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THE f if fy K ' Ll POLK, - ; - - 7 - Editor. Ij. H. BROWDER, Business Manager. . Raleigh, N. C. . . -SUBSCRIPTION: ESagle Subscriber, One Year. . . , $ 1-.25 .4 six Montha. ...... ,..-. . -J FlTe Subscribers, One Year -X'XX Tea . One Year 10.00 One copy one year free, to tie- one sending Club cf Ten. . , , t " ' : Cash Invariably In Advance. Honey at our risk, If sent by registered letter or money omer. , - Advertising Bates quoted on application. : To Correspondents i .' Write all communications, designed for publica- tron, on one side or tne paper only. 'We want intelligent correspondents in" every eottnty In the State. We want facts of valne, re Baits accomplished of. value, experiences of value, xAiiilv and brieflv .told. One solid. : demonstrated fact, & worth a thousand theories. -..Address all communications to. f - " Thk PBoeBXssm Farmer, Raleigh, N. C. BALEIGH, N. .0., MAR5,,, 18B9. IThis paper entered as second-class matUr at the Post i. The Progressive Farmer' is the Official Orcan of the N. C. Farmers' Association -and N; C. State Farmers Alliance, and the Virginia State Farm era' Alliance. - Do. you want jour paper changed' to another office? . State the 6ne at which jouhare been getting it. V " 1 Ji - ' . ' i Do you want your communication pub lished? ; . If 'so, give us your ;real name and your postoffice. Our friends in writing to any of or advertisers, will favor us by mention ing the fact that they saw the advertise ment in The Progressive Farmer. f" The date on your label tells you rhen your time is out. FARMERS AND FERTILIZERS. - - i J THE farmers of the South spend millions and millions of dollars jmnually for, commercial fertilizers. In our own State the impression is growing that the extent to which we Have relied on these fertilizers is un wise and unprofitable. Hence the readiness of the farmers to dispense with their .use at an advanced price. We have received from this and other States expressions from thousands of farmers that they will not use them at the present advanced rates, for the reason stated, and for the additional reason that they suspect that this ad vance in price has been manipulated through trusts and combinations. These are good and valid reasons, but we should do no one injustice. Our people, as a rule, are honorable, faiiV xainded and just. They would wil lingly do injustice ,to no one. They would extend that measure of fairness to others which they claim for them selves. As we understand their posi tion it is not a war on the local deal ers, for the farmers know that these dealers are helpers as against trusts. If they buy bacon this week of their merchant at eight cents per pound and Mr. Armour and his three co conspirators in " Chicago conclude to advance the price and force the mer-. cnant to sell it it at twelve cents pe """ pound next week, the farmers know .that the " merchant is as helpless as: rthey are, and do not and can not ? blame him. We all remember how a I huge- robbery was perpetuated on the r people of this country two years ago -when that price of coffee jumped up in. tone day from 12 to 21 cents per pound. The people attached no blame. to the merchant for it. So with man ufacturers of fertilizers who must buy their chief and most important ingre dients from foreign dealers and mar-, i .Jbets. If the prices of these ingredi-"wents- are advanced' through foreign ".trusts, our manufacturers are helpless, ; ; and when this is demonstrated our - farmers do not and will not blame vthem ; But the . fact that they are "&eing- robbed still remains, and they .are . resisting it manfully, and they; ought to do it. And if by refusing to be made the victims of a conspiracy. for robbing them', our home dealers . n-i manufacturers are made the suf-;:-'Terer3;Tiiis their misfortune and not -,the farmers' fault. We say again, as: we understand it our farmers in this' c'vState1 and 'throughout the South are .'not irarring upon our local dealers - and manufacturers, but they are. re i - jlasing to pay what , they regard as"ex rhorbitant prices without- troubling themselves as to who are responsible; They have deliberately resolved that they will resist to the extent of their , powers, the system and methods of monopoly for fleecing them of their ..hard earnings. I)esiring to give its - readers all the light