Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-07

mented them together In a common
cause; so strong front did they Present
that their phalanx was irresistible.
and the land-sharks were routed.
horse and foot, In complete and admir-,
able confusion. BY individual efforts
this could not have been ACCOMPLISHED.
The success in this instance gave the
Alliance start, and since then IL has
spread, until now its qualifications
extend throughout the Northwest, and
Will soon cover the state. The same
order extends to other states, and the
time for National Farmers alliance
may be theme for the newspapers
ere Longtime members are selected
without regard to religious views OF
political affiliations. They must be
men and women of good report, of in
dustrious habits and they must have
resided in the state six months next
before admission 10 membership. No
professional man, banker or any other
around whom or through whose in.
strumentality clique could be organ.
lied Is eligible. The local alliances
which meet once every two weeks,
the county alliance meets every month
or so,and the state alliance once yearly.
Laboring. men of good standing
are eligible, and by the
unification of all sons of
toll, 1t is expected that a reformation
in local politics may be brought about
which will extend on through the
states until IL reaches the nation. The
organization is non-political in its pre-
tensions, but 1t is not unlikely, and i'm
fact it is claimed by some members,
that a candidate for office who is not
acceptable to the majority will receive
the support Of none. This, however,
is not borne cut by the preamble
which assures each perfect liberty of
political and religious views. The
benefits to be reaped from the A lliance
are multifold; by meeting and coun-
selling on current affairs, more intel
ligent understanding will be brought
about by an exchange of views. The
members will study III all ways to ben
eft each other, and in so doing
dispense as much as pos
sible with the merchants
and middle men, supplying each other
with such necessaries as are usually
handled by merchants, purchased
from one producer and scld to another
at u profit There is an eleemosynary
feature also, whereby the unfortunate
and needy are succored and cared for.
They select their own merchant and
deal exclusively with him, binding
him to sell them goods at lower figure
than they can procure them by isolated
or individual purchases.
This is fighting the devil with fire."
remarked GAZETTE representative to
n prominent member; "you mean to
down one monopoly with another?''
"lf it can be made demonstrable that
we can do this, our fight is half won:
whom we make we can unmake, and
we don't propose to let any one grow
very rich on our labor.n
but admitting that you succeed in
your aims, will it not have a tendency
to ruin towns; If one merchant gets all
the trade, the rest will have no bust.
ness Thereof
What does farmer care for towns
If he has all he wants in the country?
grant you it will retard the growth
of towns, but what wealth is now be-
ing centralized in palatial residences,
paved streets, vast emporiums and
what we style modern conveniences,
will be retained by the farmer to beau
tify his home and supply himself with
necessaries. We, who do the work
aud produce the wealth, have no
paved streets nor electric lights; we
have no fine houses nor fancy equi-
pages; we have to maintain all this,
and while dainty slippered
feet are tripping over fancy
pavements, our daughters have
to walk in mud. If they walk at all. /
tell you there is too much town and
not enough country in this age. We
want it divided more. People wonder
why the youth of the land flock to The
towns, when they know that all the
luxuries of life are concentrated there.
Why, sir, / know men who are worth
millions who have made it ON what
they are pleased to call commission,
which means that he buys from me
for one dollar and sells it to my neigh
Dor for two. We mean to dispense
with him, and sell direct to one
another"
The scribe, feeling pretty well satur-
away what he had before receiving
more: Seeing this, the gentleman
asked:
You don't say you are reporter !
What paper do you representa-
The Fort Worth GAZETTE. the
great moral civlizer and news dis
seminator, the only paper in the state
which gives all the news as it occurs
without fear or favor; the only paper
IN the state that has no cutlery to
hone, no hobby to support, no mans
Ideas to ventilate, no creditor to con-
ciliate, no boss to ilatter, no friends to
reward, no enemies to punish eight
, pages, seven papers chuck full of news
every week for ten dollars "a year in
: advance, or, IL you want it till Jan.
uary. five will do and you will
I Hoid ON You needn't talk,n said
my friend. your paper wouldn't pub
ilsh the truth; no paper will; they
, are trying to break us up. / am told
i iive thousand dollars has been offered
In Fort Worth to break up our organi-
+ cation in Wise county,
a The scribe was moved to pity by the
+ gentleman's earnestness, and taking
! him kindly by the hand
! addressed bin: "You ,m "
. not whereof you speak, friend. You
/, are laboring under the not uncom.
mon halluciation that The GAZETTE
i Is tue organ of somebody. Sir, i have
n the honor TO represent paper that
4 publishes anything If 1t Is news. rs-
4 CARELESS OF Its effects on any man or
!. SCI OF men. If Mephistopheies were to
n ueiiVer "a discourse on calisthenics
a The GAZETTE would send a renorier
4 out on the nights plutonian shore and
n secure MS speech verbatim! This is a
a lo.a, op,ion town, but III send YOU a
\ ooelie OF mineral water IL every word
d YOU nave uttered Is not published lust
"a ~ ieli from your lips There has