Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-02
FARMERS UNION
PRESIDENT TALKS
Soon Every Bank in Georgia Will
Be Lending Money on Farmers
Union Warehouse Receipts,
He Says.

cat least $500 delegates will attend the
Farmers union, which gathers in Macon
this morn&ing for a two days ses-
sion, and you may safely say that the
meeting will be the most enthusiastic
and important ever held since the organ
ization OF the union
Such was the emphatic declaration Of
J. L. Lee, president of the Farmers
union of Georgia, when seen at the Ter
minal station, by Journal representa-
tive Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Lee was
on his way to his home at Union City.
from (which place he will leave for Ma
con on Monday.
President Lee talked in an interesting
manner of the aims and purposes of the
coming convention, and the work that
has been accomplished of late by the
Farmers union. A phase Of the affairs
of the farmers about which he was es-
pecially enthusiastic is that having to
do with the arrangement with certain
banks of Georgia, whereby the cotton
growers are able to borrow money on
cotton in their Farmers union ware
houses, an announcement of which was
made by The Journal on Saturday after
noon.
THE ELIMINATING TRIUMPH.
'I regard this as the eliminating tri-
umph of the entire work of the Farm
ers' union" said President Lee, and it
undoubtedly means the solution of the
problem that has always faced the cotton
farmers of Georgia.
From now on there will be no chance
for the men who manipulate the cotton
market, at least so far as we are con-
cerned. The announcement as report
ed by The Journal is correct in every
particular. We have been hard at work
in the endeavor to effect this arrange
ment for two years, almost. and on Sat-
urday morning 1t finally went into eff
feet
II is true that we have not completed
the arrangements so that money will be
lent upon Farmers union warehouse re-
ceipts by every bank in the state, but
firmly believe that before long this
will be the case.
AT MACON CONVENTION.
I'm fact, we are at work upon this
very phase of the matter right now, and
It will be fully discussed at the conven-
ton in Macon. The Farmers union re-
CARDS the accomplishment of this task as
their browning achievement. With the
farmer able to borrow money enough to
meet all his necessary expenses, at a rate
OF interest that is at once reasonable and
satisfactory, the possibility of his being
forced to dispose of his cotton at I'M
profitable prices is eliminated once and
for all. This is the main end toward
which the organization has been striving
for the past five years, and we are nat
urally elated over our success"
President Lee, in discussing the con-
vention at Macon, said that the gathering
would be the largest and most important
ever held in the south. He stated that
more than $500 delegates will be in at
tendance, and that matters of vital inn
portance not only to the Farmers union.
but to the cotton growing industry of the
state, would be discussed and probably
disposed of.
Among these matters will be that hav-
ing to do with fertilizers for cotton. and
the convention will at this time receive
for consideration the proposition which
is to be made them by the United
Phosphate company in regard to the
supply of guano for the cotton fields.
CONSOLIDATED WAREHOUSES
Another matter which President Lee
said would be considered is the CONSOLE
dated warehouse problem, which has
been before the Farmers union for some
time Already there are consolidated
warehouses operated by the Farmers
union at Augusta and Savannah, and 1t
is more than likely that others will be
opened Immediately following the Ma
con convention.
The delegates will gather for the first
session at Macon on Tuesday morning,
and after effecting an organization will
adjourn to attend the fair, which will
be then in progress. Another session
will be held Tuesday night, and two
sessions on Wednesday. The Tuesday
night meeting, as well as those set for
Wednesday, will be executive. After
the final meeting Wednesday the con-
vention will adjourn.