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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-06
QUICK TINE, CHEAP RATES

Daily Express and Passenger rains
make prompt connections with the
several railroad lines in the East.
pullman Palace Sleeping Cars and
Tourists Sleeping Cars attached to all
rains.
Ficke Is sold, sleeping car Il the se-e
application at the Com pany's Offices
where passengsrs calling, m person can,
secure choice ofroutes, etcs Ir. y. -
An, TnWNE, n. iii. S5OODMAN,ss
General Manager Gen. Pass A. Tiki Agt
SAN Francisco, Cal. ,.,,,
june L.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-06

WE GUARANSEE SIX BOXS
To cure any case. With each order re-
ceived by US for six bose acc nm 3 an
led with $500, will send the purchaser
our written guarantee to refund the
m onep II tn , treatment does not effect
care! Qua anfees Issued only by w. II.
Oh EDIC, Sole Agent. Carson Citi New
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-12-06

Sleepless nights, made miser.
able by that terrible cough
Shiloh's Cure is the remeuY for
you.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18
COLORED. LABOR.

\ VERY interesting article appears
n in this paper written by Mr.. L.
W. Avery, and first published in the
Southern CuAjvator. He tells how Col.
A. II. Coke, of Georgia, manages col
ored labor on his farm. He does it
by retaining half of their wages until
the end of the year. If they leave
before the time is out he is under no
obligations to pay them the amount
retained.
Mr.. Priestly Mangum, one of the
best farmers in North Carolina, does
this way also. His hands do not
leave him in the busy seasons of the
year. 1t has a good effect in several
ways. They cannot spend the money
until the end of the year, and as a
natural consequence they usually learn
to save something for a rainy day.
1t might be a good dea for all our
farmers to try this plan one year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18
THOSE LIES

TINE American Economist, a high
Il protection sheet, published in
New York, heads its leading editorial
in the last issue, "The Triumph of
Lying" In this it says that the low
tariff sheets industriously circulated
lies just on the eve of the election to
the effect that the Mckinley bill had
raised the price of goods without a
corresponding rise in the wages of
factory hands, etc This, it claims,
was the cause of the overthrow of the
high protection crew.
We expect some lying vas done OF
both sides, but the lies that hurt were
the ones circulated in past years, and
especially this year, stating that if the
tariff was higher we would all be rich
and happy. The people had heard
enough of this bosh and determined
to rid themselves, as far as possible,
of such rubbish. Yes, "lying has
triumphed;" but those who did the
mos5 of the lying that hurt were such
as the american Econmmist and other
tools of p~lutocracy that have lied until
there is no virtue in lying.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18
H MCKINLEY BILL.

Mr.. Charles DAILY, of the gun in.
porting firm of Schoonerhng, Dalv 4
Gales, says in the Sporting Goods Ca.
zette: al am thoroughly ~convinced
that the foundation for the claim for
increased duties and the strongest ~.
gument therefore was a substantial
donation from the interested m4nufac,
turers to the campaign fund of 1889
l will give An instance which l know
to be true. A certain maker of a line
of dress goods gave toward the cam.
paign fund a check for $50, 600. of
which fund one of the Senators OF the
United States was the custodian, with
the promise that he should write the
section covering goods competing with
him. He wrote the section and the
same is to-day the law of the land in
the Identical language penned by him
and sent by him to the Finance Com
mittee of the Senate. He was asked
why he gave so large a sum, as the
increase of duty would be sure to
stimulate opposition. He replied, it
would take any one two years to
reach a position where he could com.
pete, and by that time he would have
made three times the amount from
the increased profit on his wares. -
Wilmington Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18
YES, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

