The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-02-01
FARMER HOSTS
CLOSE MEETING
Samnary Of Work Done at Gath
eEiag Of UniOn In Atlanta.
THE RESOLUTIONS PASSED
Three Days Session of Union Most
Important and Enthusiastic Yet
Held by the Sons Of Toll.


and Important meeting in its history,
the Farmers Union adjourned at At
Iaata Thusrady noon amid songs and
congpatulatory speeches and general
good feeling.
Action taken by the convention can
be summed up in the following re-
sumo OF the three days session. An
epihome OF the more important reso-
lutions is as follows:
That the state business agents be
required to meet annually and for
muiake plans to that end
The substance Of the report of the
committee on cotton crop is, that the
next national union fix the minimum
price by grades taking middling as
a basis after having given due COLI
SideaadOn to the acreage, the supply
OF new material and manufactured
goods on hand and the demand for
said goods. That the establishment Of
cotton warehouses be encouraged by
the union throughout the cotton belt
said warehouses to be incorporated
under the laws Of the several states.
The report Of the committee on cot
ton schools advocates the establish
ment OF cotton schools In every state
in The cotton states, each state to have
a separate school, but all states To
have uniform grade.
The committee on market recon-
mends that factories be established
and owned by farmers for the man.
ufaOture of certain articles used by
the farmer. This applies particularly TO
fertilizers.
The committee on education stressed
the Importance Of urging better edu-
cational facilities in the rural schools
throughout the south
The committee on fertilizer recon-
mended that no union man buy or
use the fertilizers Of any manufactur-
ers or dealers who refuses to recog-
nize union agents and sell to them
at same price and terms as other
agents.
BY Campbell Russell: That 1t Is the
sense Of this convention that all poll
ticians and others not familiar with
the needs of agriculture who may be
rendered appointments as trustees or
other official positions in connection
with any agricultural school or col
lege be asked to show their patriot
ism by refusing to accept such posi-
uons for which they are manifestly
untitled.
The report OF the committee on ag-
Ticultural schools criticizes the man
agement of a majority of these state
institutions, and recommends that
they shall be placed under the direc-
ton OF the board Of public instItu-
tions. that the trustees and boards OF
directors shall be farmers.
The committee on warehouses after
advocating the establishment Of bond
ed warehouses recommends the adop-
ton OF some feasible plan of selling
cotton direct to the spinners and that
tho organization as soon as possible
be established for the purpose Of
fnancing and protecting of cotton in
The Farmers Union warehouses.
The committee on diversified crops
calls upon all Farmers Union mem.
hers to diversity their crops and there
by refrain from living out of paper
sacks"
That a conference of the spinners
Of the east and the Farmers Union
be held in May in the city of Birming-
ham or other convenient city in the
south
The committee on co-opration rec
cmmepds that the Farmers Union co.
operate with the wool growers and
other co-operators of the north and
west in the establishment Of a coop {
erative wooden mile at any suitable
point: that the Farmers Union will
aid in the capitalization of the same
end patronage of the same.
BY the committee on legislation
Resolved. That parcels post system
should be established and as a bill
win be presented to congress to that
end. We hereby urge each local cOun.
ty and state union to send petitions
TO their respective senators and rep
resentatiyes to urge the enactment Of I
a parcels post law
Hon Thomas e Watson was Sc
Iected as general organizer for the
Union