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making such arrangement shall report terms of such to the secretary of the 

 State Alliance for transmission to all the County Alliances of the State, if that 

 officer deem said report of sufficient importance. 



" 3. Your committee recommend that each County Alliance in the cotton 

 district hold a called meeting for discussion and action on the cotton problem, 

 as soon after receiving notice of this recommendation as possible. 



"4. Your committee suggests that the State secretary, or corresponding 

 State secretary, if such an officer should be elected, shall write to the general 

 agent of the pooled railroad lines in Texas as to the best rates that said 

 pooled lines will give on cotton shipments, and report such answer to each 

 county secretary. Also, to get statements concerning best rates on cotton 

 from railroad lines not in the pool, for transmission to the County Alliances. 



"E. D. MACREADY, 

 "B. F. ELLIS, 

 "R. M. CHAMPION." 



Adopted. 



The following resolutions were read and adopted : 



"Resolved, i. That E. D. Macready is hereby appointed corresponding 

 secretary of the Farmers 1 Alliance. 



"2. That said E. D. Macready be allowed thirty dollars per month for the 

 period of six months. 



"3. That the salary of the Secretary of the State Alliance shall be one 

 hundred dollars per month." 



Committee on Constitution and By-Laws reported, offering a 

 substitute for the present constitution, and recommending the 

 creation of the office of corresponding secretary for the pur- 

 pose in addition to the cotton correspondence of keeping 

 the order posted as to the best markets for the sale of all kinds 

 of produce and the purchase of all kinds of commodities ; and 

 that suitable steps be taken by this body for the extension of 

 the work into other States, with the view of organizing a Na- 

 tional Alliance ; and that suitable steps be taken to procure an 

 amended charter, as the present one seems to be inadequate. 



On motion, the report of the committee was received. The 

 constitution was then unanimously adopted. 



The following resolutions were then adopted : 



" Resolved, That no person who is an officer or owns stock in any banking 

 corporation is eligible to membership in the Farmers' Alliance, and any such 

 persons who belong to the organization are hereby requested to withdraw ; 

 otherwise such persons shall be dropped from the roll. 



