The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-08-14
ApAZLING SCHEME.

The Jute Trusts Proposition 10 the Farmers
Secret Conciope VIA dAianee Leaders
A Sl0OoO,oOO Supply agency, HTh
Braaches .Suggestod-7o be Presented to the
-4uiaacc.
New York. July 1f.-In o secret conclave
of representative Farmers Alliance men
from all parts of the country, held recently at
an out-ot-,he-wa> hotel in the vicinity Of this
city, there was cobcocted n daring fnsnciaI
and commercial scheme which it is intended
to propose to the farmers Of the country, and
which rivals in it's character aud magnitu lie
the sub-irensury scheme.
Measures began TO be taken in March to
get together sufficient number Of the leaders
ia the Alliance movement To give the project
an effective psrentage, and they were at
tended with such success that over thirty
OF them were brought together in this city
Juno ~. The scheme was the joint invention
Il. H. Balch, Secretary of the National Cord
re Company (by which title the Twine and
Tagging Trust is incorporatcd) and O,wald
Wilson, President OF the Farmers Alliauce
exchange of this city, both of whom hope to
secure pleasant offices in the projected or
gnnizatioo. MIR. BalcS, it is said, presented TO
the corporation of which he is the Secretary
such on ing picture of the advantages to
be gained by c)unection with the scheme
that 1t undertook to pay the expenses of the
proposed meeting and the travelling no ell
expenses ofthe people attending it. Mr.. Will
son canvassed the South and West in person
in the interest ofihe pr, ject and selected the
men to be invited to come in on the ground
fl or. When all things were ready and thN
he'd sssa Raas " $ss I q easssss
setshe. Actor House In sSis * 4. sundsy.
June q. Ncasiy every invitation frousi..
Its man, but few of the schemers went 10
another hotel instead of the one appointed
asthe general rendezvous and thereby nearly
gave the scheme away. They were collared
by the leaders, however, and escoric cd with
her delegates TO Creles South Beach Hotel
on me bay shore side ofStaten Island, where
The conclave was held behind closed doors
Hesides Balch and Wilson, the following
nm were present at the meeting; Col. ".
ie,k, OF Georgia, president of the Georgia
Alhance executive committees; G. w. Macupc
tdro: of the National Economist of Washing.
'on' chairman of the National a lance
executive committee and father of the notori-
Gus sub-treasury scheme: ID. +. Allen. OF
nonellville, n. Y; j. f. T,llmau, ofTennesse:
hc" }. A. Sigh, of Ncwbcrry, S. c.: w. w
ii"il nd, OF the National Cordage Company:
). Ohio Wilson, IF North CAROLINE; j. J
dodgers, Of Virginia; Frauk j. Cl,ypole and
NJ. d. Colleen, of Kansas: A. +. Sprague
anu George a. Gowan of Tennessee; George G.
Sioss, Vi hisylVanlh; J0nn Nj. MaSsay, of
Inounsyile, Ca; c. L. Ilamlin, from the Yves,
Nebraska it was thOughD; "A. WarJall, of
rttt' Business agent of the Alliance for
Alaenna; a. L. Cole, of Florida: J. A. WICK
man man aud William Dehon, of Florida: NJ
I B'rb"e, of Kentucky; a. 4. Mcintyre. of
inon''sriiie' Ga; who expects to be the
general Southern manager; j. I. Crawford
DALLAS, Texas; Clayton, Of louisiana; one Ne.
lou c, lawyer, of Thomasville, Ga. bro.hcr
ni a. L. Mclnlire; w. II. Worth. of Ra,eicb
S'a'G business agent of the Alliance in Nor,h
Saro!ina, ami q. II. Peck, an at,ache Of tho
H",I3nal H"il Cordage Company, assist mt to Boss
There were two or three others who did No,
register ut the South Beach Hotel. bur who
attended all the meetings, returning to ,heir
"'I' IN this city at night. Among them wos
representative of the Alliance in Ohio md
one tr. IN Chicago. "''
;. i"e meetings were held in the main
uli' n1 room on the second floor which look.
Gu. l ON broad piazza over the Atlantis
me Chicago man, whose name could
Nv. DC ascertaiued to-day, was elected chair
man, Meetings were held Monday ni~bt