The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-07

MEETING MIN
IOWA FARMERS


The federated shop crafts Of Sfl-
vis today issued the following ,
ttatement TO the press:
yesterday afternoon q joint
meeting OF the farmers OF Scott
county and a delegation repre-
septing the Federated Shop crafts
was held at Propstie. Iowa, which
mace is located eight miles north
Of Davenport in the center OF the
farming district Of Scott county.
\ A large delegation of farmers,
members OF the farm organization
tsown as the American Society of
Equity, had gathered from all
parts OF the county to hear ex-,,
planned the position of the striking
shopmen in the present labor war
on the Rock Island railroad, and to
discuss other questions of mutual
interest to the farmer and the rail-
road workers. A delegation from
the Federated Shop crafts was
present to hear from the farmer
on his attitude toward organized
labor, and particularly the organ
lied railroad employees, and to dis
cuss with them the possibility OF
and the benefits to be derived from
cooperative efforts ON the part Of
these to two great bodies of pro-
ducing workers. Albert Stolten-
berg. a member of the farmers Or
ganization, acted as chairman of
the meeting, opening the meeting
with a brief statement of the pur-
pose for holding the meeting and
giving his views as to the relation
of the farm worker, who produces
the foodstuffs, to the city workers
who are also the greatest in num-
Der of consumers in the makeup of
the public. He stated that the time
had arrived when it was abso-
lutely necessary for the farmers
and the city workers to get to-
gether for their mutual benefit on
the political and economical ques-
tons of the day. H. A. White
more of Moline, a representative
Of the striking shipments organi-
zation on the Rock Island Lines,
explained the position of the strik-
ing employees in their fight for rec
ignition of their rights as union
men on the Rock Island Lines.
and the railroads efforts to estab-
fish the company union, or what
they are pleased to call an associ-
alton of railroad employees. He
also told Of the efforts of the rail-
road officials to break the morale
of the striking employees, attempt
ing to get them to desert their Ia
Dor unions and return to work I'M
der terms dictated by the,railroad
officials, which. if they were sue
cessful in their efforts, would
mean the breaking of the strike
and the enslaving of the railroad
employees for years to come. He
related how all these efforss or
the part of the railroads emissar-
les had proved unsuccessful and Of
the determination of the striking
employees to stay on strike until
their fight for justice and their
rights as union men have beer
recognized by the Rock 1siana
railroad. Mr.. Whittemore urs 4
cooperation on the part of tls
| farmer-labor organizations.
Smith w. Brookhart. Republi'
can candidate for United State:
senator from Iowa. was endorsed
and the two organizations pledged
themselves to support him in thu
coming election. Steps were takel
to assure him the election by tn:
biggest majority any senatorial
candidate has ever received in thu
State of Iowa. After genera
DISCUSSION of the political and eco
nomical questions of the day tn
meeting was adjourned until calle'
together by the Joint Committee o
i Eirht