Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, February 02, 1898, Page 8, Image 8
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
j. f\ is a ft an tor.
Don't fail to read an article in
111i^ issue l?v Col. I). 1*. Duncan
of tlu* State Kxchanjro. TTc show*
the need of organisation, coneert
of action and the need of an or
$;an such a> the Cotton IMant. Let
n> read it carefully and try ti
jn'olit 1)> it. i here i - u niie a i< '
ol -rood ad viae a? ! i.rroat deal ol
information to he lathered Iron
it that every farmer and alliance
man should know. My brethern
it s ?en;s to me there never was i
1 1
.ed as mnch the * ' t <?
Divery ettort that can 1 ? ? put fort 1
hv 111os"'* who (>*>jt<>si? us i '
to !i*'i>!'""i the ri?:? r. 1 .
it'we will hot 1 >o I rue to nur.-e'\
and the alii:1 uee ! re 1"
\ ictorv is ours.
Wo have nil riiojlir nr^od no
you the i111poll nice of <tiekiti'
together in bnyin:/ <>ur l'ert:
;.ml of buying theiu through tin
State Kxehaniry. Ami now wi
ask you to he patient if wo !<
seem a little slow. We are ?1<?ir
all we nan ami what we are ov
!
every true Alliance man w>ul?
have us do ami that i.> to mak- tin
very best arraiv/oments po<<ibh
1 lie niannfaeturers are trying t<
cut the exchange oil' on ever;
>idc ami let us remember that i
the oxehange was t< oea*o to 1 .
power that we would then l?o a
the mercy of thoi who are road;
to tleeee us at every turn of tin
way. Let every man constituti
himself one <>t a vigilanee com
I i i it tec to look out fog 11ir owl
iiu?rms and mat oi tin* Alliance
* The Cotton Plant."
The "Cotton Plant" is the ol
licial organ of the farmers of th
State. J)o we speak udvisedP
when we say tiiis ? What i
meant by it ; why should wo hav*
an organ?
It seems to me that we migh
with as much propriety ask \vh;
the tides come in and why ii
J II I'll I llftl' ..> ! ' ''"I ?
...... v.. v j h\/ \J li i . i nut u ar<
certain unwritten laws, rules am
ii-Imiu.-, thai arise, no one seem
to know* how or why. and vol tin"
exist : limy confront von : in
yon have lo rtmol Ihoin.to : ; . id<
tor ilr.il. ill' n It >111 it to tin ill. .11
a!1" \ m i't r vhmh v y
t urn. or vhal intent \uii a
S. ier. . <11 .1 e il < li e met . >y
0?'?;, 1' .011, or a I ivs! I .\ en
1. n. .. 1 ,i .'o
t.d peeial henelif.
ill' 1 1 ' t
i i leal ion pro j.10 ; v<
) ti.iii i- . it
- ? .:I. _i i| s. kind
mil v1 ' an - ol life an- <h n- i,
1 f I I'll . ;
" ' ' -III ? ;?? 11 ol !k i .it.
Vt'1 wliell Y'lll IdlH'il lh< i I" COMIIMOI
intoret they combine and an
ready lor you at <-v?-r\ luru. A'
Wo ?ee, ail oilier liilei'i 'I ' eoni
hinir:;; for I heir mat ml j>rof ? -I ion
it i- not only roasonabl that th.
farmer hould have some kiiul o
or.iranization for hi -'penal bone
lit.
The* time has corn ft when \v<
must reaso to simply pass re: lu
lions ; thoro will havo to be mori
action. To succeed in this, wc
must. have some medium of com
' munication and that medium must J o
be run in our special interest .first, fl
last aiul all the time. Must the't;
I'arnier plow and hoe, sow and n
1 j reap, with a Stoical beliel that ( w
'jsomeliow. or in some way, some t<
body is fioin^ to look out for hi- l!
