United labor bulletin., 1910-09-15
FARMERS UNION HOLD
sEMl-ANNUAL CONVENTION.
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longer the official organ of the Farmers
union. 1t was declared to be political
trades union paper and was not of in
terest to the farmers. The matter of
paper was left with the executive board.
The stores of the Union Trading COM
pany took up some of the time of the
convention. The stores are cooperative
and are not part of the Farmers union,
but are promoted by the Union Trading
company and have the closest affiliation
with the Farmers union and the Knights
of Industry. The Farmers union is the
source of supply; the Union Trading
company the agency of distribution and
the Knights of Industry the organization
of consumption.
The manager for the Grand Junction
store said that since that store was
taken over-a few weeks ago-it had
doubled its business, and is now doing
about $3.50 day and had only increased
it's operating expense 10 per cent. with
that increase in business. 1t was said
on the floor of the convention that four
of the stores of the company had done
$50, 900 of business in four of the poorest
months of the year and had net earn
ings of $4,000.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
That the local unions of the State
Farmers union are hereby urged to keep
in touch with the school and the pro-
gressive movements in education and to
cooperate with teachers and with teach
ers'. organizations for improvement of
school conditions.
That the support of the Farmers union
be given the following measures now in
preparation by the educational council
of the Colorado Teachers association:
For the establishment of reasonable
minimum wage for teachers. For legal
izing instruction in the manual arts, in
cluding domestic science, at public ex-
pense and for recognizing the principle
of vocational instruction. For the pre-
vention of fraud in school elections. For
inspection of plans for all public educa-
tional buildings with respect to heating,
lighting, ventilation and sanitation. For
better support of school libraries. For
making the county the unit of school or
ganization and for the uniformity of
school books throughout the county and
state and their ownership by the dis
trict, and for the encouragement of as
sociations of school officers. For min
imum profession qualification for teach
ers and for the improvement for the nor
NAL institutes of the state.
That the proper officers and commit
tees both of the state and local union
and the membership be instructed to
consider these bills as they may be form
ulated and to cooperate in securing the
enactment of such as shall be found de-
sirable to improve the schools.
That we recognize in the recent en-
actment by the state legislature of the
bill making possible the adoption of the
initiative and referendum as part of the
constitution of our state, to be most
beneficial measure and we congratulate
the members of the legislature upon
their unanimous approval of the same.
thus placing the question above the
plane of partisan politics, and we earn
estly urge every member of the union to
put forth his best efforts to see that this
amendment to the constitution shall re-
ceive the hearty support of every men,
ber in the state at the fall election.
That we reafirm our allegiance to the
recognition and use of the union label
and pledge ourselves to the use of goods
bearing the same, price and quality be-
ing equal.
That the state union endorse no paper
las its official organ, but that we do rec
ommend the establishment of a paper
which shall devote all its issues and en-
ergies to the interests Of the Farmers
union.
That we endorse and urge upon our
members the being loyal to the different
banks and institutions which have been
MI tn hn m
the establishment of our various busi-
ness enterprises.
That we approve of the successful ef-
forts of the State Board of Agriculture
in making the Agricultural college dis
tinctly a school for the education of sons
and daughters of the industrial classes.
That we recommend the wise admins
tration of DR.. G. A. Lory and his asso-
ciates in the management of the affairs
of the Agricultural college and this body
does hereby declare itself in favor OF
the asked for appropriation of $250,000
from the next legislature, which, in the
judgment of the president and board, is
needed to meet the requirements of the
institution.
That we sincerely appreciate the eff
forts of the college authorities in max
ing our visit a pleasant and profitable
one and thank them and the people of
Fort Collins for the many courtesies ex-
tended.
J. NJ. PRICE. Chairman.
S. G. LEE.
A.P. LINDELL.
d. B. CONLES.
B. F. HUGHES.
A. r. DOHNER.
GEO. B. LANG.
Monday evening at 4:3o the delegates
were taken about the city in automobiles
and shown the campus and the buildings
of the State Agricultural college by Pres