The Little River news., 1922-02-08
Constitution of F.
 L. U. of America
(Continued from last week.

(COnLluueu rom last week.
 We will notice Article 1 section l. This organization is not religious or political body, and neither parti- san politics nor religion shall be preached in any assembly of the bo- dy. The said organization is strictly and exclusively business body, talk ing their business out of the hands of the speculator and gambler and price-fixers, and fixing the price of their farm products at cost of pro- duction plus 8 reasonable profit an- nually as all other business organi- zations do. You will notice in this article that this organization is not religious or political body. That is not the object of this organization to teach religion or politics All oth- CT farm organizations were dominat- ed more or less by the politicians, which have been fatal to all previous organizations. The farmers cannot be lead by politicians, neither can
 
 politics have never done the farmer any good nor anyone else except the office holder and the class that puts them there for their own benefit. Poli- tlcal badges can be seen on most any farmers clothing fastened on with a needle and thread, but you never see them on the politician or the office l holders clothings When we say that religion shall not be taught in any assembly of the union it doesn't mean that the membership of this organiz- atlon is non-religious, but simply means that We don't meet there to hear any religious discourses or po- litical speeches but they meet there to do business as it is declared in this article that it is strictly and par ticularly business body. That is one thing the farmers have never had the privilege of doing, that is attending to their own business This organ ization places a farmer in a position where he can fix price on that which is his as all other business or ganizations do. Every farm imple- ment from the least to the greatest comes out of the factory where they are produced with a price on them and the farmer must pay that price or do without that implement The reason of this is the implement comes from business organizations. The reason the farmers products go from him without price on them is be- cause he has never been organized into a business price-fixing organiz- ation. The farmer has as good a right to price the products of his farm as the manufacturer has to fix the price of the products of his fac tory. However, he must be organi- zed into an organization for that pur- pose as it is impossible for an indi- vidual farmer to price the products of his farm and obtain the price. There is nobody individually or collectively that can ever prosper letting their customers price their product and take them at price fixed by the buy CT, and that has been the trouble with the farmers all the time. He lets his customers do the pricing of the smallest article he produces to the largest That is why he is in the condition he is in, and he will continue in the same condition as long as he continues under the same system, but the aim of the Farmers Labor Union of America is to com pletely change the system as you will see from the explanation of all articles. (Article ? next week }- c ntributed.