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Show FARMERS NOT TO BE REPRESENTED AT CONFERENCE Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 17. Through tholr representative 600,-000 600,-000 Amorlcan farmers and their wives Saturday doclluod an alliance with union labor. By an overwhelming vote tho National Na-tional Orange, In annual convention hero, adoptod In roply tn an Invitation Invita-tion extonded by Samuel Oompora for a conference nl Washington, tho following: resolution: "Th National Grunge declines your invitation tor a conferoneo In Washington December 13." " ThOra Uttr h4 befta r- t ! rerrcd to tho committee on good ot BBS the order and after three days dls- cusslon that body lalo Saturday ro- BBV Members declaro that attendance BB nt any such conforoncu was fraught BBo with peril to tho garngo. Few vole- 08 wore heard In support ort ho in- BBV vltatlon and they wero from westoru mombors. BBB It was thought by opponents that BBB thoro wan nothing In common bo BBB tween tho ngilcultural lntorosts ad BBB organized labor To attond tho BBB Washington mooting, It was doclared BBB j would bo a tacit admission that rhero SH were mutual intercuts. 1901 The report as adopted was not tho it&Mp 'ono snbmitted by tho committee. The Ps$ latter was a pleading or tho case or , 0f agriculture as well as a refusal ot tv&fi1 ' the Gompers proffer. It was slgaoil i SMjf1 i by live ot tho six members of tho hjfl&Krf committee. Mrs. Brouck or Wash- MuijitM Ungton did not sign. irffiSM i "Finally two substitutes were of- iVHfi$ terod. The one adopted Is given J WEmIi above. KSm. The reason or the substitution was S$Vw5 found In the suggestions of several , Wti')M speakers that tho loucth ot the re- 1'KW port was too controversial; (hat It ' fotft&i threw open the doors to any stato- Ikm mont union labor may wish to ako ' lg and so otfor the beginning to an ens- ' ;. SCBS less argument, ' 9km It was hold that a mere refusal ot WlaB tho Invitation effectually closod the HflQl caso, tdr tho presont at least. hB . Opinion on the morlts of the twe BfiO I answers was protty ovonly dlvldod, ' jB however, and when It mo t a 9J I vote the shortor wen by a marrew H suweto." ' BvJ |