The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-02-08

Court Hsuse lask Friday. Ia the morning
their proceedings were With closed doors,
q ususl. apd net being one Of the initiated
We can Nv nothing ofwhst transpired, sim
ply bscsuss Ne don't know.
In the aftetnosn, however, an Invita- ion
was sxtsnded g the public to listen to q,
address ftsY pr. 8. J Hester, the business
manssSk q S(ottsctor This invitation We
knss nsgti n funsjl The address was closed,
consequently We did not hear It. The GER
respondents tof the Nsses and Courier, who
has but little more to employ his time than
to be ON the slookout for something new and
peculiar, vas there, however, and we sx-
tract the following from his report Of it to
that journal
He began by saying that il was NO ones
fault that the farmers were not prosperiug
but their own. To bring about change
there must DO organization among the farm
ers, and that the desired end could not be
perfected in o short while, but that it would
take time. trouble aud pat ence to make it
q success" He told the farmers they had
made eight billion dollars worth Of cotton
since the war, and that they were not worth
one dollar more to-day than at the close Of
the war. He said the farmers had eaten
this amount Of money up in bacon aud corn,
and now ought to weight twenty-five tons
apiece, but instead they were the sorewniest
set Of men he ever saw.
He also told them they would have to raise
moro supplies At home to meet the ever in
creasine demands made upon them, and he
distinctly Wished It to be understood that
the Alliance was not in any way opposed to
any profession or industry. What they
wished 20 see was an equality of dividends.
The capitalists arc receiving annually from
their Investments large per cent, when
the poor farmer scarcely realize two per
cent, and they intended to get "things even."
The farmers really have the world under
their control. The Alliance Of the entire
Southern States intend to hold their cotton
until they can get fair price for it-more
than II cost to make it.
In the first paragraph the DR.. gives
true statement Of our Farmers past and
present condition, and what they must ex-
peot TO encounter before they "weigh" any
nore than they do now, financially. We
have been telling them the very same things
for many years, but it made no moro i'm
preston on them than pouring water on =
ducks back We sincerely hope the Dr's
words will be received as mandate, and
that the Alliance will make it imperative
upon each one Of its members to raise all
the bacon, corn, oats, wheat and hay, re-
quirsd upon the farm. Then, And not until
thss, will they "sss IN squslisy OF divI-
dends" and their poskstbooks weighing
heavier. Then, and not till then, will "ths
Alliances Of the entire Southern States BIZ
ABLE to hold their cotton until they can
get . fair price for It,"
So long as the Southern Farmers only
work seven or eight months in the year and
employ the Western and North western Par
mers, who have to work twelve months in Q
year. to,rsiss supplies for them, and pay the
railroads fer bringing those supplies to
them, It will bs cut Of the power Of the
Southern Cotton planters to "hold their cot
ton" one day lo.gsr than " hen their supply
bills fall due.
& TN t3|ilpaa Wax w pASa iIdau aeA kiaa uss, s,
plies. bds one Of three things mus. be the
result; prompt payments to the merchants,
or tho nierchaats will be compelled to bor-
row msssJ to pay drafts as they fall due,
and add the interest to the Farmers ao-
counts and take mortgages to sesure it, or
the merohants must fail, with their safes
full Of bad and doubtful Alliance debts.
Whilsws acknowledge that the Farmers
srs right in forming Alliances 10 obtain,
their supplies as cheap a. possible, as
everybody else do, they will find, whom they
attempt to combine merchandising with
farming, that they are getting into very
deep and muddy waters.
lfthey wish to better their condition
through cheap supplies and keeping out OF
tbs grasping hands of railroad and other
combinations and trusts, each Farmer must
begin the good work on his own Farm, by
working to make the soil which God has
put under his control, for that very purpose,
yield him food and rainsnt. We believe al
firmly - we believe anything. that the
great reason why Southern Farmers are no,
more prosperous is, that they violate the
laws Of God and nature in that respect. He
has favored us with the soil, climate and
every ether requisite, above slmos. every
other people on tho globe, for producing r
everything necessary for our comfort and
prosperity, asd il We psrvert and dsspise
these gifts we must expect only the same
results which invariably follow tho violstion
Of the moral and physical laws in every
other calling and sosupasien.
We ask our farmers to read the article in
another CO lumn under the head Of "Ths
contrast between the cotton and grain belts" +"
Personals.