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Show National Farmers' Union Renders Unselfish Un-selfish Service to Agriculture. By Peter Radford. The National Farmers' Union will hold its annual convention in Lincoln Nebraska, on September seventh, and will round out tho eleventh year of its activities in the interest of the American plowman. When that convention con-vention is called to order every farmer farm-er in America should pause and bow his head in honor of the men gathered gath-ered there to render a patriotic and unselfish service to agriculture. That organization, born in the cotton fields of Texas, has grown until geographically geograph-ically it covers almost the whole of the United States and economically it deals with every question in which the welfare of the men who bare their backs to the summer sun are involved. It has battled for a better marketing system, rural credits, cheap money, diversification, scientific production, pro-duction, agricultural legislation and has carried on its work of education and co-operation in season and out. The Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Co-operative Union of America brings the question of organization squarely before every farmer in this nation. Without organization the farmers can neither help themselves nor be helped by others and through organization and systematio effort all things are possible. The farmers of the United States contribute more and get less from government than any other class of business. They have better securities and pay a higher rate of Interest than any other line of industry. They market more products and have less to say in fixing the price than "any other business and they get more political buncombe and less constructive construc-tive legislation than any other class of people. The fanners can only ac-qnire ac-qnire such influence in business, in government and in economics as will enable them to share equitably the fruits of their labor through organization organiza-tion and every farmer on American soil who desires to help himself and his fellow plowmen, ilioulil f around tha Union, sS)ij' Excursion Katei U oiae .u.i ,'.u.. Organization and L. D. S. Conference Con-ference Salt Lake City |