i m l .? <?-1, and t hot Tierehanee a'a
'I kind fato will take care of hituflG
lie has done this too loui; already: a
' 1 " or ! >-- a -eelud a! ' t<
i! ho : ' moi't? or less felt hi- o
I . II ?? i i i
"so-called independence, uiullc
1 'uiei'taken to run his hu-'ue- ia
d:i::. ' ha mm tl and alone. ^ e di i
t ' .'\1 or ,. :
i;. i \ ' . t ? ?;1 '... : \ . 11
) t ' *
peak,
> ? 1 e di-ciiarj. -d and uiv our id
t
until ... u other e
! ? i * : ti ;; ; in :. 4 ,ilt r-.? k - t < v*1 'I
. . i j i I*
'
el* ^o w? ol ; '
aani/.aiion. I H
N i\\. .vc -.iv to <>;;r lar: 1 to 1 h
b Lt i *
i-;\ : you nave your or^im/ani ;i-('
von Lave a paj . r t It..t ill In? runi''
in vif.j vour interest out in 1 v. it" J
Ml*- 1 I I. <
you will it. and .1 is your laud
1
' and your* only if i. i not dune v
SO. U
WI.at confronts our farmers o:; :
) the threshold of 1 >'.is ' !t may v
' not ho amiss just hero to rail a! y
teniiou to that hitter irony of fato ?'
tiiat though the Southern planter
has been blessed with an unusual- e
1 , ly bountiful cotton crop they have u
L* j little or no cause for joytulness, 1
' for though nature has showered r
a wealth of cotton upon them,
1} that cotton ? !]? (or les* than the t
i cost of production to the average j
i farmer. The farmer fare* but i
1
1 little better on his corn crop, or (J
lout (Ton. I'ricci! urn (in lnu- <.o I/. -
leave him no margin of profit.
1 i The ?ame would lie true of hi* .
: whent crop were it not for crop ^
^! failures abroad. It seems that ,.
L? ' .
. something lias stepped in between j
! the bounty of nature and the en-!,]
1 ijovrnent of that bounty bv the'^
agriculturalist. This something is! |
low prices, the work of man not s
I! of Providence. j,
< iovernor Junes, of Arkansas.
in liis Thanksgiving proclamation s
a I w iiiout lis a_'??. >anl. u ! h our ]
ehiel st a pie. cot ton. -it :md a ,
cents n r pound, tho ne< pie ol
\ ,-! ... I. ... .. - t
tk rvni -.in u.i\i- iin < ;111 -f j
lor observing 1 liaiik-gi\ in:: I !ii- <
t ill." Wo think 'In- (iovornor i- |
I! ' Providence - not to I
I lain lor ! In* low |>r i of cot toll. |
v ,'ioui<l ho t linn! till lor 1 lie
ben fioenco of I'rovidonco; fori i
I! i ! < i w jo .co of cotton w < In vi> > j
\ 1111 ! ' ' M ill -r- < )!,. i !i) I : ' :
t Moroicalk ore iiij/ 11 i<iii tor tin-ir
;: 111 ?i n I ii'1 and ?>rol cut ion ?||i>y *
will f'OIlt 11: II* to -Ik IV II
I . i ,
tic' con .it. o ol a!i.i.i ii a "iiill
ill. I ho sort ion of coiiut ry1 .
known to t ho civil'/ 1 u o i l ' - A
ti.o i otton noli ot tin* South, pro i
duces tho rrnv niatori il of fli?? ],
f.rimci'?!? article of clothing used',
by mankind, and the man who .
grow- it make* less clear prolit i,
Irom it than anv who tonehes |,
'lit. j?
We have heen 11?1 1 that it the j ()
! eomrnhsion men who handle our %
?1
rotten, the railroads and ships S!
i thai transport it ; the inanulart-'
1 hirers who ^j>in and weave it ; the h
' inerrhunh who bargain and sell r<
all these grades, elas ind kinds o!
I
(
( cotton fabrics; if they can by
loir greater intelligence,business
let, ability and capital, make
lo'iey out of the cotton business,)
e are asked what are you going
> do about it ? Well, so far as
tat goes, we don't propose to do
nythii-ur. other than wish them
'<*! speed in all their business
il'iirs. lint what we do propose I
!
* attempt, is to effect a business!
v ,tnizat<ot\ thai will enable the!
otton | Vnfers of the South to.
et with some business sagacity.]
- t me state this little incident ;i
\ "V p IMMI1 -ah
i> t' , ;or " . 11 ?< * i "" !"-? '
We i d iumlrc :! : : .
