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THE FAKMJURS' ALLIANCE: LINCOLN, NEB., SATURDAY, FEB. 22, 1890. Y 0v v J ALLIANCE DIRECTORY. NATIONAL FARMERS' ALLIANCE. President. H. L. Loucks, Dakota. Vice-President. John H. Powers. Nebraska, fcecretary, August Post, Moulton, Iowa. Treasurer, J. J. Furlong. Minnesota. Lecturer. N. B. Ashby,Des Moines, Iowa. St.- 1 1 -.. - ." -i NEBRASKA STATE ALLIANCE. President, John H. Powers, Cornell, vice President, Valentine Horn. Aurora. Secretary-Treasurer, J. M. Tdompson, Lincoln. Lecturer, W. F. Wright, Johnson county. Asst. lecturer, Logan McReynolds, Fairfield. Chaplain, Rev. J. 8. Edwards, Wahoo. Ioor keeper, D. W. Barr. Clay county. Asst. doorkeeper, James Underhlli, Syracuse. Seargeant-at-arnis, J. Billingsly, Snelton. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Jr' w0""?,, Rinnan: B. F. Allen, Wabash; .u- 1Ui?m8' "illey; Albert Dickerson, Litchfield; Frank H. Young, Custer. Post Office at Lincoln, Neb., June 18, 1889. 1 hereby certify that The Alliance, a week ly newspaper published at this place, has been determined by the Third Assistant Post Mas ter General to be a publication entitled to admission In the mails at the pound rate of postage, and entry of it as such is accordingly made upon the books of this office. Valid while the character of the publication re mains unchanged. Acbkkt Watkins, ' Postmaster. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Resolutions of Hamilton Co. Alliance. . Aurora, Neb., Feb. 8, 1890. To the Honorable. Board of Transpor y tation of the state of Nebraska. We, the members of Hamilton County Alliance, in session assembled, believing that we have been robbed of our just dues by the high freight rates now be ing charged for the moving of our pro duce; and also believing that the Gov ernor and State Board of transportation have power to reduce the rates, and have neglected to do so. Therefore be it Resolved: That we denounce in the strongest terms the action of the Rail road Board in not forcing a reduction of rates on all produce when it lies in their power to do so: and futhermore be it Resolved: That we demand of the Railroad Board immediate action re garding the reduction of rates, and that we demand a reduction of not less than 10 cts per hundred pounds, and that , also we present a copy of these resolu tions to the Chairman of the State Board of Transportation and to the Farmers' Alliance for publication. Signed, V. Horn, M. H. Severy, President. Secretary. Secretary Garber has acknowledged - the receipt of the foregoing resolutions, in a letter of which the following is a copy. , To theHamilton County Farmers' Alli ance, Aurora, Nebraska. V. Horn, Pres't, M. H. Severy. Sec.: Gentleman : Acting for the Board of Transportation, I beg to acknowledge the receipt and filing of a copy of the resolutions of your estimable body, adopted in session assembled February 8, 1890, having reference to railway rates of charges for the transportation of agricultural produce. -. .- The resolutions will be duly submit ted to the board at their earliest session; and will, I feel safe in assuring you, re ceive that careful consideration due for mal expressions of opinions emanating from your Alliance. Permit me to respectfully request of you information respecting the true in tent of your very estimable body as con veyed in the following sentence, taken i from your resolutions, viz: "that we demand a reduction of not less than 10 cts. per 100 lbs. In viey of the very general discussion, now prevailing within this state, with reference to what would be a just rate for the transportation of corn from our state to the eastern markets, the thought is that the phraseology referred to is an expression of opinion from your body as to a proper and just reduction from existing rates on corn to Chicago;but this interpretation is not in accordance with the preceding statement contained in the resolutions, viz: "that the State . Board of Transportation has power to reduce the rates,"etc." Of course it is well , known to you that the Board has no control of rates of carriage between points other than within the state. To coerce the railroads into a reduction of inter-state rates by threats of annihilat ing local rates would, to my mind, be a very questionable action on the part of Nebraska's State Board of Transporta tion. The regulation and control of lo cal rates is separate and distinct from the regulation of through or inter-state