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THEN AND NOW.

WHEN the writer was about
w eighteen years of age he became
a regular correspondent of the States.
vile Landmark. For six years this
was kept up. During that time we
wrote more or less upon matters of
economy. The editor of the Lam t.
mark and the writer never could and
cannot agree on such matters. Some
times things would get dull and we
would get up a row with Bro. Cald-
we'll and fire into him to the extent
of a column or two, in which we
would proceed to tell him plainly
what he was and what he ought to be-.
This may have done him good. Any
way he is now one of the best editors
on this continent, and though we have
not gotten him fully converted, yet
he is one of natures noblemen. On
one occasion, before the Alliance was
introduced into this State, the writer
wrote an article urging the farmers
to organize and giving a number of
reasons why it was necessary. One
statement in this article was so ex-
travagant that it caused a smile to ap
pear on Bro. aldwell's face which
remained for some time. We maize
the assertion that 1t was possible for
the farmers organizations to become
so powerful that our national legisia-
l4tors would not dare to refuse to en-
act su Il laws for their benefit as th9y
should ask for, provided, Of course,
that these laws be in the bounds of
reason and justice. We went so far
as to say that instead of the farmers
being entirely ignored as they then
were, a simple request from the presi-
dent of the national order for the en-
actment of this or that law would
aus our Congressman and Senators
to get up at 3 o'clock in the morning,
go to the capitol and put the measure
through.
OF course we would hardly ask that
of our re representatives., but it is a fac
that more legislation could be done
in a month, if they would go at it in
earnest, than has cen done in the
past ten years. We have not got to
that point yet, but we are getting
there. W. will be compelled to clip
off a few congressional and senatorial
heads before they realize we are alive
and kicking, but there is nothing
wrong about that. When your hands
do not work, discharge them. You
always do thai on your farms. Apply
the same rule as to Congressman and
Senators and all will be well.
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DO YOUR FULL DUTY.

ELSEWHERE will be found a let
u ter from DR.. G. w. Macune,
Chairman of the National Executive
Committee of our order, He urges
upon our delegates to the State Ali
ance meetings, which will take place
in the different States soon, the i'm
portance of staying as long as neces
sary in order to accomplish everything
undertaken, and that all make ar,
rangements before leaving home for a
stay of several days, provided the
time is required.
DR.. Macune's letter explains itself
fully and we hardly deem 1t necess 4ry
to add much to what he says. Every
delegate will, or should, go with a
determination to do something for the
good Of the entire order. Ii also is
highly important that each n stay
until the end of the session, for, as he
says, all the unwise and extravagant
work can be traced to the last day of
the session when the members are in
a hurry to go home. 1t is highly i'm,
portant that the brethren in each
county suggest to their delegates any
changes they think of so they can
work intelligently.
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FRIENDS ONE AND ALL.

ITO the scores of friends in all part
of the State who have crowded
this Office with letters, expressive OF
their kindly feeling, and to all those
who have aided in multiplying the
pages of our subscription books, we
tender assurances of our most grateful
appreciation. We said some time
since that The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
must have on its list twenty five thou
sand subscribers by January, 1891.
1t is a paper "of the people, by the
people and for the people," and what
ever else may 90 said of it, we proud
ly claim that from its very first issue
to date it has never betrayed or de
serted those for whom it was estab.
lished. And whatever may be its
fate, is will stand loyalty and faithful
ly by the people and their interests.
One brother sent us a club Of fifty tve
subscribers. Only a few more such
would soon bring us up to the twenty
five thousand. Shall we not have
them ? Again, u grateful thanks,
brethren and friends.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

