The nonpartisan leader., 1921-08-22
Farmers Answer the Question Our Last
League Plan Big Educational ton Campo


control of the national administration" says an
other.
Another writes:
I'm in it with you for another two years. 1t
makes the fourth time have come through with
biennial League dues, and I'll stick till the last dog
is hung. get my moneys worth out of the Leader,
and the way the League makes the kept press, pol
ltlclans and big business crooks squirm, pays big
dividends to me-"
"Why do you ask such a silly question:" asks
another farmer. "Put a big organization and
educational campaign this fall and winter? Sure!
What are the League and Leader for? Who thought
you would do anything else? That's what we are
coming through out here on the farms for-to fur
nish you fellows at headquarters with money and
backing to keep plutocrats and their press and pol
ltlcians on the rum"
In answer to that we say we WILL, but we have
to have the money and backing FIRST.
In the meanwhile the national and state offices
OF the League are preparing for big organization
and educational drive. During the summer months,
when the farmers had not yet recovered from the
repeated jolts they got during the defation which
Degan last tal the organization work was no bet
ter than average. But that the crops are about
made and the farmers have had chance to re-
cover from their first feeling of hopeessness, all
state offices report increase in memberships and
a revival of organization work. The League was
hampered, and is yet, it's publications, with
lack OF funds to push the work it should be. Re-
serve funds had been used up in the campaigns
last year. But this handicap will be overcome as
the membership renewals begin to come in in large
numbers, they are starting to- But it means
every member doing his duty.
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION MANAGER
SAYS BIG CAMPAIGN is NECESSARY
"If the organization work warrants it, as it shows
every chance of doing" said D.. c. Dorman, ma
tional organization manager, 1--WE will put on
great educational lecture and speaking campaign
IN all states where we have members. This is
needed to interest farmers in the League who have
not been members and do not get the League pub
locations. But it takes money to do this. The or
ganlzatlon work must be made to show a profit
before that and other things to push the work and
make for political victories next year, can be DONE
IF the salary and expenses of an organizer eats
up all the membership dues he collects there is OBJ
viously nothing left for the speaking bureau and
the reserve campaign fund for next year. But if
the farmers renew promptly and the organizer has
little or no difficulty in getting lots of members in
his territory every day. it he turns into state
headquarters enough to pay all his ex-
penses and furnish money for the ed
ucational work, to finance new organ
a6FA izers starting the work and build up
. the campaign reserve funds for next
n year.
"The spirit among Leaguers was
~ never better. They want the League
= and they are going to stay in. They
. realize that the only real, fighting or
~ ~ ganization the farmers have must be
@ kept in the field But some of them
zT( have been lazy about renewing
. promptly. That is being corrected
now, as reports I have from various
~ states show. But if we are to make
an impression next year, as we easily
can if every does his duty every
member must be on his toes and assist
the organizer as much as possible
whenever he can.
q Il M. "We are systemizing our plans for
3&Z the hardest drive for new members
we ever made, this fall and winter