Kansas F.A. and I.U. from Topeka, Kansas • 2

2 KA.N8lS F. and I. IT NATIONAL ALLIANCE AID. Assessment No. 6.

Kansas F. A. and I. U. Published monthly by the officers of the KANSAS STATE ALLIANCE.

Hubon, S. May 1, 1893. To all Members of the National Alliance Entered at the Topeka, post office as second-4 class mail matter. Aid: You are hereby notified that assessment Guaranteed Circulation, 10,000. No.

6 has this day been levied upon all members holding certificates dated prior to Maroh 7, 1893, date of last death, to provide for the following death claims: Mrs. Emiline G. Repsher, Linooln, Kas. was decided that the County Lecturer visit and address all Sub-Alliances, he to prepare his own program for the work. It was also decided that the May meeting should be an open meeting, and that the following gentlemen will address the meeting: Hon.

R. H. Semple, Hiram Allen, and J. P. Stevens.

The following resolution also passed: Resolved, That we indorse the sentiment expressed in the demands recommended by the National Watchman in an editorial of Maroh 29, which are as follows: "We demand the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the present ratio of 16 to 1. "We demand that this amount of gold and silver shall be supplied with a full legal-tender paper money in sufficient volume to maintain equitable prices. We demand that all money shall be issued by the Government direct to the people, and that all money so issued shall be a full legal tender for all debts, private and public." J. L. Chandleb, Secretary.

Wm. E. Kibbe, President. Subscription Price, 15 cents per year. Clubs of ten or more at once, 10 cts.

a copy per year. Secretaries are expected to make up clubs immediately, and keep a copy on file in each Alliance for reference. Kates for Advertisements. joint certificate No. 2289, age, 44; cause of death, ohildbirth.

Mrs. Carrie L. Dewhirst, Pratt, certificate No. 1233, age, 29; cause of death, la grippe. SPACE 0n6 ThTee month, months.

One col. (14 in.) $10 00 $27 00 One-half col 6 00 16 00 One-fourth col 4 00 11 00 One inch 1 00 2 50 Money should be paid to local scribes, or sent direot to S. D. Cooley, National Scribe, Huron, S. D.

These are all the olaims against the Aid, and will doubtless be paid in full from this assessment. Over 200 members have been added since last assessment, March None but reliable advertisers retained. Printed on the first day of the month, therefore, advertisements and articles for publication should reach the editor not later than the 28th, and as much earlier as possible. Address all business communications, articles for publication and exchanges to W. S.

HANNA, Ottawa, Kas. 1st. Alliance papers please copy. National Alliance Aid, S. D.

Cooley, Scribe. SPECIAL NOTICE. To the Officers and Members of the F. A. and I.

U. in Reno county, Kansas: There is a movement on foot among manufacturers and dealers in binding twine to advance the price of twine to an enormous extent, at least after harvest has begun, and this faot being known, the State Exohange Company has made a good contract for twine, and it will be to the interest of our farmers to make out a report to each Secretary of the Sub Alliance for the amount of twine you will probably want, and send the report to the County Secretary at your earliest convenience, as the Exchange Company contemplates putting in a oar load of twine at Hutohinson, if we will be likely to use that muoh. Send report to J. B. Dane, Booth, Kas.

The following resolutions were passed in the County Alliance April 12, and ordered printed in the reform papers in the county Whereas, There is a combine formed, known as the Western Farm Implement Dealers' Combine; and Whebeas, Certain dealers in agricultural implements in Reno county are known to belong to said combine; and Whebeas, The purpose of said combine is to boycott any and all wholesale dealers or manufacturers of agricultural implements, twine, and farmers' supplies, if they are known to sell to farmers through any channel except the regular line of wholesale jobbers' and retail dealers' trade: therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the members of the F. A. and I. U. in Reno county, Kansas, do hereby pledge ourselves to throw our influence and support to the Alliance' Exchange Company, of Kansas City, Kas.

Whebeas, In every line of business known or organization is known to exist to perpetuate the interest of their business: therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the members of the Reno County Alliance, believe that it; is the duty of every member of the F. A. and I. U. in Reno county to do everything in their power to build up the organization and to advance the principles and purposes of the organization in this county, as a support to our business and as a part of our farming business, for self protection and preservation, and that it is our duty to call upon all honest farmers to help us, and in that way be better' able to protect our families and our homes.

