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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-04-03
TO WHAT EXTENT IS THE
FARMERS ALLIANCE PO-
LITICAL Z

LITICAL7
"'There shall not be any partisan or
sectarian test for membership" is the
language of our Constitution. We
will "labor for the education of the
agricultural classes in the science of
economical government in a strictly
non-partisan spirit" is the first clause
in our Declaration of Principles. The
Alliance does not propose, as an or
ga~nization, to deal in partisan politics.
1t cannot engage practically in
party politics. When a member
enters it's door, he, leaves his party
banner, for the time being, on the out
side. No member can demand of a
brother that he vote Tor or. against
men or measures because he is a mem
Der of the Alliance. His most perfect
freedom to exercise his political rights
according TO- his Judgement is in no
manner abridged by his obligation as
an Alliance man. Every member
knows this who has been initiated into
the order. By studying the science
of government, by an intelligent in
vestigation with the noble and patri-
otto purpose,of arriving at truth by
observing causes and effect, in the
operation Of laws, the Alliance strives
to excite and keep alive in it's mem
bership a proper appreciation of the
relations and reciprocal duties which
should be sustained between the citi-
zen and government. Its purpose is
to encourage its members, connected
together by ~fraternal bonds, to be
better and wiser and more intelligent
and more patriotic citizens. It asks
not to what political party a mar be-
longs, but it does ask and it does ex-
pect him to strive to make that party
better. It does not seek to impair a
mans fealty or loyalty to his party,
but it recognizes the truth that there
are great questions of economic value,
dear alike to all true and patriotic
men of whatever party, and it appeals
to their intelligence and to. their
patriotism to keep these questions on
a plane far above considerations of a
mere partisan character. It seeks to
infuse a proper interest in all ques-
tons of a public character, so that if
platforms r to be made or candidates:
nominated, they will guard their in
terests and the welfare Of the general
public. The free discussion Of all
these questions is allowable in the
Alliance, but it must be free from a
partisan or sectarian spirit. <
This is the high purpose, and these
the high aims governing the political
action of members of the Alliance,
and they will be cherished and acted
on freely and independently. We are
aware that it has been charged that
the Alliance evil turn out to be a
political machine" that cit will 60
into politics" Such talk betrays ignor.
ance of its principles or a fear that the
farmers of the country will take mat
tiers into their own hands and have a
healthful reconstruction. And surely
no people ever had stronger provoca-
ton or better cause. But we are not
to be inundated or driven from our
position by the cry: "They are going
into politics." They ought to 60
wherever their hard -earned dollars
go. They pay the bulk of the taxes;
they constitute a majority of our
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-04-03
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ALLIANCE NOTES.

Members of the Alliance, when writing to us,
will greatly favor us if they will always give the
No. of their Alliance. We have given the sixth and
seventh pages of our paper to, the exclusive use OF
the Alliance. Use them, brethren. For all official
orders, rulings, notices, &C., the brethren will ex-
anime these pages.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-16
lS4O-Thc Same NOM-lSSS.

From the Harrison Almanac lSil-utica Herald.
WHO WILL VOTE THE VAN buren, TICKET?
All who wish to have property of every
description reduced to one half or one
third its former value.
All who wish to see the price Of labor
reduced to level with that paid in
Europe.
All who wish to have the son of man
without property remain poor forever.
All such as prefer the interests of the
Office holders to the interests of the
people
WHO WILL VOTE THE HARRISON TICKET?
All who wish for an Improvement in
the financial and business condition of
the country.
All who wish to have property stand
at its fair value, and labor receive its just
recOmpense.
All who believe that the condition of
our workingmcn has been better than
that of the orkingmen Of Europe, and
who wish to have it remain SO.
All such as prefer the interest of the
people to that of the office-holders.
For Van Buren, substitute Cleveland
and the extract fits the present campaign
without need of further emcndation
The Cleveland ticket of to-day stands for
what the Van Buren, ticket of 1910 stood.
The Harrison ticket of to-day stands for
what the Harrison ticket of 1910 stood.
Ivan" came forth from the contest a
used up man Cleveland will come
forth from this contest ready to be filed
away with the opponent of his competi
tors grandfather.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-16
Lucky Boston.

