The great West., 1890-05-09

field, and in six months the SO dead
alliances have bloomed into S95 live
ones. That's owing to our prudence
Mr. man.
Regards to Smith.
A writer in the Rochester Union
pays his respects to Agricultural
Smith, from which the following is
clipped:
1t is humiliating in the extreme to
see specimens Of humanity whose
every word and action brand them
as tools, "blind worshipers OF the
tickle goddess" One OF those per-
sonages is now publishing series of
articles in the Pioneer Press. With a
grand flourish he frankly acknowl-
edges his purpose at the outset, to
be, to annihilate all those who be-
lieve that the farmer has any real
grievances. This gentleman poses
before us as the typical farmer, when
as matter OF fact, he is a resident
of Minneapolis, who has raised small
fruits and vegetables to some extent,
but as to his farming, it is done in
the state experimental garden and in
the state farmers Institutes with our
state treasury at his back, and he
says his farming pays" Well, OF
course he ought to know, but as our
relations to the state treasury are
the reverse of his, and as we have to
go it alone besides, we beg to be ex-
cused for differing with him. In his
second paper he says he was so un-
fortunate last winter on one occasion
as to be entertained by a farmer who
was poor, and he goes into details
in his description OF the poverty OF
that family, and winds up with the
statement that their fuel was green
poplar wood. How horrible land
yet, thousands of women scour the
western plains for ''cow chips" for
fuel to cook the scanty meal, families
lie nsbed during the day to save the
fuel necessary to keep them from
freezing, others burn weeds and
straw,-and yet this tool OF the aris-
tocrats wrings his hands in holy hor-
ror at the sight OF green poplar
wood. This wOuld-be instructor OF
the farmer expresses no sympathy
tor those who suffer want and priva-
ton, but on the other hand speaks
of him with contempt. He attributes
the cause OF low prices for farm pro-
ducts which have ruled so long, to
cover production"
c. F. Bohall, Esq, Pres't OF Todd
County Farmers Alliance, writes us
that an alliance was organized at
Kandota on the 28th ult., with 21
members. This is a strong Scandi-
navian Alliance. Mr.. B. was at
Fairy Lake school house, and made
appointments for May 1st at the
McKinly school house; on the I'd
at Pillsbury; on the Sd at Oak Hill;
5th at Birchdal; 9Th at Grey Eagle.
They are at work up there, and the
record marks "success.'' He says
the GREAT WEST is great help to
them.
No better field for the exercise of
Alliance principles of mutual sup
port can be found than in the idea
of the Aid Association. When any
member who joins the Association
dies, every other member puts in
from $1.1O to $500, according to
age, to give the wife or children, Or
dependent person, thousand dol
lars in cash. That is what takes the
terrors off from the mortgage-and
lifts the weight off from many low
ing heart. Write to Fish & Frain,
GREAT WEST office, for particulars.
Where there is no agent in Sec
tion or county, policies can be issued
by the Association through us.
From now until next January the
membership fee is only IS for 81 900
policy, and IS for $4,000, and as
sessments only to provide for deaths.
After next January the fees will be
So and SO.
Our friend A. F. Schulz, of Monte
video Alliance, sent us resolutions