The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-07-16
Farmer Union Bureau @
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Conducted by the
south Carolina Farmers Educa-
tiOnal and Cooperation Union.
Recommendations intended for this
department should be addressed to J. C
Stribling, Pendletoa, S. G..

J I
Stribling, Pendletoa, S. G..
Don t forget that all farmers whcth.
er members of the Farmers Union or
not have a special invitation to the
Greenwood meeting 25-26727 Of July.
Something Doing in South Carolina.
The highest move in The interest
OF the ). {. Farmers even known is
now on. The Farmers Union, Cotton
Association and the Clemson Awri-
cultural College Institute Car. are all
out: each waging a separate campaign
OF their own. Each SET of speakers are
vlein% with each other trying to do
for the farmer the very important
things that the farmer has in gen
eral way failed TO do for himself.
If we are not mistaken in the signs
Of the timcs--that old saw about the
downtroddcn farmcr' will be blown
off the face of the land in s. G.. The
trend of all these movements in the
interest of The farmers is cevating,
onward and upward to higher plane
The less Informed are being brought
up towards the top, and no one need
go lower but all interests move up
ward with the farmer.
We will be delighted to hear of all
the farmers goin" out to these very
instructive meetings. No chance tG
lose anything by going out to these
meetings.
Can farmers sci prices on their own
crops? Yes. they can. IF farmers dc
not SET prices on their own crops some
other folks do it for them, why not
farmers do il?
It's time for change. Farmers
take care Of your own business and
let the other fellow do the quarrelng
sweating and cusSin" awhile.
The whole trend Of the educational
feature of the Farmers Union is
leading Southern Farmers to. a per.
mancnt higher level of proscprity and
right living.
Southern farmers that farm right
and raise their own food crops cal,
afford to eat and live off his own pro,
duets while he holds his cotton and
waits for profitable prices. while in,
cotton bear is compelled to buy all
that hc eats and uses while he waits
When this kind Of game is on to q
finish. who will starvc out first?
Playing with Two Edged Sword.
Through the teaching of farmers
organizations Our farmers are learn
ing fast. and we may state here that
some Of our farm papers. and others
too. are learning that the farmers arc
no longer going TO stand for any pub,
lication that is carrying large advrr,
tiSrmcntS of questionable dealers nl
fraudulent goods. Not long back oul
! government chemist showed up cone
of the most out utragcnus frauds being
prrpclratcd upon the American farm,
! rr, is that Of prepared stock foods
common meal, bran. with n It'll,
, cheap sulphur. salt, rpSum salts, pep,
per, saltpctcr and some lnud smelling
stuff, etc, added TO change the taste
and thc mixture hardly more valuable
, than ordinary ship StufD put up ir
! flamin" packages. advertised in big
illustrated ads in farm papers, and
sold TO "uIliblc farmers at from $3.50
: to 2.210 ion.' And when some time
ago the chief Southern contributor of
one Of the farm papers most largely
! circulated in our territory. wrote an
article giving the truth about this gi-
c,antic swindle. and sent it to this
paper. The reply came back: "ThG
- Stock Food Co. pa VS. MS 5000
year for advertising, and we should
, osc il if we were to print your letter
Please don 4 insisi.' Now isn't this
farm paper in league with, and a part
ncr with those that he must know arc
swindling farmers out Of some Of their
hard earned money? And more. these
farmers are catching up with these
farm papers that are helping to rob
than 'Nhty ,nuut1irf, ibn ,,rocc o>x