The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-28

Resozved, That the President of the
National Alliance be authorized to
| appoint a committee of one from each
State, upon whom shall devolve the
execution of this work; and said COM
mittee be empowered to prepare all
necessary plans for the work and to
| execute the TINE
Respectfully submitted,
J. F. PAYNE,
r. J. SLEDGE,
RoBT. PATTY.
Resolution of J.. H. Beeman, of
Mississippi, adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t has come to the
knowledge of this body that in the
State of Mississippi measures have
been inaugurated and plans adopted
by which a covering for cotton is to
be manufactured temporarily from
iute butts, but with the declared in
tention Of the projectors and man.
ayers to change as early as possible to
pine leaf fiber as a material out Of
which to make said covering, and if
this should be found to be impractical
BILE, then it is their intention to use
cotton for making said covering +;
therefore
ResozUed, That we urge upon the
brotherhood in Mississippi to change
their plans of action so as to use at
once cotton in the manufactured ma
terial in which to wrap cotton, unless
their plans have arrived at that stage
of maturity that change cannot be
Immediately effected without injurious
results. j. H. BEEMAN.
Motion that a committee of three
be appointed on finance: Patty of
Mississippi, Buchanan of Tennessee,
Bone of Alabama.
Resolution sending greeting to
Northwestern Alliance read and
adopted.
WHEREAS, The Irvine combine has
uniustly, and without n single
reason, increased the price of Irvine,
thereby affecting seriously u farmer
brothers of the Northwest; Therefore
be it
Resozved, BY the NationaI Alliance,
the National Agricultural Wheel, and
the Farmers Union, now assembled
in convention at Birmingham, Ala,
that we extend to the Northwest ALI
acne our earnest and heartfelt sym
pathy, and hoping for their speedy
success, we send them brotherly greet
ing, and wish them G~od,speed in their
undertaking.
Offered by Linn Tanner.
The following committee on cotton,
as suggested by the cotton committee
of the Farmers and Laborers Union,
and adopted by this body, was ap-
pointed by G.. W. Macune, the Presi-
dent of the National Farmers ALI
ance and Cooperative Union of Amer
lea: R. J. Sledge, Kyle, Texas; A. 7.
Hatcher, Grand Cane, La; R. G.
Patty, Macon, Miss; L. P. Feather
stone, Forest City, Ark; L. M. Don
aldson, Greenville, S. c.; j. H, Payne,
Fulton, KY; B. M. Hord, Nashville,
Tenn; Oswald Wilson, Jacksonville,
Fla; w. j. Northern, Sparta, Geor-
gia; R. F. Kolb, Montgomery Ala;
j. F. Payne, Alma, N. G.
President Macune announced that
Brothers Patty, of Mississippi, and
| Payne, of North Carolina, having re-
quested that they be excused from
serving on the cotton committee, he
had appointed in their places S. B.
Alexander, Charlotte, N. c., and w.
R. Lacey, Winona, Miss.
The resolution was passed, unani,
mously, requesting President G. W.
Mucune, of the n. F. A. and @. y. Of
A, President Isaac McCracken, of the
National Agricultural Wheel, and S.
M. Adams, of this body, to join in q
proclamation requesting that tie
county Alliances, county Wheels, and
county Unions in all the cotton-grow
ing States be requested to assemble
on the second Tuesday in June for
the purpose Of adopting efficient means
for carrying out and rendering effec-
tive the action taken by their dele
gates and representatives at this meet
ing. g
On motion, a resolution of thanks
was rendered the citizens Of Birming.
ham for their hospitable welcome to
the convention.
The report of the cotton committee
as a whole, embracing the different
subjects that had been reported to the
body from time to time, and showing
that they had performed their duties
well and faithfully, and that great re-
search and investigation had been
used in arriving at their mature con-
clusions, was received and adopted by
the body with an expression of
thanks for their faithful and efficient
services.
Onmotion, H. P. Bone was appointed