The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-12-25
corrected, and additional delegates

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Paul A. Brown as a committee to meet
the committee from the Durham Board
of Trade at the door and escort them
to seats on the rostrum.
The committee on the second object
of the convention reported as follows,
which was laid over until after the
committee from the Board of Trade
had met with us:
awe, the committee appointed to
consider the advisability of establish
ing warehouses for the sale of leaf to-
bacco in the tobacco belt, beg leave to
submit the following: That we ad-
wise the establishing of Alliance
warehouses in the following towns,
to-wit: Durham, Danvflle, Raleigh,
Warrenton, and recommend the ones
already established at Oxford, Hen
derson and Reidsville, and we earnest
ly request all Alliance men to patron
ize them"
Respectfully submitted,
T. II. STREET, Chm'n.
The hour having arrived for the
reception Of the committee from the
Tobacco Board of Trade of Durham,
the committee retired and reported
the committee from said Board in
waiting.
The President called the convention
up, and ordered the committee to
enter with the delegation, which they
did, and seated our visitors on the
stand.
The delegation was composed of
the following gentlemen: Rev. Alex.
Walker, of Blackwell Durham Co.
Operative Tobacco Co.; George W.
Watts, of W. Duke, Sons & Co.; A.
K. Umstead, A. H. Stokes, Albert
Kramer, leaf dealers.
The President introduced the dele
cation t. the body and extended to
them the hand of welcome.
Rev. A. Walker, on the part of the
Board of Trade, thanked the onven
ton for the privilege of coming be-
fore them at this time, and bid us
God speed in the glorious work of
seeking to alleviate the suffering and
lift the burden of oppression from the
farmers of the land. He then spoke
of Durham as a tobacco manufacture
ing centre, stating that about II, O0O,-
600 pounds of tobacco were manufac-
tured in Durham annually; that these
factories could afford to pay more for
tobacco on the Durham market than
anywhere else in the world, and would
gladly do so if. the farmers would
bring 1t to this market. That if this
convention contemplated establishing
a warehouse anywhere, he earnestly
hoped they would do so in Durham,
and was authorized to say for the
Board of Trade, that they would pay
as much for tobacco on the Alliance
warehouse floor as any other floor in
the town.
Mr.. G. w. Watts then gave a few
practicable remarks, stating that if
this convention decided to open a
warehouse, the firm of which he was
a member, was anxious to have it here.
Mr.. A. II. Stokes said he was au-
thorized by the Fidelity Bank to say
that if the farmers wanted money to
run a warehouse, that Bank had
plenty of it and would gladly let them
have it.
The delegation then retired.
An informal, full and free talk was
then INDUCED in by the delegates on
the ACCESSIBILITY of establishing ware
houses, and much valuable informa-
ton gained from those already in
existence.
The convention then adjourned to 6
o'clock p. m.
NIGH SESSION.
The convention was called to order
at $50 o'clock by Vice-President Lee.
The following resolution was offered
by Mr.. Paul A. Brown:
Resolved-SEc. l. That we. open a
warehouse for the sale q. leaf tobacco
in the town Of Durham, N. c., to be
known as the Farmers Alliance Ware.
house.
Sec. Q. In order to conduct the
business, we authorize the making OF
a bond for ten thousand dollars, to be
used in conducting the business; the
bond to be made by volunteer assign.
ers from Subordinate Alliances or in.
dividual A~lliancemen.
Sec. 3. The business to be carried
on under the direction of a board OF
five directors to be elected by a con.
vention to be called for that purpose.
Sec. 4. The directors shall have the
employment of one man to be known
as warehouse men, and all other neces.
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