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u o THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY. Vol. 7. RALEIGH, N. C, MARCH 8, 1892. No. 4 E 0 M 1 HE NATIONAL FARMERS' ALLI ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL UNION. frejident L. L. Polk, North Caro . ia. Address, Atlantic Building, F St., N. W., Vaahington, D. C. Vice President II. L. Loucks, Huron, South Dakota. Jseretarv-Treasurer J. H. Turner. I'leorgia. Address, 239 North Capitol i . T tt -sr:iiA4-, T" EXECUTIVE BOARD. a V. Macune, Washington, D. C. Alonzo waraan, Huron, ssouin isa ?' jV. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee. JUDICIARY. i a Cole, Michigan, o' V7. lieck, Alabama. M. D. Davie, Kentucky. sixiOSAL LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. T L I "IK, nuirmiui. u' t:. -r ir i-v ani-ii- . titi - m V. F. Ciwinn, unite, lennret?. )RTa CAROMSA FARMERS' STATE ALLI ANCE. iYesi lent Marion Butler, Clinton, n C Vice-President T. 15. L.oug, Asiie iUe, N. 0. 5ecretary-Trea3iirer--V . S. Barnes, talaigi- N- C- Lecturer J . S. lieu, israssrown, tevvard-C. C. Wright, Glass, N. C. Chaohiin Rev. E. Pope, Chalk !vel N. C. m Poor-keeper W. u. Tomimson, avettviile. N. C. . . . -rv T .... I J V t'ir Assistant ioui -iv-vri u, j. 'anut, N. C. Serwiiit-at-Arms J. S. Holt, Chalk ?v?l. N. C. State Business Agent W. H. Worth, teleieh. X. C. . True Business Agncy t und . v. (iranam, jijcruufuui, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. s 1; Alexander. Cliarlotte, N. C, rnrrirrrvm: ,f. M. Mewborne. Kinston, C. ; J. S. Johnston, Ruffin, N. C. TATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. Ellas Carr, A. Leazer, N. M. Cul rreth, M. G. Gregory, Wm. C. Connell. TATE ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. R J Powell. Raleigh. N. C. ; N. C. -kllot-ro T T Ynnti cr ip.-.lan.s . TT A TiVYnTiA-c- K aw ton. N. C forth Carolina Reform Press Association. ' r r. TinmKPv. President: Marioii Butler, Vice-President ; W. Sanies, Secretary, PAPERS. hragreive Farmer, State Organ, Raleigh, N. C. frhe Workingnan's Helper, Pinnacle, N. C. farmers lvnriit Tar tMirO. . (. . VIonntain Home Journal, Asheville, N. C. -Ullance Sentinel, Goldsboro, Is. C. Jotmtrv Life. Trinity 'olleite. . C. Mercury, Hickory, . C. .-tattler. niiaKers, . I Each of the above-named papers are requested to keep the list standing on n: j t j .it. ,'.7,7 me jirsi page ana aua outers, prunum they are duly elected. Any paper fail ing to advocate the Ocala platform tcill be dropped from the list promptly. Our peorAe can noiv see what papers are OliSlished in their interest. ANOTHER VIEW OF IT. Cary, nTc., Feb. 15, 1802. Mr. Editor: The merchants, busi ness mn and farmers met in Kaleigh February l-t and resolved that the farmer ought to reduce the acreage in cotton at least 2 J per cent., diversify ing his crop, and raise his own supplies. Now I want to know why the busi ness in n and farmers didn't resolve further that the shoe merchant reduce his purchases 20 percent , diversifying his stock bv putting this much in home i- - . j i l rru.. supplies, sucn as nieai aiw lttiu. j.ni ."10 merchants and farmers might have Si05a-fega&er and put through a reso lution that the business men should re duce their loans on real estate 20 per cent., diversifying their business by putting that much in crop leins and chattle mortgages. Then te mer chant, bu-iness men and farmers might have resolved further that criminal lawyers t-nouiu li'uuuc ljjvai innvu 120 per cenr.., and do that much more 'civil practice, and that the doctor Should drop 20 per cent, of his obstetri cal cases, and put in that much move in surgery or diseases of children. Of coarse if they had done so, every self respecting lawyer, merchant, doctor aLd capital ist in the country wo lid have indignantly leseiited it as a meddle some interference with their private .business, but the poor farmer is ex pected to accept it all meekly, thanking .God that he has so many friends, solicitous ror nis wenare anu wimu w show him how to run his business. Now I Jnow it is neither pleasant or profitable to set one's self against a widespread, popularly accepted belief and this idea that the farmer ought to quit cotton, diversify his crop and raise his own supplies, has been proclaimed I yj the press, shrieked from the plat Km and accepted by the public so J cg that to call it in question at this late day ems wild and visionary, and "t "Tl lv-lieve the doctrine of general - liverstftrd. farming i3 in a measure frronmi5 It is certainly contrary tne genius and spirit of this age, jo- m every other department of life P. thfe opposite obtains, and ipeciabsm is in them all the surest road ;o Hiccess. In the legal profession we md some make a specialty of criminal .f, &rneot civil law. fvnd nth Am of abroad litigation. In medicine' one Iaa:i ligS Brandon Va. L. P. bVatherstone, Borest City, Ar man devotes hi3 time to the eye, an other to the nervous system, another to skin diseases, and another to sur gery. In the mercantile world one man handles hats, another shoes, an other family groceries, and another notions." Even in educational affairs we see one man teaching history, an other mathematics, and another music, but the poor little fellow who essays to farm. whose hichiir4t2liec .11 til attain merit is "perhaps confined to a limited acquaintance with the three R's, is ex peeled to know everything and do everything. He must raise corn and grow wheat and cultivate cotton and rear horses and hogs and poultry and cattle, and make axe helves and hoe handles, an i cure har and compont mauure. and be generally self support ing; and above all, make ciouh to feed and clothe mercantile manufac turing and professional classes, and if he fails to do it, they must come in and show him how to attend to his affairs. This reduction of cotton acreage will no more remove the farmer's trouble than it would cure a cancer on a man's face to cut off his great toe ; the cause lies elsewhere. If our laws were just and equitable, if the government f ulfillrd the purpope for which it was established, that of administering justice and protecting all clacsej?, then every section of our c ountry could raise the special crop adapted to it and exchange it for neces sarins that were more cheaply produced elsewhere, and still the producer re main independent and prosperous. If our government protected all classes alike, the South Atlantic and Gulf States could produce rice and cane and cotton, the West and North west, cattle and grain and .ool, and with our facilities for transportation, these crops could be exchanged to the mutual advantage of producers. No general crop that can can be grown in the cotton belt would be worth as much js cotton if our laws protectee the pro ducer from the capitalist and specula tor and supplies a sufficient amount of currency. Under a just government the cotton growers of the South ought to be the richest people on earth. Pos sessed by nature with a monopoly of a necessity of the civilized world, sup plying almost half the race with wear ing apparel, they ought to be independ ent, rolling in wealth, instead of abjectly taking counsel with shylocks and hucksters to dethrone "king cot ton." If the merchants and business men w ant to really and permanen ly benetit the farmer, let them go with him to the poll next November and help him to knock these t wo corrupt old ;olitical factions that l;av oh.trucitd all whole some legislation for twenty years past, into the middl of kingdom come, and put the government in c ntrol of a party that does not know there was a war or that there is a negro, or a North or a South but will afford ample pro tection to every man under the Ameri can flag, not only from highwaymen and sneak-thieve, but also from trusts and combines and monopolies. James McPuerson Templeton. RESOLUTIONS. The following resolutions were adopted by Mt. Energy Farmers' Alii ance, No 04, February 12th, 1892: Resolved, That we endorse the Ocala demands in full, and urge our Repre sentatives in Congress to go for meas ures in conformity thereto. 21. That we regard the manner of electing President and Vice President of the United States, erecting monu ments and appropriations for Chicago Exposition and such like as matters of but little importance compared with legislation for the relief of the toiling masses of the government. 3d. That our hopes fail and our hearts sink within us when we are toll that this or that measure, which prom ises the much needed relief, must be postponed or entirely ignored, or the great and grand old party will suffer in the election next fall. 1th. That we have full confidence in the integrity, patriotism and ability of Col. L. L. Poifc, President of the Na tional Alliance, and of Car; A.. II A. Williams, Member of Congre 3 of 5th District of North Carolina, and regard them in every way worthy of the high positions they occupy. 