him as much as possible, for
the country merchant depends upon
the farmer for his business support.
wv. H. Latspeich is president and
T. +. Moore is secretary of the first Or
ganization in Iowa along this line"
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