Reform papers please copy. County Alliance Meetings. One important law passed ere adjournment by the Kansas Legislature makes it illegal to require a gold contraot in notes, mortgages, and other obligations, and makes silver as well as gold a legal tender for all debts in Kansas. This is a Populist measure. The amount of risks written during the year 1892 by the different fire-insurance companies doing business in the State of Kansas was premiums colleoted, $2,244,066.05.

Losses paid, per cent, of losses paid to premiums received, 52.25; per cent, of losses paid to premiums received by the Alliance, 8H. Amid the excitement of the financial flurry and the interest taken in the naval review, the recent Republican defeat in Massachusetts has been lost sight of. The seventh congressional district, which gave Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican, 2,611 plurality last fall, has defeated W. E. Barrett, Republican, and elected Doctor Everett, Democrat, by 14 majority.

The g. o. p. appears to be in a demoralized condition in Massachusetts. Some companies point to their large Anderson 3d Saturday in each month, Garnett.

Atchison 2d Wednesday, each month, Effingham. Bourbon 1st Saturday in each quarter. Butler 1st Friday in each month. Chase 1st Saturday in each month. Chautauqua last Thursday in each quarter.

Clay 2d Wednesday in each quarter, Clay Centre. Coffey 1st Tuesday in each quarter. Douglas 1st Tuesday in each month. Edwards Saturday, April 1. Franklin 1st Thursday in each month, Ottawa.

Gove 1st Saturday in each month, Gove City. Graham 2d Saturday in each quarter, Hill City. Gray 1st Saturday in each quarter, at Ingalls. Harper 2d Saturday in each quarter, Anthony. Harvey 2d Sat.

in Jan. April, July, and Oct. Lincoln April 29. Linn 3d Saturday in each quarter. Logan March 25.

Lyon 2d Saturday in January, April, July and October, Emporia. Montgomery 4th Saturday of June, September, and December. Mitchell 1st Friday after the 10th of January, April, July, and October. Norton 2d Saturday in each quarter. Osage 2d Friday in each quarter.

Rice 1st Sat. after 2d each quarter, Lyons. Rooks 2d Monday in each quarter, Plainville. Rush 2d Saturday in each month. Sedgwick 3d Tuesday in each month, Wichita.

Sheridan 1st Saturday in each quarter. Sherman 2d Saturday in each month, Goodland. Trego January 13, April 13, July 13, October 13. Thomas 2d Saturday in each month, Colby. Wallace 1st Sat.

in each month, Sharon Springs. Wichita 3d Saturday in each month, Leoti. Wyandotte last Saturday in each month. Note. Counties not in the above list should at once send date and place of meeting, so this directory may be complete, and of some value.

Ed. capital and surplus funds as an inducement for patronage. We point to the $200,000 we saved to our patrons on last year's business. Now that the season of cyclones and hail storms is at hand, would it not be wise for you to insure your buildings and stock against fire and wind, and your growing crops against hail, in the Alliance Company? Olin Hendee, of Sedgwick county, secured a $2,000 life policy in the Aid Degree before starting to the World's Fair. Frank Dibert, of Eureka, will organize Aid Degree Lodges in Greenwood county.

J. D. Knox, of Topeka, has his property insured in the Alliance Insurance Company said property being one of the After a fierce and the most prolonged struggle ever witnessed in the Nebraska Legislature, the maximum-freight-rate bill has passed the Senate. The bill now goes to the Governor, and there is no doubt but that he will sign it. The bill contemplates a reduction in rates of about 30 per cent, from the existing charges.

The railroads have made strenuous efforts to defeat the measure, but the Populists stood solidly for the bill, and they were joined by enough Republicans and Democrats to make the death of the measure impossible. The State Farmers' Alliance have organized an association to assist in the entertainment of Kansas people afMhe World's Fair. It will be a great help to those who cooperate with them. The Minnesota Alliance have made a proposition to the State to take the total output of twine made at the penitentiary this year. We understand the price is to 8 cents per pound.

