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I JliLMME DFJMRTMIi\T | \ J. F. iV/6'HKT Editor. W. U. A. Porter lecturer ol Lancaster county Alliance requests us to state lie will be at Rich Hill, Saturday next (19th) at 2 o'clock j>. m Yof ,?h? Kn.crp j , AiltlrrNN of Hon. Juiiirh It. .IIiikUI ( Ilvfore lbi> llvuili SpriiiK^ Snl?k Allitiuc^i Nuturilii} .Mnrrli ! I SON. '' Dear Hrethern : I appear before you j I to (lay for the purpose of discussing the necessity for perpetuating: our| I Organization. The purpose of t be | Tanners Alliance is, I'irst : "To labor I for the edueat ion of the agrieull oral I classes in the science of economical L government inas'rmtly nonpar! i/an 1 spirit." Was there ever a period inj | the history of our count ry when ?lm education of the fa? titers in t lie science ' I of economical go1.eminent more! imparative than im\ ? The penses i of our government .ci1 rapidly inet eas; ing. Yet the commodities we sell to !pay this increased cvpcnsc lias deereased in price. [In W-. he "ore silver j was demonetized f?r> hales of cotton , J wou'd have paid a Congressman's | [ salary. Now it would take l -t bales. The contract ion of the currency began soon after l.ee's surrender at Appo{ mattox by the retiring from circulation Treasury notes. And in I s'7'l silver was deinonet i/.etl. The result has been falling prices, until the cost of production cannot be re I i zed from the sale of farm products. The eonse(iiiunou iki fa i'iii mnrt ntiroc ? 11 11 tioi nrl i I . I .. V- . I . f,....- n |"?i- < ? . of farmers. Class legislat ion has con- ! cent rated tlie wealth of the country j in tin; hands of the few, and placed , the burden of taxation on the industrial classes. The railroad pools, combines and trusts, rule every depa.t1 inent of t he govern merit. I.eg .slat 'on ? judicial and exeeut ive, and e??.it rol t he industries of the country by tiring prices of labor and labor products. In 'Js states railroads have refused to pay the taxes assessed against them. Congress donated iso.oon.ooo acres of thej public land to railroads, and now they 1 refuse to paj taxes. What has Congress donated to farmers.' Nothing. Vet if they ask for pr . ileges granted | to ot her classes, t he;. > charged \\ it li I uou)hiu 11 isin and ar. '!"d paternal li?is. i f t ln?y ask the govertiinent to' 1 mii.| ill.mii moiu'.v on .1 deposit of Ih.'ir | farm products lo t In* e\l??nl of Ml per j rent, of tlie value of said products, i lho> an* iiidig naiit ly refused, lint the! bond holders are permitted to deposit j their t.onds and dr ?\v interest on them | and receive in addition a loan free of; interest to the r tent o" 'it per centOf their tuui'ls so deposited. |s this' "eon til rights to all and special privi- ' leges Io none'.'" f'ent rali/.ed wealth is t lie greatest inenaee to the future welfare of our count ry. It i> said t lint there are all men in New York who' can in 'J t hours stop the operation of 1 every railroad, telegraph lint*, inanuI factory and < oal and iron mini' in tin* ; l*n it ml Sinlcs by means of the rontol they have of Hie money of t he count ry. 1 f 50 men can cootrol all these industries, we are no longer a free people. We have a troverniiient of the people : by capitalists in the interest of capitalist's. K.\-l'residciit Harrison say-: 't hai loore than font tnllion- of prop- 1 erty in the city of New York: three and a half billions in Illinois; and j an eipia! proportion of : lie wealth of'; tlie middle and northern - ftl .. vested | and controlled hy eonihines, pay no taxes?nor pav an v tribute 'or tlie pro-' tection the law affords them. The con-! c?iP "at ion of wealtn mi tie I,and- ol the lew threatens the e\i- eiice i>: the ' Republic. l.i^h per coot. < t lie ; ople now own mm e than ' >? Hiird of < t lie wealt h of t he itoot ry . i' . s a. Balden ami I'oine fell when their | wealth ^ot ilito I lie haods of a few of j their people, and the in ?ny I "i-ame impoverished. The concent rat on of our ^ wealth in the hands of a few of our people is rapidly progressing. I: t ;' said t iiat Itt.nUO pel sons ow ii iiioi e t hail ; ' hal'tlie wealtii of the I nilcil Miaiesj' Three fourths of s;iid wealth i- coo-j centraled in tli ha nls of ,i ...i.i!! 1 norily ({rows smaller ?