5th. That we send greeting to all orders and citizens favorable to our cause, and especially to" the Alliances and citizens of North Carolina and call upon them to be faithful. Cih. That Thk Progressive Farmer is doing a grand and noble work in set ting lorth and advocating the princi pies of our Order, and ought to be pat ronized by every member thereof. 7th. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to The Progressive Farmer and Public Ledger for publication. Jas. B Floyd, Sec'y pro tern. THE" MINISTERIAL LECTURING SYSTEM. Mr. Editor: The County Lecturer and Sub Lecturers of the F. A. and I. U. of Iforsyth county, N. C, met in Winston on the 13th of February, 1892, and organized what is to be known as the Ministerial Lecturing System, with the following officers: E. M. Fishel, President. A. W. Bevel, Vice-President. T. J. Ketner, Secretary. L. W. Miller, Door -keeper. -- Adjourned to meet again on the sec ond Thursday in April next at Spanish Grove, the time and place of our next County meeting. Every Sub -Lecturer in the county is requested to be present as there is business of importance to be . m -r -r transacted. T. J. Ketner. Secretary M. L. S. REFORM NEEDED. Horiks and Links in the Chain that Slow ly Bind Us. Ir. Editor : Please allow me space your valuable columns to present y views in regard to the hooks and liraks that slowly bind us. I notice in ne JS at wnal Economist that .the Jjon. LKiViirgstVir xaS5eorgia, attributes oar national adversity to four great caus s namel : Eastern domination, financial domination, . commercial domination and political domination In a few well-spoken words he tells it all. If you will remove two letters from 'therword domination and insert the letter a, you would see it in a dif ferent light. As to the links in this chain I will take up a few of them first, the present financial system. I will represent as the great hook to which is fastened the other links. This financial syi-tem has had so much said about it the people generally are b' coming ac quainted with its workings. So I will call it the great lever power by which the links are made to work. The first great ring that isjaston d to this hook, 1 will say, is t he manufacture and Side of strong dii ik, which encircles the world; and a ail men are acquainted with its workings, I will merely state it in itself is the devil's commander in chief and the great battle of thi na tion for God and our countrymen ha? to be fought ; and if we, as a nation, are wise, and wish to better our condi tion, we must marshal our hosts on the Lord's side and chain this great general and bind him in prison to await the judgment. Commerce is an other link, as manipulated at this time, that is dragging us fearfully down. Too much of the earnings of labor are stuffed into the pockets of men stand ing between the producer and con sumer. Corporations, combines and the present high tariff are some of the rings and hooks that complete this chain. I notice that the sugar bounty clause of the McKinley bill, which hus yet fourteen years to run, the firvt year shows that the two cent bounty on the pound to the domestic sugar makers will cost the. tax-payers of the whole country about three million dol lars; and with the annual increase in population will require an increase in acreage for years to ome; and Mr. Monopoly, seeing this bounty, makes a jump for it and intends to take it aU in by the central factory system and buy the cane of small farmers, thereby taking all profits in the business from the mass of the laborers and add unto themselves the two cents per pound by the National Government for the next i jur-ecn yevi.o, leaving thj l.tbrer h v a bare sustenance. Talk about giving labor part of the profits! Never. It is not the nature of the brute combine to divide. He wauts the whole earth and is going to have it, if the people en masse, don't wake from their slumbers and by the strength of their votes down this giant, now m his infancy, before he grows so strong they cannot dictate to him as a free people should. Accord ing to the price of sugar at the mills, which is 3 to 3 cen's per pound, add 2 cnts, giving the null owner 5 cents a pound, which the consumer has the privilege of buying at wholesale at trom 3 J to 4 "cents. Did you ever hear of a man buying a thing for less than it cost him? If not, now we have