The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10
The Purchasing Agency.

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what sudden change OF policy by
which the Purchasing Agency was
not located with Pres't. Loucks, but
placed at Austin, Mower County.
The circular was to have been pub
lished last week, but was delayed.
Some of the Executive Committee
wish the original circular published
at the same time, which we do. Mr..
Loucks, OF course, cheerfully under
took the work when requested and
as willingly gave it up on request.
His great experience, and his posi-
ton at the head OF the Alliance Ele-
vator Company and President OF the
National Alliance, made him pecul-
iarly available, and we presume that
Mr.. Sprague had good reasons for
making the change to Austin. We
have never heard of Mr.. keenan, in
Alliance work, but of course he is a
competent man or the change would
not be made. On referring to the
Mercantile Agency we find he stands
well, and is a local agent OF the Deer
ing Harvester Company.
1t might be objected that Austin
was not very central, being only -
miles from the south line of the
state. There has been so much fail
ure and procrastination in these
matters that we would be glad to
see something located somewhere
of course our officials do not consult
local or personal interests.
Here is the circular appointing-or
appearing to appoint-Pres. Loucks
as the head of the Purchasing Bust
ness, signed by seven members OF the
Executive COMMITTEES:
The National Farmers Alliance at
the meetingheld at Des Moines, Iowa,
January 18th, 1889, directed that
each State Alliance should incorpor-
ate a business department under the
laws of their respective States, and
we have received many inquiries from
Alliance members as to when we
would be ready with our cooperative
or business department.
| The perfecting and establishing of
our Insurance Company in it's various
departments has kept us fully en-
ployed, but now that it is well on it's
way to completion, we can safely turn
our attention to cooperative work,
and the establishment of our business
department.
We have in this Alliance Elevator
Company, with headquarters at
Minneapolis-an Incorporated COM
pany under the laws of the State, an
institution organized for this very
purpose by the farmers of Dakota
and Minnesota, whose president and
business manager, Mr.. II. L. Loucks,
has been president of the Dakota Al
lance for four years, and is now the
president of the National Alliance
He is a practical business man and is
thoroughly imbued with the principle
of cooperation. The company has
branch offices at Duluth and Mil
waukee, and will soon open one at
Chicago; is now in it's second year in
business, and though, as might have
been expected, it met with heavy op-
position, they have been enabled to
do a steadily increasing business.
They are prepared to handle all kinds
of farm produce, and have made
arrangements for anything farmers
need in the line of farm supplies as
rapidly as possible.
We think it advisable for the pres
ent to unite with this company whose
business is already established.
The books Of the company will at
all times be open to the inspection of
all such members of our Executive
Committee as may be appointed by
us to examine them.
We would cordially recommend to
our farmers that they take as soon
as practical at least one share OF
stock in this company. For further
information write direct to the ALI
ance Elevator Co., No. 80 Chamber
of Commerce, Minneapolis.
GEO. w. HAIGH, Secretary.
GEO. w. SPRAGUE, j. J. FURLONG.
IGN. DONNELLY, ANDR. RICHMOND.
J. S. SHIELDS, JOHN n. JONES.
MATTHIAS NACHBAR, :.
| Executive Committee.
Here is the second circular, ex-
planning the above-issued by Secy
Haigh, and handed us by Pres't
Sprague:
A certain circular issued Dec. 2,
1889, seems to have led to some mis-
understanding in relation to cooper
alton work. It was the intention of
the Executive committee OF the Min