~ At the solicitation of many citi.
zens, Col. L. l.. Polk addressed the
people of this section to day Tuesday
at Metropolitan Hall, in this city.
* Don't forget the Grape Fair at
Mt. Holly this week. A ton of fer.
tilizer will be given to the Alliance
making the largest exhibition OF
grapes, Be sure to go.
x The monopoly Bureau" OF
Washington City, has issued a circular
giving the opinions of eminent states.
men and comments of the press upon
the Sub-Treasury bill"
And now the Alliance of the
great State Of Illinois takes it's place
In the column. The State body was
organized at Morrison on the 5th inst.
by President Polk. The outlook in
that State is most hopeful and en-.
couraging.
= The State Alliance of South
Carolina met n Greenville on the
23d inst. 1t was a splendid body Of
men and was thoroughly imbued with
genuine Alliance zeal. The order in
our sister State is in admirable con
dition, and will do a noble work III
the future. We will publish a list Of
the of6cers-elect as soon as obtained
The State Alliance of South
Carolina, at its session on the 23C
inst. adopted resolutions of fraterna
greeting and good fellowship, anC
ordered them to be- transmitted by
wire to Bro. B. H. Clover, President
of the Kansas State Alliance, with re
] quest that they be communicated tc
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COL. POLK'S TRIP

EROM a private letter just received
Il from Col. Polk, we quote the fol,
lowing:
CATER a flying trip of a month
through the States of Kentucky, In
diana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas,
North md South Dakota, Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigan, [ am re-
joiced as | appro 4ch the hour which
will gain place me Ou the soil Of my
native State. Riding almost every
night and speaking almost every day
and in the open air to vast crowds,
sw~eIrering in a temperature ranging
from 95 to l04 degrees, | think | can
truly say it has been the most trying
and Iaborious task OF my life. But 1t
was made lighter and brighter by
Il cordial, fraternal and enthusiastic
reception with which l have been hon.
ored everywhere and on all occasions.
The people OF the great Northwest
never were more thoroughly aroused
to their condition nor more determined
to have relief. They are profoundly
impressed with the belief that the
farmers and bread winners of the two
sections should unite and make com
mon cause against a common evil.
Earnest, determined and enthusiastic
as they are IN promoting the great
principles of our noble order, they
have reached the conclusion that so
long as the farmers of the North and
of the South are srrayed on St sectional
lines, we can accomplish nothing To
remain divided is to remain helpless,
and they appeal to the farmers of the
South to covenant with them that
h%enceforth the wealth pro ulcers of
the land shall stand together for the
common veal Of a common country,
and | believe that from every State,
every county aud every Alliance in
the South will come a hearty response
to this appeal for unity and fraternity.
1t is our only nope. A sectional
organization embracing only the PEG.
pie or the States of a section will be
powerless to obtain a redress of
wrongs inflicted by a power whose
agencies permeate every nook and
corner of the whole land. Nothing
short of a grand national organization,
standing under ons flag, enduring to
n name, actuated by one purpose
the redemption of the country from
the deadly grasp of monopoly-car
give US justice and relief. l sincerely
trust that The Alliance of my W and
other Southern States, at their annual
meetings, now near at hand, will
make such response to these overtures
of peace and good will on the part OF
our Northern brethren as will forever
blot from our country the blight and
stigma of sectional hatred and preiu
dice, and l confidently believe they
will do it. Let the Alliance crown it
self with undying glory by consum
mating this grand work. Among the
foremost in acts of kindness and cor
dial greetings were the old Union sol
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diers, and it is a singular fact that in
every instance, where a brother stood
up with me- to talk to the people, he
vas one who had worn the blue.
Such kindness, such enthusiasm, such
evidences of fraternal regard as
marked the bearing of these people, l
can never forget. Fne cause is NOV
ing grandly forward all along the
line. Tell the brethren to be of good
cheer and to stand faithfully by their
colOrs."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29
THF PROGRESSIVE FARMER JULY 80 1880

