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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21

verified form. Representatives of the
Jute Mills were present and made
propositions, but the determination Of
the cotton planters seems to be, that
since we have been forced, in self-de-
tense, to take action Ia the matter, we
should adopt a policy and push it to a
grand consummation, which will give
US bagging made of a Southern tex
tile, by Southern men in Southern
mills, and thus, in this important ill.,
| dustry, establish our independence.
We have reason to believe that the
order will be able to get all the cotton
bagging needed for the crop of this
year, and at prices that will pay us to
use it. OF this we will a more in
our next, when we hope to lay the
whole matter before u read
ers. The Presidents of the State
Alliances, Wheels and Unions are in
structed to call meetings of the county
organizations of their respective bodies
on the first Tuesday in June, to con,
slider this and other important matters
which will be presented to them
through circulars and otherwise. An
other matter of scarcely less impor-
lance engaged the attention of, the
body, and on which it took a very
firm and decided position. 1t econ.
mends to the farmers of the South not
to sell any cotton seed now on hand
for less than twenty cents per bushel
and not to engage the seed of the
growing crop until further advised. It
also took action for obtaining school
books, stationery, supplies, &C., from
first hands and at prices entirely salts
factory. This action relieves us from
the clutches of another merciless trust
or combine. These matters will be
fully and plainly laid before our peo-
pie at once.
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER is promised
an official copy of u proceedings,
which we hope will reach US in time
for our next issue.
Would like to write more and say
something of the personnel Of the body
and of this wonderful city, but must
desist. L. L. P.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21

trially, can ever be materially and
permanently advanced, either by the
presence of the negro ace or by the
influx of a mongrel foreign popula-
ton.
We stand by the native manhood
of u own splendid old Anglo-Saxon
blood, which has been so gloriously
illustrated in all our annals and by
the Unreasonable capabilities of our
God-favored State for the develop
ment of our civilization and for the
fulfllment of our high destiny. No.
Our position is, if the negro wants to
stay, let him stay; and if he wants if
he wants to go, let him go.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21

ceeds have been diverted from the
purpose and appropriated to State lit
erary institutions and in divers ways.
It is gratifying to note in this connec-
ton the resolutions adopted by the
Wake county farmers and published
last week, and the action of our Board
of Trustees on this subject. There is
perfect harmony between our farmers
and board in the purpose to make
our college a strictly frst-class agricut-
tural college.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21
COLLEGES.
Farmers Sons have Received Abso-
lutely No Benefit from their
Existence.
From the New York Sum-


WASHINGTON, May 8.-W. o. At
water, in charge of the work at the
experiment station established by the
Agricultural Department, assisted by
A. w. Harris and A. G. True, of this
division, is preparing a bulletin, which
will be published this year, giving a
history of the department and a sketch
of the progress of education in agri,
cultural colleges and schools. Under
this latter head the subject of agricul-
tural instruction is discussed at length.
1t is acknowledged that the purpose
for which agricultural colleges were
established in the several States, and
to which the government contributed
by liberal grants of land and money,
has not been realized. The colleges
do not educate men for the farms, but
for professions, and the tendency of
their teachings has been to draw
young men from the farms instead of
fitting them for work on them. The
curriculum in most cases is too ex-
tensive for the average farmers son
to undertake, and in most cases also
the expenses are too great for the
average farmers son to meet. The
consequence is that the class for whom
the colleges were assigned have re
ceived absolutely no benefit from their
existence"
MI. Atwater has found only three
of these schools, one in Minnesota,
one In Connecticut and one in Vir
glnia, which have come up to the
standard of a truly agricultural school
He states a fact when he says that the
government made liberal grants Of
land to the States for the purpose Of
enabling them to establish these col
leges, and it would be an interesting
story to the farmers of the country *
tell how these lands and their pro
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21
ENs1LAGE CONVENTION.

