The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15

CODY u UllSSG IESO{tlj luis bC CEl llIICO
to the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives and the President Of th 3
Senate of the F~ifCy-secOnd Congress of
America, attested by the President and
Secretary Of the National Farmers
AlIiar ce and Industrial Union under
seal of the Order. IS adopted.
Resolution by Bro. Butler, of North
Carolina. adopted, that committee OF
one from each cotton State be appointed
to fOrmulateapianby which the worlds
greatest producers Of the S >uth's great
est staple, cotton, may be able to some
extent, ~atleast, to control the quantity,
consumption, marketing time aud
| price of said crop.
Resolution by Bro. Butler, Of North
Carolina, adopted, that being in pos
session of facts that n thoroughly
reliable which warrant us in the belief
thatafalSe estimate has been purpOsely
made of the present crop of cotton, we
feel safe in guaranteeing better prices
if cotton be held for sixty days.
On motion, the committee of one
! member from each cotton State was
continued with instructions to pursue
their work further and report to this
body at its next annual session.
A resolution by Bro. PiersOn, of Nir-
ginia, was adopted.
WHEREAS, The revision of the Statu-
tory laws has abolished the standing
committee of the State Business Agents.
ResOIUed, That the Supreme Council
heartily puts itself on record as having
no responsibility whatever for the a"
ton of the State Business Agents.
Resolution by Bro. Williams, of North
Carolina, was adopted, endorsing resO
luton of North Carolina State Alliance,
as follows:
ResoIred, BY the North Carolina
Farmers Alliance, that the National
Council, at its next meeting, be re
Quested to issue al appealtOth various
Sub-Alliauces of the whole country to
make a voluntary contribution OF at
least five dollars each, to be apprO-
priated and used for a national lectur
ing fund; that the delegates from this
State to the National Council be in
strUcted to place this resolution be
fore the next meeting of that body.
House took recess at ! p. m,
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Supreme Council called to order at 3
o. m Council opened in due form.
The finance committee made a par
tial report, which was received and
adopted.
The committee on finance, to whom
was referred so much Of the Presidents
message as related to the finances of
the Order, and also the financial part
Of the report of the executive board
beg leave to make the following partial
report:
The commit; ee has examined the
books of the Secretary-Treasurer as
carefully as the limited time at it's dis
posal would permit, and find, so far as
our investigation extended, that the
books r. neatly and correctly kept.
Your committee recommends:
1. That per capita dues for 1892 and
all arrears must be paid by February
1, 1892. All State organizations failing
to comply shall be suspended.
3. That secretaries of subordinate
Alliances or Unions shall annually re-
port to the Chairman of the National
Executive Board the membership upon
which representation is secured in the
July meeting of their county organIza-
tiOns.
3. That Bro. Copeland be allowed
the usual per diem of 50 per day as
sergeant alarms.
4. That in settlement Of mileage and
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gates whose States have paid in full
per capita tax for 1892 be paid in cash,
and States not paid in full be paid by
order on State Secretary in proportion
to their delinquency.
On motion. 5 p. m. was made special
hour for electing a legislative commit
tee Of five.
The committee on federation made
reDOFt. which was adODt9d
Your committee on confederation
beg leave to report that they have
communicated with all industrial or
CARNATIONS having like objects with
own, and have received reply from
the following: National Farmers Ali
ance, Colored National Alliance. Farm
ers' Mutual Benefit Association. Knights
of Labor, National Citizens Alliance.
National Citizens Industrial Alliance,
National Patrons Of Industry, and Ma
tiOnal GrangeO of Patrons of Husbandry.
We have succeeded in effecting a con
federation with all of the above except
the National Grange and National
Alliance. By the advice of your Presi-
dent and eX-cOmmittee, the chairman
of this committee visited the National
Alliance at it's national meeting, held
at Omaha, Nebraska, last january. At
that meeting the plan Of confederation
was presented to them and a commit
tee appointed from hat body to confer
with a committee from the other or
CARNATIONS for the purpose of confed
Grafton; that committee has, through
its chairman, been notified of all meet
ings held for the purpose of ~confedera-
ton, but has not attended any. The
National Grange was communicated
with through its President and Score
tary, and they refused to participate in
the confederation. Your committee
was called by its chairman to meet in
Washington, D.. c., at which meeting
a confederation was formed and a
President and Secretary for the con
federation elected; also an executive
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