Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-12-15
IHE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
prooeeaings of the Dakota oreanjxo


Proceedings OF the Dakota Organization
In Annual Session.
jamestown. Oak :, Dec. l2--Tbe terri.
torial farmers alliance are ia executive
session to-day, but the presence CT news
gatherers is permitted upon promise OF
the latter that reports shall all he sent
ont the alliance way. At Huron last
year some newspaper correspondents
had the audac!ty to write mp their de-
iiberations ae shey actually occurred, and
the lndIscretlons of some members con.
sequently subjected the whole orsaul-
cation TO some ridiouls. This year the
alliance ofHoials don't propose to see
history repeat itself, hence their action,
The prlDciDle business of this morning q
session wes reports from alliance insur-
ance and incorporated companies. Fol-
loving is synopsis of The report OF
the report OF Preaident Crosse of La
Moure. This is the purchasing depart
men. OF the alliance. The report saws:
Many goods VS. were at first unable to
purchase. because manufacturers were
afraid TO trust us. They were into g
COM mbination or trust which forbade them
dealing with an organization like us, We
were beggaEs for our first patronage. but
during the year our business will apgre-
gate OYER half q million dollars, end TO-
day our office is visited, not alone by
travelling agents, but by the presidents
aud general managers OF business houses
10 the east, asking us to deal with them
The report recommends that each
county alliance select same point Tor q
county agency; that county agent be
appointed, and the number OF agents
thus largely decreased. Capitalization
of all alliance departments at some CEN
trsl and accessible point in the territory
ss headquarters, and the placing Of the
business of all under the supervision Of
committee composed of the president
and secretary of insurance and ipcor-
porated companies and either the presi-
dent Or secretary of the territorial ALI
ance. Is recommended. President Wor.
dell, of the alliance Hail and Fire In
surance company reported az follows:
We have insured during the past year
10 900 members 80 the amount OF Sc COG. :
UO0. saving them in premiums alone
nearly quarter OF million dollars, as
against the old line companies. We
nave paid every loss ii full, and before
it was due. With nearly one HUNDRED
other companies dong business in the
territory We have succeeded in two years
IN building up business eqoaiing IN
volume one sixth of the total transge-
lions OF all the other companies COM
Dlned. We were unable to establish
mutual company, as the laws of Dakota
do not permit il, but we have carried on
an alliance department in connection
with the Fidelity, thus saving the ex-
pense OF raising nil .he capital. It is
carried on at q low rate of expense on
the same mutual plan, in the same office
and with the same officers as have work,
We would respectfully ask your honor
able body to authorlze the insurance de
psrtment TO establish life branch, to be
known as the Alliance Aid association.
or to be established and conducts d on
the mutual and assessment plsn oresni.
cation OF life department..
In accordance with the request OF the
last paragraph 1t WAS ordered by the al
lance. The following committees were
appointed by President Loucks.
Rssointlons--Ira S. Lampman, e. N.
Schultz. j. O. Langless, w. e. Boyse,
Wyilie Nelson. a. Slatten. e. j. Strong
Distribntion--H. w. Smith, a. Nj.
CLARK, w. d. Ohase, H. z. Pierce, A. w.
Kuhn, II. w. Kelly. Finance II.
Bentley. A. b. Ashley. w. r. Merrick,
u. M. Finney, j. B. Sweet. Constitu.
tion and by.laws- Orange Wright, f. A.
Leevitt, q. l.. MoGregor, j. w. Moore,
a. Lawrence, 81. III. Aiken, j. %. Sheri-
dan. Transportatlon-A. B. Vandorep,
James Dobie, j. A. Tower. j. ~. Good.
rich, w. N. Burweli, James Mathews,
u. Dunn; good OF order. w. T. Mo
Oulloch, %. Nelson, Ell Reed, r. Wat
son. w. d. IEmmons, A. Wardell, J, b,
MeGearJ; press, a. Werdeli, p. A
johnsoD, b. T. Oonser, taxation, L.. F.
Dow, b. Miller, Yan Meter Henry
Miller. FL. B. Stevens, w. j. Bennett,
b. Lockmsn, w Ell. Massey, farmers
institates, ). G, Wade, Rev. Allison, A ).
D.Chase, j. j. Ahs ers, Smith, J.IW.
Harden; legislation, 8. J. Conklin, E. P.
Oonser, ID. t. Dsdds, Walter Muir, S.
d. Goodfellow, A. B. Taylor, J. H.
Parker. j. P. Day, e. J. McInnis.
Nearly all OF the afternoon session was
occupied by the reading of resolutions
sent up from local alliances. Nest of
these were referred to the resolution
committee. Among those adopted were
one by j. O. Wade OF jamestown recon-
nending tina. the legislature appro-
pirate $4,000 to aid in the pro
motion of farmers institute work in the
territory. Another by f. B. Francher
OF Jamestown inviting all members. elect
OF the next legislature now there to
meet with the delegauen. BY Crosse OF
Aberdeen, Endorsing the agricultural
college a. Bookings and recommending
that generous provision for il be made
by the Legislature. One by a. Wardell,
president OF the insurance COM pany re-
commencing united and concerted ac.
tion OF the national alliance grange.
knights OF labor and kindred organiza.
sions, TO the end that national leeisla~
tion in the interests df the Industrial