Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-29
farmers MAY
BOYCOTT COLFAX
Threats Made BY Farmers Living
Near Almota Against ColfaX
Merchants

Threats to boycott Colfax and trade
In Pullman are being made by farm
ers living near Almota, and who are
closer to Colfax than to Pullman c.
R. Moys, one of the best konwn and
enterprising farmers of the Aim ota
neigh borhood, was in Pullman Tues
day and said II wish you would ad-
wise the farmers of our neighborhood
to stop trading at Colfax until the
town goes dry. l was in Colfax last
week and told Mr.. Russell, of the
Great Eastern store that ! will not
spend a cent in Colfax when | can get
to Pullman, until Colfax goes dry.
The farmers in our neighborhood are
all in favor of local option and we
want to boycott ColtaX until it votes
the saloon out The farmers can do
this if they will only stand together
A large majority of the farmers are
opposed to saloons and if they will
show their opposition by refusing to
trade with merchants who favor sa-
looms and in towns where saloons
are tolerated they will soon find that
the farmers trade is worth more to
them than the trade of the saloon
men and those who patronize or favor
saloons"
w. F. Hickman, one of Mr. Moy's
neighbours is on the executive com
mittee of the Whitman County Civic
League, and circulated the petitions
for local option election in that pre-
cinct. Mr.. Hickman did some good
: work and it is said that S5 per cent
! of the voters in some of the country
precincts have signed the petition
asking for local option election,
The claim that the absence of sa-
looms drives trade from the town
seems to be well refuted by the atti-
tude of such men as the Hickman
: brothers, Mr.. Moys and others. The
trade of such men as the Hickmans,
Coxes, Sewers, Moys, and hundreds
of others of like standing in the com
munity, if taken from a town would
soon convince the merchants that they
are worth more to a town than the
saloons are worth to them.
Y. G.. Mansfield, another member
of the executive committee of the
Civic League and also a member of
the State Executive Com mittee of
the Farmers Educational and Coop
eratiye Union, advocates circulating
a petition among the farmers pledg-
ing them to refuse to trade with any
merchant who favors saloons or in
any town where saloons are tolerat-
ed. Mr.. Mansfield has been doing
great work in his neighborhood and
1t seems foregone conclusion that
the last saloon will be closed in Endi-
colt because of the activity there. Mr..
Mansfield has suffered the loss of
two large barns, believed to have been
fired by saloon sympathiZers because
OF his activity in fighting saloons,
but he is keeping up the fight.
That the boycott idea is being
spread among the farmers is vouched
for by w. F. Hickman, a prominent
, and wealthy farmer of Onecho pre-
cinct, 10 miles south of ColfaX. Mr..
Hickman was in Pullman Thursday
and when seen by The Herald re-
porter said: You bet we are in
earnest about boycotting Colfax
That is the town we are after
circulated the petitions in Onecho
precinct and got 127 farmers to sign
and only seven men refused to sign
The country is almost unanimous
against the saloons and we are IL
earnest about refusing to patronlzt
towns and merchants who favor sa
looms. Mr.. Mansfield is busy cir
culating pledge to refrain from pa
troni2ing Colfax or any other toWr
where saloons are tolerated ant
when | signed the pledge the othel
day he had an enormous number O.
names on it. | wish the newspapers
would take up this matter and SHOW
the merchants how the farmers view
this question. If Colfax continues
to have saloons Pullman will ge
big lot of trade that is now golnt
to Colfax"
There is a vast amount of quie
but effectual work being done amonl
the farmers, as well as in the town
and there is no doubt that the cleo
ton of November 80 will give al
overwhelming majority against sa
looms In the country precincts ant
with the boycott of saloon towns full
ly organized among the farmers tn
> towns that vote to retain saloon
will suffer serious loss of trade.
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