The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-01

With the laws or motloh ana graNi- tation so balanced as to protect the revolving world from chaos, the vast universe Is organized Through or- ganization Animated Nature is pro- tected in its living cells from prema- ture disease and death. Our civil in- stitutions are so many organic forces which lend their protection against
 social disaster. With organic power
 the church militant confronts. with
 remarkable success, the world. the flesh and the devil. Organized armies
 and navies are the bulwarks of the nations. In the heavens and on the earth. the wisdom of organization must be apparent to all who think.
 From time immemorial, the idea of
 organization for mutual aid and pro-
 tection, has occupied the minds
 of the serious and the thoughtful; and
 today almost every calling and pro-
 fession among men is shielded by the
 strong bonds of organic union.
 The man with the hoe" while he
 stands pre-eminent, the most conspic-
 uous factor in the worlds productive
 agencies, is the slowest to recognize
 and utilize the benefits of organization.
 But this inertness on the part of our
 farmers-this lack of personal fore
 thought and united activity-seems to
 have come to an end at last. The
 agricultural South Is now ready to as-
 sert. as never before, her possibilities.
 With Organization" as his watchword.
 and "Diversification" as his motto, the
 Southern farmer is promised a bright
 and glorious future.
 For the first time in the history of
 the South. all the great material ele- combining their forces for the achieve ment of a more far-reaching prosper fty. With agriculture as the base, all the other material industries of this fair Southland are building themselves together in one colossal pyramid of inter-commercial unity, more glorious than the movements of the Pharoahs in the valley of the Nile.
 Like the gathering nebulae in the evolution of worlds, brought into or ganic union, form the everlasting the Southern States, moved by a com mon impulse to perfect 8 strong and enduring organization for the protec- lection of Southern agriculture, as- sembled In the city of New Orleans on the 24th day of January, and outlined a plan of organic operations which will stand as a monument to the wis dom and energies of the greatest agri- cultural convocation of all the past.
 The industrial tree planted by the New Orleans association has already begun 10 bear satisfactory fruit Its roots were placed deep into the bus mess heart of our people. and It's ann pie boughs are as widespread as the domain for which it was intended as a shelter of protection. Eight hundred and twelve counties, with their sub divisions. are rallying beneath it's rich foliage. ready to bid defiance to every enemy to the productive wealth of the South
 The question of the organization of our farmers, having in view the ad- of the highest material in- terest known among men, should be considered in the light of human eth les; and the ethical bearing of this question involves duty, virtue, reward, vice and penalty.
 Duty Is that which we owe to our selves, to our fellow men, to our coun- try and to our God. It is our plain duty to establish and maintain any and all institutions which insure an ad- varcement of the common good. The farmers organization promises a rich harvest of good things to all classes of working people; it is our duty, there- Tore to organize. and to faithfully our organic forces.
 The performance of duty is a virtue; and that duty. well. performed. which has for its object the material uplift of humanity, is second only to the car dinal virtues of a holy life.
 From virtue, springs an adequate re- ward; and the efficient work, through the organized efforts of our farmers. will be rewarded in the achievement of an agricultural prosperity hitherto un- known.
 But as in all ethical questions. the farmers organization will be beset with temptations. In the past, men with po- litical aspirations have been allowed to grind their axes at the expense of the farmers organizations. Tkey have so beguiled the farmers as to cause the latter to fall into the tempter's snare, and sooner or later disruption was the result. It is most fortunate for our present great organization, that the Executive Committee foresaw the evil that politics would exert, and so pre- pared our constitution, that all danger from this source is effectually fore- stalled. Stick to the constitution, and we shall have nothing to fear from the politicians who, for their own selfish purposes would draw us away from the noble purposes of the organization Say to them: Get behind me! for it Is written, This organization and all It's associates, under Its system of State, county and sub-civil division organiza- lions are. and shall be non- -political""
 It appears that all earthly good has It's vices; the vegetable and the ani- nal Kingdoms are infested with their deadly enemies. The physical, mental and moral realms are all ambushed by specific foes. The great apostle, in 1 view of this sad fact exclaimed: When I would do good, evil is pres ent with me-" So. with farmers or There are two species of vice that must be combatted-the vice of defect, and the vice of excess. The | vice of defect comes in the form of A | lack of perseverance in such enthusi- asm as is essential to the perpetuation of the organization. When a thing Is | new, we are not wanting in interest: but when 1t becomes older, we too, often grow indifferent concerning our obligations of constant care and persistent attention and effort. It