Oh yes, there is patriotism in Eastern banking circles providing the interest rate can be agreed upon. The Kansas City Times, which is the Western organ of the New England loan, mortgage and trust companies, urges the Western people to repudiate silver and paper money and hoard gold. It says: If we drop to a 70-cent dollar, it will be very convenient to have gold in your own hands and silver in the hands of the other fellow. You can buy $1.30 with your gold dollar and pay the other fellow with $1. The business will be a "push over" for the Since The National Economist has been declared no longer the official organ of the National Farmers' Alliance and Indutrial Union, the reform press must find something else to interest their readers.

man with gold on hand when the Govern ment admits that it cannot redeem in either metal as its pleases. This logic sounds very much like that of Every farmer in Kansas should receive copies of the reports issued by the State Board of Agriculture (Topeka), also the bulletins issued by the State Agricultural College (Manhattan). Send in your names and ask to be placed on their lists. You help pay for the books and you should receive them in preference to others. Kick if you don't get them.

the Chinese gold "coin sweaters" of the Pacific coast, analthough it is mean and dishonest to crowd the 70-cent dollar into "the hands of the other fellow," it might, perhaps, prompt some people to hoard PRICE LIST. sub-alliance supplies. Secretary's Register of Attendance $0 50 Receipt books: County Secretary to Sub-Secretary, 200 in book 5 County Treasurer to County Secretary, 100 in book 25 Sub-Secretary to members, for dues 15 Sub-Treasurer to Sub-Secretary 15 Warrants on County Treasurer, 100 in 25 Warrants on Sub-Treasurer, 100 in book 15 Applications for membership, 100 in book 15 Credentials, 100 in book 29 Rejection Book 10 Diinit Book 10 Withdrawal Book 10 Cushing's Manual 50 Constitutions, paaiphlet form, per dozen 60 German Constitutions for Sub-Alliances, per dozen 25 Rituals, English or German, each 10 Minute Book, 160 pages 50 Secretary's Account Book 25 Treasurer's Account Book 25 Alliance Pins, each, 35 cents; per dozen 3 25 All form books are bound in boards, with stubs for keeping record. Order from J. B.

Fbenoh, Topeka, Kas. finest in the State. The A. O. U.

Ws. have reduced the maximum age limit to, 45 years; the Kansas Workman suggests the further reduction to 40 years. The maximum age in the Aid Degree is 55 years. The character of our risks justifies us in placing the limit so high. There is no human heart but reaches out for sympathy, and no soul that does not feel stronger for having received it.

We must not expect our brothers to think as we do on all points, and must not lose our patience if they hold tenaciously to their opinions. Workman. Bro. Chris. S.

Ritter, of the Iola Friend-Herald, made us a pleasant call April 20 Chris, aims to keep the readers of the Friend-Herald posted in regard to the many advantages afforded by the different Alliance enterprises. The savings made through the Alliance insurance department, the Alliance Exchange and the mortgage loan department will enable many of our people to visit the World's Fair this summer. The State Alliance has made arrangements to save World's Fair visitors from $2 to 3 per day in cost of lodging. Remember if you make application in the Aid Degree, and fail to present yourself for medical examination within 30 days, you forfeit all fees paid. gold.

But there is one potent reason why the Times's suggestion cannot be adopted the people of the West have not the gold to hoard away. a STOCK BREEDING. i How long will the Courier-Journal, of Louisville, continue to misrepresent facts by absolute falsehoods of this character? Yet the Government is compelled to continue baying 4,500,000 ounces of silver each month, for which it pays in gold, thus steadily weakening its available resources, and piling up in its vaults a mass of dead metal, which is not even coined into 65 cent dollars, because they cannot be injected into the circulation, and which is of no more use to the Government thfen the hidden treasures of Captain Kidd. The Government does not pay for the purchased silver bullion in gold, and the treasury is not "compelled" to pay out gold for silver certificates or bullion. The silver is paid for in certificates which are redeemable in silver dollars as well as gold dollars, and the Sherman act provides that silver shall be coined from the bullion purchased.

The administration is paying gold for these certificates because it will not recognize silver as money. DOES FARMING PAY? Yes! It pays the road that hauls the grain; It pays the store that keeps from rain; It pays the agents when they sell; It pays insurance very well; It pays the banks that make the loans; It pays the man the mortgage owns; It pays the shops that make machines; It pays the merchant all his liens; It pays the taxes, Fed'ral and States; It pays the trusts to keep up rates; It pays ev'rybody so grand, Except the man who farms the land. Does farming pay and people bless? Of course it does. Now all say "Yes." PURE WHITE SHORT BRAHMA HORNS, CHICKENS, And a large herd of registered POLAND CHINA HOGS, For Sale Cheap by W. S.

HANNA, Ottawa, Kansas. FRANKLIN COUNTY ALLIANCE. The Franklin County Alliance had a very interesting session, at its regular April meeting last Thursday. All reports from Sub-Alliances indicate a determination to prepare for coming events. It Send us in a club of 25 or 50 subscri bers.

AU should read the F. A. and I. U..