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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-03
DOES CONTRACTION AFFECT
! VALUES ?"

FINDER the above headline our
u editorial of the 26th has met
with the approval of some of our most
thoughtful men. Undoubtedly, con.
traction affects values, both in this
country and in England, and every
where it exists, and ordinarily affects
most where it most exists. Contrac.
ton here, of course, affects us in.
fnitely more than contraction in Eng
land would affect us. The less cur
rency in a given country the greater
the stringency there; ofttimes, also,
there is stringency to a greater or less
degree felt elsewhere. In a certain
sense the price of the worlds cotton
is determined very largely at Liver
pool, and the prices in the United
States for the most part vary with
the prices there. But the value of
our cotton is first measured here in
the United States in contracted money
(the currency that the farmer has to
receive for it,; and the profits of this
contracted currency in this transaction
goes into the pockets of third parties
just as effectually as if they had fixed
prices without consulting with their
Liverpool frienGs.
But while it is well to indulso In
this discussion about the efee" OF the
volume of the currencE upon the
prices of our commodI~es' because 1t
brings to light a w" deal OF rascality
which had otherwise not been heard,
of bv the n~ple, and puts them in a
nroner fine of mind to be impressed
With other truths, we very well
Low thateeven a sufficient volume to
do the business of the country, if left
in the control of Wall street, would
not be sufficient long. The vital truth
lying behind all this is that it is not
contraction, but the control of the
currency which renders contraction
and q thousand other ills which now
affect US, possible. The restriction of
the coinage of the precious metals,
the restriction and degradation of
silver-the poor mans money-the
restriction and control of the paper
currency within its present narrow
limits may be evils which might well
arouse the indignation of The Pho.
GREssIvE FARMER and every other
friend of the people, but the parent
evil-the fruitful source of all others
is pernicious financial system, which
by restriction and otherwise gives to
private individuals the political con
troll OF so great a part of the common
currency of the country that by COM
bination (for their interests are the
samel they a in certain limits fix
the price of our great staples, and
thereby levy their tax, which is meas.
ured by the enhanced value of the
dollar, and collect their other profits.
which are measured by the degraded
prices of the commodities. In short.
being in control of the currency. thew
have done what every one sees thew
easily can do; they have loaned their
money al a rate of interest fixed by
themselves, and they have bought our
commodities at a price fixed by them
selves.
Can anybody devise a more com.
plete bondage than this ? 1t has all
been brought about because it has not
been properly discussed before the
people for the past twenty years.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-03
ovERPRoDUCrIoN.

Does q law OF supply and demand
establish prices? The theory Of sup
ply and demand will not admit of
want and hunger amidst plenty and
low prices. If overproduction means
anything, it is that business enter
prises have been too successful.
There is an abundance Of food and
yet many nearly starve. The demand
in their cases is urgent and the supply
abundant and yet the supply in this
case is not lessened nor the demand
satisfied. Why? Because there is a
lack of ability to purchase. There
can be no real overproduction unless
a large surplus remains after all the
people have been fully supplied with
the necessaries and comforts of life.
It does not matter how urgent the de-
mand or abundant the supply there
must be some ability to purchase be-
fore the demand can be satisfied.
No nation is, or can be, happy or
prosperous with low prices. The con.
dition of every nation is guaged, as
regards advancement and social priv
leges, not by the cheapness of its
product or labor, but by their higher
commercial rates.
The civilization, grandeur, position
and social status of every nation is
guaged absolutely by the amount of
th~e.necessities and comforts of life that
a days labor will purchase for its
people. The farmers in Lancaster
county, Pa, are more prosperous than
in Page county, Va, and the farmers
of Page county are more prosperous
than those of Wake county, N. c.,
and just in proportion as wages are
higher in each county. Or compare
the wheat producer in Indiana with
the grain raiser in Wisconsin.
LABoR.
Money never goes in advance.
Labor takes the lead. It is the incen-
tive for all production. Capital does
not employ labor. Labor employs
capital always, but does not employ
money. Can a man cut down a tree
with a five dollar bill. You must first
sell enough of your money to obtain
an axe, and with that product of labor
cut down the tree. Capital is sold for
labor. Men who have money part
with it for labor. When you buy
goods it only represents some other
persons labor. There is just as much
money when times are hard as when
they are easy. We may not have it,
but some n else has.
HONEY.
Money or currency is a medium of
exchange and a measure of value for
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ALLIANCE NOTES.

