The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-22
ALLIANCE TOPICS.
Some Wide Awake Work Being Done
Here and There.
The Agricultural Commissioners of
Five states Pledge Reduction
In Acreage Of so Per Cent.

At Memphis. Tenn Ia the pnrlors ~
the peahady -He..i- a -eeufcrcncr-- vrrsnrrT
between the commissioners of agriculture
OF the various cotton States who attended
the convention Of cotton growers regard.
ing the action Of the convention, and
they agreed to the following memorial ::
"Tho commissioners OF ar,icui
tnre representing the States Of
Alabama, Arkansaa, North Caro-
lima, Georgia and Tennessee, being
impressed with tho necessity of the re,
duction Of the acreage Of cotton and the
greater divcrsiication of crops for home
consumption, hereby endorse the action
ot the Cotton Growers aud Merchants
Convention, held in the city Of Memphis,
Tenn, ON the Sth day Of january, 1902,
do earnestly appca! TO all agricultural aud
mercantile organizations, consisting Of
Alliances, Oranges, State and county ag-
rlcultura! societies, boards, cotton eX
changes, chambers Of commerce, etc.
also individual farmers aud merchn",a,
to ASSIST and co.opcr,t~ -" us III secur-
inc a.. .Oirgolng results, and to this end
recommend the general and local adop.
tion OF the action of tho Convention
plcdsing themselves to reduction of
not less than 20 per cent. of tho cotton
acreage OF last year; and further urge and
recommend tho immediate organization
OF States, counties, and districts or town.
SHIPS to act either indcpend emily or
through legally organized societies as
may he deemed best. and rs will most
readily insure the bcncilts arising from
concert of action and the decreased pro.
duclion Of cotton for the year 1892 :"
Senator PETER, of Kansas. Thursday
introduced bill to loan Indiana farmers
Tioo, 10000 The farmers are to give
thclr promissory notes for the amounts of
their loans and mortgages on their farms
10 secure them. They are to pay no in
,ercst. but the Governor Of Indiana is to
levy tax OF l per cent. semi i-annually
md turn over the proceeds to tho Secrc-.
tary OF State. II the farmers mover. paSs
they are TO stay on their sfsrme -ifs tiicy
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def there Is at work po,ificnliy rs Wen d
socially The California people are dis;
gustcd at the paid reports which are being
mos; ndustri6usly circulated to the effect
that Senator Stanford is posing in favor
as an Alliance candidate for the presi-
dent al nomination, and say they might
MS well run Jay Gould rs Stanford
President Cannon has put in operation n
lecture system by which he hopes 10
spread information and political truth
all tn ough his State. He gives his lee
turcrs suggestions and points as to what
should b. talked about, and summarizes
as follows:
Show them how the Union Pacific
railroad gang invested $2l8,O00 and
pockctcd Sl47, 20s, 77O. Show that the
Central Pacific railroad gang invested
SG2, 900 and pockctcd about $l36, 000,-
600 Tell them these millionaircs now
owe the people $3.50, 600, COO and refuse
to pay II dollar. Show them that we
have built, and paid twice the cost,
eve y one oi the railroads to the Pacific
coas., and we are paying for them in
frcights and fares every five years; that
these monster monopolies have the whole
Pacific coast by the throat and are chok
ing al our industries to death by their
Shiny grip; that while they wall in the
State on the east and charge all the traf-
iic will bear, their friends build a tariff
wall across the Golden Gate that fines
vessels $40, 900, 600 year to enter and
discharge their cargocs. Demand that
JAY Gould, Russell Sage, Sidney Dillon
a. CO., of the Union Pacific gang, and
Stanford, huntington and Crockcr & Co,
the c. sntral Pacific gang, pay their debts
10 the government, as well rs their taxes
to this state, or surrender their railroads
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