The Glenwood post., 1910-03-19
Annual Meet In G|enwood Springs Most
Successful Ever He|d-...De|e-
gates Are Delighted
OFFICERS CHOSEN FOR THE YEAR

The annual session of the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union of
Colorado met in Glenwood the first three
DAYS of this week and all declare thai
this was the most successful and inter
esting meeting they have ever held.
Tuesday evening the organization was
rendered banquet by the Glcnwood
Springs Board of Trade after which an
open meeting was held which was very
well attended
After Austin Gavin, president of the
Board of Trade, and Mayor Z. f. Drach
had each welcomed the visitors in fit
ting addresses, President George b.
Lang took charge of the meeting and
addresses were made by number of
men from different portions of the state,
including local representatives, of the
ministry.
Not only President Lang but the
members of the organization who fol
lowed him were loud in their praise of
Glenwood and her people for the splen-
did treatment and the hospitality which
had been accorded them.
The business transacted covers n wide
field and has to do with the financial
or business end of farming very largely.
Considerable discussion was had regard
ing the matter of uniformity and hon
esty in the grading of farm products.
The resolutions adopted placed consid-
erablc stress on this need of the present
day farmer The matter of marketing
of products was also feature to re
ceive careful attention. The resolutions
committee handed tough bunch to the
present railway commission which was
declared failure and as politely as
possible urged the commission to either
get busy or resign.
just before adjournment Wednesday
evening the annual election was held
resulting as follows:
George B. Lang, Pueblo, president;
Dave Harlow, Rifle, vice president; j..
F. Brewer. Manzanola, secretary treas
urer; Rev Sibbald, Yampah, chaplin;
A. j. Vagg Carbondale, conductor; 1.
C. Moreland, Ell Paso, doorkeeper; Col.
B. +. Montgomery, Meeker, national
delegate.
The following We're elected as an ex-
ecutive committee: C. b. Coffin, Rifle;
d. c. Rice. Paonia; j. l.. Weigand
Rocky Ford; J. o. " Wise, Lafayette; /;
j. Q. James, Divide.
Thursday as many of the delegates
as could do so accompanied a committee
from Rife down the river where they
were taken out in carriages and shown
the orchards and other evidences of
thrift in the neighborhood of Rifle.
Col b. +. Montgomery of Rio Blanco
county sees great future for the
farmers Of not only Colorado, but of
every state where they unite, and said ::
"This meeting in Glenwood has been
one of the grandest l ever attended.
L mere are utItSdlts Htit iioh
| l5O locals and they are all enthusiastic
and ready to 90 ahead with increased
energy.
"One of the greatest benefits to come
| in the future from this meeting will, /
hope. be the passing of a law in this
state, making it compulsory to exam
inc and grade all produce at the ship
ping point instead of in the cities, where
| it is now graded and where the farmer
| is forced to take the other fellow IS
word and oftentimes lose money on his
| shipment. We are going to fight the old
stove pipe method of sacking potatoes
just as hard as we will fight the habit of
certain people of putting all sizes of
fruit in one box. We want our stuff
graded and then the label of the Farm
ers Union will signify something to the
consumer. We want our label to be i
guarantee that the contents of the box
sack or car are as represented.
In speaking of the stores in Colorado
controlled by the Union Trading compa
ny, 8. z. Schenck, general manager Of
the company. said this morning: "Ws
are piacing stores in the towns Of Colo