rates. Our transportation board has undisputed power to fix local rates, and its sworn duty is to regulate and main tain the rates with utmost justness to the shipper, to the limit of allowing a . fair return upon the capital legitimately invested in railroads. If local rates are excessive and extortionate, beyond the . limit above mentioned, then it is the sworn 'duty of the board to reduce them; a duty which cannot be evaded by pass ing beyond its jurisdiction, and, in con- skleration of a cessation of unjust exac tions on through traffic, permit a con tinuance of local extortion. Through traffic is subject to regulation under federal law; regulation just as absolute as local traffic under our State law. The fact of the Chicago rate on corn being an unjust rate should be estab lished Jbef ore the inter-state commerce commission and the enforcement of a just rate demanded. A compromise to secure fair treatment for one class of traffic, while the other class is left to suffer, is, to my mind, "begging the question." , Vcrv respectfully, W. S. Garber, Secv. A Word From South Furnas County. I will drop you a line in regard to the Kocktcn Alliance No. 608. We. are on the move; have a membership of fifty and applications coming in at every meeting. I am doing all I can for our paper, and I think every Alliance man in the state should read it. The press and the ballot box are the mediums through which we will obtain help. Yours for the truth. W. S. IIarned. February 13, 1890. .Resolutions of Regret and Condolence Whereas, It has pleased Him w ho controls the destiny of all men to cause the mantle of death to fall upon our beloved brother P. J. Barnum; there fore be it Resolved, That Ave, the members of M ton Alliance No. 481, deeply deplore V loss, as his sociability and integrity Jleared him to all Avho kneAv him, and ac was a strong advocate of the princi ples of the Farmers' Alliance. Resolved, That Ave extend to his be reaved family our heartfelt sympathy, and assure them that Ave share with them in their grief. Resolved, That a copy of these resolu tions be published and the original copy be given to the family of deceased. D. Mayo, " ) C.P.French, -Committee. Wesley Dunham, ) For Paxton & Gallagher. Orleans, Neb. Feb. 11, 1890. Editor Alliance: -The folloAving resolution Avas adopted at the last meet ing of Alliance 782 of Fairfield: Resolved, That Ave, the Fairfield Alli ance, will abstain from buying any goods of the firm of Paxton & Galla gher, of Omaha, or any merchants or parties buying goods from them. Y: John G. Meier, Sec. PETITION. To the Honorable the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the U. S., in Congress assrabled: We your petitioners, members of the Farmers Alliance and citizens of the State of Nebraska, respectfully represent That all the bills now before your honorable bodies proposing to fund the indebtedness of the Union Pacific to the U. S., and extend the same, deprive the United States of its present ample security for the ultimate re payment of this debt, and confer an immense additional subsidy upon a cor poration that has repeatedly wconged the government, and continually and grievously oppresses the communities through which its road passes. Under Section 10, U. S. Revised Statutes, act of 1878, it is the duty of the Attorney-General of the United States to enforce laws which the man agement has repeatedly violated. We, your petitioners, therefore respect fully request the enforcement of those laws with their penalties, and that your honorable body will not extend the time for the payment of the in debtedness of the Union Pacific Railroad to the government. NAMES. I NAMES. Plan of Legislation. . Editor Alliance: -In the general exchange of thought that is taking place between Nebraska farmers it may be well to remember that though all the plans of political reform that are suggested cannot be put into effect, yet some practical measures must be the outgrowth of so much study and dis cussion. ::;,.: The fact is fully realized that some thing is radically wrong. Business stagnation, low price of produce, scar city of employment for the laboring classes, and the immense 'number of farm mortgages that adorn the pages of county records, all testify to the fact that glaring evils exist; not ne evil alone, but many, which in the aggre- ate form one mammoth soul-and-body evouring demon that is silently but surely destroying the homes, the liber ty, and even the honesty of the