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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-12-08
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11

famous imposition which has been
planned by these lmonopolists. So
far as we have, been enabled to learn,
the farmers Of The central part Of the
State have thus far found good sub:
,stitutes for jute bagging and in sufi-
cient quantities, to answer present
demands. The merchants are buying
Burlaps, Dundee and Gunny bagging,
and we learn that one Of our largest
cotton manufacturers is pushing his
arrangements to put up a style of cot
ton goods which heshopes will meet
the case. We see that the Acme Manu-
featuring Co., Of Wilmington, N. c.,
has made a wrapping of pine straw
which does admirably well, and has
stood all the tests required by shippers
and insurance companies. We learn
also, that Capt. J. A; Peterkin, Of Fort
Molte, S. c., has ordered extensive
machinery by which he will make
wood bagging. He says he can saw
it one,eighth of an inch:thick of tough
timber, such as elm, sweet gum! Sc,
and can supply it at five cents per
yard and can supply 100000 feet per
day. He predicts that in the near
future every neighborhood will have d
mill for making wood bagging. OF
one thing we feel assured-that this
onslaught on the farmers by the
monopolists will result in the South
making its own bagging. We hope
it will be. done by own people and
that they will devise appliances for
utilizing every pound of u in
ferior grades of cotton in making it.
Meantime let our farmers put their
cotton up in cotton cloth, if they can
do no better. Let them use Burlaps,
Gunny or Dundee bagging or anything
else rather than buy the Trust Bag
ging. DO not use me gard Of 1t If you
can possibly avoad 1T.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11
A FORWARD

IA 4E 49,
Raleigh has organized a Chamber Of
Commerce and Industry. It is COM
posed of her best citizens, representing
all her interests. Already the mem
bership has reached nearly three hun
dred, and the deep interest manifested
in the movements angurs we'll for the.
future of our capitol city Co-opera-
tive effort is the mighty %propelling
power that is driving the world on
ward, and when these hundreds Of
enterprising, intelligent men shall lock
hands with a determination to sue
ceed, we are unable to foresee any
obstacle that can Withstand them.
Take short steps and sure ones, gen.
tlemen. Do not, at first, attempt huge
and mammoth enterprises. The capital
necessary to establish and operate
these will be forthcoming when the
situation offers the inducement. We
" "a +--
would prefer to see one hundred thou
sand dollars judiciously invested in
one hundred petty industries, as a
basis for commercial development,
than to see two hundred thousand
dollars invested in a mammoth cotton
factory. r. s5.is .tr. i
Give us diversified industries, and
thus give employment to the small
capital of skilled 'laborers, to their
wives and children, and thus make
our now surplus and idle population
of an active, thrifty and
prosperous population of producers. A
half million of dollars properly in.
vested, in and around Raleigh during
the next twelve months, would en-.
nance the value of property in territory
tributary to our city one hundred per
cent. in five years. Let the good
work be inaugurated with discretion,
with prudence, but with enthusiastic
courage and persistent determination,
and our beautiful city will soon stand
the happily crowned Queen of all our
attractive towns and cities.
49, HEEf Ae& p. = -.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11
ONE OF THE

The recent advance in the price of
cotton is largely ascribed by COM
mercial reporters in New York to the
light receipts resulting from the ter
rible fight between the cotton farmers
and the Bagging Trust. Suppose the
cotton farmers of the South should
place themselves in position to CON-
bine and withhold their cotton at their
pleasure for ever one month, couldn't
they make these Spectators squeal ?
They can do it if they will only raise
their own supplies at home. This
would make them masters of the situa-
ton and in ten years we would be the
richest and most independent people
on the earth. Let the Alliance ad.
dress itself to this great matter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11
A TRUST ON BRAINS.

The trust controls coffee, sugar,
bagging and SCORES. of other articles of
prime necessity to the people. It has
cornered tropical fruits, but the mean
est, perhaps Of all, is the school book
trust, BY which four publishing houses
control the entire school book trade of
the country. Thus we see competition
in all branches of trade stihed and
artificial pricestand values established
upon which these greedy robbers
grow fat and the producers and labor
ers of the land impoverished and
oppressed, must toll on without the
hope of relief. The people believe
that Congress could? do something for
their relief, but Congress, most of it's
time, is without a quorum. The mem
bers are busy looking after the more
important matter Of their reelection.
True they have a committee whose
duty it is to prosecute the ridiculous
farce of Investigating" these rascally
trusts and combines. We heartily
agree with Bro. Yeates, of the Char
lotte Democrat, +. when he says: +" In
stead Of pursuing the humbugging
Investigating business, Congress had
better do something to squelch the
"Trusts." There is~a large number
of voters and taxpayers throughout
the country who are beginning to be-.
lieve that there is lot Of humbuggery
in that thing called the. American
Congress. "a. 20 &a& ta5yt
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11
WORK FOR THE NATIONAL
ALLIANCE,

