The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-27
FARMERS UNION Is
 OFF FOR ANDALUSIA Local Members Leave Bir- mingham This Morning WILL DISCUSS EXCHANGES Produce Exchange for Birmingham Is Wanted EspeciaIIy-Other Import
 ant Matters to Come Be-
 fore the Convention.
WILL DISCUSS EXCHANGES

The local representatives of the Farmers Educational and Cooperative union, together with the delegates from the organized counties of North Alabama. and many members of the union will leave the city at S:sO o'clock this morning over the Louisville and Nashville railway for Andalusia to att tend the annual state meeting. The convention will be called to order to- morrow morning and will continue three days.
 number of important questions will be settled at the meeting. the most im- portant of which being whether or not the union shall establish produce ex- changes in the larger cities of Ala bama. to which the members of the union may take or ship their farm pro duce and sell them through the ex- change direct to the consumer. It is practically certain, according to a prom inent local delegate, that the decision of the body will be in favor of estab- fishing the exchange. particularly in Birmingham.
 Among other important matters to be settled are whether or not to estab . fish definite state eadquarters; to elect officers for the ensuing year, and to choose delegates to the national meeting, to be held in Little Rock Sep tember 8.
 Though Bessemer will offer a plot of land and will build the executive of fees and meeting hail at no cost to tho union, many members would like to see Birmingham chosen as state head quarters.
 Besides the unorganized counties tho meeting will represent ffty-seven coun- ties, carrying a membership of S5,000 union farmers. Special cars have been enga ged for the party, which will be joined by delegates, tn cir families and friends, at each station between Blr- mingham and the destination.
 Among the local delegation will be l. A. Morley. state president. E. !. Cook, state secretary and treasurer; P F. Parker state business agent B. D. Gather. editor of the Guide; ]. IT. Leath of the Guide, Prof. M. NJ. J. Wes- ton of Blountsville and J. A. Tanning, secretary of the state executive com mittee.
 Addresses will be delivered by T. J. Brooks, state secretary and treasurer of Tennessee, and Ben l.. Griffin, sta te secretary and treasurer of Arkansas, and editor of the Arkansas Union Tribune, and others of equal promi- hence in the organization. Aside from the business of the convention 6 most pleasent social programme has been made for the visitors by the citizens of Andalusa.
 The resolutions that will be intro duced looking to the establishing of produce exchanges are:
 Whereas, The Farmers Union Guide has been agitating the advisabilty of a produce exchange fin the large cities of Alabama. and particularly in Birmlng- ham, whereby the members of the Farm produce and sell 1t through said exchange direct to the consumer; and
 Whereas, The great majority of con- sumers of said cities are laborinp peonls mostly members of trades unions. and are compelled to pay large profits on the produce they buy which comes to them through system of middle men; and
 Whereas. This profit goes into the pockets of the said middle men who pro- duce nothing, but who build their for tunes with profits made by handling what we produce; and
 Whereas, This exorbitant burden is borne about equally by producer In the low price and the consumer in the high price, therefore, be it
 Resolved. by the Farmers Educational and Co-Operatiye union of Alabama That we indorse the steps taken by the Guido in this direction and recommend the ap- pointment of necessary committees at once to fully investigate the feasibility of such exchanges and that said com mttees have full authority to proceed to formulate and put in practice just such plans as in their opinion will best pro- mote and sustain such enterprise for the benefit of producer and consumer.
 We recommend that such committees be appointed by the state executive com mittee, and be subject to said committee" l"