The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-29

was present at the meeting, was intro
duced to the audience by Pres. Emmer-
ton, whereupon Mr.. Sharp delivered an
address on the tobacco industry in Ken
lucky, and how they had succeeded with
the organization there, also what had
been done and what was being done re-
garding the marketing Of the crop.
Two committees we're appointed, one
on constitution and bylaws and the
other committee on plans and organ
ization. The committee on plans and
organization consisted of one member
present from each county, and the fol
lowing counties were represented with
their respective delegates:
Barron county, A. L. Best.
Chippewa county Mr.. Alex Thronson.
Columbia county, Arthur Ellickson.
Dane county, j. G. Hanson,
Dunn county, John Larson
Eau Claire county, w. A. Cernahan
jackson county, Andrew McWallOm.
Jefferson county, Geo. GOldthOrp.
Monroe county, Frank Van Antwerp.
Trempeleau county, Alex. Arnold.
Rock county, Mr.. I'll. II. Holmes.
After the appointment Of this commit
tee the meeting adjourned to o'clock,
when business would be continued.
Because of the large attendance at the
opening of the meeting OF nearly five
hundred delegates, the convention was
forced to seek larger quarters to hold it's
afternoon session. Consequently in the
afternoon the convention assembled at
Turner hall with an attendance Of nearly
six hundred delegates who had come to
take part in the meeting.
Mr.. Crawley, state organizer of the A.
S. of E. of Wisconsin, made the motion
that it be the sense OF the convention to
organize into separate association as
branch of the A. S. of e. Mr.. Crawley's
motion was carried, and thereupon the
convention proceeded to elect its tempo
rary chairman and secretary, and the
committee previously appointed on plans
and organization went to work. Mr..
Sharp of Kentucky was made member
at large at this time of the committee
and was to advise with the committee.
The committee on constitution and by
laws was then elected by the delegation
and the following were represented on
that committee: Laurence Lean, ST.,
Roy Pomeroy, Andrew Fanney, Mr..
Bemis, Mr. Mccarthy, chairman.
Several speakers were introduced to
speak to the members while the commit
tee were at work and the following we're
among the most prominent: Mr.. N. G.
Crawley of Baraboo, Prof. Sandsten,
member of the University faculty of the
College of Agriculture, MIR. Decker of
GAINESVILLE, Mr.. Ladd of Edgerton and
Mr.. Sharp of Kentucky
The committees each reported and
their respective reports were adopted.
The next thing to be considered was
the election of the officers of this new
organization. The following members
of the organization we're thereupon duly
elected:
Mr.. Frank Bemis, GAINESVILLE Rock county
President.
Mr. James Hanson of Dane county-Vice-
President
Mr. S. D. Kump of Cambridge Secretary.
Mr.. Andrew Fanney of Jackson county
Treasurer.
The board of directors of this organ
ization to be the mem bers of the CON-
nittee on constitution and bylaws:
Laurence Lean, ST., Roy Pomeroy, An
drew Fancy, Mr.. Bemis, Mr.. Mccarthy.
It was understood and agreed that all
members belonging to this branch Of the
Wis. Tobacco Growers A. S. of K. must
also be members of the state union Of
the A. S. of E. The membership fees to
be one dollar, and this fee to be paid at
the time of joining and to entitle mem
DoT 10 lIl0 uotuU6TSulp' utuI6 luuuS
are to be established at the state meet
ing next October
Arrangements were made whereby the
secretary of this association, Mr.. =. d.
Kump. should receive as salary for his
services from this association $500 per
annum and expenses, thus making his
total salary for both the organizations,
namely, the American Society of EQUITY
of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Tobac-
co Growers Branch of the A. S. of E.,
81 900 per annum. Further arrange
ments we're made whereby the secretary,
S. ID. Kump, was to establish an Office in
the city of Madison and making Madi-
son headquarters of the two associations,
the A. S. of e. and the Wisconsin Tobac-
CO Growers Branch of the A. s. OF E.
The expenses of Office rent, etc, to be
shared jointly by the two organizations.
Henceforth the headquarters of these
two societies will be in Madison and all
correspondence should be addressed to
S. d. Kump, Sec. of the A. S. of E Mad
ison, Wis, Box 432.
The meeting adjourned at 6 o'clock
after completing full days work.