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, . . v osw 1 3T F THE INDUSTRIAL AMD I JCATlOfJAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY. Vol. 3. RALEIGH, N. C, JANUARY 22, 1889. No. 48 fir: ; L- r - - - DIRECTORY OF FARMERS' ORGANIZATIONS. farmers' national alliance and co-operative UNION OF AMERICA. President C. "W. Macune, Texas. First Vice-President L. L. Polk, N. C. Vice-Pres't for Ala. H. P. Bone. Vice-Pres't for Ark. W. 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. Lore. Vice-Pres't for Mo. A. B. Johnson. Vice-Pres't for N. C. 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 Dr. D. Reid Parker, Trinity Collesre. N. C. Assistant Lecturer t). D. Mclntyre, Launnburg, N. C. Chaplain Rev. Carr Moore, Towns- ville, N. C. Door Keeper W. H. Tomlinson, Fay etteville, N. C. Assistant Door Keeper R. T. Rush, ML Gilead, N. C. Sergeant-at-Arms J. S. Holt, Chalk Level, JN . C. State Business Agent W. A. Darden EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CARO LINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. Elias Carr, Old Sparta, N. C, Chair man Thaddeus Ivey, Ashpole, JN. O.; J. b. Johnston, Ruffin, JN. C. THE NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS' ASSOCIATION. President Elias Carr, Old Sparta, Edgecombe county. . ' B. F. Hester, Oxford, Secretary; S. Otho Wilson, Vineyard, and W. E. Ben- bow, Oak Ridge, Assistant Secretaries. VIRGINIA STATE ALLIANCE. President G. T. Barbee, Bridgewatar, Virginia. Vice-President T. B. Massey, Wash ington, Virginia. Secretary J. J. Silvey, Bridgewater, Virginia. Treasurer Isaiah Printz, Luray, Vir ginia. Lecturer G. H. Chrisman, Chrisman, Virginia. Asst. Lecturer J. S. Bradley, Luray, Virginia. Chaplain Wm. M. Rosser, Luray, Virginia. Door Keeper B. Frank Beahm, Kim ball, Virginia. Asst. Door Keeper G. E. Brubaker, Luray, Virginia. Serg't-at-Arms C. H. Lillard, Wash ington, Virginia. State Business Agent S. P. A. Bru baker, of Luray, Virginia. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. E T. Brumback, Jas. E. Compton and Geo. H. Chrisman. THE BRETHREN OF BERTIE IN COUNCIL. Bertie Farmers' Alliance, No. 1,353, met in the court house in Windsor on the 4th of January,' 1889, at 1 1 o'clock. The officers were all present and in their places. The President pro ceeded to open the Alliance, which was done in due form. Vice-President M. L. Wood delivered to the brethren a very brotherly, earnest and interesting address. It was found that 18 Alliances were represented by delegates. The Board of Trade made a report which was freely discussed, and refer red to our next meeting. Bro. J. B. Stokes was appointed County Business Agent. Brethren H. V. Dunstan, M. D., John H. White and W. C. Liverman were elected County Executive Com mittee; brethren E. B. Outlaw, A. J. Smithwick and Nehemiah Punch, County Committee on the Good of the Order. The resolutions memorializing the Legislature as to convict labor, free passes over railroads, &c, were adopted. A resolution was adopted instruct ing our representative in the, Legisla ture to use his influence for bettering the facilities of county experiment farms. The following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to practice more rigid economy, plant less cotton, raise more grain and live more at home for the ear 1889. Resolved, That each member of this Alliance be requested to see that his local merchant conform to the law requiring the keeping of seed cotton books. Resolved, That we recognize the im portance of taking and reading the organ of the Alliance in the State The Alliance adjourned to meet in Windsor the first Friday in April, 1889. The Chaplain led in prayer, after which the Alliance closed in due form. A. J. Cobb, Sec'y. NOTES FROM HALIFAX CO. Aurelain Springs, Halifax Co., December 24, 1888. Col. L. L. Polk. Dear Sir : As I am correspondent for our Alliance to your paper, will say a few words for Aurelain Springs Alliance, No. 897. We organized last summer with some seven or eight members; we now num ber fifty, with applications for mem bership at every meeting. We will soon have every farmer in the com munity that we want. The farmers were somewhat backward in joining at first, as the Grange had been through this section, but after seeing what the Alliance did with the bag ging trust, and other benefits derived, such as local trade, &c, they begun to find out that we mean business, and that we are no humbug, but have come here to stay. We have collected very little as yet for trie State Business Agecy Fund, but believe most of our members will contribute, as they must see and know that our hands are tied unless this fund is raised. Crops in this section are very poor, as we have had hail, rain, rust and drouth to contend with. Corn is very scarce, and cotton about a half crop. Two of our members make flue-cured tobacco and are not as bad off financially as we cotton fel lows. A brother showed me the sales of 500 pounds of tobacco sold in Ox ford the other day that sold at a net average of 40 cents. He has two acres that will bring him over $400. This beats cotton too -far to talk about. Several of our members take your paper, and hope to see it in every Alli ance man's household soon. Fearing that I am taking too much space, and as it is the first letter I ever wrote to a newspaper, I wiii close with best wishes to the Farmers' Alli ance and The Progressive Farmer. Yours fraternally, W. M. Martin. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. Our readers will remember that last summer in the Farmers' Inter-State Convention, in this city, Dr. Henry and others severelv assailed the Indus trial College of Mississippi, and pro- nounced the Agricultural College es pecially a failure. Industrial Education is now attract in r Trmrh attention in South Carolina, and the Farmers Convention in that State appointed a committee to visit and examine the buildings oi the Mis sissippi College. We copv the following from tneir report fully evidencing the success and usefulness of that institution Labor is required from all students, and is directed to all branches of agri cultural work, such as draining, culti vation, milking, the care of stock, nor ticulture, &c. it is claimed to be eauallv important as illustrative of farm operations, and to keep the boys in sympamy wuu ia,im me, a,a w x fi nish the means by which they are en abled to materially reduce their ex penses. From the best information at our disposal we do not thin- it inter feres at all with the course of studies. The statistics prove that those students who earn most by their labor also stand highest in their classes. The location here of the experi- If every reader of The Progressive Farmer whose sub scription has ex pired, or will expire during the . month of January, will re new, we will "en large The Progres sive Parmer with the second issue in February. Iiook at the label on your paper, brethren, and send in your renewals at once. Do not wait for a Club. Remember we will drop from our list the names of all who have not paid by Feb'y ' 1 st. mental station, with the $15,000 given by Congress, furnishes not only object lessons to all of the students, but re munerative and practical work to many of the most skilful, and to the seniors, who have just completed the sciences involved, a great deal in this line is given that is of value. We were impressed withthe care and intelligence displayed by the stu dents in this work. . The direction has oversight and control of stadlon work, but assigns station work to the heads of various departments of the College, who control its details and the appoint ment of assistants in their respective departments. The lines of station work mapped out are such as are de manded for the immediate benefit of the average farmer, and the solution of agricultural problems of greatest present importance, as the feeding of forty-seven lots of cows, three in each lot, to determine the best ration for butter; the feeding of forty-seven lots of steers, three in each lot, to deter mine the best rations for beef and like experiments with hogs; dairy work, to test the best methods of making but ter; experiments with corn, cotton and horticulture are planned, and experi ments with a view to find some species of grass for winter pasture. The stu dents perform most of the work neces sary, except ploughing, and are as sisted thereby to reduce the expenses, while they become as much interested in the experiments and result as the director himself. The analysis of fertilisers for the State is done also in the College labora tory, and by the professor of chemis try and assistants. The students do not perform the actual work in this line, but they may observe and be in structed in this method and principles. Any farmer may send here a sample of fertilizer and have it analyzed with out cost. The fertilizer companies pay a laboratory fee. attendance and expence. The average attendance during the eight years of its existence is 315, which is one-third larger than the attendance at any other male college in the State, notwithstanding hundreds of boys were turned away for lack of accommodation. Over 1,600 boys have attended since its inauguration. Of these about 80 per cent, are sons of farmers, two thirds of whom are sons of farmers of small means, many of whom could not have attended but for the opportunities furnished for reducing their expenses by labor at the College, for which they are paid 7 cents maximum an hour. The actual expenses of a student attending this college is about $125. The earnings of the students on an average reduces this amount to about $100, whilst many iurtner reduce it to $65 or less. The large number of students attending this College has in no way lessened that of any other colleges. On the contrary, the Uni versity and Denominational College at Clinton have loth had a larger at tendance since its existence, whilst the high schools all through the State are more largely attended, which would go to indicate that its influence has been to awaken the educational interest throughout the State and has actually been the cause of the partial education of hundreds of boys who would not have otherwise received any at all. merit of the training. Desiring to compare the relative merits of the training given here with that at other institutions, we were allowed to attend the class exercises, and were favorably impressed with both the thorough manner of the pro fessors and with the proficiency of the students. We were jnvited to give these to numbers of the senior class, with thirty six hours to prepare essays upon them. (It is fair to the young gentlemen to state that they had only been out of the junior class eight weeks.) These essays were produced in good English, read in good style, and some of them were so able as to greatly astonish us. INFLUENCES OF THE COLLEGE UPON THE AGRICULTURE OF THE STATE. It was our desire to ascertain if possible what, if any, influence the College was exercising on the agricul ture of the State, in addition to the educational influence upon the indus trial classes. We were reliably in formed, since the College established its creamery, it has influenced the erection of twenty others, some of which are very