Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-01
And Texas farmer--A Good Granger
Defends What Alliance Lead
efs Do Not.
The Ne;ea Of ;bA AIl.sHea ExcsenRs
Gsas 70 Prot-s.-rhe 0rigihaf
&.~DiDg OF Texas Farmer.
its W,eeam FeIif3 1.-The syaem 4 Si's EK
charge BIZ acknowledge Failere.
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tslns the iolloSing, headlines and ell
concerning the ALI ,nce Exchange.
Texas Farmer has received the follow
ing, which eIplsias i'sef:
vALLsI MILLS. 0soUE COUNTY, Ten, Ma
H.-lou car please Cicnniinus my paper, a
such remarks ans insinuatiops as hts bee
made In the Farmer IN regard TO The Altar
and Elk hange an0 lis IN nagement, do not b
any means meet with my spproval-nor woull
It If 1t emanated from the Alliance In Iegar1 I,
the Grange or any other organization of whisl
| / nigh, be member. There is one thing
Will not In any way tolerste-for one labor or
gan zaiion to torment or aptagonize anoths 7
Nei her will aIonize any paper that is guilt.
of the set or so doing. You will, - ease cisc0n
tinue and oblige. Yours ffaterpally,
G.. ROCKS,
Secretary Rock Church Grange, No. 1872
Our good brother els in some of hi:
allegations.
l. Texas Farmer does not adversely
crlticise the Alliance. 1t is an der pre-
dcsted upon grand and enduring princi-
pies, which Texss Farmer wishes God
speed. by whomsoever advocated.
2. Texas Farmer never "torments" mol
"sntegonizesn any other LABOR organize
tions-believiRg as it does that the only
hope Of the perpetuity of this government
iuheres In organization among laborers
and sgriculturis
But - Texas Farmer hiss naught to
conceal as to itself, the Grange, the
Texas Cooperative Association, or
any officer of any OF these.
And Texas Farmer cannot see why It
should torbear criticising any institution
If its methods Of procedure appear to be
against the interests of agriculture.
| Texas Farmer thus fsr has had no eau e
to adversely criticise the Alliance IS o
body. But it has not hesitated from the
| first to express the opinion that many
Alliance leaders are over-enthusiesiic lie,
| visionary. and therefore dangerous ed-
visers Of our people both In business and
politics. In Gil 1t Gays, Texas Farmer is
guided not by any personal opposition to
| said leaders, but duty IL owes to the
farmers of Texas. The gentlemen whose
acts we criticise may for ausht we know
to the contrary be prompted by the purest
of motives. We criticise measures"
not "men."
As to the Alliance (?) Exchange, the
Farmer from the first considered its sys.
TEN of business extremely hazardous to
farmers, and wss IN duty bound to ssy SO.
In addition, this paper and its CORE
spondents have said that there are posi-
BILE grounds for many Of the unsavorable
opinions existirg-for instance, sn
opinion that 1t IL based upon credit; that
its management are making speculation
upon the patriotism OF the order; that
its Joint-no!e system makes solvent men
pay the debts Of the insolvent, and thus
transfers all risk from the middleman to
the producer; that this system Is bound
to bankrupt hundreds Of farmers; that
the business Is on the dark.
lantern order, semi-clandestine and
secret, which is OF itself suffi.
cient ground to cast Suspicion upon lis
every method and profession; thet the
Joint notes Of farmers are being indis.
criniDately traded on desperate discounts
to raise money to hold up an already sink
Ing system, snd one which we do not bs.
lieve can in any event be permanent; that
too few men own the Exchange for it to
be considered even an Alliance enterprise,
and is only SO named to get the benefit Of
the Alliance boom; that the donations OF
property by Dallas ana other places has
been to these few owners and rot to the
Alliance; that little effort has been made
TO float "Exchsnge stock" and thus hiss
been kept down multiplics-
ton of the lumber who will
share in the big divide which is expected
to be realized from donations bY towns
where branches sre to be located; that
members of the Alliance who have paid
their assessments to construct the ex-
charge buildings really have no title In
them, but are merely making presents to
the stockholders Of the exchange; ihst
the per cents. aud rebates gwen to those
who purchase goods for patrons OF the
sxchsnge do not go to said patrons, etc.
Now al of these statements have been
made directly or limited at in this paper
as at least possibilities. Many fsr more
discreditable and adverse are matters Of
public comment, rumor or belief. The
columns Of this paper have been offered
to those interested to refute tham, or to
fully explain the system OF business and
clear away the numerous doubts current.
The columns OF the Mercury, organ Of
the Alliance, are OF course open for the
same purpose. Yet no effort In this di.
rection has teen made. Now, le> Brother
Brooks ask the proper parties to deliver
themselves upon these matters. II they
do not, will Brother Brooks still insist
that the Farmer has done wrong in at
tempting only to put farmers on their
guard against what appears at the least
only visionary schemes OF over-enthusias-
tic and inexperienced leaders.
SOME MORE DATA.
It will be remembered that when DR..
Macune first published his new system of
cooperation, which was to result in grid
ling the world with trade exchanges, and
in . complete revolution Of business
principles, Texas Farmer caricstured the
scheme as but the visions Of only an
imaginary political economist. But DR..
Macune secured The Endorsement ri his
order, and the co operation Of sufficient
number to embark In the enterprise. Our
readers are familiar with it as presented
in these columns. The predictions Of
Tex.s Farmer have been verified.
NOTES OF THE RxCHANGE HAVE ALREADY
GoNE TO PROTEST.
The Exchange has made heavy debts,
given It's notes for them, and the notes
have not been paid as they metured, and
SO their system must be changed or they
must close business.
The managers OF the Exchange are GO
ing to attempt to lay the blame fer this
failure upon others-upon giant combins.
tions sgsinst them-snd all this srrt Of
stun. But 1t won't do. Even granting
combinations, who but business nov.ces
would put the money and interests Of
farmers In jsopardy-in the power Of
money shsrks--knowipg Of existing SIS
tems2 Here are men at the head Of an |