278 THE GROUNDSWELL. 



LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, ETC. 



Mr. Alfred Gray was elected Corresponding Agent to 

 communicate with the principal manufacturers of agricul 

 tural implements, and dealers in the same, with a view to 

 obtaining low rates of purchase, and also to make application 

 for reduced rates of transportation on all the different rail 

 roads, and forward a statement of advantages obtained 

 monthly to each of the different organizations of farmers 

 within the State. 



Mr. Coleman, of Douglas, offered the following resolution, 

 which was adopted : 



Hesolved, That it is the sense of this Convention that the 

 farmers of Kansas, while they are ready to denounce in un 

 measured terms every monopoly that strikes at their inter 

 ests in the shape of robbery and oppression, are equally 

 ready to admit any and all wrongs and errors of their own 

 that have brought them into the dilemma which all com 

 plain of to-day. 



Various other resolutions were adopted, among others 

 one recommending a form of constitution for use by the 

 local organizations of Kansas, as follows, after passing which 

 the Convention adjourned sine die: 



PREAMBLE. 



We, the undersigned, farmers of Township, County, 



Kansas, and vicinity, for the better protection and further advance 

 ment of our interests, hereby form ourselves into an organization ; 

 and for the government of the Association we adopt the following 

 Constitution : 



CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE jf. This organization shall be known as 



ART. II. Section 1. The officers of the organization shall consist 

 of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. 



