The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-09
STOP RESOLUTING. WRITE LET
TIERS"
President Oi Farmers Union Urges
Members to Get After Lawmakers
With II Flood of Iletter-Wrting.

senators regarding measures of inter-
est to the farmers.
Not only is President Barrett after
the lawmakers with a sharp stick.
but he is urging members of the or
ganization everywhere to do likewise.
stop resoluting," he says, land do
more letter writing"
Here is a communication he is
sending out:
ITO the Officers and Members of the
Farmers Union:
Let's give 'resoluting' in Farmers
Union conventions, that is as regards
legislation, rest for little while and
instead get in behind congress to make
it put into force so many of the reso-
lutions we've passed.
II have been Writing to the breth-
ren much long this line lately and
now, in addition to getting in be-
hind congress personally, 1 am send
ing the following letter to every rep
resentative and senator in congress
to ascertain their sentiment with re-
gard to the measures we are press
ing.
This isn't the last letter I'm going
to send eithr. I'm going to
write them time after time, early
and often. But the result of this
present letter will be to line up the
congressman, from the biggest to
the smallest, Republicans, Demo
Gratis, insurgents and the rest of
| them.
Brethren in national and state
conventions are used to 'resoluting
| before breakfast, between meals and
they even get up in the middle Of the
night to 'resolute' for or against
some especial measure. Upon these
occasions, harmony prevails as at g
love feast, the dove settles down ant
only rises when 1t is scared by some
unusually fiery denunciation Of the
farmers wrongs, such as are ON
bodied In resolution.
Eve all agree on 'resoluting'
Now. let's put up 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 or
these measures, by asking the can.
didate for congress how he stands
on them before you vote for him
Often he says yes Make him stick
| to 1t if he is elected
Kind of Letter to Write.
Here's the letter every senator
and representative is shortly to re.
ceive. Follow it up, once or twice
a month, with one like it to your
own representative and senator.
Washington, D. c., Feb. IS, 1910
Dear Sir-You are aware that
during the current session of con-
| gress the Farmers union, consisting
| of 100000 bona fide American far
mers and farm workers, has main
| tanned in Washington Legislative
committee in the interest of various
| national legislation OF moment to the
| organization.
1t is proper to state also that by
reason of the fact that the union has
an organization Of strong sympathiz-
ers In every American community, it's
attitude on public policy truthfully
represents the attitude of the farmer
at-large in this country.
You will, therefore, see the un-
precedented nature Of this appeal
coming up to the lawmakers of
America for the first time in the his
tory of either.
The Farmers union, the Amer
lean farmer generally without re-
gard to location, is interested fun
damentally and vitality in the follow
ing six great issues. to which others
are to be added:
1. Abolishing gambling in farm
products.
2. Securing without delay, a
parcels post.
"'S. Securing, without delay. pos
tai savings banks
"'4. Securing, without delay, more
stringent legislation along the line Of
restricting foreign immigration.
IS. Securing the defeat of the
proposed central bank.
SO. More liberality in national ap-
propriations toward agricultural prof.