The advocate., 1892-01-13
report, which was adopted:

Gated with all industrial organization haV-
ing like objects with our own, and have re-
Ceived reply from the following: National
Farmers Alliance, Colored National Alli-
ance, Farmers Mutual Benefit Association,
Knights of Labor, National Citizens ALI
ance, National Citizens Industrial Alliance,
National Patrons of Industry and National
Grange or Patrons of Husbandry. We
have succeeded in effecting confederation
with all of the above except the National
Grange and National Alliance. By the ad
vice of your president and OK. committee
the chairman of this committee visited the
National Alliance at it's national meeting,
held at Omaha, Nebraska, last January. At
that meeting the plan of confederation was
presented to them and a committee ap-
pointed from that body to confer with a
committee from the other organizations for
the purpose of confederation; that commit
tee has, through it's chairman, been notified
of all meetings held for the purpose Of con-
federation, but has not attended any. The
National Grange was communicated with
through its president and secretary, and
they refused to participate in the confedera-
tion. Your committee was called by it's
chairman to meet in Washington, D. G., at
which meeting a confederation was formed
and president and secretary for the con-
federation elected; also an executive COM
mittee, consisting of the chairman of each ex-
eCntive committee of the orders Confederat-
ing. That exeCtive cOmmittse, by its chair
man, was called to meet in this city on the
18th OF this month, for the purpose Of fixing
the basis of representation and consider
change of place of meeting of delegation
from all the confederated organizations on
the I'D of February, 1892, for the purpose of
agreeing upon demands which all will sup
port. The basis of representation is twenty
votes for each national organization con-
federsting OF who may confederate by Feb
rusry /, and one additional vote for every
10000 or major fraction of votes belonging
&c such organization. The manner of select.
ing the number of delegates was left to each
body to arrange.
Your chairman is just in receipt of letter
from the National Patrons of Industry, ask
ing the attendance of your committee upon
a conference to be held in the city of Ian
sing, Michigan, to be called the last of De-
cember next, for the purpose of confederat-
ing all orders in that state looking to
political action. Your committee would
recommend that the president from Michi-
gan be requested to attend said meeting
representing the organization of his state.
The expenses incurred by your committee
in discharge Of its duties have been up to
date $270.90, and some small bills for sta
tionery, printing and postage due the Econo-
mist Publishing Company, which have not
been rendered, the exact amount Of which
your committee cannot state.
The chairman of your committee is in
correspondence with other organizations
who desire confederation, but he has not
felt authorized to proceed without instruc-
tion from the body.
Partial report of the committee on de-
mands, Recommending the adoption Of the
following resolutions, was received, and
resolutions adopted at follows:
Whereas, The state of Georgia has petit
toned the Congress of the United States to
complete at as early date as possible the
improvement upon the river and harbOr at
Savannah, Georgia; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Farmers Alliance and
Industrial Union indorse this movement as
Of importance to the commerce Of the en-
tire country, and request the National Con-
gFess to grant the appropriation asked.
Resolved, That we, the National Farm
ers Illiance and industrial Union, in coun-
oil aesambled. reouesk that khe Efv-Seoond