The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-02-11
PRACTICAL ALLIANCE I'M


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The Henry County Westbzof Nc.
Donough, Ga, asks its readers J0take
a glance at the. great work which the
Farmers Alliance has accomplished
I'm that single county, and then admit
that the aims and work of the order
are worthy of the most cordial support.
We point with pride, says the editor;
az the wonderful strides that u order
has made in the past eighteen months.
Two years ago such a thing as a
Farmers Alliance was unknown in
this county. But that the Alliance
did exist at that time, and In the far
West for years is a matter of history.
Our county was organized into a
county Alliance in June, 1888, with a
few lodges, which have since become
numerous, and the order is oWspread,
ing over the length and breadth of the
county, numbering in. the aggregate.
700 members. 1t. is plainly percepi-
bic that the order has had considera-
bic influence in ~persuading farmers to
raise their supplies. In consequence
of their advice and individual efforts,
the country has what she has not had
before, or since the war, 8 plenty of
home-raised corr to do her; and the
meat supply is greatly in excess OF
former years. AL classes of farming
interests appear to be on rising,
ground. ro@
Too much cannot, be sid for the
able manner IN (Which the County
Alliance has been conducted. Unlike
some other organizations of the same
order, in other counties, the manage
ment of the County Alliance has al.
ways been marked. with a conservative
course. It has never ben5their pur-
pose to combst eitkbr men or meas
ures who are endeav ring to do for
the public good:
And while there has been much
good,done by Alliance cooperation,
there remains a great deal te be done
that will rebound to their credit and
pecunisry proftlH dcpes In the nat
ter of manufactaring enterprises the
order has done but little, willis their
ability as an Alliance is powerful.
There is no enterprise known q the
farming interest that we cannot &C
complish if every AHianceman will do
his duty. cit takes money to buy
land" is a trite and strpesaying, and
it is no less true of building oil mills.
guano factories and ginnerieeig Eery
Intelligent farmer will cehe6ae that
we ought to make our own gp1aa1og and
save the immense profit garnered by
others; and no one who has seen a
cotton seed oil mill in operation can
doubt for Q moment that money in.
vested in one of these enterprises can
fail to make good, safe Investment.
Then, with the raw materialm our
own hands, why is it that we hesitate
to put money in these enterprises n
Alasl a want of confidence in your
fellow.farmer causes you &c. grip your
money more tightly when asked 70
cooperate with him in building these
mills. -
The time is coming, and coming
fast, when every railroad station in
this country viii manufacture cotton
seed oil, make guano and do the gin
ming with improved machinery. I'll
you would avail yourselves Of the optI
portunities, now is the time to pref
pare for it; get ready by next season
TO gin your own cotton, make your
" oil and gHano. There is money
in it, and lots oft Fl you lose thiGE
opportunity somebody else will do it
and make the profit. W. appeal to
you in your own behalf, as Alliance
men, and if the opportunity esepeg
you then there will noIone to blame
but yourselves.
The proudest monument to-day in
Henry county is erected to the indie
fatigable efforts of the noble Alliance
lodge at Locust Grove. These men
and brethren have shown unbounded
confidence in each other, and rs q re-
suit have the finest ginnery, cotton
seed oil mill and guano factory in any
of the adjoining counties. How did
they build it2 Simply by every one
Of them putting in what money he
could spare until they had raised the
sum of $4,000, which was immedi.
ately put into the building. These
manufacturing enterprises are not
only the pride of Locust Grove ALI.
ance, but of every citizen who ivegm
the town or who goes there. To the
Alliance who built it tits . gold mine.
They have ginned l,1oo bales of cot.
ton this season; win make $8,oOo
worth of oil and SIS, 900 of gnano.
Every Alliance in the county should
60 to see the Locust Grove mills. al
visit there would reinfnse the jealous
Alliance man with q determination to
do something for himself and his sec.
ton; and those who are weakm the
faith would be strengthened bY seeing
the good works Of those determined