ONE of. our exchanges hits the
" nail right on the head in the fol
lowing:
1.-TWO months ago middling cotton
was worth ii 2 cents in Memphis
and St. Louis Now it is only worth
9 3 4 cents, a difference of l 3 4 cents,
or So IS per bale to you. 1t is true
thai the Mckinley bill has raised the
price of all goods, then cotton ought
to be at least as high as 1t was two
months ago. The government has
paid out nearly $50, OO0, 600 in the
two months, so there ought to be
more money in circulation. The true
cause is the money kings have locked
the money up to reduce prices and
they have done it. The Sub Treasury
bill would have prevented this decline.
In fact j. is believed it would raise the
prices of cotton to Is cents per pound,
which it is really worth. Is a man fit
to represent you that opposes this
measure? Every man in Georgia has
been defeated that opposed the Sub
Treasury bill, and ought to be here
and everywhere"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18

| covered next time. How many il
their hurry plowed just as deep at
they really thought it ought to have
been done, or wers tempted to cut an
inch or two wider than the share, OIL
the mildboard would turn well, or tc
pass by the places where the pillow was
thrown out by a root or a stone, and
not " try again"
Then in preparing the ground after
blowing, was it thoroughly pulverized,
dragged or rolled, or whatever in the
nature of your soil was needed. One
who has made an average Of forty
bushels of wheat per acre for years
cultivated his ground twice with cut
away or disc harrow, twice with the
smoothing harrow, and then the roller,
before using the drill.
How about the seed ? Was it first
grade and thoroughly clean =? Or was
it Nc. l, 2, or rejected, full of chaff
and weed sticks, so the drill could
not seed it evenly ? Was it mixed
with chess, cookie and other foul
seeds2 Have we aver experimental,
or studied other experiments like that
of the Ohio Experiment Station, GOV
ering a period of seven years, and
testing the sowing of from three to
nine pecks per acre? Have we ever
tried to see which is the profta Die
amount to SOW? Do we know whether
it is best to SOW early or late.
Others have been saving, or mean
ing to save seed corn. How many
have not yet done so? Here in
Southern Missouri we had ours picked
and in the dry, September 10, and it
has been shelled and in a dry room
over the kitchen stove for some
weeks before any frost. We might
do much more to improve our n by
careful selection of seed from the
standing stalk, thus giving an oppor-
tunity to judge of stalk and mum Der
of ears. There are differences in
varieties as to yield, as to amount of
grain, in comparison to cob, but how
few of US are giving these points any
serious attention.
Then there IS the enriching of the
ground by manure, by the raising of
clover and blowing it and other green
crops, under. But the simple ways in
which we might farm better, and
which are known to even the "aver.
age farmer" we often hear about
shows that better farming is a practi-
cal thing, that we might all realize.
At this, the opening of another crop
season, let US give the better methods
4 trial, and see if it does not pay. W.
ought to be advancing with the years.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18
H CITY FARMER.

Just at this time of the year there
is always a number of city men who
get an itching desire to become farm,
ers-not farmers for'health or pleasure,
but farmers for profit. Now farming
is a grand occupation, but to the aver.
age city business man who goes into
it for profit, it holds out nothing but
failure. The city farmer, for example,
never considers, as does the wise and
knowing farmer, that there may be
disappointment in crops. He thinks
whatever he sows will come up and
yield profit. Even a stupid turnip
knows a city farmer as soon as it
sees him. Marrow-fat peas fairly
rattle in their pods with derision as
he passes. The fields are glad to i'm.
pose upon the novice. Wandering
too near the beehive with a book on
honey making, he gets stung in three
places; his c~aulifowers turn out to be
cabbages; the thunder spoils his milk;
the ss.butter that he dreamed OF Is
rancid; the taxes eat up his profits; the
drought consumes his corn: the rust
gets in his wheat; the peaches drop
off before they ripen; the rot strikes
the potatoes; expecting to surprise his
benighted city friends with a present
of a few early vegetables, he accident
ally hears that they have had new po.
tatoes and green peas and sweet corn
for a fortnight; the bay mare runs
away with the box wagon; his rustic
gate gets out of order; his shrubbery
is perpetually needing the shears; II
seems almost impossible to keep the
grass out of the ~serpentine walk; a
COW gets in and upsets the vase OF
flowers; the hogs destroy the water
melons and the gardner runs off WIFI
the chamber maid. Everything goes
wrong, and farming is a failure. II
always is a failure when a man kno"S
nothing about it; if a man can aHoru
to make a large outlay for his OWL
amusement and the health OF nS
family, let him hasten TO his country
purchase. But no sensible man VIII
think to keep a business in town anu
make a farm financially ~prohta0Le'-
Ialmaqe, IN Ladies' Home J00rnaA
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18
THE WAY THEY LOOK AT 1T AT
THE NORTH.

