The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-28
CONSTITUTION AND BY LAWS
FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE OF GEORGIA.
Adopted at Fort Valley, December GOTH, 1887.

DECLARATION OF pUmosEs

DECLARATION OF PURI OsES.
Profoundly impressed that We, the Farmers
ALiancennltsd by tile strong and faithful ties OF
financial ana home interests, should set forth our
declaration Of intention; we therefore resolve,
/. To labor for the education of the mgr cultural
classes III the science of &C )nomt al government in
q strictly non-partisan spirit.
. To endorse the motto Din things essential
unity. and in all things charity"
g. TO develop b 3ttcr state, mentally morally,
socially and financially.
A. TO create Il better understanding for sustaining
civil officers in maintaining law and order.
s. To constantly strive to secure entire harmony
and good will among all mankind, and br0therly
love among ourselves.
g. 70 suppress pers, MI, local, sectional ana
national preiudces, all unheathiul rivalry, and all
selfish ambition.
T. The brightest Jewels which it gamers, are the
tears Of widows and orphans, ana Its imperative
commands are, to visit the homes where acer-
ated hearts are bleeding. to aSsuage the sulicruas
of a brother n sister bury the dead, care for tie
widows and educate the orphans, to exercise
charity towards offenders, 20 eonstrue words and
deeds their most faVOi able light, granting hon
esty OF purpose and good intentions to others, and
to protect the principles Of the alliance unto death.
Its laws are reason and equity, It's cardinal doc
trines ns ire purity of thought and life, its inten-
lions are "epece on earth and good viii toward
men,
awe stand by this declaration, We propose moth
ing more than 1t declares and we shall he satisfied
with nothing less than it aims az. No man Of pg-
trotsm and intelligence can take exception 10 this
declaration which is sound and honorable the
alliance stands or this as its PLATFORM its constitu
ton, and It's gospel"
GLOW is the work of yorr organization pushed2''
"As president appoint organizers. There liz a
state organizer who has general supervision. There
are twenty thirty organizers who work in special
territories Mr. J. II. Turner. of Lagrange, IL state
organizer. An organizer goes TO rural community.
He announces that he represents the Farmers Al
lance, and appoints n meeting mt some convenient
place He declares to those present the purposes If
the alliance and if they want to organize he closes
the doors, and proceeds with his work, which from
this point Is secret He then goes TO another Part
Of The county, and when he has organized FIVE or
more sub alliances in that county, he reports TO the
Or. s.dent who then orders the state organizer to
proceed TO that county aId organize II county al
lance. We now have organizers ut work in every
district in the state"
'9yhat success are the organizers meeting with?p
"AsIla,e said before, it is SIMPLY marvellous.
One organizer has organized thirty-tWo alliances
with IN average mem bership Of twenty-five a. the
opening Each alliance then adds 10 It's own Nom
bership as it pleases until many of them 60 above
one hundred meDibera"
"Who can become memberR'
"Fnmers, mechanics country school teachers
and country doctors and min.gt r.. Every man
must 10 above sixteen years Of age and must Le
white man. Ladies' are eligible TO membership,
with oil the rights and privileges without fees or
dues"
"From whence are you chartered"
From the congress of the United Etaes Our
charter Is signed by the president, md is thus in
dorscd by the national government. / do not
know Of any other organization that has this back
ing Under authority OF congress tile national con.
Qress hes the right to charter state alliances which
in turn can charter county alliances that we all
operate under the authority Of our government.
Indeed our alllarc IL fashioned after the govern
ment Of the United States. We have our president
our congress ard state alliances, each with its
federal relations and our county alliances, each
with its state relations The humbest officer VIC
commission las the authority Of the United States
back Of him."
'You believe then, ia the future Of the alliancc?"
81 believe that 1t las the greatest future Of any
public organization ever set effected. II has po-
teniia effect on the finances Of tho farmer in pro-
tccting him from the rIiuOus merchant exchanges
under which lie mas been oppressed for twenty
years but II MINIS above finances II realizes that
good people cannot come together for good pur.
poses without beneiitng each otAcf, and c.eyGtlng
the moral, and social, aud EDUCATIONAL tone Of tie
whole community. We propose not only 70 save
money for ourselves in or actual business. but
to take cogDlzance Of everything In education,
or IN government that appears In relation u the
farmer and his welfare. We ptoToie 10 make our.
selves better while we Vs. d better allie TO
maintain ourselves, 81" 90, IaoPJae " take care Of
the widows and the ANS Of our comrades when
they arc gone. T. i.lft, we have realized that we
have Deen helple anply because We have been up
athletic md wit uIt organization. Weare coming to-
gethcr as c,n,ties, and the closer we come, the
more We conviced that our interests are com
mon, aud that W. can best work out our future by