The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-07
FARMERS JOIN
IN INTERESTS
WITH UN|ON|sM'
Action Means Hard Blow to
Commission or Middle
Men In State 4
NICHOLS WiTHDRAWS IN
RACE FOR PRESIDENT
Fraudulent Advertising bv
Members of Organiza:tn
is Strongly DenounAd
in Report

ne Farmers Educational and Coz
operative Union Of America, Virginia
DIVISION. and the Virginia Federation
or Labor were affiliated at the BUSH
ness meeting Wednesday morning OF
me second days session Of the six
teenth annual convention of the State
Labor Organization az Murphy's Ho-
tel
Inc purpose OF this afflliation, which
was predicted In The Richmond yjr-
einian. Is for the insuring OF victory
IN the common causes in which the
farmers and labor men Have the same
object
Hand In hand and side ov side ths
FARMERS and laborites are to march for
"aro In battle against the middle
mn, concentrating their attack on
commission men who handle farm
pFoducts 1t Is proposed To establish a
system OF houses OF produce exchange"
Tor handling farm products thereby
killing the commission business by
taxing business from the commission
merchants
The objects and mode Of utilization
are explained In the recommendations
made by Joint committee OF farmers
and labor men. appointed at a confer
ence at which the Farmers Union was
represented by D. NJ. Gannaway, A. r..
Thornhill. c. S. Gordon, and G.. r..
Bridgeforth
The Virginia Federation of Labor
wes represented by w. E Nickois. J.
B. Clinedinst. r. f. Reed. W. A. lob
son and e. c. Dawson
Plan of Cooperation.
recommendations for cooperative
acrion-
First. That some action be taken for
.he establishment OF a system Of
houses Of produce exchange in the
cities and nf
winch the products of ,ne farms NAV
be delivered direct from the producers
10 the consumers at less exorbftant
cost or distribution.
second. That the State Fedora ton
appoint committee TO act in conjt1nc-
| 'ion WIN ike committee to be ap.
pointed by the Farmers Union. to
secure Just and needful legislation In
the interest OF the working men. far.
nlers and the majority of the citizens
OF the State.
ihird. Your committee IL con-
vineed that the previous unfortunate
| lack of effective cooperation between
! our two great forces has been largely
que 70 the want OF proper under
standing or the principles and aims
| OF our respective organizations.
| Therefore We recommend a more
general interchange of our literature,
| especially OF our weekly State paper,
Nichols Withdraw.
| W. K. Nichols editor OF the In
| uustriai Era. In brief speech saI. l.
| wiched between the reading of COM
mtttee reports. announced he Is not
candidate for the office of presi-
dent OF the Virginia Federation. He
| scaid that ne has held the presidency
| or the State body once and believes
| the honor conferred upon him by
| his former election was enough 10
satisfy the ambition Of any man Sew
! eral newspapers recently have an
| nounced that Editor Nichols would
! wage a fight for the presidency.
Fraudulent Advertising.
| One of the interesting features of
4 the morning session was the report
/ OF the COMMITTEES on organization.
/ com posed of E. G. Dawson. chairman:
| r. S. Cleveland and A. l.. Calvert The
/ committee charged that the press
/ De