The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-02
NUTS TO CRACK AT THE FARM
ER'S FIRESIDE.
Press Opinions from Many Sources.

power in the legislative and congress
sional affairs of the country. Lawyers,
then, are responsible for the policy
that obtains. Farmers of late are
finding a good deal of fault with the
prevailing policy.-Kemtucky Union.
Farmers are desperately "hard up"
but Dun & Co.'S Weekly Revtew, under
the date of July 25th, says in its
heading that the "Tone of the business
world is prosperous, money easy and
collections good" All of which goes
to prove, what many have suspicioned,
that the calling of the farmer is not
looked upon as " business. ."-Kemtucky
Union.
Fifteen bushels of wheat, the average
product of one acre will bring $3.50
borrow that much money at 2 per
cent. for one year and it will take
over 81 bushels to pay the interest.
Carry bushel of wheat one year and
it will require at the usual rates of
interest over / Of it for interest. And
yet we are reminded of prosperity
Home RWle
The labor press IS dong more for
the nation, for civilization, for general
advancement than any other earthly
means. 1t is elevating the people
the grandest of missions. 1t is SOW
ing the seed which will result in the
grsndest of earthly harvests 1t is
exposing long existing wrong, and
advocating the principles of Justice
Alliance Sentinel
Don't waste your time and wind
arguing about what some old party
paper says Ben Clover or other leaders
have said When the Peoples party
leaders want to talk, they have plenty
of friendly papers to talk through, and
if the people will take the friendly
papers they will find out what the
leaders do say. When they do speak
it is in no uncertain tone.-N0n Con.
If the name of Phil Chew does not
already stink in the nos.rils of the
farmers of Missouri it does in those of
a vast number of them and the day is
not distant when it will in those of
every one. His aim is power, his OBJ
ject, self assertion and gain; loyalty to
human effort is thing as unknown to
him as is loyalt,3,+o the F. & L. U
which he is at present doing his very
utmost to destroy.-RWral World.
Men will often make charges which
they know to be false, and when the
party thus charged brands the asser-
tion as lie, they say, q believe you
if you say it is untrue;" but that does
not undo the harm. They tell it,
knowing it to be false, and knowing
the party on whom it is told can so
prove it; but they know that a lie
outruns the truth, even in the face of
a just contradiction Alliance Farmer.
The Union Bee (Humansville, Mo }
says: "The drouth, now prevailing
in this county and Kansas, is not en-
couraging to the tax ridden farmer,
for the interest on his mortgage must
be paid. If the Kansas farmer has
no protected corn to burn next winter,
he may sit by the light of buffalo
chip fire, read his Bible and bless
Senator Ingalls, for the tide of pros
perity which Western farmers now
enjoy under the wholesome la aws which
he has urged through Congress.
The bond owners are now happy;
they have won the fight, and the bonds
they now hold are payable, principle,
interest and premium, in gold only.
1t would be interesting to know just
how many millions it took to force
this bill through Congress. Men in
these days of corruption and trickery
do not change their avowed beliefs
and betray their constituencies with,
out a consideration. 1t will now be
in order to placate those whom they
have so wickedly betrayed.-EconOna'st.
Why not the farmers take a hand
in politics Are they not subject to
all laws enacted by our law makers !?
Every farmer should vote, and vote
intelligently, too; and for them to vote
solidly looking to the best interests
of all, equally. We say for the farm,
ers to vote intelligently is to vote
solidly because are not all laws equally
applicable to all farmers Then if
they would be successful in having
their interests rightly, represented,
they must vote solidly for men who
are able and who will advocate their
interests under any circumstances
when it becomes necessary-Er
The old money hen sets on monop-
oily eggs and is continually Matching out
trusts, combines and corporations.
The business of our so called states
men seems to be to care for the old
hen, and occasionally to appoint a
committee of Senators and Represen-