it. This is one of the invi-ible links to carry in the chain that is binding us. Now we take up another link, that of the manufacturer of cotton goods in America, under a high protective tariff, the farmer selling cotton at C cents and the manulacturer making seven yards of prints out of one pound of cotton and sells the same to the laborer for 37 cents. Coats & Co. re ceive about 90 cents per pound for spool cotton, furnished the farmer's wife to make up those seven yards of prints she pays the merchant 49 cents for. You will be amazed if you will walk into some of the dry goods stores and see the new oak grain writ ing desk holding 100 dozen spoolot" cotton, which I heard a drummer say was worth 15, given to theTmerchant to induce him to push the sale of the spool c.jtten; Wlio pays for it? The consumer. Always so. The present demonetized silver dollar is a round wheel that performs its part among these link Stamped on one side is the word "liberty ;" on the other sile "in God we trust," containing 68 cents value on a gold dollar basis coined by the government at the com mand of Mr. Monopoly and sent out among the toilers, telling themeit is a dollar. Some one must get ready for Brimstone Lake (as a brother puts is.) The tariff is the last hook that is at tached to this chain, anel locks the wheel of progress on one side. It is said, and true, I suppose, that foreign spiuners buy two hundred million dol lars worth of American cotton and are not allowed to sell their goods to this nation, except over a high tariff, which is claimed by Republicans that it pro tects labor, bo h in the field and fac tories. I intend to prove the fallacy ofhis argument. You have followed me thus far and dnd that I am close to the mark. Now hold your ear close to the ground and you will hear the tramp of the mighty host. The army that General Washington thought he and our forefathers had conquered, now marching under the banner of King Gold, aim to bring U9 into sub jection. Europe fixes the price of our cotton and other produ;ts on a gold basis and pays the top of the market to the speculator. She is forced to sell her goods to pauper consumers of her o vn and other nation. In this way she will force us to be pauper farmers Some claim to remove the tariff from cotton goxls would cause an export of our specie, and cause the burden to fall first on our laborers. Now I ask if European manufacturers had the privi legeof selling us their goods, would there not be an increased demand for ouv cotton by European spinners and other products, and I answer ves Then wculd an increased demand lowerour prices, and IF.vw'jtor But some one" o iwcigu oumptJiuion wouia Kin American manufacturers and hurt our laborqrs. How could foreign competi tion injure home manufacturers or labor? They make their gxds with the same kind of labor that is flooding thiscountry. They, transportingtheir goxls across the waters, paying freight bo'h ways. They could n-t tairt our manufacturers and survive. For this reeson American manufacturers have f-r pauper labor if they desire it. Ti"reis no tariff on laborers. They hf.ve free water power at the gates of the cotton fields, buy their cotton at a lo "er Kold basis prices set by Euro pean nd American cotton through th medium of pauper consumers. Our American manufacturers are making e:ugh today, during this great de pr ssion, to be able to pay American cotton growers eleven cents for cotton an 1 have their profits reduced one third by Europeans, and still compete with them. American manufacturers are making a profit off of one pound of cotton nearly equal to the differ ence in the value of the 6S cents silver dol'.ar and the one hundred cent gold dollar. American manufacturers, under this present laws by a combination of eo: porAte bodies, stand a monster mo nopoly as one man withmany heads dietHing the price of poor, thin, cheap go xls, with no one to compete with them. Let us have a full volume of money well guarded under the Sub Treasury plan enough at all times to transact the business of the country on a cashbasi3, that cannot be centralized at the commands of corporations, na tional banks and combines, to the im poverishing of the laboring classes. Then there should be some foreign competition to keep these giant Ameri can monopolies in the middle of the road and keep them from branching out with their strong arms and grasp ing every thing before them ; and snake