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- i. J , ' 4 it ;"Wv x jw?. w i ii ii ii .i crss. ii i a . n m' 1 1 i-4i i v m if it r ii m iv a nv n rr hmttv r-woifv i i i i iiii v in fnn ii ii fi i i i i ii ii ii iitti iiv i ii ii i ii i i .r v wri ii r f i 11.11111 n i ii t l ii ii Vol. 3. DIRECTORY OF FARMERS' OR GANIZATIONS. FARMERS NATIONAL ALLIANCE . AND CO-OPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA. President C. W Macune, Texas. First Vice-President L. L. Polk, N. 0. Vice-Pres't for AhwH., P. Bone. Vice-Pres't f or, Ark. 7W, H. Moore. Vice-Pres't for Fla. Oswald Wilson. Vice-Pres't for Ky. S. B. Irwin. Vice-Pres't for La. Linn Tanner. Vice-Pres't for Miss.--R. T. Love,'-Vice-Pres't for Mo. A. B. Johnson. Vice-Pres't for N. 0. S. B. Alexander. Vice-Pres't for Tenn. I. H. McDowell. Vice-Pres't for Tex. M. D. K. Taylor. Secretary E. B. Warren, Texas. Treasurer A. E. Gardner, Tenn. Chaplain Rev. J. C. Jones, La. . Lecturer Ben. Terrell, Tex. Asst. Lecturer J. A. Tetts, La. Door Keeper Newt. Gresham, Ala. ; Asst. Door Keeper H. C. Brown, Ky. Serg't-at-Arms T. E. Groom, Miss. : NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. President S. B. Alexander, Charlotte, N. C. Vice-President T. Ivey, Ashpole, N.C. Secretary L. L. Polk, Raleigh, N. C. Treasurer J. D. Allen, Falls, N. C. Lecturer Geo. Wilcox, Carbonton, N. C. Assistant Lecturer -P. D. Mclntyre, Laurinburg, N. C. Chaplain Rev. E. J. Edwards, Cedar Creek, N. C. Door Keeper W. H. Tomlinson, Fay etteville, N. C. Assistant Door Keeper R. T. Rush, Mt Gilead, N. C. Sergeant-at-Arms J. S. Holt, Chalk Level, N. C. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CARO LINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. Elias Carr, Old Sparta, N. C, Chair man; Thadeus Ivery, Ashpole, N. O.; J. S. Johnston, Ruffin, C. THE NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS' ASSOCIATION. President Elias Carr, Old Sparta, Edgecombe county.-.-. . B. F. Hester, Oxford, Secretary; S. Otho Wilson, Vineyard, and W. K Bet bow, Oak Ridge, Assistant Secretaries. STATE GRANGE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. W. R. Williams, Falkland, Pitt county, Master. H. T. J. Ludwig, Mt. Pleasant, Secre tary. NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF AGRICUL TURE OFFICERS. John Robinson, Commissioner. T. K. Bniner. Secretary. Dr. H. B. Battle, Chemist and Director of Experiment Station. . John T. Patrick, General Agent Immi gration. N. C. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. W. G. Unchurch, Raleigh, President; John Nichols, Raleigh, Secretary. NORTH CAROLINA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. President J. Van Lmdley, Pomona. . Secretary S. Otho Wilson, Vineyard. Iredell County Agricultural Association meets in Statesville every two months. Julian Allen, President; T. M, Mills, Sec retary ; A. L. Barringer, Treasurer. CLOD-HOPPER AGAIN. Editor Farmer: For some time after I connected myself with the Farmers' Alliance, there was nothing to inspire me with the hope that any thing could be done to arouse the farmers from their Rip Van Winkle sleep; they seemed to be resigned to their degraded condition. In fact, the idea was freely expressed that nothing could be done; that they had lost so much of their former manliness and self respect that all efforts to inspire them to write and act together in unison for their good would fail. Many of the farmers, so I was in formed, feared to be seen going into an Alliance. With quite a large number of members there was restless impatience and a desiring for the good, if any ', to come quick, like old Capt. B. soon after the war closed. He said: "I believe that God will visit a just judgment on d d Yankees for their treatment to the Southern people, but what I want (with emphasis) is to see it come quick." We all should want all evils corrected, and great evils we should want corrected quickly ; but we poor, down-trodden and , oppressed farmers must not only unite ourselves together as a band of .brothers, but we must make a steady, long and strong pull , and a pull all together, and the thing will be done:. In doing so, our - "'.,.- t v .