The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-07-16
Farmer s Union Bureau o
Information
Conducted by the
South Carolina Farmers Educa-
tional and Cooperation Union.

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Recommendations intended for this
department should be addressed to j. G
Stribling, Pendletoa, s. c.
Don't forget that all farmers wheth-
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 S. C. Farmers even known is
now on. The Farmers Union, Cotton
Association and the Clemson Agri-
cultural College Institute Car, are all
out; each waging a separate campaign
of their own. Each set Of speakers are
vieing with each other trying 10 do
for the farmer the very important
things that the farmer has in a gen.
eral way failed to do for himself.
If We are not mistaken in the signs
Of the times that old saw about the
"downtrodden farmer" 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 elevating,
onward and upward to higher plane.
The less informed are being brought
up towards the top, and no one need
60 lower but all interests move up
ward with the farmer.
We.%ill be delighted to hear OF all
the farmers going out to these very
instructive meetings. Ne chance to
lose anything by going out to these
meetings. - ..
Can farmers set prices on their own
crops? Yes, thsy can. IF farmers do
not set prices. On their own crops some
other folks do it for them, why not
farmers do it9
It's time for a change. Farmers
take care of your own business and
let the other fellow do the quarreling
sweating and cussing awhile.
The whole trend Of the educational
feature Of the Farmers Union is
leading Southern Farmers to.a per-
manent higher level Of prosperity and
right living.
Southern farmers that farm right
and raise their own food crops can
afford to eat and live off his own pro-
duets while he holds his cotton and
waits for profitable prices, while the
cotton bear is compelled to buy all
that he eats and uses while he waits.
When this kind Of game is on to a
finish, who will starve out first?
Playing with a 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 are
no longer going to stand for any pub
lication that is carrying large adver-
tisements Of questionable dealers or
fraudulent goods. Not long back our
government chemist showed up lone
Of the most outrageous frauds being
perpetrated upon the American farm
er, is that of prepared stock foods:
common meal, bran, with a little
cheap sulphur, salt, epsum salts, pep
per, saltpeter and some loud smelling
stuff, etc., added to change the taste'
and the mixture hardly more valuable
than ordinary ship stuff) put up IN
flaming packages, advertised IN blg
illustrated ads in farm papers, and
sold to gulhble farmers at from S25O
TO s2.250 a ton." 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; II the a5 truth about this si-:
aantic swindle; and sent II TO Inis
paper: The reply came PACK: - ane nne
Stock Food Co. pays us $4,000
: YEAR for advertising, and we s. hould.
Io:e it if we were to print your letter.
Please don't insist" Now isn't this
farm paper in league with, and part
ner with those that he must know are
swindlins 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
them. This muzzling the press, and