The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-23
NUTS TO CRACK AT THE FARM
ER'S FIRESIDE.
Press Opinions from Many Sources.

Put none on guard except plowhold-
ers.-Selman, Fla, Alliance.
No, It's not Sherman whois march
ing through Georgia this time; it is
the Farmers Alliance Chicago Sen
tinel.
"See that my graves kept green"
is going to be a popular song among
politicians after next week.-Arkamsa
Economist.
Tramp Tramp Tramp !!
The earth is fairly shaking with the
mighty revolt in politics that is taking
place.-Loroy Union.
AS defined by Webster, "Politics
is the science of government
preservation of a nation safety, peace
and prosperity, and the protection of its
citizens in their rights"
Is it any wonder that sugar is dear
when three of the officers of the sugar
trust draw salaries of 100000 each,
six others $4,000 each and seven
$25, 900 each ?-Farna and Ranch
A Georgia editor says that a man
who would cheat country editor out
of years subscription would give a
nickle with a hole in it to the foreign
missionary fund, and sigh because the
hole was not bigger than the nickle
In 1859 there were but two million
aires in the United States, now there
are thousands of them. How did
they get so wealthy and who did the
wealth come from ? Ask any honest
farmer and he will soon tell you.
The extract from Mr.. Newland's ad
dress shows that the silver men will
continue the agitation until the next
step, free coinage is taken. The pres
ent law will bring the price of bullion
to par. When this is accomplished,
the gold bugs will be entirely without
argument annapolis Leader.
Farmers Alliance papers are start
ing up in nearly every county in the
State. Patronage has been withdrawn
from nearly all the old ring organs,
and papers that are not favora Die to
the Peoples movement are feeling it's
effects. The farmers say they do not
know why they should feed their
enemies.-Sprlt Of Kansas
The National Congress of farmers
in session at Council Bluffs passed a
series of resolutions enunciating what
they want. None of their reque sts
are very exacting and certainly all
seem just. Still it is likely that as in
the past the monopoliss further east
will continue to give them the earth,
provided the monopolists hold the
mortgage on it.-.Phtl. 1tmes Ind
The Sublimity of impudence is
reached when lawyers denounce the
Alliance movement as being in the
interests of class legislation Lawyers
constitute one. tenth of one per cent
of our population, and yet they fiji
nine tenths of the legislative, three
fourths of the executive, and all the
judicial Offices of the country. Glass
legislation indeed J. Mead County
Times, IRJord, s. Dakota.
The "non partisan Farmers ALI
ance is busily engaged in shufling
the political cards in half a dozen
or more States at present and conf
IDENTIFY asserts that it will have two
score representatives in the next con
gress. 1t even threatens to get to
gether and put presidential candidate
in the field in 1892 This is to be a
governmental, by and for the farmers.
Let them sail in; they pay for the
right.-H0uston Post
Under the warehouse system pro
posed by the Farmers Alliance the
farmers would now have their corn
and realize good prices for it, but un-
der the mortgage system they were
compelled to part with it for II to Is
cents a bushel. 1t was taken in by
spectators, one Of whom in this city
has realized profit of $50, This
is really the farmers money, and the
fact that man got it who DOES not
raise an ear of corn, is a burning
shame to our system. m.-Ioa0a Tribune.
The Chicago Erpress says it has it
on good authority that the "spon-
taneous uprls ng OF the laborlng men
is the chief topic of conversation in
Washington. That paper, if it had
been thoroughly posted, might have
added thas it is all the talk wherever
you 60, whether in town or country,
Sooner or later this same Alliance
movement will swallow up all other
movements, political OF what not, and
their ears will not have to be pinned
back nor Their heads creased to en-
able it to do it, either Labor Journal.
More than $4,000 applications for
pensions under the Disa bility Pension
bill enacted by the present Congress
have already been received at the
pension Office These figures show
the extent to which Congress has