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Missouri, engaged in that business. He is an excellent 

 business man, enthusiastic in the cause of reform, and 

 devoted to Alliance principles. The work of organiza- 

 tion in Maryland is rapidly advancing under his excellent 

 management. 



J. B. DINES. 



J. B. Dines, President of the State Business Agents' 

 Association and State Business Agent for Missouri, was 

 born on October 12, 1850, in St. Louis county, Missouri. 

 In September, 1871, he w T as married in St. Francois 

 county, where he followed the occupation of farming until 

 his business as State Agent called him to leave the farm 

 and remove with his family to St. lyouis. Mr. Dines 

 joined the Alliance at its first organization in St. Francois 

 county in the winter of 1886, and was elected President 

 of the Sub-Alliance, serving two terms. When the 

 County Alliance was formed, in the spring of 1887, he 



was elected its President, 

 serving two terms there 

 also. He was elected as 

 a delegate to represent 

 his county at the State 

 meeting at Reed's 

 Station, Missouri, in the 

 summer of 1887. Again, 

 in 1888, he was elected 

 as a delegate to the State 

 Alliance held at Nevada, 

 Missouri, where he was 

 ij 'l elected State Business 

 Agent. In March, 1889, 

 he removed to St. L^ouis 

 to better attend to his 



/. B. Dines. 



busines as State Agent. In August, 1889, at the conscli- 



