Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-05-20
THE ALLIANCE II


than the South Dakota Alliance
Hail Association. The more its
mysterious waysare prohed INTO the
darker the record appears. The
facts brought TO light would ruin
any mar in the ordinary business
pursuits of life. When applied to
men who committed the deed under
:he guise of friendship, what should
be tln r standing? The leaders in
this wholesale robbing die hard and
seek to prolong their hold on the
farmers by evasive denials. Some
damaging facts have been brought
to light by Auditor Taylor, which
are given to show these a~gitators
grew fat while the good homes, farm
er paid the bills.
Thousands of farmers are interest
ed in the Alliance Hail Association,
and the disclosures made in the re-
port are eye-openers to them. The
Alliance Hail Association is a COM
panion scheme Of the defunct Fidel-
ity Insurance Company, Of which
Alonzo Wardall was president. Mr..
WnrJall is also the president Of the
Hail Association and gained some
%notoriety because of his connections
Will, the National Union and the
Notional Cordage Company schemes
recently ventilated. He and II. l..
Loucks president OF the South Da-
kota Farmers Alliance and editor
Of the Ruralist. its official organ and
the mouthpiecc Of the Independent
party in this state; Geo. G.. Cross
also of National Union Cordage
fame; j. W. Harden Independent!
candidate for various offices; II. W.
Smith, who wanted to 60 to congress.
ON an independent platform, and
other third party Farmers Alliance
men, had hold of the running ma
chinery Of the Hail Association and
fonlled it as their pet.
From the amount Of money re-
ceived by some of them from the
treasury of the concern it would
seem that they fondled it to a pur-,
pose.
W,e Alliance Hail Association
was organized under the general
territorial incorporation law Of 1887
From organization to date Of report,
April IL. 1892, the association had
q ratio OF losses to its premiums Of
G7 per cent. losses paid 53i per
cent; notes uncollccted, II per cent;
expense, 294 per cent. total, 100.
In lSS7.SS.S9t the association paid
it's losses in full. but in 1890 the Of
licers agreed to pay GO per cent, but
discrimination was practiced. The
auditor cites many instances. The
dues were oyerdrawn S4,O2G.O8. As
showing where a large amount Of
the money went the following from
the report is given:
Alonzo Wardall, president, drew
from the fidelity, s~4,674.16; from
the Hail department, sl2,324.44
from Alliance lines, S345. 53;a grand
total Of sl7 ,334.l6; for five years
services as president etc, OF the or
ganization. s. D. Cooley, secretary,
and who by the way, appears to be
the only II connected with it thai
earned anything like the amount
paid, received a total Of SIC, 9 %.
II. l.. Loucks as director drew from
the association S1,3lS.27. and from
Alliance dues s3,S76 81, making q
total Of S5,19j.2I. J. ". Harden
also 1 director and an aspirant fol
congressional honors, IA paid 81.
531. "a; B.F. Fancllcr.of Jamestown
N. d., who superintendent the bust
ness in that state an attended meet
ings rs a director, was paid S1,28l.23
George q. Cross, late member Of thu
legislature and WHO has gained SOME
reputation in connection with The
National Union Cordage scheme, go
the snug little sum Of s2,354.72 fp
services as director etc. A doze,
other directors, organizers, incorpor
ators, etc, received sums rangin,
$500 down.
1t might be interesting for mel
who earn their livings by actual Ia
Dor OH their farms to compare TIL
salaries noted above with what the,
earned by hard work. What farm
er in South Dakota has earned dul
ing the last three years near til
amount received by either Louck!
! Wardall, Harden or any OF the othe
moguls Of the order? This questio
y r 80 lLH ayes
is asked in a business sense, regart
, less Of politics. The COURIER ash
, its farmer friends to look up the
: earnings and 9 how they stans
? What the laborer on the farm earl
ed was by hard toll. lie had nor
. Of the pleasures Of travel, elegal
4 hotels and banquets, but had
keen ~ his text earlv and Int Ia o