The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-24
ALLIANCE CONCERN"

1.-THE ALLIANCE CONCERN.
We think the Raleigh PROGRESSIVE
FARMER treats-us unfairly by copying
isolated paragraphs from the Charlotte
Democrat, and then commenting on
them in a manner calculated to pro-
duce the impression that we are max
ing war on what is called the Farm
ers' Alliance" We do not now say
that that s.the editors motive, but, If
it is, we say it is wrong and unjustl.
fable. We copy news items about all
matters of public Importance in the
State, and the items about the ALI
nee upon which The PRoGREss1vE
FARMER comments were published in
several other papers and were copied
by the Democrat from an exchange.
We don't understand why the editor
of the FARMER did not comment on
them when they first appeared in the
W~arrenton, Gazette; and Sanford Ea-
press, and we don't see why he should
lay SO much peculiar stress on the word
"concern" which we happened to use
in abiding to the Alliance. The
word "~concern" is a proper one, and
and why the FARMER should seem to
consider,cit offensive u.s. very strange.
Why should it be offensive? AS to
true friendship for the farming interests
of the State, we are ready now or at
any other time to compare records
with any one, though we do not pro-
fess to be a better friend to agriculture
than all the rest of sensible mankind.
AS brother Polk, the editor of the
FARMER, has often honored us by
copying some of our short articles,
will be please copy the above-7
The above appeared in the Charlotte
Democrat of the 18th inst, and would
have appeared in this paper last week,
but for the absence of the editor,
which was explained to Bro. Yeates
by letter early last week, but which it
seems had not been received by him
at the time of his issue of the Goth
inst, as he calls attention to the fact
that it did not appear in u paper,
and again asks us to publish it. We
do so with great pleasure and give
him the full benefit of his explanation.
The above article is the reply of the
Democrat to u article: ga Niger in
the Wood-pile,p in which we simply
answered a question of the Democrat.
We know that u good friend, the
able and genial editor of the Democrat,
would not, Intentionally, misrepresent
us, but we must respectfully demur to
the statement that we quoted ''isolated
paragraphs " from his paper and then
commented on them in a manner
calculated to produce the impression
that the Democrat is making war on
the Alliance" We quoted every
syllable of his article, and confined
ourself strictly to answering his ques-
ton, in regard to negroes joining our
"Alliance ~concern."' Our clever
neighbor complains that we put
"peculiar stress" on his word econ
Germ" and says "the word is a proper
one" Well, we grant that it is a
proper word in it's proper place, but
never having see it applied to large
and respectable organizations, we may
have been led by the novelty of the
connection to have given it undue
prominence. "The Alliance concern"
Somehow it doesn't have the right
jingle, as applied to a body of over one
million of as clever people as our
Creator ever made. But the members
of the Alliance may become educated
up to the point when they will recog-
nize it's fitness and appreciate it's ap-
preparedness, as applied to their order.
THE NEYT STATE FAJP