The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
ALLIANCE TOPICS.
Some Wide Awake Work Being Done
Here and There.
The Agricultural Commissioners OF
Five States Pledge Reduction
In Acreage of go Per Cent.

At Memphis, Tenn in the parlors ei
Tue Eeahody Hotel conference wus rcI !
between the commissioners of agriculture
oi inc various cotton States who attended
!he convention OF cotton growers regard.
ing the action of the convention. and
'hey agreed to the following memorial:
"Thc commissioners of arricul
tire representing the States Of
| Alabama, Arkansas, North Caro-.
! INA, Georgia and Tennessee. being
| impressed with the necessity of the re,
uuctlon OF the acreage Of cotton and the
| greater divcrsiiication of crops for home
consumption, hereby endorse the action
OF the Cotton Growers and Merchants
Convention, held in the city Of Memphis.
Tenn, on the Sth day of January, 1892
do earnestly appeal to all agricultural and
mercantile organizations, consisting of
Alliances, Oranges, State and county ar-
rlcultural societies, boards, cotton ey
changes, chambers Of commerce, etc.
also individual farmers aud merchants,
to ass st and CO opcrat~ ,:.h us III secur
iny 49, rOregolhg results, and to this end
recommend the general and local adop.
tioa of the action Of the Convention
plcdSIng themselves to reduction of
not less than 90 per cent. of the cotton
acreage OF last year; and further URGE and
recommend the immediate organization
oi States, counties, and districts or town.
ships to act either indcpend cntlv or
through legally organized societies os
may be deemed best, and as will mosS
readily insure the benefits arising from
concert of action and the decreased pro.
auction of cotton for the year 1892 g"
Senator PETER, of Kansas. Thursday
introduced bill to loan Indiana farmers
Eioo, ooo, 600. The farmers are to rive
thcLr promissory notes for the amounts of
thclr loans and mortgages on their farms
20 secure them. They are to pay no in.
,crcst, but the Governor of Indiana is to
levy tax OF per cent. semi-annuallv
and turn over the proceeds to the Secre-
tary OF State. If the farmers never pay
they are to stay on their farms if. they
> a,,. ,ss agree gree e pay g s safto tax Of !.
rssislSas N asaiiaR ssaaaa, ss
der there is at work politically rs Wclf ,aS
socially The California people are dis:
gusted ut the paid reports which are being
most industriously circulated TO the effect
that Senator Stanford is posing in favor
as an Alliance candidate for the presi-
dent nj nomination, and say they might
us well run Jay Gould as Stanford "
President Cannon has put in operation a
lecture system, by which he hopes To
spread information and political truth
all tn ough his State. He gives his Ice
turcrs suggestions and points as to what
should b. talked about, and summarizes
as follows:
Show them how the Union Pacific
railroad gang invested $2lS,O00 and
pockctcd Sl47, ,29s, no. Show that the
Central Pacific railroad gang invested
SG2, 900 and pockcted about $l3G, 00o,
600. Tell them these millionaircs now
owe the people sl30, 900, COO and refuse
to paw Il dollar Show them that we
have built, and paid twice the cost,
eve one Of the railroads to the Pacific
coas!, and we are paying for them III
trcights and fares every five years; that
these monster monopolies have the whole
Pacific coast by the throat and are chok
ing al our industries to death by their
Shiny grip; that while they wall in the
State on the east and charge all the tTaf-
ic will bear their friends build tariff
wall across the Golden Gate that fines
vessels $40, 900, coo year to enter and
discharge their carGocs. Demand that
Jay Gould, Russell Sage, Sidney Dillon
Il Co., of the Union Pacific gang, and
Stanford, Huntington and CroCkcr 4 Co :,
the Central Pacific gang, pay their debts
| 10 the government, as well rs their taxes
! TO this state, or surrender their railroads
ana retire from business for the good Of
| the State"
|
Arkansas has arranged for seven great