The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-10

heavy scourge resting upon man; but
through the ages that have elapsed
since mans creation-since mans fall
there has sprung up in every cline
and in every nation a class who are
making every possible effort to shirk
this great burden, and shuttle the re-
sponsibility upon another class. The
class to which / refer is the capital
lists, the money kings of the North
and the South, who are expressing the
laboring men that they may increase
their treasury at the expense of the
bone and sinew of the laborer.
The Alliance, as l understand it
and it's object, proposes to fight
capital, and foster and encourage
labor and laborers. 1t opposes trusts
and combines, high prices and high
taxes. 1t favors every measure that
tends to the advancement of the
farmer and his interest. This being
the object and aim Of the Alliance, it
is the duty of eUery member of the
order to buckle on the armor" that
he nay the more valliantly fight
against these expressions that threaten
the hopes and destinies of the yeomen
of our land and country.
The laborers of this land are the
bone and sinew of the land, and could
hold within their grasp the entire
management of our social, financial
and political government. But in
stead of rising up like men and uniting
for the accomplishment of this one
grand and glorious end, we have set
idly Willing away our time, while
trusts and combines have sprung up
around us and to-day hang over us
like a cloud of gloom, d4rkening our
future and blighting u every hope
for better days in the future. Thank
God, the egis has at last arisen which
can and will protect us-the farmers,
the laborers and the toiling sons whose
hearts and minds have been and are
being united in the grand and glorious
brotherhood of the Farmers Alliance.
Already have we curbed down the
wild cavorting trust made upon jute
bagging. The once furious beast that
threatened the lives of the cotton
farmers is now as tame and docile as
a lamb. Our substitute for jute has
become so popular that it is. being
adopted as the most suitable material
now extant for making the bridal
dress for both the bride and groom.
Methinks l hear from the sacred
lips of the great though departed
Washington, who lived in the good
old times: eco it, brethren" Yes,
the most of us have been trying to live
too fast; hence the cause of so many
of US being behind not only with our
creditors, but in every other way.
What we need now is men who will
put their shoulders to the wheels of
the Farmers Alliance car and push it
right along. 1t is on the right track;
it is headed toward the station of sue
cess, and all we need is workers who
are not afraid to roll this old car right
through to its destination even if it's
wheels crush to death any trust, COM
bine, corner or capitalist who is using
his means to Cypress the brawny sons
of toll. We feed and clothe the
nation, and our voices must not be
hushed in silence, but must be needed,
and u wants and needs supplied.
The work before us is a laudable
one, and we should go right at 1t and
mever give up our hold upon these &C.
cursed fends that howl at our doors
thirsting for our lives and u blood.
May God help us, brethren, to &C.
complish all the good possible.
Yours f~raternally,
A. A. ABERNETHY, Sec'y.