The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-03-09
BARRETT SAYS "RESOLUTE"LESS
National President Tells the Members of Farmers Union
to Do More Letter Writing

The News has been furnished with
the following address by President
&c, S. Barrett, the national presi-
dent Of the Farmers Union, to the
members of the organization.
To the Officers and Members of
the Farmers Union: Let's give
"resoluting" in Farmers Union con-
ventions, that is as regards legisla-
ton, rest for a little while and in
stead get in behind congress to make
it put into force so many of the reso-
lutions we've passed.
I have been writing to the brethren
much along this line lately, and now,
in addition to getting in behind con-
gress personally, l am sending the
following letter to representatives
and senators in congress to ascertain
their sentiment with regard to the
measure we are pressing. t-r
This isn't the last letter I'm going
to send, either I'm going to write
them time after time, early and
often. But the result of this present
letter will be to line up congressman,
from the biggest to the smallest, re-
publicans, democrats, insurgents and
the rest of them.
Brethren in national and state con-
ventions are used to "resoluting" be-
fore breakfast, between meals, and
they even get up in the middle of
the night to "resolute" for or against
some special measure. Upon these
occasions harmony prevails as at
love feast, the dove settles down,
and only rises when it is scared by
some unusually fiery denunciatton of
the farmers wrongs, such as are en-
bodied in a resolution.
We all agree on "resoluting."
Now, let's put some of the energy
spent this way into getting congress,
as we'll as Farmers Union conven-
tions, to pass resolutions.
Get in on the ground floor on these
measures by asking the candidate
for congress how he stands on them
before you vote for him. Often he
| he Is elected.
Here's the letter every senator and
representative is shortly to receive
Follow it up once or twice a month
with one like it to your own repre-
! sentative and senator:
Washington, D. c., Feb. IS, 1910.
Dear Sir: You are aware that dur
| ing the current session of congress
the Farmers Union, consisting of
100000 bona fide American farm
ers and farm workers, has maintain
ed in Washington a legislative COM
mittee in the interest of various ma
tional legislation of moment to the
organization.
1t is proper to state also that by
reason of the fact that the Union
has an organization, the nucleus Of
an organization or strong sympa-
thizers in every American commu-
nifty it's attitude on public policy
truthfully represents the attitude of
the farmer-at-large in this country
You will, therefore, see the I'M
precedented nature Of this appeal
coming up to the lawmakers Of
America from the farmers of Amer
lea for the first time in the history
of either.
The Farmers Union, the American
! farmer generally without regard to
location, is interested fundamentally
and vitality in the following six
great issues, to which others are to
be added:
1. Abolishing gambling in farm
/ products.
2. Securing without delay a par
cells post.
8. Securing without delay postals
savings banks.
4. Securing without delay more
stringent legislation along the line
of restricting foreign immigration.
5. Securing the defeat of the pro-
posed central bank.
J 6. More liberality in national ap-