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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-08-05
WHY THE FARMERS SHOULD
ORGANIZE.

Speech Delivered by Leonidas f.
Scott, Editor of the Conyers Free
Press, to the Oak Grove Local
Farmers Union and their Visitors
Saturday Evening, July 3rd-
Whence, And Whitherto, Has
Flown This ''Wonderful River of
Goid?"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-08-05

The speaker was introduced by
Hon. w F. Mcdaniel in a most pleas
ant manner, and before beginning
his remarks, Editor Scott read his
certificate Of membership in the At
lanta Typographical Union No. 48.
that is framed and kept in his office,
and is one of his most valued and
highly priced possessions
Having labored and toiled since l
was twelve years old, most natural
ly understand and feel every heart
throb and pulse beat of those who
toll for existence not only in the
field, under heavens broad canopy Of
blue and vaulted skies, in full light,
and under the scorching rays of
MONDAY suns, but in whatever
realm and walk Of life men, women,
and children labor, the speaker I'M
derstands their every thought and
every step they take, and has ever
been a most ardent supporter Of
every movement looking to better
the condition of those who toll and
create the wealth of the world but
get in return so little of the fruits
OF their labor. 1t is solely on ac-
count and lack Of intelligent organi-
zation, first; secondly, lack of or
ganizing whatever money is earned,
be it much or a small amount, into
an account in a bank that will earn
interest, or make with your earnings
some safe investment
If the actinic rays of the sun were
not concentrated and focused, no
heat or light from that great power
house and luminary would reach this
earth, and existence on this planet
would be impossible, and there would
be no animal or vegetable life, and
darkness and chaos would reign su-
preme.
Go to the great cotton mill right
at our doors and what do you see and
with what are you the most impress
ed: Organization first, and system
next, and their persistent application
and obedience with intelligent and
well directed effort, each trained
worker from the humblest place in
the great organization to the office.
where is enthrOned one man on
whose shoulders the whole organiza-
ton rests, and whose eyes and brains
have to watch and know every de-
tail from the bale of cotton to the
finished product, that when sold
brings back flow of gold dollars to
be given to those who have toiled SO
diligently at the command of ma
chinery, making hundreds and thou
sands of revolutions a minute.
Go to any great electric plant, and
you see at a glance that the great re-
suits accomplished are alone possible
except through Organization" and
the units of energy created by the
hand of Almighty God could not, and
did not, serve us until intelligent
skill organized" those units of sub
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-08-05


Tonight! power! Press a button
by the hand of the President in
Washington, and the great machin-
cry in the Alaska Yukon Exposition
become things of life-and the whole
world applauds and knows the show
is open-Organizati Power!
By organization you have a tele-
phone in your homeland if you de-
sired to test tin twenty minutes
you could send a message to the re-
hottest part of the earth and receive
reply! Possible only through and
by organization.
were it not for organization we
would still be paying 80 cents nor
pound for steel made in Sweden
and hammering out sweeps on an
Wis at every cross roads in this. conn,
try; but by organizing great COM
panles with ample capital, the earth
mas been forced to surrender her
raw material, skill and energy have
combined, and instead of paving 40
cents Tor steel per pound you get a
hVe-pound scrape for 25 cents. Or
ganization!
by and through organization no.
tlce what has been ACCOMPLISHED with
product of our Southern farms once
thrown away! We blush at tha
statement. In the last ten wears tho
cotton seed of the South were worth
$50O,OOO,000 at 10 cents Der bushn1
and we have received, and am
afraid thrown away, that immense
sum-$300,000,0 5000! from this ono
source. Intelligent organization gave
US the money for the seed that in orr
ignorance we once threw away.
At 10 cents per pound, the sontb
mas received $4,000, 100000 in the
last 10 years for our cotton cron
sum so vast the human mind can NOT
grasp nor comprehend, and the state
hleht causes us to ask the question
what has become of these vast sums
or mOney-a river of gold that bac
run from the very throne of our kind
HeaVnly Father through the South
ern States year by year. The South
erh farmers have created by their
Toll IN the last ten years, and receiv-
ed gold therefor enough money tn
almost buy the earth! The question
arises to the inquiring mind what
mas become Of our river of gold ?"
Inc answer is easy, through ignor-
cane and lack Of intelligent organ
lied effort, we have actually given if
away !" For, if you take away from
the tax returns the amount of land
Values-and the earth was here
when we commenced to make this
great Wealth-We have very little
left to show for the billions of dol
lars that have passed through our
hands-$6,300,OOO,O 1000 received in
the past ten years in the Southern
States from the production and sale
of cotton and cotton seed alone! And
the other millions received from the
sale of peaches, melons, vegetables,
and other products of Southern
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-08-05

