The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18

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members and methods of the Alliance,
and while it is ostensibly done to expose
some wrong doing, e real animus is to
njlre and break down the influence of
the Alliance, and after careful considera-
ton your executive committee have pre-
pared the following circular, VIII Oh we
ask the secretaries Of the State Alliances
to forward at once to all locals for their
information and action. IF systematic
and concerted action is taken we shall not
be troubled long with this class of a use +:
WHEREAS, 1t has become clearly evil
dent that certain pagers Of t1e partisan
pre- SIS of the country have been subsidized
by corrupt power for the purpose OF de-
feating the efforts and purposes Of the
great farmers movement; n
Whereas it is also clearly apparent that
one of the methods to be employed is to
traduce and SANDER the officers and other
prominent and influential members of
our Order, with the view of destroying
the confidence, of the mem oership in their
appointed leaders and friends; and
Whereas this cowardly mode Of war
fare is waged against these brethren,
however true and loyal they may be,
whatever thelr character as men and as
citiz ms; and
Whereas many of these slanderous
PAGERS live and m I'VE and have their being
in the support of the farmers, the men
whom they would thus traduoe and de
feat; and
Whereas while we should respect and
defend the freedom of the pr IS only so
far as that freedom shall be ex -rcised on
the side Of truth and good government,
and should condemn it when employed as
an engine of corruption: Therefore, be 1t
ReSOLved, That we earnestly recon-
mend and urge the brotherhood through
out the country to no e carefully and con-
stantly the attitude of the press toward
US, an when any paper by vicious and
malicious misrepresen Iation OF any officer
Of whatever rank, from the lowest to the
highest in our Order, or any member Of
the same. Of by unfair methods against
our Order, at all seek to impair our
strength or unity, that any and all such
papers sha | no longer receive in any man
ner the countenauce and support of mem
bers of our Order.
ReSOEUed further, That when any body
of our Order shall decide to withdraw or
withhold its support from any such paper,
it should by proper methods notify any
all advertisers who seek their patronage
through the advertising columns of said
paper that they will withdraw and with
hold their patronage from all such ad7er
tiSerS.
Res9Eved, That the President be re-
QueAted to cause a. sufficient nun. Der
of copies of these resolutions to
be printed, one for each Subor-
dinate body of our Order, and forward
the required number for each State to the
respective State secretaries for immedi
ate distribution to the subordinate bodies
and a copy to each of the State officers
Rs8oZUed, That the President be re.
quested to send a scory to each State
President, and request that he commupi
cate it officially TO the s ate body at its
first session. and ask it's favorable action
thereon.
Approved tn 23d day of June, 1890,
at Washington, n. G.
L l. Polk,
Pres't N. F. A. and |. U.
G. w. MACUNE,
Chairman Elk Com.
j. F. TILLMAN,
Member Elk. C)m.
ALoNzo WARDALL,
~ Member Elk. Com
The only comment or answer neces
sary to be made to the Atlanta Jour-
nal, Topeka Capital, and other papers
that claim this boycott circular is a di
rect attack upon them, is that the
brotherhood throughout the country
are S IMPLY and earnestly requested
and urged not to give countenance or
support to any paper that "by vicious
and malicious Misrepresentation of
any officer of whatever rank, from the
loKest to the highest, in our Order or
any member of the same, or by unfair
methods against u Order, shall seek
to impair u strength or unity"
Now, any paper that considers the
above to be a direct attack upon it
pleads guilty to having, by vicious
and malicious misrepresentation of the
officers of the Order, or a member, or
by unfair methods, sought to impair
its strength and unity. There is no
denying this proposition. They are
either pleading guilty to that chsrac-
ter of o~fense, or else they can not
apply the circular to themselves as a
direct attack.
In this connection it is we'll for the
membership of the Order to note that
there has been a constant boycott upon
The National Economist from the very
day it was started. 1t is boycottad
by a very large and numerou class
of society who consider the interest of
the agricultural inimical to their own
easy method of gaining a livelihood,
aud who therefore think they would
not be doing justice to themselves if
they helped to support a paper that
devotes the greater part of its energy
to the advancement of the principles
sought to be achieved by the farmers.
Again, there is a business boycott
which has kept The Economist from
having one fifth of the advertising pa.