The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-08-22
FARMERS AND PRODUCERS. ORGAN
IZE AT ONCE-ORGANIZE! ORGAN
IZE!! ORGANIZEIlI

In the neighborhood and the township
meet and form clubs at oncel The name
or form is of small consequence, but con-
cert of action is vital. 1t is possible to don-
Die yoap annual profits; to uastly increase
the oalae of your lands; TO make money
accessible at cheap rates, and 10 imn'ea-
surabl Improve your present condition.
Your destiny is in yo,u oson hands, but
you are helpless slaves of fate soithom
organization. Don't wait for the lawyers
and politicians, nor believe that ''help
comes from AFFAIR." You are sunk in the
mire by the weight of old traditions, and be-
ing devoured by the all-consuming greed
of Rings and gigantic corporations.
The mighty West is coming grandly into
line and preparing to wage aggressive war
upon the allied foes of labor. The South
is aroused, and in several states is follow
ing the example of the West. The good
work is beginning in Virginia, and will
rapidly grow. We wish to see it broad,
liberal and just, recognizing the proper
claim of all interests to protection and
recognition. Such, with some local excep-
tons, it is elsewhere. Eschewing politics
and professional politicians, let it address
itself to the great social problems which
confront us. Let it seek how to recover
some portion of the vast wealth which it
is creating for Others to enjoy. How to
prevent the lions share of its earnings
from getting into the pockets Of
those who have added nothing to its
value, either by change of form or change of
place. The remedies for the evils which
heset the producers of Virginia to-day, are
simple and in their own hands. They will
not come from politics or politicians. The
vast natural wealth of the state lies inert
and worthless, as if forbidden to be used
by some bad enchantment Its broad
fields, its mines, its forests, its water powers
lie unused for want of capital, skilled la
Dor, and improved facilities of commune
cation. We must unite as one man and
Eight the piratical Iings. The rule Of old
fogyism, and the malignant ghosts and
skeletons Of the past, must be broken for
ever. Open arms of welcome must be
extended to good men of all lands to come
and dwell with us, bringing capital and
skilled labor and the cooperation of
a dense population. This policy alone
will arrest the downward tendency of
property, secure the sale of surplus and
idle lands to working men, and enable the
state to recover its credit and prosperity
For this work we want an organization
of the producers everywhere, free from all
faint ofpolitics, and intent only on protect
ing home interests from ruin. Animated
by common sentiment, the local organi-
cation will be knit together in due time by
the electric chain Of a single purpose to
right the wrongs Of our paralyzed industry
and secure its future prosperity. Organize
at once, and secure in both parties the lar
gest possible number Of farmers, mechan-
les, and manufacturers as nominees for the
legislature. Vote for no man in either
party who is not an intelligent and earnest
friend of Industry, Education and Emigra-
lion, and the implacable foe of the money
rings and monopolies. In this way pow
erful and effective influence may be in
jected into both parties by the producing
classes of the state. Again we say, organ
fze OTQdnize. Oyqdnige.