*\ % year. If ^ it emit inhps to roiK i'iii i :it< : . > it lias done for the pa-I - '> \ < :" > I In* farmer- j arid other industrial classes will soon ( ho reduced to a condition of <hi fdoin . 1111 ?*l 11 :> 11 < I in the history of I ho past. On r i" >o nt ry will -'ion lie reduced to 1 w ? '-f|ss - pin! ? rat t ami paupers. ' The fin in hoi of per on over ill years of 1 HSfo in I In' I hiled :>!nti i, ahont ! ( dtJjOht'. The niitrilier t i iployod in I lie ? industries of the country is about 24 I) >o,000, of the latter about '() m i 11 ;o are engaged in agricuIt lire, fisher't and mining. Only luitf the peon! over 10 years of age are workers. Then lore the imlusliiul classes shoul organize and act as a unit in the pr< teclion of their interests. No organ zalioii lias done more for the itidui I rial classes than the Fa**meis A liance.'J'liey downed the "jute trust They forced political parties to consit er the financial quest on as the greatei issue of the clay. The formulated th mauds of the Alliance have becou issues between political parties. Ta alion of wealt h instead of muscle r< ceives I he respect ful cons-deration < congress. The Alliance has aeron plislied much when we consider tl opposition it lias eiicountere ' Tl money kings are arrayed snljdl against us. When \\ e consider tin this power controls the government of I lie c:\ilizeil world, we ought to I content with the success that h: crowned our e Torts and in uv lie energy ami zeal into our o gani 'ai i<> "tie that vvoiiltl he free himself mu: si. ike ihe blow." " A > ICS K. M Alii It. M.-wv't, >. <\ Other roiiniy papers plotse ropy. COTTON IN W)M)EI> AVAR I HOUSES. A 1 * I ii it 'I'liiti May Itt'iiicdy 'I'll Trouble* of I*laii(<>r<< Ami Mci I'll s% ii Is In 'I'li?> Soiilli. CII Aui.OTTi:, N. C Feb., 21. The Charlotte bonded Wart house Co.. which has bejzun bus ness in 111is city,is the pioneer it si it lit ion of its kind in the Soul I and I torn the character of it operations it is destined to atIrat a {Treat ileal of attention in tli commercial and industrial worh It lias always been claimed th; an nr<rnnk:at ion or corporalio nlonj; the lines of I lie Charlott bonded Warehouse Co., has bee one of the great. and crying neetl ill till' roll i ill I i flu I I Ii' i M <r St 'it us I r* M there is reasonable ground h tiie belief that the venture wi prove a suere.ss. That will mea the establishment of similar boiu ed warehouses throughout th cotton bolt and a resultant ini provement in the condition < the tanners. it is a beneiirei instilution. lor it provides lor th tanner a way to borrow mono on his cotton, and enables hi: to hold i! until t he condition < (tin I I 1 I -1... t 1.1. .IW-ll '111 ? ! induce him to sell. The warehous is mii institution founded on <-i> ton, and its operation is siniph it receives and stores col to and manufactured products ; low rates, issuing therefore wan house cert itiieates which are in Tollable at any hank. 1 he larinc can store a hale of cotton in tli warehouse and ;rei a eertilicah and the certificate is convertihl into cash as readily as a check. Perhaps a (dearer explanatio ot the workings and system < the warehouse iniirht ho i\-? 11 i ;? su pposa hie I ra nsact ion liclwcc ;i farmer and the company. I'irs ?!ie >hoii 1(1 hour in iiiitii 1 the f;u that the average Southern farnn is (.1 ?1 ! to sell a portion, if nr ill, of his co, ton erop ill the la Lo "el cash to pay his ileitis. II generally owes the merehant wh runs" him during the year, an if he ii not himself pressed \< money his cropper always ar< iml as soon as the lirst hale < fit I Oil i- pi"!. 'I il I! I! I -t lie so! md !In i'\or di\ i !< ! out anion [hem. 1 he t anner ha-* heretolor Irui no means of raising tiione hi 11icotton except hv an out riir'11 sale of the >t. pie, no matte now ; w th?