The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-10-10
HOW 1T WORKS IN aREENvILLE.
The Plan of Operations Of the Farmers
! Alliance Bureau: These,i
II i StoA ae g rtaiN St,neks

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~ HoA he srkiaiW stpeS
On a table in the room now used as an
office arc a: number, of. samples of-,t to-
.kaecb flour, sugar coffee, ,,IriUaj' grjts,
.mci,l, ,elc, which have been seut=to=Fhe
agent by pgetepsiH ths qty who viii
compete f9r the trade of the. Alliance
hiTGnaabhrrs.. 81" "Ath1mBdr ot farthefs We're in
the Office 3yeSieudtiy' andi:srHeral pur
chasffs f bay haYe alreadyibesn ma Wpadsithreqgh
The bureau.
+ s"Tbe rSpdjreH inqaired Of 9Dr: Mitchell
thc;methel t0be usedain;eondaetIngthe
ait IS tho ft rst plsdd6G, lzdG replied sid the e!sss5t ss5t,
:::the merchant seadslor haiids3 3toti4S Ia
written or printed price list oGhls goods.
Along with this he gives me a, number
of sdmplts of each article named :in\ the
ppioe list. ;I&wilbhaSe seHdraklarge tables
on WHICH to- edisplaX these samppteP, And
tile merchant QUOTES Che ardele,a aRd5tI
also mark ftha: samplajiwith, IA private
mark SO as to tell what firm the.,ssmple
belongs to: ~ 1 file the price lists away
|!forreference @henlthey are needed: by
the method 4 haye, ,panal yon can read
lily see that it is the best, plan. No one
but myself can tell by looking '6ter the
samples what firm, they belong to, and
only the price eIsthe4boI can be told by
a person iYhe might ssttemph4 10 get the
prices. Of rival merchants. ~,
f:..When %an Alliance! man deIftiug to
|ipurchase comes iafb theioffice,dg care
fully, selects from the. samples tho goods
be wants. He can, read the prices, and
knows wlfickar ME theapest ahd'%hFch
.suitsi:him best a;.teltst mepfba5 lie
wants certain goods, apd La. asI kneWwhat
firm sells that particular article by the
aratesiduoted, HWritd himlanorder't6lt
firm, telling them to let the ppp.rrfsih.aser
have the goods le. Yapts ar their quoted
ceent::di ttb6' p6rdhas&,I tadtd that eoes to
JilaEing up my DSslafy,D, 1.:stlHI .a.H
SDo; you exhibit yegI ~, %prief9 ,llSt TO
members Of the 'allihnceq'
i: ''Yss; if they asR'me for:the prloelist
of a certain frm they: have ithepEiTilsge
keab ihe cdhfeilits & g. !sectet:Ad Nohe Bit
alliance members lare GRANTED this privt-
lege, .Tnere. IS no CHANGE fer tEisHkeElyJy ts
Everybody, understands that the. OBJ
ject of thfi:bureau iS to'eause c6mpeH-
ton among .l:hefchautS j aad ,Ieheapen
prices, and ny-persoa- who inspects its
workings aap,see 3batsitris .thee elntsepsion
of the alliance and of the agent to
Give; every btisinesss2 tmrain' a fail chance
to get;ihisiishare of9trades afifodghdts
Br. Mitchells, sala;2fy lazy "ii2riiae Is placed at
81, 2O0:' Tits derived: asi helstatesi ftotn
an additional II per'c cent On The, goods
bought. by the farmer; who trades
through tie bureau Dr. Mitchell Keeps
a: blank book, Fand: when an: order ds
written: BY him ;hej also writes N on ;tte the
stub the name of the merchant to WHOM
the orderis given. PHsn thebasliiess man
pays: the agent the:peg cent Jchafgedou
the bill of goods purchased. TO. ;HlSee HfESee
the salary Of $1,000 at II per cent. the
bureau g < wiz viz baXe = d3sa yearly i9HslrssR
Cash is basis IL IL Which the bureau
\ works. Fheaalhance eamenberl pays cash
on the order,he obtains from the aggeesqtt3a ageesqqtt3a
lSpecial arrangements may be agreed
upon between the seller aud PURCHASES
| by which theAatter getMsl goods oa
itime, but that has nothing to do With
Ethe' bureau. Ills understood, Of course,
|rhat tile: blisaua dbes}no trading iasTself
| land is NOT therefore responsible foE apb
| thfSasa SHSS III III TbS bdfsd6 {s sfhpfY's
|Iplaoe where the tfarmer 6antcnme aasdt
get theii lowest pFiees riga 9poyBatq AsoKaMSsg n
without having to travel all over over, H4 the4
|lcity in search of ite.'1cEa'j '"2''''t |'ot