The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-12
BIC GAINS I'M
Bro. Hoover Gives Entire Satisfaction
and Adds I25 Per Cent to
the Membership.
L~AURINBURG, N. @.

Mr.. EDlToR:-Bro. j. T. B. Hoover
visited Richmond county as lecturer
in behalf of the N. @. Business Agency
and Farmers Alliance. He had 90 ap-
pointments, all of which he filled ex-
cept one, and that II he could not
reach according to the hour and day
appointed.
Brother Fl. gave full satisfaction In
the way of presenting the claims OF the
Business Agency, and he showed clear
ly and conclusively the advantages to
be derived from trading through the
Agency, and he also demonstrated to
his hearers the great Importance Of a
complete and thorough organization of
the farmers and laborers. He pointed
out the advantages that had been given
to commerce and manufacturers be-
cause of the fact that they were organ
lied, and when they wanted legislation
in their favor they got it by demand
ing of Congress the enactment OF laws,
through their organized bodies. He
showed the farmers and laborers that
though agriculture was the grandest of
the three great divisions of industry,
and that all other industries were de,
pendent upon agriculture, yet agricul-
ture to-day was lying in the dust,
bleeding at every pore, and helpless
and at the mercy of commerce and
manufacturing interest, and all this
for the want of being organized to look
after their own interest
Brother 81. certainly fills the position
Of lecturer in a highly satisfactory
manner, thus showing the good judg-
ment Of those who selected him for the
work in the lecturing department. AS
evidence of this it is only necessary to
state that nowhere in this county where
he had an audience did he fail to either
relnstate or add to the number of ex
listing Alliances. His work in this
county has added 125 per cent. to the
Order, and we hear of others who are
coming into the Order, having been in
fuenced by his arguments to do so. We
hope yet to add many to the Alliance
from the good and convincing argu-
ments presented by him in his memor-
able canvass of this county.
Brother II. made many friends while
with us, and We will long remember
him as a friend of the oppressed. We
found him as we had anticipated, to be
a Christian gentleman, ever pleasant
and affable.
In connection with the above remarks
we will add that there was no DISPOSE
ton on the brothers part to advance
the Of any political party, but he
confined his arguments to advancing
the aus of the Alliance and the Busl-
ness Agency.
Now, kind reader, let me say to you,
If you have an opportunity at any time
in the future Of hearing j. 7. B Hoover
lecture on the Alliance demands, be
sure you improve it by going out, and
induce others to do the same, for it
will pay you to do so
The greatest trouble and hinderance
to the Alliance is the carelessness and
Indifference on the part of Alliance
members and Of those who are Gf not
A~lliancemen) engaged in farming. 1t
is the farmers and laborers who should
be interested in the work that the ALI
ance is endeavoring to do.
Why IS it that so many farmers and
labOrers stand aloof from cur organi-
cation, looking on with Indifference,
and some even opposing US with all
their might and main9 Why will they
allow themselves to be blinded to their
real interest, and to the interests of
their wives, children and general yOns
yet to com
Will we never be convinced that
thousands of reformers are working
and tOiling, making sacrifices and re
ceiving the shafts of ridicule, simply
because they are engaged in a work
which they hope will eventually result
in the elevation of the farmers to a
higher and less degraded position than
they now occupy?
The Alliance and other industrial
organizations are the only hope of
restoring liberty and freedom to the
people of this country. Here la our
only hope of perpetuating q truly re.
publican form of government Farmers
and labOrers, lay aside prejudice and
join with us to save our land from the
hand of the spoller. ALLIANCE.
CALM AND SERENE.