Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-12-19
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RARMERs' ALLIANCE.



Knowing tbs importance Of union, and
wishing T. call the farmers attention %
the fact That by uniting and acting In con-
cert, the evil effect Of trust and c0mbina-
fion can be frustrated, for It Is these little
righteous. private Affairs cause sugar 70
be sold at 10 instead of cent?; and wheat
10 be sold for less than dollar. These
two articles are cited, bat all are included.
The Alliance gives the farmer and ahe Ia
borer the opportunity TO unite and down
the cormoranfs. 80 that the farmers can
have his rights, and not be ahewers OF
wood and drawers Of water" BY means
OF the Alliance the producer and consumer
deal directly with each other, and both are
benefited thereby, and il Is conducted on
business principles. The National ALI
ance Is representative body composed of
delagates from various State bodies. The
State organizations are also representative
and are composed Of delegates from vari-
Gus county organizations, which in turn
are representative bodies, being composed
Of DELEGATES from the pecple-athe sover-
eigns." Each sub-Alliance has q business
agent, who complies orders from individual
members; receives, disseminaies all bust
ness propositions and makes crop reports.
The county agent receives all orders and
reports from sub-agents. thus enabling him
to get cheaper freights. which tends TO as
sist the economy Of purchasing very mate
rally. The State Agent has generally
merged the duties Of that position with q
Farmers Alliacne Exchange, having q
strong capital stock, raised by subscrip-
ton, and organized on business principles,
and consequently calculated to command
respect in the markets Of the world. All
purchases and sales are made through the
Exchange. Each sub-agent reports TO a
county agent how many plows or ma
chimes or how much guano is wanted by
mis- Alliance. The county agent reports TO
the State agent and he purchases through
the Exchange. In like manner, when the
market is low, the farmer can hold his
crops and get money on them, through an
advance by the Exchange, and therefore
viii not be compelled to sacrifice his crops,
but viii be enabled TO hold them for a
higher market. The Alliance is growing
more rapidly than any other organization
that was ever in this country. The farm
ers are at last dscdkeaed 10 their interest and
are combating. About twenty States are
organized. In the South and West the
membership is Gerry large; organization is
progressing in the Eastern States and the
National Alliance is growing in all the
North Western States. The joint conyen
ton is now in session 10 consolidate the
Knights of Labor, Wheel, Union and ALI
ance, which combination, when effected
viii be a power that cannot be resisted
Numbering about three million). There
are ten counties in this State with organi.
cation. We now have our State Alliance
with some of Southern Maryland's best
men as its officers. Each county in South.
ern Maryland is organized ezccpt 50. Mr.
ry's. II is every farmers and laborer's
in,perdtice duty to join this movement, iol
1t is the object of the Alliance to get him
out Of debt and to place him on cash ba.
sis. The Alliance has measured swords al
ready with the jute and Irvine trusts and
came off victorious, and thus she win dc
with all if there is union and concert of &C.
ton. So let st. AdTy's come boldly to the
front with a goodly number to push the
great work already begun.
w. b. s. CHAPMAN,
Deputy Organizer.