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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-17
A WORD SEASON.

I'm the near future there will be an
abundant crop of candidates for
various Offices before the people for
their suffrages. Among these, the
most important to the farmers of the
State will be those candidates for
seats in our State Legislature. Let
the farmers, therefore, take an active
and prominent part in the selection Of
the very best men to whom is to be
confded the highly important and re-
sponsible work of making our laws.
Let them demand such men as they
kaoW to be friendly to their interests.
Let solid, sound men-men of integ-
rity and of high character be chosen,
and on all questions affecting the
rights and interests of the farmers,
let there be no doubt as to the position
of the candidates.. If there be laws
you wish enacted, laws you wish
repealed or amended, declare what
these laws + and let your candidate
be the man who will use his faithful
endeavor to carry out your wishes.
Remember, he is not your master or
political boss, but he is your servant.
1t is all important to the agricultu-
raj interests of the State that the next
legislature shall be friendly to those
interests and we admonish our friends
to see to it that such men as will in
terest themselves to advance them be
sent to represent them. 1t does not
follow that because an aspirant for
legislative honors is a farmer, that he
is necessarily the man to select, for
we have seen some awful mistakes in
this matter, but whoever he be-. let
him be a man who feels, and whose
life and record shows hat he regards
the educational and industrial interests
Of our people as paramount to all
other considerations of State policy.
Go to your primaries, be you Demo-
crat or Republican, and to your county
meetings and demand that such men
shall be chosen for this very import
ant work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-17
RALEIGH, N. c., JULY II, 1888

[ This pdpe1. entered as secoRd-clGss matter at the Pos,
Office In RaleiQh,N ". CT .r--a.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-17
TWO MORE STATES FALL INTO
-f.L III f-~.1w LINE. Tzs. tn gATT

On the 18th inst. the South Carolina
Farmers State Alliance was organized
at Florence. Twelve counties and
one hundred and sixty-four Alliances
were represented. It was a splendid
body of men and the finest spirit pre-
vailed throughout the proceedings.
We regret that we are forced to defer
the publication of our notes until our
next issue.
The Virginia State Alliance was
organized on the 18th inst. and a tele-
gram informs US that Hon. G.. F.
Barber was elected President. We
hope to give an account of these two
organizations next week. ,2as as.zr
W. now have State organizations
in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Geor.
gia, Indian Territory, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Texas and Virginia.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-17

and when is this to be done ? In the
Sub-Alliances. So do not imagine,
dear brother, that because you are not
a delegate TO your County or State
Alliance, that you are not responsible
for. the action of. these bodies. The
men who comprise them were selected
by yous because Of their supposed fit,
ness to do the work, but after all
under u representative form of gov
eminent, they are but your munth;
piece-your servants. So, if sou Want
certain measures -institutednfo r the
good Of, the order discuss and consider
them fully in your meetings and let
your delegates knowawhat your wishes
are.9& let us not fail in doing our
duty-let US recognize the fact that
every member, of the Alliance has a
work to do, and that he cannot trans
ferJthe task to the hands of another.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-17
THE TRUE SOURCE OF POWER.

"All power is vested in and derived
from the people," are the immortal
words of the founders of our govern
ment and this declaration is the basis
upon which is grounded the temple of
our liberties. Following the teachings
of those great and wise men, the
Farmers Alliance was careful to pre-
serve this great and fundamental
principle of righteous government
when it addressed itself to the noble
task of constructing an organization
for the benefit of the farmers of this
land. In u political government
the people, in their primary capacity,
are the source of all political power.
For convenience, these powers are
transferred by the action of the people
to delegated authority. So in the
Alliance all power is vested IN the
membership, in their Subordinate
Alliances. The Subordinate Alliances
are the foundation stones Of the whole
superstructure. How important then
that this foundation should be placed
Of the very best material and in the
best and safest manner One mistake
in this matter might ultimately prove
the downfall of the whole structure.
No defective material should be adj
mitted. The safety and prosperity
and success of the Alliance is at the
doors of the Su6-AHaances Guard weH
and faithfully the doors, and all waU be
aDeU.
Our State Alliance will meet on the
l4th of August; and too many, we
fear, are depending on the action of
that body for the accomplishment of
results, and doing OF saying nothing
which might aid that body in its
work. OF whom is the. State Alliance
composed 2 Of men who belong to-
Sub-Alliances !? What will theycdo
when they meet !? They>will do what
in their judgment will best subserve
the great objects ofsour noble order.
How are they to know what should be
done? They should get3that knowl;,
edge from their brethren who study
closely the best interests of our cause
and endeavor to devise the very best,
plans for serving those interests. How
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-17
THE GREATEST SHALL BE
~ = LEAST.

