The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-29

grants,
Yesterdays meeting OF the Trades
assembly was chiefly notable for the
.@no,cll mado by Mr.. w. W. Foreman,
rJsunty lecturer OF tho Ohio County al
lance, on the purpose Of tho proposed
combination with the trades unions.
Tho attendance ut tho meeting was worry
,ood, and tho lecturers talk was listen
/ nj TO with attention. President Donloy
va, absent, aud Vice. President Imhol
took tho chair:
Mr.. Foreman promised his remarks
BY stating, that there was M idea prov.
sicnt mong tho uniformed in this
ronnty, that the objects OF tho Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union were po-
iitical. This opinion had been fostercd
by tho political press, which had char.
octerizcd tho organization rs n political
combine. Nothing was farther from the
fact. The object Of tho Farmers Alli-
gnro was educational, intended to show
the advantages OF social and business co.
opera.ion. Thoyhad found it necessary
10 take up questions affecting thor in.
,rests, and though thoy discussed
questions OF political economy, yet mono
d their members, though representing
all shades ofpolitieal belief, took otlense
althc. discussion OF politi-co economic
questions.
Instead OF opposition, Mr.. Foreman
maintained, the movement should meet
with tho support OF all classes OF citi.
yls. As dissatisfaction existed among
the agricultural classes, tho object o.
the union was to
RESTORE TIE CONFIDENCE DESTROYED.
According to tho last census the pop
ulation OF tho cities was increasing,
while that OF thecountry, ii not decreas'
ing, at lcas. barely held its own. BY
the tlocking Of country people into tho
cities the supply Of labor was increased,
thus tending to reduce the price q
mans work would bring, while tho
farmers were compelled to fill the de-
ylcted ranks OF the tillers Of tho soil
With foreign labor.
As regarded tho fixing Of prices for
his products, tho farmer, MraForemar
continued, did not have tho advantages
the manufacturers had. While the Int,
Ter placed the prices on their goods the
farmers had the prices to be paid for
bis products fixed by people who had
no interest in farming. Tho lecturer
said tho opposite OF the old adage,
competition is the life OF trade" was
true, and that on the contrary. com.
petition was the death of trade, and
that competition, carried to loo great q
length, resulted in the reduction Of
Tho wages OF workingmeu.
1t had been proved that ~iour-sevenths
Of the property OF this county was
held by $1,000 people. and the owners
oil tho other th~ree-sevenths paid four
tiiths OF the taxes. The prices on wool,
oats, corn and wheat were fixed by the
dealers in options, and on perishablt
products alone did tho farmer set his
own prices, subject to tho law OF supply
and demand. Manufacturers could cur.
tail production to raise prices, farmer:
could not.
Mr. Foreman remarked that lie wa:
not there only to tell tho members OF
the Trades Assembly what the farmers
had done, but also to learn the ideas
OF organized labor, and to instruct
therein the sub-alliances.
In referring to the old saying that
ANYBODY CAN DE A FARMER"
and tho former custom OF making pro
~lcsslonal men out OF the brightest boys
Mr.. Foreman remarked that farmer;
had changed their notions, and now
thought that the highest talent should
DO kept on the farm. Tho lawyer anG
the physician each mastered one sci
encer but the farmer, to DO successful
must be a chemist and master other sci
ences. He concluded by saying that he
had listened with interest to the pro
ceedings OF tho Assembly, and statet
that tho object OF the Farmers Ali
ance, like that OF tho trades unions
was to lift the farmer from the lower tc
the higher plane.
Tho following resolutions were
adopted and 1000 copies ordered
printed:
10 Gounteract the influence OF the Glass which
louS iEO0r OF Its Just reward, and 10 restore tn
equilibrium which should exist between ihC
uilSESht ihItislricS, securing to the lGbnrcrs q
!ncn ihLnS,ry, the reward 10 which they arc
justly entitled, is the object OF this union.
10 elect THIS purpose We ask The different sub
n:Hlhate organizations 10 consider tho follow
!tH propositions, viz: By this union TO cooper
ntc 10 secure the repeal OF NIL ordinances which
Tive labor.
10 cdliec the cost OF distribution by briugin,
PTniTInssetS and consumers nearer together.
vIhcr lhtlGS being equal We favor patronizlnl
,oiae pmllctS, TO further this object w iAYO
ane establishment of I'll agency where the rice
YW..Ity and quantity may be accessible 10 the
tmnTTlDerhlp. that In our dealings we will care
i" T guard against deception.
ihst Tor the purpose OF further developing ant
,ai!Lhs into elect said union, w favor The
"Iroihtlicnt Of q joint committee. which Wi
,"vc1aI east once Il quarter Cor the purpose o
iir Ti"y and advancing the interests of thi
.TIHS1!oh; $lid committee 10 report regularly TO tn,
U1WHg!ent subordinate. organizations.
,,boGi MOu,I lGvor the adoption OF q fair trnd'
MpSl by this union by which the products o
'Va could be recognized by the purchaser.
,h"v recommend that Il convention be held il
$1,000 ~ at SOAAl lilSSla u UA4c utlttlI
'THl cath s!b.OrGGnizGtion.
I%""ScGtive committee OF Ohio county Allianc,
~. Garvin, Brice Supler, II. J.. Connolly
I'W imholL. ''
a motion 10 discharge the old com
Mll'ec OF conference and select n nov
one was carried, and the chairman ap,
pointed Mcssrs. J. II. Burt, Roman Dob,
isF' JGro Meade, ]. V. Mechan and p. F
tatre!I. This committee will conduct
further dealings with tho Farmers Al,
NANCE and arrange for n meeting.
GENERAL BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
Credentials OF tho delegates of thu
Belmont lodge OF the Amalgamated As.
toc'atlon and the pottcrs' union were
received.