The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-21
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Something About the Object Of this New
Organization.

EDITOR LEBANON EXPRESS!
As a great many Of your readers are
becoming interested In the Alliance
movement, l will try III short letter
to give you Its objects, aims and some
thing about the condition Of the order
In Linn County.
The prime object Is to better the con-
dltion Of the farmers Of America, men.
tally, morally and financially. II also
aims to suppress personal, sectional
and national prejudices, and all un-
healthful rivalry and selfish ambition,
and to bring this sbont advocates a re.
turn to the principles OH which this
government was founded by adhering
tO the doctrine OF equal rights and
equal chances to all und special privi-
leges to none.
The methods employed by this RsBO-
citation TO accomplish their e.ids are Of
q social, business and political nature.
The social methods are such M may be
secured by meeting together and be-
coming better acquainted with neigh
bors, and friendly Interchange of
opinions and ideas as to the practical
management Of farm work. The bus
iness methods employed take wide
range and depend In great meas
ure upon cooperation In both csunty
and state In efforts To secure the high
est prices for products, ind the lowest
price ON the commodities that Our
people need. The political methods
are strictly non.partisan aud must ever
remain 80, N every candidate for ad-
mission into the association, before
taking the pledge, is assured that 1t
will In no way conflict with his pollti-
cal or religious views. All political
parties are represented In It's ranks,
and every member is expected to labor
III his respective party W secure just
recognition VI the rights of the farmers.
All questions Of political ec0Aomy will
be thoroughly discussed, and when the
order agrees on any reform M necessary,
they Will demand 1t Of the government
and of every political party. Should
the demand be uDheeded, they will
devise means 10 bring about the needed
legislation. OF course the reforms
wanted will generally come through
legislation, both state and national, and
these points will bs zealously guarded
by the order.
Take the corruption and extrava-
gance Of the last live Legislati0ns In
our own State, and II Is enough to cause
our farmers to combine for their own
protection. Also when you look ut our
national laws, enacted during the past
twenty years, 1t Is plainly " be seen
that large majority Of them are IN
favorof the capitalist and against labor,
The farmer and labOrer are cOgnizant
Of these lacts, and generally as soon MS
he learns that our Otgect IL to remedy
these evils, he unites with us. We
have no fight to make IN this county
against the merchants Of Albany. Our
business agent has been very SUCCESS
tul in making contracts with them,
md many OF them have commenced
dealing direct with manufacturers and
are thus able to give us favorable
prices.*
And now us TO the growth of the
order In this county. The membership
IL ut this date about SUO, and would
have been much greater mad 1t not been
hut harvest has greatly interfered
with the work Of organization. ! un-
lerstand that our state Organizer, II.
A. Irvine, has eight VI ten more unions
a organize as soon as harvest Is over.
IL Is proposed that series Of meetings,
Ike those ut the Urabtree Alliance last
ull, be held in different parts Of the
county. lfthis 10 carried cut, and they
,aye The same effect as the one before
the membership Will be at
east 2OOO by next May. Wenow have
ourteen Alliances in good working or
Ter in this county, to.wlt:
Scio, No. ", Il. NJ. Munkers, Pres;
no. Smallnlan, Sec, Follis, No. = MIR.
DAILY, Pres; WIN. Queiner, Sec. Jor-
Ian, No. IL, JAG. Huber, Pres; Frank
Mayer, Sec. Rock Greek, No. =, H.
ied1es, Pres. Urabtree, No. B3. jas.
4. Peery, Pres. Il. Taylor, Sec. Pleas
mt Homie, No. -, l.. Z. Kice, Pres;
,ir. jackson, Sec. Hamilton Creek,
No. 81, Hon. Jac. Newman, Pres; !.
!. Tread See. Sweet Holle, No,
", W. b. Thompson. pres.;J 4. Arch
i, Sec. Occidental, NJ =, Peter
.ewis, Pres; w. II. jackson, Sec.
lock Aill, No. 27, J. W. Wilson, Pres;
]. A. Nteen, Sec. Grand Prairie No.