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county, plainly, when you write to the
President, Secretary, Trustee, Business
Agent or Chairman Of Executive Com
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SELECTIONS FROM THE PHIL
OSOPHY OF PRICE,"
Dunningisms.
COMPILED BY OLD FOGY.

VALUES
There is a difference between value
in use and value in exchange. Value
in use is the holders value; values in
exchange is the sellers value. Value
in use is an absolute term; value in
exchange (that is commercial value)
is a relative term.
The intrinsic value of a thing is
what it is worth to me if l keep it.
The commercial value on the other
hand is what some one else will give
me for it.
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RALEIGH, N. c., DEC. 8, 1889.

This p1Der entered as matter at he Fost
once tn Raleigh, ". CT
, 1889-06-22
DEMOCRATIC GAIL.


Headquarters Territorial Democratic Central
Committee.
CHEYENNE, Wyo, June 10. 1885,
BY request, a meeting Of the Territorial
Democratic central committee of Wyo-
ming territory, is hereby called to meet at
Cheyenne on the 25th day of June,
1889 at II o'clock a. M, for the purpose
of taking action on the following propo-
%sitions. viz:
l. To secure, if possible, the amicable
selection Of delegates to the co Institutional
convention without partisan contest and
upon some equitable basis.
2. To provide, by proper means that
there shall be no election held Tor state Of
ficcrs prior to the passage of an enabling
act by congress.
3. To arrange Tor a stipulation that the
work of the constitutional convention
shall be free from partisanship.
1t Is earnestly requested that every
member Of the committee be present, and
that all that cannot attend send their
proxies to suitable persons.
X. f. GLOVER. Chairman.
j. Q. BAIRD, Secretary,
, 1889-06-22


The protection of wild birds, fishes and
quadrupeds from determination hasmade
good progress in the British Islands of
late years; but In most other parts of the
world the INSCRIPTIONS greed of men
who make the capture of wild creatures
q source of profit is rapidly reducing the
numbers of many species, and threatens,
If not stopped by the strong hand of the
law, to lead to their utter extinction.
The most hopeless case appears to be
that of certain marine animals, which
can only be protected by international
agreement, of which there is no sign at
present. The whaling and sealing in
dustry of this country and America
threatens ere long, if carried on as has
hitherto been the case, to extinguish the
race of whales and seals In the northern
seas. Among birds the great aux has
been hunted to death, while in the south
ern Pacific islands certain birds, like the
dodo and the gigantic moa, have ceased
to exist within comparatively recent
times.
In tho North American continent there
are races of wild animals which were
abundant twenty years ago, and are now
on tie point of extinction. Instances of
the kind are the bison, or American
buffalo, and the alligator of the Missis-
sippi. Crocodile leather has become SO
fashionable of late that the capture of
alligators in the great river of the United
States has been pursued as n regular In
dustry, and with such energy that the
creature is almost extinct. The valuable
fur bearing animals of Siberia and the
Hudson's Bay territory have also been
hunted and trapped within the past gen
Grafton with such success that the supply
isnow obtained with increasing difficulty
every year. The last instance comes
from Australia, where kangaroos have
been hunted for their skins SO unmerci-
fully that the most valuable varieties are
palpably approaching extinction. The
kangaroo skin trade has become SO
alarmed that it is urging on the Austria
liam legislators the necessity Of q close
time for these animals, IL they are not
soon altogether to disappear.-London
Standard.
, 1889-06-22
The Berlin Marriage Market.

