The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-14
THE RAGc1NG TRUST AGAIN.
K1NsroN, N. 81, April "a, 'S9.

hINSTON, IN. Wy ApIA ~,
Mr.. EDIToR:-We are informed that
the Bagging Trust is to give us an
other tilt this year, and we Alliance
men should begin even now and pre-.
pare to meet 1t, and not wait until
necessity forces us to move. We
should all act together, alike, n at
the same time, if we wish to succeed.
The plan which Ipropose is as follows:
At the June meeting of the Sub-AlG-
ances throughout the cotton belt, let
each Sub Business Agent make out q
list of the amount of bagging to be
nsed by his Alliance minus enough for
one or two bales per farmer, which
will be used before the arrival Of the
bagging bought through the Alliance.
The brethren should be careful and
subscribe for no more than they know
they can pay for at the time the pay.
ment is due. At the July meeting OF
the County Alliances the Sub-Agents
should turn over their lists to the
County Agent, who should add the
different lists together and send an
order for the total amount to our State
Agent, who should make out the
whole amount needed in the State n
be prepared at the meeting of the
State Alliance in August to give all
necessary information and full par
ticulars concerning pine straw bagglng,
cotton bagging, or any other suostl-
tute for jute, and quote prices to the
Alliance. The State Alliance should
then decide what we must use, and
our State Agent should Immediately
order the amount needed, SO making
his contract that the bagging must
reach its destination on or before Sep
TENDER 14th, and the money for it be
paid two weeks later. (This will give
the County Agents time to collect and
forward any that possibly might not
be paid to him at the appointed time
On September 18th all the brethren
who ordered bagging should meet
their County Agent at the appointed
place, pay him, take off their bagging,
and the trouble would. be over In
the meantime, however. each County
Agent should make a list of the
amount needed by the different
brethren, in one or two bale lots, be-
fore the arrival of the Alliance bag
ging, and should make arrangements
with some good merchant (if there is
no Alliance store in the county, to
order for them burlaps, hop sacks or
some other substantial. They can
then sell the bales that are thus put
MP and have their money ready to pay
for the Alliance bagging on the l4th.
Of course the same arrangements could
and should be made in regard to ties
rs bagging.
Mr.. Editor, why cannot this be
done z We have plenty of time to do
it. We are fore-warned. We all
agree that something ought to be
done. We have men employed whose
business it is to do something, and we
are as well organized now as we ever
viii be unless something is done, for
ms sure as the sun shines, if we do not
use u order more to benefit us fnan.
cially, and that shortly, strong and
noble as it now is, it will soon begin
to decay, and we will find ourselves
the laughing stock of the world.
Brethren, you who occupy high
places in the councils Of ur order, act
and act now. Lead and we will fol
low. B.
fSince the above was put in type
the Birmingham meeting has beer
called, and we suggest to the brethren
TO await the action of that meeting, az
it is to be hoped it will secure the co
operation of the entire brotherhood
throughout the South. If possible le
the farmers all over the South act as
unit in this important matter.-ED.