1t is not strange that the talented
commanding Generals who have Loyalty
and wisely guided this mighty popu.
lar uprising, should be hsted s~landered
and aspersed by the hireling, press
and Hessian orators of Plutocracy,
both North and South.
DR.. G. W. Macune, Colonel L. L.
Polk, Hon. J. Burrows, Hon. H. L.
Lucks, Lecturer Ben Terrell, Vice.
President B. H. Clover, Secretary J.
II Turner, Treasurer VIM. Il. Hick.
man, Hon. August Post, Alonzo
Wardall, J. F. Tillman, R. @. Patty,
Isaac McCracken, Evan Jones, L. F.
Livingston, j. P. Buchanan, Elias
Carr, A. J. Streeter, Lecturer N. B.
Ashby, and many another champions
of liberty and popular rights will be
blacklisted and maligned by a des.
perate plutocracy fighting at bay for
its life.
But in coming years our American
Republic, like it's long vanished Meme,
tian sister, shall have a Golden Book
in which are inscribed the names of
those who served the people well, and
if the men we have mentioned be as
brave and faithful in the future, as
they have been in the past, distant
generations shall remember them in
gratitude and honor, for Blood is
thicker than water. - Farmers Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18
A LETTER FROM N
RALEIGH, N. c., Oct. 10, 1890.

RALEIGH, N. c., Oct. 10, 1890.
E.. C. BeddimGtfed, Esq, Raleigh,
N. c.:
DEAR S1R-Since reaching this city
to day l have learned that there is
a misrepresentation here about my
position in regard to the Sub Treasury
bill, as explained in my speech'in Raj
eigh on the 25 ult. l said then as
plainly as l could utter it that, if that
bill should be demonstrated to be con-
stitutional by any decision of the
Supreme Court, or other wise, l would
cheerfully support it, Notwithstanding
my objection to its practicability, if
the farmers desired it. That position
| still maintain. further have stated
upon all occasions that | would gladly
co operate with any friend OF the
measure in Congress to put it in such
shape, if possible, as would make it
comfortable to the constitution.
In my letter to Mr.. Carr, the Presi-
dent of the State Alliance, l declared
my trlendliness to the purpose Of the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18

of the best writers and the best
orators in the United States. Few
writer's have written anything and
not a single stump speaker has &C
cepted the challenge. The papers
throughout the country have generally
satisfied themselves by attacking the
officers of the Alliance, and by a little
senseless bosh about the p~racticability
of the Sub. Treasury bill. Though
not an issue, strictly speaking, in the
campaign just over, it was endorsed
overwhelmingly in the result of the
late election. What is to be done =?
Will we give up this cherished meas
ure because one man opposes it =?
In a letter to Secretary Beddingfeld
some weeks ago (which we publish in
this issue } Senator Vance said "thst
if the Sab Treasury bill should be
demonstrated to be constitutional by
any decision of the Supreme Court, or
otherwise, he would cheerfully sup
port it, Notwithstanding his objection
to its practicability."
Now we Alliance people are not
smart, but we have sense enough to
know that the Supreme Court will
never pass upon the constitutionality
of any bill while it lies in the pigeon
holes of the committee rooms.
We want a United States Sen:
ator who will go ahead and put
the bill in the best shape possible
and push it Dy all fair means, have it
discussed and make something out Cf
it. Senator Vance can do it. Will
he do it or will we have to look for
some one who will?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18
FAIR.

