The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-15
THE ALLIANCE ARMY.
1t Is A Mighty Order with Immense
Power.
Not Rich Though, For Who Knows A
Millionaire Farmer

mhnonalre Farmer
AT the State Alliance of Iowa. the re.
port OF the secretary showed that 251
new sub-Alliances had been organized
within three months, an average of near
ly three Alliances per day in that one
State. Yet there will soon be another
cry that the Alliance is breaking up"
The Swedish farmers of Minnesota are
loini9g hands with the native born till
ers OF the eoiE They have ofgUuiEsci- uu-
Alliance at Spencer Brook, Isanti county,
and they will battle for reform i'm their
adopted country. Two Alliance papers
are now being published in the Sx edish
language in Minnesota.
The Alliance and Reform Press now
has papers published in seven different
languages in the United States, viz,
English Spanish, French, German, Nor.
wegian, Danish and Swedish The
movement is growing in all directions at
an amazingly rapid and solid rate.
Make the home the center of your farm
work. Make every effort to add to its
beauty and its purity, and the home will
in turn make yoir field work much light
er and pleasanter.
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A bushel of corn makes fonr gallons of
whiskey, which retails at SIG; Of this
the farmer gets 40 cents, the railroad 81,
the United States So, the manufacturer
81, and the vendor 81, and the drinkcr-
60 days aud the delirium tremens.-
Texas Truth.
1t is expected that there will be some
surprising figures when the report for
Ohio is completed. Some facts are al
ready known. For Instance, the Ohio
State board of equalization shows that the
appraised value of farm lirds i'm that
State has decreased $9S, 900, 600 in ten
years. And yet the national census re-
port shows that during the past ten years
the wealth Of Ohio Increased $243, ,O0O.-
600. Do you see anything i'm this? Do
you see that while the State has grown
$243, 600, 900 richer the farmers of the same
State have grown sos. 600, 600 poorer?
Can you explain this curious piece of bu.
sincss2
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WASHINGTON NOTES.
MIR. PETER, of Kansas, introduced an
other of his characteristic bills to auth
e.nndtn. tHscta-aithe Hn:s TreasurY to ex
"S o"'.~a e.~.,- La.a,
Mr.. Oates. of Alabama, (bv reouest)
has introduced in the House a bill to is
sue 81, ,OOO, 900 to each of the Congressional
districts of the country for the purpose
OF enlarging the national banking system.
The Washington Post calls this money
by the bushel."
The "Alliance member" referred to in
the opening line of Representative Will
iiams, OF Massachusetts,, anti-coinagc
speech, was Hon. w. A. McKeiShan.
under the rule, spoke only five minutes;
and Eastern Democrats objected to con
tinuaton of his remarks in the Record
but he created most favorable impress
sion HIS voice was clear, and his atti-
tude strikingly dignifed
Senator PETER has n kind heart be.
meath his flowing whiskers. He happen
Ell to be descending the basement stems
OF the Senate when his eyes caught sight
OF ncwsboy who was stumbling head.
long, having been upset by gust of
fslIow aGS Senator picked n9 the little
his scattered papers EIithcr and thither
he scurried with great activity over the
north side Of the wide plaza, gathering
up the papers one by one, while the wind
took the most unwarrantable liberty with
his beloved whiskcrs. In few minutes
the newsboys tears were dried aud all
his papers collected. and as the Senator's
tall figure disappeared down the border
cd path the newsboy was heard to mut.cr
glcefully, go dc Lod, but didn't the
boss's whiskcrs fly"
THE BIGGER THE CROP THE Lrss MONEY.
The farmers of the United States re-
ccived S4S, COO, 600 less for raising ;t.
600, 900 acres of corn in 1896 than thew
did for raising 6S, 600, OGO acres in 1883,
though the former exceed the latter 11G,
OOO, 900 bushels. In 1884 there was sown
1000, "a acres more oats than 1888, and
$4,000. 30 more bushels raised, but 10
the farIssrs $26, OoO, 900 less was realized.
An increase in acreage every year. but
decrease in the amount realized on the
bushel. ViTgin;" Alliance.
THE erich" FARMER.
A cartain capitalistc newspaper, after
long and diligcnt search. has heard of q
farmer who is worth $500 600. 1t doesn't
give his name or address, but it has
heard of him, and, therefore, concludes
that the remaining farmers OF the United
States have no cause Of complaint, ''in
the country in which they arc rapidly
growing rich In IN adjoining column it
publishes this paragraph:
Cornelius Vanderbilt has become dis
satisfied with his palatial residence on