The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-25

to oppose any man in either party after
the nominations are made as ageU as be-
FORE "who is an enemy to our order
or to the principles of justice our peo-
people are contending for" Why
stop when the nominations are made?
If either or both of the parties place
men of the chara acter named in noml-
nation, the fight should be increased
rather than abated,. and there should
be no let up until all such men are
sunk into everlasting oblivion In the
name of high heaven let us have a
little consistency in our political sug
gestions.-KGnSaS AdvOcGte.
The colony of Victoria, in Australia,
owns it's railroads, it's postofices, its
telegraph lines and it's express fran
chises. 1t works all these at a profit
to the State. It's profits from railroads
last year were $I6,OOO,OOO and from
it's postal service, telegraph and ex-
press business ST, 100000. Its surplus
on last years transactions of railroads,
postofices, telegraph and express
offices was S34, 100000 Victoria has
a debt Of SI65'OOO,OOO but as all of
this was contracted in building rail
roads, waterworks, etc, which pay
handsome profit, the colony is not
worrying over its Indebtedness. It is
about the size of Kansas and has the
same population.-Natton0l Advocate.
There is a growing sentiment in
favor of government ownership or
control of railroads. Those who are
most responsible for that sentiment,
are the railroad managers themselves.
Railroads are public necessities and
should be run in the interesi of the
public. When it costs S173 to move
S93 worth of corn from Illinois to
Michigan, it is argument furnished by
the railroad for government owner
ship. When one man can buy link
of railroad, As miles in length, in
Michigan, for $65O,OOO and thus con-
troll the freight rates of the State, and
in 60 days put that money back in his
pocket, out Of Michigan industry, it is
another argument for Matchmaking
the ilroads.-AU5ance Sentinel.
Senator Plumb, of Kansas, has in
troduced a bill providing for the
propagation of the American buffalo.
The bill donates a strip of land and
the usual amount of money, etc., etc.
Now, if there is anything of a legis-
lative character that would aid in
paying off the mortgages from Kan
sas farms, it would be national herd
of fat, slick buffaloes. If anything
would give courage to men who pass
the long winter evenings reading by
the light of roaring corn fire, the
beautiful and soulinspiring provisions
of Kansas land mortgage, it would
be the knowledge that the American
bison would not become extinct. Let
the bill pass at once; it bears directly
upon the cause of all our troubles
Kansas Economist.
The average circulation of bank
notes for the past twenty years, has
been about $500, 100000. The inter
est rated at 10 per cent. would be
$3O,OOO,OOO per annum, making
total of $500, 900, 900 paid by the peo-
pie in the last 20 years to national
banks in interest for the same money
that the government lends to the
banks at one per cent, leaving profit
of $54O, 100000 in the hands of
banks, practically free gift of the
government from the hard earnings
of the people.
LabOrs Tribune, Carthage, Mo- i'm
proves as the weeks pass 1t reports
and comments:
1t is an actual fact that cattle are
selling in Cherokee county, Kansas,
at one cent a pound. Just think of
1000 pound COW selling for $lOi
How does this strike you, farmers ?
You could have sold these same COWS
in 1866 for $50 to $50. Feeders in
Kansas say they can not pay over six
cents bushel for corn and feed to
cattle at the present prices they are
getting for them. Is it not about time
you were doing a little thinking for
yourself, if you have not heretofore
done so ?-Ihe Alliance Sentinel
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