In running over the estimated ap-
preparations by Congress for the
various departments of the govern
ment for 1889, one cannot but be i'm
pressed with the idea that in this
country the "greatest shall be- least"
The estimate for the Agricultural
DeTpar'm ent is Sl,o61,e25; Of this
amount SleO,oOO.Bi paid in salaries,
while $500, 600 ofitgoes to the Bureau
of Animal Industry. They propose
to spend $lo4, 900 of it in the distribu,
ton Of seeds "A majority Of our
readers know something Of the meth
DDS by which these seed are sent out,
and they have IN idea of then: value
to the farmers of the country. They
know that the members Of Congress
use them largely to. secure the favor
Of certain farmers, and thereby, secure
their aid in the "next election" rG5z
But the bill gives for the support
of the other nine departments the
enormous. sum of $325,468,8 68.
But the agricultural interests of the
country are taxed heavily to fill a
treasury now burthened with a surplus
of Sl25, 900, 900 and u statesmen (?)
don't know what to do with it. The
above figures show that they are
making an effort to get rid of a part
of it, at least.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-17
BE FAITHFUL AND FIRM.

The motto Of Davy Crockett has a
deal of philosophy and wisdom in it.
First, +" be surs you are right"-have
no doubt or question in your mind on
that point, and being right, "then 60
ahead Do not falter, do not hesitate,
but with the ler5 courage and pluck of
true m 1aaanrlilnpees ,3sa Ego ahead This is
the,spirit that animates our Alliance
brethren in other States, and, we are
proud to- see SO many evidences that
it is the great governing principle
among our members in North Caro-.
lima. = i -, a. "
Recently, in the States of Texas,
Tennessee, Florida and Arkansas, the
capitalists and spectators, fearing that
the Alliance Exchanges of those States
would interfere with their plans for
robbing the people of their honest
earnings, combined to crush the Ex-
changes. In Texas the banks who
had contracted to furnish the Ex-
change with stipulated amounts of
money on which to operate, and the
merchants, combined to strike. as
they yainly imagined, a death-blow at
the Exchange, and without notice, the
contracts were withdrawn or broken.
But it was to them a most humiliating
and overwhelming failure. For as
500 as the officers of the Exchange
detected it, the Alliance was notified,
and like true and faithful and de-.
termined men, they rallied to the sup
port of the Exchange and resolved at
once to put their Exchange on a solid,
permanent, business basis, by raising
81, 000, 000tfor it. They have agents
~canvassing the State in the interest of
this fund, and it will be forthcoming.
The same amount is to be raised in
Georgia, and they are pushing it with
the assurance of success.
Ordinarily, in such a trying crisis,
men would have shrunk and stood
abashed and bewildered in the face
of such a formidable combination.
But not so with the noble Macune and
the noble men who are standing by
him. They were sure they e right
and they r determined to 60 ahead.
This is the spirit and pluck that al
ways wins in all departments of human
effort. 3~i &-'aS @ g. 1ls
We expect strong and determined
opposition-an opposition that will
test the loyalty of every member to
the orders and to- principle It will
come in the form Of powerful combina-
tons, ST bgBib Ee and alas, it may be
that we will find it in the well-con-
cealedR treschery of unworthy men
who have crept into our ORDER Let
each member be on the alert Tor out
side enemies and inside foes. We are,
aware that certain influences are at
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-17
"WILL NEVER GET ANOTHER
FARMERS VOTE" $685.