GONE two hundred wide-awake, in
y telligent farmers met a short time
ago in the city of Cleveland, O., tc
compare notes and discuss the ensi,
lage question in all it's bearings. II
was so to speak an ensilage institute,
where those who had experimental
with, tried or wanted to learn of them,
met and discussed the pros and cons
of the question purely from the farm,
ers' and feeders standpoint, with no
object but to give and receive as much
information as possible. These men
were from various States, and from
sections where farming varies greatly,
but every one, without an exception,
who had given the silo a trial, said
that it was a great success.
The Western Farmer, referring to
this meeting, says: The fact was de-
monstrated that feed can be kept in
the very best condition for feeding by
the use of the silo, and the only ques-
ton to be determined in deciding
whether or not to adopt it in the
West is the question of expense.
Where hay and other fodder a be
had in plenty and as cheaply as on
the native prairies, the silo is not
likely to become very common, but
where the feed supply is growing
shorter, where the land is all taken
up, and yet the farmer is anxious to
increase his herds, which means an
increase in the feeding capacity of his
farm, the silo opens a way for him to
do it, for an acre of ensilage corn will
make five or six times as much teed
as will an acre of meadow.
At this convention it was claimed
and conceded that under ordinarily
favorable circumstances ensilage could
be put into the silo at an expense Of
80 cents per ton and an acre will pro
duce from twenty-five to thirty tons
one ton of which will feed an ordi
nary COW fifty days. From this it is
easy to see how greatly the feeding
capacity of the farm can be increased
for it would take the hay from two
good acres to keep such a COW a year
There is one other point in favor O
ensilage that was brought out very
strongly, and that was that it being
succulent feed all kinds of stock die
better when at least a part Of ever,
days ration was ensilage.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21

porations multiply and "wax fat"
while the agriculturists of the land
are sinking under their accumulatlng
load every day. We call the attention
of our readers to the picture presented
in the able letter of Bro. Brush. OF
Kansas, published to-day. 1t will be
seer that the farmers of the South
Atlantic and Gulf States. are not the
only ones who are struggling and
staggering under these unequal and
crushing burdens. 1t is so to a greater
or less degree throughout this broad
land.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21
RESOLUTIONS.
BLADENBoRo, Bladen Co., N. c.,
Anril 9th. 1889

BLADENBORO, O4au0u w., W
April 9th, 1889.
Mr.. ED1roR:-At the meeting Of
the Bladenboro Alliance, No. 52S9held'
to-day, the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted and ordered
sent The PROGRESSIVE FARMER for
publication, viz:
That inasmuch as the manufacturers
of iute bagging r more fully pre-
pared than ever before to extort from
the down trodden toilers high and
unjust prices for their article; n as
we believe it our duty, and as we de-
sire and intend, by the help Of Co.,
to cut loose as quick as possible from
trusts and monopolies, and as the use
of cotton for bagging will tend to ad-
vance the price of cotton; be it there
fore
RESOLVED, L. That for next season
we will use cotton bagging, and no
other kind, provided it can be oo-
tanned.
2. That we earnest invite the atten'
ton of u cotton brethren through
out the State to this important matter
so that we may make a move in time
and in the right direction to secure
cotton cloth bagging.
Yours ~fraternally,
A. J. FREEMAN, Secy'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21
A LINE r o HALIFAX.
AURELIAN SPRINGS, May 8, 3!

OPE1NGS, MAY y, 90.
EDITOR FARMER Our Sub-Alliance,
No. S94, is in hearty sympathy with
the movement to protect ourselves as
farmers against the jute bagging
monopoly, and would do all in our
power to further the cause. The roll
of jute bagging was an entire stranger
to this vicinity last season. Our eyes
did not rest upon a single one, and we
trust that some or all of the various
schemes for supplying covering for
the cotton bale will succeed SO as to
make us independent of the trust.
+. Our progress here must be slow. l
mean as to financial improvement, and
availing ourselves of the advantages
that Alliance measures offer to those
able to avail themselves of them, be-
cause we are poor, and many, if not
mortgaged to the merchants for sup
plies, owe for them and are in honor
bound to pay. The wretched crops
of the past year render these causes
more patent. But we are determined
to work out by making home supplies
and economizing, in which effort we
are greatly assisted and encouraged by
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER. Wishing
great success to the Birmingham meet
ing, and that we have you with us
this summer, | remain,
Yours fraternally,
r. A. PATTERSON, Prest.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21
NOTES.

