The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-31
THE FARMERS. ALLIANCE.
xz,,. T. Has Done and What II Ex-
v,acts 70 Accomplish

meets to Accomplish
;,ta-viavv with a reporter for the
paIt;more sun Hugh Mitchell. president
= the MARYLAND State Farmers Alliance,
.xnressed himself as follows;
s.r,,e ,york of the alliance is one mainly
of educatlou-to bring to the MASSES
pI l.Ie,-.,r1,ant and to enable Them to see
ssioaTar and 10 apply the best methods OF
'..-oI,,ing abuses that from time TO time
oo 1.. Sa unon their liberties Inc ALL
en- en- -~,ovament is an arrangement OF
a aho managers of both political parnes
Cor their failure 10 perform thelr uuCy
80 the people, and it has Done more IN
he last two years TO educate ehe ULYSSES enu
~ IL fsrmers on political and economic ques-
=, !! - .ban has been accomplished by both
u ~ narties in the same direction Tor
= aS1oSt fifteen wears. The dlinculIy mat
VIC PI~rovs been heretofore experienced IN
mas Or t9Troers together for the free inter
snrec ~ views and the discussion OF ma
$50 economic questions mas necessarily
ID his education slow, TEDIOUS ana we'll
nigh impossible; but now, Ihlousn tne
inAuence of the alliance, lhes arc " usno
~ closer contact, and these questlons are
l iV - in a clear and direct manner
e.S;.b makes them well UNDERSTOOD Dy all
~niO4 sorroarz and industrial workers are
, Ane r,ada tn comprehend that most or
DeiiS me- ipo.;oD for the past twenty-five years
,llo i - in the interest of favored class,
noS s .Sa+ the contraction Of the currency By
the withdrawal of circulation t1e ueIilon .
.ation of silver and the unequal anu unJust
tariff taxation have caused lug weaiIn VI
To- aonrtrv 10 be concentrated in the hands
t 10 fax while the producers throughout
~. ~ ~ oonntrv are being forced into bank
w and ruin. They see that they are
~ - secnre none, or at most very small
aore ~ tba enormously increasing wealth of
70 1a ,o,,ntrv which they themselves produce.
That while they pay so per cent. OF the
taxes they own less than one-quarter OF the
wealth. and even that is steadily DIMINISH.
ing; that overgrown corporatioHfs ana
Wall street bankers, who furnish
millions of Doodle money for
campain purposes. control legislation. both
state and national, and that II they wish to
he saved from absolute beggary they must
be nnitei and demand justice, fair treat
mept and equal opportunities at the hands
of the men elected to represent them In
their legislative assemblies. Possibly we
NAV have slept too long and the evils of
which we complain are too firmly liked TO
he rooted out but the farmers are at last
fully awake and determined to work out
their own salvation. Just how this is
10 be done has not yet been fully
decided upon, but of one thing
az least we are sure, and that is
that if we are firmly united and deter
mined to leave no fair and honorable means
uptried to better the condition of the indus
trial classes of our country we will in the
end be successful, and that as soon as the
purposes of the organization are generally
understood we will have the approval and
assistance of the intelligent and honest
portion of this community, knowing, as
they must that upon the success of the
agricultural classes depends the future pros
peritv of our country, and that our repub-
iican government cannot long survive the
impoverishment and degradation of the
agricultural population and the concentra-
ton Of all wealth in the hands of favored
few.
THE alliance is essentially a political or
ganizaton, but it is strictly non partisan.
Persons of all political faiths are admitted.
The membership in Maryland is largely
democratic, and should it continue to in
crease in members i'll the future as rapidly
as it has in the past eight months, it must
necessarily have in the not distant future
considerable influence in the councils Of
the party to which most of its mem
bers belong. Most fair-minded persons
will agree that when the people take the
management of affairs into their own
hands, determined to be no longer governed
by political hacks and chronic office-seekers,
whose only aim is to put themselves in posi-
tons where the pey is large and the work
easy, an immense stride Will have been
taken IN the direction of pure government
and honest legislation. Such action can but
result beneficially upon all the people of all
classes and occupations in the state. We
know that there are immense difficulties
to be overcome by the organization :;
that the partisan press of the coun-
trV, controlled by the bankers,
brokers and bOndholders, who have been
the sole beneficiaries of the unjust and
vicious legislation of the past twenty-five
years, will use all the power that money
Yields TO perpetuate their power and to
binder every effort on the part of the gov
eminent upon the principles contended for
Dy our father. Believing that upon the
success of the alliance alone depends our
present welfare aud the future happiness
OF our children, with the firmest faith in
the justice OF our cause, we cannot fail in
tne good work we have set out to perform.
10 this end the alliance generally will
seek to secure the nomination of men favor
able to their cause
Inc business purposes of the alliance are
well understood. In those states where the
oruer has become strong in numbers the
members have saved large sums through
Their exchanges. The farmers of Georgia
saved last year $780, 900 in the purchase of
Iertulzers alone, in Dakota S62, 600 in binder
U"lhe, and many hundreds of thousands
we're saved all over the south and west.
already an agency has been established in
washington by the alliance people in Mary
Mho who do business in that city. and the
results following this establishment have
oeen beneficial. At the next meeting of the
Sgate alliance, to g held in Baltimore on Aug.
Il, movement will be made, and 10 doubt
successfully carried through, to establish in
Sua1 city state exchange for the convent
onG Gt o. all alllancemen in the state. They
~HI ne enabled to sell whatever they NAV
nave Tor market, or purchase whatever may
ne necessary for the successful pursuit Of
t tneIl larn operations without being made
~ ~ pay the excessive charges now exacted of
r rneIn oy the middlemen. through whom
i 1 OF the dealings of the farmers is now
oohe The alliance people think that there
I!e LOO many of these middlemen DOING
t business at present in the large cities. The
t aaue Is too divided TO enable all to succeed
~ Sne extent that their labors would Justify
las 81 as result it must sometimes follow
''- en- the farmer is the loser thereby.
ot No farmers organization in the history
me 70 tne world has grown so rapidly and at
on itt.eu such proportions as the farmer,s
TTtraIce and industrial union. Already the
on III r OF Labor are cooperating with us
o., al matters where the interests of the
ci 81, are Identical The farmers
tb, onHa and all kindred organizations are fast
The ollng absorbed by the alliance, and in