The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-09-29
PRESIDENT BARRETT
Of FARMERS UNION
Is Spending a Few Days in
County-To Make Ad-
dress Here Saturday.
Tonight He With Stare President Snep-
ard will be Honor Guests at
Putnam house Banquet


SIN all the nine hundred thousand
miles | have travelled in all the states
Of the country have not seen any
pace tnaC mas the possibilities you
nave mere tor a great agricultural
country ana delightful homes. CAL
uolnla ulu not have one half to start
WIN tnaL you nave IN Florida. Lands
are now worth from one to two
thousand dollars an acre. You do
not neeu anything here but some sure
eaOugn folks
Inns Is the tribute that C. S. Bar
relC, The national president Of the
FARMERS Educational and Co-opera-
1--WE Umon OIL America paid to tlorl-
Ga after riding through the country
lIOm falatka 10 Orange Springs to
address the business men and tarm-
ers and d great many ladies Of Put
nam and Marion counties who had
gathered there Wednesday in the in
ueresC of the ColoniStS' Fair of the
flOrlua Farms u Homes, Inc,
when will be held the third week in
november.
MI. Barrett disabused the minds Of
any one who thought that there was
anything antagonistic III the Unions
principles to any other industry con-
quoted on right lines. If some
farmer in the enthusiasm of the mo-
ment happens to blow about what we
farmers are going to do to put the
merchants out of business, don't Wor-
ry, we amt going to do any such
thing"
I'VE are not going to tear up any
political party, we are not gong to
organize any new party, but we are
gong to get the farmer the laws he
must rightfully have to better his
condition. You would not have a
general parcels post today if the
taImers Union had not Jammed It
through congress. The little good
that there is in the farm loan act IS
oue to the Farmers Union. The bill
as originally drawn provided thai the
farmers might get together if ohey
wanted to, get some money II they
could and loan it out of they would.
The man VINO tells the farmer to
Stay out of politics is not his friend.
lhcy say We are the mainstay cf the
world and ether very fine things
about US, hut at the same ti'na We
must not take part in government Sf-
fairs. What is the government?
The folks in this country are the gov
eminent and the farmers are a mighty
large part of the government. You
don't hear any body advising the
manufacturer or the merchant to stay
out of politics. We advise only this:
Tell the fellow who is in what you
want done"
Mr.. Barrett told Of the twelve
thousand business enterprises in this
country operated by the members of
the Farmers Union, principally on
cooperative lines though some were
joint stock companies. Their eXpe-
rience, he said, was that the coop
erative association was much better
for them than the joint stock compa-
ny. These twelve thousand enter
prises do a total volumne Of business
annually of more than seven hundred
million dollars.
There are two things the farmers
Union must do" Mr.. Barrett said,
they have got to market the prod
ucts of the farm to the profit of the
American farmer and they have got
to help him to get cheap money. |
am not blaming anybody but the
farmer for not having solved these
problems before.
Mr. Barrett is accompanied by the
state president, Mr.. J. L. Shepard.
These gentlemen will be the guests of
the business men and farmers Of Pa
latka and Putnam county at ban
Quet tonight at the Putnam house, at
nine o'clock. Saturday afternoon at
two o'clock Mr.. Barrett will address
mass meeting from the steps of
the court house on the subject of the
educational and cooperative move
ment among the farmers.
Wednesday night Mr.. Barrett spoke
at Peniel and yesterday afternoon at
Federal Point. Last night he adj
dressed a mass meeting at Hastings.