Boston (Mass) Re ord, July 5.
The latest of fortunes favOrites to re-
Ceive large sum Of money from very
small investment are Messrs. Moore,
Spaulding & Co., the well-known whole
sale dealers in millinery goods at II and
10 Summer street. Messrs. Moore, Spauld-
ing & Co., held one-twentieth of ticket
80, ALB which drew the first capital prize
of 5000, 600 in the June drawing Of The
Louisiana State Lottery. When question.
ed about their good fortune by Record
reporter, a member of the firm, illus
trating his wellknown character for
modesty, said that he did not care
to talk about it, but the reporter
learned that on Friday last Mr. Spaulding
received from Adams Express Co, draft
on the Maverick bank for $l5, 900 which
had been promptly forwarded upon re-
ceipt of the winning ticket at New
Orleans The firm it is said have from
time to time made small investments OF
this kind but never had quite such good
luck as in the present case. when they
have found themselves among the num-
Der who. purchasing tickets through the
New England agency, have received over
$75, 900 in cash within a month.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-16
"What is a Protective Tariff :"

Omaha Republican
1t is n tariff upon foreign imports so
adjusted as TO secure the necessary revc-
nue. and judiciously imposed upon those
foreign products the like of which are
produced at home. 1t imposes the duty
upon the competing foreign product, it
makes it bear the burden or duty, and, as
far as possible, luXuries only excepted,
permits the non competing foreign pro.
duct to come in free of duty. Articles
of common use, comfort and necessity,
which we cannot produce, ii sends to the
people free from Custom-house eXaCtioDs.
1t says to our foreign competitor, If you
want to bring your merchandise here,
your farm products, your coal and iron
ore, your wool, your salt, your pottery,
your glass, your cOttons and woolens,
and sell alongside Of our producers, we
will make your product pay for the privi-
lege of doing it, 1t makes the competing
foreign article carry the burden, draw
the load, supply the revenue; and, in
performing this essential office, it en-
cOurages, at the same time, our own in
dustries and protects our own people in
their chosen employments. This is what
the Republican party is fighting for.
There is no conflict Of interests between
the several classes of producers and con.
sumers in the United States. That which
benefits one benefits all. The farmer, the
manufacturer, the laborer, the tradesman,
the producer, and the consumer, all have
common interest in the maintenance of a
protective tariff. The establishment of a
furnace or factory or mill in any neigh
borhood has the effect at once to enhance
the value of all property for miles sur
rounding it. The farmer has better and
nearer market for his produce. The
merchant, the butcher, the grocer, have
an increased trade. The carpenter is in
greater demand; he is called upon to
build more houses. Every branch of
trade every avenue of labor will feel
instantly the energizing influence Of a
new industry.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-16
The Wool DUTY.

Philadelphia Press.
In five years of low duties and low
prices combined the country has lost one
eighth of its sheep. Five years Of free
wool will cut off from third to a half
of its iiocks. No one can gain by such a
change. English belief in President
Cleveland's free trade has already dis
counted the repeal of our duty on wool.
Were the duty repealed, and it will not
be until the next appeal is taken to the
polls, the price of wool in the market of
the world the wilderness to which Mr..
Mills sends US to seek men dressed in
free wool, would rise. and the price of
wool in our inland market, where the
American farmer sells it, would fall He
would be handicapped by high railroad
freights in reaching the manufacturer
and his rival wool grower under the
Southern Cross and the British colonial
flag would be helped by cheap ocean
frcights. This will not pay Consumer
and producer will lose alike. The world s
supply of wool can not be cut down by
our own share. third or fourth on the list
of great wool growers, without an adj
vance in wool and wooden goods. Rail-
road freights will deprive our farmer Of
this advance. He will lose a crop which
in new States paves the way for costlier
and more profitable crops and in older
States supplements them. We have had
for one decade 1850 to 1860, something
like free wool, and in that decade our
locks stood still Under protection they
have increased enormously. This is the
issue before the land. 1t can continue a
policy under which it has diversified
farming and, therefore, made il safe and
profitable, and at the same time made
wooden clothing cheap, or it can return
TO policy under which, while wool is
dear, it does not pay the American farm
er to raise it. We do not fear vote on
this issue which the Democratic party has
raised and by which it will fall
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-16
The Democratic Campaign Manager.

