The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-13
CORRESPONDENCE.
WAKE COUNTY ALLIANCE.
The July Meeting to be Held at Turner's
School House

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were appointed as a committee, to
draft a notice and a call for the county
meeting in July. The meeting in April,
though small, was one full Of interest,
and q determination among those pres.
emit to have a revival. In the Alliance
work in Wake county. Brethren Chas.
E. McCullers and John L Banks, of
Hollands Sub Alliance, for their ALI.
ance, asked that the next meeting, in
July, should be with said Alliance at
Turner's School House, which was &C
cepted for the Alliance by our Presi
dent, W. B Upchurch. An ample
dinner will be prepared, and speakers
will be present to entertain those who
attend. Brother T. B Parker has al
ready agreed to be with Us, but not on
the regular day. To heve him with US
it is necessary that we meet on Tues
day, July 18th, as he has an engage
ment at Wayne County Alliance on
Thursday, the regular day. Not only
the delegates are wanted and invited
to this July meeting, but every ALI
ancem member, and also those who for
merly belonged to the Order who teel
the need Of the Alliance, though they
may not now be members. Brother
farmers, this meeting is for you. If
YOUR Sub Alliance has not met in soma
time, you should at one endeavor to
re organize your lodge, and if your
charter has not been returned to the
State Secretary, you a proceed to
take the obligation again, then select
such officers as you see fit, and go to
work. Three persons can re organize
or hold a Sub. meeting. The county
officers will assist you in getting into
line if you need any help.
Never since the organization Of the
Alliance in North Carolina twelve
years ago has there been a greater
need Of the Alliance-a greater need
for the farmers and working men to
gel together for their own protection.
Yes, the necessity for organization is
several times more urgent than it was
when your Subs. were organized years
ago. There are very important mat
tiers to come up for discussion in the
County meeting, and the speakers for
the occasion will talk to you on mat
tiers pertaining to business, g., which
will be of interest to every farmer, and
we appeal to each n of you to be
present. All other professions and
calliugs are forming themselves into
compact bodies for their mutual in
terests and protection, except the
farmers, the ones who need it more
than the others combined, and who are
less organized than any other calling.
w must organize better. We must
uphold the tiller of the soil aud look to
our own interests and not intrust it 50
much to the care of others. What is
worth doing, worth looking after
your pergonal attention should be given
to it. Do not give it to those who have
no interest in your calling except to
reap the benefits of your labor.
We must see that the products we
raise should bring all they are worth,
and by holding together and
selling together we can do this
and benefit each ore. The pr cas-
of the cotton, cotton seed, hay, grain,
cattle, hogs, poultry, eggs, &c, in the
farmers hands can be by concert Of
action materially increased and the
farmer be benefited. This can be done
in Wake county alone to the benefit CT
the farmers if they will agree to stand
together and refuse to be dealt with
separately sell together in quantities
and purchase their needs together. In
stead Of purchasing separately your
farming implements, your fertilizers,
your seeds, why not together purchase
in large lots, thereby saving first cost
and getting much lower rat e in freight9
Why not market our products in
large lots, saving the profits that go
into the hands of the speculators9 Calls
are constantly icing made for car lots
of such products as the farmers Of
Wake county have and at good prices,
but they cannot be had because the
farmers sell in small lots and at prices
dictated by the buyer.
Forty years ago the farmers set the
prices on their products; now the
farmer takes the price Of the other fell
low. Oar products could be readily
handled in car lots in Raleigh and at
prices that would astonish our farmers,
provided they would work together on
the lines nsmed-co- operation We
must form a combination Of interests
in order to say to the buyer how much
we will take instead of asking how"