The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Address ofthe Texas Alliance Pres.
ident, Evan Vones.
Bookwalters 'svillage\ Farmins,,
Theory Attracting Much
Attention. The lost
Virginia Alliance
Prosperous.

Ihe mother State Alliance has held q
harmonious session at Dblas. There
was no division, aud everyt1ipo went of
smoothly and amid enthusiasm. The aS
oress OF President Evan JInes conveHs
an idea of the general drifyof Texas n.
nance sentiment, and theIgist of his adj
dress follows ~ y,,sz--u,,n,,rsu-
peiHg eshafsereS hsf fsisioa And insy girecyt
ly under the control II the stockholders
and whereas the Stte Alliance has no
jurisdiction over The same, we must look
to said stockholders for the pcrpetuation
of the same.
Southern MercuY-This is the pron.
erty of Farmers Alliance of Texas. and
controlled by printing board, com
posed of the following members: The
president, vice-prcsident, lecturer. and
executive committee of the State AL
lance
Lady membership There is nothing
that portends to the cxalting and purify,
ing Of human nature so much rs that
which endcavors to better the condition
OF life and make its environments more
pleasant. To this end the Alliance is
working, and one of the great factors
necessary to the success is the leaveninp
influence which the noble women of cur
land can give. The relation which thew
sustain to the great drama of life is no
less than that which they sustain to the
Al lance: Eaoh>-sould be ~f.iluro ouJ
the hopes and aspirations Of life would.
with all they imply, blast in creation
were II MT that woman, the crowning
work OF God, was, and is TO be, the in
spiration o.. mans en- deavors through all
ages Of the world. ~
while we approve of our high schools
ana State universities, yet owing to the
depressed condi ion of our people, there
are but few who can avail themselves of
a university course; therefore w0nld re-
commend that you take such steps ms is
necessary for the establishment of a high
er grade of public free schools Also
that we provide some way for the main
tenance OF porc perfect system of edu-
cation among our members, on the great
principles ndh1emands of our Order
while we find that the present local
ays en- of lecturiSg aud organizing has
resulted in much 4ood to the Order, vet
we arc confident thbt much greater re.
suits could have Leen attained if we had
woaid tSerefoTs sc5MmsAfaa IN Aaa' ai 7hsas tnfs
body prepare thorough system of Site
lecturing and devise ways and means for
its support. Would further recommend
that you devise means to furnish the
lecturers an encyclopedia of necessary
data in condensef form, to the end that
they may be able to present authenti-
Gated facts t. the people ol all leading
issues.
"Remcmber in things essential we
n, hak - &, Iott D.
pune than destroy, and that eternal Wig
ilance is the price of liberty"
President Jones was reelected, and
affirmed
BooKwALTER's ''vILLAGE FARMING"
An article on this subject in the Sep.
tember Forum il one of the best con-
tributions of the m nth.
Mr.. John w. Bookwalter, known
throughout the United States as a manu-
fnctNSar. of AGRICULTURAL machinery, ike
Others who have achieved success In bus
mess, has turned his attention &C lively to
political economy and social problems,
and very properly seeks to make his
efforts profit the people from whose
patronage he has made fortune.
His scheme for what he calls "villagc-
farming" is attracting great deal of at
tenlion, and is likely to do great deal
to make the farmers lot happier one.
Mr.. Bookwalter is now preparing to
demonstrate how the need of social op-
portunities my be supplied by estab-
lisniog farm villages in Nebraska. The
first of the will be built on u tract of
12, 600 acres in Pawnee county The
land will be divided into $50 farms of
eighty acres each, and in the center of
the tract will bc village consisting of
$50 housts, one house for every farm.
II, garding tho cause of discomfort
among the tanners, Mr.. Dookwalter says: {:
'Wh lie in my own view there seem to
be many and marked causes for tn s
discomfort, tine dismal experiences of my
carly life as an agriculturaiist leads me
to refer the difficulty in great measure to
one dominant AID conspicuous cause. To
nv mind therefc"e Ihe chief difficulty
of the farming class a, ises frim the lack
of association and cooperation, the lack
of united effort, the diffusion rather than
the concentration of energy. N only
does this lack of organized effort result
i'm much misdirected energy and cons,
| quent economic loss, but 1t works an
even more serious injury by rl,cing the
farming population at disadvantage in
the great Industrial contest in which
other aud CO o-ordinated industries, by
virtue of their cap.biliy for thorough
concentration and crgaaization, have a
superior advantage.
''It seems to me Tint the Amer icau
farmer has not yet mastered the problem
of combined action consequently he has
not yet fully realized upon his eneigic.
Under tho system now practiced, eacl
separate farmhouse 1, an isolated CON
munity anaSiaw. unto itself Th econ
omic loss, however, is buta trihe com
i pared with the woeful waste of social en-
ergy. From this waste comes The hun
ger OF the heartaud too often the atroph
of the intellect. From this, too come
that abiding soul weariness suffered b.
so many farmers and still more by 8
many farmers sons, and, worst of all, b.
| an many farmers, wives For IL In one q