The Jones County news., 1913-07-17

grower to do with the consumption OF
cotton after II passes frorc his handsr
This plea shows that meeting to be
fraud and disguise. But the lobby
investigation shows that meeting was
called, manipulated and controlled by
the great protected interests that have
fed and fattened ever since our civil
war by extorting upon the masses. II
seems that l. ID. Bowen, President OF
the Texas branch OF the Union, was
employed as leader and disbursing
agent by those schemers DIR Macune
also came from Texas, and Bowen
had as his whippers-in /. A. Smith,
President of the Georgia Union, and
II. II. Mobley, President Of the Ar
kansas Union. Other high Union Of
ficers were at that New Orleans meet
ing, or rather hellish plot and conspi-
racy TO sell out the farmers to the
protected interests, and if not them
selves implicated in the scheme, not
one of them had discerment enough
see the trap set for them. Smith ac-
knowledged that he found himself
mixed up in bad crowd; that 1t was
more a manufacturer meeting than
farmer's.u But this did not prevent
Smith and the other Union Presidents
there from signing kilograms dictated
and written by the protected interests,
sent to their Democratic Senators, in
the name OF the Farmers Union, urg-
ing them not to go into any party
caucus on farm products-to pro-
tecct the Farmers interest.
The great protected interests that
had that meeting called knew If they
could prevent even two U. s. Sena-
tors from supporting President Will
son In his tariff reform bill they could
defeat that great measure OF relief for
the masses in general and especially
our Southern farmers. So they got
up that disguised meeting in New Or
leans, supplied money to pay the ex-
penses of State Presidents to that city,
and then had them wire those ready
made kilograms to their Seators.
In plain English, they had bought
up those Union Presidents with free
trip to New Orleans and doubtless
other considerations we're given Ito
try and defeat the very ends of relief
for which our farmers have been he
roically battling ever since the war.
Those conspirators thought that by
threatening their U. S. Senators with
opposition from the Farmers Union
when they offered for reelection they
could intinidate them into hetrayihg
their party, people and principles, as
these Presidents OF State divisions
we're betraying the Farmers Union
and its demands.
But they failed in their villainous
design, for not single Southern SEN
ator needed those dictatorial tele-
grams, and the heavy burthen beneath
which our Southern farmers have
struggled these long years will soon
be lifted from their backs.
Let no Farmers Union man be dis
couraged over this expose of either
venality or gross ignorance and in
competency on the part of your lead
ers. Kick out OF your ranks these cor
lruptionits or incompetents, make a
| new deal, and be more determined
/ than ever to make your Union per-
manent organization and success. Sc
f. lect your leaders from your own ranks
and quit taking up old political hacks
and failures, who join your movement
simply as q stepping-stone to Office.
Our farmers ought to organize and
keep up their ganization, or they
they will remain the hewers of wood
and drawers of water for all other in.
terests and classes.
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