The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-10-16
FARMERS UNION
WOULD START PAPER
state Society Issues Appeal
FOR Funds for Establish
ment of Organ of Their
Very Own.

Shawnee. Okla. Oct IA. To the
members Our constitution euumef-
ates three objects to accomplish name
/ ly. education buying and selling TO
accomplish these ends there must be
some Medium through which the
membership may keen IN touch With
the workings of the order.
The press has been very liberal IN
publishing communications Of interest
80 the union members for which we
arc very grateful The general press
has so many readers of various inter
est Articles are abridged until some
of The members fa.l to grasn the gist
of the intention of he article
Many communications are sent out
from Headquarters but we are 0bligpc
TO shorten them as much as possible
on account of cost in printing and
mailing
Now Brethren. your worthy prcd.
dent and organizer whose whgio
hearts are IN the work. have beca H.
the work have been in the field ever
since the state meeting, many thinges
of interest to YOU. If we owned a
union paper Of our own. could be inn.
parted to you through that medium
They have Just returned from At
lanta. Ga. where they have been at.
tending the spiuners. manufacturers
and cotton raisers convention. S0ue-
thing rich for the membership in their
report is expected Yet it, VIII be
abridged To overcome these ob.
stacles. the statemeeting instructed
the committee to formulate a pian of
issuing a union paper.
Now IpQti harm 1 am tsngptutft Tat.
ters that this or that plan is the one
they hear IS 10 be Dut into eject
thiak J can vouch for the committee
this far. If all the locals viii take
800 shares that much will he used
toward purchasing q plant The $1g0
subscription they are urging the
membership 10 take. is to pay postage
help paper. etc As to an editor. ttey
are not considering that yet They are
farmers and are reasoning as farm
ers To do the best. NOT as they de-
sire. but MS circumstances will admit
Again each and every member should
think, study and each local hay. cet
respondent write articles OF interest
10 be published in each issue n lie
paper Suppose a brother has stnGitd
up some good idea. he thinks would
BE OF interest to the members. the
columns OF the paper gone be open
and ready 10 publish Them. thereby
giving the whole membership the ed.
vantage of it,
Now Brothers. ] have members of
various locals who write 10 me and
state their locals have taken a share
but 50 far the secretary has failed
to send in the dollar Fro. Secretary
lon't get careless about this. Some
write and say Il am with yon j VIII
| send in my dollar upon icceif; nf
sample copy of paper" II we an 10
that way, ! assure yod no paper viii
be issued But thanks Cor ioyal NOM
hers. not only the locals take shares
but many members sen, in their dol
lar on subscription.
This money Is not deposited as
general fund. but is place6 as a
paper fund TO be psed only for ihe
union paper Shoud me fail 10 get
funds enough to st4rt TIE paper sac.
cessfully, overy dollar viii ne .ehlIn-
ed TO sender.
County delegates whose names
appear on minutes. ;heir r. Y. Fare
was allowed. Money is really. uaven't
your p O. address.
| Again in behalf Of the Farmers
union. ] thank the press fsr their
many eourtesies. and further ask
every paperr i'm the gtate t. publish
this artiole--J. S. MURRAY, Secy.
treas f. r. n c. u. nf A.
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