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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-12
FARMERS READ II.

.NTE have been kindly furnished
w with 3 plansfor . cheap silo and
how to fill it. By AIR Elias Carr, the
Chairman Of our State Alliance Elk.
ecutive Committee, and which will be
found III another column. Mr.. Carr is
one Of the leading and most success
full farmers In our State and is one Of
thsamen who can always give good
reasons for what he does, because he
is careful to do nothing without FIRST
having q good reason for doing it and
herein lies his success. He studies has
business. OF the thousands of farmers
of the South who will read his article
there is not n of them who viii not
be benefited twenty times more than
The PRoGREssIvE FARMER costs him,
if be will follow the wise suggestions
of Mr.. Carr.
The first and most important ques,
ton for the Southern farmer is ahow
can I make my farm self sustaining z
This much he must accomplish before
he "a eve hope to make any money.
It is agreed among those of our most
progressive farmers who have made
ensilage for several years past and
whose experience and success entities
them to q respectful hearing, thai
it costs not exceeding two dollars per
ton to putt up-ten cents per hun.
dred.
Wetrust that the Alliances all over
the South will at once take steps
build ct least enough siles in each
Alliance jurisdiction to satisfy them.
selves that il is q safe and cheap
method Of providing winter food for
their stock. What Alliance In North
Carolina viii be the first to- take the
initiative step in this very important
matter. Discuss it and ask such ques.
tions relating TO it as you may desire
answered, through The PRoGREssfvE
FARMER, and they shall be answered
Now is the time to begin to prepare
for it. If rightly considered and
wisely adopted it will save hundreds
of thousands of dollars tcNorth Care.
lima farmers in this year, 1889. Who
will be first to take hold of il? Write
us.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-12
EDITORIAL MOTIFS.

$3.50
The aggregate salaries of the chief
officers Of the Agricultural Depart
ment at Washington amount to $23,
900 and the South is not represented
on the list.
The beginning of the inevitable is
seen in the sale of Northern cotton
factories to Southern companies.
Sooner or later the spinning Of cotton
will be transferred from the North 10
the fields Of the South.
In the States of Connecticut, Della
ware, Kentucky, Maryland, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont,
Virginia, West Virginia, the legal
rate of interest is fixed at 6 per cent.
Twenty.six States have Railway
Commissions. In nine of these, viz:
Californiay Georgia, Illinois, Kansas,
Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New
Hampshire and South Carolina the
Commissioners have the power to fix
the rates.
Memorials to the Generally Assem-.
bly, endorsing our State Alliance De.
mands have been received from thirty.
seven County Alliances and seven hun
bred and twenty.six Sub-Alliances,
and were handed in and referred to
the proper committees last Wednesday.
These memorials are from se~ventyy6ve
counties Of the State
The Western Union Telegraph Co.
in 1886 owned 81, 1880 miles Of line
and rs, 1856 miles Of wire; IN 1887 It
owned 1854 miles Of line and 524,-
81 miles of wire. Its profits for the
year e 81, 037, 2SI. This corpora
ton controls and owns more miles
than France, Germany, Great Britain
and Austria.Hungary combined.
To cover the cotton crop Of the
South it takes IS, 900 tons yearly,
Of jute butts. It IS now said that
eight companies engaged in the mnnu-
facture Of bagging u this country
have been quietly at work and have
purchased the entire supply Of iute
butts IN this country, a7oat and il
Calcutta. # this be true that this
new trust has thus gotten control 81
the crop they will endeavor Of courst
to dictate absolutely the market fol
the comingseason. We admonishsthe
farmers and Alliances Of the South e
prepare to meet It BY arranging q
manufacture their own bageinp II
meet tins trust let the cotton growers
of the South form q trust of their owr
and make their own bagging 81 home
material, which can be found ii sdcr
great abundance and III such variety
within our borders.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-12
STRIKING RESEMBLANCE.

was when the Office sought
the man. Time now IS when the
Office has no occasion 20 seek the man;
the man who wants Office, and his
name is legion at once goes about set
ting his pegs and fixing his snares and
traps so as to catch the Office unawares,
as it were. The bill creating q rail
sroad commission has not yet, and may
mot pass, but still hungry men have
ltaken time BY the forelock and have
gotten up endorsements Of their fitness
for the place Of commissioner
Don't be deceived. The above was
not taken from 4 North Carolina paper,
nor was it written ii Raleigh. The
Texas Legislature is now ii session
and the above was clipped from 3
Texas paper. But how very like home
Not So much difference between the
two States as some would suppose.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-12

