Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-27
FARMERS MEET
|NCS AND UNIONS
ARE JUST BOOMING
C. E. Embree Busily Engaged
Organizing New and Address
ing Old Unions-TIis Dates
Farmers Unions Sales Last
Year Was $330,000-A Big
Increase Is Expected This
Season

G. E. Embree Of the agricultural de-
partment Monday. Aug. "a, attended
a farmers meeting at Searsmont and
spoke on Farm Organization" secur-
ing IS applicants as a nucleus for a
new union to be organized Another
meeting was held in the evening at
Grange hall near Belfast, resulting in
the formation of the Belfast Farmers
Union, with 40 charter members, in
Guiding the applicants secured at
Searsmont. officers were elected as
follows:
President, W. o. Wilson; vice pres
ident f. A. Payson; clerk, F. A. Pay
Payson, L. A. Payson, j. O. Packard,
c. NJ. Howes. A. H. Alpin, j. A. SAN
her and C. H. Waterman
An all-day meeting was held, Aug.
26, at Brooks, attended by represen-
tatives from the Burnham Farmers
Union, Waldo County Farmers Union,
Knox Farmers Union, Waldo Farmers
Union and Thorndike Farmers Union.
This meeting was called for the pur-
pose of discussing the advisa biIity of
organizing a shipping union for the
marketing Of all the stock of the
unions on the Belfast branch of the
M. c. r. r. No decision was arrived at,
but it was voted that the executive
officers of the various unions meet
Sept. at Brooks and further consider
the question. The speakers at the
Brooks meeting were: Hon. John A.
Roberts, commissioner of agriculture.
Augusta; c. f. Embree, chief of the
bureau of marketing and supplies; and
Q. B. Abbott, assistant chief.
Mr.. Embree will attend meeting.
Aug. 81, of the Penobseot Valley
Farmers Shipping Union to be held at
Winn. He will attend meeting, Aug.
%, at the State House and Saturda V
he will be present at the annual meet
ing of the Cumberland and oxford
Produce Exchange of Bridgton.
series of meetings will be held
during the first week in September at
Skowhegan and contiguous TERRITORY
and the second week in the month
there will be meetings of the Farm
ers' Unions at Ashland and the north
enr part of Aroostook county in Fort
Kent and vicinity. All the meetings
VIII be attended by c. e. Embree and
~ ID <tbbolt.
The planting season is over and the
nay has been harvested and the farm
ers are now turning their attention to
the Farmers Union of Maine with re-
newed interest Meetings are being ar
ranged in various parts of the State.
As this activity increases the depart
ment will find IT difficult to meet the
requests for speakers
O. B. Abbott will spon take IN bfs
work in Boston for the purpose of
selling the product which the unions
nave to ship and in the meantime he
is visiting the various unions IN this
state so as to learn what is expected
OF MIN. 1t now looks as IL he would
nave large quantities of hay as well
as other product to sell and It is be-
heVed that the right steps were taken
IN having the r. u. of Maine renrA
sented by one of its members on the
Boston market
There are now So local unions COW
ering every county in the State enf,
II Is believed that many new unions
WIZ be organized during the winter.
Last season, although there were but
Few unions at the start of the shin
ping season the gross business for the
season amounted to s330,00o and II is
expected that this amount will be in
creased to million or more this sea-
son.