Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-14
FARMERS 1'OLD
Why They MUST
ORGANIZE NOW

Just how much the organizers of
tbe Georgia Division of the Amerr-
can Cotton association are in earnest
in their efforts to organize Georgia
farmers 100 per cent is indicated by
tbe following letter to the Times-Re-
corder from Major Devereaux F. N@-
Clatchey, of Atlanta, campaign di-
: rector. who announces that the or
ganizers will visit Sumter county
shortly. date to be fixed later. He
accompanies his letter with a Call
TO the Farmers" by Chas S. Barrett,
Of Union City, national president of
the farmers union, who tell why
organization by the farmers at this
time is necessary. Following is Maj
or McClatchey's letter, followed by
President Barrett's appeal:
editor, Times-Recorder:
"Tf the farm products of your
county were absolutely stabilized,
wholly controlled in degree of alb
sorption by the people who produce
them so that their values would be
logitimately increased 25 ped cent, or
one per cent for that matter, just
so much would your town and your
paper you, yourself-be bettered
and benefited,
without exception, at every point
where our speakers have been,
whenever one our organization has
come in contact with any number of
business men and farmers, there has
been brought about an understand
ing of what the American Cotton
Association is and the response has
been warm hearted and full.
Too Few Know.
"Candidly, we have found one
thing lacking! Too few of the peo-
pie of the several counties, taking
them individually, have been posted
on the what and why of the organi-
zation. They do not know, and
therefore do not appreciate, what it
means to the great agricultural class
or to the individual farmer of Geor-
gia or to the entire cotton belt. You
probably know, it means the freedom
and independence from the 'big in
terests' who dominate the cotton
market, and will enable the farmer to
get a fair and reasonable price for
his product.
eve want, just as nearly as pos
sible, 100 per cent of the cotton
growing people of the state, 100 per
cent of all the farmers, if we can
get them, to know what we are try
ing to do and to cooperate with the
American Cotton Association because
they do understand and because they
want to join with us. We are work
0Ang for a common good and giving the
best there is in US to make this the
biggest, and surest and best organi-
cation of farming people the South
has ever had. We are going to ex-
plode the old theory of 'big inf1u-
ence' and "you can't organize the
farmer"
We will soon have meeting in
your county. Announcement of the
date and the speakers will be sent
you and we would appreciate your
publishing this in your paper so that
we may get a good crowd of farmers
at the meeting. Yours very truly,
ed. F. M'CLATCHEY,
Campaign Director -
A Call to The Farmers.
"To the farmers of the United
States: We are facing in our coun-
try, which you have done so much
to build up, the most troublous times
that it has ever known. The forces
of capital and of organized labor af-
ter many years of constant struggle
and temporary agreement seemed
to have joined issue in a much sharp
er way than ever before.
"The President has called a con-
ference of these forces, the purpose
of which is to see if better relations