Chicago Journal.
Calvin S. Brice, the Chairman Of the
Democratic Campaign Committee, was a
poor country lawyer at Lima. Ohio,
twelve or fifteen years ago. He worked
his way into railroad ventures. wrecking
and reorganizing railroad companies,
forming inside construction rings to build
railroads and selling them out at enor
nous profits. and practicing other arts OF
the kind by which his present wealth
was created. He is now worth $40 000,.
900. He is the Ohio Jay Gould. He re-
tains fictitious residence at the country
village where he developed from village
attorney into manipulation of railroad
properly, while his actual home is a Fifth
avenue palace in New York City, and his
business Office is IN Wall street. He was
one of the originators Of the ''sand-bag"
plot to build the Nickel-Plate parallel
railroad, which destroyed half the value
of the Southern Michigan, running thou
sands who held its stock, aud compelling
the Vanderbilts to buy the new line in
order to save their road from entire
wreck. Columbus X. Cummings, of
Chicago Gas Trust notoricty, was one of
Brice's associates in this gigantic specula.
ton, which resulted in the schemers
putting millions of Vanderbilts money
into their individual pockets. The con.
structlon Of the Nickel Plate was an
equal damage 20 the public creating not
a competitor, but a disturbing element in
transportation. which, by cuts, Jumps
and other tricks in rates, unsettled the
conditions OF all traffic depending upon
stability of freight casts for success. MIR.
Brice Is monopOlist of the rankest kind.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-16
-----------------------------
ssMononOlyo and Moonshine.

Boston Advertiser.
The Globe, in its editorial columns re-
Gently. renewed the monopoly" cry in
an attempted discussion of the free wool
question. This cry has been often shown
to have no bearing whatever on our
American protective system. Those who
claim that tariff on manufactures
creates monopoly either do not know
the meaning of the word with which they
are frightened or they hope by its use to
Brighten others more ignorant than them
selves 1t is absurd to talk. as the Globe
does about the duty on wooden goods be-
ing defended by "a huge monopoly, con-
trolling not less than $lO0, 100000 of cap
ital and welding an enormous political
power" which sis Interested in main.
tanning the taxes because they protect the
ring from legitimate competition and
enable 1t to charge extortionate rates"
In the first place, there is not and there
cannot be any monopoly in the manufac-
ture of wooden cloth in this country We
have in operation nearly 1000 wooden
mills, according to the last census. There
is nothing in the tariff law or any law,
except the law of supply and demand. to
prevent there being 1000, 900. There is
not even a wooden trust" And there is
no serious talk or prospect of such
thing 1t is not possible TO form and
maintain trust in line Of product like
wooden cloth, which requires for its man
ufacture no other capital or material or
machinery than can be furnished at any
time, anywhere in any abundance.
In the second place protection does not
enable the wool manufacturers Ito charge
extortiopate prices" 1t has exactly the
contrary effect When there was little
protection, and therefore little production
at home, our people were at the mercy of
the foreign mill owner BY the stimulus
and encouragement of the protective
policy American factories have been es-
tablished, machines invented skilled labor
developed, until at length we have come
to produce fully one-sixth of all the
wooden goods consumed in the civilized
world. One consequence Of this is that
prices to the consumer have been steadily
declining. Year after year, decade after
decade, under the operation of the wool
taxes" the war tariff, the huge mon
opoly." etc, etc, the people have had to
pay less and less for their clothes and bed
ding. A single instance, out Of multi
tudc that might be cited, will serve to ex.
pose the arrant folly of the sort of talk
in which, for lack of something better,
free traders are wont to indulge. The
books of commission house in Boston,
which has been in business for something
like half century, show that grade Of
blankets costing S2,l04 at wholesale in
1850. under revenue only" tariff of Is
per cent, can be bought in 1888. under
tariff of 35 per cent and II cents pound
added for 81, 621.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-16
Soldiers OF the Nation.