The published return of the marriages
celebrated in Berlin during the year
1887 Is rather moro interesting than
statistical documents of the kind usually
are. Only 129, out of the 10, 200 mar
riages, took place between near blood
relations. OF these, 113 were between
first cousins, and 8 were between uncles
and nieces. The remaining marriage
was that of a nephew with his aunt.
Among those who were married were
. boys of 1S and 81 girls of 10 or under,
together with 10 widowers of from 20 to
n, / divorced woman of 70 and 1 widow
of 10. The two last married men of be-
tween Do and 90. In 1895 cases bach
elors married spinsters; in sS1 cases
bachelors married widows or divorced
women, and in 1,441 spinsters married
widowers or divorced men; while in 522
cases widows or divorced women mar
ried widowers or divorced men. Two
widows and 1 divorced woman took
bachelors as their fifth husbands, and 0
widows and Q divorced women took rs
their fifth husbands men who had beer
previously married, while 8 widowers or
divorced men married spinsters after
having already buried or got rid Of four
wives apiece. In many cases there was
a considerable difference of age between
the contracting parties. AS many as "a
women were 80 or more years younger
than their husbands; 42 were from % to
30 years younger; and 1913 were from.20
to % years younger. On the other hand,
In 400 cases the woman was older than
her victim. In 81 marriages the differ.
ence yVas bptwaen TX md an yaora. In 1
marriage it was 81 years, and In another
1t was as much as 40 years. In Berlin,
as elsewhere, the young mans fancy
seemst to lightly turn to thoughts Of love
in the spring rather than at any other
time, for the favorite matrimonial month
is April. But after April, October sees
moro marriages than any month, and
also moro suicides.-London Globe.
, 1889-06-22
STILL y

The Laramie Boomerang defends itself
against the charge of being ungallant in
criticizing the Chez enne mass meeting of
ladies who allu1ed to themselves as the
women of Wyoming.
Verbal expressions 1t says, ARE
generally what count the most in political
gatherings, and that is what The, female
suffrage convention at Cheyenne was. But
We were not ungallant. We were merely
standing up for all the lady voters in the
territory outside of the capital city. We
insisted that the Cheyenne ladies had no
right to adopt resolutions which pretended
to voice the wishes of the women of Wy
oming, which they declared themselves
to be. This was either a gallant act in
defense OF the voters in Wyoming
outside of Cheyenne. or the latter have no
rights that should be respected. We deny
the charge made by this horrid Cheyenne
editor that we were ungallant."
, 1889-06-22

A WEEKS work in the cotton mills of
England is fifty-six hours; in the mills of
Massachusetts sixty hours, in France
seventy-two hours. in Germany from sixty
six to seventy-two hours, in the wooden
mills in Germany seyenty-six hours, in
France seventy-two hours, in Massachus-
etts sixty, in Great Britain fifty six, In
Huddersfeld and Deusberg ffty-four.
The productive capacity OF one operative
in the United States, Great Britain and
Germany. taking 100 as a unit, is: In the
United States, 100 in cotton, wool and
, 1889-06-22
THIRD-P4RPPYSM A FAIL ORE.

THLRD-P4RTYISM 4 FAIL IRE
The crushing defeat which has fallen
on the cause of Prohibition in Pennsyl-
vania follows ha=d after similar fortune in
Massachusetts, says the Chicago Herald.
The tidal wave is thus seen to be re-
cedinC, and Prohibition must soon disap-
pear from practical politics. The effect
Of these events on the future of the
great parties is the point which will at
once come up for discussion, and that
many interesting questions must grow out
of hat discussion may be wisely fore
told.
The cause Of Prohibition dealt a heavy
blow at the Republican party. 1t was in
the Republican party that the dissatisfied
political party long congregated. 1t was
to be noted hat the Prohibitionist,
qaving failed to put his doctrine on
Republicanism, took delight IN the
defeat of the party with which he had
long been in sympathy. Yet with all this
utilization there developed a strong de-
mand for practical national reform in the
third organization. The platform adopt
ed at Indianapolis is an anti Mckinley
charter. If liquor is to be left out OF
state politics it would seem that there is
little difference between a Democrat anda
Prohibitionist-a wide difference between
a Prohibitionist and a Republican. After
continued experiments little groups are
firing of their attempts to put their
wills on 60, OOO, 900 people. Masses
are forming. The Prohibitionist must
return to one or other of the great
parties. How can the man of the Indian
spolis platform, which declared Tor lower
taxes and free raw materials-how can
this man go on the Mckinley platform,
which favored 1.-THE entire repeal of inter
nal taxes, rather than the surrender OF
any part of our protective system2"
This question contents 100000 third
party men who have seen vanish their
last hope that a president can be elected
on their ticket. They left the Republican
party. Their political principles are now
Democratic
, 1889-06-22

A TELEGRAM from Washington pub
lished IN another column this morning
will be read with considerable interest
here, 1t practically involves the question
OF whether a territory has the authority
without an enabling act to hold a consti-
tutlonal convention and adopt a constitu-
ton for submission to congress. The at
torney general of the United States holds
that it has such authority vested in it by
the constitution of the United States.
, 1889-06-22
G CALL.