- . - t . it , 4 - f .... THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS strength will not alone stand ; out to be applauded, - but many-of the evils which we are now , groaning .under will be removed. I find that many of the farmers, see now what they never saw before: that they are perfectly ignored in politics, only to vote 5 for the man or men i whom' political wire- workers,; and, ; tricksters place in nomi nation -for. office. ; ,The farmer's and laboring man's in terest is a myth-' don't forget this in the, hands of such men as now manipu late nominations for the many offices of counties; and St&te. The farmers, as a general thing, are honest and un suspecting, and they have no correct idea of the amount of political, corrup tion that now exist. They are learn ing ; some , important facts i; slowly but surely, and once they, learn enough to fully arouse from their Rip Van Winkle L sleep then the lion will be bearded in his den. The farmers will not always submit to be simply voters to be counted for or against any measure, which corrupt ; political lead-j ers may feel should be carried or de-, feated, as the case may be. , No, in deed. They are not such stiff. , They, have minds to think and reason, and some of them are doing ' these, import-j ant things,' and as time speeds along more of them will do likewise. Would it do tox. ' a knowing one to tell all he knows of political corrupt tion ( mere is no way 01 rignuy estimating the good already done foT( the farmers by the Alliance, and un-i less I fail to see into the future, as I now think I do, the Alliance will raise the farmers above their now degraded condition and place them in a position that will once more make them feel that they are freemen, and free moral agents to think and act for themselves, a thing they have: not ben permitted to 'do for a long time tune past, politi cally. Who can deny this ? So long as the farmers live for their own best interest in all things, it cannot be said in truth of them, that, they are oppps-; ing any other profession, We are not striving to pull down, but to build, up our waste places and love and worship God under our own vine and fig tree. I feel that Tj: I?roqbi;ssive, Frkb is to do a gTqat and -good ork for the the farmers, and if every, one all over the South could audi would take such a paper and read it carefully, then our organization would , result , in good, and good only, and we would realize the good, quickly Fraternally, . Clop Hopper. P. S. Brpi -Taylpr , is: right a rot ten egg committee SApnld be appointed, as he wisely suggests;. Hope to hear from him again C. H. THE FRUIT FAIR. The Fruit Fair to be held in this city on August 15th and 16tliis the result of the labors of the State Hor ticultural Society in trying to teach, by object l lessons, which are the fruits best adapted to? th soils of the State. If the commercial growers were more selfish, they would ; not hold an other. Fair, as by so doing they are teaching others the, art of this, import ant industry, and thereby building up competition directly against, teir own pecuniary interests; but an , intimate connection with the . Society from; its formation to the present time has proven that the members: of the State Horticultural Society are a noble, band of patriotic citizens whose chief desire is to build up the country, even at the sacrifice of personal gain. I therefore invite and bespeak for the Society the hearty, support and co-operation of every good citizen in this work of turning on the lights, by bringing to the Fair their best fruits, regardless of the chances of securing premiums, as the taking of prizes is a very small consideration, when the good done is taken , into account. . The work of the , Society has done great good in advancing the: horticulr tural interests of the Statev which is enough, compensation for all the labor bestowed. S. Otho !Wilson, Sec'y; OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO RALEIGH, N. C, &.UGUST ft . AN IMPORTANT QUESTIQN. 1; T HenderIon, Vance Co., i w:i I.; i ; Tuly 31,'-1S88. Editor FABiER.----ear Sir: I see by, your, that you are coMtuy receiving communica tions from' subscrirs respecting the working of the Alllinces in their res pective locations.' You must find it a pleasant task to insert so many common-sense letter:rcontributed by farm ers to their own weeily journal. It is a convenient meldrdni by which the tillers of the -;BoiJcrJi exchange their individual views Lon ftheir divinely in stituted calling. ' iis also the centre of attraction of our4ew order. With out some such cementing influence it wouldJ be. mighty 1 apt" to disente grate, and, according to the predic tions of some of dur anti-AHiance f rien ds, the " concern ' ' would soon "fizzle out." Therfjis one great sub ject that has recently, been introduced on the Alliance .carpet that I don't exactly understand? Members through out the : State have 4 been advised to enter into a combination for the pur pose of importing on a large scale, principally, thetwochief articles of consumption, bread find bacon. Would not such a step be violation of the fundamental law, of tthe Alliance ? and have a tendency to cjef eat the princi pal object its ongpnaters bad m view, viz:' That some fanners produce those two essential articfeVof diet for home use. If such a project is carried out, I then the vital principles of the Alli ance (while yet m its infancy) is as sailed ; its most appropriate title