The South western news., 1889-02-13
THE ALLIANCE EXPLAINS.
The Official Organ of the Alliance
Talks of the Jackson Business.


Alliance fully explains the cause
which led to the resignation Of Pres
ident Robert Ii jackson, of the
State Alliance.
In long letter to the editor of
the Alliance, Mr.. Jackson quotes
this paragraph from a previous
copy ofthe Alliance;
Take for example the county
which pays no stock into the ex-
change. This county will have all
the rights of voting on business per-
tanning to the exchange that coun>
ties have which have paid in their
full amount as assessed under the
schedule of ability"
Replying to this, Mr.. jackson
says:
Now, if the above was true you
would be right, but We are not
working on the assessment plan.
The original Texas plan was an as
sessment, but we changed that plan
and made it Sub-Alliance plan,
so that all could be interested and
benefited.
Mr.. jackson illustrated his point
in this way:
Now Tor an example, if Pinewood
sub alliance has one huadred mems
bers, and only one member can
pay our pro rata share, still the
lodge represented in the exchange,
and all of its members, ninety-nine
poor and one rich member, share
alike in the benefits of the exchange.
In this way by the transaction of
their business, making the exchange
the exchange of the Farmers Allr
ance of Georgia and every member
having the same privilege. Speak
ing the same things, bound togeth-
er under the same charter rights,
co operating together.
Now, MIR. Editor, according to
your expression none will share the
benefits of the exchange except
those who ply in their money. An
eXcha"gc organized! a monopoly to
benefit Il few; created to be'ciit the
rich and down the many. Now, |
say, let the working of the ex-
change he so constructed rs to ben>
eft every member Of the order, and
five do not, then, in my opinion,
it will fall Of its own weight. l
know that we have talent and mon
ey enough to establish just what we
need. All that is necessary is to
identify our people and let them
see that it is to their interest, and
then we will have no trouble about
the money. Please do away with
the idea of assessment and subsi-
tute sub>alliance, and when every
surveillance takes an interest we
will have avery member interested
instead of the few, and then the
grand mission Of the order will
work like a charm. | will never
be content till we have a working
exchange, and that, too, for the
benefit of every man, woman and
child in the state.
This seems to be Mr.. Jackson's
ultimatum.
In the same issue the Southern
Alliance comes back at Mr.. Jack.
son editorially in this spicy style:
President Jackson does not OBJ
iect to the establishment of state
exchange, so he says in his previous
letter, Gut he does object to the plan
upon which the Georgia exchange
it is to be conducted We like the
plan because it is a plan that exact
ly suits the people who pay in the
funds to run the institution A plan
that is agreeable to the people who
own an enterprise is always agreea.
BILE to us. 10 other words, we never
put our judgment against that Of an
entire state, say they are all wrong
md we are right. Modesty ifnoths
ing else, would forbid. Now we
would like to ask the question, how
many men AIliancemen, we mean
object to the plan? Every one is
pleased with the plan so tar as we
know. We have heard of no obs
jections to the plan from any one
except Brother Jackson. We subs
mitted the plan to 9. w. \ acune.
president OF the National alliance,
and he pronounced it the best plan
he had seen. In fact il is a good
plan, plan wrought out by the
talent of Georgia's farmers. and in
the face Of all this Brother jackson
feels that the people ought to fit up
an Office in Atlanta and have him
buy guano for them, theyIpaying him
Hya canfc opio1o OH probo 10