That vigilant, bold and enterprising
journal, the Farm and Home, of
Springfield, Mass, goes for the Senate
branch of its State Legislature with
gloves off. The farmers of that State
asked the legislature to prevent the
coloring of oleomargarine like butter;
to stop this fraud Upon the people. A
bill was introduced:in the lower house
and went through by an overwhelming
vote. 1t was killed in the Senate.
The farmers say "that 20 of the
Senators went back on them and they
will never get another farmers vote"
The Farm and Home says " the recre-
ants are both prominent Republicans
and prominent Democrats. This proves
what we have so often stated, that
both parties cater to the farmers
merely. to gel, their votes, and after
securing them let the farmers interests
suffer. n.-rsai, s~ sa:3s1ssy pe=s 500.
Our able contemporary writes as
though this was a new development
among the politicians Of his State. We
had really thought that Massachusetts,
was always abreast of the times in all
things. but they seem to. have fallen
behind ain the progressive march of
modern politics.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-17
q TO

Again we want to say to our cores
pondents that they mast give us their
real names if they expect US to publish
their articles. We must have their names
as a guarantee of good faith. And again,
we must ask our friends-all-to con-
dense what they have to say-boil it
down. We are anxious to give as great
variety as possible to our readers, and to
do this the articles should be short and to
the point.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-17
963 Alliances to-day.

963 Alliances to-day.
Lincoln County Alliance was organ.
lied on the 9Th inst.
Bro. III. P. Killian, organized Hlck-
DRY Grove Alliance, in Lincoln county,
on the I'd inst. 49,.
Bro, E. B. Warren, Secretary of the
National Farmers Alliance says, there
are nine thousand six hundred and
twenty nine sub-Alliances, organized
in fifteen States.
L. R. Dixon, Of No. 342, Collision,
reports things in good condition.
Wheat is a little over a half crop;
prospects for cor poor;. cotton small,
but growing finely; rain needed badly
at this time.
Pender County Alliance was organ
lied on the 9Th inst, thirty sub-Alli.
ances being represented. Bro. G. W.
Jones has done creditable work in
Fender. Two more sub-Alliances have
been added since the 9Th.
The National Alliance will meet in
Meridian, Miss Bro. Love, President
of the Mississippi State, writes that
hotel accommodations will be ample
and that the good people will give the
Alliance a cordial welcome.
A correspondent writing us from
Rhodes, N. c., speaks very encourag-
ingly of the crops, and says, while
they are a little later than last year,
the prospect is Of their being equally
as good and in some cases better.
Secretaries of County Alliances will
please report to this Office the changes
in officers Of the County Alliances, at
the last quarterly meeting, giving post
Office and nearest express office of the
Secretary. They will also send in their
quarterly reports at the earliest prac-
ticable time.
Bro. Al. Southland, Of Niagara
Alliance, No. $40, says that he be-
lieves that the Business Agency fund
is a stepvin the right direction, and
EE -
says he is confident that they will raise
more thanoa hundred dollars in his
Alliance. Crops r small for the
time, though they look we'll.
Bro. John B. Yarboro writes us
that Red House Alliance elected Off
cersron the 10th of June. Thos. w.
Long, PRESIDENT, and JohnB. Marlboro,
Secretary. A hail-storm visited this
vicinity about four weeks ago and did
great damageetos the wheat crop; oats
was also damaged very .mueh Fruit
was destroyed, gardens were ruined,
and, our tobacco crop is about two,
thirds planted and is q very bad stand.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-17
ft7 AZ ~
+: STRETCHING OUT.

We are gratifed to receive the fol.
lowing telegram from the President
of the Virginia State Alliance:
LURAY, VA, July II, 'SS.
l.. l.. Polk, RALEIGH, N. c.:
Your paper. The PRoGREss1vE
FARMER, has just been adopted by our
State Alliance as its official organ.
G. F. BARBEE. President.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-17
PLEASE NOTICE.

