Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-18

San Benito, Texas, June Is, 1914.
Mr.. Lindsay Waters,
Harrington, Texas.
Dear Sir
Under the guise of correcting q false
report regarding the meeting ! had with
the directors of the Rio Grande & Coast
association June 3, you are making state
ments that are wholly at variance with the
facts, thereby creating a wrong impress
sion regarding the proposed Unit Market
ing System and regarding my position III
this matter. | will try to avoid news
paper controversy whenever possible. You
can not stir up any friction between the
association and me ] have strennously
avoided discussion of the association or
any criticism of it. ! have in speeches de-
Tended and in personal conversation given
the association credit for having selected
good men for directors who have done hon
est and sincere work. | have defended IT
against accusation of "A very serious
character from it, own members. always
attrihuting its failure To meet their de-
mands, to the multiple competitive system
and ] propose to continue TO do 80. My
campaign has not been against the asso-
citation but against the system which in
cludes seven sales agencies. would let
you 60 unanswered until after July 4 If
] knew that all the readers of your articles
would hear my discussion. But since your
articles will reach some people in print
that | can not reach by my method | deem
it advisable To make this one reply Ia you
I'm an open letter. Having done this it
will be my purpose To take no more time
from my strenuous efforts TO get the peo-
pie Of the Valley together in one marketing
organization.
You seem to accentuate the facLpthat
June 3 meeting was called al my instance.
While | see little significance in whether
the meeting was called at my suggestion
or the suggestion of others hut since there
has been so much stress laid on it, will
say that the suggestion first came from
members of the association that they
adopt some plan to get u together. IL
was thought that the surest and easiest
way would be to capitalize the Unit Mar
keting system for, say 10000, and then
Aoh N Shait VI oto'h u ~ " ~ ibi VI
the Rio Grande & Coast association merg-
ing the association into the Unit Market
ing System. A the gentlemen thought
such a plan could be put over | called on
the president to see what he thought Of II.
He expressed his doubts that the board
would call a stockholders meeting To sub
init it but suggested that ! meet and dis
cuss it with the board. ! replied that moth
ing would suit me better. lie said they
were to meet June 3 and would let me
know. | then received by mail a copy ct
the call. We met at IL 10 and it was 20
evident at once that a majority was OPP
posed to calling IA meeting of the stock
holders that ] suggested hat we drop The
matter. Some of the board said no. let u
go and eat dinner and return and zee III
we can't get together. After dinner and
"A long discussion the motion L. call the
meeting was lost five TO six, the president
opposing but not voting. There were but
twelve members present out of the sixteen
directors. You say in your article that
only five out of sixteen directors favored
II az IL the other four were present and
voted against IL. How misleading. You
say, "Mr. Haywood requested that We call
a special meeting of the stockholders for
June IL and that If the result of that meet