possible on thi3 . important matter, The Progressive Farmer quotes from the bulletin of Dr. Battle our State chemist on this point: - '.: "The ingredients for manufacturinc; Vt-rtilizers are all higher than the cor , -responding period of last year. Not -only has there been a material ad vancenient in these prices, - but in Mother materials and rates connected -rwith the fertilizer trade as well. Ma teriaL for bags has advanced 35 and : 0 cents per ton more than for last year. Ocean freights have advanced ; materially, causing . the crude mate rial, kainit, for example, to advance in - cost in addition to the increase of price of that article. The freights, too, . add to the cost of shipment of xnanu factured goods to our ports. The : fertilizing ingredients with but few exceptions are higher than last season, ranging from 15 to 3tf per-cent. -These advances have - necessitated an increase of the Station's valuations for the three i valuable ingredients in fertilizers.- This year, we rate avail-, able phosphoric acid at 7 cents per pound -against 6 cents, of last year; ammonia ;aV IT cents per pound against 1 5 cents last year; and potash 6 cents against 5 cents-Of iast year. These prices are for the ports; and are chosen, not for the exact cost of the ingredients at the seaboard, but for an arjrjroximation of the value of these ingredients after thev are mixed, bag ged and. ready for sale in manipulated goods." t. , : , EGJSLATjlVE NOTES. BY far. the most interesting week of the, session is the one just closed, In the House, the bill for re moving the disabilities of ex-Gov. w , W: Holden 'elicited " strong debate. Messrs. Cooke, 'Carter, Doughton, Outlaw and Watson favored the bill, and it was- opposed by Messrs. Bed- dmgfield, Hoke, Lyon and McUotter. The bill was voted down by 45 ayes and, 5 7 noes. v; . : The bill proposing . changes in our election law was hotly contested in the Senate, but was finally , passed Dy vote of 21 to 12. Strange as it may appear, a bill passed the House to pro tect sheep from" dogs, but we predict that it fwill fail to become a law. The bill introduced by uMr. Overman to make ten hours a- day.s labor for females and minors employed in man ufacturing in the State and- forbid ding the employment of children under 12 years of age, was tabled. The Training School bill, which passed the Senate, after a long and able d is cussion in the House, was lost. - In i the House the bill to make an appro priation Ywhieh' was reported from the committee) to complete the Governor's Mansion, was considered on its second reading and was lost by a vote of 42 to 58, as follows: Ayes Messrs. Anthny, Baucom, Bedaingfield, Carter, Carver, Chadwick, Cheek, Cherry, Clifton, Coffleld, Cooke. De Ford, Dills, Donghton, Dunlap, Edwards, Franks, Galloway, Ham, Hargrove, Hoff man , Jouee, King, Long, of Mecklenburg, Lyon, Makely, Marsh, of Beanf ort, McCotter, McCubbins, McDonald. Nichole, Outlaw, Overman, Parker, Phillips, Scott. Sutton. Watson, of Robeson, Whet- tingwn, wiiflon, woo ten, or Lenoir, xancey, Ayes Noes Messrs. Alexander. Amis. Arledee. Baird, Crisp, Crowder, Gibbon, Grant, Hampton, Hallo- way, lioiman. iiooa. iioDkins. uowe. ilussev. Jacobs, Johnson, of Johnston, Johnson, of Pender, Justice, Kellogg, Dawson, Leak, Littleton, Long, of Columbus, Marsh, of Union, Mastin, Matheson, McGlll, Miller, Millikin, Murphy, Newland, Pear Wilkin, Woods, Noes 58. The News and Observer, in its report of this vote, says it was announced " amid applause and clapping of hands by the Alliance men and Republicans." This "fling" at the gentlemen who were members of the order aroused great indignation and that paper re tracted it the next day. Knowing as we do, that there are certain " hangers-on" around the capitol who are eagerly watching for any pretense to assail or to misrepresent the Alliance members, we have given the vote in full, to say that in this vote 20 Alliance men voted aye and 21 of them voted no. But the great sensation of the week was the discussion of the Railway Loramission dui, wnicn Degan m me Senate on Tuesday and continued for three days. The lobbies and the gal Ieries were crowded during each ses sion with deeply interested listeners. Those who participated in the discus ' sion in favor of the bill were Messrs. Payne, Turner, Williams of Pitt, Lucas, Pou and LeGrand those op posing it