like, daw their prisoner slowly and firmly in their deadly coils, until the free men of this the grandest nation on the face of the earth, shall fall pros trate at the feet of these money lorJs and beg for food and shelter, like slaves. J. II. Trollixger. LET THE LADIES JOIN. - Ridge way, N. C. Mr. Editor: As I hardly ever see anything in The Progressive Farmer about thelvdies joining the Alliance, I will write a few words on that subject to day. A great many male members, I am' sorry to say, are opposed to the ladies joining the Order. We have some of that kind in our Alliance, though we have nine lady members, all the same. How are they benefited by joining, and what good can they do in the Alliance? is requently asked. Well, by joining, others are influenced by their example and will follow suit Young ladies joining the Alliance will cause the young men and boys to join, for young people will mingle together. It will cause the young men to attend more regular, and the older ones too; other young men seeing their friends an I associates joining, will join also. The young ladies can do a great deal of good by talking to their companions and associates of the male sex ; the hus bind,, the father and the son will feel better and be proud to have their wives and lady friends go along with them to the Alliance when they see and know that they are trying to help them to bear the" burdens tin t they have been carrying so long, and they can talk Alliance talk and all be interested. My brother, you have got to make some sacrifice if you expect to succeed. Let me say to all who are opposed to eiiaTiatrt&?y are as much entitled to a seat in the frnlaneo foaJJ y.-.n and ought to be as much respected in there as in church. Fraternally, J, F. P. Hortox, Sec'y. AGAINST THE UNION COMPANY. Mr. Editor :- The following preamble and resolution was unanimously adopted by Lewiston Alliance, No. 1,320: Whereas, Lewiston A lliance did, ou or about the 10th day of January 1892, endorse and agree to give our trade and influence to the Nation d Union Com pany, believing it to be an Alliance organization and for the benefit of said Order; and whereas, after a careful survey and examination of the plans and membership of said company, we find it to be a combination of Wall street capitalists, working for their own agrandizement, and not for the benefit of the Alliance, as we were let to believe. Therefore be it Resolved, That Lewiston Alliance, in convention assembled, this the 20th day of February, 1892, do hereby with draw our agreement to trade with said company, or to have anything further to do with it in any manner whatever. 2 That we hereby warn other Sub Alliances against this, as well as all ether combinations of capitalists, whose whole efforts seem to be to hatch some scheme whereby they may further en slave the producers of wealth and dis organize our great and noble Order. 3. That a copy of these resolutions le sent to The Progressive Farmer for publication. J. EL. Bunch, Pres't. W. R. Reese, Sec'y. THE PUBLIC VOICE. How may the Alliance and the friends of reform best secure the recog nition and enforcement of our prin ciplest (A given spainthis column will be jdweek 1 y to answers to the above question f roinsho friends of reform. In order that theltT!gsji u.mllAILinay have a hearing, we must ask that y do not write more than twenty lines Sign your name to your answer. Now let us' have your sincere and honest views.) CHANGE YOUR STYLE OF- VOTING. Cea.se to vote for the so called Demo cratic and Republican parties of these latter days, and vote for Katie and the babv and home and family instead. G. F. Frick. High Point, N. C. In the first place put none but those who are true to the Alliance principles in front to represent us. An unwaver ing from the platform and all who favor tho e reforms demanded in the Alliance platform will have a work to do in getting others to fall in line and subscribe to The Progressive Farmer and post themselves as to the d ing-r vhich is overshadowing the great mass of laboring people and they will then no longer hang back but will see the necessity of falling in line and drift ing with the tide of reform. M. B. Williams. stop making millionaires The farmers and working people of the United States are now slaves to a rorrupt and fraudulent government. The workings of the Congress now in session will prove this and develop more startling facts. To