The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-09-10

have several to initiate at orr no..
meeting. Our little band of farmors
are In good earnest and we ernoos
good results from our organization
We have Eve lodges in the CONT
and more viii soon organize. IT,
farmers intend TO shake off this letb
argy which has had hold on them f.,
10, these many years, and stand m
for their rights; and the only wav r.
accomplish anything is to be a nn;t
and fight with might and main al
these soulless combinations, trusts
&c. The crops in our county ara
badly cut off. We have had notbinc
but rain all the year, and our landSs
r low and very poorly drained
hence the cut off. Hoping that ali
good men of the farming class NAV
ere long fall In line with us and .wis5!
ing your valuable paper much sno.
cess, [ send herewith ten dollars ~
help swell your fast.increasinp sinh
scription list, and promise to stand nv
the guns until the last trust shall cave
in or burst"
Miss etatT. amember of Jericho
Alliance, No, l,l62, SDavie COUNTY
writes that, like most of the otbsr
Alliances, they are moving forward
slowly but surely. "The profits a.
yet, seem to be very small, but aS
great bodies move slowly, we must not
expect great results too early. The
organization has done.a great deal to.
wards harmonizing and bringing
about q community of feeling. +
causes thespeople to realize, as never
before, that they "be brethren" and
that they are, in some sense, interde.
pendent upon each other; and instead
Of such a feeling being b~urdensome
it is rather one of comfort. W. are
persuaded that the Alliance will prove
. blessing to the land in more WAYS
than one We can already see its
good effects on society, to say nothing
of its economic features. Our ALI.
ance will not use the obnoxious lutte
bagging to wrap their cotton this
year; but we won't need much of anv
kind, as the crop is very short. Other
crops are very good, however, consid.
ering the very wet weather. Quite a
number of our Alliance takes The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER and none should
be withoutit it.
The Mississippi State Alliance
met at Jackson on the 18th ult. and
was a splendid representative BODY.
The reports show 1,346 Alliances,
with al aggregate membership of
$4,000, and that the order, financially
and otherwise is in admirable con.
dition. Bro. Loves term as Presi.
dent having expired by limitation,
Bro. Robt. G. Patty, one of the truest
and best men in all the South, was
chosen as his successor. We heartily
congratulate the order in Mississippi
ON placing this able and elegant gon,
tleman in a position where the force
of his intellectual gifts, his sterling
loyalty and high character may be
felt. Among other things, the Ali.
ance adopted the, following recon.
mendations to the Legislature: "That
money be appropriated by the State
to encourage foreign Immigration;
that so much of the convict labor as
is necessary be employed in running
a bagging factory as a State enter.
prise; that railroads, banks, etc., be
required to pay Gd ValOrem instead of
q privilege tax; urging a law estab.
fishing a State agricultural bureau,
and providing for the teaching of
agriculture in the public schools; that
the next Legislature call a constitu.
.tional convention; that a law be
adopted requiring an inspection on
hoof of all beef cattle" Verify, the
farmers are moving and are waking
up the South.