would be the "N.C. Importing Bread and Bacon Finn." What a spectacle! a nation of farmers banded together for the express purpose of imparting the essentiarnecessanes oflife; giving our brethren in far less favored countries an opportunity to cast reflections on! this, our boasted Sunny. South, to which we are continually inviting them; but say we, this is a cotton and tobacco country, and as long as we can make four or five hundred dollars on an acre, of tobacco, it would not pay us to fool with such an unimpor tant crop as wheat; then say our brethren of wheat growing sections, you must all have made your fortunes t" down there," and have little else to do but to lie down and roll in your riches. Well no, not exactly the whole crowd of us, but you can put us in a position to give the "finishing touch,"' by sending a good supply of your stomach-appeasing produce for a little less, money. We will then return the compliment by sending you a nice lot of ;our. famous yellow tobacco. But do your cotton and tobacco crops oc cupy the whole of your land ? O, dear no, not by a jug full; in fact we have tens of thousands of acres running: to waste, a large porportion of which is being continually washed away to the sea. Then such is your appreciation of the. greatest gift of Providence. Suck wicked improvidence ought not to be encouraged.. If you cannot take better care of the great Creator's prop erty, then give it away to them that wifl. Out of pity we would suggest to you the propriety of taking into your special care, two, three or four acres at a time, of your waste land, give it a good application of common-sense manure, and that amount of land will amply supply your homesteads with a years' bread, without in the least in terfering with your market crops; we are not waiting for your orders. England will take all the wheat we can produce, many times told. Has it been ascertained about what margin will be left on our projected importing transaction ? We must have a responsible State Agent with a substantial salary, requiring the assist ance of a numerous staff of subordi nates. Raleigh would be his head quarters, where he must be furnished with an enormous store house; then, for the convenience of patrons through out the State a branch agency would have to be established in each country town3 ? - ' I will ; leave it to others to do the figuring. . Advise the farmers to or ganize for , the purpose of manufactur ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF 14, 1888. ing their own fertilizers under the direction and supervision of the State Chemist, and Board of Agriculture. We should then get a genuine article. Instead of the spurious stuff that is often palmed off on us now; instead of patronizing, foreign manufacturers to the tune of perhaps a million dollars a year, keep it at home and place the profits in the State Treasury, so as to lessen these enormous taxes.. No doubt that such a lifting of the wheel of progress out of the rut of political custom j would be a great shock to the upholders of routine and red tapery, but a great benefit to the fanner. The subject of taxes and their appreciation will have to be powerfully handled at no distant day. : There are many other important subjects to be taken up. The Alliance will have its hands full for several years to come. It will rise to the occasion, and come off more than conquerer. Your humble servant, Richard Marston. AGRICULTURE. Agriculture is the great lever-power that moves the machinery of all: the world. This fact has ever been recog nized by the most eminent statesmen of all nations and climes, they well knowing the prosperity and success of a State or Nation depends largely on the fertility of its soil and wellfare of its population. When this interest is depressed it in turn re-acts upon the State or Nation and all classes of so ciety suffer to a greater or less extent. The capital the farmer invests is his labor, bone, sinew and muscle; the earth is the bank from which, he draws his dividend. When this dividend is drawn in the shape of cotton and placed on the' market;' the price ob tained barely covers the cost of pro duction. No interest on capital in vested. How long could a merchant "transact business deriving no profit on capital invested or stock in: trade? He would be snowed under the first year, and the place thereof , would know him no mpre. Not so with the farmer; he must stick to his farm and pay his debts'' though hcj mortgages land to do so. Another1 decade of the suicidal policy as followed; iril the past by some growing all cotton, , and .buy ing; supplies, would end in the ruin of many cultivatprs of ihe soil ; their farnis1 owned th6 alien and they wanderers,' houseless and5 homeless1 in the land of . their birth. The. nabobs of Wall street rule the cotton,, trade, setting