successful and have competed successfully with Elgin and others-Western and Northern creame ries, which 'has moved this industry several hundred miles south, bilos have been erected all over the State, and farmers are now improving their cattle, who before did not believe that Mississippi butter could be sold at all in competition with the Northern product. The numerous letters to the officers of the College, which we had the privilege of inspecting, on all kinds of farm topics, with the larger num ber of visitors who came to the Col lege to get information on stock breed ing, horticulture, draining and kindred subjects, indicate that the people of the State largely look to the College for guidance in agricultural matters. We learned of one community whose agricultural matters had been so changed and improved by the influ ence of two boys returning to it from the College that the section has been named after them. Time to canvass and investigate would doubtless dis cover many more. There are many. other evidences of the good influences of the College, which would render this import too long. Respectfully submitted. D. K. Norris, J. E. Tindall. ALLIANCE RESOLUTIONS. Wilson County Alliance, December. 14. 1888. Resolved, That we regard the tax of five hundred dollars on each brand of fertilizers sold in the State as class legislation in that it is a direct tax on the agricultural intersst of the State. We therefore recommend that all commercial fertilizers and chemicals shipped into the State for agricultural purposes be exempt from taxation. Resolved, That the sale of wines, dis tilled liquors and brandied fruits as now allowed to be sold in North Caro lina are detrimental to the morals of the people. We therefore ask our Legislators to pass a law prohibiting the sale of wines, beers, and all dis tilled liquors in quantity less than a quart, and of brandied fruits not less than one-half gallon, and in no case to be drank on premises where purchased, that the fine for breaking this law upon conviction, shall not be less than one hundred dollars for each offense, one-half to go to the agricultural school fund of the State, and the other half to the informer. Adopted by the Farmers' Alliance of Wilson County, Dec. 14th, 1888, with the request that The Progress ive Farmer publish. John Y. Moore, Sec'y. Piny Grove Alliance, No. 214, Louisburg, N. C, Dec. 17, '88. Col. L. L. Polk. Dear Sir : Will you please be so kind as to publish the following resolutions: Whereas, The moneyed conspira tors of the United States are com bined against the farming interest to grind and extort from them their hard earnings; to enrich their already over flowing coffers. And that they plainly show in their thirst for gold that they are regardless of the misery and woe, that they entail upon us and our fami lies; and whereas, the government of these United States under the present system of government fosters and en courages such oppression and tyrany; be it Resolved, That we urge our State and National Alliance to use their, ut most endeavors to establish direct trade with Europe. Resolved, That we will patronize and encourage Southern manufactures and ask our local merchants to co-operate with us in so doing; believing that by tapping the pockets of our moneyed oppressors that we can bring them to equitable terms sooner than by any other means. Resolved, That we, the members of Piny Grove Alliance, No. 214, Frank lin county, N.C, believing that in a united effort there will ultimately be relief for us all, that we do solemnly and earnestly renew our troth to our noble order, pledging ourselves to stand by our colors in the future, be lieving that we are battling for,stje right and. that we call upon our brother Alliance men throughout the country to join with us with renewed diligence and determination in the great struggle that is before us. Resolved, That the above resolutions be sent to The Progressive Farmer and Franklin Times with request to publish same, and that the press of the State favorably inclined to the interest of farmers be requested to copy. Respectfully, Geo. W. Jones, Sec'y. Brook's Grove Alliance, No. 670, Resolved, That we will buy no fer tilizers for cash except through our Business Agent. Resolved, That we will not use any fertilizer from any manufacturing company who refuses to sell to us through our State, County or Sub Alliance Agents. - Resolved, That we prefer using guano put up in cotton sacks. Resolved, That we will buy no guano on time," if we can possibly avoid it. Resolved, That we will buy no guano from any company who refuses to sell at factory prices to the Alliance. Resolved, That we will present these resolutions to our County Alliance, and ask that body to endorse the same. Resolved, That we present these reso lutions to The Progressive Farmer and Person county Courier for pub lication. These resolutions were taken up by sections, and adopted as a whole in Person County Alliance at a call meet ing December 14th, 1888. C. K. Moore, Sec y. OFFICIAL ORGANS OF FARMERS ALLIANCE. National Alliance Southern Mer cury, Dallas, Texas. AJabama Alabama farmer, Athena. Arkansas State Whtel Enterprise, Little Rock Mississippi The Farmer, Winona. North Carolina The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, official organ for North Carolina and Virginia. Florida Farmers Florida Alliance, Marianna, Fla. Tennessee and Kentucky 7 Tie 7 oiler, Nashville, Tenn. Louisiana 7 he Union, Choudrant. free Speech. Beaumont, Texas, of the counties of JefTerscn, Orange, Tyler, Hardin, Chambers, Liberty.
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