The advocate., 1890-12-17
your most deliberate and earnest eonaidorn-
ALLIAuoR LIrERATuhn.


BY far the most potent and influential
power underlying this great revolution OF
indugtrial and economic thought, has boon
the reform press. Az tho earliest moment
practicable, the supreme council should di-
gesb and iuaugurato plan which ultimate
ly, will give 10 every family Ia our order a
thoroughly reliable paper, devoted 20 the
principles OF tho order. We have national
organ of high order and several OF the states
have organs, which are doing noble service
in the cAuae but A8 an order We cannot
claim 20 be properly equipped, nor need we
hOpO for that zeal, fraternity and unity 80
essential 20 success until each state Ia our
Jurisdiction shall have no least one paper w
represent us whose dignity and character
and pOWer shall command the support OF
our members and tho respect OF our enc
mics. Let ua place our aims, purposes and
principles No tho hearth-stones OF our labor
ing masses, that they may grasp the grand
possibilities and duties Of their existence.
Educate the people in tho science OF true
economical government and Ia the great
principles of civil and religious freedom
aud keep them informed as 10 tho dangers
which threaten these inestimRble blessings
and we establish a safeguard for the liber-
ties of the people. respectfully suggest
for your consideration, the advisability and
expediency Of placing the ownership OF the
national organ with the national order and
the ownership Of state organs with their
state organizations, respectively. This plan
would secure harmonious cooperation and
a uniform policy through all the leading Or
gans OF the order and would avoid any pos
sible conflict arising from personal interest,
Then the will OF the order would be the law
OF the order and its rule of action.
IL the supreme council shall inaugurate
plans or measures for the dissemination
and incuCatiOn OF true alliance principles
among the people, its existence and power
will be firmly established. Let the people
read aud hear the truth as we under
stand 10.
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT..
Many Of the state organizations have
adopted business systems and which are be-
ing operated with varying success. Some
OF them are eminently satisfactory, and have
made large savings 10 the membership.
Existing conditions in the different states
vary 30 widely as to preclude the adoption
Of any uniform system for the transaction
OF business, but would respectfully sug-
gest that this department Of alliance work
could be materially aided through the in
vestigations OF q committee, appointed for
the purpose, who shall examine the most
successful methods now In operation and
present their conclusions In printed form,
outlining their general features for the
guidance of new state organizations and as
suggestive OF Improvements on the systems
which have been found less successful. A
matter OF such importance TO our financial
well-being should receive your careful and
generous attention.
LEGISLATIVE REFORM.
It is the fixed purpose Of this organization
to secure, if possible, certain needed legisla-
tive reforms However urgent and emphatic
may be our demands, experience teaches us
that they are of no avail unless supported
and enforced by such practical methods as
will convince the law making power of our
determination and ability TO prosecute them
TO a successful issne.
Let this Supreme Council represent
ing all parts of the country, and that great
interest that pays over 80 per cent. of
all taxes Os the country, assert and
maintain It's dignity and It's solemn pur-
pose TO protect and advance the interests
OF its constituency, by declaring their legis-
lative needs and by showing to the Ameri-
can Congress that when It's demands on pa
per are ignored, IL can and will yindcate
and maintain It's claims at the ballot box.
Our recent experience with that body as
we'll as with the leaders OF the two great
political parties of the country should ad-
monish us that the time has arrived when
this great organization should take bold
and determined action.
To this end, / respectfully recommend
that this council authorize the organization
Of q body to be known as the
NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
of the National Farmers Alliance and In
dustrial Union, TO whom shall be committed
the charge of such legislative reforms as
may be- Indicated by our body. would re-
spectfully suggest that the Legislative COun-
oil be composed of your National President,
who shall be ex. Oiiicio and the president of
all the states represented in the Supreme
Council, and that this body shall hold It's
annual meeting within sixty days afte- ''
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