the price they , intend to give for cotton. bythe .time, the crop1 is planted. - . Their calculations are; based not'ontne average!, cropj lout what is the utmost cent we can squeeze out of the South and keep them working for us. Power is ever stealing from the many to the1 ! few. Hence' the neces sity of secret Organizations to counter act this influence. Were it not for secret organizations, the industrial classes of the world would be slaves to the money power. The Farmers' Alliance enjoins5 upon its members the necessity of often meeting together for mutual benefit , and instruction, im proved systems and thorough educa tion, de versifying the crops, cash and supply, selecting those giving the best results with the least amount of labor, cultivating clover and grasses to suit the soil, bringing,the land under the highest state of cultivation. By im proved methods of husbandry and home made fertilizers, utilizing every thing on the farmf the cotton plant, supplying the most important property as a fertilizer for" itself, and all other crops making a support on the farm, so the cash crop be not forced on the market at starvation prices. Let sup ply andj demand rule trade. The Alliance cotton crop in Texas of 1887 was handled by the State Agent, our brethren in that State realizing five dollars more on the bale than persons not belonging to the order, and selling in the usual way. The good time is coming, boys ; the good time is com ing. : The nabob says if this order cannot be broken up, there is- an end to his money making in the, . cotton section. STATE POLICY. No. 26 In a multitude of council there is wisdom; in union there is strength; eternal vigilence is the price of safety. This order will act together as a unit, bound together by the same bonds, having the same interest and seeking to accomplish the same object. One of us acting alone may accomplish some good, but one hundred thousand of us in this State acting in unison, with judgment and determination, can accomplish almost anything we under take. Where there's a will, there's a way. We have the will, we know the way; success is ours beyond a doubt. Hurrah for the Old North State. Wm. H. Hamilton, Auburn Alliance, No. 41. FARMERS' INSTITUTE. The farmers of Surry county met in Dobson on Wednesday, the 25th of July, 1888, to organize a Farmers' In stitute. .It was called to order by the election of S. C. Franklin, Chairman, and W. W. Hampton, Secretary. After a very instructive address by our Commissioner of Agriculture, Mr. Robinson, a committee of five farmers were appointed on permanent organ ization, to-wit: J. A. McCain, Ira Reece, W. C. Banner, B. A. Freeman and J. C. Cooper. The committee made the following report on permanent organization: For President, S. C. Franklin, and Vice-Presidents as follows: Bryan township, W. H. Wolf; Dobson town ship, James Simpson; Eldora town shid, B. W. Badgette; Franklin town ship, Frank Armfield; Hotel township, John Park; Marsh township, Ira Reece; Mt. Airy township, B. F. Graves; . Siloam township, W. M. Cwedeff; Stuart Creek township, Jno. 1. Johnson; westneia townsmp,. r. L.. Sorrels; Pilot township, W, E. Stone ; Rockf ord township, J. G. Burns. For Secretary, N. J. Blockwood. Treasurer, W. W. Hampton. Executive Committee, W. W. Lo vill, R. S. Folger, Sexton Jones, A. L. Bunker, G. M. Burns, C. C. Cocker ham, S. J. Atkinson, J. M. Jervis, McD. Boyd. Chaplain, NT R. Richardson. ; Supti of Experiment Farm, J. C. Cooper. Supt. Local Department, W. C. Banner. . It was ordered that the proceedings of this; meeting be sent to The Pro gressive Farmer and Yadkin Valley 'News ', for publication. It waS moved that this body ad journ to meet on - Saturday, the 25th day of August, 1888.; S. C. FiJAXKLiN, Chm'n. W. W. Hampton, Sec'y. " I do not like to hear you talk about being placed where y ou can't be good, because goodness is a plant which does not depend upon the soil. And there are quite as many good people in town as in country places. We have a perfect right to find out where it is easiest for ourselves to be good. It is for guidance in this mat ter we pray, 1 Lead us not into tempta tion.' Yet sometimes God makes it our duty to stay in the very hardest places." Queen Victoria has been asked to receive Emperor William of Germany, who intends visiting London. OFFICIAL ORGANS OF FARMERS ALLIANCE. National . Alliance Southern Mer cury, Dallas, Texas. Alabama Alliance Banner, Athens! Arkansas State Wheel Enterprise, Little Rock , Mississippi The Farmer, Winona. North Carolina The Progressive Farmer Raleigh. Louisiana-r- Ihe Union, Choudrant. Tennessee and Kentucky Ihe Toiler, Nashville, Tenn. Free Speechj Beaumont, Texas, of the counties of Jefferson, Orange; Tyler, Hardin, Chambers, Liberty. ' Florida Farmers' Florida AUiance, Marianna, Fla. :x