The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-08
NUTS TO CRACK AT THE FARM
ER'S FIRESIDE.

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from well,fed chumps. They will
quit grumbling just when Congress
quits passing laws to plunder them,
to give the plunder to pet class who
are already rich.
Money is the instrument of COM
merce, and can rightfully and consti-
tutionally be issued only by the ma
tional government. Bankers, as other
citizens, should only be allowed the
use of money when they pay for it
full equivalent.
We desire to repeat our interroga-
tory of last week: What has John J.
ingalls, ever done for the farmers and
producers of Kansas d? Will some of
the papers just new engaged in his
reelection please answer Go easy
nOw-not all at once.-AUiance AdV0-
cate.
Taking account of farm mortgages
with other statistics of the census,
will only require the time to examine
records in the various counties. Tie
time needed is not the ground of OBJ
lection. It is the publication of the
facts that the government does not
want - Brpress
If there is not enough currency to
handle the crops of the country, all
that is necessary IS to cut prices in
two. Pat the price of corn at six
cents bushel and that will enable one
dollar to handle twice as much corn
True the currency question is easily
solved. This is John Sherman's So
| luton.
"Let the government take care of
the rich and the rich will take care
of the poor" If Congress will pay
the banks 3 per cent, for handling
$500, 900, zoe in bonds, and the banks
will let the people have currency at 2
per cent. per month, this will seem
about fair as it is 2 per cent. all
round -ssssks.
If farmer living off the fat of the
land and clearing in exceptionally
good seasons from p to per cent.
on his investment, is able to pay from
6 to II per cent. interest, hoT long
will it take the frog that jumps one
foot and falls back in the well two
feet below the starting point, to get
to the top of the well via China, pro-
viding his wind holds out. Grange
NeeVS
Andrew Carnegie is making a noble
use Of his superfuous wealth in
founding great public libraries in
Pennsylvania. But would it not be a
better illustration of "Triumphant
Democracy if the workingmen in
the protected industries from which
Mr., Carnegie has obtained his wealth
were paid wages which would enable
them to buy their own books ?-Neo0
York World
There is no result of our depraved
financial system which shows more
plainly our tendency to two extreme
classes, one of great wealth and one
extreme poverty, than the fact that in
1860 there were only two millionaires,
and that now there are 1000; then
there were no tramps, now there are
100000 tramps. We might write
volumes upon this subject, but the
whole could not be more forcible than
these two facts.-,Southern Alliance
Farmer.
Senator Allison, of Iowa, was re-
elected Tuesday, all the Republicans
Of both houses of the legislature vot-
ing for him, although the Farmers
Alliance of that State declared against
him and in favor of Ex-Governor Lar
rabee. The caucus is law to all pro-
fessjonal politicians and if the Ali,
ance is to accomplish anything they
must take a hand in politics in the
State election and down the politi-
clans who have done nothing but hold
Office and get rich for the last ten or
fifteen years.
Members of the Alliance and
Knights of labor must vote for their
principles and not against them, or
this nation will cease to exist. l know
that will be charged with being a
politician because Of this, but | be-
lieve the time has arrived to begin
laying the pave nent for the peoples
walk to Washington. | care not by
what name the party may be known;
and if saying this brings censure,
then it were better to be censured in
such a cause than be praised for re-
naming SILENT. Y. Poa0derly.
Many a Kansas farmer is glad to
self his crop for enough to pay the
interest on his mortgage and enough
to carry him over another year, but
the profits of the Pittsburg plate glass
company for 1888 were nearly ST.,
coo, geo. Regular dividends to the
amount OF % per cent. were paid