The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-20

y. NOVEMBER 20, 1891
change their products, or why they should
be burdcned with an interest eating bond
as a foundation for circulating medium,
when they cou'd furnish the security for
the medium of exchange themselves at
one.fourth the expense.
| THE past six months has lifted the
fog sufficiently that all may now see
where the centre OF the great industrial
battle Is to be, Politicians may beat the
bush yet little longer over an insiguih-
cant difference in the adjustment of the
tariff, but the real contest cannot be long
DELAYED. We must Ak the status of the
ruling force in America.
| Shall it be money or manhood1 Th at
is the question. We must settle the
question whether our medium of ex-
change shall be q great national labor
1 saving machine, as great rs the nations
Industries as strong rs the nations arms,
| as sound as tho nations heart. or wheth.
! er 1t shall continue to be tool of mo-
nopoly, .nonlinally under public control
but really eQntrol|inR t. i6naaheutnn4Sax
1 ksss Sai0 Of what TIC traffic VIII bear. ~
Our chief school and hope lies With
the sub Alliances Let us plant these in
every neighborhood, push the Alliance
press and literature into every home.
Let us renew no subscriptions to the par
ty press of either party that misr cpre.
sents or opposes our demands. We far.
mers and mechanics cannot afford to do
It any longer.
'Iet us stand firm by the
colors Of the Alliance. Let u.
cultivate spirit of fraternity with all
kindred organizations. Let us put The
Alliance above our fealty to any political
party, and in the great contest for the
emancipation Of industry from the domi
nation Of monopoly, let us rejoice in the
promise Of battle and the hope of vic.
tory"
$3.50 A TREE.
How would you like to sell your tim.
ber at that price, brother faUmer2
-. How mnny Of you are selling wood de-
hvercd at the railroad for $3.50 a cord :
How many are selling crossties at 90
cents apiece and haul them several miles,
maybe2
Well, farmers, $2. so tree was paid
few days ago by Northern lumber com
pany for 290, 900 soft wood trees, stand
ing, III Southern State little north
of us.
You ask il farmers sold that batch Of
treesl Well no, they had been sold by
the original owners some years ago for a
mere song; and the immense profit in this
last trade went to the speculators.
Farmers, the timber Of the Northern
forests is nearly exhausted. The i'm
immense lumber mills operating must
move. and they must move South. They
have their agents all through the South
buying up lands at ridiculously low fig.
gure. A few years hence the land YOU
sell them at % an acre viii be worth all
the way ten to twenty-five dollars an
acre Hold on 70 your ,tiwkSksd lapds,
tHEQh % ue iSiaE ) fEsssz' = z<Al
may in less than five years sep the timber
at Sc. so tree and have the land left.
TO STORE COTTON.
1t is stated that the Greenvilic, g. c.,
County Alliance has decided to store a
large portion Of their cotton crop. They
| have made arrangements with local banks
| to advance 80 per cent. Of the present
value at one per cent. per month. The
storage for the first Is days will be free.
The tot i cost of storage and insurance
per month will not exceed % cents per
| bale
This is rather costly way to hold cot
ton when compared with the Sub-tress-
ury, but with u short crop and April fu-
lures already higher than for the present
month. it DC. bti,es viii be safe if a
large number of farmers will make SINH
lar arrangements. But without unity of
action it will avail but little. However,
it should be tried. five make but little
nothing will he lost. 1t is certainly sui
cidal so sell all this crop at the present
prices. Let every cotton county 60 TO
work and see if anything can be done al
once.
That was quick work of President Polk
speaking in California on the far of Pa
cific coast and exactly one week from
date to stand with his people on the
banks of the Blue Albemarle at Elizabeth
City.
The Tarboro Advocate says that Col
Harry Skinner and Judge Bourne will
soon discuss the Sub treasury ill. Time
and place no. yet agreed upon.
|
The factory inspection committee Of
the Illinois Woman's State Alliance have
found 1O6 shirt factories working chill
dren from ten t. twelve hours daily for
the fat salary of 81 per week, in the en-.
ierprising city of Chicago st. Louis
Monitor.
The farmers of Iowa after ten years oi
hard work, of thirteen and one-hal
hours to the day on an average. fine
themselves $65, 900, coo worse off thar
they were decade ago. Industrial Edu