There is about two years difference be-
tween the ages of Harrison and Cleveland,
the former being the elder. Harrison
had wife and two young children when
he went into the army. Cleveland was
twenty-five and unmarried. but he was u
copperhead, and he stayed at home and
enlisted in the crowd that fired in the
rear. Hence we have Vermont copper
head and British tory at the court Of
St James in the porson of Minister
Phelps. We have an eXrebel general on
the supreme bench. named by Cleveland
We have confcderates and Copperheads
high in Office everywhere and we have an
old New England Democrat who was al
most .yenomous Copperhead. named for
Chief Justice of the United States Tell
us, please. whyit is that naming two
Justices Of the United States Supreme
Couat, Mr.. Cleveland could not at least
name one who was loyal during the re-
Dcllon. Amid all this trampling upon
the old flag by rebel horders, amid the
great cry of patriotic devotion, when hus-
bands, fathers, sons, and brothers, bid
adieu to the loved ones at home, to risk
their lives for the honor and maintenance
for the flag against the black rebellion Of
slavery, Clcyeland, cold, selfish, dead to
patriotism and honor, with no one de.
pending upon him, would not lift hand
or even lend his voice and sympathy in
defense OF the nation. On the other
hand Harrison meets with Gov Morton
in the dark hours when treason almost
overran Indiana, severed the ties of Hus-
band and father, and led the boys to the
front and into the jaws of death to whip
rebellion.
Is it possible that one loyal soldier
shall stand by Cleveland against Har-
rison.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-16
An Accomplished Robin,

Thomas O'Dounell, OF Rondout. has a
.obin which whistlesl like a knocking bird.
This is probably due to the fact that 1t
was raised in company with mocker.
The robin whistles Johnny Get Your
Gun" Don't Leave Your Mother Tom
ETC., with all the sang frdid of Bowery
actor. Its powers OF mimicry are won.
derful. One day recently a man went
into a saloon, over the door Of which the
cage containing the robin Is hung The
bird gave a sharp. quick whistle. Aman
on the opposite side of the street heard
the whistle. and seeing friend entering
the saloon and believing that he had
whistled to him to come and take some.
thing" crossed the street. The man who
first entered the saloon denied having
whistled. but his friend insisted that he
had, and succeeded in getting Some
thing" In the early morning. when
things are quiet. the whistle of the bird
has been heard quarter of a mile.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-16
SIT Takes Time.o

Chicago lnter-Ocean.
There are thousands of factories in this
country which would have to shut down
If the Mills bill were to become law,
and before the campaign closes every
voter in all that class of factories will
understand at least that part of the
Presidential issue which bears on him.
self. To cast a vote for the ticket which
could not triumph without resulting in
lock out would be madness. All the
Doodle, foreign and domestic, which
could be raked together would be a poor
recompense for such calamity as that
The tariff, as general issue, Is hard TO
understand, but when it comes down to
practical application it is the simplest of
all political questions, and comes the
nearest home to the voters own pocket
and tireside. Such a campaign as the
one now unfolding is bound to be a
growth on its Republican side. 1t takes
time tor the people to get their bearings
and find out the nature aud extent of
their individual and local interest of the
issue at stake. 1t is not to be expected
that much interest will be felt in an
economic question unless it has home
application, direct or indirect. A great
moral issue, like anti.slavery, appeals at
once to the better nature, and enlists the
public sympathy, but it does not follow
that in the end it will be more enthusing
than an industrial issue. Eighteen hun
bred and sixty was a wonderful campaign.
but so was 1910, which, like 1888, turned
on the tariff. Before November came the
country was all ablaze with intense inter.
est in the result. Herein. as well as in
the head,hip Of the tickets of then and
now, there promises to be u striking
similarity. a....
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-16
MY WALK TO CHURCH.

