St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-24
STRENGTH IN UNION.
Remarkable Growth OF the Dakota
Farmers Alliance.
Special TO the Globe.

Speclal 10 the GLOBE.
HURON. OAK, March 23.-The success
which has attended the Dakota Farmers
alliance the past year has been so satisfae-
tory in every department of its work that
the farmers throughout the territory, and
especially in the south, central aud south
eastern counties, that in almost every neigh
bOThoOd can be found q local alliance. The
experiences of the year have taught Dakota
farmers many lessons, and demonstrated
that as beneficial organization the alliance
is no longer an experiment. Many who
were identified with the granger movement
in the East having come TO Dakota, are now
active members i'm the Farmers alliance.
AS yet the organization is quite free from
pOliticians-in fact ambitious politicians
don't figure very perceptibly in its ranks.
From circular OF information for the use
of the members of the Dakota Farmers
alliance, il appears that in matters political
the members are urged to be true to them
selves; let the professional politician and
CHRONIC oFFICE-sEEKER
take rest: farmers should attend the pri-
maries and do their own voting, and should
all keep posted on all matters pertaining tu
their interests and encourage better ac-
quaintance and greater sOciability.
Among the benefits derived by the farmer
through the alliance is the increase i'm the
prices of farm products; where the alliance
have warehouses owned and controlled BY
them the price of grain is from to 8 cents
more than az points where they have none
BY purchasing coal in large quantities the
members have been furnished with fuel the
past winter at from SI.l0 10 S1.50 per ton
,eSs than regular price. On binder twini
for last harvest they saved from to cent
a pound, while fully 30 per cent. was saved
on all agricultural implements and machin-
cry purchased through the alliance agency.
Dakota now has 200 alliances with a total
membership not far from 2,00G. W. T. Il.
Bushnell, editor of the Dakota Farmer and
secretary of the Territorial alliance, is is
suing
CHAPTERS DAILY
to newly organized allianc es. and is kept
busy nswerng letters OF inquiry that come
rom q II sections of the territory. He pre-
diets tina before harvest the number of al
.iances will be double the present number.
and the total membership will be no in the
thousands. The officers of the Territorial
alliance are as follows:
President, II. Z. LOucks. Clear Lake: vice
president, J. B. WOgcmuth, Plankintou:
secretary, ". +. T. Bushnell, Huron; treas
lrer, A. ID. Chase, Watertown. The above
l'iccrs, with eX-Prcsident j. j.. Carlisle OF
Nestfort, constitute the executive committee.
There are also superintendent by whom
Information will be freely given members of
the organization relative TO purchases I'm their
espective departments. Here are their
names and posotfiice addresses: Coal anu
6wine. A ID. Chase, Watertown; machincr,
J. ID. Wolgemuth, Plankiuton; marketing
grain, J. /. Carlisle. Westfort; elevators, E.
G. lssenhuth. Huron; insurance, ]. A.
Henri. Z kton; forest and fruit trees and
seeds, w. F. 7. Bushnell, Huron; lumber ].
n Baker Ronilla