A typographical error in Mr..
| Norwood's article on Grass Culture,
on our 4th page, makes Vice-Presi-
dent Talbot, of the R. I'd. R. R., say
there was ga need of the Railroad
Commission" On the contrary, he
said there was no need of the Com
mission.
At a regular meeting of Roam
oke Farmers Alliance, held at Ham
iIton, N. c., on the 18th inst, a
resolution calling upon the Executive
Committee of the State Alliance to
make arrangements to secure the man
utacture Of cotton bagging or of good
material, other than jute, to supply the
Alliance men of North Carolina for
the coming season.
We are greatly indebted to the
of Craven county, for a most cordial
invitation to accompany them on an
excursion to Morehead City on the
22nd inst. We greatly regret that
the pressing duties of u Office forbid
any enjoyment of this kind. We
would greatly enjoy it, and greatly
need the recreation, but we are on a
tread-mill that exacts every day, every
hour, every moment of our time.
May you have a refreshing season OF
pleasure, good friends !
We are proud to announce to
the brethren In our State that Bro.
Harry Tracy, of Texas, will reach
North Carolina on the 5th of June,
and will spend only six weeks on a
lecturing tour among our people.
Announcements of the places and
dates at which he will address the
people, will appear in our paper next
week. Harry" as he is familiarly
known all over the West, is a great
favorite with the brotherhood and has
done valuable work in Mississippi fol
several month past. He will receive
a warm welcome among u brethren
in North Carolina.
\ x We are in receipt Of a very
kind letter from a highly esteemed
friend, in which he assumes that THE
Progressive FARMER :" 0dUases" the
negro to leave the State. Our friend,
we know, would do us no injustice,
and we therefore ask him to read
again all that we have said on this
subject, and we know that he viii
agree with us that we have neither ad
vised them to go or to stag. We
simply intended to convey our con
viction that if he wanted to go We
should let him go. The P~RoGREssIvI
FARMER does not share the belief thai
the progress and development o.
this great section and people, fnan
cially, intellectually socially, morally
politically, commercially or indus
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21
THE NORTH CAROLINA COL
LEGE OF AGRICULTURAL
AND MECHANICAL
ARTS.

TNHE election of a President, Pro.
J. fessors of Agriculture, Horticul-
ture, Practical Mechanics and Mathe.
matics, Agricultural Chemistry, En-.
glish, and several assistants will take
place shortly to fill the chairs of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
We sincerely hope that the matter
will be thoroughly advertised and
that the best men in the world for
these places will be obtained. The
President ought to be the foremost
Agriculturist of all the land and
money enough to get him ought to be
paid.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21
MISLEADING AND DANGEROUS

One great danger to which the peo-
pie are constantly exposed is, being
Led astray by false ideas of the pros
perity, greatness and progress of the
nation, taken from the forid rhetoric
and bombastic boasting Of demagogic
orators on public occasions, and dur
ing the excitement Of public celebra-
tfons. All kinds of silly boasts and
assertions are common on such occa,
sions, none of which will bear the
analysis of cool reason, and all of
which are made merely to excite a
senseless enthusiasm and lull the sus-
picions of the masses, whose foolish
pride and thoughtless patriotism are
made the means of their betrayal.
When progress has been made by one
interest alone it may be well enough
for that interest to boast of it, but it
Is scarcely reasonable that those at
whose expense it has been made
should join in the jubilation.-Na-
ttonGt Economist.
Never was there truer words uttered.
HE PROGRESSIVE FARMER has con.
tended, from the date of it's first issue,
that the great industries of the coun.
try are out of balance, that certain
sections and their interests are fatten,
ing at the nursing-bottle of a partial
government, while others are SLOWLY
md surely pining into death. For
d spring up IN a day, railroads
come into being as if by magic; vii
lagos, towns and cities flourish, cor
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21
THE SITUATION.

