People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1895 — Famers' Alliance. [ARTICLE]

Famers' Alliance.

Having accepted the position of lecturer for the fourth district at the hands of President J. F. Willetts and the executive committee of our order, I take this means of opening communication with all who may see this notice. H- is my desire to enter at once upon the discharge of the unties of this position, and I ask the hearty co-operation of Ml Alliance members to the end that the greatest amount of good ■, ay be < i one d u ring Ihe co m ing ear. It is proper to state in this announcement that the amemi 'd constitution of the national F. A. and I. U. provides for t! 'lecturers, to be appointed by the president and the executive committee, but provides no cuinpensatiou for such lecture s except as may be agreed en the lecturer and those wh< call for his services. I hop" that officers of county or sub-alliances, er individual mem-ber.'-of the order, that desire a visit from your lecturer, will wr’ue to me v.’ithou’ delay and I will endeavor to arrange for a visit at- sm.'ii timers will be most oijveni-'.it for all concerned, and upon sixo terms as can bo •nutuallv agreed upon. The absence of political excitement dnrhi"' th" coming year will make the building of our order on a business basis much easier than in a campaign year when P /iii ics at-sorbs the attention of the people. In tlie past the coouerative and business features of the order have been neglected and we have depended too ipuch upon the social au l educational

work to lowp up the roll of membership. This I'onrse has always been attended with misatisiacrory result's find during the comin - year it will be the chief ■ care of our office; to perfect the uustuess met hods in tneir various'lines so that.'membership in the alliance shall be profitable, not alone socially, morally and educationally, but financially as well. I wish to be fully informed of the needs of the order in all parts of this district as quickly as possible, and to this end, ask all members as well as officers to write me icily.sb that I may beadvised of your condition an I recuiremcnts at once. The fourth district includes Indiana. Illinois. lowa. Kansas. Nebraska: South Dakota. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Crusting that the coming year may be one of great prosperity to our order, and i hat each member will contribute his or her cost efforts to promote this prosperity, I remain Fraternally yours. C. Vincent. 374 W. Market street, Indianapolis, Ind.

Officials of the Department of Agriculture are much vexed at the action of the Governor of South Dakota, who has issued a proclamation prohibiting the bringing of cattle from Texas into that State for one year, owing to the prevalence of pleuropneumonia among them. Dr. Salmon, chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Agricultural Department, says the proclamation ivas entirely uncalled for, as there is neither pleuro-pneumon-ia nor Texas fever among the cattle of Texas. Secretary Morton will probably call upon the governor of South Dakota for a bill of particulars as to that proclamation. which is certain to bo made use of as a weapon by those European countries which have shut out our cat tie on the plea ; that they are diseased.