The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-12-09
NUTS TO CRACK AT THE FARM
ER'S FIRESIDE.
Press Opinions from Many Sources.

Press Opinions from Many Sources.
The next legislature of Kansas will
have lis farmers and but three lone
some lawyers.-Honac Rule
Have you seen the new sign board
on the national highway? Congress
men will please attend to the business
Of their constituents. ."-Huron Znde
pendent.
Does it pay a farmer in North Caro-
lima to have his smoke house in Chi
cago, his corn crib in ST. Louis, his
manure pile in Baltimore, his tailor in
New York 2
A msch anic found that the new
tariff law increased the cost of his ma
terials, and was anxious to discover
how it enabled him to raise his wages
was referred by the New York World
to Mckinley.
Alliance principles ena ,ted into law
will benefit the masses. It might not
be so pleasant for the money sharks
to carry on an extortionate business;
but it's not going 70 rob them as the
present system empowers them to do
with us Home Rule.
If you wish to get glance of the
recent progress of eastern profit
makers, take one OF the trust com
panies. In IS years its capital and
deposits rose to $22,OOO,O0O. But
within the last six months they have
increased $lO,OOO,OOO.-THe Great
West.
Kansas, Nebraska and South Da.
kota under q free vote and fair count
would have been carried overwhelm
ingly by the Independent Peoples
Party, but the wealth creators of those
States were defrauded of the birth
right by chartered assassins of free in
stitutions
For man who has to get up before
daylight and work till after dark, life
is of no particular Importance He
simply earns enough one day to pre-
pare him to work another. His whole
life is spent in want and toll and such
life is spent without value.-Jownat
Of Industry
The struggle for existence shall not
always prevail God works through
natural laws to bring the race to a
condition where suffering and strug
gle and conflict cease, and harmony,
borh of cooperation, becomes the rul
ing law of life-1he SocioIogic and Co.
Operative NeaOs
Farmers need never expect to see
continuous prosperity while epecula,
tors are enabled to accumulate millions
in day gambling on their products,
and spectators will continue to gam
ble on those products as long as the
government is administered by parties
which must have booole to win.-Hee
Lance.
The Farmers Alliance have elected
about fifteen members of the next
Congress, and will get four or Eve
Senators The Sub Treasury bill an d
other measures advocated by the
farmers will receive more respect and
attention than they have heretofore or
we will know the reason why.-Peo,
pies 4 tVocGte.
We notice that nine men out of ten
who are accusing the faamers of being
rebels are men who never did a year s
honest work in their lives, and the
most of those who tell how extrava
CANT the farmers are would literally
starve to death on the fare that half
the farmers of Kansas are compelled
to subsist upon Western Advocate.
The farmer has been told if he
would raise more corn, hogs and cattle
and pay less attention to the science
of government, he would be better off.
Now here is an item that when read
and considered, is enough to cause
any honest, energetic farmer to begin
to study the economic questions per
tanning to the prosperity of himself as
well as the government-Free Press
No, it was not the "off year" 1t
was the giving 46,OOO,OOO acres OF
land to the Northern Pacific Railroad
It was the Force bill. It was the
anti Silver bill. 1t was the govern
ment pouring its treasury into Wall
street. 1t was the Mckinley bill in
iquity. 1t was the national banking
business. It was boss Quay and
thievery. It was Dorsey and rascality.
Oh, thare was reason enough.-The
| Great West
The results of the last election in
this country show the organized
farmers and working men to be a
great power. Let it be understood
that these millions of toilers have the
ability to bind themselves yet more
closely together and to make them
selves yet greater power. But let
| ma sea to il that Our nownT Ia nevaT