Messrs. Kerr, Blair, Barber and Thomas. The Progressive Far mer hopes to be favored with some of these speeches, which so powerfully demonstrated the necessity for a Com-; mission, for the benefit of our read ers. They were unanswered and are unanswerable. The voice of the peo. pie was unheeded, the demands of the people were ignored, the rights of the1 people were disregarded and the su premacy of railroad power in the Senate branch of the North Carolina Legislature was declared by the fol lowing vote: ; ; v ' . v AYES. . NOBS. Banks, (Rep.) Barber, (Dem.) Bennett, (Dem.) Blair, (Dem.) Briggs, (Dem.) Brown, (Repv) .' Copeland, (Rep.) Crawford, (Dem.) Emry, Dem.) -Falkner, (Rep.) . Farthing, (Dem.) Green, (Rep.) ' Hampton, (Rep.) Holton, (Rep) Hughes, (Dem.) 17a T"Y - Abbott, Aycock, - Bailey, Brock, -Campbell, Leeper, LeGrand,, Little, Lncae, Payne, Pou, Keid, Robinson, ; Shaw, Sills, ; Smith, . Toms, King, (Dem. Turner, of Catawba, - Turner, of Iredell, Twitty, Williams, Cnmberland, Leinbach (Rep.) Long, (Dem.) Luek (Rep) Williams, of Pitt. Total Moore, (Dem.) Means, (Dem.) Aii xcmocrais. luce, (.itep.) Stubbs, (Dem.) Thomas, (Rep.) Warters, (Rep.) White, (Dem.) Wimberly, (Rep.) Total , id or wnom were Democrats" and 13 Repub- ' licans. We ask the readers of The Pro gressive Farmer to clip this vote and file it away. , -' The next thing in order will be the introduction of a sham bill for a Com mission by some of these gentlemen who have thus refused to, grant relief to our long-suffering and outraged people, in order that they, may shelter themselves from the storm pf indig nation which awaits them at home.' If such a bill is introduced- (and we are expecting it) we hope all true friends of the people will promptly vote it down. The people want no shams or son, Tign, icawls, Kegan, Keynoids, starbuck, Stevens, Temple, Tilley, Trull, VestaL Wall.Wal- frauds, but thev want - protection z ,f acainst oDDression. and thv wilthave- Lit. sooner or later, a But they wilt not get relief tnrougn bins mat arft dic tated by the .railroads, iney ,wan no milk and water" bills Give them a bilT that' will protect them none. ' or In the Senate, the bill for the com pletion of tho Governor's Marisidn came up on its third' reading and va substitute was offered by; Mr. iLe Qrand.:.orovidiner for its . sale bv.: the , L ' C J fJ-nvp.TTinr and hi a Council, at a sum not less than $35,000 and to purchase a residence at $15,000, and adopted' by tne . ioiipwing vote : Ami Vmin Avcnr.V. Tlailev. Blair. Vi-Acnm Brown, Copeland, i Green, Hampton, Holton, Hughes, Kerr, Leeper, LeGrand, Lineback, Long, rOU, UlVC, OUllkU, OIUUU9, iViiO, 1U1UCI Ul sn tawba, Turner of Iredell, Warters, White Wil Noes Messrs. Abbott, Banks, Barber, Campbell Ttilirjj X lULUlllgf A.IAJgf UHW, iu.wwf JIWIP Payae, Reld, Robinson, Stubbs, Thomas, Williams of Ptt, Wfinberly. 18. , V ' SENATORIAL "SPATS." THERE were some spicy " spats" among the - sage Senators in the discussion of -Railway Commission, and some very remarkable ' declara tions as to the sentiment of the people on this subject. In answer, to the ar gument that there exists a strong de: mand throughout the State for a Com mission, Senator Kerr, of Samrjsdn, said:" "There is no public demand for this Commission. ' True, when at home the other day 1 had- occasion. to ride out a few miles and I came across about: 20 members of the Alliance and the ringleader . , was there. I said "Well, boys; I see you have de manded that I shall vote for a Rail road Commission." " Yes, ' said the leader, " we did; but we have been reading some pieces in me papers since-T-and maybe we are wrong. " There is no demand," he continued, "among the people, and the clamor that exists has been manufactured." Senator Williams, from Pitt, whenhe came to reply to this portion of Sena tor Kerr's speech, said: "I did not hear the speech of the Senator from Sampson on yesterday. I do so much regret it; I am so sorry I did not hear your speech. I have heard about it, and Senator ! the Senator from the great and good agri cultural county of Sampson, I was surprised to hear it stated that jou said the people of your county did not want a Railroad Commission. Sena tor, did you know that twenty -six Sub-Alliances in your county had each one passed a resolution unanimously demanding of this Legislature a Rail road Commission ? and that the County