The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-07-31

successful. with organization. This svs-
tenn OF organization is perhaps as COM
pletc, extensive. with facilities for com
~munication as well protected as any
organization ever known. This was ae-
complished so rapidly that but little
time was left to disioint or defeat ii.
The universal opinion prevailed with
those on the outside that it would Ea rs
short lived as other prior organizations,
and when the fact was discovered that
1t was growing in numbers, strength and
Influence, the outside world r~euli2e,!
that the d%iscordant and destroying ele-
ments i'll former organizations We're net
included in tins one, and under the eligi-
bility clause could not be. Then began
All organized opposition to the order. n
rapidly carried the masses in the order
from organization to education, the next
step and design.
The opposition being so determined
was O we'll planned nor ;Mroitly exc
cuted. This gave a fitting opportunity
to insist upon cooperation, and in the
short term Of twelve months within tho
limits of the state of Georgia 60. 900
farmers We're thoroughly organized, rap
idly being educated and, by the help of
those determined to crush the order,
forced to cooperation, the third step and
design.
One of the boldest strides, and perhaps
the most foolish, was the. combination
known as the "Jute Bagging trust" in
itf effort to force upon the cotton
planter the output of it's mills at
about double its market value. This
was detied first in Georgia, with a deter
mination, persistency and sacrifice that
commanded admiration and taught the
~monopolists Of this land a lesson never
to be forgotten.
The next effort WAS the "Suyar trust"
which was of but short duration. The
position taken by the Farmers Alliance
was that combinations had no moral or
legal right to speculate TINS upon the
necessities of life. This influence went
into the courts and Legislative halls OF
this entire country, and brought to their
relief m;tny wise measures and decisions.
The fourth step and design in the AL
nce-tinanCialimp then
taken up for consideration aud thought.
Two leading Alliance men within the
order openly and boldly declared that no
permanent and extensive relief could
ever be obtained for the toiling masses
under the present monetary system in
this country. This question was handed
down for serious consideration to the
sub-Alliances, and by every possible
means within the grasp Of the order the
financial system of the country was thor
oughly dissected, and its influence and
bearings upon the producers of the coun-
Try was closely scanned. Out of this
grew the suJtreasury plan and the sub
treasury bill.
Not since the existence of civil govern
ment, with commercial relations esttb.
lished and Il monetary system in vogue.
has any one question ever been so thor
oughly canvassea and over which has
been more excitement. When this plan
and bill We're first placed before the pub
lie it WAS considered 50 "iinrrHctical,'
50 clearly unconstitutional and so in.
mcnSely foolish. that the outside world
viewed the proposed measures with scorn
and pity. Capitalists at home and
abroad had absolute control of all the
departments OF government, and thus
securely Fortified they threw back into
the faces OF Alliance people the epithets
impractical" "trntk patch currency"
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