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o x:r mm 1 '4 a r mm;: lilffifilllf Vol. 3. DIRECTORY Ot? FARMERS' OR GANIZATIONS. FARMERS NATIONAL ALLIANCE AND CO-OP-ERATIVE 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-Preset 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 College, N. C. Assistant "Lecturer D. D. Mclntyre, Laurinburg, N. C. Chaplain Rev. Carr. Moore, Towns ville, N. C. Y Door Keeper W. H. Tomlinson, Fay etteville, N. C. Assistant Door Keeper R. T. Rush, Mt. Gilead, K C. Sergeant-at-Arms J. S. Holt, Chalk Level, N. 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, N. C; J. S. Johnston, Kumn, JN. V. - pun NORTH CjHUjUNa. fARMERS' ASSOCIATION President Elias Carr, Old Sparta, Edgecombe county. B. F. Hester. Oxford. Secretary; S Otho Wilson, Vineyard, and W. E. Ben- bow, Oak xudge, Assistant becretaries. VIRGINIA STATE 1 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, Virgkya. :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. PRESENT SYSTEM OF WEIGH ING COTTON. Cool Spring, Iredell Co., N. C, '' ' January 1, 1889 Col.v L. L. Polk. Dear Sir : The Cool Spring Alliance, No. 754, at its last regular meeting unanimously adopted the preamble and. resolutions given below, and appointed the re quired canvassing committee. Also endorsed and adopted the memorial on tobacco, published some time since in The Progressive Farmer, and ob tained the signatures of all the tobacco raisers present, and will push the work until the name of every tobacco farmer within the jurisdiction of said Alliance, who will do so, is obtained, whether he be an Alliance man or not. We are a determined band, and notwithstand ing many difficulties meet us at almost every step they but stimulate and strengthen us in our purposes to push forward despite every, opposition. It is an encouraging fact that every worthy reform has met and overcome the difficulty that confronted it. Op position, as a rule, proves the life of reform. ; " - - I write this to encourage the brother hood. Press on brethren, be wise, pru dent and determined in your plans and purposes and victory will ultimately crown our efforts, and the sunlight of THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS triumph will make our hearts swell with joy and gladness. I give below the preamble and reso lutions adopted as stated above, and request the publication of the same. And we respectfully urge the brother hood throughout the State to do like wise. Respectfully, Wm. J. Fulford, Cor. Whereas, There is general com plaint against the present method of weighing and . selling cotton; and whereas, it is important to make changes of such character as will im prove and equalize the advantages to the producers in disposing of their cotton; and whereas, it is necessary to repeal existing. laws, and enact others in their stead, regulating the weighing and selling of cotton; therefore Resolved, That three good men, mem bers of Cool Spring Alliance, No. 754, be appointed by the President of said Alliance, to circulate a petition to ob tain signers of twenty-one years and over, praying the General Assembly of North Carolina to repeal the law re quiring the appointment of cotton weighers. And that a law be enacted requiring ginners to be sworn to weigh and brand all cotton ginned and packed by them. And that their weights shall be just, and the cotton thus weighed and branded shall be sold by said weights. Resolved, That Cool Spring Alliance, No. 754,endorses the resolutions passed by the National Farmers' Alliance at Meridian, Mississippi, December 8 th, 1888, in regard to holding cotton, and only putting so much on the market at once as is actually necessary, and will as far as possible comply with said resolutions. Resolved, That the members of Cool Spring Alliance, No. 754, learn with pleasure of the encouraging, measures adopted by the National Farmers 'Alli ance in their meeting at Meridian Mis sissippi, and hold themselves in readi ness to co-operate with the brotherhood m the maintenance of every good work that tender to the individual and collective advancement of the fanners Resolved, That these be spread upon the minutes of this Alliance, that a copy of them be sent to The Progress ive Farmer with a request that they be published. TOO MUCH COTTON AND TO BACCO. Shatter Alliance, No 716, Warren Co. Col. L. L. Polk. Dear Sir: I again send you a few lines from this section- as correspondent of our Alli ance. The increase both in members and determination is very encourag ing. Nearly every man who is elligible, in leach of our Alliance, is a member. We meet twice- a month and look after the good of the order with a determ ination to succeed. Success is ours beyond a doubt, and that in the near future, if we will only stand together and be faithful. Zeb Vance (God bless him) said not long since in a speech, that the farmers were selling their produce on the lowest market in the world and buying their supplies on the highest market. We know from sad experience that this state ment is true, and-perhaps there is no greater need of a speedy remedy than in this case. What remedy shall we use ? The -shortest and most effectual move that I can think of for relief in this case is for every -farmer in the whole South to unite to a man and stand together like men and reduce the supply of cotton and tobacco far below the demand, and at the same time increase our grain crops, fifty per. cent. If we will do this we will reacn success in less time than in any other way that I can think of. I have never