The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17

will eventually ruin the farmer. And
pretends to represent the farmer has
no connection with his interests at ALL
and only for the name which is cloak
which mOnopolies of all kinds use to
humbug the farmer and lead him 10
believe that this High-Sounding-Farm
Fraud-AssOciation speaks for the agri-
cultural interests of the country. Who
are they that made up this aggrega-
ton? Why, the paid agents of monop-
ly in nearly every instance. The dele
gates were made up of bankers, money
lenders, lawyers, judges, politicians,
merchants, elevator men, state officials
and Office seekers, etc. The farmer can
see how well his interests would bf
taken care of by consigning them to
the tender mercies of such men,
No, brethren, the time has come when
the REAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
OF THIS COUNTRY should speak out
and denOunce those demagogues and
political exploiters of the so-called
National Farmers Congress- and
show up the fraud of those sleek, fat,
well-fed, well-raid farmer humbugs. We
can do it. We have the wagon, they
have wheel; one wheel don't make
a wagon, neither does one swallow make
spring. They can only succeed by
our lack of action, and Indifference to
our own interests. Arouse yourselves,
brethren, and give the lie to the state
house clique who said to my face that
we could never arouse the farmers, that
they were a lot of dOugh-heads, hay
seeds and bilious cranks, who had no
other mission on earth than to shout
calamity, and discuss the financial ques-
ton"
Your officers are making the most
strenuous efforts to make this conven-
cant gathering that we ever had We
expect to have our national president,
and other officers of our great society,
present. Also Secretary of Agriculture
VAAoOAp W III Will 1Cdu d paper uJGU
some agricultural subject We will
have papers read by the representatives
of the Live Stock and Produce Ex-
change buyers, showing the condition
and facilities of home market for the
entire crop of the farmers of the state,
etc. We will have special papers upon
subjects of farming from members of
our state organization. We want to
spend two days IN WORK. We want
to call in a body upon the governor
and demand representation upon every
state board and institution in the stats.
We want to select the men to serve
us in that capacity, and give the entire
support of our organization to our can
didates, and in this way only will we
ever succeed. We extend an invitation
to all Alliance men who belong to an
active surveillance to become delegates
upon the payment of $10O in lieu of all
other charges that may be due from
their Alliance. We will also extend cur
invitation to all state officers and com
missioned organizers, to become dele
gates upon the payment of $1OO each.
A third class is also established which
will permit any Alliance man who form
erly affiliated with the Alliance, to Le-
come delegate and be assigned as the
representative of such sub-Alliance as
has no delegate present upon the same
conditions of the payment of $1.OO.
Those delegates only who conform to
this arrangement will be entitled to
the reduced rates from railroads and
hotels that will be secured, for our
members. We ought to have at least
1000 delegates by this plan and surely
we ought to out of an organization of
$4,000 members in this state WAKE
UP, BRETHREN. Keep your eye on
this column
Any officer or member who has any
objection to this arrangement of dele
gates, and can offer a better plan to
secure large attendance at our con-
vention, will confer favor by Offering
his plan. We want to please all, but
we also want our convention to be
large and enthusiastic one.