The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-05
THE ALLIANCE GROWING.
PRESIDENT STACKHOUSE rs VERY
HOPEFUL.

He Thinks the Order has Made Fine
Beginning, and will Continue to Grow
The Jutc Trust Will be "Downed.''
Gen. E. T. Stackhouse, President Of
the Farmers Alliance of South Carroll
na, was iu Charleston few days ago,
having gone there to organize q sub-alli-
ance il Charleston County-the frs. in
stituted ia the coast section. II a con-
7ersation with a reporter for the Sunday
News, Gen. Stackhouse said:
Gas to the prospects OF the college,
we have the best reasons to believe that
the suit in the United States Court will
be decided about the 1st of May. COL
Orr, who has been in Washington, has
returned and met with the trustees. AS
I understand 1t an alternative motion
was made-either to hear oral argument
or to submit case to the Court in wri-
ting. The latter alternative will be
adopted, I think, and in all probability
the whole matter will be decided at this
term of the Court"
''Has the Alliance, in your judgment,
come up up to the expectations of the
farmersi"
"Well, that is rather broad ques-
tioD, and one to which nc one could give
an all inclusive answer. But do not
hesitate to say that the general principles
have worked well. There are exception
al cases in certain sections, where there
is now trouble. Everywhere else I
should say that Alliance methods hsve
been eminently successful. Ia Lercas-
ter there is trouble and dependency by
reason Of the failure of the crop"
How does the Alliance propose to
meet such cmergencies?"
That is q question yet to be an
swered.'
care the people Of Lancaster members
of the Alliaucel"
''Some of them arc and some of them
are not. But, at any rate, the Alliance
cannot be expected, in such disasters, to
pay mans debts; nor can it % axe him
able to pay them. As general rule
where man is crooked in financial mat
tecs or careless in obligations be is bound
to get into trouble.
"But. after all these minor matters,
the Alliance has surely doae great deal
of good; and We are growing more rap
idly than we ever did,"
What is the size Of the army now?"
"Not less than thirty thousand,
small proportion OF which is composed
of ladies. There is still great deal of
material to be enrolled. So far we have
formed Alliances in every county in the
State except Beaufort. Charleston
wheeled into line today. Georgetova,
as you have probably heard, has been Or
ganized within the past few days.
1T entails good deal of work, bat
ha7eau Invaluable and most efficient
worker 10 Dir. ". N. Elder, of York.
BE is great organizer, one we'll qualiR
ed for this position. I supervise the
work and attend to the finances Of the
new organizations.
GLOW has the cotton cover for cotton
worked this season? ~z
81 an of the opinion That complete
success was prevented by too wide
range of substitutes for jute. A great
peal of the stuff that was put on the
cotton should not have ueen used. That
was, however, very e1cusable blunder,
and especially as it was the result of the
zeal and anxiety of the farmers to whip
out the Jute Trust"
'What impression have you made On
the jute monepolistss"
"You may judge of that from the fact
that jute men offered US jute this very
season at 7 cents yard"
Gen. Stackhouse then went on to talk
over few other matters, which need
not be published ct this time. he i'm
pressed the reporter as being thorough
ly practical man, and one who talks to
the point and calls things by their
name.