The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-06-06
THE FARNERS ALLIANCE,
WHAT THE ORGANT-
ZATEON PROPOS.
ES TO DO.
Az Interesting Enterview
With the President
Hon. Il. Es. jackson.
Atlanta Journal. J

Atlanta Journal
Hon. R. R. Jackson, president
Iot the Farmers Alliance of the
state, is in the city.
a Journal reporter, DESTROYS of
Keeping the readers of the The
journal posted in regard to the
movements of this great organiza-
ton, asked Mr.. jackson low it was
progressing:
"We now have forty thousand
members in Georgia, and when you
remember that we be an to organ
ize about the first of March, this
shows 4 remarkable growth, and
before the present year expires we
WI | have in Georgia cne hun lred
thousand members. Our organiza-
ton is not only great in numbers,
but is compact and solidifed by a
common purpose, and that is to
greatly improve our condition"
eve are DESTROYS of knowing.
Mr.. jackson, what you are teach
ing your members in the way of
improvement"
"Well," said he, "frst, we are
using our utn ost influence to get
our farmers (members of the order)
to diversity their crops, and as a
result, in all sections where we have
a fcothold, there is at least one
third more corn planted than last
year, and in few years we hope
to have our members, each and ev-
cry one, selfsustaining. Another
thing we are doing is to reduce the
cost OF articles o! necessity"
"Our plan is to get bids from
responsible merchants to furnish
our members with goods at lowest
price for cash and Oh time, and il
sold ON time we stand each Others
security, and thus making the deal
er safe, he can afford to make his
per cent SMALL
"But," continued Mr.. Jackson,
" what we have done aud are doing
is as nothing compared to our plans
tor the future. To give you an idea
of this, | will mention what the AL
lance in Texas has already accom-
plished, viz: Established an agency
for handling the commerce of its
members. Members of the Alliance
ship their cotton t. this agency and
buy their goods from it. Only the
cost OF handling the cotton is charg-
ed them, and in the purchase of
goods they are only charged cost
of manufacture and freight. With
in year Georgia will have several
Of these agencies"
'Your plan, if carried to its full
extent, will do away with the ne
cessity of having any merchants,
except your OWL agencies" we sug.
gested. "You do not intend to do
this?"
clam ofopinion, said Mr.. Jack
son, "that we are on the eve of a
commercial revolution. The far
mer has been plucked 50 often and
for so long a time that he is going
to rise up in self-defence and make
a revolution and its influence will
be felt all over the courtry. You
may be sure it is coming. We
hope to have all the farmers in the
south in our organization, and they
will buy from our agencies and
ship their produce to them. There
will likely be one in Atlanta and
another in Savannah, with sub
agencies in every county. In Yves,
tern Georgia we have already cons
menced this business on a small
scale. We have "alliance stores"
and do not trade with any other,
even if the Others try to "bait" us
with lower prices"
sand" said Mr.. Jackson in con.
clusion, "there are other things
which we will do that may startle
people who think the farmer has
been ridden until he no longer re-
sists. Wait and see."
The Hon. Walter B. Hill, of Ma
con, is gentleman of scholarly at
tainments, but it is not probable
that the Georgia delegates to the
National Democratic Convention
will heed his advice to insist upon
a prohibition plank in the national
platform.