The progressive farmer., 1900-05-01
ALLIANCE AWAKE IN ROWAN.

This Alliance met at the time and
2Iace appointed This being the
-pring meeting, and at busy season,
+ne attendance was not as large as
IN some former occasions, but the
subs. were fairly represented, and
the brethren seemed to have come
-ogether for business and the result
was. the day was we'll spent in dis
.rlssing subjects relative to agricul-
-uraI and financial Improvement.
Besides the regular order of business.
the following are some of the sub
ircts discussed:
The Alliance Monument was re-
f.rrcd to, and many very -encourag-
ing features were presented. This
monument was not to be a tombstone
over the grave of the Alliance. butit
l. to be built of stone on some suitable
and elevated place to stand as a monu-
ment, to remind passers-by of the
-rrcat good the Alliance has done
and is still doing, and to be pointed
- with pride by those who can say,
1t is our monument. No doubt it
would be an honor to the Alliance to
have such monument in every
county to be looked upon as the
monuments Of Washington, Lafayette
and others.
1t was suggested that the Business
Agent OF each Sub. canvass his ALI
ance to get together orders for such
things as may be needed among the
hrethen, and then send the order to
our State Business Agent, thus get
ting the goods cheaper, and when the
goods come, divide them at each Sub.
meeting, or let some one keep them
keep near by to be distributed as
called for This has several good
things about it, such as giving sup
port to our State Business Agent,
bringing the brethren closer together
and bringing them out on meeting
lays.
The subject of fruit canning was
also prOfitably discussed. The process
can be easily learned and the work
nicely done, and the fruit retains
nearly all of its natural flavor, and
l. in no danger of spelling. 1t is
also a cheap and quick way to put up
fruit if properly managed. Let a
few families go together, get the fix
lures. then join in the work of pre-
pairing the fruit; go to one mans
house one day, to another the next
and so ON, and in a few rounds an
abundance of fruit can be safely
canned. Or if they prefer to put up
ut one place and bring the fruit to
that place this would work we'll or
many other ways might be suggested.
The point Is, there is money and
health in fruit. and it can be saved
for years in succession if so desired;
if not, there is ready sale for it and
1T "a good price purchasers will take
IT almost every time in preference to
nat from Il distance. 1t will be
lDme-maIe, native growth, and your
-~uuIv ro-ted fruit turned into good
money. Besides that, it Is home
manufacturing. keeps our money
here and makes Us more out of the
rruit that might OtherwisGrot under
the trees to hatch insects to kill the
trees next season.
There is still another point here
hat should not be forgotten, and it
eringS out a greater necessity for the
Alliance. Let enough families in
me Sub, or in several Subs. go to-
-rther, and put in an order for a car
Dad Of cans at one time, and this will
bring the cans to a minimum price.
Here we need organization all who
.-tcnd our regular meeting can in a
f~w days make these arrangements,
arre-and in a thousand other ways
IT the farmers were all organized
and especially so to those who have
hard way to get along.
The brethren were also advised to
-uard against the trusts If, in any
own or business, there is a COmbina-
nation or trust to raise prices against
-lr general interests of humanity,
md if there can be found one or two
.lm~ that Will not enter the trust
ing, the brethren of the Alliance,
md all those whose interests are
r-ppled, whether they belong to the
AlIonce or not, are urged to give