THE Cumberland County Fair is
an old institution. For about
thirty years the Fair has been held an
nually. 1t improves with age, and
was fully up to the standard last week.
Cumberland, Robson, Richmond and
Harnett counties were settled origin
| ally with an excellent class of people.
The most of them are Scotch, as may
be judged by the old family names,
such as Mcdonald, McDuffe, McDiar-
mid, McLane, McIver, McLaurin and
dozens of others all beginning with
"Mc." They are a fine race of people
physically, mentally and morally.
The display of fruits, vegetables,
stock, cereals, art and manufactured
products would compare favorably
with the exhibits of any section of
North Carolina. The racing was quite
good, also, and we regret that the
rainy weather kept many from attend,
ing the Fair.
Fayetteville is an old town. But
has taken on new life in the past few
years. 1t is a large cotton market and
does an extensive ~turpentine business
The fine forests of Cumberland and
adjoining counties yield large guam
titles of this product. Fayetteville is
situated at the head of steamboat navi-
cation on the Cape Fear river, 100
miles above Wilmington, by water,
and 80 miles by rail. A large cotton
factory and other industries are in
operation, and others projected.
Fayetteville once bore the name of
p" Cross Creek" Two creeks near the
town actually crossed each other. But
in building the cotton factory the bed
of the creeks was changed, and they
no longer cro each other. It is a
pity, too, for it was the only thing of
the kind on record.
We had the pleasure of meeting
several quill drivers. Bro. Barnes, of
the Rural Home and Sentinel, Messrs.
Myrover and Whitehead, of the Fay
etteville Observer, and last but not
least, Bro. McDiarmid, of the Lumber
ton R~o6esomt0n. The writer intimated
that he would like to hear Bro. Nc
Dlarmid laugh, and il tickled him so
that he gratifed the wish at once
Then it was that we understood how
the Mayor of Boston could afford to
say that he would give $500 to hear
Mr.. McDiarmid laugh, Peal after
peal of laughter rent the air and the
sounds went crawling around among
the fancy work in Floral Hall, among
the big potatoes and ears of corn, out
among the big hogs, into the grand
stand. Everybody seemed to be re
viVed. The horses on the race track run
faster, the ponies on the "merry go
around" caught the infection and the
gloom disappeared. Even the man
who does the talking act for the
"Johnston Flood Disaster " panorama
felt the influence of that laugh, though
a mile away, and described the horrors
of that terrible food in more graphic
language than he yer had before.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18
mar NEWSPAPER BOYCOTT.

A BOUT the first of July a circular
IA was sent out to the Sub Alliances
throughout the country setting forth
the fact that certain newspapers were
engaged in uncalled for assaults upon
the officers of the National Alliance
and that these attacks were system.
attic, false, malicious and were made
by an INSCRIPTIONS, partisan and sub
sidized press, and while it vas seem.
ingly done to expose some wrong
done, yet it was evident that the real
object was to injure and break down
the Alliance. Beyond a doubt this
was the sole purpose as most of them
could have no personal dislike or any.
thing else for these officers.
Several papers in this State and
elsewhere have published these circu.
lars and commented upon them at
length. Some of them are disposed
to make a great buster, and if they
had never offended before, their in
temperate remarks at present may
lead to boycotting if persisted in.
The arguments used are that it is a
plan to "throttle the voice of the
press and prevent all criticism;" that
this is unfair and unconstitutional
they do not hesitate to say.
Now in the first place those who
have attended to their own business
need not have any fear. Thu officers
of the Alliance have not denied any
paper the right to criticize both men
and methods, but this plan of system
attic SANDER must and shall be stopped.
If any newspaper finds evidence of
dishonesty or corruption in any officer,
be he high or low, we will guarantee
him the protection of, and gratitude
of the Alliance as a body, if he will
first make sure and then go ahead and
Expose the same. On the other hand,
if he undertakes to Systematically
SANDER any officer for selfish purposes,
then he must take the consequences.
We are glad to say that a good many
papers throughout the country have
not stopped so low as to deserve the
boycott. But a few in North Carolina
and other States have either manufac
tured these base falsehoods and inuen
does or have seized every opportunity
to circulate them after they
started, and in nearly every instance
they kneaO they Oere FALSE. If they do
not see people rushing to their Offices
and subscribing hereafter they may
guess that their living has had a bad
effect. However, they should rejoice
in getting off lighter than did Anna
MAS and his better half, In brief, if
you have not been stealing, you need
not run and hide every time the ALI
ance or somebody cries "stop thief"
In another part of this paper will
be found a very interesting editorial
from the National Economist of a
date, also the circular in ques
ton. Read it and consider the mat
ter well before you pass upon it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18
A NEW CRUSADE.

