The Alliance<span> carried the movement further into economics. The </span>National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union<span>, formed in 1889, embraced several originally independent organizations (including </span>The Agricultural Wheel<span>) formed from 1873 onwards; it was largely confined to the South and was secret. The </span>National Farmers Alliance<span>, formed in 1880, went back similarly to 1877, was much smaller, Northern and non-secret. The </span>Colored Farmers' National Alliance and Cooperative Union<span> (formed 1888, merged in the above Southern Alliance in 1890) was the second greatest organization. With these three were associated many others, state and national, including an annual, non-partisan, deliberative and advisory </span>Farmers National Congress<span>. </span>
To enhance their living condition, producers in the 1870s determined to form various organization to put forward their demands. They formed many organizations which incorporated
the National Farmers’ Alliance,
the Patrons of Husbandry or Grange
the National Farmers’ Alliance,
Working inside subsisting political factions, farmers endeavored to bring about legislative development. They accomplished to expand the authority of various state authorities and to establish state laws which commanded railroads.
