The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-01-02
2 -.This mnyement means. the.

! rs masses-of the farmer as q farmer. L.
Means the assertion of the manhood of
the yeomen of the nation. This is real ed
ucation. The accent of our education has
hitherto been to get on, ''to rise" We
have been taught TO climb out of the hum
BILE sphere in which we were born into
some so-called higher sphere. The smith
learns to despise his anvil, and the clod-
hopper to look with contempt upon the
plow. They raise to "higher" things.
They become lawyers, and doctors, and
preachers, and bankers, railroad men anG
politicians We now have fully eight mil
lion men in this country educated to be
Presidents of the United States. We only
need about dozen Presidents in hun
dred years-an awful waste of raw mate.
rial.
The farmers arc learning and teaching
to their children, in their organization,
that the work of the farm is as sacred, as
E-6bBt,e, rs itssa9fable that Of any sphere
in life. Women, too, are admitted to the
order. Well they may. There are more
farmers wives in the insane asylums OF
America than any other class. They have
| actually recognized the fact that
| WOMEN Is HUMAN BEING.
A reporter once asked an old farmer ir
the West what he thought about the ques-
ton .'Is marriage failure 2" He replied,
"what marriage? Well let's see. There 8
Lucindy gifts up in the mornin', kindles
the fire, milks six cows, starts four chill
dren off to school, tends to three Others,
skins twenty pans O. milk. feeds the hens,
likewise the hogs, looks after some moth
erlcss sheep, gifts breakfast, washes UP
the dishes, gifts dinner, etc. why, mon,
do you think could hire anybody TO dc
all that for what she gifts Not much
It's great success, sir" Ah, these pa
: tient, sadfactd weary millions of women
The pathos of their lives! They have en-
tered this organization with cheeks flushed
with hope, many of them for the frs
time in life. May God lead and bless
them.
8. This movement means
COOPERATION As AGAINST COMPETITION
1t is in this principle of socialism tina
the order has its strongest foundation
i They are pledged to cooperate with eacl
v other in the production of cconomi
> goods, and not only so, but to co-operat
, in the distribution Of these goods. TIL
J, Alliance stor,s of supplies are prom
~ nent feature of their work. These store
$ contain the germ idea of the great il
) ( dustrial cooperative soc cites of work
" ingmen in Great Britain. They are asser
" ing in life the principle, that it is bette
- - for men to fight for each other tina
:. against one another. They are learain
y ~ the secret of associated power-that in III
.. Jon there is strength. 1t is in the light
this fact that we solve the apparent pa
edox, that while they cry out again
ss-i.$5psts and monopnlics, in the san
4 brcash they demand that the governme
- = press It's functions to the very verge
~ State socialism. These cries are not
=, consistent. They are the assertion OF I,
20 dameutal principles. They recogn
e. the important fact that government is
Nv something separate from the people,
en- when normally administered, is sim
ID. the people governing themselves : tina
is not power to be forced, but po'
to be utilized for the happiness OF oil
ID, 4. The organization means brotherho
th II is a fratcrnal and benevolent order
"a principles OF love and fraternity, wid
the world, universal as the rose,