The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-03-04
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A Farmers Idea Of the National s tore Com.
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UNION COUNTY, FEB. 29.-MR EDiToR
Please allow me space in your columns to
give my views as to tho advisability Of the
Alliance accepting the terms Of the National
Trade Union Company. We should move
SLOW AMI very cautiously, lest We fal in the
ditch, for if we don't mind we will be caught
in trap; or, as the old saying is, they will
feed us on soft corn awhile and then choke
us to death on the cobs. have no faith in
the company. since it is owned aud con-
trolca by the Union Cordage Company, the
same company that gave us farmers South
and South west so much trouble about jute
0agging and binding twine, aud robbed us
of millions of dollsrs-for it was 20 less
than robbery--aud /, for one, have not for
gotten them. If every cotton farmer had
done right tbcn they would not have bought
single yard of their baggng, unless they
could not get anything else to cover their
/ cotton. In 1887 the farmers Alliance agent
of Uuion tried TO buy from F. w. Wagner, at
Charleston, (who was in the trust) and his
price was Is cents per yard, and he u dn't
| come down q cent because he knew we
bad to have the bagging; and now for ihem
| 10 propose to be our great friends, to help
| quill us farmers out Of the mud by selling
| us cheap goods don't believe word Of it,.
| Ii is only the scheme of hypocrites. If they
| are such friends to the farmers, especially
the Alliance, why dill they charge US 300
Ger cent an this Jute Bagging year or two
| ago?
No, my bro her Farmers, they arc wolves
in Sleeps clothing.
This very Cordage Company two years
ago would have cast our Alliance lea ers
into den of Lions as the enemies of the
good cd Daniel did him; if they had haC
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friends. a pretended frieni is two-folC
| worse than an open enemy.
| do not doubt but that il would reduc,
the price Of goods f,r while, but when i
swallowed up ell the State exchanges in tn,
United States, they will have accomplished
their ends or aims; aud then the believe,
Farmers may steer their own boats. Wher
this scheme was first talked of was in favo
1t, but the plan va, very different from
the one now advocated. The first one was
as understood it, for all the State Alliances t
unite and form national Alliance Exchange
50 that the Exchange could buy as cheap a
| any Wholesale house in the Union, thercb,
enabling the farmers to get their hesv
groceries, ETC., at the very lowest prices; bu
if l understand the object of the Nationu
Store Union Company, if carried out, it wi
destroy all the State Exchanges that accep
their terms. so it seems pain to me tha
the farmers will be the looscrs in the end
for the Union stores will then have all thing
their way:
Now, Mr.. Editor, l fear there will b
worse than mouse in the meal tub-it will
be big rat. | had much rather give m,
small mite Of trade to open enemies tha
pretended friends. But | do not believe ou
merchants are the farmers enemies The
understand The farmers situation and the
we'll know if the Farmers sink they 60 dow
with them. Whatever is the Farmer inter
est is the Merchants. II the farmers ar
prosperous the Merchants, Doctors, and q
industrial occupations will prosper. so it be
hooves us all, in every occupation aud pre-
fession, to work together for each ones ben,
fit, which l believe VIC all will one da
do, uniting to find out and correct the ev
or evils that cause oil the hard times au
depression among the laboring classes.
feel sure that every true patriot, let him liv
in town or country, will work together I
have an economical government administert
in justice TO all alike.
The farmers arc all very busy, seeming
forget the harl times causel by the 10
price of their products, but hoping tn;
: there is II brighter day for us all in the nea
: future.
LOOKING AHEAD.