The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-11
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Address ofths Te1as\ Alliance Pres.
ident, Evan Nonss,
Bookwaltsr's ssvIllase\ Farmin,n
Theory Attracting Much
Attention Tho Feat
Virginia Alliancl
Prosperous.

| SA Stasc AIiidncf mas held a
harmonious mar session at nhlas. There
was no division, and everything went of
smoothly and amid enthusiasm. The ad |.
an idea of the general drifSof Terss 'eyS sy
aance daa.s sentiment, and the ygist of his ad.
3 os;sSSd = lss sssugywyT s
iy under the control II the stockholders,
ana whereas the StSc Alliance has no
jurisdiction over the same, we must look
10 SAID stockholders for the pcrpetuation
of the same.
Southern Mercuy-This is the prod
erty OF Farmers Alliance of Texas, and
controlled by printing board, com
posed OF the following members: The
president, vicc-prcsident. lecturer, and
executive committee of the State AL
lance.
Lady membership There is nothing
mat portends to the cxalting and purify
ing OF human nature so much as that
| winch endcavors to better the condition
OF life and make its environments more
pleasant. To this end the Alliancs is
working, and one of the great factors
necessary TO the success is the leaveninp
influence which the noble women of cur
land can give. The relation which thew
sustain to the great drama of life is no
less than that which they sustain to the
AlianHA--- -Ee>I----ouid- be .--S.ii....~. ~...a-
the hopes and aspirations of life would.
with all they imply, blast in creation
were it MT that woman, the crowpinr
work of God, was, and is to bc, the in.
spration of mans en- deavors through all
ages OF the world.
while we approve of our high schools
and State universities, yet owing to the
depressed condi ion of our people, there
are but few who can avail themselves of
university course; therefore wonld re-
commend that you take such stems rs is
necessary for the establishment of high
er grade of public free schools Also
that we provide tome way for the main
tenance of more perfect system of edu-
cation among our members on the great
principles and demands of our Order.
"While we find that the present local
sys en- of lectuiing and organizing has
resulted in much good to the Order, vet
we arc confident that much greater re.
suits could have been attained if we had
WOMB t6afefofe ,ecoMmeEu.-tKKy -tHfs'
body prepare a thorough system of Site
lecturing and devise ways and means for
its support. Would further recommend
that you devise means to furnish the
lecturers an encyclopedias of necessary
data in condenser form, to the end that
they may be able to present authenti-
Gated facts t. the people ol all leading
issues.
Remember in things essential we
must have unity; also that it is better to
pure than destroy and that eternal Wig
ilance is the price of liberty"
President Jones was reelected, and
the Ocala demands unanimously re-
affirmed.
BooKwALTER's "vILLAGE FARMING"
An article on this subject in the Sep.
tember Forum il one of the best con-
tributions of the IN nth.
Mr.. john w. Bookwalter, known
throughout the United States as manu-
! fs0*-.S-s-Af- Af-auriculturai machinery, Ike
Others who have achieved success IN BUS
mess has turned his attention &C lively to
political economy and social probl, ms,
and very properly s'cke tn make HE
efforts profit the people from whose
| patronage he has made fortune
His scheme for what he calls village
farming" is attracting great deal Of at
tenlion, and is likely to do a great deal
to make the farmers lot happier one
MIR. Bookwalter is now preparing to
demonstrate how the need of social OPP
| poltunities m Y be supplied by estab-
iisnicg farm villages in Nebraska The
fist of the will be built on il tract of
12, coo acres in Pawnee county The
land will be divided into $50 farms of
eighty acres each. and in the center of
the tract will be a village consisting of
$50 houses s, one house sor every farm.
II, garding tho cause of disc
among the immors. Mr. Dookwalter says:
"Wh lc in nv own view there seem TO
be many and marked causes for tin S
discomfort, the 'aismai ex, eriences Of my
early life as an agIiculturaiist leads me
to refer the difficulty in great measure to
one dominant amd conspicuous cause. To
nv mind therelC"e rhe chief difficulty
OF the farming class g! !ses fr. ii The lack
of association and cooperation, the lack
Of united effort, the diffusion rather than
the concentration of eDcigS N only
does this lack Of organized effort result
in much misdirccted energy and cons
ouent economic loss. but 1T works an
even more serious injury By rl,cing the
farming population at disadvantage in
the great industrial contest in which
other and co o-ordinated industries. by
virtue Of their cap .bility for thorough
concentration and organization, have q
superior advantage.
1T seems TO me that the Ameiicar
farmer has not vet mastered the problem
of combined action consequently he has
not yet fully realized upon his eneig gle.
Under the system now rracticed. eaci
separate farmhouse l. an isolated CON
muuity anda law unto itself. TIN econ
. omic loss, however, is but trifie com
, pared with the woeful waste of social en-
ergy. From this waste comes the hun
&c. of The heart aca too often the airopn
of the intellect. From this, too come
that abiding weariness suffered b
so many farmers and still more by s
many farmers sons, and, worst of all, b
so many farmers wives. For it is one O
the saddest features of this wretched iso
? alton TINT the farmer himself Often get