The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-05-30
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
What the Organization Proposes to Do--A
Declaration from Headquarters.

What the Organization Proposes to Do--A
Declaration from Headquarters.
(From the Atlanta Journal.)
Hon. r. 81. Jackson, President Of the
Farmers Alliance of this State, is in the
city to-day.
A Journal reporter, desirous of keep
ing the readers of the Journal posted IN
regard to the movements of this great
organization, asked Mr.. Jackson how it
was progressing.
"We now have forty thousand men,
bers in Georgia, and when you remem-
Der that We began to organize about the
first OF March, this shows remarkable
growth, and before the present year ex-
pires We will have in Georgia cne hun
dred thousand members. Our organiza-
ton is not ouly great in Numbers, but is
compact and solidifed by common
purpose, and that is to greatly improve
our condition.
"We are desirous of knowing, Mr..
Jackson, what syou are teaching your
members in the way OF improvements
"Well, said be, "frst, we are using
our utmost influence to get our farmers
(members of the order to diversity their
crops, and as result, in all sections
where we have a foothold, there is at
least one-third more corn planted than
last year, and in few yearswe hope to
have our members, each and every one,
self-sustaining. Another thing we are
doing is to reduce the cost of articles OF
necessity"
"Our plan is to get bids from respon-
sible merchants to furnish our members
with goods at lowest price for cash and
on time, and il sold on time We stand
each others security, and thus making
the dealer safe, he can afford to make
his per cent. small.
"But," continued Mr.. Jackson, "What
We have done and are doing is as moth
ing compared to our plans for the
future. To give give you an idea Of
this, I will mention what the Alliance in
Texas has already accom- phshed, viz:
Established an agency for handling the
commerce OF its members. Members OF
the Alliance ship their cotton to this
agency and buy their goods from it.
Only the cost OF handling the cotton is
charged them, and in the purchase of
goods they are only charged cost Of
manufacture and freight. Within a
year Georgia will have several OF these
agencies"
Your plan, if carried to its full extent,
will do away with the necessity of having
any merchant, except your own agen-
cies, We suggested. "You do not intend
to do this?"
81 am OF opinion" said Mr.. Jackson,
''that we are on the eve of commercial
revolution. The farmer has been pluck
ed so often and for SO long time that
he is going to rise up in self-defence and
make revolution and its influence will
be felt all over the country. You may
be sure it is coming. We hope to have
all the farmers in the South in our organ
ization, and they will buy from our sgen-
cies and ship their produce to them:
There will likely be one in Atlanta and
another in Savannah, with sub-agencies
in every county. In Western Georgia
we have already commenced this busl-
ness on small scale. We have Alliance.
stores, and do not trade with any other,
even il the others try to bait US with
lower prices.
sAnd" said Mr.. Jackson in conclusion,
'there are other things which we will do
that may startle people who think the
farmer has been ridden until he no longer
resists. Wait and see.