The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-11

submit, for with all the facts before
them they best know what Is best t(
be done.
Now would say the alliance has
NO CLASS FEELING.
We don't care who represents us, so far
as his vocation is concerned. | recog,
nize that the upright and honest man OF
business is worthy our respect aud ap.
probation. But there is a kind OF
merchants / do oppose. | mean those
that do not deal honestly with either
their customers or those from whom
they themselves purchase their goods.
There are other men who don't pay their
debts as well as the farmer, Every retail
dealer who fails to pay for his goods
raises the prices paid by the farmer.
You know it.
We propose to remedy this by starting
a State Exchange; to have every mem
Der give 81 absolutely into a common
fund. 1t would amount in this State to
about 100000. Then select the best mail
you have got in your sub,alliance as a
trustee, and another good man for sub
business agent. Then you will have
BUREAU OF INFORMATION
unconnected with any interests except
your own.
You wouldn't then have to depend on
reports OF the cotton crop sent out by
Wall street gamblers. You notice they
never fail to make the crop too large by
500, 900 bales or so, and they say its all
the farmers fault; that he comes into
his merchants store to get more goods
on credit, and tells him his crop is splen-
did--a bale to the acre when he knows
he won't make half a one, etc.
Well, we propose to have bureau Of
information that will have the facts to
deal with. Every sub-alliance will make
up its report for the section it covers,
and every member is bound to report
truly the condition of MS crops, Ior bis
| neighbors are there and know as well as
he what he is doing, and the County Al
lance receives the reports from the SUBJ
alliances, makes up one for the County
| and sends to the State.
In August your State agents will all
meet. They will have before them full
and accurate reports from AL the States,
and will know all the facts outside the
statements of Wall street manipulators.
FIXING THE PRICE
Farmers hitherto have never had any
thing to say about the price of their
products. The dealer will say "Well,
your needn't sell if you don't want to. !"
As we'll tell starving man he needn't
eat if he don't want to, when one. knows
he has got to eat to live,
What is the reason through the ALI
! ance farmers can't fix the price of their
cotton? There is no reason in the worI.t.
The members of the sub-alliance cal
come up and make note, and secure it
by mortgage on their cotton. Then
the representatives of the alliance can
borrow money on the cotton, make al
lowances to the farmer and hold it until
it can be sold at the right price.
When the State Business Agents meet,
they may decide from all the reports be-
fore them as to the crop, etc., to say
hold your cotton for 124 or Is cents per
pound on basis of middling. Then in
the way have suggested you can do it
in your own warehouses.
By 50 doing we are makingn no war on
anybody, but simply attending to our
own business.
WHEN WE CAN CORNER THE CROP
we can make the price. would like to
see the color of the mans hair who will
dare speculate in cottoI. wien the farm
ers corner the crop.
There is no need of enmity or conflict
unless other classes force it. There is
no one have met anywhere who denies
that we can do this if we can control
the crop; but they say: "fou cent get
the farmers to stick" Doggoned if it
isn't SANDER on us farmers.
All we have got to do is to make
stand and be unit. We may make a
mistake. Everybody makes mistakes.
But are you going to cry like you had
stubbed your toel Why not get up and
try it again?
THE ORDERS WONDERFUL PROGRESS.
Referring to the progress of the alli-
rance Mr.. Terrell described its origin,
and stated that while It's principles Were
formulated and The present system of
organization adopted but four years ago,
it now had about {, 100000 members Of
people enlisted under its banner. New
members we're rushing into the sub
alliances in the upper part of South
Carolina every week, and be thought
the membership in the State would be
50, 900 before he could get through his
tour here.
Continuing he said: 'lf we don't Or.
ganize