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ALLIANCE DgPAHTMENT. J. F. NISBET Editor. 'The Farmers' Alliance Exchange Here is the P. 8. to a basinet* letter received from a prominen AUianceman in his county : "I see there is some dispositioi to discontinue the Exchange which 1 think would be very un wise and hope the undertaken will not succeed in doing so. hope I may be able to attend thi meeting in July. I am sorry t< see The Cotton Plant seems t< have such a struggle Ina 1 sincere ly hope a better day is ahead foi it, as I enjoy reading it; and frort which I get a good deal of valua ble information." Yes, my brother, by all means if it is possible, come to the Stat< Alliance meeting in Columbia ir July. We want to see you again we want you to bo present anc hear the discussion about th< funds that were raised for th< purpose of establishing a businesi department for the Alliances oi our ?State ; if the fund is not prop erly managed; if it is not safely and legally invested ; if the Ex change is not correctly conducted nave inoae tningR an invesugaieu errors corrected, and improve ments rnr.de; but don't! don't for the aake of struggling human ity, allow a few disgruntled, cross road politicians, regular light weights, to hoo doo the individua members into playing into th< hands of the combinations, wh< are making their living "farminj the farmers." Now, we are well aware tha some individuals have reasonabh grounds of complaints against th< Exchange. For example, a num ber of farmers in a neighborhooc will decide to purchase their fer tilieers through tin* State Ex change; they write uh for pricei which are sent them ; they decide to send uh their order ; we say tc the company will you ship these goods and accept the note of these farmers; the company replies, we can't accept their note until we investigate and see if the partiei are entitled to the credit they ask for; they write to some local mer chant who does not wish these farmers to get their fertilizeri from any one but himself, so he makes such a report as intluencei the company to say to us, we can't accept this order, as our in formation is such that we do no feel safe in doing so, The re&ul is that some perfectly reliable farmer is deprived of the oppor tunity of getting his fertilizers or the terms he is entitled to and de serves. We have had numbers o instances of this kind to occui and we have made every effor we thought to correct the erroi and we have in a measure sue ceeded. Early last fall we wrote am wrote again urging our farmers t( unite in their orders for fertili zers, to intorm early the amoun and the kind they would want, ai we had made arrangement with , large manufacturer of fertilizer! to furnish the goods at a certaii price if we would guarantee t( take a certain number of tons As we said above we called 01 oar members to say what the] would do; a majority of the re plies we received were inquiriei to know what prices we had ; ai we had not received the bona-fide orders for the amount of tons demanded by the company we could only quote the car load prices: the prices were taken by oui friends and used to obtain a small re^uetion from the local raer< chant, and then we were informed that, "We can beat your prices and yon must do better." The result was the fertilizers were bought from some local dealer at ? reduced prices, of which we were the instrument through whom B they were obtained. Then again we will make a quotation we have obtained; 1 after a month or six weeks a * good brother will writ* and say we have decided to take the ferI tilizers at the prices you quoted us; we will write him that since ^ our quotations there has been ^ certain changes in the market, and we can only ship at the prices r we now quote. The reply will j come ship us the goods, and wheu we send the note they will reply, "Oh, no, we ordered these goods on such aud such quotations, and * we are not going to give our note * for any more." 1 Another case : A good brother 1 will write that he aud eight or rwr n nt o nor Ar turn rif LOU UIHUI o nouv ?? Vii w. 5 fertilizers, and that "the follow' ing are the ones who want it and ' they sigu a joint note." After the goods are shipped and we send out the note we will receive au answer of this kind: "We sand you the note sigued by so and so, ' we send you the cash for A, B and ' C's guano, as they decided to pay ? cash for theirs and therefore they have not signed the note." The guano company then refuses to accept the note because they say j they are informed that all the strong men have paid cash and ' left the weak ones to make the 5 note, and therefore they will not * accept it, but will hold us responsible for the full amount. t Still'another case : A sub Alii5 ance will buy their fertilizers on 5 a joint uote ; two or three mem* bers will fail to pay and the oth* ers have to foot the bill and that Dreaas up tne Alliance. wecouii fill columD after column with these instances, but these are enough. We can only say, in conclusion, that out of the 400,000 tons of fertilizers used in this State, if our farmers would concentrate orders for 100,000 tons they could and would save 100,000 dollars. One more word before we leave this guano question. It is generally understood that all the fertilizer business shall be closed up by notes by May 1st; it is now the 20th of June, and we are still short sevoral notes that we cannot get the parties to sign and send in, although there is no claim for any error. It is just procrastination and carelessI nous nr tranf nf nrnnnr hnoinnca - ideas. 