* market. it is as re in e y tor t hi- lie I pless coml it io >!' the farmers that Ik" hemic ivaretioil^e is to ho vieweil i t 111 kcht of a honefioon' iristitnf ioi \v, as to its operation : Farmer .lone- lias brought hi ir-t hale el I he new erop I Market, ami he must get th none* lor it. as In ; ih'hts are tin tii must he met lie tries th narket ami lirnls that the host h an !'? } for his eotti.n isfiveeont a -> ponml. I !e fan'' nlloril t ell at that price ; hut he mi: - hi've the money, and he must sell n Must he? Here is where tin ('s bonded warehouse comes in. 1I< takes his cotton there, where i 1,1 is stored, and he is given a re ceipt. He pays fifteen cents pei i- month to the warehouse as ; *- storage and insurance fee. Tin I- receipt which he is given is tiego ' tiable at the banks, and on it tin farmer can realize an annum st within one cent of the inarke ~ value of his cotton at the lime Say farmer Jones'cotton is wortl five cents to-dav. He can ge v* four cents on it. in cash and holt i- it; lie can get an advance o if four-fifth or more on the marke m> value of his entire crop. Wit 1 V i his money he meets his press 11 ; nig obligai ions and is independen lsjo' the market until such time a: I lie ma\ he inclined to sell. ! 1'nderthis svstem the market W "... inof I he cotton is ontirelv ii j I lie bunds of t li<* farmer, ;m<l tlx effect upon the pri'* of cot ton In a general establishment of bond e<t warehouses of tliis clas througoul, the South ; it may In , imagined, would be beneficial The operations of I lie warohonsi are not conlined alone to the cot on of the farmer. The cottoi r-1 mills will be benelitfed. Mili would often buy cotton ahead, ex opt for lack of capital, rinle this warehouse system they oai >. buy cot ion. store it and bold it a i : hiding investment in actua i money. Furthermore, the ware i, bouse takes manufactured am s other products and gives ncgotiu I Ide receipts upon them, as in th* e ease of the farmer's cotton. 1. The warehouse building of tin it ('harlot to company is located on: i) wedi.e shaped piece of land in tin t> n irthern section of the city, tin n doors ill iiiii' side opening on tin Is track of tbe Seaboard Air lam 0 ('o., a !ionta_o of s|0 feet, am >1* on the other sji|<> opening on th< II Sout.iein Feilwuv Co.'s trucks, ; n ii >n?a e of 700 leel,. The build 1 ing 's one story, with a eapacin c 'ol ,11)111 ! ."i.OtlO to "J0,00l)bales. 1 i is divided nto compartments ?| each having a capacit v of l.(IO( ?i j bale a tiro \v::!! bet\v<mn e:?e| t> j com part moot. The doors w ill b< v tir?' pi oof (the I? ji 1 iiijir is untie ii J const met ion }. and the struetun ,I will lie strictIv-tandar 1. not onlj 11 ; tullillinjr everv requirement o ij * I a. I t tie insurance companies, tin i meeting all 1 heir surest ions. Tin company is already doing luisi ii j ne-s, having now 1,100 bale il stored in a leased building. The Charlotte Ponded Ware .. house Co. is incorporated with : r capital of $12,000. with privilegi 10 <>l increasing it to $,"?<>.otto. It i bonded in the American A Pond V injr Trust Co. of Paltiniore fo .f 100.000. Its secretary andtreas 11 urer is bonded in the same com il" pany lor .>'10.000. n K. lb Springs, the mayor o n j ('harlotte. is the president of tin t. company, aid T. M. Constable i t secretary an I treasurer. The <li r rectors are K. II. Springs, J. II >1 Sloan, 11. S. <'had wick and .1. I* I! Wilson, of <'harlottc; 1^. I*'. < 'aid e well and <>. II. MeFadden. o o 1 Miiladelpliia, and J. K. Ile> nolds d o! New ^ ork. r Secretary and Treasurer ('on . stable permitted the represent.-! ?l live of the Manufacturers' Ilecori ! to inspect the system devised fo a ! the protection of all parties con e ! cerned in case of lire?the iiisur y anro companies, the warehousi ' ... i 11. . i ' ""I ' ' r simple and has apparentIv all tin a elements ol peri. <1 ion. Karli hah n is numbered ami a re.awl ol in i! I weight en' -red in a hook. A >atn e pie, to show its urade. is a!s< i kept. ?11?! an eijuitahle adjust merit r?l a fire loss is made possi - l>le in ;i lew minuter. no ipiesf jm Oikeiii}; fell open for dispute. 