The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-24

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providing for the creation of same And
WHEREAS, The constitution defines he
du les Of all executive committee, would
call your a-ten ion tn the failure OF Its
rovidiug fer the creation of same. And
WHEtEAs, The time of hoiIing >ald
meetings, is limited and the expresses Of
the same great, would recommend the
| creation IF a supreme judiciary, who shatl
hear and try all cases
w. uld also call your attention to the
necessity of bonding your secreta y. Also
to the more clearly defining Article Z,
Governing eligibility.
COOPERATION.
The advancement of civilization, the
develormt mt of the natural Of
| our country. the promotion n perpetu-
alton of our fee Institutions the stability,
power and influence Ut o republican
system of COVE nment, the creation and
successful operation Of all our gigantic
enterprises, viii. b give strength and in
huenct to government, depends largely,
if not wholly, upon the intelligent appli-
cation of the true principles Of CO opera
ton. The most, if not every failure of
all the various business efforts of our
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stanGing and a strict adherence to- the
business principles of cooperation.
It is. the foundation that underlies the
whole superstructure of our noble order,
and a strict adherence to it's principles
will lead the membership to a degree of
prosperity that shall gladden. the hearts
of all, and bring joy and >~contentment
around the family clrclec
I would recommend that. you spare 10
effort in providing the necessary facilities
for the better education Of the member
ship in these great principles.
.~t-te FINANCE.
The monopollzation of finance has been,
and now is, the fountain from which all
~monopolies, rings, trusts and oppressive
organizations draw their support, strength
and power. = esF4
Money in shrinking and insufficient
volume RENTS labor to idleness, reduces
| the price of products, plants mortgages on
the homes of our people, bankrupts those
who are forced to borrow, paralyzes our
industries, and produces hard times and
great p~rivations among the masses.
1t is impossible to have an equitable adj
justment of capital and labor so long as
money is contracted below that which is
adequate to the demands of commerce;
hence, if we would correct the abuses and
powers that are now prostratlng and en-
Shaving our industries. lift the mortgages
from the homes of our people, restore
peace and prosperity to u now paralyzed
and almost ruined agricultural and labor
ing people, we must have a circulating
medium in sufficient volume to admit of
trsnsacting our busint SIS upon a cash basis.
l would therefore recommend that you
demand at the hands Of the law making
functions of our nation a monetary sys-
tenn that shall conform to the interest of
the producing and laboring classes as well
as the speculator and usurer.
That the coinage of silver be as free as
gold, and that gold and silver be supple
mented with treasury notes (Which shall
be a full legal tender for all contracts) in
a sufficient amount to furnish a circulating
medium commensurate to the business
necessities of the people.
There is, perhaps, no question that de-
mands more serious attention at this time
than the present condition of our land.
From its many flow all the
wealth of our nation; and upon its proper
and just distribution depend the prosper
ity, conteptment and happiness of the
yeoman~y-a class upon whom all nations
must largely depend for strength and sup
port.
During the greatest prosperity of Rome,
about eighty-fve per cent. of her popula-
ton owned titles in land. 1t was then
that she was founded upon a rock, and
was mistress of the world; but in the
course of her history, through the monop-
olization of her lands by the few, through.
unjust legislation, the homes were
wrenched from the Lands of the masses,
and when the dark death ford was reached,
upon which civilization was to die, less
than two per cent. of the people controlled
the land; aad it is said that about fifteen
hundred men controlled the wealth Of the
world.
To day we find in America millions of
acres of her fertile lands, bought by the
lives and efforts of our forefathers, which
should have been held sacred for homes
for their posterity, squandered upon rail
roads and other corporations, and millions
more are owned and controlled by domes-
Clc anu LOrelgu SyHuIcdLeSj Wnue d large
per cent. of our homes are hopelessly
mortgaged, and about fifty per cent. of
our sons are tenants. &
This wholesale absorption of land by
aggregated capital must be checked, or it
will finally enslave the honest yeomanry
of u country, and inevitably destroy
our much loved republic.
The hope of America depends upon the
ownership of the land being vested in
those who till the soil.
Give the people homes, thei s to i'm
prove, theirs to cultivate, theirs to beautify,
and theirs to enjoy, and u grand repub-
lie will stand as the acme of modern civ
i~lization and national greatness.
| would recommend that you demand
legislation for the better protection of the
lands and homes of our people, and a law