The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-03-05

to The PROGRESSIVE FARMER for publica-
ton, and request all Alliances t~hrouoho,1t
the State to join in said petition.
Hills Chapel Farmers Alliance. No
852, Lincoln county, at its last meetino
passed the following resolutions: RI
sotUed, That we ascertain through THk
PROGRESSIVE FARMER if there is a law I'm
existence for the punishment of persons
forming trusts, pools and all sorts of COM
binations against the prosperity and well
fare of the Farmer. End. That if such law
does not exist, that we ask the Legisla-
ture of North Carolina to pass some Law
for the protection of the farmer against
such conspiracies. [Yes, the bill has just
passed. -EDIToR.
-ResoEved by Oak Dale Alliance, No.
So, that a letter published in the Atlanta
Constitution, February 18th, 1889, and
written by John P. Fort, of the State of
Georgia, is hereby acknowledged as an able
explanation on the question of fertilizers
and this Alliance desires The PRoeREssTyE
FARMER, our State organ, and the Smith
field Herald, our county paper, to re-pub-
fish the same, and our Secretary is hereby
asked to send to Mr.. Fort All acknowledge
ment of our appreciation of his efforts in
behalf of the farmers of this county, with
a copy of these resolutions.
-Rockfsh Alliance, No. 846, of Duplin
county, at a late meeting passed the fox
lowing: ReSOlVed, That we would be
glad to hear from other Alliances in the
State on the feasibility of starting a fer
tilizer factory by the State and County
Alliances, so as to be independent of trusts
combines and the Unsuitable greed of spec
~ulators, and on the great question Of
keeping up and improving the fertility Of
the soil, which, in this country, is para
mount in Importance to all others and he
who impedes this great object, to satiate
selfish greed, is no patriot, but an enemy
to the best interests of the country. Let us
hear through The Progressive FARMER.
At the last meeting of Cokesburv
! Alliance No. l34, Harnett county the
following preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted: Whereas, Guan0
is claimed by the merchants to be higher
than it was last year, and whereas, there
is a constant forming of trusts and monop-
olies to bear down on the farmer and rob
him OF his hard-earned living; therefore
be it RESOLVED lSt That we will not use
any standard guano that costs more than
300 pounds of cotton, or any acid that
costs more than 200 pounds of cotton per
ton, to be paid in the fall. End. That
rather than pay more than above men-
toned, we will not use a pound during
the year 1889. Ord. That we will stand
to and abide by the rules and resolutions
passed by this Alliance.
AT a meeting of Little River Alliance.
No. 1,074, Orange county, held February
23d, the following preamble and resolu-
| tons were unanimously adopted: Where
as, The fundamental principles of the
Farmers Alliance are united action, CO
operation and combination against middle
men, trusts, rings and monopolies; there
| fore be it ReSolved, That we this day, in
Alliance assembled, do individually and
collectively, without ~abridging our per-
| sonal liberties or restricting our private
rights, pledge our support and patronage
to the warehouse in the town of Durham,
N. c., known as the Farmers Alliance
Warehouse, for the sale of leaf tobacco,
established for the protection of our in
terests and thei interests of all farm
ers and laboring men. End. That
| we Will use our uOueSL ~SnQ6aVOFS 10
persuade all of our brother farmers to
patronize the same, and that we will turn
a deaf ear to the beguiling inducements of
other houses to tempt US to divert our
trade to them and by so doing thereby
break down our institutions. 3rd. That
it shall be our chief end and aim to zeal
ously and watchfully guard, protect, and
uphold all our institutions, and that we
will not give countenance or support to
any organization, public or private, that
by word or Iced shall endeavor to damage
Q: injure u calling as a body, and in the
words of the Constitution, granting
honesty Of purpose and good intentions to
others, protect the principles of the ALI
ance unto death"