The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-08-24
PRESIDENT BUTLER
ANNUAL ADDRESS IT The STATE IL
LANCE AT GREENSBORO.
WHY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
FAILED-THE PROMISES or HOPE
FOR THE FUTURE.


HE DISCUSSES TIE ORIGINAL 1T r.
POSE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS. lis
PRESENT DUTY AND FUTURE
MISSION.
Co-operation vs. Competition, the petition
W. the Patriot. Two Great points gained
The Polk Monument. fhe Amendments
to Alliance Charter.
This is an age of organization.
and cooperation.
That organization was economical
and otherwise beneficial for the Co
operative advancement Of mutual in
terest. was evident quarter of cen
tury ago. 1t is more evident to-day.
We have reached that point in our
civilization,e even under a!Republican
form Of government, where organi-
zation is not only beneficial but also
necessary. This is true with refer
ence to every class Of our citizens
and to every division of our various
industries and professions. To no
one does it apply with more force
than to the agricultural and indus
trial classes. Yet they are among
the last to avail themselves of the
advantage of organization, as well
as to learn the absolute necessity
therefor.
At various instances in the past,
numerous efforts to organize per-
manently have been made, and, with
| what results, is matter OF history
| and is we'll known. And while the
result is well known, yet | hardly
think the cause Of such failures is
generally understood by us.
1t is true, that whenever an Orga-
MIA tion has been started or attemp-
| ted. that those classes of our citizens,
who being organized, have had the
advantage of us sbeing unoreanized
(and knowing that organization on
our part would soon result IN IN
creased intelligence, and therefore
united action for the protection of,ou1
rights and INTEREST," have used ever!
agency that united brain could de
wise and combined money could con
troll to demoralize, defeat and dis
rupt the organization. The news
papers and the politicians have beer
largely used to make the attacl
from'the outsldeby misrepresentation
and appeals to prejudice. while tn
Judasas in the organization, who's
price was thirty pieces of sllve
(more or Less have always beel
found to do the work Of spies ant
traitors on the inside.
But this is not necessarily th
cause of failures. The basic caus
that makes such agencies successful
IN my opinion lies deeper. In fac
, it is Inherent in the rank and file 0
the majority of the members them
selves of such organizations. 1t is
cause produced by our surrounding
supplemented by false teaching
1t is a cause that may be termed
cumulative hereditary trait of ou
social character. | refer to a caus
which for the want Of a name, | vii
describe as produced by the want o
sufficient social contact, and fal
and tolerant exchange of opinion
and ideas. | refer to the want o
cohesion, to our failure to pool ou
divergent opinions and agree upon
| ~f Nf q
represent the combined wisdom o
ali.
Man is a social being 1t is not We
for man to be alone, neither IS
we'll for any small number, for II
stance for one family circle to b
5 practically isolated from the remain
der of the world, especially frol
other men and families, living unde
e the same conditions, charged wit
= the same duties, and having tn
same destiny.
When we violate Gods great Sc
: cial law, when we fail to put OF
f hearts next to our nelghbors' hearts
! when we fail to bring our intelle'
= in contact with our neighbors, the
|. both the soul and the intellect, II
/ stead of developing, broadening
and elevating, making us more III
our Maker, and becoming fit to wol
> out the highest destiny of intellec
n ual christianity, our souls contra
and shrivel, our intellects grow wes
and narrow. Here is the great tro
BILE, the defect.
To bridge over this great want
social intercourse in rural life,
u stimulate intellectual developme
u by the contact:of intellect with int
l. lect, to exchange opinions so as
avoid experimental errors in buslne
Y as we'll as to get the benefit OF
Is multitude of counsel for future e
X forts, to learn the lesson of makll
~ two blades of grass gro
! where one grew before, b
;, , been the great object of all
5 the past efforts among the agrlc1
tural and industrial classes at
is ganizauon. And especially is Il
o- the great original purpose of thea
ance, and is now the basic idea
as it's perpetual existence.
Te So we see that the two corr
~ stones on which the Alliance W
- founded and is standing to-day, 6
he First: Social and moral devel(
ment. Second: Intellectual dev
opment followed by cooperation
business efforts and industrial p
he suits.
by In towns and cities the varie
of business, professional and monop'
W organizations have for their orlgll
'ol purpose the second of the above
ph iects. There a close or compact p
40 ulation gives the opportunity for
'l0 cial advantages without an orga
ar- zation for that specific purpose. /