Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-12
UNIoNISM THE TRUE REMEDY
Farmers Union of America Greatest
Organization Of Its Kind on
American Continent.

A bill was introduced last winter By
Mr.. MeCumber into the United Statea
senate to establish a national. com
mission to devise ways and means fol
the cooperation Of American farmers
The commission was to consist o.
one member each from the Associa
ton Of Agriculture, the National
Grange, the American Breeders as
ISOLATION, besides one man appointed
especially by the president. The idea
is said to be based upon the fact that
business men have their cooperative
associations, the different tradesmen
have their unions, but the farmer IA
the only man who works siRgle-hand
ed and often in opposition. to him
SELF" =.
The above is a quotation from an
exchange, and evidently the paper was
sincere in its belief that II was a
good thing and that the National
Farmers congress was the only real
farmers organization except the
Grange that was worthy of mention
says National Co-0perator. 1t is not
astonishing that the members Of the
United States senate don't know any.
thing about the Farmers union, for
belonging to the profession they dn
hey are never supposed to know any.
thing about anything except it. Is
brought to their attention directly in
the shape of bill by a client Of ore
OF the profession, II not their own.
The ordinary run of farmers are an
unknown quantity to our national leg.
islators, as a rule, and also to the big
newspapers, and, although astonish.
ing, their ignorance is sublime as to
what is going on among the common
people of this land of liberty.
The Farmers union Of America is
the greatest farmers organization
that has ever existed on the Ameri.
can continent, and is far and away
the best educated and most intelligent
organization OF the kind among the
organizations Of America. Its founda,
ton principles are organization. ed.
ucauon and cooperation, and as II is
lived through six or more years of its
history with a constant and continu.
GUS growth, and with a determination
to continue its course of education and
cooperation against all difficulties, It
Is the densest confession of ignorance.
on the part Of any men who call them.
selves Representatives in the Ameri.
can congress and TIE metropolitan
press to confess in tyre that they
have no knowledge of the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative union
OF America, and have no knowledge
OF its work and strength.
Did you ever see a wild turkey in.
a trap? Well, these distinguished gen.
temen, representatives of the, two
classes in the nation that should be
in the lead of every class in direct
and certain information as to facts
concerning their constituencies, know
nothing of the way the people are work
ing to relieve themselves ofthe troubles
that have been theirs since the time
that these gentlemen started from.
among them to enter the trap Of Off.
clal life, which they had baited with
to the people, but once in.
side they got naughty snd held their
heads so high that they could not see
the entrance baited still with the com.
mon peoples interests. One thing.
however, the farmers are taking
things in hand and these same men
Will find that the way to get a turkey
out OF a trap is to knock him down
and then drag him through the ton Of
The pen.
Yes, the Farmers union is educating
and cooperating and will continue to
10 SO until they have dragged their
turkeys out of the public
'thce pen and sent them back to
where they started to learn true CO.
operation with the people and to think
" what might have been.