The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-11-08


growers should fraternalize with their
southern brethren, the types are SO dis
tinct and separate with scarcely no mar
ket connection The writer also believes
that very few will care to sympathize
with the tactics Of the might riders
who prevail so largely in the southern
field.
That there is a good sized row on in
the ranks of the American Society of
Equity is pretty we'll known, and the
dissention that is likely to follow the
rumpus will lead to bitter recrimination
that BODIES no good to the organization.
The trouble came about at the annual
convention held at Indianapolis last
week when charges were brought against
its president, j. A. Everitt, to the effect
that he had used his official position as
a means of advancing his seed business
and that an agricultural paper, Up To
Date Farming was being used by Ever
lit as tool to promote his ends rather
than those OF the society. The conven-
tion resen ted Everitt's activities in his
own behalf, and displaced him, electing
Cicero M. Barnet, of Kentucky, in his
stead. After the convention closed, Ev-
eritt and his friends met in rump con-
vention and elected J. w. Mitchell, of
Kansas, as president and Everitt as vice
president. The regular society has an
nounced it's intention of 1nstituting legal
proceedings to prevent Everitt from u.s.
ing the society's name and designating
his publication as the official organ of
the society. The society will publish as
it's official organ monthly journal under
the name of the Equity Farm Journal.
A circular issued from the officers of the
Wisconsin State Union refers to the
rumpus and warns it's members not to
be deceived by the statements coming
from the deposed headquarters. 1t also
gives assurance that the head Office has
been renovated and new system of
management installed which is not per-
sonally connected in any way with a
"chance to graft" Members are urged
to make an extra inducement to increase
the membership "as the national treas
ury is practically empty and pew offic-
ial paper will have to be started requir-
ing immediate capital"
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To show how much J. A. Everitt,
scotsman of indianapolis, has been in
control of the American Society of
Equity, the following facts are given:
In the first place, as publisher, he
made contract with himself as presi-
dent, and three others, whereby his
paper, Up-to-Date Farming, was to be
the official paper for term of fifty years.
AS owner of that paper he has received
good remuneration for advertising.
He Was president, and by some means
or other has managed to hold down the
chair for the past five years and drew
salary.
AS publisher. in the past year he has
received from the society sum in ex-
cess of $4,000 as subscription to his
paper. The advertising 10 the past year
represents over 100000.
AS owner of job printing Office he
has received nearly $1,000 from the So
ciety for job printing.
In trying to defend the contract when
the motion was made to repudiate it,
Mr.. Everitt acknowledged that he pre-
sumed there was not delegate ir. the
house who believed the contract was
anything else than selfish endeavor to
further his own interests; but he de-
clared that it was really an effort to pro-
tect the society against any effort it
might make to have more than one Of
fetal paper.
If MIR. Everitt had succeeded in build
ing up society with million members,
and had kept his paper as the official
paper, with himself as sole manager of
its policy. he would be in position to
control parties; to dictate to trusts; to
tear down or build up individuals and
to feather his own nest to any extent he
might desire The society saw all this
and was determined to take that power
out of the hands of any one individual.
In fact that was the real issue at stake.