The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-12-04

: oyafcw individuals solely To enrich the,
serves: Cooperative associations shou
eHss .or ths purpose of making an couj
o'e distribution of benefits between n
producer, consumer and manufactures
Sonrting for it the fullest discussio
the writer modcst'y submits his plon
stand or fall upon its merits.
euiitord College, n. G. j. SMITH.
ANOTHER PLAN ron HEIJrr
MIR. Editor: Tho cotton cron 10 bo;,
gathered, and the prices are so small ,L,
the faces Of the farmes have sad ~,
turbed look. When ono meets om,,hr
the hrst question, after the usual fricndI
s'''iohS IS how are your crops, au,
.n" common reply is, very good, but th
s.a''"'lon prices of cotton makes MI
sau' ana II the good merchant tha
ieeu sI.m i 10 me can't carry me over,
,,w,,r S,,r., Mnre 90 let him take my home, and
""" rs---s- ...-,.-.s--r---.-souI.I ". IConuttfon
sometimes wish had never been born
l have worked SO hard this year and Sc
hopefully, for my crops responded so
checrfully for every stroke of labor that I
gave 1t, and is there 10 RENE iy for ,,s2
and the reply is, none, unless the Nation.
al government, through the carncs. so
l'citation of the Alliance, will como to
our rescue. The reply is, that will not
pe done, for the majority of our repre-.
sehtat,vcs arc directly opposed to our re-.
medal plans. But, Mr.. Editor, I. for
one, believe the nccdful remedy can be
gotten ut our next National General As
scmbly within thiity days after its con
vcntion The Alliance is n national or.
ganization and therefore has it's adb,r-
cnts In every State in tn s grand Union
and suppose President Polk was to call n
national convention of the Alliance and
That convention was to select twenty or
It's members from each State, send them
to Washington City and there let them
organize themselves into congress or
convention. ns ono may please to term 1t,
eject president, select their committees.
formulate their plans draft their resolu
tions, get themselves in working copdi
tlon, and then say, North, whqt is need
ful Tor Your reform; it is thus, let the
answer be, you can have it. The West
the same, the East the same, and when it
comes to our southland just afford us the
opportunity of holding our cotton for
two crops-ihis crop and one more.
Draw such a bill rs the different sections
require, take it in n body to the Prcsi
dent Of the Senate and demand vote
upon it by that body. They are our SER
wants and will likely obey, and then take
1t to the House of Representatives and
demand the same; say to them we want
1t as an experiment and if it does not
answer our requirements we will come in
two or four Years aud ask -qs rfeepcs! .Ey--
t'ehc OF severe Cirsrs needs strong reme.
oies, ana II ~ cart be Accomplished
without IT 4 demand the passage OF n stav
law ior Two years with the proyiso that
the interest of the individual indebtoJ'
ness sasll be paid. Thu creditor slitSI.s
c.: ,..s: ssxG tilat t@lIsl esia - -
whe els of business wonYo Ahus ~
in the least and if the government would
initiate the currency to IL liberal and l"gr-
innate limit, the wheels Of prosperity
would besim to roli ana before the cxpir-
alton of the first twelve months cotton
would command satisfactory prices and
other products the same, and we would
then have prospcrousard happy nation.
We all know that the price of cotton Is
not regulated by supply and demand, Tor
there is one billion five hundred amt
twenty-five million Of people In tins
world, and only four billions OF pounds
of cotton made per year, which IS not
quite D pounds per capita, saying moth
ING of what is manufactured into rope,
canvas, cotton bagging and many other
| modes of manufacture. So you see, MIR.
| Editor. that il cannot II" supply and dc
mand. FARMER.
President l.. F. Livingston, of Geor
gie. st his whiskcrs in Louisiana IL
a felIs how he escaped without furthe
CONSTITUTION. s-."rview I'm the Atlant
After long drive tnroug,
some of the laurel swamps we reached
a little village was tired and weary
and felt i'll at ease. Seeing the familia
striped sign of barber shop, entered
threw myself into chair directing tn
barber to give me shave, and to trir
my whiskers Under the soothing touc
of his hand | became drowsy and fc
asleep. You may imagine my surpris
when / arose from the chair, and lookin
into the mirror, saw Il perfect rcprodu,
tion of my friend, Ex-Governor Bovntol
, of Griffin. Iput my hand to my CHR
but it was no illuson--it was as baI
as ever it was in my callow DAYS. r.
, was nothing To do but TO retire in "a
, gust and trust to time for u reparation {
the damage. am afraid to 90 hom
however, until some sign Of a beard r.
appears.
, Alliaucemen are warned not to tru
the bad men who have Joined the All
| once for selfish uurUOses We take (