toilers of the state. jTrace these evils back to their source and you will land in the legislative halls at Lincoln. Do not un derstand me to say that all the causes of the unnatural and demoralized con dition of the country emanate from the Nebraska legislature, but I do mean to say that many of these evils could be partially remedied and some entirely evercome by the men who are sent to the city of Lincoln every alternate year to make laws for their commonwealth. The question of how to get honest legislation is one of first importance. lhe people of this state have time al ter time sent their Dr. Jekylls to the legislature, reljnng upon them to truly represent their interests, and time after time they have quickly changed into crafty and murderous Mr. Hydes. JSovr let me ask. can the condition of things be bettered under the same old system? Perhaps in "Bellamy times" man's hu manity to man will be the first and only consideration. But in this age of the world I cannot but think that man's hu manity to himself is the guiding star of the majority of mortals, be it in public or private life. Mankind must have laws for. its gov ernment; of this there can be no dis pute. The people of these United States being a governing as well as a governed people, should have a direct Voice in enacting these laws. The pol icy of selecting one individual irom among the many to make laws for the masses, and leaying it entirely at this individual's discretion as to what laws shall be enacted, has proved a failure, as the present condition of things clear ly demonstrates. In view of all this, and as reform in some shape or other has come to be a case of positive neces sity, I am constrained to offer the fol lowing plan of legislation. The scheme, though, crude and incomplete, will cer tainly allow of some argument. In brief my idea is this: Taking for grant ed the perpetuity of the Alliance organ ization, I would have the state legisla tors meet every alternate year as at present, but instead of framing and passing a bill at the same session, I would have the fore part of each ses sion devoted to passing or rejecting bills framed and discussed at the pre vious session, and the after part of the session used for presenting and discuss ing bills that shall not receive final ac tion until the following session two years thereafter. The two years which elapse from the introduction to the final passage of a bill will give the peo ple ample time to thoroughly discuss it and comprehend it before it becomes a law; and their representatives can be instructed according to the 'f majority sentiment.-'Where a true emergency exists the legislature should have power to create and pass a bill to meet the case at the same session. In case the people of the state shonld not be under alliance or ot her organization, the acts pending could be canvassed and dis cussed through county and state press, by petitition, by mass conventions, and in various other ways, and thus a com complete understanding arrived at; pending bills accepted or rejected, rep resentatives chosen and instructed ac cordingly: The aljove plan may seem someAvhat cumbersome, and perhaps it is; but as it is only an idea it will do no harm, and not feeling justified in exclaiming with the poor sinner, "Oh, Lord! what shall I do to be saved!" without'' making an effort, 'however feeble, in : the direction of salvation, I have jotted these few lines on paper,, trusting that tliey Avill at least prove lood for thought and help pass away the wearisome hours while Ave are Availing for the price of corn to go up. , 1). M. Roberts, Ithaca, xSeb. Letter From Geo. E. Brown. Aurora, Feb. 12, 1890. Business is in a very flattering condition. My stock of Shires and Cleveland Hays, both stallions and mares, and also Holstein cattle, are doing as well as I could wish. Sales are very satisfactry and inquiries were never more numerous than for the month past. Since nay last letter I have made the following sales: To Mr. D. Hackett, oi Wisconsin, a Shire; W. J. Sanderson, of Missouri, the Cleveland stallion, The Pirate, 500; Lewis Wil son & Son, LaHarpe, Kan., the Shiro Stallion Royal Oak 6th (8125); Cleveland Bay stallion Brice, 497, to L. Larson, Yorkvllle, 111.; Shire stallion Electric 3d (7,833) to David Fowser, Plainfleld, 111.; Cleveland Bay stallion Lord Bramley, 503, to Dr. E. A. Ball, of Missouri; Cleveland Bay stallion Lord Danby, 507 (1,095) to Frank Q. Bridger, Phelps, N. Y.; to the