Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1908 — FARMERS REBENT COERCION [ARTICLE]

FARMERS REBENT COERCION

Resolution* Passed by Indian* Toiler* Condemn Statement* of President Sharpie* Endless Chain Among Farmer*. Chairman Mack was informed by wire today that at a meeting of representative farmers of Washington township, Marlon county, Indiana, the following resolutions were adopted, and It was also agreed to form an endless chain among the farmers of the country:

Whereas, The Press has sent out a statement issued by P. M. Sharpies, president of the Sharpies Separator Company of Westchester, Pa., saying that the hour Bryan is elected the Sharpies works will close down, and Whereas, Such statements as this will Intensify the present financial panic and will also tend to bring on, if possible, other and greater financial calamity; therefore, be it Resolved, That as farmers who have the good of our country at heart, we deeply deplore such unwarranted statements, and believing they are made for partisan purposes to intimidate and influence voters, we herewith denounce all firms making this and similar announcements, as narrow and bigoted, and in these times as disloyal to the best business interests of the nation, and in as much as the persons and firms now resorting to these unfair and unpatriotic methods maintain their businesses by patronage of democrats as well as republicans, we con demn these methods as an Insult to any democratic patron which ought to be, and which we hope will be, resented. Resolved, That we hereby call upon the farmers of the nation, irrespective of party, who believe I~> fair play, to unite with us through their organization and as individuals, in crushing out this unwise and indiscreet spirit which would sacrifice, the country’s welfare for party success. (Signed) Albert flue, chairman; Ross S. Ludlow, gflt. etary.