The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-07
Farmers Union VIII
Meet Today.
GATHERING m BIRMINGHAM
All Southern States VIII Be Repre-
scented.
To Make Efforts for Elimination OF the
Middle Man and Control Of the
south's Great
Crop.

Birmingham. Sept. 6.-The fifth an
nual convention Of the Farmers Edu-
cational and Cooperative Union will
begin tomorrow morning. Delegates
from all the cotton producing States
are in attendance and cotton will be
the principal topic of discussion.
The Farmers Union 10 secret So
tic work Of any lodge. 1t Is COM
posed Of farmers and has for its main
object the elimination Of the cotton
factor and middle man and the mar
keting Of the crop directly from the
producer to the manufacturer.
Already the union has numerous
warehouses and II the plans OF its
leaders are carried out many more
will be erected during the coming year
and a strong effort will be made to get
into the union every cotton grower in
the South. Then, not only will the
milIdemans profits be saved to the
grower, but the market can be con-
trolled, for, with all American cotton,
held In the unions warehouses, 1T can
be sold only when the price IL salts
factory. The idea. in brief. Is to make
the FARMERS OutOu 70 Ln6 COtLun
grower what the tobacco pool is to
the tobacco producers.
The session Tuesday will be the only
one open to the public. although the
union Will continue its meeting for
several days. During the executive
session the price Is fixed for the en-
suing year. and members are not sup
posed to sell for less.
Already the officers have sold a part
of this years cotton to English manu-
facturers.
has been here three days making prep
arations for the convention. State
President W. A. Morris, OF Sulligent.
who Ia also chairman Of the National
Executive Board. has been hard at
work assisting In the preparations for
the convention.
A big Texas delegation. headed by w.
8. Loudermilk, State President. arriv-
ed this morning. g. l.. Wilson of Van
Fleet. Miss, a member Of the National
Executive Committee. was also among
the early arrivals. J. NJ. Jefford of
Elgin. Ok. another Executive Commit
tee member, r. H. Mccullough of
Beebe, Ark, the National Secretary
Treasurer; J, NJ. Montgomery OF Ten
nessee. vice-President. and many o.h-
ers are here ready for the meeting.
rive nun0EGu ukGthDGEo AEVAu AAAU4tu6
alone win be present at the conven.
ton.
The opening session will be given
over to addresses of welcome and the
responses. j. b. Burke. President of
the State Federation OF Labor. will call
the meeting to order. w, A. Morris
OF Suiiigent.S win deliver an Sar&ress Of
welcome on behalf of the Farmers Of
Alabama. William H. Winn. president
of the Birminfham Trades Council. will
speak In behalf Of the local labor or
CARNATIONS. r. p. Chaftee, Of the
Business Mems League, will extend
welcome. while J. D. Collins, presi-
dent Of the Board of Trade, will also
perform that task. White e. Gibson,
attorney for the State Federation of
Labor. will be heard and the National
Federation of Labor will be represent
ed by John b. Lennon. The response
will be delivered by C. s. Barrett,
president of the National Farmers
Union.
According to officers Of the unon,
the attendance is quite satisfactory
with prospects of a still larger num-
Der arriving before the convention gets
to work.