Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-04-29
A PROPAGANDA FUND.
The National Executive Committee Take
Steps to Make Vigorous Campaign O

The National Executive Committee Takes
Steps to Make q Vigorous Campaign of
Education.
The educational work of the order is
admitted to be the most important, but
It can not be properly conducted with
out some funds. 1t does not take much,
but it does take some. Many are will
ing and ready to work. but they cannot
afford to work and pay all expenses.
They W i'll work without price if they
can be furnished paper and postage, or
printed RIA ter, and perhaps occasional
ly car fare.
Hence the necessity for the propagan-
da fund. Many members of the order
devote large part of their time to effi-
cient work in behalf of the cause; others
just as true and fully as jealous, are
not gifted as speakers, and see no. way
in which they can render effective per-
sonal effort. The propaganda fund is
provided that such may assist by con-
tributions which will be used where
they will do the most good. Hon. A. j.
Streeter sent the Economist, over
year ago, ten dollars to be used to the
best advantage in the distribution of
literature. The literature was secured
distribution possible. 1t was money
well spent, and first started discussion
as to the propriety of providing for a
propaganda fund.
The Irish cause has been largely sus-
tanned by contributions from this coun-
try, and it is a wise and correct system
If the people love a cause, they will
contribute each his mite, which in the
aggregate makes large sum. There
are very few alliance men in the United
States who cannot afford to give one
dollar each to the propaganda fund
each year. One dollar is very little
compared to the donations of those who
have spent weeks and months lecturing
and organizing, without receiving
enough pay to meet their bills for
necessary expenses. Let every MEM
Der of the order resolve to pay at least
one dollar per year to the propaganda
fund, and as many as can pay more.
Pay as much as possible.
Every precaution is thrown around
the propaganda fund. The money goes
to the secretary and a report of the re-
mittance to the executive board. One
is check on the other consequently
all money sent will have to be accounted
for and kept in special fund by the
secretary. Not dollar can be paid out
or used for any purpose except on the
approval of the president, secretary,
and the executive board. Reports are
to be made at regular intervals, show
ing fully the work done.
Jay Gould, Mr.. Brice, Mr. Quay, or
any other capitalist or politician, will
find the propaganda fund committee
ready to accept donations from them
and use the money where it will do the
most good in the cause of reform, and
should Mr.. Stanford desire to contrib
ute some railroad money to assist the
farmers he will have splendid chance
to do so. Some of the extremely
wealthy may need a depository for
conscience money" and they will find
this good place.
The propaganda fund is not estab-
Gshed to collect money to be used for
corrupt campaign methods. The money
will be used to educate the masses in
the principles Of the Farmers Alliance
and to bring about better understands
ing between the good, the true and the
honest citizens of this nation to the end
ism and unite in a determined effort to
abolish corruption and discrimination
from the laws and usages of the coun-
try, and inaugurate a reign of justice
that shall guarantee equal rights and
equal chances to all worthy citizens.
Political parties accept secretly large
donations from men who expect to con-
troll the patronage of the party when |
in power This propaganda fund col, |
lection Is entirely different. Those who |
donate to it may well be proud to have |
the matter known, because it shows not |
necessarily liberality on their part, but |
it is substantial evidence of their devo- |
ton to the cause of humanity.
Let every member of the order con-
stitute himself a committee of one to
solicit subscriptions to the propaganda
fund.
All remittances to the propaganda
fund should be made direct to J. II.
Turner, secretary National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union, 239
North Capitol street Washington, d. c.,
and a report of the amount so remitted |
should at the same time be sent to
J. +. Tillman, secretary executive
board National Farmers Alliance
and Industrial Union, 239 North
Capitol street, Washington, D. C. When
not otherwise requested the secretary
will publish each week in the National |
Economist list of those contributing |
and the amount contributed, but when
donors do not wish their names SO pub-
lished, their names will be left blank
but the amount of the contribution will
be published, Readers can, therefore. |
by watching the columns OF the Econ
omist, keep posted as to the amount
donated to this fund.-National Econ
omist.