The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-06
NUTS TO CRACK AT THE FARM
ER'S FIRESIDE.

There's land that is fairer than
this but it don't show up on the map.
Labor Tribune.
Sometime in November the Kansas
members of Congress will become
aware of the existence of the Farm
ers' AlEance.-AUJdnce Tribune.
The Kansas farmer has been doing
good deal of the right sort of think.
ing this winter and will continue on
the same line until election day when
he will vote in the same sort of a way.
Alliance Tribune.
Our advice to all Alliance men is,
when voting for man to fill any
ofice-vote for a good man-but do
not insist on being that man yourself.
If you do there will be number of
Alliance candidates left Georgia
| Quarterly.
Those who are losing so much sleep
over the political tendencies of the
| Farmers Alliance, will learn, before
they are many moons older, that there
are onl y two parties, the people and
the money power and that it will be
an easy matter to place them.-Mam-
haitian (Karo.) Signal.
The laboring people are not work,
ing to obtain happiness. They are
happy working to get money to buy
beef to give them strength to work
some more to get more money to buy
more beef to give them strength to
work some more for more money to
buy beef with to give them strength
to work for their masters.-Ihe Pat
rick II nry.
In a country like ours, above all
others, will this truth hold good: q If
the people can obtain fair compensa-
ton for their labor they will have
good houses, good clothing, good food,
aud the means of educating their
families-labor will be cheerful and
the people happy. The great interest
of this country is labor, labor, LABoR!'
-Danlel Webster.
In the year 100 there was but one
newspap per in the United States. In
1870 there were 5,87I; this year
there are l6,319, the total for the
United States being l7,lO7. In 1870
there were but $4,000 periodicals
printed in th3 whole world. Now,
however, there are in the United
States aloj l2,79l weeklies, 1898
monthly and l, 584 dailies.
Negotiations for powerful ALI.
ance of European workers are being
made. 1t is no less than thorough
cooperation between the German and
English Trade Unions. 1t is to be
hoped that the project will be COM
pleted. 1t will prove a most valuable
coalition for the working men of the
two countries, and it's influence will
extend throughout Europe.
The fact is, the volume of currency
has not grown with the tremendous
development of the United States.
The demand for more circulating
medium is becoming almost as strong
in the eastern States as it is in the
West and South. The present Con-
gress must heed this cry. If this is
done wisely, a gradual tide of pros
perity will wash away the crude
schemes that are now being agitated.
Farm and Home.
"The Nebraska farmer gets for
raising corn 81 per ton, the railroad
magnate for taking it to Pennsylvania
SIS per ton; the miner pays for it $l4
per ton. Who got the lion share ?
Who is the robber The Pennsylva-
MIA miners get for coal at the mines
81 per ton, the railroad magnates get
for bringing it to Nebraska ST per
ton; the people here pay for it $40
per ton. Here, again who is the rob
Der ?"- Omaha World Herald.
Why is it that the salaries of pub
lie officers are being continually in
creased, and the number of Offices
multiplied Why is it that the
Presidents salary is not reduced to
$4,000 per year in order to CORE
spond with other conditions? Why |
is it that the Senators and members
of Congress become millionaires in a
few years on salary of $4,000 per
annum, that in nearly all cases won't |
pay their house rent ? Why is it
that the bankers wear diamonds and |
live in palaces Why is it that the
farmers live hard and die poor p
NeaO Farmer.
Great depreciation is shown in the
value of farm lands throughout New
York in the annual report of the
State assessors submitted recently.
The decline within the past three years
ranges from 10 to 40 per cent. The
reports from many counties as to the
number of farms on the market and
the difficulty in effecting sales simply
confirms what has heretofore been a
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