1'ht e insurance feat ore is also a ^001 e Olle. the in tllM)ir- l.eitl^ kept II! e to a lev I with tie* market. i e I he m;i: kef price . live ( ( nt - a I sjlhe time a bale i- stored, it is in o lived en that tiasi^. If'the mar t ( !. t > I\ . to fi , e 1 one hall . cents or any other figure while 3 that cotton is in the warehouse, 3 the insurance on it is increased ' t accordingly. The local banks regard the J r warehouse receipts as what is gen i erally termed gilt edge security ; 9 in fact, they are looked upon the - same as a bank note. ii 3 Wai?k II. Harris. 11 ^ c t THE HOUND HALE. [ I l An Expert Tallin IntcroMttniclj of ll t The Mew method Of Haling Cot- j1 I ton. ' < i I t "This will revolutionize the cot, ton business," said a well known j i member of the Cotton Exchange, | I j laying his hand on a circular '. s sample of cotton resembling in shape and size an ordinary grind- ?l . stone with a hole through the 'r , I centre, to a reporter of tlie Suns i day News : 1 ' "This is a sample from a bale , of cot ton packed by a new pros- s in which Stephen W. Wells, of . lloston. and Inman A* Co., ol \ . Augusta, tla., are interested, and > there is no sort of doubt about its ( being the best method of packing i i cotton ever yet introduced. As s you can see this is only a sain pi .? j which some gentlemen, myself f r among the number, went up to J i Augusta to get theotherday. We t went expecting to see the press ' I at work, but unfortunately there was none of t lie machinery there, I 1 and wo were disappointed. There e . were several />f the bales upon I ^ exhibition t here, however, and we \ examined them carefullv. The 1 bales packed by this press are t i about sixteen inches in diameter \ ? by three and one-half feet in < length. They weigh from 2f>0 to I . :;<)() pounds are cylindrical in t ^ form and are covered with burlaps i 1 or other bagging, lighter than the . ordinary cotton bagging now em < i ployed. Four wires passing ' through a hole that runs through ^ , the centre of the bale pass down s t the outside (it the cylinder and 1 , are fastened about midway the 11 t| hale, on t hi* outside, thus doing j I away with heavy iron tires, tliat ' ? are liable to hurst. The hole t cI through the middle of the hale is i .'made by :m iron rod around whieli , I the cotton is pre-sod. after which ' f'it i-- withdrawn. t "The advantage possessed by a ' .tale of this character over an old ' ! square bale are obvious. In the * s lirst place this press does away ' j with the compress. Those outfits ' cost only about $."i00 and can he 1 ?1 add'd to any country ginnery. The I cotton packed in this lot m can j ' - then be hauled to the railroad with ' r ? ' ' much more ease. There it can be j r loaded into ordinarv freight cars 1 at t ho rate of 200 bales to t he car, I - a fact which will in time materi-;1 i ally reduce the rate of freight.1' f beaching the seaports three hales j > I of this kind can he loaded intoi. ? the hole of a ship where you can now put away one of the old . bales. t 4 !1111 the advantages do not I stop here. 11 will compel farmers I I' common carriers and others to he r , I very much more careful in hand- . * i linii their cotton. (Jo to any rail road during the cotton season and you will see thousands upon' 1 thousands of hales of cotton Ivinji r | out. in the weather. This cotton J is, of course, water loy^'d, and, damaged to an extent, hut not j seriously enough to compel roads: -'to stop it. Now. the very <lay they j J I>?'*rii? to handle those hales they * I will havo to provide shelters (or j ^ - thetii. for once tlie water ?rets into ; < the heart of the hale, hy way of 1 ? the hole through its center, it is , s sure to rot. Some may claim that this is a ilrawhack, I say not. i Nothing on earth that is worth as much money is handled as 1 carelessly as cotton. The idea of, . ) leaving a commodity f ha! is worth * f, >ix ami seven cents per pound;'' j even out in the rain to rot is out f i raucous and somethin;; should h ' ' I done to (ore a reform, t"J "A- to the adoption of this THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE. jUNU TROUBLES AND CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED. In Eiiiiiieiit New York Chemist ami Scientist Makes a Free Offer to Our Readers. The disl iiguishcd New York ehem( t T. A. Sloemii, demountrjiting his iiscove.