The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-10-30

effort. The reports were OF the most
encouraging.zan and satisfactory eharac-
ter, showing that a spirit OF earnest
ness and@zeal peryaded the order, and
that the brethren were resolved to
make one united and+determinedgfort
to unload themselves and their brother
farmers of the oppressive burdens
.which-elo andi2weigh-idown their
energies Bro. Darden attended the
meeting throughout, although too.
unwelf 70, participate in its proceed
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A resolution was adopted BY which
Bros. w W. Farmer, j. A. Fisher
and Ard. Dalby were appointed a
committee to digest and present'tothe
meeting a plan for the guidancesofthe
Business Agents of the State in con,
Quoting their business operations.
: On motion, Bro. Elias Carr was
added to the committee, and Presi-
dent Alexander, State Agent Darden
and Secretary Polk were requested to
meet with the committee. ..st7 I.
On motion, the meeting took a. re-
cess until 5 O'Clock p. NJ, when it re-
assembled and the committee reported
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REPORT.
Your committee, to whom was re-
ferred the matter of digesting and
presenting a general plan for the guild
ance of our order in conducting its
business interests, beg leave to submit
for your consideration the following:
l. All Alliance business must, be
done through the regular and legally
constituted agencies of the Alliance.
2. Each Alliance Business Agent
shall be supplied by his Alliance with
an official seal of his Office, which seal
shall be used only in thetatransaction
of Alliance business. .,
sUB-ALLIANcE BUSINESS AGENTS.
1t shall be the duty Of the Sub.Alli.
ance Business Agent to make such
arrangements for trade as may be re.
quired by the needs of his Alliance,
and such business as he may be unable
to arrange for, in his locality, he shall
report to the Business Agent of his
County Alliance, who, if unable to
transact it, shall refer it to the State
Business Agent, or the said Sub-Agent
may apply directly to the State Agent
for aid in. the. matter. s
COUNTY ALLIANCE BUSINESS AGENTS.
1t shall be the duty of the County
Alliance Business Agent to make all
arrangements for trade, which cannot
be advantageously done by the Sub
Agents of his county, and it shall be
his duty to call all the Sub-Agents of
his county together, at least four times
in each year to consult and to devise
such plans as in their judgment may
be best for buying, exchanging and
selling. All such business as he may
be unable to arrange for, he shall refer
to the State Business Agent and ask
his aid.
STATE BUSINESS AGENT.
1t shall be the duty of the State
Business Agent to establish his Office
in the city of Raleigh, and to make
arrangements for the transaction of all
such business as cannot be done adj
vantageously by the Sub-Agents and
County Agents Of the State, and he
shall secure price lists of all goods,
merchandise or other things used by
the members of our order and furnish
the same to all Sub gents and County
Agents. He shall furnish the names
of manufacturers, merchants or other
dealers to the County and Sub-Agents,
only with the understanding that the
said names shall be communicated to
no one, unless such manufacturer,
merchant or dealer consents thereto.
He shall, at any time that he may
deem proper and expedient, call the
County Business Agents Of any section
of the State together, at such place as
he may designate, to consult as to the
business interests of such section. It
shall be his further duty to keep in
formed as to the best business plans
and methods adopted by the County
and Sub-Alliances and communicate
the same by circular or otherwise to
such other County or Sub-Alliances as
would in his judgment be benefited
thereby. In the purchase of COM
mercial fertilizers, he may make such
arrangements for credit as he. may
deem best, hit in no event shall this