The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-06
LETTER FROM CUMBERLAND.
The New Revolution.

Mr.. EDIToR:-ln every paper | read
there are words that tell of a mighty
uprising in the sentiments and pur-
poses of the bone and sinew of the
best government the world ever
saw, to rout from high places the
men who ought to be our servants, but
who are our bosses and oppressors, to
repeal the homestead law, to establish
government warehouses, to establish
railroad commissions, to give no more
money, to break up rings, trusts and
monopolies. The wind started in the
Lone Star State;" it has now
reached a cyclone. God grant it may
continue until the old fence is COM
pletely blown down, then we can re-
build it, putting the bottom rail on
top. But, dear PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
tell me why the wind has taken such
a strange freak in the land of my
birth, dear old Cumberland county :?
1t seems that it has forgotten its mis-
sion, for it has blown farmers from
the rich bottoms of Cape Fear that
have made ga bale of cotton to the
acre." $500 bushels of potatoes to the
acre." "corn that would average GA
lbs. to the bushel," to our glorious
town of Fayetteville for a living.
This is a revolution [ do not like to
see. In your issue of the 8th some
one writing up the homestead law,
advocates its repeal. God grant it
may be, for it is a carbuncle on the
prosperity Of the country, for no boy
or man that is worth the powder and
shot that it would take kill him will
ever have the energy or spirit to
work on his fathers or his own mort
gagged farm. If we must have a
homes tead law, let it be at the out.
side 5000, and that in fee simple, as
it is now, you can get corrupt set
of men and have 5000 or 5000 dol.
lars laid off. The consequence is that
all confidence between man and man
is destroyed.
There is nothing our Alliance can
do that will bring things to a cash
basis and resolve confidence among
men than its repeal
At our next meeting we will get
up a petition for the government
warehouse. Some say it is Class leg
islation; and as we are fighting it, we
are going back on ourselves. l do
not see it in that light. My idea OF
class legislation is a law that benefits
one to the injury of another. Now
any law that benefits the agricultural
class benefits the whole human family,
no matter what profession or walk in
life. All good men who have the
welfare of his country at heart ought
to join hands with us in this great
movement.
Hurrah for the best speaker, the
best war Governor, the best Senator,
our Zeb. Vance! God bless him.
At our last meeting of Cross Creek
Alliance, No. Ill, we elected Bro.
W. D. Smith Corresponding Secretary
and sister W. B. Jackson to solicit
subscriptions to our organ, The Pro.
GREssIvE FARMER. No member ought
to be without it; it is the best educa-
tor in the South. That man at Chapel
Hill with Bible name, I don't think
it is Solomon at any rate, ought to
subscribe to it. He would then see
that kindergarten is nowhere by the
side of the brains and old time educa-
ton OF the teachers of the Alliance.
NO. III has built and paid for a
naIl OF It's own. A young lady has
tourlshlng school in it, and the Y. M.
q. A. has the use of it every Friday,
so you see our Alliance is doing some
good, and know it may be counted
on it the coming well, you know.
Yours fraternally,
I. II. MCLEAN.