Fort Worth Importing Co., Fort Worth, Texas, fourteen head eight Shires and seven Cleve land bays; A.J.Richardson, Sedgwick, Kan., the Cleveland bay stallion Coxswain, 342; Flat Rock Breeders' Association, Flat Rook, 111., the Cleveland Bay stallion Harrison, 491, and the vry promising young Cleveland Bay stallion Wyndham, 494, to Capt. Wm. A. Baker, of Midland, Texas. Prices have been good for the stock sold, and altogether I was never better pleased with the outlook for a good season. t Illegal Demurrage. Editor Alliance: The companies giA'e no notice of the arrival of cars, and yet they must be loaded Avithin 24 hours after being placed on the siding. De murrage $2 per day. Is this legal? : It is not legal. Notice of -Arrival of cars must be given. Hamilton County Institute. Aurora, Neb., Feb. 14, 1890. Ed. Farmers' Alliance: We have just closed a three davs' meeting of a Fnrmers' Institute under the manage ment of the Hamilton County Alliance. A grand good time was. had and all go home feeling that they have been great ly profited. Our afternoon sessions all open and many topics of interest to the farmers Avere ably discussed. Many thanks are due S. C. Basset, of Gibbon, for information on the dairy interests in general; also on the subject of inocu lation for theprevention of hog cholera; and to Prof. Jenkins on the subject of the culture of the sugar beet; also to Sister Steele, of Beaver Alliance, for choir music for the entire session. Long live Sister Steele. At the close the folloAving resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the experimental sta tion of the state of Nebraska Avill' serve the agricultural interests of the state by investigations in regard to diseases of our domestic animals; and that for the purpose of such inyestigations the best talent obtainable should be employed. Resolved, That we are in hearty sym- Eathy with the movement inaugurated y the State Dairymen's Association and State Board of Agriculture, look ing to the enactment of a laAv providing for holding farmers' institutes in each county in the state; and that the presi dent of this institute appoint a delegate to act with delegates appointed bv oth ers of our state and county organiza tions, to formulate a bill for an act to provide for holding such institutes, and to present the same for the considera tion of our next legislature. Valentine Horn, Pres. M. H. Severy, Secretary Hamilton Co. Alliance. The Work in Richardson Co. Falls City, Neb., Feb. 10, 1889. Editor Alliance: After tAventy-six days' imprisonment as a U. S. Juror at Omaha, and folloAving that a hard tussle Avith La Grippe of about tAvo Aveeks, I am again in the field of Alliance Avork, and -intend to push the Avork as rapidly as possible. 1 organized the tenth Alli ance in the County the evening of Feb. 8, have one on hand for the 10, and whereever I go I find the farmers arous ed. Old-time republicans, life-long dem ocrats, gray headed soldiers and young men all seem to have caught the spirit of rebellion against the robber systems of the times. (Oh Avhy did they not see it fifteen or twenty years ago?) Old veteran soldiers openly expressed their readiness to shoulder the musket if need be- to strike doAvn the most crushing mo noply in the world's history. In my talks to the people I have perhaps taken advanced ground. I do not tell them they can vote their old party ticket, but that the Alliance proposes to Avork for the welfare of the farmers and laborers through legislation, Avith no patchwork measures. This means politics; there fore I tell them that if they are afraid their old party will be hurt they are bet ter off out than in the Alliance, and we are better off Avithout them. As an or ganizer. I Avill not imbue them Avith the idea that, "raising yaller corn and big potatoes, Avith fat pigs and sausage too, make money enough to pay your taxes, is all that Hayseeds ought to do." I have seen some of our very best men come into the Alliance, shake hands and declare their readiness to take a neAv de parture, throw old parties to the rear and move forward on the lines laid doAvn by-the Alliance, and work for our mutual benefit. My experience is, that none but the old party strikers object to the political features of the Alliance, and they are bad material to use in the structure. Yours for justice, E. Beaver, Organizer for Richardson Co. Encouraging Letter From Otoe County. Brothers: I have voluntarily commit ted myself to the Avork of