the entire brotherhood of the North
west. The "bloody shirt" business
is waning.
+ Letters and resolutions are COM
ing In by hundreds endorsing The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER and censuring
| Senator Vance. We greatly appre-
ciate all they say in our favor, but it
is impossible to publish them 1t
would take a paper three times as
large as ours to publish them all.
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER has spoken
out plainly upon this matter. To
publish these letters would just be a
repetition of what has been said. No
man is large enough for us to fight
continually. We are fighting for the
Sub-Treasury bill and the maintenance
of our principles. Those who oppose
US and our measures will kill them
selves by their, own actions in due
time. But again we thank u friends
for these expressions of con idence. =,
President Polk arrived in this
city on Friday morning and will spend
a few days with his family and to rest.
Notwithstanding his constant and
laborious duties for the past thirty
days, during which time he travelled
nearly 5000 miles, he is looking wei
and is in fine spirit. He relates many
interesting incidents of his trip and
emphasizes his oft,repeated opinion
that one of the graniest things to be
wrought out through the Alliance is
the unifying of the farmers Of the
North and South. 1t was estimated
that at his three appointments in
Kansas the aggregate number of per,
sons to whom he spoke was forty-twO
thousand. At Emporia the procession
was four and three quarter miles in
length. They had three brass bands.
The farmers constructed a kind Of
double.decked wagon on which sat
young ladies representing each of the
Alliance States. The South Carolina
Alliance passed a resolution of thanks
to the little black-eyed beauty who
represented that State and forwarded
to her. On another sat twenty-five
little girls, aged ten to thirteen years,
dressed in a uniform with bonnie caps
of red, white and blue, and they sang
the campaign song of the West
GOOD, bye, my party, good bye" He
states that the farmers of the North
west are in much worse condition than
are we of the South. They are ov-
cred with mortgages, which are held
chiefly by eastern capitalists and on
which, from the low prices of their
products, they are unable to pay the
interest, and that unless Congress
shall do something quickly to put
more money in circulation, thousands
of those hard working people must
give up their homes. Their oppressed
condition has given the country almost
Solidly to the Alliance cause.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-07-29
AN OPEN LETTER FROM CHAIR.
u MAN MACUNE.

The State Alliances in neatly all
the States convene during the month
of August, and brethren who have
been elected delegates at the recent
meetings of the County Alliances,
Wheels, or Unions should begin to
ponder upon the duties and response
bilities devolving upon them. They
have been chosen to represent the
farmers of the county in a Legislative
capacity, and they will go to the State
meeting with expenses paid and a
fair remuneration allowed them for
the time employed. They are under
a very strOng moral obligation, hav-
ing accepted the trust, to go and stay
TIL the business is all transacted. 1t
is too common for brethren to begin
applying to be excused that they may
go home on The second day, and each
day the number Increases. Nothing
much can be done in a body OF one
hundred members on the first day out
organize, and nearly all the unwlse
and extravagant legislation that has
been enacted can be traced to the last
day of the session, when mem GERS
were in a hurry to get through. A
delegates duty to his constituents IS
imperative that he make his arrange.
ments before going, so that he can
and will stay as long as their interests
| demand that be should. 1t is a good
plan for the State body when first
convened to pass an order that no
delegate will be paid his mileage and
per diem who does not remain until
the session closes.
G. w. MACUNE,
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THE GREENSBORO MEETING.
1t was a Success.