This "farmers' movements" what
is it? Whittier does it tend What
is the true intent and meaning of it
Is it a real movement, or, as Prof.
Huxley would say, a mere tragicomic
march no whittier g? These labor
strikes, moreover, what significance
have they? Here RI profoundly
important questions for solution.
Questions, very grave, which evident
ly modern craftsmanship does not
stand prepared to answer. Satisfac-
tory solution is not to, be arrived at
by denying the realities of the situa-
ton, and by. minimizing the signif-
canoe and Importance of the questions,
and by denouncing with contempt
uous scorn the leaders of this move
ment. . ~
Let none deceive themselves. This
movement is real, earnest, determin-
ed; neither are its causes imaginary.
Instead of ridiculing, it behooves
statesmen to enter, without delay,
upon a deeply earnest study. of the
matters at issue. For the solution of
these new questions, so intensely
pressing, old maxims from the
aphorism of ancient sage, preserved
among the traditions of the elders, do
not suffice. The widespread, the in
eradicable, the insurmountable, the
unanswerable belief of the masses of
the people is this, viz: that the profits
of capital are exorbitant beyond pos
sible s~uferance, whereas the returns
of honest toll are grossly inadequate.
The power and the tyranny Of these
prodigious masses of capital welded
by individuals or corporations is such
that the people who live by honest
sweat cannot and will not bear it with
patience.-Nataonal Economist.
The people want relief. There is a
deep unrest in the public mind. No
true patriot can take a calm and i'm
partial survey of the situation, and
not be moved with the most serious
apprehension.
The. rapid congestion of wealth, the
dldIuIIuS1y 1dp1u COuCO1C1oUIOh VI
money and its power in the hands of
the few and the steady but sure gray.
itation of the masses into poverty,
points unerringly to the path which
all Republics have trodden and which
leads to national wreck and ruin.
The average American statesman
of to-day, seems oblivious to his sur
roundings, or seeing it, criminally in
different to the magnitude of the dan
gers which threaten us. The people,
with an instructive foresight which in
the past has been our safest guide in
peril, have discovered the damage and
they are sounding the alarm. If our
law making, in State and National
Legislatures will not hear their warn
ings, if party spirit shall still AFRO
gantly claim their blind allegiance,
they will rise in their might and place
men in position who will sympathize
with them and who will rescue US and
our liberties from the impending ruin.
"Men cry peace peace when there
is no peace.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-21
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 sixthand
seventh pages of our paper to the exclusive use of
orders, rulings, notices, &C., the brethren will ex-
anime these pages.l
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~ Our friends in writing to any OF
advertisers, will favor US by mention
ing the fact that they saw the advertise
nent in The PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
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- The date on your label tells you
when your time is out.
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The Progressive Farmer is the
0mcial Organ of the N. c. Farmers
Association and N. G.. State Farmers
Alliance, and the Virginia State Farm
afs' Alliance.
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RALEIGH, N. c., MAY 81, 1889.

f2Ass paper entered as Second-ckGSs matter at the Post
Office In Raleigh, N. CT
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-30
Wanamaker's Philanthropy.

