The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-03-19
ALLIANCE BUSINESS
STATE AGENCY.

- AGENS4
..,suetsd by T. Ivey. S. B. a.
still advancing.
-, your bonds, if you want 80
- on your OHls.
Note the prices of all or
0BaANsIta in our list are delivered
e9s gu h lowest we have ever had.
note that our Produce Mar
ReEoDoTt indicates the prices at
b y reerfticIes can be sold on the mar
tstbere'
a1 TRADE AGAIN.-Now, breth-
Do w. do come to the city. You do
Fn !ooda But our local trade is not
by - large a. it should be-, I know
.ra interested in the Alliance and
~Pasiness Agency. / think we can
" Vou money. a very enterprising
mess firm here lie anxious for your
y Their contract 10 the best we
ars ever had. II you do not call to
n before buying and take advan-
,.sa Of this arrangement, you do your
.,fEes and your families an injustice,
\, sy nothing of the Agency. It is the
s1Tness of this Office to serve you. IL
m avail yourselves of it, all we'll. If
nj it shall be your fault,
mother writes from Rowan county
s.siring that a time arrangement
.o~;n1 or faU-be made for trading
proTgh the Alliance. He says that If
= had the money to trade through the
Fancy. he could save at least $50 q
rssr He tells how the merchants use
Inn ND. Well, / am sure that class of
honest brethren have much sympathy
every true member of the Order,
Int his suggestion is impractical. The
Gate Alliance handles through it's
Bngness Agency about $3.50. 900 worth
goods annually, soms years more.
Tr all of this amount, exceptfertiliNer,
The Agency pays cash, and for much
4 the fertilizer. Now the Agency has
about $4,000 in it's fund. II we
,h6lld undertake to sell goods on a
,redit. there would not be enough to
% oDe-aighth of the way. The $31, 600
Tould be disposed of ten days after the
nnouncement was made, and then the
,gency would be stranded, and utterly
6able to do any further business. Be-
iies. by the terms of the contribution
the Agency fund, not one cent of it
IN be epent in that way. The fund,
J contributed, is originally intended
!, protect the manufacturers and
with whom we deal, and it can
OF legitimately be used for any other
urpose. Should the fund be destroyed
Y putting it out all over the State in
liens, the Agency, besides being
1taIIy unable to supply the demand,
Tould, for lack of money to pay bills
nd a substantial commercial rating.
g forced to cease operations. In that
vent the brethren who now buy on
rOp time would be much more at the
mercy Of oppressors than at present.
But the brother asks, What good is
be Alliance to a poor mani" That is
he very class of men the Alliance un-
to benefit and does benefit.
heAiIanCe has done more In the past
Iyears to benefit poor men than every
organization In the State. 1t has
nejghbOrR together in a social
7sy and made the closest friendship
etEeen men who only knew each
Tiers names. It has taught neighbors
0 know and TO love each other. 1t has
a tidal wave of education all
yer the land. There has never been a
Inc in the history of this country
Ihan the masses we're so we'll informed
3teday, and the Alliance has done 1T.
be good brother who writes has re
lved his share of the information.
social and political advantages
anVed from the Alliance, it has taught
'meth0ds of co operation in buying
o0ds and selling our products. It has
iught US how to crush out trusts as
did the Ubiquitous jute trust. And
mere ls no trust operating in the State
inch It may not crush, il it will. It
the father of the great reform move
lent now sweeping the country. In a
lousand waysit benefits the poor man.
any brethren, and sisters too, get
-ore benefit from the Alliance than
.Iers, because they take more interest
it than others.
The charge cannot, mustn not, be made
lat the Alliance benefits only therich.
rich man can bug his social pleas
res, lie can bug his political measures,
2 can buy his goods in quantities.
mere IS a considerable class of people
ady to do him homage at every step
ldturn Of hisl life because of his means.
zen though he stole it, or, by oppres-
S ~ ROBBED 1t, from his n~eighbors.
me Alliance seeks to reach down and
up the poor and down trOdden of
land, instill into their bosoms the
'tural self-respect with which God
.idoWed them, to teach them lessons
love, that my neighbour is my brother,
] father and my mother.
Say not that the Alliance does not
aeht TIE poor man until the eternal
mt OF brotherhood is forgotten, until
e oppressed have no hope, until the
n8rIcGn massacre shall have had its
yunter part on American soil, Saw
N, nor indulge in ~oelusions about the
Efficacy of the Alliance until it's foun-
principles which are as indie