securing sub scribers for The Alliance, for the rea son that thegreatest good to be ob tained through our organization is by educating and enlightening the farmers in the work to be accomplished. For brothers in one. part knowing what brothers iii other and distant parts of the state are doing; for interchange of ideas and opinions, thereby securing unity and concert of action. To secure this there is no better medium than through a paper devoted to our inter ests, and Ave have that medium in Tiie Alliance. Then let us work for our oAvn good and the good of others equal ly oppressed by sustaining and building up our paper, lhen, Bro. 1 armers, lay off your coats, roll up your sleeves, and go to Avork. I ask no recompense for the effort of securing readers for the paper beyond the fact of knowing that people Avill be benefited by reading it, and be induced to take hold and help us to carry to successful accomplish ment the principles of our organiza tion. Very truly yours, II. P. Farnsworth, See. 842, Unadilla, Neb. Endorsing the Attorney-General. Pleasant Hill Alliance, No. 636. February 11, 1890. Resolved, That this meeting endorses the vieAvs of Attorney-General Leese in holding that no reduction less than ten cents per 100 should be accepted, and that unless it is peaceably granted a war on local freight rates be vigorously prosecuted until just and equitable through rates are established. Resolved, That we hereby give notice that no person will receive our support for state or legislatiye office who does not pledge himself to use his best ef forts to secure reasonable and just lo cal and through freight rates, and whose past record does not prove him to be earnest and fearless in the right, and strong enough to carry out such pledge. R. A. Patterson, Pres. L. M. Balcom, Sec. Notice. The next meeting of the Furnas Co. Alliance will be held in Hendley on the first Saturday in March at 10 o'clock Al m. It is hoped that a full delegation will attend. C. B. Bachelder, See. February 1st, 1890. 17. C. T. U. COLUMN. Edited by Mrs. 8. C. O. Uptow, of Lincoln, Neb.r of the Nebraska Woman's Christian Temperance Onion. The editor of Thk Alliance places the re sponsibility of this column in the care of the above editor. "DEAD YET SPEAKETH." Henry W. Grady's Pathetic Appeal for the Boys A Thrilling Peroration. The late Henry W. Grady, in his fa mous speech against the repeal of prohi bition , in Atlanta, closed with these words: : --V "I assume to keep no man's con science; I assume to judge for no man; I do not assume that I am better than any man, but thait I am weaker. But I say this to you, I have a boy as dear to me as the ruddy drops that gather about his heart. I find my hopes al ready centering in his little body, and I look to him tonight to take to himself the work that, strive as I may, must fall unfinished from my hands. Now, I know they say it is proper to educate a boy at home; that if he is taught right at home he will not go wrong. That is a lie to begin with, but that don't mat ter. L. have seen sons of some as good people as ever lived turn out badly. I accept my responsibility as a father. The boy may fall from the right path as things now exist. If he does I shall bear that sorrow with such resignation as I may; but I tell you, if I were to vote to recall bar-rooms to this city, when I know that it has prospered in their absence, and that boy should fall through their agency and this convic tion has come to me in the still watches of the night I could not, wearing the crowning sorrow of his disgrace and looking into the eyes of her wnose heart he haa broken I could not, if I had voted to recall these bar-rooms, find an swer for my conscience or support for my remorse. I don't know now any other father feels, but that is the way I feel, if God permits me to utter the truth. "The best reforms of this earth come through waste and storm and doubt and suspicion; the sun itself when it rises on each day wastes the radiance of the moon and blots the starlight from the skies, but only to unlock the earth from the clasp of night and plant the stars aneAV in the opening flowers. Behind that sun, as behind this movement, we may be sure there stands the Lord God Almighty, master and maker of this universe, from Avhose hand the spheres are rolled to their orbits, and whose voice has been the harmony of this world since the morning stars sang to gether." Ex. The Saloon Gone. A Chicago Tribune reporter asked