Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-17
FARMERS DOUBLE
PRESIDENTS PAY
WITH APOLOGIES
Delegates to National Union Re-
proaeh Themselves with Charges
Of Penuriousness and Add
Another Thousand.
DRINK MILK, SAYS FRANDsEN
Speaker Tells Farmers Per Capita
Consumption Less Than Half
Glass Per Day.
BEWARE CREAMERY PROMOTERS

c. o. Drayton of Greenville, Ill,
was not only elected for the sixth
time yesterday president of the Ma
tional Farmers Equity union in the
convention at the Castle hotel, but
his salary was doubled.
He is to get $4,000 a year instead
of $1,000 as in the past.
John l.. Boles of Liberal, an, made the
motion first to raise the president to
$500. This man has toiled hard and
has built this institution up from nothing
TO a great, big, powerful national insti-
tuition. and here we are paying him
$1,000" he said. why, men, 1 hire ho-
boes on my farm and they charge me for
day labor at the rate of pretty nearly
$1,000 a year. Yes, and the little country
school teachers come out there on the
farm and demand wages almost that
high"
Everybody Favors a Raise.
In a moment the motion had its second
and was rolling along smoothly without
single bit of opposition. Everybody
was giving it another boost. That is why
II was not voted through Immediately.
Everyone wanted to say a good word
for the president and apologize for not
having raised him sooner.
.Sfhen Alex f. Borg of Java, s. D.,
scaught the spirit OF the Santa Claus sea-
son so strongly that he leaped TO his feet
and moved to make it 5000. Time was
worth money-to the president.
]. p. Larson of Mott, N. D., seconded
the 5000 amendment, and said, It's a
disgrace the little money we've been pay
N1,N
ident has. We're paying our local man
ager up there in Dakota $l,5e0 a year,
and our bookkeeper s75 a month, and our
yard men big money, and all the time
we're making money like dirt. Why
should we disgrace ourselves by paying
our national president a little salary
like $1,000, or even $500? Make it $1,000. .
And they did make it 5000 unanimously.
A Hoffman of Leola, s. D.. was elected
vice president. The state bank of Holes
g. Son at Greenv'lle, ILL.,, was again made
treasurer, and @. L. Denney secretary.
The three directors named were T. Il.
Line of Fort Wayne for Indiana, A. Hoff-
man Of LeoIa, s. D., for South Dokato,
and c. o. Drayton of Greenville, ILL.,, for
Illinois.
Prof. ]. II. Frandsen of the University
of Nebraska of the department of nus
bandry talked on the dairy industry and
co-operative creameries at the afternoon
session. The talk was practically a cali
TO arms for the American dairy Industry.
Urges Drinking of Milk.
Per capita throughout the whole
United States" he said, I'VE are consum-
ing less than one-half a glass OF milk
day, we are using less than one-twelfth
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\ OOO9 of a pound of cheese. And we are
using about two teaspoonfuls OF ice
cream.
He gave figures also showing that the
formers of Nebraska are at present milk
ing 100000 dairy cows, and that the value
of dairy products in Nebraska for 1912
was about $50. 200.
He called attention to the fact that
there is now considerable agitation for
creameries throughout the country. and
that there are many promoters around
who want to promote creameries for the
farmers any time. and any place. selling
the stock, building the plant and turn
ing Il over to the cooperative company
for q set price. He advised the farmers
tn beware of these, as the creamery
should spring from the heart of a dairy
community and not from the heart Of
the professional promoter, who would be
willing to build one where there was no
demand for 1t, providing he could talk
fast enough to sell the stock and get his
commission.
Farmers I'm Revolt.
THE revolt of the farmers has just
begun" said l.. f. Hoffman of Mott. N.
D., In his address on legislation.
THE revolt has just begun. We have