The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-10-31
BROOM CORN GROWERS MUST
UNITE IN EQUITY UNION

| The broom corn growers need or
ganization very badly indeed. They
are robbed worse than the grain men
or dairymen. These growers are at
the mercy of spectators. The buyers
are organized. Their powerful or
ganization handles the poor growers
single handed, one at a time. The
spectators are organized to buy
broom corn as cheaply as possible.
The broom corn trust is organized to
sell brooms as high as possible.
When broom corn drops fifty dollars
ton, brooms do not come down a
penny.
Brother growers, there is a rene
dy Equity Union has found a rene
dy for the grain men and the dairy
men and we will find remedy for
the broom corn growers. When or
ganlzed strong on the Equity Union
plan of cooperation we can handle
seventy thousand tons yearly at a
saving of about seven hundred thous-
and dollars to the growers. This is
not visionary scheme. 1t is a prac-
tical plan of cooperation. The Equi-
ty-Union has saved the grain men
millions of dollars at $40O markets.
We are conservative when we say we
can save the broom corn growers
seven hundred thousand dollars every
year on the average, when strongly
organized. Do not misunderstood.
The Equity Union is not going to do
this big job for the growers. This is
impossible. We are going to kindly
persuade you to do this for your
selves. The Lord helps those who
helps themselves. If you are not
member send one dollar to Farmers
Equity Union, Greenville, ILL.,, for the
weeklf paper Read that paper ev-
cry week. Do not fail to read the
paper and get other growers to read
it. Then vote for "The Broom Pro-
ducers' Cooperative Equity Ex-
change" to be organized at Hutchin-
son, Kansas, May Ia, 1000 A. NJ,
1919, by the Farmers Equity Union.
This will unite you with the grain
men, stockmen and dairymen in a
big national union now established in
eleven states. Our seven hundred
strong Equity Exchanges will buy
Equity Union brooms, direct from
producer to consumer. If you vote
for the Growers Equity Exchange at
Hutchinson it must mean that you
will take one share in the Broom
Producers Cooperative Equity Ex-
change to be located at Hutchinson,
Kansas.
This share will cost you $110. If
you can not give cash, you can give
your note to the Exchange and have
one years time with interest from
date at per cent per annum, pr0vid-
ed you pay $40 cash on the note when
given and sign an agreement to pay
the Equity Exchange $40 for every
ton of broom corn you sell until the
note is fully paid.
We will not start with less than
one thousand growers. Then we will
go right after 1000 members all unit
ed in the Farmers Equity Union"
You will get wholesale, price on
farm machinery, trucks, tractors and
autos. Our factories make standard
Circulate the enclosed "vote pa
per" and collect one dollar from each !
one who signs. The one dollar pays
for the Equity Union paper for one
year. This is not subscription for !
stock. 1t is an agreement to take one |
share on above terms when we have
secured 1000 or more votes. We
are just after Votes" and we will
get them. Get a large list and send ,
them in to the Farmers Equity I'm
ion, Greenville, Ill. The paper be- /
longs to the members. No one is !
making one cent out of it. Brothers !
now is the time to organize. You
have the money. You are able now.
Let us have the biggest broom factory
in the United States, located at
Hutchinson, Kansas and owned by
1000 broom corn growers. Equity
Union members will use thousands of