"
' *!: in i!! i'i!- i he . ! : j
.* ? ? :I ..i?i.;i.x <'! :1 'vin , a iv |
i: i it i'i tin.1 .>!' when ?11r :
ci: i m men " 1 m't !o
i at. if von cut your lair and r-M
liable \ "ic t hat {rule will
liink that you are demoralized,
i ,i yt,IJ ; ,)vo 'to "i riuir t< -
inch l??r your 111**v will-'
?1 <' |V fir you t<? make another
hi ?in?., oilier h ' iors will he !
l ine panic stricki n. tlirow Iheiii
onds on the niarkol at an\ price J
lioy will brinp. and pvnerul ruin
. ill h the n an 11 ; hold voiir
oods for a fair price and don't :
ell until there is a demand. Wo!
rill advance von all 'b<? nionev 1
on want at a low rate of interSt."
If the cotton piantern are prop
rly organized, t in v can find com
uission men who will k as pood
'.i - '
iiruuo iu 11IV*II1 ."IS 111080 WHO
eprcsent tho mills.
The various organizations ol
lie farmers have spent much of
heir time in the past in denouneng
theafonnation of combinations,
r the iuo*t extreme case of an
greemenb?a trust.
We for one are changing our
iews <?n the subject, wo are beinning
to believe that organized
apital and organized labor are
ioth developments of the in-'
ustrial system running side by'
id<>, and each can and should b.?j
,, n.i! )-> tl .. 'CI... -
.. ... .... tw .m W t 111 1 . 1 III? II"" I
train the one ami not tin- other]
-> the establish the principle of,
1.ir>s legislation, we have all ha?l
0 much criticism to make about.
! i> onr oh.-erv ation, all the
H i'r ni-. no\ ; mi:i'l what
i: i i hey take, ) ive a law o!
in 1 iiiiip. always r: nniiiir a<:ain t
h'-ni. t'??r example: The Conla^e
i i '
. i -t in the nays o| it ; prosperity.
1 t l;e ' joo>!> tor a coin pet i t or.
\ ' i ,o v i ir I!e(ii!ii!_r
. y hi t h - <j : kit Tl
.. :* i i? . i? l ob i" air : ny !i 1
[. . ;;irpi,tf. < ];
i. 'r~ l m.-t ami the < t(on l'i<
.11-' . ' : *l '' i. i i > i i ,* >
1 .. to ! If .1 I?l?i??:. 1
II? J .
' ' \ ' toi l ! , '. < . Ml' -|; I ||;
... i< . i ! i \ ; .. j i ric, - i oo
; . ?|K.jr j. T|?.
f \ > c p! in?, to t hi - rule t hat
< are aware oi' i- tlie Stamlanl
hi t'oinpany. It -ccnrity ha.
. t\\o fold. ii. 1 it o\\ lie<1 Hid
>nt.oiled it- source of supply; ,
coral. because ii- principle of
l-illc-s ha> been always, as iIh !
I. ill ' i illlTO Wflt to t..lf??r. . I
. . .. w irnn j f I 1\ ? S,
ntil 111< v have r??< 1?n-?m 1 theprirp!
foil from l-l rents per gallon to i
con's per gallon, bv the whole-1
lie.
Therefore. the lesson we should!
am, is that wo have to meet i
tinhiiialion with combination, if
ihers combine then we tin.' a^ri j
\
1
cult uralists, must combine. To dc
this; we must have a medium ?>1
communication, uTh? ('ottou
I'lant," an organization, the Alii
anco.
1). 1'. I).
Organize.
No farmer, whether ho cultivates
one hundred acres or om
u I; !. Id fail to !> >
metnhi r ol omo agricultural or
g inization. Is matters little,
whether the organization bo :
grange. Alii mco or club you car.
irn in t' e"i much that
will !>,< of -alii-to you m
i? turn instruct otIvors. K i,v
< con ; i. ' a - i | i t ; i ' '
j!' are stud- nts and al 1 t 1 ?r1
iavir -* joined allow noihii .
which you can control to pri vent
your a'ten i un-e upon ery < I
itv. i i n h member -u' - it,
to some agricultural, horii<ultu
rai. stock, d(?iiy, pom oi
journal and after reading it i nkc
it to the A 11or :;* ti^<
and I'xcliaii _?' with another pi .
i?er. Iu this way a oireulal
library is e?;abli-hed by means >i
which et-li m mber has at a li
a variety of reading matter at
small cost.