~
wool potatoes, cabbage, &C., putting
them on the free list-to compete with
the lowest order Of pauper labor and
giving to every manufacturer b high
protective tariff / cannot understand.
Calling wool raW material certainly
sounds like the products Of the farm
had reached the lowesNebb and that
the farmers had ceased te BIZ afactor
ii this country What would be
thought of the tailofs n they de-
manded d high tariff oh clothing and
that they must have the uraw mate
rial (cloth) free2 Would not the
manufacturers open their eYesin sur
prise Z Yetacloth to the tailOrs is as
much raw material as wool to che
manufactprars H manufactune
has expended money and labor to
make the clpth,seo has the farmer ex-
pended money and labored beneath
the summers sun and amid the
storms of winter to produce the wool.
IF ever wool goes upon the free list,
Elet every fabric that is made out of
wool gQ upon the free LIST Zoo let
there be no Observation-Disclosures
farmer. This. government has ever
had and aIWa9 llhave 4 tariff, and
the farmers products are as much
entitled To- receive protection IS the
produces Of manufacturers. Sheep
husbandry must became 5 great ii
~terest IL Stale Our State Agr
cultural Society appointed commit
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-12
THREE A OLD:

MYTH this issue, THE PRoGREsss
wv I'VE FARMER enters its Fourth
volume. To its contemporaries, for.
whose uniform courtesy and kindness
itissso greatly indebted, it tenderz5ts
profound acknowledgementsTo its
Subscribers and friends who, hare
manifested such generous interest IN
its progress and growth, we beg to
tender tie assuranceo Of our most CRATE
full appreciation. SO
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER ID the
future as in the past, viii be devoted
to the best interests Of our people and.
State.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-12
T

AENATOR WILLIAMS bill to fix
Othe rate Of interest at six per cent
was warmly discussed and passed its
second reading by q vote of 81 to a
The bill to prevent trusts and combs,
nations was made the special order
for the 10Th inst. Bill to amend
charter Of Norfolk q Southern Rail
road, providing for its extension from
Edenton to "some point on the South
Carolina line" Several amendments
were offered. One by Senator vii
lians, that che provisions should not
apply TO the county Of PITT, was
adopted. Senator Reid offered an
amendment to the effect that the man
agernentof the road should not enter
into any pool or combination which
should have the effect of destroying
legitimate competition anda apoS eoted
Hoa0n by the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs Blair, Briggs, lie.
Grand, Moore, Payne, Reid, stills,
Turner OF Iredell, White, Williams Of
Cumberland, Williams Of PitEll.
Noes-Messrs. Abbott, Aycock,
Bailey, Banks, Barber, Bennett, Brock.
Brown, Campbell, Copeland, Crav
ford, Emery Falkener, Green, Hamp-
ton, Holton, Hughes, Kerr, Leeper,
I1einback, Little, Lucas, Lusk, Means,
Pou, Rice, Robinson, Smith, Thomas,
Toms, Turner Of Gatawba, Twitty,
Warters Wimberly-34.
The G. r. & Wv. r. r. Co. me.
morialized the Legislature to repeal
all laws granting convict labor to that
road and to authorize the State Treas,
urer to return the bonds Of the com
pany and thus settle forever the
troublesome question Of convict labor,
81 far As this road IS concerned The
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-12

WHO pays it2 1t is absolutely
wv and undeniably certain that if
paid by any of our citizens, it is paid
only 6g the farmers aoho use fertilizers
Hence the law establishing our De-
partment of Agriculture, contemplated
that the fund created by this tax
should be used for the promotion
and advancement of the interests of
the farmers of the State. But how.
has it been used ?
Tens of thousands Of dollars of it
have been used in the interest of I'm
migration. We will not stop here to
enquire for the fruits of this expendi-
ture. But why 60 to q fund which
belongs to the farmers to run the I'M
migration department.
Are they the only ones to be bene-
fsed immigration ? If not, we
ask n aarre of justice why their
rtae sI04ls sh be expended for
If tae4 elslzef1s and other IN
eerests share as benefits why should
ID not be paid out Of eIr General
Treasury The farmer, must be
remembered, pays his full stare of
taxes into that treasury and the
money il drawn from that treasure
he then pays his proportion. VI Z
some n be kind enough to tell Us
why&the farmers fund should be taxed
to run the immigration department /?
Thousands Of dollars of the farm
ers fund have been expended on
oyster nrveys VIII some one kindly
tell Us if the farmers Of our State are
the only class Of ourcitizens who are
Interested in the propagation Of oys
tiers ? If not, why compel them and
them alone to pay for it ? Why not
the State pay for Il 2 Two thousand
dollars per annum Is drawn from their
fund to support the Bureau Of Labor
Statistics. Was this bureau estab-
lshed ut their request ? Are they
che onlv ones to be benefited by this
bureau III not, why should their
funds alone be taxed to keepsit up Z
Was not this bureau established for
and bv the knights of Labor2 How
many thousands Of dollars Of this
money has been used In making coal
Surveys z How many spent in the
adjudication of geological surveys
1.-The farmers of the Legislature can
find some interesting facts along this
line, il they will look for them.
Are the farmers who Use fertilizers
to furnish m addition to their general
taxes) a Contingent Fund upon which
every new experiment, or new venture
81 new enterprise, must feed and fat
ten at viii -,
We are not discussing the merits
81 the various objects fors.swhich the
farmers fund has been So freely and
literally expended-but e the State
wants tm1nigrafion-n She wants oys-
tiers propagated; Il il wants q labor
bureau II IL wants coal surveys,
18t II 40 ike : great and honorable
StateAgo To IFS treasury and pay for
Chem IT, Is unjust u Is unfair and
!, outrageous TO make the farmers OF
the State pay their full share of the
taxes and then require them 10 keep
up all these other enterprises in which
70 other class of taxpayers in the
State has a less interest than they.
We hear much of tsclass legisla-
tion, and here we have it with a ven,
geance
We are aware that some of ou1
Farmers desire to see this fertilizer tax
abolished, bat it IS because so much
OF 1t has been ffittered away without
nrr aTa~onta hIa ~ nracfscoI 7,oc..1fo
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-12
THE ALABAMA FARMERS ON
IMMIGRATION.