THE Alliance Rally at Greensboro
l. was all that was expected on the
first day, but the RAIN on the morning
of the second kept many people at
home. However the crowd was a
large one and Benhow Hall was filed
from pit to dome.
On Wednesday the Alliance men
we're called together in front of the
Benbow House at 10 o'clock by music
by the Pilgrim Band, which is COM
posed of Alliance men around Lex,
ington, in Davidson county. A hand
somer or more intelligent band of
young men cannot be found in our
State. Nine of these young men be-
long to the Alliance and the tenth
would only he is too young, be being
under sixteen years of age. This
band has bought good instruments
and nice uniforms and we doubt if
any band in the State can make better
music.
On Wednesday the members of the
Alliance we've provided with RIBBON
badges on which was printed a sheaf
of wheat. The procession formed lat
1922 and marched to the stand inthe
western portion Of tie city. Chief
Marshal W G. Bor"D, of Pomona,
led on horseback. He was followed
by carriages conta nrng ne orator of
the day and other ge,,'4, men. The
Pilgrim Band followed re carriages.
Prayer was offered hy R~v. Geo. p.
Hunt, and the orator of ihe day, Hon.
N. A. Dunning, OF Michigan, outher
of the Philosophy Of Price," and at
present one Of the eiitors of the M
tGonal Economist, was introduced by
DR.. D. Reid Parker, of Trinity Col,
lege. Bro. Dunning spoke for two
hours and twenty fvn minutes and his
audience was more than pleased. AS
we could not be present on Wednes
day we have culled The above from
the excellent report of the days pro.
ceedings found in the Greensboro
Daily Workman. The following is
| from the WOrkm n ger 5ntam:
The speaker alluded TO the fact that
| North Carolina was the first State to
issue a declaration of independence,
while quite near where he was then
standing one of the first battles OF the
Revolution was fought. He was aware
of the grave charges made by the
South against the North, some OF
which were true, but not all. He was
especially severe on those who for self
ish ends and for the purpose of reap
ing a still further harvest of wealth
famed the flames of strife that waE
ended twenty-five years ago. 1t was
this harvest of riches that protracted
the war, and tended to enslave THE
people both North and South. The
The carpet Dagger, the politician and
a subsidized press had kept blazing
! he fires of sectional strife.
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. STAND FOR THE RIGHT.

THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
l. has, within the past three years,
admonished the brethren frequently,
to prepare for the approach of the
time that would surely come, and
which would test their manhood and
their devotion to principle. In the
heat of party strife, we are too apt to
be diverted from principle-too apt
to yield to the impulses of passion
too apt to become absorbed in matters
purely personal in their character, and
lose sight of the more important mat
ter of propagating and maintaining
principle. Remember that no man in
your Alliance or in your party is, or
can be, as important as your prin-
ciples. Lay down your principles
and have men to conform to them, in
stead of having your principles con.
form to men. This was the grand
test applied by the fathers of the Re.
public, and this is the only rule which
will surely secure to US these inestim-
able rights, which they bequeathed to
is. Let us be faithful and true to
principle.
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large farms being multiplied. In ono
decade the number ofsmall farms tsS
been diminished by 1868, and
large farms increased by no per cen.
No one can fail to see in this decav
ruin unless the policy be change:
There will be, as the result of this svs.
tenn, but two classes. the ver7 moor
and the very rich, annihLlating the
middling class, which have ALWAYS
been the bulwarks of liberty and tho
promoters of the general prosperity
When l contemplate the christian
farmer, said Col. Polk, and view him
with his surroundings of peace and
quiet, | forget railroads and cities
and [ say, at last the strength and
glory of a country is in it's homes
These now are IN a crucial condition.
The true do ;trIne for the age is, the
greatest good to the greatest number.
and equal rights to all and special
privileges to none" Why try to
prove that the American farmer is in
a depressed condition, working hard
and growing poorer to-day thau he
was rs years ago.
To settle this question, said the
speaker [ was satisfied with nothing less
than a consultation OF the best anthor.
tiles. l went to the big Physician at
Washington, who is supposed to know
all about economic questions-Bro.
Dodge. He said one great trouble
was the need of a Investigation of
crops. l saw then that | had reached
a point where l would need to make
calculations for myself, some thinking
of my own to investigate what men
say, and see if there is not a mistake,
| found that Investigation would not
meet the difficulty, for n the great
State of Michigan where hat had
been tried they have land mortgages
to the amount of $3.50, 600, 600, and
their fine farm lands decreased il
value SO per cent. in ten years. In
New Jersey, with its favored location,
the same depre citation n land values
has occurred. | went to New Hamp,
shire, which fifteen years ago bIoomed
like a garden. There l found LAP
farms, having good dwellings, barns,
rock fences and maple orchards
abandoned, and the owners gone to
keep from perIshing.
l then tried the Senior member of
the Senate, Mr.. Morrill,, and he replied
that the difficulty was in o~verprcduc,
ton.
Since Mr.. Morrill, said those words
the echo has gone all through the
country--overproduction. Mr.. Dodge.s
figures show how much wheat was
reported, but not how many persons
in our own Country are hungry, and
with pencil l reduced the wheat to
-four, and apportioned it to the popu.
'ation. and There was none let to
expor, after the mouths Of the hungry
IN a state of semi starvation.
The American Congress is too far
from the people to understand and
appreciate the prevailing evil. Some
DO not know and others do not care.
It's true that a dollar will buy more
now than it ever would but where is
the dollar.
The political DR.. is mistaken. 1t is
not the farmers fault. 1t is the fault
Of a rotten and wicked financial sys.
tenn. There was a time mere when
.the farmer had money to lend and to
deposit in the bank. Not SO now.
The money manipul 4tors of the coun-
try are controlling its finances in
their own interest.
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Chm'n Executive Committee.