IN an editorial under the ABOVE Cap
Il ton, the Statesville landmark, o.
the 18th, says:
CHE PROGRESSIVE FARMER has re
newed it's wal upon Senator Vance
The editorial from it which is repro,
duced elsewhere in this paper, is the
clear indication of a purpose on its
part, if we understand it at all, to de
feat him for re election if it can. 1t
means a fresh setting of the State by
he ears, for The PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
by reason of it's being the organ of
the Farmers Alliance, has a following
and an influence out of proportion to
it's ability or its real Importance. It
cannot defeat Senator Vance, but it
can excite a great deal of friction. 1t
would be interesting to know just how
it reasons with itself about the matter
in hand
"By reason of its being the organ
of the Farmers Alliance, The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER has a following and
an Influence out of proportion to its
ability or real Importance" To say
the least of it that is a huge joke on
the subscribers of the The PROGRESS
sIvE FARMER. The paper now goes to
about $4,000 patrons, and in addition
to this has a large exchange list. Of
that number probably II, 900 are
actual farmers-a majority of them
the most intelligent and progressive
men in this and other States in which
it circulates. The other 5000 are
ministers, physicians, teachers, law
yers, merchants and manufacturers
No paper with the same circulation
has a more intelligent or more conser-
vative constituency. Now what is
Bro. Caldwell going to do about that?
"Out of proportion to it's ability or
real Importance" We are going to
send the Landmarks editorial to DR..
Battle, our efficient State Chemist, and
let him try to find the logic in that
statement.
But what we are going to say is
that this paper has championed the
Sub Treasury scheme. 1t must give
up the measure or give up those who
strive to defeat the Sub Treasury.
This paper cannot support any man
for the Senate who is against the
bill. Some weeks ago Senator Vance
was offered the use of three columns
of the editorial page in this paper to
argue the constitutionality and practi.
cability of the bill. If he had any
arguments he should have presented
them. Every paper and every citizen
in the State Of North Carolina have
been given plenty of fresh air and
time to prove that the bill is uacon
stitutional or imprscticable. The
gauntlet has been thrown at the feel
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18
A SUGGESTION.

\ T the last meeting of Chatham
IA County Alliance a resolution
was passed asking the legis ature to
take some action when it meets again
to appropriate a sufficient sum Of
money to establish a factory to manu-
facture cotton bagging, the work to
be done by convicts as far as possible.
The other County Alliances are
asked to discuss this matter and try
to bring about a plan to utilize some
of the convict labor so it will benefit
the farmers directly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-18
EDITORIAL NOTES.

~ The Greensboro Daily Patriot,
a bright and 81 tertaining evening pa
per, has suspended for lack of support.
= Mr.. Thos. H. Balm haas become
associated with Mr.. P. g. Enniss in
the publication of the Sou bern Farmer
in this city. MI. Balm has had expe-
rience in journalism and this will
make a strong team.
x The meanest man has been
found. He lives in Georgia, and Dor
rows his county paper, and when he
gets through reading it he rents it to
his neighbor at a profit, and then
abuses the editor because there is
nothing in it.
A letter was published in a re-
cent issue of The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
by Mr.. J. J, Rogers, Manager of the
cclored Alliance Exchange at Norfolk,
Va. By some mistake the letter was
Signed w. j. Rogers" instead of J.
J. Rogers as it should have been
We hope this will set matters straight
IN that direction.
We promised our readers the
speech that Rev. Thos, Dixon delivered
at the We don Fair. 1t was taken in
shorthand by a young man from
Virginia, who was visiting at Weldon
a. that time. He carried his notes
home and we have a letter from him
saying that he wrote the speech out
in long hand and mailed it at Marion,
Va, on the 3rd inst. We have never
received it and regret the fact very
much. If Wannamaker's men will
manage to get it through, we will
publish it as soon as we can. We are
anxious to do so.