til those who have made it can be
awakened and made to see the errors
they have made. And ignorance is
the father, not only of all our trou-
bles, but crime!
When the farmers become thor
oughly organized and awakened, and
better learn to cultivate, compress,
wrap, when, how and where to sell
this most wonderful Of all the worlds
farm products, that gets it's snow
Wilderness while we sleep from the
bright and twinkling stars" then,
and not till then, will we get away
from the lowest scale of wages paid
for labor in American-50 to rs cents
a day-and work in cotton fields will
not give over five months employ
ment in year, and with improved
methods and improved implements
and machinery less and less manual
labor is required to make the crop
each year-and in adjusting the
scale of wages to suit negro labor
we have forced our sons and white
labor to abandon farm life in the
South, and the mule and negro live
on the product Of Western farms at
ruinously high prices for what they
consume-and away flows our river
Of gold, yeal by year!
Hay can be produced here at six
dollars a ton, and corn at forty cents
a bushel. Think what we have paid
this year for these two items! River
Of gold gone!
Fellow citizens, with bowed heads
let us confess our errors before AL
mighty God, who has dealt so gra-
ciously and mercifully with US, and
forsake the paths we have so careless
ly walked in the past.
The Southern farmer is, and has
been, the most careless man in all
the world from financial standpoint
and has received such fabulous
sums Of gold from his efforts, that he
has just failed to think, and all the
Southern farmers together have fail
ed to organize themselves into one
great unit of force as the banks, fac
tories, railroads and great corpora
lions are Organized-from lack of or
SanizatlOn their great power of every
kind is wasted so far as they-the
Southern farmers concerned
and the product of their toll is gath
cred together by master minds that
are organized, and as a consequence,
people who should be the richest
in all the world, are yet year by year
buying goods on credit, and borrow
ing the very gold that they have Gre
ated and carelessly thrown away at a
high rate of interest.
But to come right home and get at
something practical: We can save
$500, 100000 to $4O0,0OO,O0O in the
next ten years by just simply learn
ing to properly pack, compress and
wrap bale of cotton. We pay $500
bale, or $3O,0OO,OOO a year, just
because we do not properly pack each
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WITH

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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-08-05
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Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30
BASEBALL AND THE PRESIDENT.

Fans here and elsewhere will read with high degree of interest and enthusiasm the story that President Taft and Vice President Sherman witnessed the game of baseball be tween the Boston Americans and Washington; but why shouldn't they have witnessed it?
 It may be a new thing for the pres ident of the United States to lay aside the cares of office long enough to witness a contest on the diamond, but 1t is a good thing for him to do; why should the president worry all the time over the tariff, the cur rency. official appointments. foreign relations and things of that sort?
 When the bases are all full in the last inning, the score even, and two men .out, there is more genuine ex- citement at ball game than there was at San Juan hill or elsewhere during the little furry with Spain some time ago. and it is the kind of excitement that doesn't hurt any body, though sometimes 1t is necez sary for the police. at such crisis in the game, to rescue the umpire.
 President Taft has already set a strenuous pace on the golf links and if he adds baseball to the list of lis teined summer and winter.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30

A number of the officials of Ora ham county have telegraphed to Pres ident Taft urging him to supply the third judicial district with a judge. The resignation of Judge Nave. has left this district without any court since April 1. In both Graham and Gla counties the jails are crowded with prisoners awaiting trial and large civil dockets are awaiting attention. There is little excuse for delaying
 s1ger the matter of appointing
 cages to i'll the vacancies in the
 2szd and fifth districts of the tsrr,-
 szy. Able and worthy men have az iissd for the position and Presided- Taft has declared that the selection Of judges should not be on the basis of the political pull of applicanta
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30

The newspaper comments upon pending tariff legislation betray only q languid interest in this vital sub teot, as surprising as it is disapBoint- ing. For the past five years, at least the press. refecting public senti- ment, has demanded an adequate and honest revision of the tariff. And now. when tarif revision is in prog ress, the press as a whole is neither vigilant nor informative It neither voices the views of the particular sec tions of the country. nor watches the ins and outs of tariff legislation. There are intelligent. incisive com ments here and there, and occasion ally ar article appears which re- veals that the writer is carefully watching the maneuvers at Washing ton. But neither the metropolitan nor the interior press shows that it is fully alive to the immense import ance of the legislation now in the making in Washington.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30

every country that has a postage stamp of its own. and is claimed by the publisher. without recorded con tradiction. to enjoy the largest cir. uiation of any mining annual printed fin any language. Anyone interested in copper. or copper snares. can well afford to write Mir. Stevens. ordering a copy of the Copper Handbook. with out advance payment. and subject to approval after weeks inspection.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30