1t is now certain that among the
many important questions, which will
be brought before the National ALI
ance at its meeting next month will be
the consideration of the feasibility of
manufacturing bagging to meet the
annual demand of the cotton planters
of the South. It is eminently proper.
as the Alliance seeks to build up the
agricultural interests of the country,
especially is it Incumbent upon us, as
at present organized, to look after
the Immediate interests of Southern
farmers: II 2 { nCiI ,Y2-p1 vx.1
ANA admirable Circular Letter from
a committee of the Farmer" Union.
of Louisiana, has just been issued land
which we viii publish next weekly call
ing for representations ofanthe Cotton
States, to be sent by the State ALI
ances to the meeting Of the National
Alliance to confer together, as to the
best plans to be adopted for making
our own bagging at the South. The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER would suggest to
our people that they digest and pre-
sent such plans as may suggest, them
selves for the consumatieRs of this inn
portant step towards u commercial
independence. The cotton farmers of
North Carolina may be assured that
no effort will be spared by their repre-.
sentatives in that body to secure our
independence in this matter. But we
want your views. Write us in full
and we will gladly lay your sugges-
tons before the Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11
SAMPSON COUNTY.
SALEM ALLIANCE, Sept. l, '88

SALEM ALLIANCE, Sept. l., '88.
Col. l.. L. PoLK.-Dear Sw:-At
our last meeting in June we elected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
Prof. Isham Royal. President; S. A.
Howard, Secretary; John R. Cooper,
Treasurer; Erastus Cooper, Chaplain;
Redding Butler, Lecturer; Leonidas
Cooper, Asst. Lecturer; ANNA Hol'
land, Door Keeper; Eli Cooper, Asst.
Door Keeper; A. R. Butler, Serg't-at-
Arms. We also elected A. M. Butler
Business Agent. If you were per
sonally acquainted with all the above
mentioned, you would think us well
equipped, officially. We hold our
meetings in the Literary Hall Of Salem
High School. We meet twice each
month, and our meetings are generally
interesting. We discuss subjects OF
Importance to the Order.
This Alliance has adopted some
very important resolutions. Travel.
ing agents are being convinced in our
community that we have an agent to
do all our business. We number 40
members. We have nine female mem.
bers. Some of our members are not
of age. We are good for a large sum
in the Agency Fund. Our sisters are
strong. in the faith and claim to be
full, blooded Alliance women. They
are offering inducements to practice
economy, and think it better for us to
live the lives of ground-hogs for two
years than to be eaten up by the
canker worm known as the mortgage.
We are in favor of using inferior
grades of cotton for cotton. bagging.
Sister Katie Royal and Bro. J. A.
Cashwell were appointed at our last
meeting to read essays on subjects of
Importance for the benefit of the order.
1 will close by saying that I will
write more for The FARMER if you
consider this made up of Alliance
wool exactly one yard wide.
r g.. T. SMITH, Cor. Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11
HE WAS THERE.

The following telegram was received
in this city from the Texas State ALI
ance too late to be acted upon by the
Association, but the Executive Com.
mittee took the matter in hand and
our man was there: +
Il. l.. Polk, President Interstate Farmers
Convention, Raleigh, N. c..
Will you send your strongest man to
Washington on Sept. 1st, to cooperate
with men from Texas, Georgia, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee
and the, cotton exchanges of the South to
break the power of the jute bagging
trust? EVAN JONES, Pres't.
E. D. MAcREADY, Acting Sec'y. L..
Aug. %, '88: H. -. . l.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11
THE FIGHT WITH THE BAGGING
81 TRUST.

New and interesting phases are be.
ing almost daily developed in the fight
between the farmers of the South
and the monopolists of the Bagging
Combine. ION the, one hand, the cool,
domineering and arrogant money lord
says: "Ahl they may kick, but they
will have to come to it." And on the
other hand, the answer is:, We know
that quiet submission to this robbery
means putting over So, 900, 900 of our
honest earnings into your pockets, and
if we must lose it, we will spend it in
fighting oppression rather than in
fostering and building it up. We think
we can do without your jute bagging
about as long. as the world can do
without our cotton. We have not
forgotten that our fathers, over a
hundred years ago, were ~insolentlyi
told that they should submit to the
Stamp Act, but the naughty powers:
got thrashed for their insolence, and.
they We're told that they should dfadkI
taxed tea, but the tea was thrown into,
Boston harbor sas an answer. We
may be crippled and damaged, but
we intend to- fight, this robbery to the.
bitter end This is the defiant an
swer from the cotton fields of the.
South. But the farmers should re-
member that important and compli-
Gated interests are directly and'indi-
rectly involved, which though limo
cent, may be made to suffer serious
damage in this fight. Our farmers
who owe the merchants for supplies,
&c, advanced to" them should make
every reasonable effort and sacrifice
to pay their debts promptly at
maturity, and the merchants should
meet the farmers in the same honor
able and accommodating spirit. This
done, the farmer and the mer-
chant win both be protected, and thus,
enable the farmer to perfect such ex-
pedients as may save him from the in
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11
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PROTECTION AS SHE is.
A Knock-Dow Argument--The Big
gest Speech of the Campaign.