Mr. F. P. Baker, of Kansas, who was for tAventy-five years the editor of the To peka Commonwealth, for an opinion about the anti-prohibition movement, and here is his reply: "I fought prohibition for years. It was adopted in spite of my best efforts, and I have now seen it work. Let me tell you Kansas will never go back to the open saloon. If the question Avere re submitted today prohibition would have a majority of 50,000 votes. The eastern people talk about prohibition not pro libiting. It doesn't. If I want a drink n Topeka I can get it. But the saloon las gone. I have a grandson growing up Avho has never seen a saloon. Isn't that a good thing? The saloon and its crowd of ward workers are no longer a political power. That alone is Avorth all prohibition has cost. Thousands of men who fought the measure the hard est have been converted as I have been. There isn't a possibility of a repeal of the law." Another reliable witness tells us that he asked a boy of twelve, in a Kansas city, where he could find a saloon, and the boy replied that he kneAv of none and confessed that he had never seen one. If prohibition does not prohibit, still mothers Avant to see such prohibition as they have in Kansas, where boys may grow up in ignorance of the vileness red in the saloon, in blessed freedom from its temptations. A boy of six, the other day, in a Ne braska village, returned from Sunday school and made this remark to his mother: "I saw men going into the alley by the harness shop, mamma, and I caught on to what they were doing; that is the Avay to the back door of the saloon." Which is the better place to educate boys, .either in temperance or in obe dience to law? ' The following is from an artiple by Mrs. Helen M. Gougar, on "An Unre stricted Ballot:" "A college-educated brain is not .the sure sign of a clean heart or a just con science void of offense. The man or Avoman has never been born, and doubt less never Avill be, sufficiently just to have unlimited control of any other human being, therefore self protection is the only kind , to be trusted in the many vicissitudes of life. Without the ballot the non-voter is the victim of any Avhim or injustice that the voter may impose upon him. This is seen today, and most keenly felt, by the mothers of this nation. They are subjected to the horrible tortures of the rum traffic, as they see annually 100,000 of their boys led to this fiend, Avhile the fathers of these boys juggle with party and sell their very blood , for place and poAver. Though these mothers could not write their a, b, c, they knoAv periectly tne alphabet of love and the. protection, of their offspring, and should be given the ballot of seif-pi'otection." W. C. T. U. Speakers for Nebraska.. Tecitmseh, Neb., Jan. 16, '90 -The following is the list of speakers who are now at Avork under the auspices of the W. C. T. U. for the prohibition amend ment, or are ready to do so at any time: . ;. . Mrs. C. M. Wood war, d Seward. Mrs. L. E. Bailey, Ncav York City. Maj. E. T. Scott and wife, Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Rev. Geo. H. Vibert, Boston. Dr. H. P. Fitch, Hastings, Neb. C. J. Holt, Decatur, 111. David Tatum, Cleveland, Ohio. Rev. M. A. Gault, Blanchard, Iowa. Capt. Van Etten, Dakota. A majority of the above speakers can be secured on such favorable terms that every union in the state can have one or more for a series of meetings. For terms and dates address Jennie F. Holmes, Tecumseh, Neb. Draw the Cheese Knives. Hale Neb., Feb. 11, 1890. Ed. ALLTANC!F.! Havincr hnn maA president of Schoolcraft Alliance, Mad ison county, thought 1 would write you -icT uuro, ll c uuy UO.VC JlilU iuur meetings and have twenty-one mem bers, and more to come in to-night. As there is no one in our vicinity who takes The Alliance I should like to have a copy. I would suggest that vou call through your paper the attention of every Alliance in Nebraska to take such action as to authorize the secre tary of our State Alliance to urge our senators to present a bill, and urge its passage, 10 loan money direct to farm- ers, secured by mortgage Senator Cullom, of 111., e on their land. has struck about the right thing, only ho does not tell how it is to be brought about. Why could not postmasters act as loan agents' for the government in loaning money. It seems this money can be had for two per cent per annum A plan of this kind would help the farmers and do away with the damn cut throat bankers and loan companies and furnish