Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-08
WASHINGTON.
PETITIONS FOR GOVERNMENT WANT
HOUSES BY NORTH CAROLINA
FARMERS.
Other Petitions which Make Inc" ~
terests Clash-yirginss Interest ="
Galveston Harbor.
rror orr y.gu,sr correspondentl

WARRINGTON. May 7.-Represenistiyee hoN-
derson, Skinner, aud McClammy presen'ou
large batch Of petitions eaoh In tho House 'o-.o'
from tho farmers' alliances OF their respoo"' ,
districts In North Carolins IN favor =.
tho passage Of the bills for the proposes
establishment OF Government NafeS S.s,"s
IN every county In The UnIlSat I'd one
Tho petitions are from W. y. Whituell anN ~ +
hundred and one others OF seven sprInsSS Titan
NJ Marshburn and twenty-five others OF Dys,,,r
Alliance OF sampson county, OF X \; 1890
end sixteen others Of tho alliance OF :, ~. y,
county, OF Haywood d. Ham ana elgn' ,VSsrt1-sir
Wayne county. Of y. ". Steele ana tnuT ~
others % the Randolph County hIlAnCn, " 100
Latham and twenty-five others OF W, iI'-, lii
county, as VOL a. numerous others IIo" g.,
snces In Cstawba. Randolph, Perquihohs' ~
and other counties IN the state. Il, ,ho
Representative OiFeuall presen,e.l ~ Ia, "a
House today tho petition Of W. II. Woolr IVAN, "
Of shenandoah county. Va, asking tne re'0'VHe0
Of his war claim 20 the Court OF CIa'mA
DIssATIsFIED AaRICULTURAL1sTs.
The great number OF petitions that are peing
sent 70 Congress by farmer orgenizeti0ns un-
doubtodly prove that tho agricultural classes
are dissatisfied with the way In when VIC ~
arc being administered, and that they ~
a change. But according 20 conVcr5a'iV.' W.
many OF tho leading men here II WouIu soe,..
that the farmers are weakening their own cause
by asking that too many things DC dono AZ ~, ~,
This appears % be somewhat tho case WIN ,Ilo
farmer organizations In Virginia. lhe iai ,,
Of one section Of the country IN ashlhs
for this, that, and tho other thing are
iniuring their own class in o,her sections. ~
way Of illustration II eau be stated tha, tno
farmers Of Virginia are uniting with the farmer
Of Iowa, Illinois, ana other western SthtSS - ~,
demanding that tho "COnger pure lara pii!
ehall be passed. NOW this will perhaps oeneht
the farmers ia the States in which cotton 10 hot
produced, but from North Carolina cieaf pUTp "
Texas the farmers are opposed 10 this biii, pc
cause II passed IL would seriously lnlule
the cOttOn-seed oil trade In which the COZ,
ton planter is 80 heavily Interested, ana o.
course tho southern cotton plah,eIs Or, 10
demanding that their representatives IA
Congress shall oppose the passage or tne'
measure. Tho northern and western ls ,rI,1
ers nre demanding practically that sugar shall
be placed on the free list. This Il deadly stap
al tho sugar-p0nters Of Louisiana. as Vel a.
the eorghum-cane producers Of the land: INC
sorghum and beet-sugar industries In the nlteu
Siates are Just beginning . develop, ana II theI
"a anything ia the theory Of protection 10 infant
Industries the Republican party leaders ought
20 stand by these two infants.
RATHER A MYSTERY.
Tho Virginia farmers through numerous peu-
tiops that have lately boon fled In Congress are
taking a doep interest In tho proposition 70
spend about S6,0W,0D FOR the improVoihch, ol
Galveston hArbor and Just Why they are doing
this no one here knows. Congress IS very sungy
in appropriating money for tho improvement OF
tho Virginia rivers and harhOrs, and the interest
that virginia farmers tuke III a lhI-hNh1 iuAttti
Hko Galveston harbor is proof positive that these
petitions were signed jusi FOR tue pure iuh OF
the thing, unless they hink that th0H own
waterways DO not need any moro money, or
they want TO 30 generous enough 10 give Ihe
people deep water on tho Gulf, and thus take
AWAY an advantage that tho virginia producers
nov have over the western producers IN pelnB
so much nearer the seaOoard'
WHAT TIE FARMERS DO NED.
The congrcssmen who seem 10 really have the
Interests Of the agricultural classes at heart nave
reucat edty stated that there are nut thrcethlugs
tnat tho farmers should pay attention h II they
hone 70 accomplish what they have aimed at.
They should demand ant-monopoly la"s, u
broader law on the silver question, ana the equal
ization VI tho tarif-laws 40 that che farmer snaN
rot no diecriininated against. Many Of the most
cxperionced congressman declare that me silver
question Is the most important OF all lhey IN
slot that the farmers, u they know their own
true interests, will not support IN elther parry
any man for Congress this year or any Candidate
for the presidency In 1872 who Is not llght on
silver.
POSTAL Affairs.
post-on1ces established: Ylrginia-Namoloss,
Campbell county, samuel ID. Leiiwich, postunas-
ter
North Carolina-Moonsione, Swain county,
Andrew Jones, p09imneier.
Tho Office al Hood, Madison county, W., has
been ordered removed ~ miles northwest Oh
tho old location.
Chonrcs In North Carolina mail routes have
been ordered "a follows
Milton TO Milton. From May 9th change service
SO ns 10 omit Sonora and run from Milton, W
Marlborough 10 HycOtee and back. decreasing
distance equal 10 one half mile and back.
buchanan. n. G., TO Black Walnut, Va CIR
tail service as 20 end al Mayo, Halifax county
Va. emitting Black Walnut decreasing distance
five aud half niles.
After May 10th mall service In North Carolina
will be Discontinued AZ follows Scotland Neck
10 Palmyra, and from Norleet TO Scotland Neck.