The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31

500 each they would have d capitali-
zation Of $4,000, and it would afford
profitable dividends. Next year, if
they organize u warehouse company
this year. tney should enlarge their
operations. and under their charter
run a storage warehouse, and this in
itself would give relief to the farmers
and create competition 20 the trust
and have tendency to increase the
prices of tobacco on the Apex mar
ket.
If the warehouse should prove pro-
fitable the farmers could build a
small tobacco factory, and as the
sentiment of the State is against the
tobacco trust, the farmers WOulu have
no trouble in selling their own manu-
GaCtured plug or smoking tobacco, Ci-
garS or cigarettes. II Durham, Will
son, Grcenvillc, Rocky Mt, Apex and
a few other towns In the State had
Independent tobacco factories owned
by the farmers, if would run the price
of tobacco up twenty-five per cent anG
insure from the start the scllin" Of to-
DaccO for more than the cost of pro-
duction. Let all of the factories be
organized on this basis. You can Iind
Il number of men competent to run
Il $4,000 business, and your small
operations will develop men to run
y
Organize Later.
If all the tobacco growing coun-
ties of North Carolina would properly
organize the question would be solV-
ed. Before us is the question of
organization. What you must do is
to work.
Mr. w. z. Upchurch. of the western
part of the county: Mr.. A. II. Olive.
OF Apex, and Mr.. S. $ Rogers, of
Apex, made brief speeches.
of the Association, was called upon,
and spoke in part as follows:
Il feel it due those present who arc
members of this or any other farmers
| organization to make some cXplana-
| ton in view Of the statements which
! have been made in order that the
| peonlc may have clearer idea of
what the North Carolina Farmers
| Protective Association has done and is
| now doing When the State Association
| elected me as grand lecturer, thereby
placing in my hands the work OF
| getting the people together, | pro-
ceeded at once to select good men as
organizers and as a result OF their ell
forts we have added to the member
ship of our association over two thou
sand Of as good men as live in the
state. The work is progressing. and
/ we have now membership of be-
| tween three and four thousand. While
| the work is going forward slowly yei
! we are moving on strictly business
| lines with the determination never to
relax our efforts until the farmers OF
/ North Carolina are in a position to
! have something to say about fixing the
! price of their products.
1T may be Of interest to YOU to
! know that every possible safeguard
! has been thrown around the workers
! of this association to- the end that no
one need fear a nisapDropriatlon OF
the funds that go into the treasury.
! Every officer of the Association who
| occupies a position of trust is requir-
! ed to give bond equal to the amount
! of money that may probably g" into
! his hands. We wish the people to un-
! derstand thoroughly this point in or
| der that no one Will hesitate to JOINT
| the Association.
| I'VE are anxious to have an or
! ganizer who is qualified in every way
! to do the work in every tobacco cOun-
ty in the State. This seems to be
| necessary not because the farmers are
| not Interested and do not want TO
! assist in this great movement. but be
| cause the great majority of them have
/ not given the matter proper Thought,
and do not fully understand the aims
and purposes of the Association. We
cannot expect good men to do this
work without reasonable rcmunera-
ton and therefore the Board Of Di-
rectors authorized the expenditure OF
seventy-five per cent of the member
ship fee for this purpose. The re-
manning twenty-five per cent goes into
the sub treasury to be used for de-
fraving the expenses that may be in
CURED by the township and county
organizations
IF we get good and true men to
do effective work we must cDeCt tC
pay them, for a thing that is MOI
| worth paying for is not worth hay
inc. | do not know Of a single bust
ness institution that is being con
Quoted upon more business!
basis than the Farmers Protective
Association. The Board of Director:
| is composed of FIVE of the state
leading citizens, all OF whom have the
| success of this cause at heart ana 2rS
willing with the president and otnel
officers to do any and everything ina
is honora BILE and right for its sue
cess. This is no secret society, ha'
no signs. grips or pass words. a buSl
ness move pure and simple the ultl'
mate aim and purpose of which IS tt
enable the producers Of the wealth. O
the world to obtain a Just ana reason
able profit for their products, ant
thereby enjoy a just proportion OF tn
comforts and luNuries of hfe
"There has been and is now to some
extent an idea anon? the ldIiiIlnz d
element that people in other avoca-
lions are antagonistic to farmers or
carnations. This idea IS erroneou:
because when the farmer is selling his
stuff at profitable prices all olhel
ncople are prosperous. 1t IS therefore
TO the interest OF every man IN tllS
state who is trying TO earn nFlns
honestly to do all he can TO upbuil6
and maintain the farmers orSanlZa
ions so let us away with false ideas
put behind us forever prejudice, bury
al disseptions and discord, and fol
the benefit of ourselves, our 1anllles
o,1r state and our nation TO get To-
.retbar and stand to~cther like gOOC
, North Carolinians, and III shor
Time prosperity will crown our en-
| deavors as never before. and we shal
be lifted to q higher plane OF CIVIL
ZatiOn.
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