The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-29

markets and 10 beat down the price.
| address to you this line as a fra
ternal appeal to hold steadfast to the
counsel of your annual convention
and with heroic fidelity to abide its
ultimatum TO the markets Of the mar.
kets of the world.
Hold your cotton for Is cents. and
hold 1t until 1t brings the price
The committee which fxed the
minimum at Little Rock represents
all the cotton states and many of the
best farmers OF the South.
The national union. when It fixed
that minimum knew more about the
situation than any cotton gambler or
combination of cotton gamblers. II
was not fixed upon an impulse or an
uncertainty but after deliberate
study and investigation.
With all my heart and with all my
mind | urge you TO the last limit of
your ability to hold steadfast TO this
policy adopted by YOUR national
union
The present status makes deiin
ite and decisive crisis in the history
OF our great organization.
We have won victory after victory
by the splendid policy. We stand
now face TO face with a combination
which affords us an opportunity to
show the world that the Southern
farmer Is resolutely determined to
maintain his rights The eyes of the
world are upon him as never before,
and the history OF the organization
in the future will depend in no small
degree upon the courage and fdel.
/ ity with which he meets the present
situation. For three years you have
won out in every proposition that
you have presented to the business
world
Win once more In this important
issue and 1t will be henceforth easier
sailing for us all. loyalty at this
thousands who are outside the ranks
than any argument we can present
or any appeal that we can make.
| Let us win this victory and we will
achieve the fear OF our enemies and
the respect, confidence and admira.
ton OF the world
The act of the last national conven.
tion pulsed the whole union with
fresh and virile hope. Perfect har.
mony and perfect unity prevailed in
all our councils. and the Farmers
union stands today as a solid phal-
anx before the forces Of greed.
You hold the key to the situation.
You have the cotton. you have the
warehouses. and II to these you only
add the courage, the business STAN
ina and the common sense to hold
your own. you need not fear the
future.
Do not be scared by the conspir-
acy which has been begun To make
you part with your cotton for less
than the minimum price. You have
behind you the greatest power of the
age in which we live. the power Df
numbers and the power of organiza.
tion. Only realize your strength, on
ly be faithful to your principle. only
stand with the shoulder to shoulder
touch with your comrades and the vic.
tory will more than atone for the
waiting.
do not ask you to hold your cot
Every farmers duty is to pay his
debts, but this Is a period when the
individual farmer and the Farmers
union can use their influence with
their merchant friends to induce
them Go bear for little while with
any farming debtor whom the loca
union may recommend to their conf
dence and regard.
In this emergency every farmer Ii
an evangel. Let him go out among
his fellows to cheer them up-to stiff
fen their backbone-to show then
the way to the union warehouses anC
to the friendly merchants and to the
loyal way Of waiting. The year tina
is before us simply waits to crown
the farmer who In this period Is loya
to his union, faithful to its messages
and resolute in maintaining the stan'
ard which II has fixed for the pric'
OF his ppblest product.
feel that rarely before has the In
tegrity and strength OF the Farmers
a union faced a greater crisis than II
the courage and character with whicl
he meets this assault OF the conspir
ators to force surrender upon tn