The Progress., 1893-09-30
A CIRCULAR LETTER
Addressed TO the Members Of the Farmers
Alliance Of the State Of Louisiana.

ALLIANCE OF the State OF LOUISIANA,
| appeal TO you, brothers of the
Farmers Alliance, to stand by your
colOrs.
Organize under the banner Of the
Ocala demands
Re-organize your deiuEct -ub-un-
ions, reinstate your parish union with
the State union. The farmers are the
only class of people who are no.
thoroughly organized, even for self
protection, to say nothing of the com
mercial advantages derived there
from.
The bankers, merchants. railroads
and all commercial bodies are allied
aud thoroughly organized. Even cap
ltal itself in the hands Of moneyed
kings is organized to a cent
Labor is dcmoralized without any
organization whatever.
What will be the result Of this dis
organization of the agricuIturi-t2
Capital, with its perfect organization,
is like an army of regular soldiers,
thoroughly equipped with expert
cucrd oiiic aud armed.with the lat
est imported weapons Of war Wlile
labor di-orgaD .zed is an innumerable
mob, wit aout order, leaders or muni-
tons Of war. This is dark picture,
broth RS, but, nevertheless true one
Are these statements not facts
Brothers OF the Farmers Alliance,
answer me! VIII you not see the folly
of standing aloof from the Farmers
Alliance organization, and make your
self an easy prey for the vultures of
the organized plutOcrats to feast upon,
and have him draw his coil of inter
est around you, tighter, until your
home, your only shelter for your wife
and innocent children, is taken under
a foreclosure of mortgage and you
left penniless and roofless in this
world?
Oh, how long will you stand and
listen TO the enemies of the farmers
cause, telling you of better times
ahead, only wait, work harder and
longer, eat less, when your wife is al
most naked and whose cheeks are fur
rowed with sorrow and hard work, and
your children crying with hunger?
How much longer will you stand
this state of affairs? You are bound
to see that in this nineteenth century,
no mau ia safe outside of an organi
zation OF some character, and the or
ga9ization for the farmers is in the
Farmers Alliance, and why hesitate,
when it is for your protection,
By punching ourselves together in
our organization, we could defy any
corporation; no organization of mon
ey conld withstand your power and
influence. Two years ago the ALI
ance was i'll hourishing condition
and well organized, and what test did
you make of your power? The Bag
ging Trust backed up with millions
of dollars that attempted the extortion
upon you, crumbled to pieces, when
you pronounced your edict. The
Louisiana State Lottery, the richest
monopoly in the world, cringed and
died at your command. Aud when
you pronounced your decree, capital
trembled. This was organization and
unity of action that produced this
power. Then brothers be true to your
banner. Organize the Alliance, the
home of the oppressed. Organize for
self protection. Organize for the sake
of your wife and. children. Organize
tor the benefit of your country and
save her from an impending revolu-
tion. Then your demands shall be
heard; your commands obeyed in the
Legislative halls of the State and Ma
tion, and your rights respected as an
organized body of Alliance men that
has the power to dictate.
JOHN PICKETT,
President Farmers State Union.