Alliance of Sampson county discussed the resolution - enthusiastically a&X.it passed with but one dissenting voice?" Senator Kerr, springing to his feet, said: "These are not the honest sen timents of those people, as I have ex plained to this Senate. They were manufactured at headquarters. " What !" exclaimed Senator Wil liams; "you astonish me I I had had a better opimon of the people of Sampson, and I regret to hear the Senator say that the people who sent him here have no manhood ; that they, will submit to be hurdled and driven like cattle; that they will allow any one or two fellows somewhere away off yonder to dictate to them or in any way to drive them to unanimously: demand a law which they do not want. do not, I cannot, I will not believe it. My friend from Sampson may slander his own, constituents, but I will not, for I do not believe that a braver, better, nobler people ever lived than can be found in the noble old county of Sampson. And sir, the sixty thousand farmers who have sent in their petition here mean what they say, and you will find it out if you do not know it now." . : .During the discussion much was said of "manufactured sentiment," " popular clamor, ' &c, in reply to the demands of the . Alliance. Do Sena-" ors suppose that the solid, sensible, manly farmers of the State are' mere children to be dictated to by any inan or men r vo tney tninK . sucn men mean nothing when they' send up their: memorials praying forrelief ? For the information, of these gentlemen we would tell them that in point of ability and character and patriotism the body which originated these . demands was the full equal .of the; Senate. J It 'was done bv the State Alliance arid vubl lished to the world, ' and these dei; mands were sent outfall over the State to the Sub-Alliances "to express their free opinion on them". Over one thou sand of -ihem were returned endorsed unanimously, and they were taken to the Legislature and presented in the regular way through the representa tives. This was the " back-door " pro cess to which Senator Farthing re ferred. , The idea that Elias Carr, J R. Beaman, Dr. A. B. Noble,' S. B'. Alexander and 50,000 other as good and true men would approach a Leg islature, made up of their servants, through a xt back door." It is thought that sometimes men forget that they are the servants of the people. Evan Jones, President of the Texas Farmers' Alliance, officiallv an nounces that all memorials, resolutions and legislative demands from Farm ers and County Farmers' Alliances mf ,v asking for legislation in the interest qf trie people, snould be addressed to Brp. S: H. -Dixon, Austin, Texas, Secretary pi legislative committee. THAT "GAME 0F BLUFF,' TJKINGr the discussion of the Railroad Commission in the Sen ate, numerous thrusts were made5 at the Alliance, T which always elicited applause or approval from the politi cal " clackers ' in the lobbies. It was repeatedly charged that the sentiment among the Alliance men had been "manufactured " and "worked .up,' &c. Senator Kerr, who was the ac knowledged champion of the railroads, was particularly happy along this line. We could not answer the Senator on the floor of the Senate, but we pro pose-to put him and. those who acted with him on. ' the witness-stand and empannel their constituents . as jurors and . ask some questions. Senator Kerr and all of them asserted that a Commission could not affect the four old roads.' The ' Caucasian,' a "paper published m his own town of Clinton, says: This argument u is d big game of bluff" Mr. Kerr said his -people did not want , a Commission the Caucch $ian savsi "to the "Legislature that ampson . and . .. adjoining counties are overwhelmingly in favor of thbill.'", So says Representative Stevens, who voted for it. "So says one thous Alliance "men of Sampson. Which is right ? Why are they v overwhelm- mgly for-the bill r 7 v Let us look at some facts. Take the W. & W. R. R.. one of the best and cheapest in thej.State. - Will the Senator ;tellhisconstituents that they are not discriminated ' against in the following figures taken from their schedule of rates ? For a car load of guano (20 tons) shipped from Wil- mmgxon to w arsaw, o o mues, iney charge $40.00; Wilmington to Clin ton, the Senator's home, $45.00.