-v of ii reliaole iiiid absolute ore for Consumption (Pulmonary .'uberculosisl ami all bronchial, % hroat. lung and chest diseases, stubtorn coughs, catarrhal affections, genral decline and weakness, loss of lesli, end all conditions of wasting way, will send TIIREEJFKEE HOTl'1/ES (all different) of his New I)isover.v lo any aillicted reader of theOn i'kci'imsk writing for them. Ilis "New Scientnic Treatment" has ured thousands permanently by its iniely use, anu he considers it a simile professional duty to suffering iiiinanity to donate atrial of his itia 11 i b'e cu re. Science daily develops new won- ^ lers. and Ibis great chemist, patiently xperimeiii dig for yeai s. has produced es.ilts as nene.ieiaI to humanity as :iii be eK'iii"d by any m'odern genius. I is assert ion t Inn lung troubles and ^ niisnmption ire eurable in any dilute i? p"oveil i),.' heartfelt letters of rrat'tnde," l"ed mi his American and hiropean )ah**ntories in thousand* ruin those cured in all parts ol? the rorld. Vcd'.rsil c perls concede that bronhia' ches a'?d lung t rouble* lead to oi'siunp' ioo, which, uninterrupted, neans speedy and cert ami death. S'tnnly write to T. A. Jslocum, M. O., 8 fine street. New York, giving nistod'ee atitie\pre?s add,-ess, and the rce medicine will be nromptly sent. SullVrers soon'd take instant advanagc <>.' his nerous proposit ion. t'leaset ut the Doctor that you saw lis oiler in the Entkkckihk. >ross throughout this country 1 onsider thai only a matter of into. The people have loop; vanteil an improved mode of # >aling nod litis seems to furnish he solution to the question. It \ill ho met with opposition, of otirse. The compresses will all iglit it, and the people who own lie old style presses will all fight t. hnl it will win in the end. I'hey are using a cylindrical press >t11 West now, hut it packs a nticli longer hale, and one that veighs as much as the present square hale, and this press super ode that, too. 'As t< its hurting he filter, that's all nonsense,' and * lit) col ion man drew a lock Voi n i he sample lie fore him, malipulnted il skillfully ami In Id f ip a beautiful specimen of lonjr, ulky fihre, eviilenlly uninjured >v the press. "Voii see thai it's not hurt." le said. "This press means more or the cotton planters than anyhin?r else that lias lieen introlireed in years, and can he used "or sea island as well as upland otton. tine of the hales will he rouirht to Charleston in u short ime lor exhibit ion. Kev. Iv Kdwards, pastor of the Knylish Baptist Chureh at Miners, l! If? l'n a'hnn cm(1'hh'hi, > "'*1. > n HII ^ 5?. umatimu, was advised to try li:?mherlaiit's I'ftin Balm, lie iays: "A few applications of rhis iniment proved of great service i o me. It wi.bdued the iiillaitiiiiaion and relieved the pain. Should my sutl'orer prolit by giving I'ain ".aim a trial it will please roe." "or sale by J. F. Mackey A: Co. tnd B. C. Hough & Co., Lancaser, S. C. Es81 hair' balsam * sMOMniri anj ItraaCflM Ui? luUr. "H>'nni..u>t lmuriant frowth. ?i|?|wnv^r Fal'.a ti> Uaatoro Oray You^lif^^or^ Mlmlic Info Vonr Slioca. A'N1.. Kool-Kilsr ;k |M)A.|.T t >!? fit I It - i-i- uiu , 11..1 .i n s hi: -: 1 'ihf n-i'i iiiiii inin 11'.. i i1;ps ilii" mIiii; imi i of ?:i> iii i'ill imi|i ons. .'#? i.ii! I'lll'St colli. Ill .liSI ow \ n? till! iii?#!. on s I out V. in i.;ik' i ,'ti. I!. t n. or new Inn s fi-ct I'm* it s it tort i n cur#' fur sivcnttig ImllottM Uli<l not, tiiflli nc hi feoi. T y '.i ii 'A*'. Ho'il .iv i.l it ic sts mill sco<! store!)* . ,i or '^iC o tuii.s, T .it p:ic u'o ItK h A#l?lr0S!i, A loo S i i' ins, i I I, Hoy, . "i . STRAYED! )N' Wednesday nij;ht, March tit-h, | 1 . Oho hay ltors?\ atioiil yearn Id h *1*1 *i in: 11 hlael. mare, le'l I)jnil nut white stnall cut #>n hoof <>f same pit. st t aye#! from aty lot. \ snitahlp #'W a ?! \% 'I he veti fur t lieir ret urn ? r any in'ormafinn that will lead l?? eeo\ery a?f same. \\ . It. |{|?| # K. t