The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-13
A COTTON BALE
OF UNIFORM
To Be Urged by Farmers Union
as Next Reform Move.
OPPOSE IMMIGRATION
Last Days Session at Little Rock Taken
Up With Legislative Matters-Com-
mittee to Go Before Congress.

The most important work of the last
days session Of the National Farmers
Union at Little Rock Ark was the
adoption Of the report Of the commit
tee on legislation. The report provides
for a committee of three to go to
Washington during sessions of con-
gress and there present to national
legislators the demands of the union,
as has been the plan in the various
states. The strongest men in the or
ganizatlon will be appointed by the
president and executive committee.
The national board of directors is
composed as follows: W. A. Morris
Of Sulllgent, Ala. w. S. Miller or
Lake Creek, Texas; J. N. McCollister
Of Many, La; S. L. Wilson of Mis-
sisslppi; J. M. Jeferds of Oklahoma.
The national board Of directors meet
once each quarter, the days being the
first Tuesday in December, March and
June. The president is the executive
officer Of the board The directors will
name the meeting place for the next
annual convention. The place will
probably not be chosen until the di-
rectors meeting in March, although
they could name the place at any
other meeting.
A resolution on immigration, intro
duced by R. f. Duckworth, state pres,
idant of Georgia, places the union On
record as being opposed to any and
all immigration that will bring an I'M
desirable class of citizens to the Uni
ted States. The farmers claim they
are not opposed to any man who will
come to this country with view to
making himself home and lettering
his condition They are opposed to
the bringing Of Iaborers to this coun-
trv who will work for small wages,
and possibly create discomfort.
The resolution was adopted after
much discussion. Some it is said,
wanted to place restrictions around
immigration by naming exactly the
kind of people that would be desir-
able. All were in favor of adopting
a resolution showing the farmers as
union to be opposed to the influx OF
cheap laborers.
Reports of other committees of less
Importance took most Of the days
time Of the convention The button
with Newt Gresham's picture on 1t
was adopted as the official button of
the order. This button had been pre-
viously adopted by the Georgia divis-
ion. Resolutions were passed looking
10 the copyrighting of a union label
by the convention,
The gathering Of the state business
agents at the convention was one OF
the most important matters relative
To the Farmers Union. In speaking
Of the work of the business agents
meetings, Mr. Eubanks, who was elect
ed CHAIRMAN lOI JIG NiA0NAA4to ; LUZ
said
eve have several important mat
ters under consideration, hut one Of
the most essential is arriving at a uni
form bale of cotton in size and in
weight. We have adopted a plan to
compress our cotton at our ware
houses, of which we have over 1000
in the south. To install COMPRISING
machinery at every one of the $4,000
ginneries in the south would be too
large task for our body and we will
locate our congresses at central points
where our warehouses are located.
eve are considering whether it will
be a round or square bale. We want
cotton produced by union farmers to
reach the spiupers in the best posi-
bic shape and we believe If we prop
erly bale and compress it we can get
a premium over other staples"