Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-07-29

lative candidates an expression on
this measure and the crop mortgage
law; and again demand the repeal
mortgage law"
President Barrett.
Last night there was meeting at
the State House at which time Hon.
Chas. S. Barrett, of Georgia, presi-
dent Of the National Farmers IN
ion, made an address.
Mr. Barrett spoke on the subject,
"The Farmers Union" The farmers,
he said, had succeeded far better
than had been expected, and although
cotton has not reached Is cents, yet
when the bottom fell out Of all other
things, cotton remained at a good
price.
The credit and mortgage system,
which has been a burden to the peo-
pie, has been improved. The farm
ers are not buying so much on credit
as formerly. Now the farmers are
in better condition than ever before.
They have better homes and sur
rOundings. In fact the farmers are
prosperous.
The Farmers Union is growing
rapidly. There are more members
joining and there is larger paid up
membership. The union has the ex-
perience of the mistakes of former
organizations. 1t has been claimed
that the Alliance was killed by poll
tics. Maybe so. He does not know
but that the Alliance went the way
it was intended to go. 1t did a great
deal Of good while it did live.
''Will the union keep out of poll
ties? No, We would be fools If we
did" The union will not talk parti-
san politics, but it will let the candi-
date know what is wanted, and that's
all. The constitution will not permit
the talking Of partisan politics, or
boosting a candidate. The union
takes no part in such.
There is at the Legislature in Geor-
gia man who hangs around and
when he is indisposed and does not
vote, that is recorded, too. But
you need not bother your head about
the Farmers Union going into poll
tics 1t will never CO." he said.
The Farmere' Union is the great
est educational factor in the land to-
day Agricultural schools, technical
schools sNI the like are going up on
every hand. In Georgia so much has
been appropriated that they can't get
the money to run them with.
He was glad to see the neighborly
feeling existing between the laboring
men and farmers in South Carolina.
He can see nothing but good to come
from 1T. He never saw anything like
the attention shown the farmers by
the labor organizations in Alabama
few weeks ago, and that the labor
ing men in Columbia would have
| done as we'll If they had been able.
If the Farmers Union could have
been destroyed by fussing on the in
side 1T would have failed, for South
Carolina has had her share, but that
is all in the past now. President
Barrett said that he had been to four
annual conventions In South Carolina
in the last twelve months.
Some people have criticised the
Unic'., but they were not to blame.
They did not understand. At the
start 1t is impossible to get the CO.
operation and help Of all. 1--WE will
get more in the future than we did
selves"
Last week the State Of Washing
ton was organized into the Farmers
Union. Now from Virginia to Wash
ington, for 5000 miles, there is not
cloud. He never saw such har-
mony in his life before.
President Harris presented to Pre-
sident Barrett a cane in token Of the
esteem in which he is held and to
show something of the appreciation
for his efforts to put the union in
South Carolina on a working basis.
President Barrett said that he was
afraid that the farmers would think
him stuck up If he went over the
country with It,
S. f. Parrott, editor Of the unions
organ. will represent the State nniOn
as a fraternal delegate at the State
Union of Georgia next week.
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