The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-06-19
UNION GROWS
Co-0perative BodyEstablish.
ing Clearing Homes and
Elevators.

Special to Daily Leader.
shawnee okla. June i9.--With local
clearing houses being rapidly establish
ed In ar narts Of tile territory. with
cha tcrs secured this year amounting
in canial stock TO over three quarters
of q million dollars with sufficient con
lrol at the present time 20 practically
dicmte the prices On an farm products
grown il Oklahoma and with grow
ms tendency to secure possession OF
mills, elevators, canning plants and cot
ton gins the Farmers cooperative aud
educational union OF America has shown
what Organization among farmers can
accomplish within "a short time AN of
this has Eeen accomplished in oklahoma
within the present year ana most Of 10
since Mas T. al which time the nlu-
matum Of the union took effect. placing
minimum price on an manner OF farm
products and live stock.
IL wits for TIE purpose of debating the
prices for which the formers must sell
their products. and TO take this dicta-
tion out of the hands of alleged ua-
friendly corporations that this organ
izatlon Was first formed. II has extend
cd ut the present time. only throughout
thc southern states and territories, but
the campaigning ia the northern states
win begin just as soon as the southern
field Is Thoroughly organized. The or
ganization has q membership Of over
900 la this territory. And each one
of these 10000 Is producing farmer
Some OF the counties are now completely
organized: others are being rapidly
formed into district unions.
Two of the northern counties We're
organized dgring the last few DAYS Log
an ana Garfield. Seveny-hvo Logan
county farmers attended the organiza-
tion meeting al Guthrie. ana a stnte-
ment wac read showing a55o members
within the county 400 new members
/ Joining ut one time at Meridian J. n.
! Holman WAS elected president OF the
/ county organization. with ID. W. DENNY
vice president T. A. Crmn secretary
and trousurcr Tho Garneld county UNI
ion WIS orsauized 40 Enid with n NJ.
Brewer president and j. y. callahan
secretary great many members OF
the Kansas apd Nebraska grain dealers
associauon met with the union at Enid
and Joined the hitter organization.
Establishing Clearing Houses.
Tho mails plnn of the union m order
to control the priceF op farm proluets
is 90 establish clearing house n eyep
town and City and mndie IN the crop.
of its members throueh these houses
such cletips houses are now ln opera
lion az nu rous places iu Caddo, Co
manche l< sd ana Potnnntomie cobn
ucs and @. rs are being organized al
rapidly as ssihle iu all parts ot tt'
territory A ~ such houses have beef
established i' all alaces ln Oklahoma
whre there union plnn has beet
suascsred D. j. S schlax manager O
the house Lexington. that iocal man
ayers he eyed every three months
from one p 20 another, thus enab
ling each m ger 20 pick up new idenl
and at AN res 60 better the manage
meut
10 give an idea of how rapidly thesi
clearing houses are being located IL &
only necessary 10 give list OF SONS
Of the towns where they have been To-
Gated within the past month "etumseh
Oklahoma CITY Hinton Lookeba. Asher
Prague Binser Anadarso. Apache
Amngmn Anud, shawnee. and terri
toiial charters have been s0nted q
farmers companies 10 establish tud
HOUSES at snyder Lexington. Oaorohe
Hobart Choctnw CTS. Lone Wolf War
rem. Mountain View Verien. Chickasha
TEMPLE W.,urika Fass Luther For
Cobb Carnegie and Cheyenne.