The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05
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correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
OAK I'LL FARM,
CHARLOTTE, N. @,


Sept. 80, 1897.
We were one Of the crowd at the last
State Alliance meeting, which opened
on the 1Oth Of August and continued
until - o'clock on the night of the
125h-three days and nights and three
sessions each day. For busiEess, good
solid work, harmony and determine
tion it was far ahead of any State meet
ing we have ever attended.
The last hours of the session we're
taken up in speech making and a love
feast, as it we're. Several speeches
wound up with a good word for The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, the organ of the
Alliance, and every member present
was urged to go home feeling that he
was an agent for the paper and that he
was also an Alliance organizer aud
that he would do ell he could to add
new names to the subscription books of
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER; also to add
new names to the roll book of their
respective Alliances in the so different
counties they represented. And furth
er, they were urged to write short arti
cles to the THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
from their respective places Of abode,
so as to post everybody as to what
everybody else was doing, and to let
all the Alliances know what all the
other Alliances we're doing. Now they
did not all get up and swear by the
bald headed Jack of Spades but they
came 50 near il that iG was generally
understood and expected they would.
Now who of the crowd has written
one line, word, figure or cipher since
the meeting, except Bro. J. T. B.
Hoover7 And he would not have
done so had it not been that he has
moved out Of the land of long legged
collards, and it has stirred up his s5om
ach in such a way that he is forced out
of the old ruts now and then to keep
himself balanced.
Now, brethren, what is the matter
with you7 After making all those
promises did you go home and do moth
ing, aud are ashamed to tell ito Or
have you been 80 busy that you have
never found time7 We have received
several private letters from different
parts of the State since the last meet
ing and they all tell us that the ALI
ance is on the up grade and increasing
in number. Why not write your organ
and tell the public2 We received a
letter from a brother in Columbus
county a few days ago in which he said
the Alliance was in better shape than
it had been for several years.
Now, brethren, there never has been
a time since the history Of the Alliance
that it was as necessary as now. The
great toiling masses should be thor
oughly organized; they should be as
one man and when you aud strength
to the organ z alton by getting in new
members, let us hear from you thorough
the Alliance organ. It encourages
other sections. Have Sub. meetings
as Often as possible; leave p8rtyiem
at hons; steer clear. of partisan poll
tics at this time, but organize and edu
cate. The woods are full Of politicians,
dPmagogues, and political tricks ers.
What you want is patriots and states
men. 1t is not q political year. Get
yourselves educated as to your needs
and wants and when the time comes
for action, then look around for lead
ers and men who will do your bidding
and not put you on the market and
sell you as cattle And your only way OF
getting what you want, what you need
and what rightly belongs to you. ia TO
get together and stand together, and
your only organization is the Farmers
Alliance aQd it. Will be a bad day for
the vine and fgtree people when they
allow the Aliianc-, as an organ'z 2tion,
TO go down. It Is q IamPntGbte fact
that men have rode into Cfice in this
state on the back OF the Farmers Ali
ance then gave 1t the go by and do not
attend any OF their meetings., Subs,
county or State. But this Ia no fault
of the order, but of the men. Get
yourselves ready to remember them
later on, and let us see now II any of
the sixty counties OF the State who wlll
hold mold county meetings about the
14rh of October will send @ report to
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER of their
meeting9 Ii there Is any county
whose Secretary can't write uD a short
account OF the county meeting fer the
be should get out Of the way
and let that Crunty Alliance get q
clothing house dummy to act "a Sec
rotary. j. P. SOssAMAN.
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