seen anytRing that there was a market for that was not high priced when it was scarce, and I have never seen a farm on which there was plenty of corn that there was not good teams, plenty of meat," milk and butter, and if you have these things you can have some say in the sale of your produce. Let us : try it, brethren; we can't be worsted, anyway. A. W. J. OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO RALEIGH, N. C, FEBRUARY A MOVEMENT TO ESTABLISH MANUFACTORIES IN EAST ERN CAROLINA. Whereas, It is time that we, the members of Chowan County Farmers' Alliance, should be entering upon some plan for the'bettering of the financial condition and for the con sumption of our f products ; therefore be it Resolved, That we establish, at Eden ton, Chowan county, ,N. CM a cotton manufacturing establishment, a cotton seed oil mill, and a canning establish ment for the canning of corn, peas, to matoes, and such other fruits and vegetables as. may be deemed advis able. Resolved, That, to further the estab lishment of such enterprises, a conven tion, to consist of one) delegate from each Sub-Alliance in he counties of Bertie, Chowan, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington, be called to meet at Eden ton on the second Thursday in March next, to adopt plans for the establishment of the above mentioned enterprises. Resolved, That a committee of five on ' arrangements be appointed to ex tend invitations, drawup plans and make such arrangements as they may think proper for the entertainment, &c, of the delegate, from other counties. Respectfully submittel, : ' T. H. Leavy, ' Delegate from No. 1,150. A. REQUEST. Union Hope, Nash Co., N. C, January; 12, 1889. Col. L. L. Yolk. Dear Sir:- Please allow us spaciumxJjrg n; The Progressive Farmer, for the publication of this .one request from Grove Hill Alliance, No. 161. We the members of this, Grove Hill Alliance, respectfully ask the members of our Legislature to enact such a law as will reduce the number of the board of directors at the State Penitentiary to five in place of nine, and save to the tax-payers of the State what it takes to pay four; and we further ask that they reduce the salaries of the officers, as we know they are too high, and are an unnecessary ex pense to the State. Please take some steps to relieve the poor tax-payers of our State. We ask of every Farmers' Alliance in the State to join us in this request to our Legislature. Fraternally, C. S. K., Sec'y. SOME LEGISLATION ASKED FOR Warrenton, N. C, Jan. 7, '88. Col. L. L. Polk. Dear Sir: The farmers' resolutions adopted by Churchill's Alliance, No. 480, were concurred in by unanimous vote of Warren County "Alliance at the meet ing on January 4th ult., and I submit the same to you as requested. At a meeting of Churchill Alliance, held on the third day of January, '89, the following preamble and resolu-. tions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, The cotton growers of this section have been for years and are still suffering material loss on ac count of the unfaithfulness of , tenants and the depredations of thieves; there fore Resolved, That it shall be unlawful for any person to buy, sell, deliver or receive f or ? a rxrice or a reward any cotton in the seed, when the quantity is less than twelve hundred pounds, except as hereinafter provided. Resolved, .That every person, other than a landlord, offering for sale seed cotton in quantities less than twelve hundred pounds, without an order from his or her landlord to sell the same, shall be guilty of misdemeador, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment not exceed ing thirty days. ; ' Resolved, That any person buying or receiving seed cotton contrary to the provisions of the above section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pun ished by a fine not exceeding fifty ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF 5, 1889. dollars, or imprisonment not exceed ing thirty days. Resolved, That the law requiring merchants to keep a cotton book be so altered as to read: That every mer chant or dealer buying cotton in the seed, in less quantities than twelve hundred pounds, under thei foregoing regulations, shall keep a bulletin board posted in some conspicuous place in his house of business, with the name of the seller, the name of the landlord granting the order, the date of the purchase and the quantity purchased, plainly written thereon. Resolved, That our delegates to the County Alliance are instructed to pre sent these resolutions to t said County Alliance on the 4th day of January,' 1889, and urge their adoption, and if concurred in, to instruct the Secretary of the County Alliance to forward them to our State Secretary with the request that he procure the presenta tion of the same to the General Assem bly to be enacted into' laws. . Fraternally, H. E. Whitke, Sec'y. GRAPE CULTUREMANURING. . This, depends upon how you are situated. If living near a town where stable manure can be purchased at a reasonable price, it should be used at the . rate of 50 one-horse loads to the acre. This manure is perfect in itself and should be well decomposed. Forty bushels of cotton seed may be used per acre-r-seed crushed or killed. If com posted, thirty -bushels will answer. One thousand pounds of cotton seed meal may be used per acre, or five hundred pounds of .bone, dust." , The b.est natural fertilizer is; the stock pea, grown bet ween the ro ws. Tnej5eamit is the same. TJie youm grape vines must not be shaded with other growth. The cotton scraper