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"EQUAL RIGHTS TO, A .; SPECIAL PRIVILGljlS TO NONE.
Vol- 1.
Layette viLLE, iv o..
ER O. 1887.
No. 33.
FARMERS ALLIANC3.
Oapt. S. B. Alexander in Charlotte
Home-Democrat.)
Charlotte, N. C, Nov, 28 1887.
The Farmers Allian e is not apo
litical organization republicans and
democrats belong to it in every State
where it has organized. It wages no
war with any other profession or trade,
nor are the members liable in any
manner ior the debts of other, mem
bers. -;The misrepresentations are so
numerous, I will riot attempt to com
ment upon them, but will be -content
by setting forth the purpose of the
order for the benefit of your
readers.
PURPOSES OF THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
To encourage education among the
agricultural and laboring classes and
elevate to -hisrher manhood arid
womanhood those who bear the bur
dens of productive industry.
To break up, by frequent meetings,
the isolated habits of farmers, im
prove their social condition, increase
their pleasure and strengthen their
confidence in, and friendship for each
other. j
To make the study and improve
ment of practical agriculture in all its
branches a part of, the Alliance mis
sion, that its standards may be raised,
its profits increased, and its followers
made more prosperous and contented.-
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To encourage the study of the laws
of bnsipess and trade, the best meth
ods of buying and selling, and the
transaction of-all kinds of business it
may be found dusirable for farmers iner. .
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and laborers to engage in, and under
alL circumstances shall discharge the
credit , systeri.
To attend to it? own business af
fairs in its own way, and make; no
fight against any legitimate business,
but shall oppose methods found to
be contrary to justice and equity.
To encourage the settling" of all dis
putes anions neighbors by arbitra
tion. T
To enconnisre farmer
in
SOWING DRAGON'S TRb .
It is the height of inconsist v if
not unblushing hypocrisy for ('.i.cago
monopolists and many, in other places
to now raise a hue and cry L gainst
"foreigners" for whose presv'-i in
this country, they themselves are re
sponsible. Ho w long since is it, that
placards were posted . up ovyc tiie
doors of the offices of Chicago' man
ufacturers, containing the "words,
" Wanted! One Hundred Workmen"
(sometimes it was 500) with tho sug
gestive explanation, No AnitjrLC:Uli
need Apply. I Why were no Ameri
cans wanted ? Because tfyjwould hot
accept starvation wages.,. And3q Eu
ro pe was sco u ry d by agents q6 b t rae t
ing for workmen, who could no speak
the English language to couxe over
here by the thousands. .
Do our citizen workmen know tliat
as soon as one of those foreign, serfs
became enlightened enough to learn
how lie was being defrauded and im
posed -upon he was at once discharg
ed, and a more ignorant or more
survile workman put in his place.
Congress reluctantly listened to the
grievances of our American workmen
(for th;y had one weapon of defence,
the ballot, the only thing Congress
feared) and half heartedly;passid;the
law prohibiting foreign contract labor,
but not . till those monopolists -J had
planted the dragons teeth m our-oil
which is bearing a hundred fold har
vest. They ha v- sowed the wind and
it may take more than one wholesale
hanging to allay the storm. Exani-
S UPRISE D TrJLKGIt. 1 PIIERS.
New York. )k Z For the past
ten years the salaries of the telegraph
operators on the elevated railroads
in this city hav remained unchanged,
and the men had begun to believe
themselves secure in their w.sitious
for life. Seine time ago they were
rendered uneasy, however, by a no
tice from the superintendant that ev-
to put their ery operator would be required to
manufactures not only instruct one or more students during
for profit, but to create a home mar- dull hours.
products. I This week they were told that the
is the groundwork upon ! students were to be porters and gate-
liance' rests. It desires ! men at stations, who receive about a
savings
ket for tarm
I W1 I
1 tie aoove
which the A
only'good m,n, rather than numbers, j dollar a day less than the operators
Dishonesty is a cause of exnulsion.
and to hi a good Alliance member is
to be a good citizu.
I Very respectfully,
S. B. Alexander.
President N". Farmers' Alliance
, and Co-operative Union.
The. objects of the 'Alliance," as
?"! hv '-apt. Alo x-indef. arc worthy
;M 1; ill ; right, but whv should the
m "vVT4"f)f iho Alh ince be secret?
EL fin: meat.
V
': are told that American labor
cannot compete with European labor; j
some ot tae verv men who are telling
t'i'-f ir j .importing foreign 1 tbor for
th' very purpose of degrading and
co'np't:ng with American labor.
Thousands of foreigners are brought
here every year in direct violation of
-law. Sleep on, dear people and let
rights on, after another, be stolen
awav, and when you wake up there
will b 3 nothing left you but life, aud
that will be miserable.