sufficient reAe nue to run the government. The farm er is the tail end of all creation at the present time, and have been for the past forty years, and if they do not rise in their might they are a set of damn fools, so to speak in plain English. In two or three years we could reverse the thing aftd place their nose on the grind stone. Please stir up the people, and wake from the dead the . sleepy, rusty farmers. Let us get up and shake off the dust and defy the world to hold us down any longer, God help them to stir up and get a move on themselves and join in mass the Alliance. Give this for what it is worth.and send me a copv of The Alliance if you never get a cent for it. The battle is on. Let us ive them shot and shell; yes, and raw the old cheese knives if no other mode will do. I write this for the cause. Overlook and correct mistakes, From a comrade. Respectfully, H.E. Chuech. GROWN APPLE, PEAK. CHERRY, PLUM, GRAPE VINES, AND ALL SMALL FRUITS, t As I am a member of the Farmers' Alliance I will make a discount of 20 per cent from list prices on all orders sent through Secretary or Business Agent. Address FARII AIID GARDEH SEEDS CROP OF 1890. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOK Buying Farm & Garden Seeds AT WHOLESALE E ATES Can be made by Alliances by addressing' DELANO BROS. LEE PABK, CUSTER CO., NEB. Write at once. (3m31) REAL ESTATE LOANS On farms in eastern Nebraska and improved property in Lincoln for a term of years. Lowest Current Rates. R. E. & T. W. MOORE, RICHARDS BLOCK, Corner 11th & O Streets. Lincoln. Lightning ITell-Siiikins Machinery, alakera of Hydraulic, Jetting, Revolr- i i'k. ai it-imi. aiiiui r, 1uunono. loom, e 1 1 h oc 1 rospeoi 1 n .nmact. Boilers. Wind Hills, minips, etc.. Sold on ir.iAL. An nuxciiOFBDlA oi i.OOO Enervinfrs.K."irtta 8tra title- . uon, lHiterimuauon orMiner- ais ana vitality 01 water. iGives Light, finds Gold. niauea ior cts. as book 25 cts. The American . wen works, AUHOHA. ILLS. J. M. ROBINSON, Kkxesaw, Adams .County, Nebr. Breeder and Shipper f Recorded Poland China Hosts. Choice Breeding: Stock for sale. Write for wants. Mention The Alliance. T. W.LOWREY, Lincoln, - - Nebraska. Will be pleased to quote prices for grain to members of the various Alliances, and all parties Interested. He has been engaged in the grain trade in Lincoln for about eighteen years, and knows all the best markets. He will handle GRAIN ON COMMISSION, Will pay sight drafts for all reasonable amounts on consignments. He will also clean grain at his elevator in Lincoln at reasonable prices. His references are First National Bank, American Exchange Bank, or any bank in Lincoln. He will be pleased to cor respond with all managers of Farmers Alli ances, and solicits the same. 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Thirty yrara experience in arrowing Fruits In Nebraska enables me to make selections adapted to Ne braska climate and soils. Dispensing with agents entirely I deal directly with the people, thereby saving my patrons all agents' commission. Send for Price Lists for Spring of 190. Correspondence solicited. 35t . W, F. WRIGHT. BEST BUTTER CATTLE. CVD G A T .17. Until the 15th of A J MAJb44A head of registered A. oows. heifers and calves, to suit purchasers. A J. C. C Bulls at a bargain. A good working herd. solioitea Febrary 15, 1WC 85tf C. B. BACHELDER, Cambridge, Nob. &A.S SEEDS IE FARMERS' Published Weekly by the ALLIANCE PUB. CO. J. BURROWS Chairman State Alliance Ex. Com.; Editor. J. II. TnoUPSOIl, Sec'y State Alliance, Business Manager. SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR, INVARIA BLY IN ADVANCE. Or, five subscriptions, in one order, one year for $4.00. The Alliance is the official organ of the Nebraska State Alliance. It is conducted solely in the interest of the farmers and laboring men of the State. It is absolutely fearless and un trammeled in the discussion of all questions. IT ACCEPTS NO CORPORATION PATRONAGE, AND ITS EDITORS HAVE NO FREE PASSES, AND ITS OPINIONS ARE NOT FOR SALE AT ANY PRICE. In the above particulars it is a new de parture in Nebraska journalism. We confidently appeal for support to all who can appreciate the value of such a paper. PREMIUMS. THE ALLIANCE one year and Edward Bellamy's great book, Looking backward, $1,30. THE ALLIANCE one year, and Labor and Capital, by Edward Kel logg, $1.00. Those books may be ordered from this officeLooking backward, 50 cents; Labor and Capital 20 cents. Money sent by bank draft, Express or Post Office order, or Registered Letters at our risk. Stamps and Postal Notes at risk of sender. All officers of Alliances are requested to act as agents. Address. Alliance Publishing Co., Lincoln, Neb. TO PREPARE FOR A CHANGE IN MY BUSINESS, I will offer my entire stock of 200 Cleveland Bay and Ire MM, 3 and 5 years old, and 50 pure bred mares, sound, vigorous and fully acclimated AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. 