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VOL. XXV. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., MARCH 29, 1890. NO. 13 A Word as to the Alliance. Editors Indiana Farmer: I see in last week's issue the editors, in commenting on I. R. S's. article, ask to hear from members of some of the farmers' organizations: First, I. R. S. says let every farmer in the State attend to his own business. Now one great object of these organizations is to place a farmer in a condition that he can attend to his own business. For many years past everybody else has been attending to his business for him, that is why he is so badly 'in the boup." He also says don't buy anything you can afford to do without. I think the average farmer has been doing that very thing for some time; and if prices grow lower ho will have to quit buying anything at all. He says don't lease your lands for gas or oil for a minimum sum; how is he to know what is a minimum sum in theso times, when a silver dollar looks as large as the hind wheel of an old fashioned farm wagon? consequently a minimum sum is very likely to be taken for a maximum sum. He says that there have been few instances where organizations run well for a time; then a few men would steal the thunder and money too. The Alliance has no thunder, it is all lightning and they had better not fool with it. As for the money, we believe in a rich people and poor treasury, initiation fee for men only 50 cents, ladies free; dues 25 cents per quar ter, for men only, 15 cents of that is retained in your sub-Alliance. He says the more stores of every description we havo the better for the public. I suppose he would also say the more middle men of every description the better for the producer. To this 1 will take exceptions, and say the more middle men we have, the more expense the producers are at in keeping them. He further says it is well enough for farmers to combine against the u n just encroachments of corporations, combines, trusts, etc. Then he says let us farmers combine with one concentrated effort to run the whole machino. Xow brother we want to know how we can combine without organization. I think brother I. R. S. should join the Alliance and help run the machine. One of the greatest objects of the Alliance is expressed in that grand word, education; education that will enable farmers in every particular to keep abreast of the times; education that will give us better homes, better schools, better politics, better legislation and better administration of the laws; education that will enable us to abolish every species of gambling in politics and in the products of labor; education that will give us an equal chance with others in the pursuit of comfort and the accumulation of wealth; education that will build labor up and place it upon a broad, intelligent basis where the farmer, mechanic and other wage workers may, in all respects, be abreast with the foremost men of the times. We aro resolved to educate, agitate, and organize; that justice to all men shall be the prime motive of our every act, and the greatest good to the greatest nunjber, the result to be obtained; that we will not knowingly compromise any principle of common justice in order to further any ■ends; that education and the ballot shall be the means by which we shall accomplish our purpose. Now some may think that I have laid too much stress upon education, and that it covers nearly all the by-laws and constitution of the order. Well, in an indirect way, it does nearly so. Xow mind, I do not mean for us all to attend our schools, to acquire this education, not by any means, but by meeting together and exchanging thoughts with each others, and getting down to real hard study, read more and think more for ourselves. I find already in our Alliance that the members are reading aud thinking more for themselves, have less prejudice, and are more liberal in their views. A man with his head full of prejudice has but little or no room for anything else there. Wo have in this (Madison) county some 14 or 15 Alliances with a membership of about 600. In Henry and Delaware counties we have our organizers at work, and in thoso counties they aro organizing rapidly, many of our most substantial and intelligent farmers are joining. We are working with a view of effecting a State organization soon, whi-h will bo of great would only loan for two-thirds tho value of the land, how could the ~°Yernment lose anything? Then the Government would have to go to farming? Xo, not all, for there is always a ready sale for land at two-thirds its value. As Mr. R. says it is very hard for a man to live comfortably on a farm and be entirely out of debt. The present rato of interest on a farm at its money value, amounts to more than the receipts of the crops and tho cost of keeping the farm in repair. There must be something done or the farmers of this country will soon be bankrupt. There is plenty of money made,but who makes it? The banks and money kings. Tbo merchant and manufacturer make nearly the samo profits on their goods today, as they did when we had good crops and farmers were prosperous. "All men are equal" and their profits should