The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-12
rhe Alliance State Exchange to be Moved

held in the city of Grecnvillc, s. c, on the
23d and oath of July ultimo, committee
va appointed, consisting of the Rev. J. A.
Sigh, Col J. {. Colt and myself, for the
purI ose of permanently locating 1.-The Far
mers' Alliance Exchange ofSouth Carolina"
On behalf of this committee beg the use Of |
your columns to bring this matter properly |
before all those whom it may concern. |
This Exchange WA, organized in December |
last The Hon. NJ. l.. Donaldsou, of Green
Vile, was elected business agent for the Ex-
change The headquarters of the same was
located Temporarily in the city Of Grecnville.
At meeting of the county trustee stock
holders ofthe State Alliance, the following
action was taken:
"Whereas, it is the sense of this Conven-
49, 49,. tho Siata- Ex oh n &c, be remaysd 10
more central part OF the state. Therefore
be il
80; r1n"e a Svin,nrt,ee VI Inrco pe
appointed for the purpose Of ascertaining
what inducements other business CEN
tres will offer to have the State Ex-
change established in their midst. Said
committee to report to the board of direc-
tors on or before the lst of January, 1891,
at which time the board shall take final ac-
ton in the matter"
As have found since my appointment
on this committee that there seems to be
some misapprehension among outsiders rs to
the aim, object or purpose Of this departure
in its original conception on the part of the
Alliance, n remark or two hy way Of eXpls-
nation may not be amiss.
The president of the board of directors
in calling attention to its first organization
stated that:
"Thc general purpose Of the Exchange is
declared TO he to act rs agent for the pur
chase and sale of oil kinds CT farm supplies
aud products and to d, all that appcrtains
TO the receiving, handling, forwarding, and
chase Of supplies, etc. We make ias SmT- Mnr
against no ono but believing as we do that
upon the success of the producers depends
the success of those in oil other callings or
professions, we ask the support, not only OF
Alliance men, but of all good citizens iu-
tercs'ed in the material welfare of our COM
mon country
We are organized for the purpose of pro-
tectiug ourselves against organizations that
combine, form trusts, syndicatcs or pray up
on the ignorant and unorgauized.
have been told that this movement is o
preconcerted effort OH the part of the farm
ers to ipiure, if not destroy, the regular
mercantile business of the country This
is a selfish as welt as ali erroneous and mis-
tax en- idea. 1t is intended that this Ex.
change shall be developed far beyond the
mere cxchsnge of commodities. We read
daily on the one hand, and hear it as often
on the other from the lips of our public
speakers, that agriculture has not and does
not seem to prosper proportionatelHk pfth
the milling, mining and rs potter acquainted
WITH This fact than tie farmer himse
Therefore, he has com, together in his
lance for the purpose Of investigation,
,hss discovered tnat Ia. peoIs "more h8nt,N
more information about his own businesssi
HOW to handle and sell to t..c best advaf
tage what he has to dispose 'i and to cog
taeo such things as his mecess;tas same aavan'
He desires this Exchange TO be more far-
reaching. to be his bureau of information
his education not only to aid him, perbars 3
as We use to say when boys, to knock "the
middle men from taw," or in somewise cut
on SOU unnecessary commercial cxcrescence
mat has been feeding too long and too yora.
clously upon us, but to aid him rs fnr as
possible to carry to happy consummation
MS seven declarations OF intentions"
In soliciting the interest of prominent
citizen In this matter l was told that the AL
lance was political machine, and he did
not wish to have anything to do with it.
Inns ls again mistake. The rank and file
OF inc Alliance do not wish or intend that
tho organization shall be politio,l machine
with all the circumstances be surprised that
In political campaign like the one We have
just passed through in our State that some
OF the Alliances should, in some instance.
directly and in others indirectly, be drawn
INTO such a campaign where partisan spirit
was 80 rife? Allow me to repea.. do not
believe it is tho wish or intention of the
average Alliance man to mako this orpsniza-
ton political one. Ii has come to stav.
II Is an advance step on the Grange and
other agricultural organizations, and il will
Ultimately settle it'clf to do the work of its
orlginntors which is declared TO be: "To
labor for the education of the agricultural
GLASSES In the science Of economical govern
men Tin strictly non-pnriisan spirit. to
develop better state, mentally, morally
socially ana financially"
Ihis Exchange is intended to be one of
the means used in reaching this much de-
s'reu chd We are now come to n business,
The State Exchange agents, together with
the county agents. who were appointed he
re the establishment of the former. will
nave dono by the close of the fall season
SPOUT quarter ofa million dollars worth of
business entirely in cash. In future all
county agents will order through the State
rHchangc, ana IT If not extravagant to esti-
~-s''N NV "''o'bt W Dc uOnc IN 1871 all tho
way from half to n millien dollara. We
ire told that Atlanta "-ap;~-ay or offfc Cs /
,nu = store room accommodations TO have the
feorgla and Alabama exchanges established
n their midst. 1t is believed that some of
nc cities OF South Carolina will do as well
or our Exchange
We already have proposition from Green
'ood. which in few weeks will have rail-
oad facilities almost equal to the best in the
iate Columbia, Florence Spartanburp
nd Charleston are mentioned, and we
re noiihed that Grcenville will offer
irthnr inducements TO retain the Ex-
hauge within her borders. We nro
OF beggars, but we propose TO do q
'rge amount of wholesale business inour
eavy supplies for the next year through
le state Exchange. We will be cad TO
ear from those who consider the matter |
orthy Of their attention.
Address The Rev. J. II. Sigh, at Prosperitv
"; Coi. .. Z. Colt, at Cheraw, s. C., or
yself, ai Columbia, sc.
ID. II, Duncan