The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26
RESOLUTIONS.

-Resolved, That we the Farmers All
ance, No. 271, at Motion, do heartily an
prove the bill before the Legislature Of
North Carolina making the elective fran
chlse dependent upon the payment of the
capitation tax every year.
AT a recent meeting of Deep River
Alliance, No. 737, Randolph county. =
series of resolutions were adopted de-
nouncing and protesting against the adj
mission of pauper immigrants into the
ports of the United States, and requesting
the present General Assembly to Instruct
our representatives In Congress to use
their best endeavors to prevent the food
ing OF tins country with the diseased, pau
per ofscourings of the world. IS
Mount OliVet Alliance, No. 46g
Franklin county, in Lodge assembled Feb
ruary 10th, 1889, endorsed the petition
made to the Legislature by Osgood ALI
ance, of Chatham county, in regard to the
enacting of a law requiring every man
before casting a vote at elections to show
his poll tax receipt for each year interven-
ing between said election and election
next proceeding the one at which he offers
to vote when required to dose.
-ReSogved, That we request the North
Carolina Legislature to pass, the bill pre-
sented by Senator Payne requiring an
funds raised for education by the taxation
of white polls and, white peoples property
be appropriated to the education of white
children and funds raised from taxation of
cOlOred poll and property to the education
of colored children. RESOLVED, That we
solicit Subordinate Alliances in North
Carolina to unite with us in these resolu-
tons as we deem them all important.
ta-OakviHe Alliance, No 461, of Warren
county, passed the following resolutionss
LIST. That we favor the sacking of fertili-
zers in cotton sacks, and hat in our pur-
chases we will give the preference to fer
tilizers thus put up. I'd. That we oppose
any advance in the price of fertilizers over
the prices of last year, and that we. will
make and use homemade compost rather
than submit to any rise in the price. 3D.
That we will not purchase any fertilizers
from any company which refuses to dead
with the Agents OF the Alliance. 4th-
That we deem it a matter of great i'm
portance that ali Alliance men determine
to cooperate heartily IN this action, and
to stick together to the bitter end in
carrying out their resolutions.
At a regular meeting of Peeler ALI
ance, Nc. 1872, of Rowan county, JAN
uary 26th, 1889, the following resolutions
were adopted: Whereas, 1t seems that o
trust has been formed to extort exorbitant
prices on guano and other, fertilizers;
therefore we the members of Peeler Alli-
ance, No. 1872, of Rowan county, do
hereby Resolve, To use no more guano or
fertilizers until the present quoted prices
be reduced to what they were last yean-
ResOlved further, That any member or
members of this Alliance who shall will
fully violate the above resolution shall be
to be dealt with by this Alliance.
Reso1ved further, That we ask the coop
Grafton Of all Alliances and all other farmer
organizations throughout the different
States to resist oppression.
AT a regular meeting of the Farmers
Alliance No. 1,Ol8, held at Augusta, N.
c., Feb. 18th, 1889, the following pre-
amble add resolutions were unanimously
adopted: Whereas, it has been currently
reported that the prices of various brands
of fertilizers have been materially adj
vanced; and whereas, this advance in
price is believed to be due to the forma-
ton of a fertilizer trust; and whereas, the
use of commercial fertilizers under cir
cumstances other than the most favorable,
to price and quality, is, to say the least,
of doubtful utility, therefore be it Re
That we will not buy a pound of
manipulated fertilizer at an advance over
last years prices; RESOLVED, THAT in lieu OF
usually purchased, we will care
fully husband the resources of the home
supply; Reso1ved, That we respectfully
the hearty and united cooperation
not only'of Sub-Alliances throughout the
country, but of all persons everywhere
who, in any way, use a commercial fertili-
ger, to the end that this trust may be COM
PEELED to follow in the wake of the jute
bagging trust; Reso7red, That a copy Of
these resolutions be sent to The Dazzle
Times and THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, with
a request that they be published. Re-
That newspapers in sympathy
with the farmers be~requested to copy the