Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
NATIONAL FIELD
MAKES ATLANTA
MAIN OFFICE
Farmers Union Head Arranges for
Publication of Official Paper of
United States Organization.

Atlanta is to be the headquarters
OF what is expected to develop into
the greatest agricultural paper in the
United States-the official organ Of
the National Farmers Union. which
will make its first appearance on The
first Thursday in November TIL,
new publication, which will be called
The National Field, will be a week
ly, and will start with a circulation
greater than that of many farm jour
nails which have achieved great sue
cess. The number of pages and he
size of the paper will be determined
largely by future developments and
the reception 1t receives from the
farmers.
The publication will be edited, COM
piled and published in Atlanta, and
will be sent to it's readers through
the Atlanta postoffice, swelling the
postal receipts that have already
made Atlanta. with its large number
Of trade journals and other publ
cations, one OF the greatest second
class mail centers in the United
States. The new paper viii be cir
culated generally throughout the
United States and will cater to The
needs OF farmers all over the couu
| try instead Of one particular sec
/ ton
Farmers Union Head Founder.
The National Field is to be starte
by the Farmers Union and main
tanned and published as one Of the
activities Of that organization for the
bettermenU of the tillers OF the soil.
( Charles ). Barrett, Of Union City,
Ga. president of the union, together
with a, G. Davis. national secretary
and other officials Of the union have
been in Atlanta several days max
ing arrangements for the publication
Of the first issue. They have closed
contract for printing and publish
ing with a prominent Atlanta print
/ ing house, and are now looking For
q locatio for the executive offices for
the editorial and business STATS as
the final details OF their work.
We expect The National Field %
become the greatest farm paper in
the United States" said Mr.. Barrett.
1T is an enterpri~e backed by tine
union, and our decision to start It
/ followed an exhaustive investigation
/ by which we came to the conclusion
/ that an official organ for the union
( is necessary.
5000, 900 Possible Patrons.
( The union now has more than
/ 5000. 600 members, and while we do
not expect all of them to become
( subscribers to our new paper we feel
| sure that enough Of them will sub
| scribe to enable us to carry out our
plans and make The National FELL
the best paper Of its kind in tie
| country.
we intend to spare neither pans
nor expense to make the paper what
| it should be. II will be a farmers
paper. pure and simple. and first o:
| all it will be a paper for the members
| of the Farmers Union. We have just
completed the employment Of the
strongest editorial force that money
can obtain. The men who write fol
| The National Field will be experts,
men who know what they are talk
! ing about and whose opinions are
| worth listening to. We expect T.;
I'll the paper with information par
ticularly interesting to the farmer
and all the information gathered at
the union headquarters for the bet
torment Of the condition of the farm
ers will be transmitted to its mem
bers through the columns Of the Of
fetal paper"
Mr.. Barrett came to Atlanta from
SaIina. Kans., where he has spent
several weeks on business.