The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01
FINANCIAL REFORM.

MIR. EDITOR = W = D6IIeN6 III UIIC
intelligence and honesty Of purpose OF
the average American.
We believe there is sufficient lntell1-
gence IN him to grapple with and value
the living issues now asking for recOg-
nition
He will solve them in the interest Of
humanity. For solving them the
nation will be lifted to a higher plane
materially, Intellectually, socially,
morally and spiritually.
In solving them he will remove the
inequalities that now hang like night
mare on the bosom Of the people.
He will lift the heavy burdens Of the
present from the back of labor
When all seems dark and forboding
he will let in the light of day.
When places are rough and unseemly
he will make them smooth.
He will remove the thOrns and this
ties of the past civilization and replace
them with flowers and trees filled with
delicious fruit. He will eliminate all
that is worked poisonous and deleter-
iOus
The machinery is forged that will
accomplish results.
There will soon be no more clanking
of chains, for this machinery Of the
people will break the manacles and
release the masses from industrial
slavery. The era of the municipal
brotherhood of man is about to dawn.
Mankind is organizing as they never
did before. Protection and self preser-
vatiOn is the cry. United we stand is
the motto. We will cooperate; we
will stand and vote as a unit. The age
of excessive individualism is past
The age of cooperation is here. The
old must give way to the new. We
have OutgrOwn the material conditions
of the past. The swaddling bands Of
small concerns, slow coaches and the
spinning wheels won't answer and
respond to the age of steam, railroads,
telegraphs and mammoth machinery.
The material change is a revolution.
In every other department there must
be radical changes to correspond with
these changes. Man realizes as he
never did before his dependence on his
fellow man. In no preceding age
were there ever so much thought,
devotion to principle and humanity
Never before has he realized so vividly
that what is the interest of one is the
interest of all. That q crushing blow
to one is a crushing blow to all. The
last sixty years has witnessed a mater
ial change excelling the last two years.
Asgreat has been the material advance
ment of the last sixty years the next
fifty years will far excel it. Great as
will be our material advancement dur
ing the next half century the social,
moral, intellectual and spiritual
advancement excel it.
1t is here we will make our great
stride Universal material prosperity
is the only true foundation to build
upon. 1t is coming. 1t is upon us.
The nation is laboring and will soon
give birth to the coming giant
The golden era is ahead of us and not
behind us. We never were so near the
golden age We had TO be disciplined
two thousand years before we would
embark for the golden shore. The
noble ship is launched, sails are set,
steam is up. We are making for the
open channel and soon she will be in
deep water. Ahead of the noble ship
are obstacles, but they can be removed
by united effort. All that is necessary
is patient cooperation and to study
the situation. The dark clouds that
seem to hover over the horizon will all
dissolve on our approach. Others
equally dark will be found to have
siIvery lining Many of the dark tenn
pestuOus clouds in the distance as you
approach will prove messengers of
deliverance fastening US on the golden
shore.
Be temperate, be wise, cooperate
and you will soon be on the broad
ocean with fair sailing before you.
Let me say to you be of good cheer
for the day of deliveranCe draws nigh,
Yes, our gallant ship is righting her
self and we are making for the deeper
channel under full head of steam with
sails set.
AS one who has studied this question,
whose ever breath and feelings has
been for the unfortunate, distressed
and oppressed, let me assure you the
old ship of state is making for deep
water and no power on earth can stop
her,
Then keep cool, be temperate, CO
operate, study conditions, align your
selves with them, and ere many
years have passed you will have made
the transition and landed our ship upon
the golden shore of universal pros
perity. We have no words of bitter
ness. We believe in the universal
brotherhood of mankind. We haveno
words of condemnation for those
unfortunately organized and who live
on the selfish or animal plain. This is
their misfortune. They live in past
age. They are morally incompetent,
They are the stray sheep. They must
be brought into the fold. They cannot
save themselves.
We must save them in spite of them
selves. We feel a deep solicitude for
them. We would give them better
environment when their stunted moral
and spiritual can turn. We recognize
in them the product of our selfish
competition system. They. are the
unfortunates left by the survival of the
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