Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-20

adequate To- meet the political and
social emergencies WhicbsSE .ITJfarmers

Ill nBlNI - ~
Was any one thinpswbich MI. .Jeffer.
son defeated mors than another. Il
was q government bank. aBanks,"
lie again and again declared. awerei
more danperons TO the libarties of
1.-The people Than atandinS 3armies.
But. az the REQUEST &c The farm.
erss Alliance. Senator Vance has IN
Itroduced Eingthe Senate. and Repre.
sentative Pickler. of South Dakota.
Iss tho MIc.se bin now known as
1.-The SUBJ Treasury bill,s. which bro.
yides that the government shall 90
Into the businessSof advancing money
Ito the farmers, taking as security for;
the loans mortgages uponsla lands or
upon growing OF gathered DROPS.
Senator Vance, in introducing it,
declared that he could not vote for
such atmeasure, because he beliyed il
to be not enIyy5u,inconstitutiona but
widely chimerioal. And vet this ia
the measure upon which the South.
ern farmers are more soIidly agreed
than upon. any other question.
The Western and Northwestern
farmers made a terrific onslaught on
the two old parties. The Republi-
cane IN this aeotion, however. are the
ichief sufferers, and the Democrats
are congratulating themselves on the
chance It gives them.
The National Grange off the Pa
irons of Husbandry is, in point Of
age at least, the chief farmers assoc
citation Of the West. Hitherto it
mas held aloot from politics, confin-
ing itself TO the working out Of
purely social, educational and eco
nomlc probiemss The tendency of
the hour IS, however, overcoming its
conservatism, and may be said to be
as deeply IN politics now as the
FARMERS Alliance OF the South,tal-
though in not quite so aggressive a
style.
It was organized in Washington
CITY s#enty-three years ago.. Very
llttle progress was made until 1868,
when about 2Oo Oranges had been
organized IN various parts OF tho
country. By,ls12 1t had developed
into a formidable power, and two
years later 1t proclaimed that it had
nearly twelve thousand sub Oranges.
Ihese figures were oon nearly
doubled, with an average member
sup 0i ioTSJ; oach, owing tn lack
OF efiiclent discipline and thorough
organlzatlon tfe BODY toppled from
lts own weight: n superstruoture
was 90 Dig and-~tooT feavy for the
foundation.
Smaller in membership now than
it was some years ago, it is far more
effective in every way and Yields a
greater influence on current politics
and. State and national legislation.
1t has representatives at Washing
ton, and its position IN the tariff is
that if anybody is to be protected
the farmer shall have quite as big a
slice of cake as the manufacturer.
The National Farmers League is
a comparatively, new organization.
1t proposes to work in harmony with
all the other farmer organizations,
but 1t distinctively announces that it
is going to take a hand in politics.
1t defines it's W position in politics
as follows:
"Ihe Farmers League is a nom
secret, independent, n%on-partisan or.
g%anization, in harmony with the AL
lance, Wheel, Farmers Union,
arange ana klnared ASSOCIATIONS,
aslio.l.ula socleties' farmers CLUBS,
anu s.'nil"r org~ahi%atlohs."
Du' tne League goes a step FUR
,her. us oDJect Is the farmers po-
iiV Ma welIarei
ne "ork %! inc league Is directed
toWalos securing Just representa-
v,Ti anu ste":!nenI OF the agrioultu-
a i!l,oIests Ill aho IN the
Leglsla.ure: ana IN Inc recognitlon
VI iainie;s III al PUBIC a'lairs' with
ouI 'oh.ilcIllg WIN the oest inter-
os's " Ine olTlre PeoPle. u consists
ni n"''onal ieagoe ano OF State
ie"gucs' WIFI county ana town
ieag'es :,
s,na mo i'o1ai ,ias"I nus genera
I%poISlsioI VI INC AFFAIRS OF the
nrmam;na s 'e a"a anu o Inc Wor OF
tag al anu a.Ienas specially
" rm Tiio i"1!iiels INTERESTS III congress.
NJ S'dVe ieagues' as soon as
oaS",,'is I. push inc WORK OF organ,
a.no ia .hoi ieePoo',ve o."Ies ana