The Democrats of Laramie county are
hereby called upon to elect delegates to
the Democratic county convention to be
held at the court house in Cheyenne on
Wednesday, June 26, 1889, at 10 o'clock in
the morning tor the purpose of nominat-
ing eleven I'D delegates to attend the
constitutional convention.
The primary meetings of the various
precincts for the election OF delegates will
be held on Thursday, June 20, 1889, at the
places set opposite the names of the res
pectIve precincts.
Tho primary meetings in the Cheyenne
precincts will be held at s o'clock, D. IN.
of that day and the polls will be kept open
until 9 o'clock, pr m.
The several precincts will be entitled to
representation as follows:
No. of Names OF precinct and places
Ders. o holding primaries.
~ Cheyenne-First precinct, City hall.
10 Cheyenne-Second precinct, T. B.
Hicks barn.
~ Cheycnne-Third precinct, Court
[house.
l Bordeaux-John Hunton's store.
| Chugwater-Swan Land & Cattle
[Co.'s store.
/ Collins-V. S. CIRCUITS house.
! ERDert-U. L. station house
. Fort Laramle-Rustic hotel.
2 Fairbanks-Copper Co s office.
l Granite-U. p. Station house.
| Hawk Springs-School house.
Hubert-John Groher's house.
l Iron Mountain-Davidson Bros. ranch.
| lslay-McPhee's School house.
l Little Horse Creek-School house.
/ Little Bear-L n. Bard's store.
l Moran-Morun Bros. store.
. Pine Bluffs-Post office.
l Phillips-Post office.
/ Ariosa-Post office.
Patrick-Ed. l.. Patrick's house.
Rawhide Buttes-R. Thorp's store.
l Converse-Post office.
Salem Qormer!y Swedish home)-
GSchool house.
Uva-Teschemacher & de Billier's
Lstore.
! Upper Horse C~reek-School house,
| Wheatland-J. +. Whites house.
| Wendover-Post office.
l Walker-School house.
Willow Springs-J. l.. f. Johnston ;
Arcola-C. & B. Station house.
J. L. MURRAY, Chairman.
MAX j. MEYER. Secretary,
, 1889-06-22
Though shaken Like n Lear

By the most trivial causes, weak nerves
are easily susceptible OF invigoration, a
term which also imports, in this instance,
quietude. The nervous have but to use
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters systematical-
ly To overcome that Representatives, of
the human sensorium, which is subversive
of all bodily comfort and mental tranquil
ity, and which reacts most hurtfully upon
the system. The difficulty underlying this
as well as many other ailments, is imper.
feet assimilation. no less than in complete
digestion of the food. In the discharged
both the digestive and asslmilative func-
tons, the Bitters are the most potent, the
most reliable auxiliary. AS the body re-
gains vigor and regularity by its aid, the
brain and nervous system are also bene-
fitted. Persons subject to the influence OF
malaria, dyspeptic and rheumatic invalids
and persons whose kidneys are inactive,
should also use the Bitters.
, 1889-06-22

a'NAoo oGttotS.
During the civil war tho Federal SOL
diers suffered severely at times for want
Of fresh vegetables, and the sanitary
commission made it part of its business
to supply the lack. Appeals for anti
~scorbutics, such as potatoes and onions,
were sent far and near, and finally came
to be spoken of Familiarity rs ~''scurvy
circulars"
h response was immediate and
hearty, and o the agents of the COM
mission were distributing the precious
stores-five potatoes to n man, perhaps,
or three potatoes and an onion. How
welcome they were may be judged from
the fact that, after eating them, the
troops were exhflarated very much as II
they had been taking stimulants.
a German lieutenant came into the
commission's depot ut Nashville.
"Do you keep sauerkraut for the SOL
diersy' he asked.
h attendant pointed to an open bar
rel Tho lieutenant grasped some of the
precious preparation, and gazed at it
with moistening eyes.
"You Germans eat sauerkraut, don't
your said the agent.
"No," he exclaimed, the tears by this
time dropping from his cheeks; "we
swallows itI'
Probably few of the men ever real
lied before that a few onions and pota-
toes, or a little sauerkraut, might make
all the difference between living and
dying. Whatever we may think of the
theory that men should live altogether
upon vegetables, it is very certain that
they cannot live altogether without
them.-Youth's Companion.
, 1889-06-22
JSo. r. CARROLL. Editor.
4 RINK ELZZLE