In writing to this office to change the
address of a paper, our subscribers will do
us a favor by stating the Office at which
the paper is received, as well as the one
to which it is desired to be sent. Failure
to do this puts us to a great deal of trouble
and the necessity of going through a long
list of names, involving not only much
work, but much loss of time, when time
is valuable.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-17
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.]
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-17
Fl PROGRESSIVE FARMER, JULY H4,rlFssso.

work in our State against the Alliance
that they are being used ~coyertly,
but they will signally fail: The thing
for all Alliance men to do is, fsBe
sure you are right, then go ahead"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-01-10

THE annual report of the u. S. Secre-
tary of State, which was made public
December 8th, has the following para
graph: The British Government and
that of Canada together are proposing
the establishment of lines of first-class
steamers from Vancouver to Japan. A
subsidy is likely to be paid of $500, 900
annually, 945,OOO from England and
ELS 900 from Canada. There will also
be contributed from the naval reserve
fund probably So per ton annually for
each ship constructed for the route,
which will increase the sum to probably
$4,000. Under such competition it is
quite easy to conjecture what will be-
come of the American flag and our re-
sources in che way of naval reserves in
the North Pacific.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-01-10
GarmoyIe and the COBRA.
New York Mail and Express.J

Lord Garmoyle can appreciate good
stdry-when he tells it himself. His ad-
venture with cobra when in India shows
him to be man of nerve II was awak-
ened one night by severe pain in one Of
my toes. Looking down in the dim light
cast by the moon was Mortified to discover
that 1 was being bitten by cobra, the most
poisonous of reptiles. To stop to kill the
snake would be to let the insidious poison do
its deadly work 1 did not hesitate, how
ever, but, swiftly snatching my revolver
from beneath my pillow, with hasty aim
shot off the wounded toe, while another
empty chamber instantly told of a dead
cobra have only four toes on my left foot
now, you know"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-01-10
THE MAILS.

The Australia, due to-day, will bring
large letter and newspaper mail for the
Post Office, and also paper mail for
the newsdealers. Owing to smallpox
being prevalent in San Francisco, the
Board Of Health is taking every precau-
ton to prevent the disease being intro
duced into this city. Naturally, soon
after vessel arrives in port people ex-
pect to get their mail from the Post Of
flee and the newsdealers. But to-day
they may have to wait couple of hours
or perhaps more, as the entire mail for
the Post Office and the newsdealers will
have to be fumigated before being landed
There will probably be few grumblers,
but prevention is better than cure. 3" The
Board of Health is perfectly right in the
matter. Our past experience with small
pOx has been bitter one.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-01-10
Why the Dog Wouldn't Eat.
Chambers Journal. ]


1t is related by Professor Bell that when a
friend of his was travelling abroad he one
morning took out his purse to see if it con-
tanned sufficient change for days jaunt he
proposed making. He departed from his
lodgings, leaving a trusted dog behind.
When he dined he took out his purse to pay,
and found he had lost gold coin from it.
On returning home in the evening his ser
want informed him that the dog seemed to
be very i'll, as they could not induce it to eat
anything. He went at once to his favorite,
and as soon as he entered the room the faith
full creature ran to him, deposited the gold
coin at his feet, and then devoured the food
placed for it with great eagerness. The
truth was that the gentleman had dropped
the coin in the morning; the dog had picked
it up and kept it in its mouth, fearing even
to eat lest it should lose its masters property
before an opportunity offered to restore it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-01-10
Clothes-Wringers Will Burst.

New York Sun.
"Why, yes, of course, clothes wringers will
burst" said a Barclay street hardware
dealer, in reply to reporters inquiry. "The
pressure on them when they are blocked
with wet clothes in a laundry or shirt factory
is often enormous; but unless the boiler at
tached to them bursts too don't see how
much damage can be done Even the hand
machine sometimes bursts when the operator
tries to hasten the completion of her own
work by making the wringer do more than
its share, but except the probab ility Of her
being discharged 10y her mistress, if she has
one, or having to buy new wringer if she
owned the broken machine don't think she
runs any risk of being hurt.
II can't imagine how the world would get
on now without wringing machines. Of
course it did SO once, and our clothes were
just as clean as they are to-day, and lasted
longer; but the time has gone by when
servant girl would wiring tubful of clothes
nearly dry, with her strong hands and never
complain. Ask her to do half the work now
and hear what she will say"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-01-10
Irish Funds.
IRIaka1V HALL