lTHE Agricultural Society OF Ala
4 bama, last summer, adopted q res.
olution asking its Legislature to ex-
pend $4,000 in the interest of immi-
grafton. The Farmers Alliance of
Tuscaloosa county has issued a very.
strong protest against such q measure
and asks the Legislature to detach the
subject OF Immigration from the De.
partment of Agriculture.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-12
IE0r. THE PRoaREssIyE FARllER.
THE EVIL.

1888 81
iNHE newspapers report that there
are fewer members ii their seats
on Saturdays and Mondays than On :
other days, and some papers intimate
that the absentees on those days are
SO great as to retard public business
This shows that the railroads are get
ting IN their work on free passes. VII
not some member introduce q resol
ton appointing q committee WI
power to administer oaths-send
persons and papers to investigate thls
evil The people would like to know
what officers Legislative, jud sal q
executive that have been cor lpted y
free passes" Every mamber OF snel
Legislature that has hands
would vote for the reaa on--tnose
with unclean hands, would consider
the resolutionsa relic 9tion on "the
body nTurA on light. q Les
those dance who the fiddler
SHOW to- the people whether or mol
corporations Z corrupting their ON
GERS. Show them that net IN hs Stats
nvices through tattered 8 tnts
shine, but furs and robes hides
show thepepp1e there not eH IaW
for the peer and anothes for the acn.
corruption IN highaor Lw shou.d pe
measured by the same ysrd stick ala
that official who receives D free pass y
as much guilty Of corruption ~ the
poor man whosells his vote or money.
Respectfully, EN
We are informed thaFwhsn offered
1 free pass over one of / ailroads
Senator Payne refused t. eept +
and replied substantially follows
while thanking you for courtesy
extended / must say that cannot y
justice to myself orto my constituency
accept q free pass. ia my opinion 2
member of the Legislature nd espe
cially q member Of the coInYtee oz
Railroad Commission cannot ough
not to accept favors from te corpora
tions upon whose interests must s.
III Judgment. I therefore return tn'
pass"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-12

as a calamity to our farmers, be
cause they must have some protection
againg }Taad, If they use fertilizers.
and their only Protectson comes through
thai tax: We hope the present Legis
lature ysRsee b / that thisfarnerss
fund is applied and used Jor he direct
benefit Of The turner's OF The State. Let
It be applied to establish their school
and farm and workshops &C.. where
they may send their IONS and learn
them how TO make a living IN the
world. Then they would enjoy its
full benefits. They demand fair and
honest dealing in this matter. They
want the present Legislature .toapRt
a stop TO this unfair. and unjust treat;
ment.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-12

DO YOU wantyour Communication pdb1
.hshed2 II SOL give sus your real name
and your p~ostofaee.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-12

Bro. d. b. Harris, Deputg gan
izer Of Cabarrus b ashed
two Alliances last tn nlne
members each, making n ah seven
teen Alliances In the county, with 2
membership Of over 500. We are
glad to learn that tbs Alian 9 move
ment IS becoming veSy popu ar inthls
county and that the establi hnent OF
an Alliance Store Core % fon-
tsnplsted at an ear day
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-12

Do you want your paper changed to
another Officer State the one at which
you have been getting it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-12

r Our friends in writing I'd any Of
our advertisers, viii favor us BY mention
ing the fact that they saw the advertise
ment in The PRoGREssTvk FARMER.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-31

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every unexpected esuset.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-31
HOW 10 coax THEM.
Only Look Domestic. Girls. and the
Young Men Cannot but Propose.


