The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-15
THE ALLIANCE AT WORK
A secret Manifesto Beari. q on
Wheat Cr0p,

lHiGAGO, july line Far
mers' Alliance is about to un-
.dertake the experiment of or
.ganizing the farmers of the
country upon a scheme Of COM
.pelling the payment Of corner
prices for the 1901 wheat crop.
An official manifesto has been
prepared with great secrecy and
will be placed in the hands of
every member Of the Farmers
Alliance, calling upon him to
withhold a part or all of his
friends and neighbors to do the
same until such q time as the
necessities Of consumers at
home and abroad will force the
payment Of prices satisfactory
to the producers.
The various farmers organ
izations have a membership of
nearly six millions, and all of
them are expected to fall in line
with the alliance, and to in
duce others not members Of any
of the societies to do the same.
The circular il practically of the
relative force Of an order from
Gompers and Powdcrly for a
general labor strike, the far
mers being drilled up to an ap-
probation of the overwhelming
advantages of cooperation.
The circular is lengthy and
sets forth with elaborate statis-
tical detail the fact that the
farmers OF America have been
skinned out $500, 900, 900 in three
years through the Vaccinations
of short sellers, that Europe has
the shortest wheat and rye crop
Of the century, and that condi-
tions are providential for a
trust.
The farmers are directed to
resolve that a minimum price of
$l.35 in New York is moderate
and conservate, and that they
pledge themselves not to mark
ct their wheat at lower prices
and then only sparingly under
the direction Of state committees
constituted for the purpose Of
keeping posted as to supply and
demand, and strong reasons are
urged for the belief that this
policy will soon elevate prices
to the desired limit The move
is likened to a strike with the
difference tnat the working
men lose money every day the
strike lasts while the farmer
makes money, and that the out
come is always doubtful with
the workingmen while in this
instance with the farmer it is
certain. 49,
In the body of the circulrr is
a letter from Professor &. r.
Dodge, government statisician,
estimating the crop of 1891 at
seventy-five to one hundred
million bushels, under the
"absurd" GOOO, 100000 bushel
bear estimate with a possibility
of 1875, ,OO0,OOO bushels less. This
is Dodge's first climate Of the
crop. The circular is decidedly
sensational in its significance.
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A New Line North and south.
The Charleston News and
Courier says that there is talk
of another big railroad deal
which is to connect the South
with the North and West.
Starting from Savannah, Ga,
it will have connection over the
Savannah and Western railroad
into Florida, then moving North
| it intersects the South Carolina
railway at Lees ON its way to
Columbia, andthence to Monroe,
IN. O., via the three Cs, where
1t intersects the Georgia, Caro-
lima and Northern road. Then
1.-THE line goes straight ON through
Lexington TO Winston Salem,
Martinsville, Rocky Mount to
Roanoke, Va. over the Shenan.
tdoah Valley road, now the pro-
iperty of the Norfolk and Wes.
tern roal, to Shenandoah June.
tion. connecting with the Balti-
lmore and Ohio railroad, where
direct communication can be
had with the West and North.
Perfection of Railway Travel.
The Inauguration. by the Bal
timore and Ohio, Philadelphia
land Reading and Jersey Central
Railways Of the famous "Royal
Blue Line" between New York
land Washington via Philadel-
Iphia and Baltimore. was an
eveutOf the greatest Importance
TO travellers, and il is very graft
flying 60 chronicle the great sue.
cess and popularity it has at
tanned. It deserves il FULLY
for it is emphatically the best
line ever run between the two
cities. We say the BEST from
personal. experience. for we
have travelled over il and its
competing lines, and when We
say that over the "B. Il o."
route the highest realization
and perfection Of railway travei