Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1888-07-19
FARMER ALLIANCE.
A Large and Enthusiastic
Gathering.

there WIS mass convention Of Hand
county farmers and delegates from town
ship alliances at Miller last Saturday.
The meeting had been advertised for the
conr house, but by noon II was evident
the conrt room would not hold MI, hence
the opera house was secured. At 2 o'clock
Mr., VanDoren. OF 1896. called the house
to order and introduced Mr.. A. Wnrdai,
President Of the Alliance Hail Association.
Ar. Wardail briefly presented in plain.
concise manner, the condition and grow
ing strength Of the alliance throughout
the country and what they were accom-
plishing. In Dakota there are some 700
alliances, and between 800 and 400 of
these were quite recently organized.
Farmers W, re taking holl'pf the business
everywhere and alliances were beips or
gaEised in the territory at the rue If six
or Heven day. He reported twenty-five
alliances in Hand county. The national
alliance yet TO be held this year, would be
represented by twenty states, principally
from the west and south. In Texas, par
A'l 'it btIOHR. mere
they handle all their own productions,
own their warehouses ana buy their OWL
machinery direct from I, ~ manufacturers
They have about so ,Og0, 900 on hands in
that state to operate w;;a, and number
1900 alliances. The Dakota alliances will
this year do about 81 ,9O0.OeO worth of
business. Mr.. W. claimed thnt on one
cai lond of twine they aow saved 81, 900
on present retail prices, or about $4,000
on former prices. The speaker, however,
earnestly urged the product on of corn
and stock. Dakota last year raised co.
000,O00 bushels Of wheat and 80, 900 200
bushels Of corn. Five years from now be
EXPECTED the figures 10 be l20, ,00n, ,0G0
bushels OF corn and 10000, 900 bushels Of
wheat-or in that proportion. The alli-
ance proposed to establish large elevators
at Duluth and ship direct to Liverpool
Three years ago our wheat brought 90 cts
busha more in Liverpool, relatively than
now. This is because our wheat goes to
Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicag,, where
il IL mixed, half and half, with an inferior
wheat. At Brooklyn it receives another
mixture of one quarter of southern
grown wheat and is placed OIL the Liver
pool market as Duluth hard" to com.
pete with India grown wheat. This adul-
teration business the alliance proposes to
do away With, and hence secure prices
nearer what II is worth, He argued our
Dakota wheat, by this new avenue OF
shipping, would readily bring an advance
of 40 cents.
Here the speaker retired in favor Of the
Rev. John Allison Of MINI, sofa who is
employed by the lecture bureau assoca-
tion of the alliance To deliver speeches or
lectures on the necessity and benefits of
the alliances. He is far more OF an orator
than Mr.. Wardall, but the latter got in
more practical points on tie question in
ten minutes than the form er did i'll his en-
tire speech. His speech, however. con-
iained much that as good, and of interest
particularly on cheap transportation; op-
pressiop OF railroad companies and mouop-
olsta aud doing away with unnecessary
middle men between manufacturers and
farmers. He conclu ed by urging all to
vote for men for the legislature who
would pledge themselves to attend strictly
to the farmers business.
Mr.. Wardall again spoke upon thS plans
OF operation of the alliance. After the
county organization md been effected ii
was thought best by some to select live
business man and make him the county
purchasing agent. All township alliances
| conld order goods through him. As the
PRESS understands il, the alliance bays
no goods except those things controlled
! by monopclists-suc as coal, machinery,
&c. Their object is not to set up any
| general merchandise store us was done by
the grunge. Mr.. Wardall created some
thing like a sensation wien he announced
that the c. & N. w. Rv would transport
all material for alliance warehouses and
elevators free OF charge from WinoDa dur
ing ,Ae month OF July sad donate grounds
for their erection,
Capt. E. T. Sheldon was chosen chair
man, and made some appropriate remarks.
great deal of time was consumed in dis
cussii,g the question OF erecting elevators
or warehouses at st. Lawrence, Miller and |
Rec Heights. 1t was finally left in the
hands Of committee composed of b. X. |
Purkey, W. C. HildebranJe and J. A. Fos- |
dick to work up the ntatter and solicit |
shares at the rate of Sl9'a share. In the
meantime permanent county organiZa-
ton was effected by electing o. j. Brown |
of I09-6s as president, y. A. Fosdick. OF
Burdette, ms vice president; j. W. Thomp- |
sim. of Cedar. secretary; and W. @. Hide |
hronda ~ Gf T,awranca 1'reasnrpr
II was decided to do away with the |
office Of county purchasing agent and each |
township order direct through the territor-
isi nprchas sine a0ent