Breathing the summer scented air
Along the bowery mountain way,
To snrwe nv cbnrch a mile away
Below, the glorious river lies
A bright, broad breasted, sylvan sea-
Fair as The hills of GalIIee,
Young flowers are In nv path. hear
Music of unrecorded tone.
its nulscs modnIate INV own,
The shadow on the meadows breast
Is not more calm than my repose
As step by step, am the guest
Ot every living tnlng tnat grows
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-16
WOmnn's Figure, Real and Ideal.


To get some comparison between the
sculptor chiseled it and as the mod
ern Chicago dressmaker and cloak
maker regard it, one cannot do better
than compare the proportions Of the
Medicean Venus with those of the
professional models who exhibit fine
goods for the sellers at the wholesale
and retail stores. The Venus is ) feet
inches in height, measures nearly Is
inches about the waist, "a inches about
the bust and At inches about the hips.
The upper arm measures - inches and
the wrist 6. From the base of the
skull to the waist is between ii and
Is inches, and from shoulder to Shout
der is Is inches. The approved d.
mansions for a cloak or dress model
as employed in most of the large city
houses do not differ from the Venus
greatly as regards height. Short wo-
men and tall women are needed in the
retail stores, but wholesale house
exhibiting samples to buyer will re-
quire 2 woman of about feet ) to
display its choicest good to advantage.
Her other measurements will be about
as follows: Waist % inches, or some
times 24; bust, 81 inches, or occasion
ally 81; hip measure, from As to AZ
inches; upper arm measure, Il inches;
distance from base of skull to waist
16l inches, and from shoulder to Shout
der, l3l inches. The modern meas
ure approximates the Greek measure
much more closely than it would have
done twenty years ago. Sixty years
ago there would have been very lite
comparison possible between the two.
Where the dressmaking model differs
from the statuesque model the diverg-
ence can be traced accurately to the
corset shape, which makes the waist
rather smaller, the bust and hip con-
siderably larger than they ought to be.
1t is the corset also which makes
the waist too long. Lack of suifi-
Gent amount of muscular exercise is
responsible probably for the missing
two inches in arm girth and the mis-
sing inch and half in shout sr width.
The professional models are, as a rule,
among the most symmetrical women
seen in the city as to measurements
not specified, and these respects ap.
proximate the Greek very nearly.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-16
and corporation that he could invade With I

and corporation that he could invade 18th
the power of money He Is probably as
deep in the coal and railroad ring opera
uons as ',Bill" Scott himself The bulk
OF his wealth has been made within the
last ten years. so that bis profits have
averaged not less than 81 .000 900 a year!
What greedy profits on the production
and transportation of the "necessaries Of
life" must have been made by the rings"
trusts" aud syndicates to which he be.
longs in order that, in ten years, he might
have fortune of $40, 900. 900! He is the
man who is to control the Democratic
campaign. appealing to laboring men for
votes, asking anti.monopoly support,
denouncing "robbcr taxes" and begging
the poor for their assistance at the ballot
box.
Western Republicans refused to make
Chauncy NJ. Depew their Presidential
candidate because he was railroad OFF,
cial. Look at the contrast. The Demo.
Gratis have placed their entire campaign
in control Of ring of millionaire mono
polists, coal barons, railroad barons. iros
barons and credit ombilier spectators in
railroad construction. There never was
SO colossal and grotesque an experiment
attempted in American politics. 1t will
be an egregious failure.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-16
FIVE CHEAP HARVEST EXCURSIONS
Rare Chance to View the Wonderful
Crops of the West, Southwest
and Northwest,

The most abundant ever known. Come
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Dates of excursions: Leave Chicago
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braska, Northwestern Iowa, Minnesota
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Rate: One fare for the round trip.
Tickets first. class and good 30 days for
return passage. Improve this opportu.
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season so bourtful. Be sure your tickets
read via the Great Rock Island Route.
which has its own lines to principal
points in all these States.
For rates and full particulars, address
VIM. Hickey, Passenger Agent, Daven-
port, Iowa, or E. A. Holbrook, G. L. &
p. A.. Chicago, Ills.