Lessing says Nature meant woman to be her mssterpiece Her center piece would be nearer the truth.
 Let US have peace" says the Indi anapoiis News. That's wha: i say, but dog-gone her. she keeps twitin' me about new spring suit,
 Appearing like a fool and being wise is better than being a fool and appearing wise. The former is one oi the ways to success; the other. to the poor house.
 BYRON WILLIAMS.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30

gist as naturally they wuz wimmon who would gin a whole lot gist [ ketch l Jim for hG money,
 Jim kept on a Twin b. hisself, a ] gittin' more money and a meaner temper day by day. until one morning us folks woke up [ be mighty su'. prised. Jim had come home on tho mornin' express with a wifel Well. sir, they lived [ gether gist three days. an Jim chased her out of th' shop with a hatchet, Bad stories go t spreadin' round about Jim's temper after that and sum folks sed he was crazy-but he Kept on gittin' more money and keepin' bachelors hall Tn boys didn't dast joke him anymore, he was that ugly, and he lived pretty much 10 his own thoughts and lone liness.
 "Th' Bible sez." cC---...1ued Abner. ''thet it ain't good fer man t live alone. and guess it's right, becuz Jim never seemed t git no special joy outen life. He boarded at tn hotel and if he wuz sick. he had to depend on the doctor and tn bellboy [ keer fer him-and then. one day, Jim su'- prised us by gittin' married aginl
 This time she was a widder and a good sort of woman, folks sed as knew her. Jim and her Hved along seeming r. peaceful fer quite spell. and then Jim begun [ imagine things. He thought tn woman had married him fer his money and he used t wander around town taikin' about it. He didn't seem [ be easy in his mind a .ali aud folks begin t whisper thet he alius wuz crazy. anyhow.
 And then" said Abner," pausing eff fectiveIy as he approached the climax of his story. we woke up one morn in t tn haDgin. Think Of ia hang in right here ia this community thet had loved peace and law and order and closed saloons fer nigh onto forty year,
 Jim had gone home the night afore. shot his wifs's son and his wife, and siv himsclf up ( th' sherif, Tn news spread like a blizzard rum Medicine Hat, wherever that is. and in less time then would seem possible a crowd with handkerchiefs over their faces, bruk into that jail ana d-agged Jim over ( tn bridge.
 Where's tn oflcers t perfect me?' he asked, as they drew up at th' bridge.
 Not a vcice Seplied. Then Jira asked 'em aEin where tn sheriff wuz and sumbody told him [ pray and be cuick about it. At first Jim refused { pray, out he thought better of it when they put tn rope around his neck and gist afore they dropped him, he prayed hard-and the deed was dcne!
 "Thet." concluded Abner. lighting his pipe. lis what I mean by not un- derstandiR wimment"
 Lord. Ab." grinned Eph. Scroggs.
 T hadn't no idee you meant sich dras- tic misunderstandin'. I thought you wuz talkin' about them when. ia tn lines of tn poet, they are as variable as the shade by tn white, shiverin aspen made,
 ''Gol darn ye." threatened Alb. I've a notion t beat ye game O checkers fer tn seegars,"
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30

Bisbee proposes this year to outdo all former attempts in the way of celebrating the Fourth of July. Every city and town in Cochise county. as well as those of all southern Arizona. will be invited to join the metropolis of the great Warren district in a ft- ting celebration of American inde- pendence.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30

Tombstone is now enjoying the prosperity which always comes to that city with a crowded court dock ct Editor Hattich is said to be sprucing up again with a view of making another effort to capture a grass widow ls they emerge from the divorce docket, which is said to be of good size.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30

Senator Aldrich is in rough seas with his fake tarin revision bill. but it is pretty sure that he will have nls way in the main. Several northwest ern senators, Knute Nelson, among them. are putting up a vigorous pro test. but it is pretty well understood that Aldrich is representing the in- terests which will easily control a majority in the senate
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30

According to the Courtland Times the new town on the east side of the Mule mountains is making rapid strides. Much building is going on and what is better the mines under development are making good.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30
MINING BOON GN THE WAY