150 DEEP MILKING HOILiSTEIlSr iFVRIES-AJSTS MUST BE SOLD DURING THE NEXT THREE WEEKS. An opportunity rarely offered to secure such high class stock at the prices and terms I am prepared to offer. Send for pamphlet giving fnll particulars. GEO. E. BROWN, Aurora, Kane Co., 111. OBTAIN CHICAGO PEICES FOE YOUR The way to do this is to ship yourButter, Eggs, Poultry, Veal, Hay, Grain, ool, Hids, Means, Breom Corn, Green and Dried Fruits, vegetables, or anything you have, to us. , The ract that you may have been selling these articles at home for years is no reason that you should continue to do so if you can find a better n?rkot. ' We make a specialty of receivinjr 4hipments direct from FARMERS AND PRODUCERS, and probably have the largest trade la ;his way of any house in this market. Whilst you are looking around for the cheapest mar kfit in which to buy your goods and thus economizing in that way, it will certainly pay, you to give some attention to the best and most profitable WB7 of disposing of your produce. Wo Invite correspondence from INDIVIDUALS, ALLIANCES, CLUBS, and all organization who desire to ship their produce to this market. If requested, we will send you free of ;harge our daily market report, shipping directions and such information as will be of ser eice to you if you contemplate shipping. Let us hear from you. SUMMERS, MORRISON & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 174 S. WATER, ST., CHICAGO. REFERENCE: Metropolian Nation Bank, 1. J. THORP & Co., Manufacturers of Rubber Stamps, Seals, Stencils, Badges and Baggage Checks :;r Kverv Description. Established 1880. as S. Ilta St., LINCOLN, NEB. ' GENEVA NURSERIES. 40,000,009 FORES! TREES, ALL NURSERY, GROWN. 200,000 Grape Vines. We have a complete Stock of everything in the Nursery Line, which we offer to Nurse rymen, Dealer and Planters at Bed Rock Prices. 100 tl.00 Collections by Mail. 20 to 50 per cent discount on List Price to Alliances. Send for Price List. Address (3m31) YOUNGERS & CO., Geneva, Neb. 25 Million Nursery Grown Forest Tree SEEDLINGS. No agents. Deal direct with customers. Save commission middle-men. Bend for price list. Also GENERAL NURSERY Stock. ROBERT W. FURNAS, 6m31 Brownville, Nebraska. H.C.STOLL, 1 ' BREEDER OF The Most Improved Breeds of Poland China, Chester White, Small Yorkshire and Essex Hogs. Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. P. O. Address. BEATRICE T JONES, HE PAYS THE FREIGHT. 0-TON WAGON SCAUfcS, fOD BEAU BOS BSAS3TASS BSA1C. Freight Fid. Warranted or 5 Tears AeaU Wanted. Bead for Tcrau. FARMERS Hra mmi Warckrae Settle. J09E3 OF BIHGXXAXXTOH. SiasfcamteaiXT, Y, P LtL ii about 20 TODOPV fi A mmr J. II. 11. u jujxvw J. wai, AUX4 few young bulls fit for service, and thrfelA. First check gets them. Correspondenett Send ior full Descriptive Catalogue for 1890. Tndtall, Rspttltfs & Alba, 1426-1428 St IiOttla Atenu, I3m33 KANSAS CITY, MO. Chicago. Mention The Alliauc GEO. A- BELL. C. W. MCCOY. T. C. SHELLY. S. F. McCOV. Bell, SMy & McCoy (Successors to Bell & Co.) Live Stoci: Commission Merchants. Room DO Exchange Building. Cash Advanc on Consignments. REFERENCES ASK YOUR BANK. i Union Stock Yards, South Omaha, Nebraska. tfS3 2XAPUE WOOD FRUIT FARM AND SUMMIT NURSERY. Covingtox, Ohio. Established 1887. GRAPE AND STRAWBERRY SPECIALTIES. 20 Apple Trees, 1 year, first class - $1.0(1 50 " . . 2.ihi Sample Grape Vine, by mail, e Concord Grapes, per 100, - 3 (u " ' " m - uu MAIL OR EXPRESS EREE. Fine descriptive cataloprue and our whol sale trade list to every farmer or farmer' son who names this paper in ordering. 3m33 MESH CASSEL, Prop. GAEAT-WESTPW-f KO-STEAM Great Western Feed Steamer AND TANK HEATER Cooks one to three barrels feed at one filling. Fire box surrounded with water on top and sides. Any kind of fuel. Easily managed and cleaned as a box stove. Send for Circulars. Agents wanted. BOVEE H. M. tXJ.. Bmltt Tama, Iowa. ABE TI BEST ILUfflCi i LARGE I I FIRE-BOX, 1 J 3 FEET LONG I J TOPSIDES B U B CNTI "ELY r-y ' few 4 SSyl - 1