Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-22

. buy. The price was 60 low that 4
u was not worth while % raise .
. the crop This is the condition y
8 against which the tobacco grow. y
ora are rehollng 10
. ). A. EYERITT, President Amerl. q
. can socieiy 81 Hauiiy. q
ees6 88SGd 6ggNa
a4asasastsssse-a-sea-aa.sss
they worc organized thcy muat 90.
opomtc. To cooper1te H was nccas.
safy to have a plan upon which 20
cooperate Fer this need / evolved
the plan ol the A. s. % ~
A Miuimum Price.
ITO simplify thc matter settled on
this idea-that " a minimum price
were named for each particular crop.
a.d everybody knew that price. way.
then when the time came to sell. it
would not bp necessary 90 send them
n bulletin, or n telegram, or any other
advice. saw. too, that II the price
demanded was only n fair prize. that
there would Do just ~ much sold IN
one year as II lower price was OBJ.
lalnod"
The Amorlcln Society of Equity
waH Incorporated IN Indiana. Dec. "a.
1902. The hrst years work whs cdu.
cational. through iis Official paper.
Some organizing was done. The sec.
Ond year organizing advanced rapid.
". During the third year end al
OF last year there mas heon remark.
able development. There are Bow
about 5000 local unions. nearly 200
county organizations, and 10 state or.
ganizationg There are local uaions
Ia almost eyaFy state. including the
extreme west and the northwestern
part Of Canada The New England
states have not bees entered. There
are 400 organizers IN an parts Of
the country. m7klng speeches and ais
tributing literature
Pays Ils Own Way.
The movement has been financed
from the start BY charging each nom
hQr M admission Zee OF g. out of
Ithl8 amount 90 cents went TO the
publisher for subscription TO the or
dclal paper. The remaining so cents
gQcs into the treasury. Tho last on
E nuai convention voted 10 increase the
Zee 10 81 per year
The society has four departments.
! The Tobacco Growers. ha1d0uuriers
Owonsboro. KY G. Hays Taylor, soc
reiary; The Fruit ana Produce uB
pnrtmoni Thomas Emmorton. Bocro
tary Bloomer. Wis: Department oi
I Essential oils. "a, NJ Osborn. aecre
iary Sherwood. Mich aud the Pea.
not Growers department, Gilbert r
Stevenson, secretary, Pondloion, n. g.
! Says Eyerltt. "rho farmers so
cieiy ls sure Of the complete success
OF It's primary aim-that OF Coniroll
Ing the marketing of pr0duce-Whon
tp per cent OF the farm owners OF tho
! United States are acting 10 sympathy
with tho movement. There are over
100000 plldin membership
! No Ornate ONCE.
There Is nothing IN tho surround
( inEu Of the leader OF thc movement
10 Indicate that ne has grown IN wealth
out Of the movement.
The j. A. Eyerlif Seed company
went into bankruptcy less than a ygni
ago The desks in the society mead
quarters once are OF the commoncsi
variety, the doors arc bsre. and tae
wallis unad0rned All the employees
except the responsible heads. are wO
men.
Mr.. EveFlil himself Is man o
qulet taste IN dress, ana quiet dCcl
I sive manner Just nov hC is cnthum
nstic over the recently dndicaiot
Equity college ni OWonsboro. Ky. u
oliere an education which Will BE- a
radical departure from preseat Gus
toms. It's motto actma 10 De che
right man in the right place. and au
education 10 no him for tee place
phronOlOgy ls ono OF tho foundation
teachings Mr. HYorlil hopes 90 500
such colleges in every producing Gee
I ter all over the country.