Wanamaker is u patriotic protector
of American labor, and as liberal
contributor to Republican campaign
funds gets a first-class advertisement in
the New York World Berlin letter de-
scribing the foreign cloak manufactory
in which our new Postmaster-General
has for years past employed about one
hundred and twenty of the pauper
girls of Berlin at starvation wages.
He pays go cents apiece for making
cloaks that sell for $50 in Philadelphia,
and between him and the girls there
are contractors who ''sweat" the wages
down so low that the girls can not exc
out even the most miserable existence
without assistance from their families.
or from what they call ''bridegroom."
This is the kind of protection to
labor which many American million
aires are practicing when they preach
high wages, just as they preach pure
elections while they raise enormous
campaign funds for bribers TO spend,
and then go to church and pray with
out inquiring what is done with the
money. st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-30
TRUE HAPPINESS.
1t Depends More ON Attainments Than 1t
Does on Possessions.

Possessions are not so valuable as
attainments; yet they are more gen.
orally desired. Possessions are what
come to man. Attainments are what
man comes to. A man may inherit
possessions; but his attainments are of
his own securing. Possessions are
quite likely to prove hindrance to a
mans progress; but man can never
have attainments without making prog
ress in spite Of hindrances. Yet how
many there are who crave possessions,
while they do not crave attainments.
A man may make attachments even
though he has possessions; but he will
be an exception to the general rule if
he does so. In n recent biographical
sketch of man who had ample pos
sessions. both pecuniary and intel
lectual, yet who died without making
his mark in the world, the writer says
of him: "Thosc who knew him best
will, think, agree with me in pro-
nouncing him n remarkable man; al
though it is difficult to point to any
thing that he accomplished which would
justify the epithet. This lack OF ac-
complished deeds may in part be ex-
planned by the circumstances of his
life. He was the only son of parents
enjoying pecuniary ease, and, as he
never married, he lacked that potent
stimulus to effort - necessity" He
was, in fact, IL man OF possessions rather
than Of attainments; and his posses
sions stood in the way of his attain
ments. And he was typical man so
far. II "A man has no possessions, let
him understand that he can have at
tainments, which are far better. II he
has possessions, let him feel that he
ought to have attainments; and that he
must secure them in spite of the sad
hindrance of his possessions. s.
Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-30
MISCELLANEOUS.


Under the law Of Canada II you
drop letter into the box unstamped,
or wrongly addressed, or want to
change it for any reason. no postal
official has the power to return it to
you, no matter If you are the Governor
General.
Since all Indian tribes were placed
on reservations drunkenness has be-
como the prevalent vice. and it is n
rare thing to find an Indian, old or
young, who has any thing to buy whisky
with, who isn't drunk four-fifths of the
time.
"A little girl recently asked Wash
ington bookseller II he had a book en-
titled Robson and Crane" Being
questioned about the book she said:
"Why, it's all about two men that we've
shipwrecked on an island all alone one
Friday"
The number thirteen, however un-
lucky it has appeared to be in other
tory of the Union. There were thir-
teen original States at the outset, and
the career of the nation has not proven
an unlucby one, surely.-Boston Bud
get.
The greatest known depth of the
ocean is midway between the Island of
Tristan d'Acunha and the mouth of the
Rio de la Plata. The bottom was there
reached at depth of 40,236 feet, or
eight and three-fourth miles, exceed
ing by more than IL, 900 feet the height
of Mount Everest, the loftiest mountain
in the world.
The New York Times says that the
Eiffel tower bears IL strong resemblance
to the electric light tower at He'll Gate
or the elevator tower Mt Coney Island.
Imagine, says the Times, that frame
work of iron twice as high as the
Washington monument, of thick iron
beams, and with its four corners far
ing or "battering" outward near the
ground, and you have the Tour Eiffel.
"A few years ago, when Edmonia
Lewis first placed her statue of Cleo
patra on exhibition, a country woman
strayed in and stood before it in ad-
miring awe for a few minutes; then
turning to Miss Lewis, said: "Did you
make it from lifep" swell, no, not eX-
actly, as Cleopatra lived thirty years
before Christ" answered Miss Lewis.
"OP is that so! Then / suppose you
made it from a photograph" "rand with
a last lingering look, she departed,
evidently quite satisfied