manufacture millionaires at the expense of the work ing people of this God favored, but political cursed country, is the chief work of the United States Congress. Remedy : Let every voter vote for the glory of God first, then follows self, wife, children and our good women's best interest. To do this we will no longer be tools for either one of the old devil-governed political parties. The laboring people of this nadon cannot, in reason, expect God to bless and pro tect them while they vote to send drunkards, gamblers and blackguards to legislate for tnem. Live for, talk for and vote for the Ocala platform. Nothing short will correct the evil, W. Drewry Smith BRO. MASSEY IN GUILFORD. Mr. Editor: Bn orenef fire at McLeansville 8th, 1892 with a of the Alliance and Leansville Alliance is on February fine turnout citizens. Mc com posed of some of the very best citizens ; they are true men and wide awake to the best interests of the Alliance. I am told that Bro. Massey just spread himself and left the Alliance in high spirits. From thence he boarded the train for Greensboro to spend the night. I met Bros. Massey and Wilson in Greens boro and accompanied them to Pleas ant Garden, where we took dinner with Bro. Riley, who made us feel at home. There we met quite a number of the brothers and sisters. Bro. Mas sey made a happy effort, fully explain ing the principles of the Alliance, giv ing the Alliance and citizens new light. Bro. S. O. Wilson then rose to explain the business agency work and the im portance of it, making it very plain. He is he right man in the right place. Keep him going. Wednesday, the 10th, was the day fixed for the delegates to meet in their respective districts to eleci delegates to the St. Louis Convention, whereupon Bro. Wilson left to attend his district convention. Bro. Massey being elected a delegate to his district convention, he made for. Greensboro, where the dele gates would assemble to elect their delegate to the St. Louis Convention, where and when Bro. Massey was elected to attend tho S6.' Louis Conven tion. So on Wednesday, the 10th, your humble servant went to High Point to inform the brothren that they would have to excuse Bro. Massey on that occasion, finding quite a crowd awai ing the arrival of Bro. Massey. We proceeded to the hall of that big hearted M. Jesal, hotel keeper at High Point. (If you want a square meal, catl) when and -vhere I made them the best talk I could, and I think the most of them were glad to be there. I found them to bd true Alliancemen. I then joined Bro. Massey at Greens boro and we boarded the train for Summerfield, after taking dinner with Bro. J. A. Hoskins. If you ever pass that way, call in ; Sister Hopkins knows just how to make you feel at home, if sweet meats will do it about 12 m. We then proceeded to the academy, where Bro. Massey held his audience spell bound for more than one hour, making things so plain that a wayfaring man could not be mistaken. Everybody enioved his speech. On Friday, the 12thr the coldest day, perhaps Br.o Hoskins hitched up to his phaeton and shot us through to Brown s Summit in double quick time Putting up his horses at Bro. I. Trorler's, we pro ceeded to the place appointed for speaking and found the house already warmed up and in good order, w-;i quite a crowd for the day. This m have been one of the happiest efforts of Bro. Massey's life. He made every thing clear as a sunbeam. The brethren at Brown's Summit are wide awake and many of them well posted and true as steel. Three cheers for Brown's Summit! , T, T m We then went back to Bro. I. Trox ter's for dinner. Sister Troxter knows just how to fix up a good dinner for Al liance speakers or anybody else, if he loves good things and wants to grow fat. After dinner Bro. Troxter had Bro. Hoskins' team hitched up and Bro. Hoskins faced the Blue Ridge and cold west winds homeward. Bro. Massey an i mvself accompanied him as far as Bro. Geo. Troxter's, where " e, the night pleasantly. It certainly id it great pleasure to spend a night with CrtiicAka?