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PAGE SIX Os INTEREST TO WEALTH CREATORS WESIfiRN KfiifTUdKY LETTER. The toil call of states is a very in structive department of the Inland Farmer, and it brings the tillers of the soil in closer touch with their brother farmers. , The crops here, like other parts of the country, are very late, but the weather has been favorable, and they are now making good growth. The low lands in some parts have been too wet to be worked out, and will be a loss, and the heavy rains have washed the hill lands badly. The tobacco crop is the poorest 1 have ever seen hete. . Therb are but few fair or medium crops, and with the present prospects, I don’t think that much over a half of a normal crop can be made; and that will de pend on a late frost. The hay crop was better than usual, and was saved in fair weather. Some are selling at 50 cents per hundred in bale. Hogs ate selling at 5 to 5 1-4 bents, and good beef cattle about 3 cents. The Tobacco Association has brought good prices to all who join ed, and the outsiders (commonly call ed hill billies) put good money in the pockets of the local buyers, but there will be very few farmers who will re fuse to put their tobacco in this year. The Farmers’ Union is not growing in our county as it should, but in Kickman county it is getting very strong. There will be a big rally near Clin ton (16 miles west of here) Abgust 6. The Hon. Thos. E. Watson, of Georgia, and Mr. Barrett, the Na tional president, also J. T. Brooks, secretary-treasurer of Tennessee Un ion, are advertised to speak in behalf of the Farmers’ Union. The prices of cotton and tobacco the last few years clearly proves the financial benefit to the farmers by or ganization and co-operation, and can’t understand why any farmer will refuse to join the union. The bene fits come directly in better prices be sides the social and other advantages they receive. I have given my best efforts for eighteen years to the cause of organ ization, and in this time I have seen the rise and fall of the 1 arm ers’ Alliance, and now the Union is growing strong all over the South and West, but the leaders should strictly avoid any errors that wrecked the Alliance, such as indorsing any man for office, or any political party, or any party platform. It is all right and proper to discuss economic questions, and such laws as will be for the betterment of the far mers or any that operate against their interest It is a good way to adopt certain resolutions that will better the farm ers’ condition, and condemn any bad laws, and when candidates offer themselves, to present these resolu tions, and if they pledge themselves in honor to such resolution (in writ ing) then as voters the members can support such candidates if they are honorable and trustworthy. I remember a resolution that was adopted by the National Alliance at Ocala, Fla., “That we would vote for no man who would not pledge himself not to go into a party caucus when certain resolutions which the Nation- al Alliance had adopted would be con sidered by the caucus? 4 it resulted that at the next con gressional election there ihirty phe members elected who were honor bound to...the resolutions Adopted by the Alliance. Among those elect ed were L. F. Livingston, Moses and Tom E. Watson, of Georgia, and every one betrayed the people ard disregarded their sacred pledge ex cept Tom E, Watson. It is a sad and lamentable condi tion of our country when only one good and true man can be found in thirty-brie pledged their .honor to be true io thb'se whb for, them, and one of these was a preacher of the gospel. But love of party, fear of ridicule, or hope of future reward from the party caused all but one man to prove false. In this day of organized greed, dQ fyifig the laws of God and inan, when Vast fortunes are held by a few men who use their wealth and power to debauch legislators, to bribe juries and courts, when seventy-six men controlling the railroads and banking institutions can absolutely con trol the condition under which 80 million of boastful Americans miM live, t think it is high time that the people should wake up and demand justice. And only by organization and co-operation can they possibly succeed. This is more important to the fu ture of our country and welfare of our children than whether Bryan or Roosevelt shall be elected president. Shall a few heartless Rockefellers Morgans and Ryans o-wn us, and we be their slaves or shall the people possess this country for their .own welfare and live all freemen? —Dr. I. A. Wesson, in Inland Farmer. Graves County, Ky. Note: Mr. Watson has not promised to speak at Clinton. He has not even been invited. If he were asked, real nice, and on a reciprocity basis, he might go. The prospect of 500 sub scribers —used as a bundle of fodder is used, to encourage the horse along —would get a move on the poor, neg lected editor, when just a common “Won’t you come?” wouldn’t make him budge an inch. The chaps who manage these things and who need “speakers,” should study the princi ple of Reciprocity Treaties. The gist of a Reciprocity Treaty is the finding what A should do for B, as an equivalent of what B will do for A. Now, friends, neither of the two Jeffersonians can live on air and branch water and good wishes. Ever since April, Yours Truly has been doing the work of three men on these two Jeffs. If you want the old man to drop his job, and do you a favor, by trav eling a long distance and delivering an address which would sell for three or four hundred dollars to any Lec ture Bureau or Ohautauqua Associa tion, don’t you think there ought to be a Reciprocity Treaty? King Edward has the veto power, but he does not dare use it. The royal “big stick” needs a foreign tour.