- Wilmington to Goldsboro, 85 miles, S42 00 47 00 40 00 " " FaYettevUlelSS " Will he please explain to the people of Sampson why it is that they are charged $5 more on the same car for, a distance of ' 67 miles than on the farmers of Cumberland for . a distance of 183 miles? . . . Will he tell why they should pay $3 more, for 67 miles than the farm ers of Wayne on 85 miles ? Will he tell them why they should pay $5 for a car from Warsaw to Clinton. 12 miles, and Tarboro only pays $1 on the car,-18 miles ? Will he tell them why they pay $5 for 12 miles, while gcotland Neck pays only $1 for 19 miles i W ill he tell them why Wil son pays $47 lor iuy . miles and Fayette ville pays only $40 for 183 miles? And finally, will he show these good people of Sampson that there is " no discrimination " m these charges ? LET EVERY COUNTY ACT. TO secure uniformity in the opera tion of bur system, our quarterly meetings of County Alliances are held on the same day. This, in some re spects, while it is unavoidable, is un fortunate, as it prevents the brethren of different counties from interchang ing visits at these meetings. We be lieve that great good could and would be accomplished by such interchange. We need to have a closer and more fraternal intercourse among the differ ent Alliances. How can it be effected ? Go to work at once and ' invite some' good brother from a neighboring county to visit your quarterly meet ing in April and: deliver an address. At your quarterly meeting select and invite some one to be with you at your July meeting. Be sure to go to some other county than your own, for if you have a good talker he will be invited away, and you should encour age him to-go. Adopt this plan and it will infuse new life into your meet ings and do much good. Let us strengthen the weak,, encourage the despondent, confirm the wavering and inspire a hopeful, buoyant spirit into our order,- so that, .when , the autumn days come we shall make one grand move forward all along the lines. ; - ' Cor.. The Progressive Fabmeb. : MAKE IT A CRIME TO OWN A " SHEER ' . . - The Dog Law. THE dog law bill, for the encOur agement of sheep husbandry, pro1 vides that when any one has sheep killed, or injured by a dog, he may swear out a State warrant against the party suppQseji tp be the owners pf the dog, and upon proof ..that the person named is the owner of the dog that killed or injured the sheep, the Justice of the Peace shall have him to pay the owner of the sheep $2 in cash for each one. killed, if injured; $1 in cash for each sheep; that any dog found attempting to kill or injure any sheep shall be killed. This bill passed its third reading. It is the only dog law that has ever passed the Legislature of North Caro lina. The bill is expected to pass the Sen ate. N ( rm ' .1 mi rne above cupping tajcen irom a state paper is a saa commentary on the farmers' Legislature. This act, if it means anything, means to elevate the dog and give him" more privileges than heretofore. To say that a dog may kill a sheep for "two dollars and injure a sheep for one dollar, what does it mean? " A grade Southdown wether sells from four to six dollars, and a grade Cotswold sells at five to 1 eight dollars' for mutton. A pure D hJood'Merino, or; Southdown, or Cots wold lamb sells from tenf.to fifty dol lars, according, to breeding.? .The city of Baltimore, to encourage , sheep' hus; bandry, sells the Southdown lambs from the Druid Park flock at the low price of twenty-five dollars each, Does this bill mean that if anv farmer has any improved "breed of sheep, worth from ten to fifty 'dollars each,1 that a dog is authorized to go, and kill them for two dollars each? If .this is sor farewell to all attempts to imprpye,the breed oi sneep. . J? are well to. all stocK raising, ana let au cpuon ana au wpacco be the cry buy everything s'eise.' Would it not be better to pass a bill making.it a crime to have a sheep? can't judge of the bill from the clip ping; give us some light. . , Piedmont. EDITORIAL. NQTES, In our report last week-of ' the vote on the Commission bill in the House we inadvertently got the name of Mr2 Baucom of Wake, in the wrong place. Mr. Baucom voted for the bill., . - " - We had hoped that the - charter of the State Alliance would have been a law in time for this issue. Jt passed its final .reading last. Friday and we hope to be able to get a copy m time for next week's paper. Senator Kerr boasted that the rail roads are transporting