The Russellville Democrat., 1889-09-19
The Farmers, Alliance.
FoRr sMIrn. Ark., Sept. lO.

FoRT SMITH, Ark, Sept. 10. Editor DEMOCRAT:
 In your last issue of the DEMOCRAT I read with some interest, commu nication from my old friend, J. c Bonds.
 am glad that Clark is like thou sands of other iarmcrs--beginning to sec and realize their situation Farmers can and must economlze, must think and act for themselves, must keep their own accounts, must keep out of debt, must not give a mortgage on anything, must assist each other, must council with each other, and stick together.
 Unless the farmers of these Unit ed States do not stop their present mode of managing, it will not be 5O years before all the valuable land will be in the hands of the moneyed men of this government; and not only moneyed men of this govern ment, but vast amounts will be m the hands of foreign capitalists There is today, thousands of foreign dealers on American soil
 cannot soy, ::u Gnis short letter, what 1 wish to say in this short let ter, but 1 ask the farmers and other laboring men to stop, think. look and see the thousands all over :his cnun- try, everywhere you may go, without home, without shelter, without money, their children growing up Tn rags and dirt and Tn ignorance, get ting ready to fill the jail and peni- tentiary. I will halt on this dark picture and come back to Clark's let. ter again.
 He spoke of the Grange, Brothers of Freedom and Wheel; they had not brought about the. necessary change, etc. That is all so, but all of these have done some good. You remember the first temperance or ganizatlon2 What slight remarks were made about it! The first one did it's work and passed out, and so did all the other ones, each one ac- complishing some good, until now the temperance cause IS, to a great extent, controlled by law. So, if the labor people will organize with de termination to better theIr condition, they can do so.
 The trouble with such organiza- tions as the Grange, Wheel, etc, is that the members allowed political men to get in, and it was not long after these politicians got in until they became leaders, and they used these labor organizations to secure their election and to have their friends elected. The Grange and Wheel still live, but they have lost their influence.
 I want to say right here that there is an organization now living, grow ing and spreading all over our land, that has never had politics Tn it, has no politics in 1t today and It has been in existence for ten years, and will never admit politics. It has saved, and is saving millions of dol lars to those who belong to It. It is the only organization that ever"bust- ed" trust company the Jute Trust Company. We co operate in everything. We are, to some extent, handling our produce, buying direct from the factory, and want to sell our produce direct to the consumer. -I will have to close, and tell you more about thIs organization in the future, but before I close l want to tell the farmers that this is the Farm CTS Alliance.
 If you wish to organize yourselves into lodge you can have a chance, as we have organizers ready to at tend to every call. l want to say especially to my old friends in Pope that am State Organizer, and would take a delight in organizing old Pope. For any information address me at Fort Smith.
 (Now, Mir. Editor, if you please, give this room in your valuable pa per. I know you are ln sympathy with the farmers and know from whence cometh your bread and but ter.) am yours most obedient,
 J. c. RYE.