On June I the general committee hav-
ing in charge the arrangements for the
ceremonies attending the laying of the
corner stone of the Union Pacific chops IN
this city appointed n subcommittee on
transportation. As the work of all other
sub committees hinged to a great extent
upon securing satisfactory rates from the
railroad companies and particularly as no
definite advertising could be done for the
fremon tournament which was to be held
on the same date the subcommittee on
transportation was strongly impressed
with the necessity of prompt action.
Everything has apparently dragged
slowly along up TO the present time, but
not through the fault of the committee,
as has been generally supposed. The COM
mittec have worked faithfully and ener-
g%etically upon the matter, but at the very
beginning a great stumbling block was
discovered in the fact that the rates asked
for could not be fixed by the railroads
themselves, but must be arranged by the
Trans-M Missouri Passenger Association, a
meeting Of which was to have been held
in Kansas City on June IL.
Instead of meeting on the advertised
date the association met on the l4th
and the result of their labors so far
as Cheyenne is concerned is this: Fare
and one.third Tor round trip within a
radius of fifty miles of Cheyenne.
Tickets sold on July 10 good to return Oh
llth.''
1t was confidently expected by the peo-
pie here that a single fare for the round
trip could be secured and hat this would
include all railroad points in the territory,
as far south as Brighton or Denver on the
Denver Pacific, as far east as Holyoke on
the Burlington and as far east as North
Platte on the Union Pacific.
The frcmcn's tournament will include
competitors from all of Northern Colo.
RADIO and Southern Wyoming. 1t will
last two days, July 9 and 10. On the
first named date the corner stone will be
laid at 10 O'Clock in the morning. The
cut rate, therefore, will not only not in
clude Laramie. the first town west of
here, but it is so arranged that no visitors
from abroad can reach here in time for
the corner stone laying, as the rates do
not go into effect until the day after the
event has been set for
Considering all the time that has been
spent in securing rates this is the most
lame and impotent conclusion we have
oSer heard OF. II the Trans-M Missouri
Association fails to come any nearer to
satisfying the want of people elsewhere
than it has in this particular instance it
comprises the most successful aggregation
of stifs that is now at work trihing with
the American public.
One fare is given by the association to
the Grand Army cncampmcnt and the
Omaha fair with plenty of time in which
TO sell tickets.
Only a very short time now remains for
the committee to do any work and al
though they have every reason to b. dis
couraged with their work so far, they
should continue the effort to get better
concessions.
The members of the Trans-M Missouri
Association may not after all be such a
set of chumps as their actions so far
brand them.
, 1889-06-22
You Cannot Anord

at this season Of the year to be without n
good reliable diarrhGa balsam in the
house, as cramps, collie, diarrhea and all
Inflammation of the stomach and bowels
are exceedingly dangerous if not attended
to at once. One bottle of Beggs' Diarrhna
Balsam will do more good in cases of this
kind than any other medicine on earth.
Sold by w. N. Hunt, druggist.
, 1889-06-22

The musical Journal tells of a con
cert programme in London, In which a
song was announced as: "'She Wan
dered Down the Mountain Side,' accom-
panied by the composer"
, 1889-06-22

1t has been frequently stated that
steam is driving sailing vessels off the
seas. 1t appears that about one-half the
tonnage of the world is in vessels pro-
PEELED by wind, and ven in England 45
per cent. of the tonnage is In sailing
vessels.
, 1889-06-22

All kinds of Job Printing neatly and
promptly executed at the Leader Office.
, 1889-06-22

silk; in Great Britain, 81 in cotton, II in
wool, sll in silk; in Germany, 274 in cot
ton, co in wool, 6S in silk.