the ministers of the Gospel at. half rates, thereby doing Sundav-school work and aiding in.the dissemination of the Gospel. But he did not tell us just when the' roads re solved to engage in the great Chris tian work of the evangelization of the world. Neither did he tell us why the railroads take ministers of the Gospel at half price, while they ride judges and legislators all over the country free. - Senator : Barber emphasized the as sertion that x from no convention . had he heard a demand for the Commis sion. True, Senator, and the Alliance men air over the State well knew if theV had introduced the matter in a political convention, demagogues would , be political leaders, and railroad men would have raised the howl : "The Al liance is going into politics." Does the Senator think that the people are not to be heard unless they speak through political conventions? Sup pose the people should learn that this is to be the rule? Possibly some of them may accept the suggestion of the Senator. Senator Williams, of Cumberland, explained his vote on the Kailroad Commission bill as follows: "Being a modest man and not accustomed to speech-making, I thought "L; would' keep my seat, as I never like to at tempt to make a speech in the pres ence of so many ladies. .But being called upon now to vote, having said nothing so far, and as explanations are so very fashionable to-day, I must say that among many of my very best friends, those who worked and voted for my election are railroad men, and would not vote for this bill if I thought it meant injury or hurt to the railroad interests in the State; I do not believe this bill will in,any way injure them. But I am not here sim-. ply to represent the railroad; I am! here to represent the people, all the people of Cumberland and Harnett counties, and I believe I but voice the sentiment of four-fifths at least of my constituents when I cast my vote in favor of this bill. I therefore vote aye." BUSINESS AGENCY FUND. . , Roll of Honor. The following is a list of the ten Alli ances that hare up to this time paid in argest amounts : i No. 1, Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., No. 854, $235.00 2, Fikeville, Wayne 539, 176.00 163.00 3, liosnen, Uuplm 400, 752, 545, 499, 4, utter urk, .Edgecombe- J43.73 140.00 137.50 135.00 134,50 132.00 120.00 120.00 5, Friendship. Lenoir ' 6, Warrenton Warren ' 7, Dortches, Nash ' 8, Rocky River, Cabarrus 1 9,' Godwin, Cnmberland " ' 10, Zion, Richmond Laurel Hill, Richmond " There are several' Alliances 211, 1&4, 131, 35, 28, that when they collect their pledges will be ahead of any oh the list, and at leasfc a dozen more that will surpass all except Nos. 1 and 2. Now, my brother, what has your Alii- auce, or ratner wnat naTe you aone to aid in this matter? Do you not expect to reap the benefits? Are- you -noti wil ling to : bear a little of 5 the burden;? , ? A prompt and liberal answer is requested,,- ; . VV. A. Otpaeam, Trustee-. Macbpelah, N. C, Feb. 21, 1889..'' ; ALLIANCE NOTES. rMembereof the Alliance, when writine tonk. will greatly favor na if they will always erre the No. of their Alliance, z. We have given the sixth and seventh pages of on paper to the exclusive use of the Alliance. Use them, brethren. , For all official orders, rulings, notices, &c, the brethren will ex amine these pages. In middle Georgia the Alliance will start an oil mill and a guano .manu facturing concern. . ; Ridgeway Alliance, of Ctran ville county, has agreed not to plant more than eight thousand hills of , tobacco to the full hand: ; " - ; . Sister Davidson, wife ' of Bro. B. L. Davidson, of Alliance No 43, Nansemond county, Va., died, Janu ary 25th, 1889. . ! f, Deputy Organizer B. E. Webster, of Chatham county, reports Alliances organized as follows: - At Leonard's School House,' Jan. 14th, an Alliance with eleven members, and at Pleasant Hill, on Jan. 21st. an Alliance with twelve members.1 He reports that the .gwuu U1 amam is about com pleted. v;-; v , I tiy of the Alliances of Georgia have resolved to buy only what thev are compelled to have ; to buy in bull and for cash only. : -. The Farmers' Alliance .have a Une : of steamers upon the lower Mississippi. :This looks like the Farmers' Alliance i was. a pretty solid affair. The Alabama Legislature has passed a special act incorporating the Alabama Farmers' Alliance State Ex change, capital $250,000. - The- Alliance in Texas is on an upward and steady move, its business enterprises are pushing forward rapidly and with each push comes ma: tenal benefits to membership. : .e State of Texas there are twenty-eightappUcations for the office of Kailroad Commissioner already on file in phQ Governor's office and 172 organized pounties to hear from. a- At the January meeting of Orange County Alliance, it was decided-.to petition-the LegislatureJor the enact ment of a law providing for the intro duction of elementary instruction in agriculture in our public schools. -The business of the - Mississippi Exchange continues to grow. One day-last week the business amounted t6-$l,t)Q.''' Do your business through ft.T10A if VfMI r oai-ro mon. - uvbuu uiau UlaC turers to make your agent the lowest possiDie raies. x . ;. ? , .'-The Winona (MisLy Farmer says: "Th6 business of the Alli r . ."mu,v JJUSr ness Exchange has increased to such an extent . that a stenographer and can be ho longer a doubt that our peo ple are anxious to get out of the old methods' of doing business." Since our last issue, other Alli ances have declared against the use of riioH-Tvrifv1-ornanna na -frillnTrro . TT.V-. Alliance, No. 1,28," Hertford county iiupurauia Aiuauw,' no. aucj, Moore county; Piney Grove Alliance, No. 308, Durham county; Long Branch utuj uui uoxiauu WUUUtJ j Buckhprn Alliance, No. 224, Harnett county; Ridgeway Alliance No. 132, Granville county. A brother of Thomas' Creek Alli ance, JNo. 1,390, wake county, in forms us that instead of resolving to use no fertilizer this year, unless it could be bought at same price as paid last year, they did resolve to use none at any price. If a thousand Alliances would .' make the same resolve, and stick to it, money would bo abundant in North Carolina next fall, and the icry of hard times " would be hushed. The Georgia Alliances are mak ing a very firm fight against the ad vanced price in guano. They have heartily resolved that they will not buy any commercial fertilizers until the, addition of four or five dollars a ton over last year's prices is taken off. This concerted action will certainly cut down the sales, and turn the at tention of farmers to home-made ma nure and compost heaps, by which the State will gain. Ex. Spalding county, (Ga.) Alliance is one of the leading Alliances in that State. It has already established a warehouse and made four thousand dollars for the Alliance men. An other year it will double this. It has resolved to establish an oil mill and guano factory this year, and is getting ready for it. It has sent a live man to the Legislature to fight the monop olies and trusts that are seeking to get a foothold in that State. Bro.: M. M. .Batch! ord, of Chapel Alliance, Gaston county, writes to say that his Alliance is working with, a vim. The membership . has grown steadily since the organization in Oc tober Iastr and their County Agent has made trade arrangements which has saved them large sums of money. The editor fully, appreciates the pleas ant allusions to himself, but cannot positively engage to be present at the April meeting in Dallas. J,- The Antic&b Allianee, says the Elberttm (Ga.) Ga'zetter has done a no ble thing : in' helping, -each other. A few members who were able to borrow some money, have done so, and loaned ii to members who needed, it, thus en abling them to buy for cash, and at the: lowest prices. Such acts as this will do more to build up, solidify ana perpetuate the existence of the organ ization than all the resolutions that could; be passed, or meetings that couldi be held. t the Alliances m f O v Oreene county have resolved to plant cane ana maxe tneir own biuy n year. One man, we are informed, made 200 gallons last year, which he retailed readily at 60c. to 75c. per gal lon. "We see by our Alliance ex changes that it is a profitable crop in Georgia. One man made 550 gallons on one acre and a quarter, and left 4,000 stalks for seed; this at 40 cents per gallon would make $220. -A-? other reports a product of 750 pounds of nice, brown sugar and 700 gallons of syrup on one acre, besides saving his seed. -t a , meeting of the Executive Committee of the State Alliance on the 27th oi February, 1889, it was or dered that the number in the charters of county Alliances be stricken out,
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