1 So much for this side of the * question. On the other hand wo f have ordered several thousand r | tons of fertilizers for suh Alii^ ; ances and on farmers joint notes, r where the parties have in a busi* ness way furnished us with undisputed evidence of their finan* 1 cial standing, and we have been t at>lo to show the same to the . fertilizer manufacturer*, and we I have been able to get thorn their 9 goods at the lowest market prices. t As an illustration we w?re talkj ing to a prominent Allianceman , m the up country, at a point ) where the freight wan $3.10 per . ton from Charleston, and lie callj ed attention to the fact that h<? T had bought his high grade acid . phosphate through the State Ex, change for $11.50, November 1st, i, and that his neighbors were buy, ing from a local merchant the name company's goods, same I grade, for $14.50 per ton. By a j little business concert of action r these farmers easily have saved [ $3.00 per ton. In the purchase of all kinds of harvesting machine?, plows, wagons, bnggies, sewing machines, in faot it does not matter what prime necessity, on the farm that yon may deed, we have saved yon money, and the weekly price list in The Ootton Plant is worth each week the price of the yearly subscription, if you use it in an intelligent way, no matter whether you order anythiug through the Exchange or not. Of course there are many members of the order who have succeeded in a business way. They have money, they have good credit; the factor and the merchant assure >m that they need no businet mzatiou; the> need no Excb ,e; they can buy anything that they may waut for just as good prices or terms as anybody else can, and so these parties are ready tosay,"The Alliance has about filled its mission ; we might as well do away with the Exchange now ; it is doing very little so far as we can see and it costs more than it is worth.' These are some of the every day instances in the lile the Farmers' Alliance Exchange, but just as soon as you allow those who think it is about time to "'knock it out" writes Charlotte Bird in the July Ladies' Home Journal. "She is taught how to knit and darn stockings, and how to repair towels and' bed and table lineu skillfully. She crochets lace and other things, and makes all kinds of cross-stitch work. Most Ger man girls of the upper classes have some musical education. As a rule, thev play better on the piano than they sing. After the girl has finished her school course she goes to a boarding house of the better class to learn how to | cook and keep house, and to ac| quire the wuys of refined society I outside of her own home. Here i she remains foi several months and watches the process of the cooking and other work, often ; lending a hand herself. It will be seen that lior education presupposes that she will marry some time in hor life, and it is in a j measure a preparation for that event. Consequently, when she ' I i '1 a Ivoon /Okll ll r IV < I l>mn nr t <\ i?i?(7 i/v uti V/uiiiii in u nuo tfr^iun It# prepare her trouf&eau. She crochets lace, makes table-covers,. works long tidies in cross Htitch, and hy degrees collects a large supply of towels and bed and taI hie linen. Everything that is .available is put away in the chest holding her treasurers." ?Mr. J. 8. Miller a prosperous farmer of the i'an Handle section, who was on the jury this week, says the dry weather has not affected the crops of his section seriously?that the crops are fine. to succeed, like John Sullivan. tf All II' ill K.v m.ltlMn jwu n in ur anr\iu^ > uu i wwn, "Where did the young man hit me." D. P. D. RED HOT FROM THE GUN Was the ball that hit G. B. Steadman of Newark, Mich., in the Civil War. It caused horrible Ulcers that no treatment helped for 20 years* Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him. Cures Outs, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons, Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. 25c. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Crawford Bros. Druggist. 3 A GERMAN GIRL'S EDUCATION. Ah Soon na She ia Confirmed She Begina Preparations for Her Marriage. "An important part of a girl's education in Germany is her instruction in domestic science," M 11 Pc< do" ouj Wo in your cleaning. It will do your worl with halt the labor, and at halt the co other cleanser. It will make your ho save you many an hour of worry. For greatest economy buy our large pa THE N. K. FAIRBANK CC OTLSO ST. LOUIS WW TO J Buy a NEW HC Are you th BUYII sewing machine ? I anything about the new : If not, would it be wise to ined and tested its merits l now in use in more than a well known that we do not a long list of testimonials speak the truth, when we sa; best, simplest, most perfect, durable and gives less trc any other SEW machine made. If you v; wife or daughter, avoid using a cheap-made, hard money?save doctor's bill machine that is light ru never out of order, and d< One that stands entirely o not have to be compared w iHACH to impress you of its gooc right?may be a little higl article cannot be made for styles and prices before you buy direct from the facte machine fully guaranteed. ENTERPRIS1 Xjancasl Buy a NEW HC # ^4? -i.. - ' : -i. > 4 ONOMY | such is your time worth ? How much ralue your strength? Is your money iving ? These questions will all be yV i to your entire satisfaction M you use SOJSr i shinq Powder : in half the time, st of soap or any l^jpSt^L^S usework easy and ickage. IjBJSiWeSw vawww v> IME Machine. J j| - - - inking of , NG A ? '* i f so, do you know * HOME buy until you have exam- f ^ > The NEW HOME is million families and is so deem it necessary to add * to convince you that we y the NEW HOME is the, lightest running and most >uble to purchasers than INTCs gjt alue the health of your the injurious effects of -running machijne. Save is?by buying a sewing nning, easy, to manage, oes not worry the mind, n its own merits. Does M ith other 4 [INES 1 quality. Our prices are ler than some, but a good nothing. Examine our purchase elsewhere. We >ry, and can sell you, a * *" . , ? E POB. W., ^ ter, S. O. )ME Machine. ^ * I ',. ** ? * ?V*| ? ." * . 1** iWwffl