Hoping to bring more pressure to bear on politicians and business owners, the regional alliances united together in the national groups.
The Farmers' Alliances grew out of the Patrons of Husbandry. While the Grange was a more social organization, Farmers' Alliances were much more politically active. The Farmers' Alliances called for a graduated income tax, state ownership of the railroads, lower tariffs, and "free silver. Honor or memorial gifts are an everlasting way to pay tribute to someone who has touched your life.
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Go Back. Get Involved. Nominate an Entry Review Entries. Suggest a Topic or Author Suggest Media. Besides facing such neutral problems as drought, farmers experienced low commodity prices, high freight rates, high interest rates, and other difficulties. They were very critical of the larger corporations, especially the railroads. These conditions and complaints were familiar to farmers in Indian Territory and to those who rushed into Oklahoma Territory in and later.
The Farmers' Alliance was first organized in Texas in the mids and soon spread to other states and territories in the South and Midwest. One of the group's main goals was to form cooperatives. Farmers set up cooperatively owned retail stores and marketing organizations. The idea was to give producers more influence in buying their supplies and marketing their products. However, the membership never grew beyond 51 members in the early s when the Alliance was at its greatest strength.
On December 20, , shortly after their first organizational meeting, Thomas Gimlett who had been elected chaplain was asked to give a short speech. The minutes reported: Brother Gimlett thought it is the grandest steps the farmers has taken and if we be true to the principle of the order we will see the financial benefit in the near future, but in order to accomplish our object we must use the utmost caution in admitting members and keep our doings secret in accordance with our obligation.
When Nels Thompson became ill, a committee was formed to visit him and raise money for his medical bills. They found out that Thompson was to have his leg amputated.
Minutes, November 5, The s were a time of severe drought and many farmers were in need. In case of severe hardship, a farmer was given grain by other members. Each amount given was recorded and the farmer in need was expected to re-pay the others when his crop came in. It appears from the membership lists that all Romness Alliance members were Norwegian immigrants.
The minutes, however, were written in English. When Andrew Vatne of Forwards Alliance came to Romness as a visiting speaker, he asked for and was granted permission to speak in the Norwegian language.
The minutes recorded his speech in English. I think our time and country resemble the time and countries directly before the falling of such great nations as Persia and the Roman Empire.
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