F - 80
EDITOR FARMER-Dear .Su:-I
noticed in your last paper that if a
man buys atsuit ofclothes for $23ahe
pays So for protection. This is moth.
ing in comparison with my experience.
/ had an overcoat sent from England;
cost $40; the freight on same was So.
When went to the custom house to
see if there was any duty to pay,
imagine my surprise when I found
| had to pay fourteen dollars. [ said
1 could not afford to pay this price,
and asked to have same shipped under
bond to England again. 1 was in
formed l could leave it alone, and that
it would be sold at some future date
at public auction.
These r just the absolute facts,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Again we want to say to our cores
pondents that they must 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. j
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11

-' r' |HF - F
r. Thirty.two members of the Texas
Legislature address the Governor, in
which they say: 4.a r1y# H. EJ,.nan
"1st. For six years Or. more, the
people of the State have been demand
ing legislation to restrain the railroad
corporations Of this State from violat-
ing plain provisions of the Constitu.
ton, and to restrict the powers of the
same to impose upon the products and
merchandise Of the country burden
some and extortionate charges for the
transportation of the same: arr
End. To every legislature for the
past six years have the people looked
and appealed in vain, for relief from
'thistforma of taxation, so griepous and
oppressive in~soane counties that the
revenue collected therein for the sup,
port of State and county governments,
sink into insignifcance compared with
that annually gathered by the rail.
roads of the State for transporting the
products of the-eountry to market"
Wesusubmit3 that what is true in
Texas infthis regard, is true through.
out the States Of this Union.
The net earnings of the Western
Union Telegraph company for the
past twenty years, aggregates the sum
OF $85,S40,0 89. If we add to these
vast sums the interest and profits that
are paid to other corporations and
trusts, together with the vast amount
OF interest on private indebtedness. It
is easy to discover why the condition
OF labor is daily becoming more in
tolerable.. The substance of the peo-
pie is eaten out by usury.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11
2 " THE, PRQGREssVE FARMER, SEPTEMBER !, 1888.

and when a man can buy an overcoat
in America shipped from England for
So, which in America cost one hun
dred per cent more, why shouldn't he
have this benefit, instead of having to
pay $14 for protection !?
Yours truly,
HOWARD E. STRUDWIGK.
Auburn, N. c., Sept. 5, '8S.
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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 usto 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, 1888-09-11

will greatly favor us if they win always give the
No. Of their Alliance. We have given the sixth and
the Alliance. Use them, brethren. For all official
orders, rulings, notices, &C., the brethren will ex-
anime these pages.]
Bro. R. T.. Harrington, of Arcola
Lodge, No. 9Ol, informs us that thew
meet on first and fourth Saturdays in
every month and have a membership
of IS. Attendance on meetings is
good.
Sister Julia Charlton, Secretary of
Cove Alliance, No. 1913, who sends the
resolutions endorsing the action of the
State Alliance in regard to the Bagging
Trust, informs us that her lodge,
which meets three times a month, has
now a membership of ~ffty-seven, and
is in excellent working order.
Bro. J. A. Edwards, of Ormonds.
ville,I gives us an encouraging report
from that Alliance, which is growing
very rapidly. He thinksit will mum.
Der at least-o hundred by Christmas.
The members are much pleased with
the plan of the business. agency, and
do not think the State Alliance could
have selected. a better man than Capt.
W. A: Darden for State Business
Agent. - s-1r-.
The SubcAlliances continue to en-.
dorse the action of the State Alliance
in regard to the Bagging Trust. Since
the last issue of the paper we have re-
ceived resolutions of endorsement
from the following Lodges: Salem,
No. l22, Moore county; Longsville,
No. lib; Cove, No. 1913; Atkinson,
Nc. 40, Caswell county; Cypress Creek,
No. 239; Arcola, No. 901, and Elwood,
No. 400, Cumberland county.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11
ENDORSEMENT OF THE ACTION
OF THE STATE ALLIANCE.

