The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-06-03
PRES. LoU0ERMILk ON UNION
From Now on win Stand for Definite
Propositions and Accomplish
rents--Wants Members.

PRESIDENT W I AsnudeFf0tik OF the
Farmers Educational and Cooper
alive Union Of Texas. IN a recent In
teryiew with Frank p Holland OF
Farm and Ranch. said:
= have the hearty cooperation Of
each and every state Official nov In Of
fee and from now on the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union OF
Texas will stand for definite PROPOSE
tons and mplishmeuts."
He desires every person eligible 70
become a member. and states that he
proposes TO get rid Of a number who
are already members and under prop
er construction OF the union law. were
never eligible. and edged their way in
under false pretenses and for selfish
purposes only. He insists that the
union shall not be n harboring place
for secret workers for trusts. corpor-
atoms and other designing combtna-
tons seeking to influence members.
or using the union as a whole for pur
poses that would be detrimental to the
interests of honest people. and In vio-
lation of IT'S code.
President Loudermilk says that no
desires and hopes to have the good
will and support of every good citizen,
no matter what his occupation, for the
organization in its efforts to assist the
producer in securing fair prices for
products, and square deal from pub
lie service and other corporations.
He believes that the producer is not
receiving such prices for his products
as conditions justify. yet says that the
consumer is paying, considering the
amount received by the producer. en-
tirely too much for what he con-
sumes.
He does not believe In arraying
class against class. He claims that
members of the union recognize the
fact that those engaged in other legiti-
mate occupations are entitled to rea-
sonable compensation for services
performed in manufacturing and dis
tributing natural products, but says
that. as a rule, there IS too much
"rake-off" between the producer and
consumer and demands that the gam
biers be suppressed. the railroads reg
ulated, trusts curbed, and grafters OF
every sort and condition be made to
earn an honest living out or inside the
penitentiary.
He claims that the worst enemies
Of the union hold membership cards,
and II they ever were. are not now
"hewers of wood nor drawers of wa
ter" but are trying to sell fuence"
or plying some other method of graft.
He told the writer that he was plan
ming specific. concrete work for the or.
ganization that would show good re-
suits because the bone and sinew"
Of the Farmers union are In line with
him and other officers. and those who
think they have the union where they
can use it for Interior purposes or break
It, will find themselves planning with
out the backing of the union or the
ability TO hold membership. after be-
ing located.
President Loudermilk used some
strong language and even called
names and. If the writer is not very
much mistaken, In conclusions shaped
Up after listening to him, there IA go
ing 10 be something strenuous happen
Should he and his co-workers succeed.
and there Is no reason. If backed by
the membership. why they should not
in accomplishing the results planned
for. every good citizen will be bene-
fitted. and the membership of the union
will rapidly increase.
If he and others working with him
secure the support OF the locals, they
are certainly going to do much good,
even though they accomplish only
part Of the good things they have in
mind.
II they do not secure the backing of
the members, the Farmers union will
dwindle In membership and finally
travel the road that has led to the
disintegration of many other organiza-
tions that have started out with good
intentions. and after doing more or
less good, became wreckage on the
hard rocks of selflshness.