be more equally proportioned to the amount thoy have invested. If the farmer wishes a new law made, he will have to send one of his own class to make it. INTERIOR OF ISLAND HOME FARM STABLES, DETROIT, MICH. advantage to the order. We have four regular commissioned organizers working in this and adjoingng counties. Xow as I have broken tho ice let us hoar from others. Wilson Cory. Anderson Ind. Should Government Loan its Surplus on Farm Security? Editors Indiana Farmer: I have been reading with considerable interest, the articles in the Farmer on a cheaper rate of interest for the farmer, who has his farm mortgaged. This is no small thing. All are interested in the welfare of the farmer, for prosperity for the farmer, means prosperity for the Xation. Why not loan the money that is lying in the vaults, not doing either the Government or the people any good, as it now is, why not loan this money to farmers, who have their farms mortgaged, at a small per cent? The money would be just as safe in land as in the vaults, and be at the same time a blessing both to the farmer and the Government? Some say that cheap land leads to speculation, but if the government It is true if there should be a mortgage and loan agency established, that it would involve new duties upon the Secretary of the Interior, but there are plenty of competent men to perform the work. If this was done thousands of farmers could pay off their mortgages and live comfortably and "keep the boys on the farm." Please let us hear what others have to say on this subject. S. L. C. Spiceland. ■ . «s s Farming Does Pay. Editors Indiana Farmer: I am sure your correspondent in the Farmer of Jan. 4th does not look at matters in the right light, I believe farmers aro the most independent class to-day, and that there aro fewer failures among them, as a class, than among any other, considering the number in the business. It is true therearesome failures, but they are caused, as he says, by extravagance, either by the man or his wife, usually by both, and by tbe middle or poorer classes trying to equal or excel the succesful. The farmer should not buy carriages, extra horses or other luxuries until he can pay for them. A farmer on rented land can make a good a good living, set a good tabl * dress well, have ponies for the boys to ride and have all kinds of finery for the baby, but will not lay up any money. I would prefer to retrench a little and save some for old age. He must not spend the money until ho has earned it. When his wheat, corn or hogs look prosperous ho must not say to his wife, "Well 1 guess I will buy that carriage or organ, for I think I shall be ablo to pay for them soon and the agent says he will wait for tho pay," but wait until you have the money in your hand, for you know not what may happeu. The drouth may injure your crops or the cholera may sieze your hogs. I know that an industrious man with a good wife can make a good living and lay up money on an SO acre farm, for a neighbor of our has dono it. Ho went in debt soveral hundred dollars for the farm. It is truo it had buildings upon it which would answer the purposes for which they were intended until he could afford to build new ones. He has paid the indebtedness, mado a tubular well, bought and paid for a wind engine, built good substantial out buildings excepting a barn and this last summer built a § 1,500 house. All-this time thoy had their buggy snd an abundance of good wholesome food; better by far and moro of it, than you usually see in the homes .of town people of any class. The man went to Kansas and other places in this time ao it was not work all tho time. Farming is like any other business, it must bo attended to, and atthe right time, good management of stock, rotation of crops, beekeeping, dairying, poultry raising and gardening ;are all carefully attended to by the successful farmer and his wife, so if one thing fails perhaps another will not, and lie has a feeling of security all tlie time. If he takes a day occasionally for recreation he docs not consider it a day lost, for his animals and crops are growing just the same. And if the farmer does need to borrow money, as is sometimes tho case he goes to the lender of money, gives him his note and pays a certain per cent for the use of it, but does not pay -550 or Sloo for the talking, as has been your correspondent. Country Girl, women can make farming pay. The lady who writes the abovo adds this in a private note: We are three women living on a small farm, mother and two daughters, tho mother being Gli years old. Wo manage to make an excellent living, and havo some of the luxuries of life, such as periodicals, books and music. Alice lt. a man to intimated do by Plenty of Ice ln Wisconsin. Editors Indiana Farmer: Our people are still harvesting ice which is 12 to 10 inches thick and clear as crystal. Wisconsin has an abundant ice crop with which to supply the less fortunato sections of the country. Alpiiecs Tvneh. Madison Co. —This is good news, friend Tyner, for wo have had no ice here thick enough to put up.—Eds. . s> . A destructive cyclone passed over tho village of Edgemoor, S. C, on the 22d. 14 houses were blown down.