An elderly man was telling group
of giddy young girls the other day
how he proposed 20 his wife when he
was young man. She was sewing
at The TIME, he said. or he never
would have had the courage Ia do IL.
/ IfFgiris would sew more he thinks
theS euid have more matrimonial
chances, Sewing he considers the
best accomplishment that woman
can have. A woman engaged with a
needle has a domestic. homeiike air
that Is irresistible Ia man who loves
her. IL - picture OF what she would
be In her own home, and makes him
long that IL should he his also. How
can man propose 60 girl who sits
straight up ia chair staring hard
~ him with pair of bright eyes
But when she is bending gracefully
over bit OF plain or fancy sewing, APP
pareutly absorbed in counting the
stitches, and the arrows of her eyes are
sheathed for few minutes. he
placks up courage enough "a offer her
his heart and hand. The average
young man IL bash.ul i'm such affairs.
though bold enough at other times,
and needs encouragement aud oppor-
tnnities. What sort Of announcement
Is pair Of bright eyes staring into
his. watching his embarrassment
Listen 10 the advice of an old man
who has been all through it; drop
your eyes and give the young man q
chance, Remember this, girls. when
the fayorite young nan drops in to
make an evening visit, get out your
bit OF fancy work and look domestic,
and With every stitch Of your needle
your viii bind bis heart more firmly
90 yonr own.
This j. the advantage that the Eng
llsh girls are said TO possess over the
American girls--they are more domes-
tic: II they shine less brilliantly in So
ciety than their American sisters their
domestic virtues shed steady lustre
In their houses. This, OF course, is
booking at the question from an Eng
iish point Of view. The American
girls are capable of doing both do
meSticity IS not Incompatible with
social briliianey, and many OF So
ctety's queens are careful housek eep-
ers and devoted wives and mothers,
keeping their sweetest words and
smiles for their own homes.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-31
ROYAL PIN MONEY.
The Question sim Reing Discussed
by the House cf Commons.

LONDON. laly 27--The House of CoEa-
mons, sitting In committee. resumed the
debate on the royal grants bin today John
Morley movei an amendment declaring
the House unwilling 10 increase the bar.
dens OF the people without the
assurance that % further claims will
~ maze for the Younger members
az The ROYAL family The GOV.
eminent had Dot made cat their case either
IN the select committee or in the House
Parliament had already literally psoyided
for the children Of the queen. lt has not
shown that resrenchmenfs might Yet be
made In expenditures upon royalty With
cut causing the queen much anxiety He
especially objected - the assertion 81 q
G aim 10 the grants Of the grandchildren of
the queen
Chamberlain said Morley objected "a the
grants because they were not proposed a.
final. but as regarding the present reign he
Thought the proposed grants were ALSO
lutely snat. He did rot think thst after
the queens promise aay minister would
sfyise any sovereign 10 ask further grants
for other grandchildren of her majesty
Chamberlain said IL wss shssaeful 90 fawu
upon monarch, bat IL was more shame
ful 10 trtiesle Ia the multitude, and mem
beers who were doing - would think less
than sihilis; Of English politics Lont
conservative cheers and radical eruans
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-31

View York letter n ritfshars nisastth
Probably DR.. Morgan Dix stands as
the best type 81 the fashionable and
successful preacher in the metropolis
today. The rector al Trinity receives
nominal salary Of Sis.0o. but his
actual income frosa his paStorate is
limited emily by his necessities, He
gets all and eyeryfkings be wants.
Prom the time when old Trinity was
organized, in lar. until now. ID has
never ceased 10 be the fashion in New
York. AZ the outset il almost broke
The hearts Of the dominies of the old
Dutch Reform church hy drawing
away the young Dutchmen. who We're
fascinated by It's beautiful service. by
the fact that IL was in English. you
know, thus furnishing the earliest
instance of Anglomania on record.
The little fan shaped farm which the
church got from the colony has
developed into the richest part
81 New York. and Trinity's
vast possessions between the BATTERY
and Fourteenth street are nov esti~
mated a. being worth $4,000. 600. Its
great business piles and grimy tene-
uients. dingy warehouses and sristo-
cratic looking dwellings now bring il
IN a revenue hig enough 10 run a
smali-Sized Kingdom. It's rector il al
lowed handsome residence free, has
q lie position aud i the ret OF the ma
hobs of Gotham and the idol OF its
fashionable women. What with val
nahie gifts and frequent trips to
Europe his lines are certainly cast in
pleasant places. As the better and
more influential part Of hts flock are
away IN the summer. he can shut mp
old Trinity Il he choose and let the
devil take holiday, or he can hand
over his theological cudgei To a dep
nfy. All interim. His assistants re-
eeive s6.oel year each, and many
presents, thus making Trinity the
very paradise of preachers.
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