The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24

eff TT you may make or pan you m y
devise for the aTnP4ioratbon of the cun,ll-
ton Of cur perple, or to redress the
wrongs of the long-sufering and patent,
but over-burdened farmers aid laborers'
of t e country, and that our C mmitsee 0n
operative tr de be and they are hereby
eh; rged with the bearing of this com
munication to said meeting"
Given under my hand and seal Of said
ass ociation the dav and date abovewr item.
JOAN P. STEELE, Sec'y.
From the National Farmers Alliance:
ST. LOUIS December, 3. 1889,
To the TURNER'S and Laborers' Union IT
america:
gENTLEMEN:-The Matt nal Farmers
Alliance, in convention assembled, have
duly elected a comm .ttee OF conference
consisting of nine members, to meet with
a ike cmmittee from your organizat on.
Pres. Nat. Farmers Alliance.
Committee from the National Alliance
of the Northwest was her announced in
waiting. Bros. L. F. Livingston, of
Georgia, Mann Page, of Virginia, and
L. L. Polk, of North Carolina, were ap-
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ing committee and seat them on the plat
form. After an interchange of views the
committee retired, and on motion the
following committee on conference was
appointed to confer with the National
Alliance of the Northwest;
. II. W. Hickman, Missouri; Mitchell,
South Carolina; Page, Virginia; Glover,
Kansas; Lybrand, Arkansas; Patty, Miss
i.sippi; Tucker, Tennessee, Anderson,
Texas; anu Morgan, Louisiana.
Also the following committee was ap-
pointed to confer with the Mutual Benefit
Association: H. ~.: -
Davis, Missouri; Clayton, Louisiana;
Gowan, Tennessee; Bird, Alabama; and
Worth, North Carolina. CO.
President Jones delivered his annual
address: . 8.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. "
70 the Officers and Members Of the Farm
ers' and Ldb0rerS' Union of America,
Greeting.
DEAR BRoTHERs-This is certainly an
suspicious occasion, it being the first
meeting of our organization; an organi-
zation that to day stands without a peer
in its influence for good-not to the
farmers and laborers' only, that you rep
resent, but to every legitimate and neces-
sary interest of a free and independent
government; and upon the perpetuation of
its principles and their influence upon our
our people depend the. prosperity and
liberty of all classes and the stability and
power Of our nation. An organization
whose Fundamental principles are foun-
ded upon equity and justice and whose
cardinal doctrines inspire peace on earth,
a love Of liberty and good will to all
mankind an organization whose rise
and progress is without a parallel, and
aud which is destined 10 no distant day &c
embrace the entire agriculture and labor
ers' of the world, and whose power and
influence shall protect their liberty and
from the e~ncroachment of rings,
trusts ard soulless combinations, which
are absorbing all of the profits of lab or,
and thereby paralyzing the industries of
our country.
The wonderful growth Of our order
the brief period of ten years, and
the rapid strides it has taken in establish
ing its v-rious business enterprises, based
upon fair and equitable principles, have
had a salutary influence upon commerce
and excited the admiration and respect of
the business world.
It has also aroused the hostility of the
greedy and avaricious trusts, rings and
monopoliStic combinations to such an ex-
tent that great and persistent efforts are
put forth by them to thwart us in every
attempt at reform or effort to correct the
prevailing evils that now environ and
threaten the destruction of our industrial
Ours is 10 common effort. We are
approaching a period of social and politi-
cal development that will test the wisdom
and patriotism of our whole people, and
will demand the most guarded and IN
sentative action of our greatest statesmen.
The veal or woe of our nation depends
upon the intelligent action of the indus
trial and conservative classes through
organization, education and cooperation.
Brethren, in view of the above facts,
and recognizing you as representing the
intelligence of the various State ~organiza-
tion in this, our highest legislative body
"a creature of the National Farmers
Alliance and Cooperative Union of
America and the National Agricultural
Wheel, the consolidated power and in
huence Of which makes it one of the
creates st or, anizations in the world), would
call your attention to the gravity, mag
and importance of this occasion,
and impress upon you the necessity of the
most guarded, intelligent and conserva-
tive action.
CONSOLIDATION
1t is an evident fact that to free our
industrial classes from the expressions
that now prevail so universally, it will
a perfect concert of action of all
sections; therefore, one of the most i'm
portant subjects to be considered by tbs
is a basis of union or cooperation
with all kindred organizations, and where
as there have been ne gotiations between
the National Farmers Alliance and the
Farmers Mutual Benefit Association of
the Northwestern States, looking to a