The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-08-18
Alternately Celebrat-
ed Completion Of the
Union Flour Mill

Friday morning I. with some others
from Lubbock, boarded the train for
the Big Farmers Union day ut Aber-
nathy The railroad fare was just
little fraction less than four cents
per mile. Why is il that freight and
passenger rates keep climbing higher
and higher, and wages and produce
going lower and lower2 We think
it's because Of big salaries paid 70
head men and operators, who have
subs and clerks 10 do the actual work
while they draw the big salaries and
also big dividends Their interest,
dividends and profits, (big one too,
or they could not accumulate so fastD
on investments, not SO bad that, but
also on watered stocks, padded ex-
pense, advertising, lobbying and ev-
erything charged up As expense.
Thousands Of cars Of produce going
10 waste because Of prohibitive ship
ping rates. Thousands Of people
STAYING at home who want TO 90. but
can't afford TO pay the exhorbitsnt
passenged fare. Is little business at
unreasonable rates better than much
business at fair and living rates?
Seems like the railroad operators
think So Why are the railroad Oper
ators so petted and fondly cared for,
and the public. the producers and the
shippers left 20 the sweet will and
mercy Of said OPERATORS Are rail-
road operators Of more Importance
than production and the public goodf
n given a square deal the farmers
can always be depended on 10 do
their part and do II well, and fair
deal is all they ask.
Well. this is a subject Of immense
proportions SO ! must get back 70
Alternately.
When we arrived in Alternately we
found District President. f. o. Town
send, District Secretary, Whittemore,
Organizer, J. n. Grayson, Elem T.
Gilspie, Crosby County president.
and others who had preceded us. The
people were pouring in by 10 a. m. /
and by I a. m. there was perhaps
2 900 people or more on the grounds
and By the time dinner was served,
perhaps $500. Il was nearly noon be-
fore the Tulis band appeared on the
grounds, which was expected much
sooner, and on account Of which the
beginning Of the days program was
However, the speaking had
already begun. A young Alternately
gentleman II failed 10 get his nsmeb \
delivered a fine short welcome adj
dress, followed by County President,
Il. T. Adams. Then Organizer j. ". H
Grayson introduced President Town
send, who spoke about twenty min
utes and was just getting well into
his subject when the management de-
rlared time up--so he quit with a
promise % finish IN the afternoon,
which he did Also Elem +. Giles
pie delivered fine speech following
Mr. Townsend. Mr.. Miller, proprie-
or Of the Farmers Union -four mill,
mad prepared box and numbered
ickets for the ladies 90 deposit in II,
md Mr. Gillespie called up three lit
H. girls 90 draw out one ticket each .
II those deposited hy the ladies'. The
irst ticket drew ~ pound sack Of
Tour, second % pound sack and
hird a sack Of meal 10 be brOund By
he Alternately Farmers Union Mill.
guess the reason why Mr. Town
ENDS forenoon speech was cut IN
ia.f was because Of the fact that Just
! little ways from the immense crowd
inder and around the big tabernacle,
here was a big lot Of fine meat being
aud lots Of other good
hings being prepared. so those VINO
new what was there was anxious %
.et 70 il, and those who didn't know
we're anxious % find out. A long
able had been prepared. somewhere
,etween so and 800 yards long
-uess some thought It about a quarter
4 a mile before they got through.
didn't 90 through the chute, which
vas about four feet wide, between
he table and an mprovised fence.
through which about 1900 people or
more passed. single file. while many
waters were kept busy on the other
ide Of the table. and Judging by the
Ilates that were loaded with good
Kings to eat, should think that ev-
rybody was hungry and possessed
God appetities. |