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1890, v. 25, no. 13 (Mar. 29) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA2513 |
Date of Original | 1890 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
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Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
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Transcript | VOL. XXV. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., MARCH 29, 1890. NO. 13 A Word as to the Alliance. Editors Indiana Farmer: I see in last week's issue the editors, in commenting on I. R. S's. article, ask to hear from members of some of the farmers' organizations: First, I. R. S. says let every farmer in the State attend to his own business. Now one great object of these organizations is to place a farmer in a condition that he can attend to his own business. For many years past everybody else has been attending to his business for him, that is why he is so badly 'in the boup." He also says don't buy anything you can afford to do without. I think the average farmer has been doing that very thing for some time; and if prices grow lower ho will have to quit buying anything at all. He says don't lease your lands for gas or oil for a minimum sum; how is he to know what is a minimum sum in theso times, when a silver dollar looks as large as the hind wheel of an old fashioned farm wagon? consequently a minimum sum is very likely to be taken for a maximum sum. He says that there have been few instances where organizations run well for a time; then a few men would steal the thunder and money too. The Alliance has no thunder, it is all lightning and they had better not fool with it. As for the money, we believe in a rich people and poor treasury, initiation fee for men only 50 cents, ladies free; dues 25 cents per quar ter, for men only, 15 cents of that is retained in your sub-Alliance. He says the more stores of every description we havo the better for the public. I suppose he would also say the more middle men of every description the better for the producer. To this 1 will take exceptions, and say the more middle men we have, the more expense the producers are at in keeping them. He further says it is well enough for farmers to combine against the u n just encroachments of corporations, combines, trusts, etc. Then he says let us farmers combine with one concentrated effort to run the whole machino. Xow brother we want to know how we can combine without organization. I think brother I. R. S. should join the Alliance and help run the machine. One of the greatest objects of the Alliance is expressed in that grand word, education; education that will enable farmers in every particular to keep abreast of the times; education that will give us better homes, better schools, better politics, better legislation and better administration of the laws; education that will enable us to abolish every species of gambling in politics and in the products of labor; education that will give us an equal chance with others in the pursuit of comfort and the accumulation of wealth; education that will build labor up and place it upon a broad, intelligent basis where the farmer, mechanic and other wage workers may, in all respects, be abreast with the foremost men of the times. We aro resolved to educate, agitate, and organize; that justice to all men shall be the prime motive of our every act, and the greatest good to the greatest nunjber, the result to be obtained; that we will not knowingly compromise any principle of common justice in order to further any ■ends; that education and the ballot shall be the means by which we shall accomplish our purpose. Now some may think that I have laid too much stress upon education, and that it covers nearly all the by-laws and constitution of the order. Well, in an indirect way, it does nearly so. Xow mind, I do not mean for us all to attend our schools, to acquire this education, not by any means, but by meeting together and exchanging thoughts with each others, and getting down to real hard study, read more and think more for ourselves. I find already in our Alliance that the members are reading aud thinking more for themselves, have less prejudice, and are more liberal in their views. A man with his head full of prejudice has but little or no room for anything else there. Wo have in this (Madison) county some 14 or 15 Alliances with a membership of about 600. In Henry and Delaware counties we have our organizers at work, and in thoso counties they aro organizing rapidly, many of our most substantial and intelligent farmers are joining. We are working with a view of effecting a State organization soon, whi-h will bo of great would only loan for two-thirds tho value of the land, how could the ~°Yernment lose anything? Then the Government would have to go to farming? Xo, not all, for there is always a ready sale for land at two-thirds its value. As Mr. R. says it is very hard for a man to live comfortably on a farm and be entirely out of debt. The present rato of interest on a farm at its money value, amounts to more than the receipts of the crops and tho cost of keeping the farm in repair. There must be something done or the farmers of this country will soon be bankrupt. There is plenty of money made,but who makes it? The banks and money kings. Tbo merchant and manufacturer make nearly the