The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-14
Kenosha County farmers and
Milk Producers TO Unite
for Mutual Benefit
STORMY MEETING is HELD
Charter List Contains Names of Over
seventy Leading Milk Dealers
in the County and Other
Unions VIII be Formed

| The movement for the organization
of great Union Of the farmers of
Southern Illinois and Southern Wiscon-
sin reached Kenosha on Saturday af-
ternoon when meeting made up of
considerably over a hundred farmers
and dairymen was held at the Court
House and at this time the farmers
and milk producers of Kenosha county
decided to cast their lot with the
union. Before the meeting was adj
journed more than seventy of the
farmers had signed as charter mem
bers of the proposed trade organiza-
tion and efforts will be made to have q
branch Of the Union formed at every
milk shipping point in the county. 1t
, is the plan Of the promoters of the
union and they are enthusiastic pro
moters at that to have every can of
milk shipped out of Kenosha county
bear the union label and to this end
it is planned to hold many meetings in
! the county and if possible to get every
milk shipper to unite with the union,
There is no doubt but that the plans
of the Union are to make it unpleasant
for the men who do not go into the
Union and this fact was brought out
at the meeting on Saturday afternoon.
p. H. Tobin who acted as chairman
Of this informal meeting was named
as delegate to represent the Kenosha
County Union at the general meeting
Of the representatives Of all the Unions
to be held in Chicago on Feb. l. At
that time it is expected that the gen
eral organization will be completed.
j, While the Union idea seemed to take
r well with 9 great many of the farmers
from this county there were a number
Of the more prominent Of the farmers
and milk shippers at the meeting who
declined to sign the roll as a charter
member Of the Union, but notwith-
standing this fact they spoke favorably
to organization.
The meeting was something Of al
experiment and it showed that there
} is decided spirit of protest in Keno
sha county against the laws that have
been passed by the city Of chicago tt
, regulate the Shipment Of milk to tina
city. The attendance at the meeting
, was much larger than had been expect
, ed and the vigor with which the farm
E ers went after unionism was so mark
\ meeting would end in a riot. Their,
were lot Of speakers before the meet
, ing and some Of the language useC
, was not such as to suggest Sunda,
school convention, but the agitator
, seemed to be greatly in earnest an
their talks enthused many Of the farm
ers who seemed a little slow to ente
> the Union.
The meeting was called to orde
, by Mr.. Tobin and Frank Upsol
of Bristol, was selected as secre
tary. Edgar Ames, who has beer
most active lin the formation o
the Unions IN Illinois, drove owe
| from Taylor's Grove to start the thin!
moving in Kenosha county and he ex
$ planned the purpose Of the Union. L
! words which left nothing to be guess
' ed at Ames declared that the official
Y of the city of Chicago and other cite
. had ruined the business of the farme
and that it was up to the farmers t.
! get together and show the city Of Chi
+ cago and it's officials that farmer
, could stick together and demand thei
> rights Ames made direct charges O
r fraud in connection with the presen
laws on the books of the city Of Chi