The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-07
LETTER ON BAGGING
PRESIDENT CHAs. s. BARRETT
 MAKES sUGGEsTION.
Would Promote the Use ef Cotton Bag sing As subs6itutc For the
 yute Bag&tng.

The local Farmers Unlon is going to give solid support to the campaign that President Charles S. Barrett. of the Na- tional Farmers Union. is waging to promote the use of cotton bagging They intend ito substitute 1t for the jute begging in baling cotton and will shortly take action. with that step in view.
 Local members will endeavor to per- suade grocers. millers and others to use cotton ,baKging instead of other va rleties whenever it is available.
 President Charles s. Barrett. ot the National Farmers Union. has issued the following address:
 To the Oficers and Members of the Farmers Union: earnestly request that each local lodge in the organization of the Farm ers' Union at itA next regular meeting take up ~eggressively the matter of se- curing the use of cotton bagging as covering for the staple. and the widen ing of the use of cotton in every other direction. 5s@
 The Farmers Union is on, record as being first in the field to work for such extension of the use of the South's lead- Ing staple crop. Our work. from year to year, and at our conventions. has tended to promote this idea. There have been several indications of lats. that responsible organizations of the country are waking up to the advaRt- age of assisting us in this regard, and we simply can not afford to neglect the duty of pushing this great movement at this most propitious time Activity ia demanded ee us from the 1 fact that source AfterSNaugee, govefne ment department after government dee partment. association after association, has taken steps. looking to Increasing the consumption ofscotton. Where otit- siders show such willingness and de- termination to advance the subject. we who profit most directly, must outtdo them in energy and resolution.
 Specify Cotton Wrappers.
 At your next meeting urge most earnestly that you request the local and wholesale merchants you patronize to specify that ali commodities they handle in wrappers be enclosed inscot- ion. Of course there will be some caeea where the substitution Is not practical If Is practical in any number of in- stances where no other coverings are used.
 The man from whom you buy your sugar. your flour. your meats. your ciothing--the majority ef everyday nscessIties of lIse--has it in his power | to heIp on this movement. He can do | so bv denahding that manufacturers rd iohbers and wholesalers use cotton wrannings. wherever possible. You pat Eorizs him. Make him assist you IL | ia to his interest no less tnan your own. .,,,, ,thro,,sf, .+ronr and influential committees You Viii never accomplish anything unless ''a, 20 after the matter yourselves.
 1t Can Raise Price. 4 Efforts. practical and persistent Tn thia direction. can increase the annual consumption of cotton hundreds or I 1 price a cent or fractional parts or cent. every year, for good.
 1 I draw your attention to the fact | that mills are already manufacturing 1 cotton bagglng for the wrapping or | cotton bales as a substitute~for jute. 1 This matter is one of the most ur- | gent now before the Farmers Union. | [ believe that the public can be eau | cated into the use of cotton articles | In such fashion as will ultimately l doubIe the present consumption of the l staDIe The suggestions I have out | lined for immediate action will make a good beginning in that direction,
 My work in connection with the 1 commission on country life is now Vir- tually concluded. and the report of | that body fs to be made in few days. It ia a source of qualification to me, and believe will be to our members. | that many of the recommendations In this report read like resolutions passed at a convention of the Farmers Union. I am convinced that I have been able to be of material assistance. both to the members of our organization and to the rural population generally, in connection with the commission work. It has not been permitted to interfere
 with my duties as your President, but | I think the extra time crowded in will prove to have been an excellent invest | ment for the cause l represent It may
 be of interest to the brethren to know l that. the ,m members of the commission
 deferred to my judgment in a number 1 of matters vitally affecting their rec 1 concentrations.
 No time is to be lost in pushing this l matter. So I have appointed the fol-
 lowing committee to push 1t in behalf of the national organization:
 J. z. Green, North Carolina; D. J. 1 Nein. Texas. and M. F. Dickinson, Ar | kansas
 Urging emphatically upon your im- l mediate attention to the matter, am. | fraternally yours,
 c. S. Barrett.