One man unlucky as to bullets is lucky as
to the resultant dollars He is ODonovan
Rossa whose income from contributions has
been multiplied since he was shot. / have
taken a great deal Of pains to find out how
much has been given, first and last, to the
various funds for the destruction ct Eng
land
At the close of the civil war in 1865 Fem
ianism under O'Mahony in this country, and
Stevens in Ireland was in full blast. Officers
in the Union and Confederate armies who
were Irish, or of Irish descent, joined the
Fenian ranks, and hosts of them were quietly
shipped over to Ireland to work the organ
lied fighting material there into military
shape These men were paid out Of the
Fenian treasury, according to the rates paid
TO United States officers. Plans were
made, and She money was rapidly gath
cred for the arming of the "men in the gap
1t is said that at one time as much as 10000
a day were poured into the treasury, out Of
which Stevens got $4,000 a day. The dis
ruption of the organization and the invasion
of Canada followed. The Fenian Sisterhood
brought exactly $4,000 into the treasury.
Out of that 81 900 came all the lamentations
over the robbery Of the poor Irish servant
girls.
The bonds of the Irish Republicans are be-
l1eved to be the creation of William r. Rob
erts KiIlian's name is affixed to them as
financial secretary, but it is said they were
already in existence when he joined the or
ganization. These bonds brought 1867 900.
A million dollars of them were issued. All
the remainder over the 1867, 900 were found
by the investigating committee of the Moffat
mansion, at the virtual close of Fenianism,
in the safe. and were sent around as curiosi-
ties, and in all probability were sold for
their face value to fools Of both sexes by
rascals Of nearly all nationalities. Patrick
Ford's more recent emergency fund amounts
altogether to $4,000, and Rosa is under
stood to have collected, within ten months
about as much more.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-01-10
Tea-GrOwing in the Caucasus.
foreign Letter1

Owing to the growing depression in the
wheat crop the Russian government has
decided to start the coming summer a tea
plantation en- large scale at Soukum. Kali,
in the Caucasus region, and to import coolies
from China to work it. Experiments in
small way have proved that tea can be
grown in the Caucasus, but so far it has cost
almost as much per pound as that grown by
the United States government in South
Carolina, which was a matter of 81 80 a
pound or Whereabouts. Russians are great
tea-drinkers, importing annually n, OOO, 600
pounds, one-half of which is brought over
land across Siberia and the remainder to
Odessa and Cronstadt by sea.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-01-10
Supreme Court-January Term.
- o
MONnAv Tapr

MONDAY, January 9th.
w. o. Smith, assignee of A. F. Cooke.
vs.. Castle & Cooke. Replevin. The
respective counsel in open Court orally
waive trial by jury at this term. W.O.
Smith for plaintiff, w. R. Castle for de-
PENDANTS.
The King VS.. F. J. Tesla. Libel. De-
cision upon demurrer of defendant.
His Honor sustains the demurrer of the
defendant for the reason that the lang
u2ge IN the alleged libel is not consid-
cred defamatory. a P. Peterson, Dep
uty Attorney General, for the Crown !;
Antoine Rosa for defendant.
The King VS.. Nj. P. WaiwaioIe, gross
cheat. Certified up from December
term Circuit Court of Second Judicial
circuit. Tried before Hawaiian iurv
a. T. Peterson. Deputy Attorney Gen
eral, for the Crown; John w. Kalua for
defendant. The jury returned a verdict
OF not guilty, two dissenting.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-01-10

THE longest street railway in the
world will be that with which it is pro-
posed to connect a number of towns near
Buenos Ayres, South America, and
which will have total length of 200
miles. The road will also be exceptional
in that sleeping cars will be run upon it
for the comfort of passengers. Horses
viii be employed as motive power in
stead of steam, because horses are cheap,
fue' is dear and the people are slow.