The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-12-09

| essential need or our ORDER, as cOnUElDuC-
ing to it's ultimate and triumphant sue
cess, / should unhesitatingly answer in
one Word:-EDUCATION.
Education, in the mutual relations ard
reciprocal duties between each other, as
brethren, as neighbOrs, as members OF So
| ciety-educatiOn, in the responsible duties
| of citizenship education, in the science OF
| economical govern Capitalization, for
/ higher aspiration, higher thought, and
higher manhood among the masses eau,
cation, in a broad patriotism! when snouIQ
bind the greater conservative masses Ct
| the country in the strongest ties OF fraGer-
nifty and union. Hence, | urgently com
mend to your most favorable consideration
the Importance of providing at orce, q
| plan, by which competent cGure can
can be actively employed and maintained
in the field. Jealous, faithful and untlr-
ing, as has been your National Lecturer,
Brother Terrell, yet, the service. renderen
by him, was no" a 1.-THE of what IS urgent
ly demanded from all sections of our ter
ritory. l commend to your consideration
the policy of employing lecturers at fixed
salaries to be paid from t. enatiOnal treas
ury, or treasures of the STATES In when
they shall be employed, or from both;
Jointly, whose entire time shall be devoted
to the work, and in sufficient number that
the whole field may be ~canvassed during
the year. Selected for their peculiar Ut
ness and employing their whole tune,
would give US a service, Whlch Tor ell
IL III NC SCCO1CN III LIZ JUN ~ .
In most of the States comprising this cOun-
Gil the entire service of at least two good
lecturers could and should be constantly
employed, even should it require the tenn
porary abandonment of local or State en-
terprises.
Never, perhaps, in the history of this
order has there been, or will there be, a
period when the demand for this ind1Spen-
sable service will be so great as now, and
never can the expenditure Of money, II
-1CO1 zI.~~a%1I h. m nGfn04T1nl and 60 nFO-
titable to our order In view Of it's great
Importance and the urgent demand for it,
| trust you will pardon me, IL | most ear
nestly insist that this department of our
work, shall have your most deliberate and
earnest consideration.
ALLIANCE LITERATURE
BIZ far the most potent and inf1uen. ial
power underlying this great revolution Of
industrial and economic thought, has been
the reform press AT the earliest moment
practicable, the Supreme Council should
digest and inaugurate a plan which ultl-
mately, will give to every family IN our
Ordec a thoroughly reliable paper, devoted
to the principles of the order. We have a
national organ of high order and several
Of the States have organs, which are doing
noble service in the 4 hut as an order
we cannot claim to be properly equipped,
nor need we hope for all that zeal, frater-
nifty and unity so ESSENTIAL TO success, I'M
til Zach State in our jurisdiction shall have
at Least n paper to represent us, whose
dignity and character n power shall
command the support of our mber and
the respect of u enemies Let us place
our aims, purposes and principles, at the
hearth-stOnes Of cur IabOring millions and
thus arouse to activity the brain
power of the masses hat they may grasp
the grand possibilities n duties of their
eXistance.
Educate the people in the science of true
ecOnomi al government and in the great
principles of civil and reli <ipu5 freedom
and keep them inforD3ed ds to the dangers
VIII ca threaten these inestimabie blessings
and we s ablsSh q safeguard for the lilo
critics of the p5OpIe. | respectfully sUg-
gest for yOUr consideration, the advisable
ity and eXpediency of plaC ng the owner
ship Of the national organ with the nation
al order and the ownership Of State Organs
With their State organizations, respective
ly. This plan would secure harmonious
c)-Op6I atiun and a Un;fOrn policy Through
al the leading organs Of the order and
would avoid any pOsslbl9 conflict arising
from personal interest. Then the will OF
the order would be the law Of the order
and its rule of action.
If the Supreme Council shall naugurate
plans or meaSu 'eS for the diSSemina lUn
AMI i~nculcation of rue Alliance principles
among the people, its eXiS: ence and power
will De firmly estabi he'd. Let the people
read ard hear the Truth, as we under
stand it.
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT..
Many of the State o~rgenizatl ms have
adopted business systems End which are
being operated with varying success
Some of them are eminentIy satisfactory
and have made large savings to the mem
b. 'ship.
Existing conditions in the different
States vary so widely as to perc'ude the
adoption of any uniform system for the
TRANSACTION of business, hut l would res
pectfully suggest that this department of
Alliance work could be materially aided
through the investigations of a commit
lee, appointed for the purpose, who shall
examine the most successful methods n Y
in operation and pres mt their conclusions
IN p&1nted form, outlining their general
features for the guidance OF new State or
carnations and as suggestive of improve
ments on the systems which have been
found less successful. A matter of such
Importance to cur financial we'll being
sh ,uld receive you careful and generous
attention.
LEGISLATIVE REFORM.
It is the fiXad purpose of this organiza-
ton TO secure. if possible, certain needed
legislative ref ,rn.s. However urgent and
emphatic may be our demands. experience
teaches US that they are Of No avail unless
supported and emf reed bv such practical
methods as will convince the law making
power OF our determination and ability
to prosecute them to a successful issue.
Let this Supreme Council, representing all
parts of the country, and that great interest
that pays over so per cent. of all taxes of the
country, assert and maintain its dignity and
It's solemn purpose to protect and advance
the interests of its constituency by declar-
ing their legislative needs, and by showing to
the American Congress that when it's de-
mands on paper are ignored, it can ami will
vindicate and maintain it's claims at the bal
lot box. Our recent experience with that
d as well as with the leaders of the two
great political parties of the country, should
us that the time has arrived when
this great organization should take bold and
determined action.
To this end, l respectfully recommend that
this Council authorize the organization of a
body to be known as the
NATIONAL COUNCIL
of the National Farmers Alliance and Indus
trial Union, to whom shall be committed the
charge of such legislative reforms as NAV be
indicated by your body. l would respectfully
suggest that the Legislative Council be COM
posed of your National President, who shall
be ex-Ofhc1O chairman and the Presidents of
all the, States represented in the Supreme
Council and that this body shall hold It's ar
nual meeting within sixty days after the ad-
jOurnment of the Supreme Council, at such
time and place as NAV he indicated nv fbo "