Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-12
NL-place Hunters.

Ill lAtt luihlN
Tao place hunter Ne nave always
with us. Il IL 30 olton the case ,hat
men who want positions in tho ofil-
| Gee established by tnc union fuf COM
morclai purposes nrc all rlght as men,
/ but totally unut Tor the particular
place which they seek, ana 1t Is not
always that they seek .he place. but
nave It thrust upon them. They go
Ia with the best OF Intentions. bat
make mess OF things. They have
friends who won't stand for them u
/ be- humillated by dismissal aud SO
IA fcud iA started. which results In
rough house and the business de-
stroyod II has proved moro than
satisfactory for thu local managers to
he selected Tor their proficiency after
/ the manner that corporations select
/ their employees.
NII.--Lnck OF Common Interest.
The lack OF feeling ot common
/ interest between the well-to-do farm
/ or and the dependent farmer Is a se-
] rious hindranoe TO the co-operat on
/ OF the farmers as a whole. The pros
| porous farmer Is satisfied and does
not care 10 assume his weaker broth
I ors burden, The dependent farmer
1 feels helpless and docs not feel like
trying 20 do anything SO the bulk
OF the work has fallen upon the mid
/ die class OF farmers 10 develop the
plans and support the institutions os-
| tabllshcd.
VII--Dissatisficd with the Progress
Made.
Some are not satisfied with the
progress made by the Farmers un-
ion, The question naturally arises:
Is the case hopeless?' DO you sur
render?
II II Is the quality of the member
ship you object to that can be urged
against every organization in The
world. Another organization would
have to pass through the same period
of experimentation and handle the
same people There are fewer dis
sensions today In the Farmers union
than in any other national farmers
organization in the United states.
Liberty means responsibility, and
when you shun the latter you are un-
worthy Of the former.
Come up to the requirements or
take the consequences. There is no
lodging the task without suffering
the penalty. Get a ticket or walk the
ties. Work or starve. Organize or
lose your heritage. Get in line or get
out.
Hard orders these. but imperative.
Resolutions passed by the National
union at Shawnee, Okla, unanimous
ly adopted by that body:
Whereas, we believe in equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none: and
whereas, money is the lifeblood Of
our nation. and
Whereas, the United States make
and control the distribution of all
money to and through the national
banks, making provisions by which
all business. occupations and profess
sions may get money except farmers:
and
Whereas congress has outlawed
our lands and prohibited them being
uStu lOI TIE pul Dbbt VI OpldllIlIlS
money through national banks; and
Whereas, lands are the basis Of
wealth; therefore, be it
Resolved. that we demand the en-
actment of laws making land collat-
eral in all national banks to one-half
their taxable valuation.
"Resoved, second. whereas, aliens
now own more than 100000 acres
of land in the United States and are /
increasing their holdings day by day +
for the purpose Of growing cotton |
and other products by cheap and for
eign laborers, thereby reducing the |
price of our raw materials and,
Whereas, we are unalterahly op-
posed to alien ownership of land in
America, therefore, be It
Resolved, that we demand that /
congress take immediate action to
prevent and prohibit citizens Of for
eign lands from owning land in the
United States, and that the lands of
all aliens now owned In America be
condemned and paid for by this gov-
ernment and that the same be sold /
In plats Of 100 acres to our own
on such terms as their
condition demands"