For neat i work bring your Job
-Printing to The Messenger Office.
The latter realize that they are ed
ucating men. who will be used to
force them to accept lower wages, but
t'hev do not venture to refuse teaching
the "students" as they would undoubt
edly be. discharged and thnir places
filled by operators out of employment,
besides their work on elevated roads
has in a mot-stirr unfitbd" them for
duty els.-: win -re. The matter has not
yet. been officially brought to the at
tention of the Telegraphic Brother
hood and it is not yet known what
action, if any, will be taken by the
operators.
A daughter of Congressman (Pig
iron) Keiley, it is said, delivered an
address recently, in which she spoke
very feelingly in opposition to wage
slavery and the plundering of the
working classes. She announced
herself a socialist, and said that was
the only rational way of raising the
condition of the working classes from
one of dependence little short of
slavery to that of freedom- and inde
pendence. Washington, ( D. C.)
Craftsman.
COMBINATION MUST STOP.
When a newspaper! of the conserva
tive character "of the Philadelphia Led
ger points out the cogent fact that at
the same time the companies are de
claring that they cajnnot give their
miners an advance arjno l ic'mg to less
than three cents a ton. they are them
selves striking for an advauco of twenty-five
cents a ion, aild adds: "There
is not a coal buyer n Philadelphia,
probably, whowouljl not give three
cents a ton-more to insure the miners
living wages, but they very naturally
object to paying -twenty-five cents a
ton extra while the miners are depriv
ed of a fair share of wages." the mat
ter should give the coal combination
some serious food for reflection. Tie
fact is that the policy of combination
by great masses of' capital for tho
purpose of swelling their own profits
from the simultaneous decrease of
of profits has
public patience.
wages aud increase
very nearly reached
It is about timo to call a halt on such
things, and if the corporations have
not wisdom enough tjr do it for them
selves the people will
it up in earnest for them. Ex.
be likely to take
A bright Iowa woman, noting the
invention of a ballot-box tha,t cannot
be stuffed, remarked "Now, if fiome
one will-invent a vot sr that cannot be
stuffed with beer, rjrag, or bribery,
we shall have made aj long stride to
ward better government.
The strike which has been in progress
at the Dunn colliery Of John .1 rmyne
Co , a short distance from Seranton.
was settled amicably yesterilay, and
the 500 miner,-and laborers who have
been idle. sine the tij'st of August to
resist a radical reducLjm in thir wages
will resume work nexl Thursdav.
Making Purchases
i 1
Don't fail to examine oar stock of
truss'es,
UPPOliTK&S,
HOULDElt
BRACES,
US PEN' DORS,
AND OTHER GOODS.
Our stock is new uttd complete, and
prices low. II
PEMBEUTON & PRIOl?,
"Pruggivts.
T
Jus. U. Johnson,
HOPE MILLSJ X.
IS THE PLACE TO
f
Get Your Money Back!
lJHAVEtVtNICEsTOCK;OF
Reaih-llailc Clothing,
FOR MEN', YOUTHS AND BOYS.
Almost everything the way of
DRY GOO DS!
AND MY ST(CK OF
IS ALWAYS COMPLETE.
Resp'y,
JAS. H. JOHNSON.
P. B. JONES,
-A.t to rne y-a. t- Iav,
D17XN, Harnett Ca, K. C
Practices "ia any part of the State, iia-1
in any Court in the State. Prompt at
tention jiven to all professional business.
ASK FOR
BAY VfEWBEEEL
Anywhere in the City by
I aUo keep on hand a fall line of
-FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
.Wines, Liquors Ciciabs.
Pa.M Oj.-q Wiii'r) a
Specialty.
BP"15 Person Street.
IF YOU WANT
THE
Best and Safest Light,
USE SEDBERRVS
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ORGANS, :J0, 40, $45, G5,
?7o, to P5.
NEW MACHINES, $25. $30 $40.
OLD ."i SS, $10, $1- 115.
ORGUINETTES, $5, T, $14.
STAYBIUGIIT POLlSHfor fur
niture. irACUINESand ORGANS rop.iiivd
J. II. Fariiar, A'L
I have jnt rece'ued a fim-ci'tt-s lot of
MOUNTAIN BEEF
From Ashe Couxtt.
Yonnjj, Jnicy aud Tcuder.
Ham.JJ
..YZ iFORIX SrS(?Jf.
Don't forget that I buy for Cash and
will have to sell for the .sane.
I thank the public for their pit r..u
ronage, anJ beg a continuance of the
same.
IWspectfullv,
. W. II. TOMLIKSON.
l-J. It. LEE-
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BEAX. BSTATR ACUHT
Parties wishing to sell properly io lhi
call on me. I have sold .irer 9. COO wc'rtk
of property, in the last few faoctiiB
K7"Call at Heurr Offic.