The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17

of the immense savings Inc economy by
the adoption of this measure. The i'm
portance of this venture should be OBJ
viou5 to every cotton producer, but we
recommend that every local union in
the cotton districts take the matter up
at once, discuss it fully and freely, then
transmit the result to the county
unions, when further action can be taken
by states and closed in some future
meeting.
The entire afternoon session was taken
up with a discussion of the reduction
of cotton acreage. The matter was
kept secret ana the press committee was
instructed not to divulge any of the pro-
ceedings.
The reason for keeping The matter
within the executive hall was that the
union, it is understood, desires to hit
upon a plan whereby each farmer will
agree to reduce his acreage by the per
cent plan, the per cent of reduction to
be kept secret. This system, if adopted,
will be carried out in the following man
ner:
The per cent will be agreed upon by
the national body and the county or
ganization will hand slips to it's mem
bers, showing the number of acres owned
by each, the number planted in cotton
and the per cent of reduction. The coun-
ty organization will then hand the forms
in the the state organizations, and these
bodies will hand them over to the ma
tional body.
Some of the members, it is under
stood, object to any system naming
what per cent of a mans acreage shall
be reduced, believing that the plan is
not feasible, while others hold that the
only course to take would be the crea.
ton of a strong sentiment favoring the
diversication of crops. Those favoring
the per cent reduction, it is understood,
are largely in the majority, and while
the officials and the press com
mittee are ~reticent as to the
probable curse that will be taken, it
is believed the per cent plan will pre-
vail, and the amount of reduction will
be kept from the general public.
The feature of the night session was
the report of the committee on good
roads. This committee offered the fol
lowing resolution:
Fully realizing and approaching that
there is no more important matter for
consideration, vitality touching every in
terest of the farm, than good public
roads, such as the rural school for the
education of our children; the rural free
delivery of our mail, including its ex.
tended service to parcels post; the de
livery of guano to the farms at the
proper time; the necessary attendance
upon sessions of court, public worship
and school, and necessary and friendly
intercourse between friends and neigh.
bors in our country; the delivery of
crops to market and exchange of com.
modities, the saving of time, labor, com.
fort, temper and convenience; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That we, the committee on
good roads, complaining of the great
difference between conditions where the
same team will stall with an empty
wagon in the mud, or where that team
can haul with ease eleven or more bales
of cotton on a good paved thorough.
fare, we desire that our convention ga
on record calling upon our national rep
r~esentatives in the United States SEN
ate and house of representatives, signed
by every member of every local in our
union, and also from the officers and
members of this body, calling upon our
representatives to secure a national ap-
preparation for as large an amount as
possible to establish and prosecute this
great work as speedily as possible"
The big meeting of the Farmers Edu-
! caLional and Cooperative Union of
America closed tonight and many of the
delegates caught trains for their homes.
The principal topic of discussion dur
ing the morning session was the feast
bility of establishing two cotton facto-
ries, one east of the Mississippi river
and n west of the river. A resolution
offered to establish these factories for
the manufacture of cotton bagging, sacks
and other wrapping material, and was
heartily Endorsed. Arrangements for the
erection of the plants will be made at
once and the two factories will be COM
pleted and in operation by May 5 next.
James NJ. Lynch, of Indianapolis, Ind.
president of the International Typo
graphical Union, addressed the delegates
in the afternoon before the body went
into executive session.
The report of the warehouse commit
tee was unanimously received by the en-
tire delegation. The recommendations
contained in the report are as follows:
From a careful review of the steps
taken by the Farmers Union to secure
their rights and the various tricks and
schemes used by the cotton Spectators
to thwart the same, it appears to this
committee:
First-That we must push our Farm
ers' Union organization until every eligi-
BILE man is a member of the order.
Second-We must build and rent ware
| houSpS until nyprv halo of ootfCp 10 how
died in our own warehouses by our own
men, who can tell its grade and worth.
Third-We must cut down our cotton
acreage enough to raise everything we
need to feed and eat on the farm.
Fourth-We must cut down expenses
in every way, do without everything we
possibly can so as to be out of debt next
fall. Nobody can boss a farmer who is
QUO of debt. In debt there is always
somebody who car give him a twist, But
the recent financial crisis has taught Us
that even though we accomplish all these
things md are thereby enabled to lock up
every bale of the next cotton crop, the
spectators can lock up our circulating
medium and leave us absolutely helpless.
Experience has taught us that wher-
ever cotton is properly stored in APP
proved warehouses, covered by insurance,
there is no better collateral; therefore,
we urge the state officials of each state
to constantly keep before the member
ship the building of warehouses. In
struct all organizers to make that one
feature of their lecture until all commu-
mites are supplied with suitable ware
houses.