The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26
THE MAIN FEATURE
WAS COOPERATION
President Anderson Says
Farmers Union Held its
Most important Convention

Returning from the annual conyen-
ton OF the armer Union in Wilson
there were in the city last night many
delegates on their way home, and all
reported the meeting as a most sue
cessfui one. with sixty-eight counties
represented by delegates from Hen
derson county on the west to North
ampton and Craven on the east.
DIR. H. Q. Alexander, of Mecklen-
burg, the president of the North Car
Dina Farmers Union, who was here
on his way home, had the following to
say Of the meeting:
"One Of the most noticeable events
Of the three days session was the in
terest manifested in the business of
h convention. 1t was not a body of
men seeking pleasure. The personnel
Of the body was far abov the average
Of an agricultural convention. This
was remarked upon by all of the men
who have attended farmers conven-
tons. The meeting was unusually
harmonious, there was a spirit Of
community interest manifested IN all
Of our discussions. The farmers
seemed to realize that they had prob
lens in common which the individual
could not solve, but which must be
Incl Ny CC-opS4 a@bAoh NtO
whole body. The absence Of self-in-
terest, wherever it conflicted with the
interest of the union was remarkable.
[ do not think there We're any self
seeking delegates in Inc
politician was conspicuous by his alb
Sence.
1.-THE most important action Of the
convention was the adoption OF a CO.
operative business plan, and the ap-
pointn1ent Of a committee to put into
operation the plan. 1t provides Tor
the incorporation under State law OF
a bonded warehouse ware
houses adapted to the neeos OF the
counties will be built as rapidly as
nossible in the various where
the union has been organized. IfeSe
will be used for the storing and sale
Of cotton and all other farm products.
DRY priZeries are being built Tor
the drying of obacc for the purpose
tf putting tobacco as near as possible
in a nOn-perishable condition., that me
rme may pool their crops aa1 ii
| ntil prices are satisfactory Inc
business plan contemplates a chain or
ware houses from the mountains TO the
sea through which we expert to estab-
lish an exchange OF PRODUCTS, the
mountain counties supplying those OF
the east the fruits, grains and so on,
and thus providing IKE through
out the State. / believe the eastern
counties will consume the great major
ity Of applies raised in the west. There
are a number Of warehouses already
quilt under local charters, and these
will come into the State Corporation
as soon as a charter is obtained. The
State Council of the Farmers Union
Will meet in Charlotte on the 18th or
this month and will appoint a COM
Inittee of five to take charge Of that
work.
"One Of the most Interesting per-
sonages in the convention was Presi-
dent c.. S. Barrett. of the National
Farmers Union. He made several
short addresses during the session OF
the convention and these were all Of
interest and full of instruction e
were especially valuabl in that he
told of the failures and pit falls he
lad encountered in b other States.
He gave US many vaiuable suggestions
from his experience in york with
the older State unions. He came to-
night with h party from Wilson re-
turning from the convention and goes
from here to his home in Atlanta,
Rev. r. A. n. Wilson, Of Mississippi,
was the guest of the convention by
special invitation, and by his wit and
humoT probably contributed more to
the occasion than any other speaker.
He gave q full history Of the Develop
ment Of the Farmers Union Ware
Gus Company Of Mississippi, which
has a chain Of some s~eyenty-fve
warehouses throughout the State.
Cotton is sold trough these ware
houses and shipped to all parts Of the
world.
THE whole convention marked an
onward movement in the Farmers
Union 1t was decidedly the most i'm
portant We have held and it marked
a long step forward in the achieve
n1ent Of the plans Of our organiza-
ton. Wilson treated US royalty. The
Tact is we could not have had better
treatment. We were all impressed
With the cordial spirit in which the