The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-11
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
What the Leaders ara Doing and
Saying In Washington.
A Discussion on why Cotton and
Other Food Products are Down,
BY Northern Paper.

A Washington correspondent writes:
III met Judge Fuller, of North Carolina,
the other day and he told me that the
farmers of his State were sceinr hard
times owing to tho low price of cotton.
Tobacco, he also said, would be ,Dlsnts5
to only two-thirds the extent OF last
ss6Hm ssaHm THE 4aaRaaitioa q sgaits a
Commission recently created by the
House is investigating tho matter and
will soon suggest bill Intended 10 rem
edy the existing evils.
"Hon. Il. It. Stackhousc, ,-of South
Carolina, is preparing with great care
graduated income tax bill which vii!
soon be presented to Congress for con.
sideration.
Senator PETER says in relation to pro
hiOition: "There is no efficient way to
deal with The business of dram selling
but to prohibit it. Any other course Is
merely tcmporizinS.
'!Senator Peffer, who has hitherto op.
posed any appropriation for the Worlds
Fair. has been won over and will favo,
early aud liberal Government assistance.
The President in his recent message op
this subject intimatcd that an appropria.
tion of as much as $S, 900, 900 would moi
be vetoed.
''There arc thousands of persons who
wonder why am called 'Sockless' Simp
son, said that representatives re tho State
of Kansas to un acquaintance. "But
there arc very few who know the real
reason. was young fellow with a
considerable fondness for the society Of
young ladies, and was very proud of
my feet" The Congressman stretched
out his neatly cased pedal extremi,ies for
the inspection of his friends and glanced
at them with pride.
"We all used to wear tight boots" i,
continued, sometimes SO tight to be very
uncomfortable. There was a fellow who
had foot just triflc smaller than mine
He could wear boots size smaller than /,
and a mutual acquaintance, who, by the
way, was q young lady, spoke about il
to me one evening. was in the habit OF
wearing heavy woollen socks, and I
knew that il should take them off
could wear smaller boots. To my grea,
JOY l found on trying that could wea,
a size smaller than my rival, and I at
that evening as usual, and found him
ehOiOi ptouu AZ sAui sIse(cDoohtYES-rk-skfQ kfQk
which were -rsally srSsaf fE}sssuS,- sIaine.
The subject came upA4 0os u Va
it-about the size Of our boots, and he
eagerly accepted the challenge to {.
measurement. OF course l won, and he
seemed to feel as badly over It as II he
had lost horse race. But the boot.
maker who was in possession of my
secret gave me away and the boys all got
on to the story. Do wear socks now9
should say that do"
The man who joins the Alliance for
the purpose Of getting little cheap sugar
or little Office of some kind, is generally
the one who is found kicking.
The Alliance Aid Association of South
Dakota has voted almost unanimously
transfer its membership to the New Na
tional Aid degree. The Kansas Mutua
Aid has determined TO do likewise
When these transfers are completed, the
aid degree will stand square on its feet,
and be able to pay losses in full at once.
Applications are coming in by the
hundred for agents commissions, and
everything points to.ss svssrai success.
Brother Wardall is now making tour OF
the States, and meets with encourage
ment wherever he goes.