samo profits on their goods today, as they did when we had good crops and farmers were prosperous. "All men are equal" and their profits should be more equally proportioned to the amount thoy have invested. If the farmer wishes a new law made, he will have to send one of his own class to make it. INTERIOR OF ISLAND HOME FARM STABLES, DETROIT, MICH. advantage to the order. We have four regular commissioned organizers working in this and adjoingng counties. Xow as I have broken tho ice let us hoar from others. Wilson Cory. Anderson Ind. Should Government Loan its Surplus on Farm Security? Editors Indiana Farmer: I have been reading with considerable interest, the articles in the Farmer on a cheaper rate of interest for the farmer, who has his farm mortgaged. This is no small thing. All are interested in the welfare of the farmer, for prosperity for the farmer, means prosperity for the Xation. Why not loan the money that is lying in the vaults, not doing either the Government or the people any good, as it now is, why not loan this money to farmers, who have their farms mortgaged, at a small per cent? The money would be just as safe in land as in the vaults, and be at the same time a blessing both to the farmer and the Government? Some say that cheap land leads to speculation, but if the government It is true if there should be a mortgage and loan agency established, that it would involve new duties upon the Secretary of the Interior, but there are plenty of competent men to perform the work. If this was done thousands of farmers could pay off their mortgages and live comfortably and "keep the boys on the farm." Please let us hear what others have to say on this subject. S. L. C. Spiceland. ■ . «s s Farming Does Pay. Editors Indiana Farmer: I am sure your correspondent in the Farmer of Jan. 4th does not look at matters in the right light, I believe farmers aro the most independent class to-day, and that there aro fewer failures among them, as a class, than among any other, considering the number in the business. It is true therearesome failures, but they are caused, as he says, by extravagance, either by the man or his wife, usually by both, and by tbe middle or poorer classes trying to equal or excel the succesful. The farmer should not buy carriages, extra horses or other luxuries until he can pay for them. A farmer on rented land can make a good a good living, set a good tabl * dress well, have ponies for the boys to ride and have all kinds of finery for the baby, but will not lay up any money. I would prefer to retrench a little and save some for old age. He must not spend the money until ho has earned it. When his wheat, corn or hogs look prosperous ho must not say to his wife, "Well 1 guess I will buy that carriage or organ, for I think I shall be ablo to pay for them soon and the agent says he will wait for tho pay," but wait until you have the money in your hand, for you know not what may happeu. The drouth may injure your crops or the cholera may sieze your hogs. I know that an industrious man with a good wife can make a good living and lay up money on an SO acre farm, for a neighbor of our has dono it. Ho went in debt soveral hundred dollars for the farm. It is truo it had buildings upon it which would answer the purposes for which they were intended until he could afford to build new ones. He has paid the indebtedness, mado a tubular well, bought and paid for a wind engine, built good substantial out buildings excepting a barn and this last summer built a § 1,500 house. All-this time thoy had their buggy snd an abundance of good wholesome food; better by far and moro of it, than you usually see in the homes .of town people of any class. The man went to Kansas and other places in this time ao it was not work all tho time. Farming is like any other business, it must bo attended to, and atthe right time, good management of stock, rotation of crops, beekeeping, dairying, poultry raising and gardening ;are all carefully attended to by the successful farmer and his wife, so if one thing fails perhaps another will not, and lie has a feeling of security all tlie time. If he takes a day occasionally for recreation he docs not consider it a day lost, for his animals and crops are growing just the same. And if the farmer does need to borrow money, as is sometimes tho case he goes to the lender of money, gives him his note and pays a certain per cent for the use of it, but does not pay -550 or Sloo for the talking, as has been your correspondent. Country Girl, women can make farming pay. The lady who writes the abovo adds this in a private note: We are three women living on a small farm, mother and two daughters, tho mother being Gli years old. Wo manage to make an excellent living, and havo some of the luxuries of life, such as periodicals, books and music. Alice lt. a man to intimated do by Plenty of Ice ln Wisconsin. Editors Indiana Farmer: Our people are still harvesting ice which is 12 to 10 inches thick and clear as crystal. Wisconsin has an abundant ice crop with which to supply the less fortunato sections of the country. Alpiiecs Tvneh. Madison Co. —This is good news, friend Tyner, for wo have had no ice here thick enough to put up.—Eds. . s> . A destructive cyclone passed over tho village of Edgemoor, S. C, on the 22d. 14 houses were blown down. |
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