-’ The Commoner, WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN. LATIMER TALKS OF IMMIGRA TION. South Carolina Senator Says South Needs Fofeigh Labor. , i’aris, 6.—llnited States Latimer,, Carolina, and Representative Howell,; of New Jersey and Burnett, of Alabama, of the United States immigration mittee, arrived here today, Speaking of the general results of the investigation, Mr. Latimer said the committee had been impressed by the sanitary regulations and the steamship companies evidence of good faith in obeying the United States iinthigation restribtiohS. He added fliat ,the United States, especially the South, needed good immigration, and the recommendations of the commit tee would have the South in view. South Carolina, Wake Up! We take the above clipping from the Atlanta Constitution, and if Sen dtor Latimer, of South Carolina, is correctly quoted, the Union men of that state should wake up. The sit uation, and if Senator Latimer, or Mr. Latimer and your Congressman with petitions and resolutions con demning Foreign immigration. Make Trim understand that if he proposes to override the will of his constituency that you will remember and not forget. Ask him to use his influence to thwart the purpose of the schemers, who had planned to continue their robbing of the South by the introduction of Foreign Immi grants. Mr. Latimer is quoted with having stated that the “steamship lines were willing to obey the U. S. Immigra tion law.” Is it uossible that the Senator of South Carolina is so neg ligently ignorant of the actual situa tion as to believe that his statement is correct, or is he wilfully trving to deceive the masses of the peonle on this question? There has not been a time in twenty years but what the Im migration Laws have been violated by those seeking to thwart the pur poses of the masses of the people of this country by importing such for eign elements as could be bought or controlled by the manufacturing in terests of our nation. South Carolina, wake up, and make it as hot for your public officials in South Carolina as the Farmers’ Un ion has made it for»the officials in Georgia, who dared to believe in the policy of foreign immigration. If there is a congressman, or a United States Senator that would lend his hand in assisting the schem ers to bring foreign immigrants to Georgia, we would be glad to have him pointed out, and while we are not in politics we would make it conven ient to arrange so that this gentle man would have the pleasure of re maining at home with his “dear” people at the next counting of the bal lots. South Carolina, wake upi Don’t sleep on your oars, while these schem ers try to use your public officials to instigate a plan by which you and your children, and «your children’s children will be robbed of the neces saries of life. * Do not believe the assertion that anybody is wanting only desirable im migrante. This desirable immigrant argument is only a sugar coating capsuling of the rottenness of the scheme. Have not Thomas E. Watson, Ben Tillman, and other men who have fought sot the people’s rights, been teilfrig ycrii that if yon permitted the schemers to give yofi evOft <t Sttgftr 'cbakd Capsule that they wotdd put sufficient amottiri of strychnine therein to send you to youri p’olit?6aj grave? The advocates of foreign immigra tion .do not , care for the desirable immigrant, b’ut witji this nicely pre pared phrase they hope Us get you to swallow the immigration questiofi, their purpose being to deceive you into believing that they will preserve the fiffhts of the “dear” people. South Carolina, wake up! Do not allow these men to go to the next ses sion of Congress believing that Sori th Carolina will slumber quietly on, while its honored Senator is recom mending to that Legislative body a scheme for robbing his constituents. —The Union News. TliE RIGHT SPIRIT.- As an organization, the Farmers’ Union is not in polites, but the indi vidual member, outside of the Unioti and independent of Sriy office that he may hold, should be up to his neck in the political meshes. He should investigate and know the character and fitness of every candidate for of fice, and should analyze every ques tion of government and then vote as his judgment directs, independent of party and as a patriot. With an in telligent, independent and patriotic exercise of the ballot the farmers and laboring men of Oklahoma can be ab solute masters of the politics of Okla homa. AGE OF FARMER CO-OPERA TION. The Friday Harbor Journal pub lishes a news story which illustrates the beneficial results of farmer co-op eration. It states that the Lopez Is land Telephone Company has sixty eight subscribers, located in different parts of the island. The company is simply a home organization of farm ers. The system cost each man sls and gave the individual ownership of the instruments. An annual mainte nance fee of $6 pays all operating ex penses and leaves a good balance in the treasury. Even the most distant and out-of-the-way points on the island are connected by the telephone, and a central station is supplied with a salaried operator, and there are no complaints of bad service. We are living in an age of farmer co-operation. Tillers of the soil have long since learned the lesson of how to look after their own interests- They have linked the city and country with telephones and rural mails. They are building more and better roads and establishing an era of financial independence. They are adopting business methods and making of the firm a cash dividend payer in all its branches. The fam of today is mere ly a big department store, in which are offered for sale the numerous products of fam, orchard and gar den. And the farmers are assisting each other in away that insures sue-, cess to the entire community. They are helping to bear one. another’s burdens. . I