The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT
A Nebraska Judge to The Rescue
Of A Farmer.
The Relation of Col, l.. l.. Polk
and the New PEOPLES Par
ty Discussed.

ty Discussed.
According to The Hub, paper pub.
lished at Kearney, Neb., the distress of
the farmers has touched the judicial
bench, and caused it to exercise rare
degree of discretion in administering the
law.
1t seems that while court was in ses.
sion IN town appropriately named
Broken Bow. lawyer applied for a rule
70 eonnsm farm mSrtgage sale; Ths.
out a precedent in court annals.
Judge Hamer, who was presiding,
looked thoughtfully at the lawyer a mo.
ment. Then his eyes ranged over the
sad-faced farmers in the hall of justice.
81 will not do itm said the Judge.
"This docket is covered, page upon page,
with confirmation cases. The drougn;
of last summer has exhausted the farmers
resources, and he is unable to pay his
loans. The act of God, for which the
people are not responsible, has reduced
one-half of them almost to beggary, auG
this calamity shall not be made worse by
any act of mine. We are asked to turn
100 farmers over to money lenders and
500 women and children over to paupcr.
ism. 1t shall never be done in this dis
trict while I am judge. The people ae
not able to pay, and will not assist in
robbing them. Let us wait until crop
can be raised and confidence restores,
and all will come out right. If man be-
living on his land, or trying to cultivate
it, he should have the reward of his
work. WIN nevcr Connrn- safe In
times like these, if the owner is trying tn
make living on the land. When the
people are compelled to ask aid to pro.
cure seed it would he cruel mockery tC
deprive them of the land to SOW the seed
upon. l have right not to confirm II
sale when the property sold does not
bring two-thirds It's actual value, and in
these cases it has not brought that
amount. The sale is not confirmed.
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The president of the National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union, Col. l.. l..
Polk, was not present at the Cincinnati
Conference that formed the '.Pcoplr>
party" and he was not in favor of the
formation of new party so soon. Never
thcless, he does not propose to be in tn,
rear when the procession has started, an,
he comes out in his paper, the Progress
i've Farmer, in what ought 60 be unmis
taxable fashion, as follows:
Fday wen; II 6ugnt not TO taKo muc-T
wisdom to answer that question. TIL,
new party has adopted the Alliance de
mands and it's platform. Does any one
suppose that intelligent Alliance men w'!'
vote against a party that adopts thosc
demands and in favor of party that r"i
only fails to adopt, but resists those de
mands2 The Western Alliance States
have already gone into the new party.
Will not the necessity for Alliance unity
force the other Alliance States to go into
the new party also2 We see no way t"
prevent the new party from sweeping the
country, except the simple one of cheer
fully conceding to the people every one
of their just demands.
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According to Topeka dispatch, the
Executive Committee of the Farm'rs
Alliance of Kansas is discussing a plah
for private sub-treasury.
The plan is to establish in each county
bank, and storehQuse or elevator. The
stock is to be taken by subscription, and
| each county sub-treasury is to be manag-
ed by the III officers Of Local AlliaAee-
| The farmers may deposit their grain or
other products in tile storehouse and re-
ceiye in checks of the bank 80 per cent
of the value of the deposit, minus the
charges for insurance. The deposit can
be kept until the owner is ready to sell.
Meanwhile his check for advances is to
circulate as money. The amount of the
produce deposited is limited to the
amount of the bank stock subscribed.
Such are the outlines of the plan.
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An antitrust bill has been passed BY
the Illinois Legislature which forbids
with severe penalties any corporation,
partnership, individual OF association to
enter into an agreement with any other
corporation, partnership or individual to
| regulate production or fix prices. 1t is
| to be noted, however, that combinations
| in production are now more commonly
taking the form of large corporations
legally organized into which have been
merged many smaller ones. This bill
would not apparently outlaw the Sugar
Trust as at present organized, any more
than it would any other corporation.
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A grand Alliance mass-meetipg held a,
Goldsboro on the 27tb. number o
prominent men made speeches, among
them being President l.. l.. Polk, OF the
National Alliance and Industrial Union
and Senator PETER, of Kansas. Anothe,
similar meeting will be held il Charlotte
on August 26th
A meeting of the farmers and working
men of Chesterfield county, Va, was hclt
at the county courthouse on Friday
June 10th, and an address made b,
Robert Snavely, State lecturer of th
Farmers Alliance, who explained the
objects and principles of the Alliance.
|
1t was Byron who said that u drop o
ink may make million people think
So it can, and like the shot that was free
by the embattled farmers and hcart
round the world, so word may some
times stir the heart of nation OF lea