Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-06-10

On Saturday afternoon, Mr..
Chase, organizer of Territorial Ali
ance, addressed the alliance recent
ly organized here, and the public
generally, at the Court House. The
address was an able exposition of
the objects of the alliance and very
interesting throughout. He treat
ed the subject under three heads
the financial, social and political.
In speaking of the financial object,
he emphatically stated that it was
neither the intention or purpose of
the alliance to patronize other than
the local dealers in the purchase of
all supplies provided they were
willing to furnish them at reason
able profit. In other words that q
trifiing difference of a few cents
would not BIO allowed to interfere
with the local dealers. TO illustrate.
An alliance wants car load of
Irvine. They first ask for bids from
the local dealers. If there is only
difference OF a half or three-quar-
tiers of cent on the pound, they
should give it TO the local dealer in
preference to any one else. He said
It was rather the object to build up
home business and enterprise rather
than to pull down, by rendering
their obligations certain of payment
either giving cash or such security
as renders it valuable negotiable
paper. In a word, to make the in
terests of the farmer and the bust
ness man mutual. Under the plan
proposed by him the alliance will
prove decided advantage to the
business interests of the towns III
which they trade, by doing away
largely with the bad debts business
men are now carrying on their books.
His remarks Oh the social features
were very appropriate-he showed
up i'll glowing terms the advantages
of social communion and the inter-
change of thoughts and opinions to
the mutual advantage of all. In
treating the political feature he said
that the farmer was bound TO have
his say about the legislation of the
state or territory. Called attention
to the fact that railroads, telegraph
and telephone lines and express
companies were doing business I'M
der the protection of our laws and
yet not paying one cent to revenue
or for the support Of the govern
ment and to the enforcement of the
laws under which they operate and
through and by which their proper.
ty is protected. lie also entered
somewhat into the subject Of freight
rates and the measures to be adopt
ed to reduce the present charges to
limit that would be fair to the
farmer as well as just and equitable
to the railroads. He did not mean
that the railroads should suffer by
any extreme, hut that they
should be forced to act as if there
were other interests in the country
be made to understand that rob
bing the farmer to pay enormous
dividends to the stakeholder, should
cease.
The whole address was sensible,
conservative and reasonable, and
farmers Unitpd upon the principles
enuuciated in his address, can not
help proving a blessing to every IN
terest of their own as well as Of the
business men and manufacturers in
our midst. The fact that the far
merS are taking hold of the move
everywhere is evidence that they
are determined to unite, us do all
other classes Of society, for their
own protection, and he will be a
sensible man who sees '.the hard
writing on the WALL aud heeds it.