THE ALLIANCE IN TEXAS. 55 



" REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON STATE AGENCY FOR SALE OF 



COTTON. 



"We beg leave to make the following report : 



"i. We respectfully recommend that each County Alliance establish at 

 least one co-operative store, cotton yard, and lumber yard. 



" 2. We recommend the selection by the Executive Committee of a person 

 of ability and competency, in every sense of the word, who shall be the State 

 Alliance business agent, whose duty it shall be to negotiate the sale of cotton 

 and other products as may be placed under his charge by the Alliance, and to 

 purchase from first hands as near as may be tfie supplies for the Alliance 

 co-operative stores, recommended above ; who shall be an officer of the State 

 Alliance, holding his office until his successor is elected and qualified ; sub- 

 ject to suspension for cause by the Executive Committee, with right of appeal 

 to the State Alliance ; entitled to the counsel and assistance of the Executive 

 Committee, whenever necessary ; his books and papers always open to the 

 inspection of the Executive Committee, whose duty it shall be to examine them 

 at least every quarter ; under a good and sufficient bond made to the Executive 

 Committee, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office ; with such 

 salary as the Executive Committee may deem proper, and the reception of any 

 emolument from any other source than the Farmers' State Alliance to be 

 sufficient cause for dismissal from office and forfeiture of bond. 



"Respectfully submitted, 



"B. J. KENDRICK, Chairman. 



After transacting a large amount of detail business, the meet- 

 ing adjourned, to meet in Waco, in regular session, the first 

 Tuesday in August, 1887. At this point we will take leave of 

 the history of the State Alliance of Texas, and follow that of the 

 National Alliance. The State Alliance of Texas is at this time 

 standing in the front ranks, amid the thirty-three sister States 

 and Territories, that she can now point to with pride and truth- 

 fully say, "These are my children." It was the mother of the 

 Farmers' Alliance, its protector while young, and its defender in 

 more mature years. Every true Alliance member should think 

 of the Lone Star State with gratitude, and always accord to her 

 the meed of praise. God bless the State Alliance of Texas ! 

 May it ever prosper; may its noble brotherhood continue in 

 the faith, and at last reap the reward in reserve for those who 

 endure to the end ; so say I, and so says the brotherhood every- 

 where. 



