The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-20
ALLIANCES SHOULD NOT DIsBASD.
A Prominent and Patriotic Ailianceman
Thinks the Wedgefield Alliance
Made Mistake.
1Fron the State.

uh GuelI dCtlOu Was q IIIS-ahC AIM
fer with the conclusions you deduce. "a
make my meaning clear, please give
ice for the following ''declaration OF has
entionsn which is the platform on wo
.ich I stand, and the prostitution Of n1s NJ,
lich by the National, State and anc
unity Alliances has brought about cet cet
action of the Wedgefeld Alliance: Of
PLATFORM OF TRUE ALLIANCE. thi
impressed that we, the Os'
rmers' Alliance, united by the strong ne
d faithful ties of financial and home crop
erests, should set forth our declara, laeS-
4 OF intentions; We, therefore, resol,Ern ,;y;eht
|. To labor for the education ofeedn't tell
ricultural classes in the scieH, | knowed
,nomical government in b
spirit. coined Dan P,
;ential. unity; aud inness. Here's Doc,
). 70 developa betteca bags g',o Of his his to SUP
orally, socially and crowd today. But it's
(. TO create a beIhy hereabouts, and II!
sustaining cIWgive pill to man, woman
3 law and oroes month";
10 constaDtd smile,n replied the Doctor;
e harmonyre by my side is my old TREND
anklno 20 belongs to the only profession
rselVes.rade whose fees axe limited by
). 10 sute: who knows enough law to
NAL !Stisfy Lycurgus, and when he does
altget a case can soc with Socrates, rip
II with Ripides and cant with old Can
r tharides. He doesn't get business
e enough to warrant him III buying a
box Of NY pills. His knowledge OF
plants is so meagre that be can't tell
mint from pot-margery, even IN
Il julep."
r sHa. har' laughed Ben J. Both Doc
= and Squire have their private ware,
:, house to put away their things until
- the demand comes. [ have always
IS believed, though, that when & mans
e business don't pay, nobody can hlnder
him from going at something else"
"Bully for you, Ben," retorted Jim;
"you never did any work IN your lie,
J that I know of, only to sell few water
a melons at this season Of the year, ana
n YOUR warehouse is your wifes estate"
"Ahem, We are becoming too perso-
=, nal" said the Parson, land straylng
q from the subject. l think the farmer
has his grievances, and it strikes me
the remedy is in his owl hands. st.
-, Paul directs US to magnify our offices
II and by 60 means to undarrate them.
u Tie true remedy then is to dignity
8 labor, instead Of which the cry IS that
farmers are a down-trodden, oppressed
people. Demagogues tell them that the
shornv-handed sons Of TOLL who feed
! IL lo IL ,,2 ShNrlG the
K most independent class, are desplsed by
# the other classes, who are not only un-
grateful, but scorntul. The sons OF far
mers hearing this, and being persuaded
that their fathers believe it, betake
y themselves to the professions, already
e crowded, or go tC some town ana oe-
!, come counter-hoppers on low salaries.
- Some few succeed, and may amass Tor
!. tunes-fully nine-tenths are failures.
The failures are not remembered-o
4 the few who succeed are the envy OF the
covetous. By the Introduction OF steam
as our great mechanical agent we are
= entering the period of large towns and
Y cities, and the markets are brought
: almost to the farmers door. this influx
=. to cities decreases the number OF pro-
" ducers and increases that of consumers.
9 So that if supply and demand are I'M
r. portant factors in this problem, it seems
q TO me the producers have not seen their
best days. I beg pardon, my discourses
are generally on Sundays. Jim, give
/ US your further experience as a farmer
II l believe you We're Granger?"
n "That's fact, Parson," replied jim.
"My individual efforts seemed like they
< were no account. 1 thought co-opera-
/ ton was the thing. The Grange seemed
all right; but I found out that could
sell to better advantage to the specula-
:, tor than the Grange agent could, who
Il had himself to sell to the Spectator,
10 and took his commissions for selling
e besides"
o "But how about this Alliance plan,
Jim"' queried the Doctor.
"Nell you see, Doc, cont know
y exactly what it is. I went in for any
s. thing that would help the farmer: So
Y a little over q year ago | Jumped into
o the Farmers Movement as it was
called, but when the election Of State
> officers was declared I found, that about
three of the candidates elected was said
to be farmers-the balance Of them was
G mostly lawyers and such like. That was
! reform with vengeance"
y Reforms are Of slow progress y re-
r marked the Parson. "Over' eighteen
: hundred years ago Christ proclaimed
( the new social systems. Christianity
has already potentially reconstructed
society: what it needs is not revolution,
but DEVELOPMENT. The Christian pro-
e cess of reconstruction is still imperfect,
, though in the right direction. But pro-
ceed, Jim"
"W-cII, sir, I went il for county ware
) houses, and kept back my cotton. To-
II dav heard that if had sold it year
q ago this Gotten would have fetched y
: cents, and would now bring only about
cents-and no ware house yet. The
wagner lButler) in his great sixteen
horse act. as the circus bills say, told q
heap CT truth to-day, as know by eX-
perience. And I flowed be was just
about right when he spoke of the
Il scarcity Of 1n0ney-specialiy with me
and him. I was glad when be touched
OF the slb-treasury bill, (wAich Mr..
Stokes said was not TO be debated on
for that struck me rs the real thing for
: the farmer. But he skinned it alive,
Y and showed it was unconstitutional,
e unreliable and impossible. Aad when
r lie was opening up on flexible currency
+ 2 fellow sitting by me pulled out OF his
d wa;Stcoat pocket q hundred-doliar bill,
q Confederate money, and showed it to
y me. is trat flexible enough" said he.
: 'Worser'n Indian rubber baGd,' says
o I: ard then 11opped, for remembered
i when I SOLD 2 wagon load Of cotton l
!, wnu.d get about Z wagon load Of Con-
o feuerate money fer it, and when |
;, bought a barrel Of sugar | would have
\, TO give about two loads Of Confederate
e currency; still I am an Allie zee man.
: Il IS good for ;len following the same
:, pursuit to form associations"
' But what about the Third Party?'
). rGlired the Doctor.
! II aul sure" replied Jim, chat Sc
cret societies, whore politics and even