should be used. Bar off next the vines in spring to save hoe work. When the buds begin to swell throw the earth towards the vines and plow out. Cultivator or sweep may be used in after cultiva tion as inclination prompts. W. H. Hamilton, Auburn, N O. - ' THE LEGISLATURE APPEALED TO AGAIN. Oaks Alliance, No. 1,372, Orange Co., N. C, Jan. 17, '89. Editor Farmer. Dear Sir : As we have no correspondent for our Alliance, I hope I will not be intrud ing to ask space in your columns for a few lines. We are in hearty sympathy with all the advanced movements of our-breth ren throughout the State and else where, so far as we are aware, and I take it upon myself to say that we will give them our earnest co-operation in all matters tending to advance the interest of the farmer. At our meeting last Saturday we heartily and unanimously endorsed the resolutions of the North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance with regard to convict labor, public officials, &c, and we do hope that the present Gen eral Assembly will heed the urgent demands of the people and do some thing for their relief. In our opinion the voice of the people in this (and we think it will apply with equal force to many others) is the voice of God. We endorse The Progressive Farmer as our official organ, and Bro. L. L. Polk as its editor, and hope that our agent for the paper who was ap pointed at Our last meeting, will be able, ere long, to secure for it a num ber of new subscribers. I am anxious to subscribe for The Farmer myself, and intend to, but cannot at present ; we are in res angusta domi now. Such is the case with many in this section, and the same cry of " hard times and scarcity of money " is heardrfrom al most every community; and in conse quence thereof the circulation of The Farmer for the r present year will, necessarily, fall short of what it would have been, what it ought to be, and what we, as farmers and friends' to their interest, desire it to be. - c Respectfully, Agricola. STATE POLICY. No. 50 STATESMEN-LIKE RESOLU TIONS: Concerning the Agricultural and Me chanical College, by the Catawba County Alliance. ' Catawba, Catawba Co , N. C. . - January 14,1889. v Whereas, There is already an over production of farm products and a de-; ficit of mechanical products as evi denced by the tariff on the latter ; and whereas, farming ;by machine, by improved agriculural implements, has become a necessity, and citizens of the State should be able not only to repair ; these emplements but to make them! and the machine which makes them; and whereas, machine labor has sup planted the individual mechanic who used manual, labor mainly, machine made plows, wagons, carriages, axes and axe-handles being transported by railway and sold through commercial agencies; and whereas, farmers', sons of fourteen to eighteen years of age have acquired some skill in the use of farming tools, and need most the use of mechanics' tools and machinery; therefore .be it Resolved, That we respectfully ask the State Alliance to request the trustees or directors of the Agricultu ral and Mechanical College to put ap plied mechanics (and political economy suited to the grade) at the beginning of the curriculum, to be extended, if not through the course, to a point at which ; the student's proclivities and aptitude can be fully determined; that since we need farmer-teachers, farmer preachers and farmer-statesmen,; the school should be preparatory to .the point at which the student's aptitude and choice can beijletermined. 'Resolved furtJier That if it is not practicable to make a department of the Agricultural and Mechanical Gol lege a technical school in which the mechanic arts, including the use and manufacture of machinery, is taught theoretically and practically that the Legislature be requested to authorize the State Board of Education to in vestigate the nature and scope of such schools already in operation elsewhere, and their practicability in tnis State. Resolved further, That in our judg ment the entire revenue received by the United States government from the import tax on manufactured goods should as soon as practicable be given to the States to be applied to the temporary support of such schools. Resolved further, That since the health of farmers' sons and their proficiency in study will be better maintained by from four to six hours of manual labor per day, that such schools should be made self sustaining as soon as practi cable, that as soon as the value of such schools is demonstrated, others should be established that all future citizens desiring it,, may. be trained for me chanical pursuits, that manufactured goods may be exported rather than imported. Resolved further, That such mechani cal instruction be extended to the com mon public schools in order that the children in our cities and towns may form industrious habits and be ready, as soon as they have the physical strength, to contribute to the welfare of society. : Resolved further, That these resolu tions be forwarded to Col. L. L. Polk for publication, it he things best, as a. whole or in part in The Progressive Farmer. A.- D. Shuford, Sec'y. OFFICIAL ORGANS OF FARMERS ALLIANCE. National Alliance Southern Met' cury, Dallas, Texas. Alabama Alabama Jtc.rmer, Athens. Arkansas Slate Wheel 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. : V : Louisiana Ihe Union, Choudrant. Iree Speech. Beaumont, Texas, of the counties of . Jefferson, Orange, Tyler, Hardinr Chambers, Liberty. s 1 v. i
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