The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-02-01
Farmers Organisations,

iOt m0VtOu III tuo otm DCP1ttmcut
on the first page, which shows q
steady advance along this line by
farmers South and West. Eastern
farmers are slow to adopt measures
to help themselves, but in time the
tide which is steadily swelling will
reach the East. Emigration flows
from East to West. Westward the
star of empire take its way" but
progress advances from the West.
These movements seem to be gov
erned by natural laws, as they al
ways move on these cross lines.
Mr.. McCune gives some account
of the progress of the Alliance and
other farmers organization in the
South. the magnitude of which will
surprise most of our readers. There
are two farmers organizations in
this county, the Elkton Grange and
Cecil Farmers Club. These organ
izations are very unobtrusive and
retiring, working in modest way
with no attempts to proselite or in
crease the force which is required to
do the work they contemplate. AT
the last meeting of the Club Mr..
John R. Bond advanced some strong
suggestions in his essay counseling a
more aggressive policy than has been
pursued heretofore. A few extracts
from which will serve to point the
trend of thought which is moving
even our conservative farmers.
"This is the age of trusts and
pools, and it is necessary to our sal.
walton that we organize by districts,
by counties, by states and in a
national council presiding over the
whole to keep the ground under our
feet. We should be represented in
the councils of the states and the
nation. We should have an agricul.
tural bureau and it should be cab
met Office presided over by thor
oughly educated practical farmer"
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"Farmers when they meet seem to
be like two positive poles charged
with electricity. they come together
but to fly apart. This should not
be, we want to cohere."
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1.-THE most imperative requirement
is to organize in some form for our
mutual protection. We have the
Knights of Labor pointing us the
way. We must protect ourselves
against these combinations of capital
in the form Of trusts and monopolies
or die. The ball 10 now started, let
it roll on gathering such a body that
becoming an avalanche, it will sweep
all the vile trusts and monopolies
out of our land"
The sentiments advanced by Mr..
Bond were highly commended by the
members OF the Club. But good
wishes and hearty approval alone
will do nothing. They will not al.
vance good cause an iota. Action
must supplement good intentions.
The members of the The Cecil Farm.
ers' Club are the very men of all
others, in the county to give force
and direction to the sentiments so
cordially endorsed. They are intel
ligent men, standing at the front
among farmers of the county and
state. They have had practice in or.
ganization and parliamentary train.
ing and could, if they would, establish
farmer organizations and put them
in working order. The material is
already at hand for this purpose.
No new formulas are needed. There
are several National organizations
of Farmers, two of which have be-
come firmly established and are max
ing their efforts felt in State legisla
lures and in the National Congress
at Washington. These are the Pa
irons of Husbandry and the Farmers
Alliance. Let the members of the
Club take hold and organize local
Alliances or Oranges as they see ft,
and place themselves in communi.
cation with these great and powerful
associations which are expanding
and increasing in influence and
numbers every day. They embrace
in their membership many of the
ablest men in the country.
The following are some of the i'm /.
portant questions discussed by these
associations at their meetings in