Wien the nation reoovers st last from the lingering effects of the re cent panic, it B almost a toregons conclusion that there will be . wide spread and consist demand for le- gi;imate mining investments. The late unpleasantness has taught US that railroad. industrial and other stock securities have no more stabil. ity in hard times than a stack Of chan in a Kansas cyclone and that money iudiciously invested in the i'm perishable wealth of mines is safer than investments through avenues suggested by a blind following of the advice of the broker and the banker. says the Mining Review
 At no time in the history of mining mas e4S cnAoOh DeSH HnOfe pFOpltlOus and there is no question that the min eral output of the country for the present year will place all previous records in the shade. Particularly bright is the promise of the west. Ne vada will increase its gold production by almost 100 per cent; California will contribute s20O0o.O0O in gold and nearly s25.OOo.0OO in oil; Arizona will show a production of nearly 40O.- 100000 pounds of copper and 5000. 900 in other precious metals; Idaho will be responsible for over 70 per cent of the country's lead output: Utah will largely increase it's $25. 100000 contribution of last year, and Colorado continues to create wealth at an increased rate.
 All conditions, therefore. are ripe for a boom and this time 1t is be- lieved that the movement will be along more legitimate and extensive lines. The people. have learned. in some measure at least, to discrimi- nate between the good and the bad and are now convinced that a mine cannot be judged by the beauty of stock certificate.
 If the Mining Review is not too op- timistic in it's view of probabilities of the future, we can see the real boom in this immediate section of Arizona. Within the limits of Co chise county there are more inviting mineral fields awaiting development than can be found in any other seo' tion of the southwest.
 In the great Warren district. of which Bisbee is the metropolis. past development has been confined to small area, while excellent copper prospects have only been slightly scratched.
 In the Courtland-Gieeson district developments of the past year have put that mineral section in the very front rank of the copper producers of the territory What has been done at Courtland will be duplicated in the Johnson district and in the Chirica- huas. including the Paradise and Dos Cabesas districts
 With the return of industrial pros perity throughout the country profits will quickly seek the most inviting mineral fields for investment and here fin the southeast corner of Ari- zona the opportunities for success gre equal if not superior to any oth- e section of the great southwest.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30
NOTICE.

4 coward of $500 will be paid for information leading 10 the arrest and conviction of the parties stealing The Review from subscri bvrs.
 THE BISBEE DAILY REVIEW.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30

We trust that Texas will be able to establish communication with Mars. Thus there will be two. the Lone Star and the Fiery Star. in opposition Phoenix Republican.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30

The new sultan of Turkey is a brother of the deposeG ruler: a mere case of being "all in the family"
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30

Public improvements continue to be the order of business in Bisbee.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30
STAG CANON FUEL COMPANY

Dawsc- Coal and Coke. unexcelIed for Domestic Purposes.
 Ask Your Dealer For It. General Sales Office E. p. 6 s. w. Building, Ei Paso. Texas.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30
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wlumer Folk.

T hev allus said" insisted Abnel Briggs at Baltufi's grocery, 'thet 6
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-30

man as don't un- derstand wimmen. should leave 'em alonei"
 Jerushy. A D. d ye mean t say tn man ever lived { h ct understood wimmen," secuted Hiram Wagner. sticking his finger u n d e r the mo lasses drip and licking 1t appetiz ingly.
 Eli, replied Abnyr, "I don mean understand in her moods and lenses. l mean gist plain. common unacrstandin Of 'em, SOS a feiler kin live ccmforta- ble like-but in Jim Huldcn's case. he never yc q learned his p-im CT lessons in un- derstaBdin win min. Jim lived by hiszelf in @ rcc-J oaea his shop and kept ge.tin' ric1c and richer and n ore pecooiiaT. Naturally tn boys ioked Jim a sCod deal about not git tin married, and
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-04

considerable degree of significance
in political and legal circles around the
capital, in view of the vacancy on the
United States Supreme Court bench
caused by the death of Justice Peck
ham.
That Justice Whitfield's address ap-
nealed strongly to the President is be-
You'd doubt In his own speech M
Taft alluded freely to the remarks of
the chief justice relative to the males
ty of the law, and the relations of the
judiciary to the people, giving his cor
diai endorsement to what had been
said by the Mississippi jurist. He also
TOOK occasion to personally compli-
ment Justice Whitfield before leaving
the banquet hall, and on the way from
the hotel to his private car again re-.
ferred in very complimentary man.
ner to the address.
1t is not believed here that Justice
Whitfield is in any sense an aspirant
for United States Supreme judgeship
honors, but it is taken for granted, of
course, that, in common with all men,
hers of the American bar, he would ac-
cept such an honor if rendered. The
impression made on the president by
the Mississippi jurist, coupled with the
fact that three or four judgships are
10 be filled during the Taft admins
tration, is sufficient at least to justi-
fly Judge Whitfield in being considered
very likely eligible.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-04
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