Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-03-28
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
FARMERS ADOPT
UNION BYLAWS

Farmers adopted a committee re-
port on bylaws submitted at gen
eral meeting held at the court house
last Saturday afternoon and completed
the tentative organization under the
laws adopted.
Outstanding features of the new or
ganization provide for centralizing in
township units, which shall have COM
pete control in all matters pertaining
to price fixing and sale of products
raised on farms belonging TO or oper-
ated by the members of the organiza-
tions.
Promoters of the union are en-
couraged by the continual interest
among farmers of the county and
predict that the movement will spread
into other counties until the entire
state and nation are organized.
Following is the report of the com
mittee which was adopted after bnei
consideration; :.
The name of the organization shall
be the Farmers Union of Champaign
County, ILL.,, the object of which Is to
secure better prices for farm pro
duets and to cooperate with other
organizations furthering the interests
of agriculture.
The membership shall be confined
to bona fide farmers and land owners
or their agents.
The officers shall be a president,
three vice presidents and a secretary
and board of directors, consisting
of one member of the union from
each township in the county.
The directors shall be chosen by
ballot, from among the members on
their respective townships at a meet
ing caleld for that purpose.
The duties of the officers shall be
TO reconcile and average, for this
county. the minimum price agreed
upon and certified to them, by the
township union.
The Township Union.
The township union shall consist OF
members of the union residing within
tbe township, and they shall choose
by ballot. at a meeting called for thai
nnrpose. seven township directors
and such directors, so chosen shai
elect a chairman from among then
members, who shall be the director
from such township to the 'Chain'
paign county Farmers union.
The duties of the board OF directors
in the township union shall be to nA
minimum price for farm products
in that township.
After the directors in the various
townships shall have set a minimum
price for farm products in their re.
rnactiye townships the chairman o.
zach township board of directori
shall meet as a board of directors o.
tbe county union, compare the prlee'
as set in each township and average
sucb prices and so fix a minimum
price as the uniform pnce Tor ina
'O1 Minimum price fixing boards II
each township shall be conservative
gradually working prices upward uh
III cost of production plus reason
ahle profit shall be offered. Shoni'
member be forced to sell his pro
ducts before the minimum priee ma
been offered. he may be permitted
by the township board to do so with
o1t preiudice to his standing IN IN
uiiFJ, Each member Of this union will d
his proportionate share Of all WORK = =
he he done. no membership fees ana n
dnes of any kind or nature shail D
collected from members.
No salaries shall be paid to any OF OF
6csrs of this union either IN the couh
~ unig1 or in the township union m.
Cbould there be established an III
nois state Farmers union tnen IN, "a
Cbampaign County Farmers CIip.
sball be represented in such union Q. 3
sbe sSa'' pTesident, or in case Of ms aD al
INC sl,e or inability to act, one OF IN
,s,fic.ee.Jnresidents sf.eJ Of the county unlon'