-ifi?jnilv. They have the very best and notmift? is tx good for tneir guests. Next morniner we boarded the train for Greensboro. On arriving there we found quite a number of people, and when we reached the com t house Ave found Bro. J. W. Wharton had the court house in apple-pie order. In a few moments Bro. Massey was on the stand making oi e of the pointed est, clearest speeches you ever listened to. He explained the reason of the hard times and gave the remedy ; explained the Sub Treasury and laud loan, free coinage, etc, etc., satisfactorily to everybody as he understands it. He is a grand speaker. Everybody save the very bitterest enemies of the Alli ance eulogize him as a great and grand Alliance speaker. R. M. Stafford. BERTIE SOLID. Mr Editor: Au!cnder Alliance, No. 1.344, Bertie county, met'iu regular session on the 23 th of February, 1892, , to discuss the demands of the Alii- ;; ance. After hearing enthusiastic speeches made on the demands by Bros. J. M. Early, A. G. Bazemoreand S. E. Marsh, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted and ordered published: ; Wherkas, We, the members of Au lander Sub Alliance, 100 in number, believing the demands of the Alliance ; to be jilst, fair, right and honest ; there fore be it ' ;; Resolved, That this Alliance reaffirm her allegiance to tho demands of the Alliance and the Ocala platform. -2. I hat she will stand as a unic by these principles 3. That we denounce any and all partisan papers whose columns have been open to slander and abuse of our : 1 demands, our noble Order, and espe- ; cially our beloved National President7. L L Polk. 4 That these resolu tions be pu bl ished ; in The Progressive Farmer. f ' J. M Early, Secfy. CONSTITUTIONAL POINTs Mr Editor ; - There is a aatural;e'o. dency wir,h many people to claim to be Alliancemen who are naturally little inclined that way, except as individual benefits that inure to them, persuvde them to so claim to be; that, too, with out a fair conception of the first prin; v ciples that go to make an Allianceman. Tnis is practically demonstrated by j "Allianceman," hailing from Golds- ; boro, N. C, whose letter appeared in ; The Progressive Farmer of Feb. 2d, 1892, in which he seems to take great . pride in sending greetings of the Wayne -County Alliance to the brethren of the Old North State, in a short inch of his article and then drop off quickly to , square himself out upon the incentive that actuated the article to take to himself recompense for a failure to , carry a presumptuous action, such only as should inure from less official ; characters than one of the executive ; members of our County Alliance. The -article evidences a fair inception of the : writer's qualities when the facts in ; the case are known to the readers of The Progressive Farmer as they Wwere to every member who was pres ent at our County Alliance meeting at : Wo 3d land, February 14th 1892. It was simply this: As early as the ; meeting opened for business, as its Secretary, it became my duty to call the attention of the house to the fact ( of a change in our Constitution (which up to that time had gone unobserved,) ; allowing totheCounty Alliance officers : all the privileges pertaining to regular delegates, except the right to vote, none having that right but the presid- ; ing officer, and then only in case of f a tie. After I cited this change, consider- f able opposition was manifested, in de- bate, to accepting the change as made , by our Constitution. I met s ucce f ully every point the opposition irrvle, to ;, the extent that when a jnotion to r " allow all officers to vote," was put. it received only 23 votes out pf"90delo- ' gates present. And in conseCueji';o oi -4 "Allianceman" holding with lao 1 minority, he comes to the front pir;'d- ing himself m point as a paragon 01 innocence in his mistaken ignorance of what constitutes an Allianceman, and myself as a "constitutional crank," who reminds him very much of" the partisan editors and "dry rot" poli ticians a year ago. How about the past year, Bro.? Have you nornear relatives, Bro., who follow avocations? Thanks Bro., for the cognomen-but I had rather be right ani alone, tfran be wrong and stand with the nunryer who are either ignorant or very inno cently mistaken. . But in this instance the majority, or the Wayne County Alliance sustained me, so if lama "constitutional era rj I have the satisfaction of knowing (as did "Allianceman" that a mviDrtW ot ine w ayne ijouniy .fviucujL-o aiuis f .1 rtr ri A. !!'. .-. 1 and would to heaven we had mor such. j Shame on you, brother, to go far fo get the facts as to eo misstate them fP a little individual satisiacuon, uu ing yourself unknown. . J ' A.-L. SwiNsf)N, Sec'y Wayne County AlliOTce, It A I
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