Bro. J. H. Foote, of Dellaplane,
Wilks county, writes that Col. Thos.
B. Long, has recently been in that
county, and his lectures have done a
great deal of good. Several new Ali
ances have been organized by the
County Lecturer, who is a very
promising young man Bro; Foot9
says Col. Long is a fine speaker anu
never fails to arouse feeling IN favor
of the great cause he so eloquen'Iy
advocates.
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1905.

The above is the exact number of
new su bscribers added to our list since
our last issue. This gives US 2 396 new
subscribers within the past three
weeks.
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= At the great mass meeting in
Greensboro on the oath inst. resolu.
tions complimentary to President Polk
and rendering to the brotherhood of
the Northwest assurances of ~fraternal
regard and fellowship were adopted
unanimously and by a rising vote.
They were forwarded to Bro. Glover,
of Kansas, for publication in the
papers of our order in those States.
And thus shall the war of demagogi.
cal politicians end. So mote it be.
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lis 1ed2 If so, give us your real name
and your postof1ce.
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In response to the above the follow
ing members of the Legislature and
Senate have gone on record as having
refused railroad passes:
R. W. Scott, Alamance county;
B. A. Wellons, Johnston county;
J. D. Parker, Perquimans county; E.
G. Beddingfeld, Wake county; M. ].
Ham, Wayne county; John Norwood,
Orange county; N. Gibbon, Mecklen-
burg county; J. l.. Anderson, of Hert,
ford county.
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A SMALL FAVOR ASKED.

VIII the judges, members of the
State Senate and members of the
Lower House who have refused to &C
cept free passes from the different
railroad corporations in the State be so
kind as to drop us a postal card to
that effect We would appreciate
tuis little act of kindness very much.
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another Officer State the one at which
you havebeen getting it.
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ing,the fact that they saw the advertise
ment in THE Progressive FARMER.
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he Progressive Farmer is the
o Gcial Organ of the N. c. Farmers
Association and N. c. State Farmers
A lance.
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So The date on your label tells you
wnen your time is out.
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This naDey entered as secqnd-rlGS eGI'EeJ az me Pos
ODice IN R0eIGh, ~. ~
The Meeker herald., 1890-07-12
speaker Heed >.,up.n.

\ special TO tho Denver Republican
Of tile sih. from Washington says :
Speaker Reed was sat down upon again
In the House this afternoon. lie
brought In n report from the committee
ON rules designating four days for the
discussion OF the original package hill
and the bankruptcy hill. Representa-.
tive faySon and other Republicans
antaeonlzei the movement, and united
with the Democrat. Ia defeat IL and
consequently tho. Speakers plan was
knocked in the head. This Is the inst
time this season that III. Republican
majority has failed - stand 10y the
committee on rules. some OF lii.
Republicans are getting tired of tn.
tactics Of III. steering committee and
wan, Ia get some oi their own fa.oril.
measures considered. Tho Speaker
will probably have his hands full tins
time. The spirit Of T-yol, among THE
Republicans uf the House Is CROWN:
stronger daily.