The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-10-14
STICK TOGETHER.
Make the Alliance Grow and Prosper II
Every County.

oltON EO0S HEM
Make the Alliance Grow and Prosper Il
Every County.
IT agriculture Ii ever relieved Of its
unjust burdens and the producing
classes ever triumph to the extent OF
repeating Ubiquitous and discriminate
ing Legislation. their organizations
must necessarily be perpetuated.
Producers as individuals have never
gotten anv concessions from the law
making powers of this country. says
the Journal Of agriculture. It was
notsuntil the farmers organized form
ulated their grievances and Numbered
them in the ears Of legislatures and
that the voice of productive labor was
heard. The individual farmer or any
other laborer has no influence
on politicians; but a. man
with q few millions Of
dollars that class legislation has given
him, can on account of his superior
intelligence" his contributions to
campaign funds. and his ability to
furnish votes dictate the kind of leg
islation he wants and is even allowed
to draft bills to suit himself The in
fiuence of one millionaire with the
average legislator is greater than that
Df thousands Of the wealth producers
unless those producers are organized,
and able by their votes to jeopardize
the chances of said. legislator in q
coming election. Under such cir
cumstances politicians at least APP
pear to take great interest
in the welfare OF the dear farmer.
The hope of the friends of class les.
islation is that the farmers will sus.,
tain their reputation of not sticking
together. and that after brief spell
OF discussions. resolutions ETC., fail
ing to see desired legislation materi-
alize as soon as they expected will get
tired Of meeting and gradually dis
band and give up the fight. The
thing that monopoly and plutocratic
forces desire above all else is to crush
organized labor. That there is a con-
certed movement in the country with
that intent is obvious to all observing
and thinking people. What then is
the DUTY Of members of the Allan CO
in the premises? Will any member
allow his party prejudices to so
blind him that he will forsake the
organization that promises so much?
Any member who now listens to the
seductive voice of the wiley politi-
clan. and sewers his connection with
the Alliance because there's too
much politics in it j" Is, we fear, be-
ing led captive by the devil at his
will" That is just what the polit;-
clan wants and he will then laugh in
his sleeve and say. well get 'em
after a while; didn't I tell you the fool
farmers didn't have sense enough to
stick together?"
The question of supreme import.
ance to the Farmers and Laborers'
union and all other farm organizations
is What means can be- adopted that
will lead to the steady growth and
influence OF the order? It must not be
allowed to wane. 1t needs numbers
to give it prestige and power Let
every member who has the good of
the order at heart help to make sub
ordinate unions interesting. aud each
OA0 s 00A ~ O4O 6OOA udLu0 VI GU0 OrU0r,
talk for it and work for it like he
does for his political party and the
Alliance will grow.
A system Of lectures should be in
stituted, SO arranged that every SUBJ
ordinate union would be sure of a
speaker at each meeting. BY an ex-
change of speaking talent this can be
done. State and county lecturers, and
all other lecturers should be chosen
carefully. They should all be better
Alliancemen than partisans. other
wise they may use language that will
throw damper on the meeting and
do more harm than good. A lecturer
should be as nearly politically indie
pendent as possible.
Every member should feel himself
constituted a committee of one to see
that every sub-union in this country
is increased in. membership. for with
large and intelligent membership
the organization stands as mighty
wall of defense between the laboring
classes and the encroachments of
capitalistic greed.