Resolutions of the Jones County
Farmers Alliance adopted September
lst, 1888, at a called meeting of the
County Alliance.
WHEREAS, The Farmers State ALI.
ance, in convention assembled, on the
l4th, 18th and 10th of August, did
pass unanimously certain resolutions,
the object of which being to defeat
the Bagging Trust Co. in it's attempt
to extract from the cotton farmers an
unwarranted and e~xtortionate price
for cotton bagging, such advanced
pricei if submitted to having a tendency
to rob the cotton planters of the South
to the tune of So, $780, 0O. Therefore
be it i
Resolved, That we, the Jones County
Farmers Alliance, endorse the action
of said State Convention, and pledge
ourselves to sustain the same by our
acts. And be it further
Resolved, That we use cotton frabric
of our own manufacture, even though
it be financially to our detriment, be-
lieving that we have lost nothing,
when we have gained a great principle
and established the fact that we have
manhood sufficient to resist such
tyranny.
Resolvea, That we denounce such
newspapers as are antagonistic to us
in this matter, and recommend that
we, as Alliance people, withdraw from
them u support. .~-f,oa.e
Resolved, That these resolutions be
sent to The PROGRESSIVE FARMER for
publication, and that other papers
friendly to us be requested to copy.
W. b. ,IsLER, ~ .s..
S. FL. MOORE, 81
II. A.. WHITE, Com.
September !, 1885, a3
Bro, E.R. Page introduced the fol-
lowing:
We, the delegates composing the
County Aniance-of Jones county, do
extend to- the Hon r. M. Simmons,
Representative from this the End
district, I'll endorsement and hearty
thanks for his efforts in Congress to
tighten the burdens Of the cotton
planters by placing jute bagging on
the free list, which plainly indicates
that we have in him a representative
who is watchful to protect us from
oppression and promote the agricultp-
raj interest of our country 1@ !
The above resolution was unani-
mously adopted and the Secretary
ordered to furnish The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER with a copy Of the above and
request its publication. se1 +
JAS. B SrANLY,
Sec'y Jones Co. f. A.
September l, 1888.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11

- If any errors have been made in
names or postofices, in changing our
mode Of mailing THE PRoaREssEvE FARMER,
we trust III subscribers will promptly
notify US of the fact, SO that correction
, may be made. :
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11

The people of this country have
never endured oppression long. Sooner
or later they have always found a
remedy. They will not submit much
longer to the spectators who are
stripping and starving them. One Of
these days they will put their enemies
in the penitentiary, or get rid of them
in a summary way.-AAanta Comstitu-
ton. A 80 1
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11

Morton is older than Harrison by
nine years; and Thurman is twenty.
three years older than Cleveland.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-11
ALLIANCE NOTES.

Members OF the Alliance, when writing tn 10
will greatly favor as If they will always give the
No. Of their Alliance. We have given the sixth and
seventh pages of -onr paper to the exclusive nse 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, 1888-09-11
RAEEIGH N. c., SEPT. IL. 1888.

This paper entered as secon6rdGss matter at the Post
Office in RGleigh, N. C1
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1888-05-23

Record Union: When Democratic
journal of the radically partisan stripe
gets astride what it deems a good sub
1ect for assault upon the political
enemy, il rides it to the dropping
point. 1t has been clearly stated over
and again that the Chinese treaty was
amended materially In the Senate,
under report of the Committee on For
eign Affairs, and that until it was so
amended ii had no chance of ratifica.
ton. Yet we find the Democratic
journals continuing to "boom" the
ratification of Mr., Bayard's treaty by
the Senate as an Administration vic.
tory, and asa rehuke to the California
Republicans, because their Convention
expressed disapprcval of the treaty as
it then stood. If so small provocation
as this generates enthusi asm 10 the
Democratic camp, what may we not
expect before the campaign of 1888 is
over?
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1888-05-23
Record Union: The explosion

Record Union: The explosion of
the steamer Julia was made the text
by hasty judgment for assault upon
the use of petroleum as steam fuel. 1t
turns out that the explosion was due
to defect in the interior crust Of the
boiler that ordinary, or perhaps even
extraordinary, prudence could not
have guarded against. The boilers
passed the usual official inspection,
and the severe tests applied, and yet,
according to the testimony said to be
contained in the official report for
warded to Washington, the crack es-
capped detection. This will remove
blame that has been hastily laid upon
the owners of the boat, and will also
restore confidence, disturbed by the
charges made, in the use of petroleum
as fuel under boilers. So far as we
have been able to make research, and
we have given considerable time to it,
there is no record of an explosion
where this fuel has been used, attribut
able to its use. There are 40 many
cases where it is desirable TO employ
such steam. creating agency, that it is
gratifying to know the reproach that
was heaped upon ii after The J uiia dis.
.aster, WIS unjust.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1888-05-23

To see Congressman Scott, who has
all his life been identified with mo.
nopolists and capitalists. yesterday, in
the House, attacking the trusts and
posing as the champion of labor, ex-
cited the amusement OF his Republican
opponents; but he was no more incon-
sistent than the Free Traders as body
when they claim to be the friends of
American industry. In fact there was
q kind of consistency in SCOTS ipcop.
sistency.