A farmer should no more thiuf
of >< j in .so;.. 1 or^ .niza
tion I'ln'"!" ! >!. promo! ion <
Ins biisines ?' : 1 v a t i?>: > tlian In
should neglect to join a churel
for the promotion of his el na
salvation.
I of there be a series of experi
mentf conducted by the tnemben
or let there bo a premium o floret
lor the best acre of several crops
In this way the best way of in
tensitying the effort upon toiiallei
areas will be learned.?Southeri
Farmer and Horticulturalist.
A oueer inrhmtrv lm unrmwr ...
1 - - ' ' J" ""? > "1
in Michigan, namely, tho conver
sion of pine Ktumpn into shingle-;
It in stated that stumps of trees
which were cut twenty or t wenty
five yearn a^o. remain endurim
and obdurate obstructions to tin
cultivation of the soil. Thev an
?till Round, ami turn out exe? 1
lent shingles when so utilized.
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Hicth Arm all!
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Our Prices f>>r MiioM- - <1 liv
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Write for full denrriptio
end fur UATAI.Oi
Hagglon, Wagons, Harness, Pianos
Roller W heat Mills, Corn Mills,
Subscribe for The Cotton Slant
o. v. dtscan, suDfttftr. F armei
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THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE. ,
LUNG THOUHLMS \NO COltoSUMPTION
CAN JIM CUKM1L
An Mitiiiicnf New Yor!; Clti'tntsC
wi<< kNCiI'll(is! .itsioi'S it rri'
O.Tit m> Our Kratlrns.
;!i 11,\<" Ynr.\ I'hetn
i.-i a. sSluoui.ii) doiuouAtrniin# 1 ih
il isrn\ \ of a .tint aSxtluto
' I eniv for * oiisuni|it ion (I'nliiiuaary
11 "l*i *?>?? ? !11-1- mil) nil nullitil,
I throat. h:' mil . lit- I ?!i ?il?
I born eoiitfhfi, obtarrhal iilffotlotm, ifonj
era! ill- l;it- a nit wi-akin's-*, - i f
I tk'sh, a ml all ooinlir.ioim of wiMtlnif
TLBS (alt different of t.:^ Now l>{fe
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11 . i.: i lu-aiist. pa* i illy
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r?- *iI* ! "il h liuiiiai'ity .is
j i' iit ti - * I>v an;, in'.-: r:i _-hii;s.
i i > - - .1 iia! lima I r ill . and
| snali- is -|i( ,i\iiv "ii.-,ri t li-ltcrs (if
tiled .a i.;.- liuorloan and
! laliratorii :i \ lint : :: ! !
Ir.tii tii. - fin ,| in all j i-.. ,,f j ||(.
: world.
Mi' '*< I ?*\ prrl s niiiri-d?- 11 in * lii-?ntjchlal.
olu'Kt and Iiiiik troubles lead to
' ' -1 * 1 * I : I ! i I? . wlli.'il, II *! III* 'ITIIJili'll,
in:- ins sji i.i; null i-i-riaiti d.-alli.
jl pimply write to 1. A. SlORiini, M.tfJ,.
I OS I'i'n- -i pi'i'i, \.. \ York, :.ri\
postotlice uii i . pr?-?s iiiiiirisfg, ami the
I lr- iti.-dii'ii \. ill in' ;n nipth, s.-nf.
ShIVitits should lake instant advan.
In ji- : It ~ ' - iii-ri is [.riijiiisit ion.
' "I ti?ll tin- :> iidor that you hJPw
I ills hi'it i ii lln- , ,s I KIll-i.lsK.
I hAl'd UALSAM
ftv* h**s>t'foi th* htfr.
I PH?yy >*rnm.-r*a a h.ninaul gr? wth.
I >.Jjh i -? 'r 5"a1U t?> U??tor* (fray
3PCT??t;. j-Huta iia.i i:.: Yo ',,,f'il .'olor.
Cun ? ,? J? ?.w fa. *
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