The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-23

anime these pages.1 =. :
There are seventeen hundred and
thirty-two Alliances up to date.
Capt. W. A. Darden, State Bust
ness Agent of the Farmers Alliance,
left yesterday for the city Of New
Bernie in response to a summons to
attend the Federal Court rs a juror.
"A brother informs US that three
Alliances, River Bend, Horse Shoe
Bend and Mt. Holly, have been oper-
ating the Mt. Holly Business Elk.
change since the 18th day Of March
last, and have during this time pur-
chased goods to the amount of $1,000
on very favorable terms. .ss,s
-Parkville Alliance, No. l,lO6, of
Perquimans county was organized in
August, 1888, and is composed of the
yeomanry of the community. The
meetings are made interesting by the
discussion of matters of vital interest
to the farming class. Lost two mem
bers by death during the winter just
ended. The membership have bought
no guano thus far and declare they
will not, until the price is reduced.
The Farmers Alliance, (says E.
H. Camp, in the North Georgia ALI
ance News,) is the best thing I ever
saw to bind men together, and | be-
lieve l a truthfully say that it is
doing much to elevate the minds and
morals of the people. The Alliance
seeks not the advantage of any people.
They want everything to sell ON its
own merits. They are opposed to
specializing ON futures, and they are
opposed to trust and monopolies of all
kinds. They desire nothing better for
themselves than anyone else. They
want all things equal and nothing un-
common. We want a government
free from class legislation, give all
men equal rights, rich or poor.
Bro. J. A. Harris, of Buncombe
county, says the Alliance in that Sec
ton of the State is oalive to it's in
terests. There are now twenty-seven
Alliances in the county. Buneombe
is a grand old county, the mother of
statesmen, also Of many noble tillers of
the soil. Here the farmers are united
for the first time in the annals of the
county, and if the people remain,
united much good will be accom-.
plished. Already it is said the A1li-
ance has saved the farmers many
thousand dollars. Our best farmers
are joining the Alliance every oppor-
tunity, and u prediction is Western
North Carolina will soon be solid, and
every good farmer throughout the
west will be a member of the order.
Let everyone, says. DR.. P. K.
Bethea, in Horny IS. CO. Advertiser,
adhere strictly to the principles Of this
grand organization, and in a short
time you will see the good effects Of
it. The Farmers Alliance was organ
lied to protect the farmer, the back
bone of our country. They need pro-
lection just as much as any other class
| of individuals. It is not the object Of
the Alliance to injure anyone. Let
| every Alliance discuss home indus
tries. Take up the bagging question
and let us have a bagging factory in
Horny. We are living in a progress
i've age, and who knows but what the
time is. not far distant when the
waters of the Waccamaw will turn
thousands of spindles.
1t is said by some, says the Green
vile (Ga.) Free Press, that the Alliance
in Merriwether county has not yet &C
complished much. This is a mistake.
While it is true that most of the farm.
iers are still more or less in debt, it is
also true that they would have owed
more had they not joined the Alliance,