The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15
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educated more EdpluIy III Gl0 SClSI1C0
of government than any other Glass;
UnjOnUiNe Progress.
He who opposes government loans
direct to the people, Is advocating the
interests of the national bankers of
this country, and the legal robbers OF
England.
When one political party swallows
up another, can anybody tell which Is
''tother2" What IS left of both in
Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota IS
called the Republican party.-Peopte'S
Party Paper.
If A borrOws 81, 900 from B and
paws 10 per cent interest per annum,
and realizes 3 per cent. from his farm
and labor, how long will it take in
terest to absorb AS farm. WinnsbOrO,
s. c., Advocate.
The old party papers say that there
Is room for but two parties in the United
States. The election in Kansas shows
that the Peoples party IS one of them
and that the RepublicO- Democrat Is the
other.-Ihe Peoples Paper.
What is needed in Kansas just now
is more money in general circulation.
We have lots Of good crops, but money
is, despite this fact, unaccOuntably
scarce tiIlOilS d ldl S0 IuIllDCI Ol pCODlCs
-AtchisOn Champion (Rep).
The man who goes out and pushes
his business is the one who pays the
freight and gives value received while
men who expect to live by the senti
ment Of politics rather than merit, sit
around and grOwL.-PjOneer Exponent.
The main thing that keeps the Demo-
cratic party together is the Republican
party. The chief cause of the Republi
can solidity is the Democratic party.
Neither party ! as enough in it to hold
together. of itself. -GGIreStO1, TeCUS,
Meas, (DemD.
Our Democratic exchanges had their
ROSTERS out last week Growing for a
victory for tariff reform. The Repub,
lican apostles were out with rOOsters
that Topped their wings for high pro-
lection Which was it. anyhow can
any one tell?-AUiGnce Waterman.
Gold is not Y; silver is not
money copper is lot money; nickel is
not money; paper is not money, until
they are made such by law. Intrinsic
value has no more to do with money
than the weight of a hog has to do with
the number of ounces in a pound of
pork,-PittSburgh K0nsan.
The governments receipts for the
first half Of November were 81. 600 600.
and the expenditures Sl7, 600, 900. If
any unusual noise is heard in the direc-
ton of Washington it will be knOu-D,
that it is the Administration scraping
out the bottom of the treaSury.-PDnIe-
roy Democrat.
The one fact that tie Republican and
Democratic parties oct together when
the supremacy Of s. e' Hitherto domi
nant party is tLreateneu by a new
political force is proof positive that
their former bitter warfare has been
only been a sham, designed to blind the
eyes of the people.-T0DeHa, Kansas,
AdCOcate.
Every member of the Alliance should
bear in mind that EmpOria. the city in
which President Polk was dragged
through the streets, hung, shot and
burned in effigy, is the home of Senator
Plumb. and hat the towards who per-
petrated the dastardly outrage are
bosom friends and lick spittles of the
STANDARDIZATION Courier.
In 1881, when there vas a great
foreign demand for VIII Eat, the average
price paid per bushel for it was 81 81.
This year the average price paid will
not exceed 80 cents per bushel. Ac-
cording to the McKinleyites we have
more protection and more home mar
ket then than now. Where does the
benefit to the farmer come in?-POme-
roy Democrat
The moment loans from the govern
meut shall be granted upon the i'm
proved lands of the country, that mo
ment the lands will be in demand.
Everybody will find it desirable to have
property that is good security for a
gOvernmentlOan. The landl loan scheme
is the sheet anchor" of all our hopes.
Every intelligent farmer will stand by
it.-St. Louis Monitor.
A victory was never won without a
determined effort. Alliancemen and
F. NJ. B. AS, who are thinking of de
serting their orders because they can
not see what good they are accomplish
ing, should remember this. Besides,
we think that the man who will desert
an Organiz4tis that advocates and is
endeavOring to advance principles that
are to his interest is mo good any
way.n-StGndGrd Farmer.
The Democratic party is the friend of
the labOring man. This was never
better demonstrated than by their re
ent vote for Henry Gelder, a scab
Cigarmaker, who was denounced by
the Trade and Labor Assembly, re-
Ceived 43 1S5 Democratic votes for
county commission er. Patrick Nash,
a member of the bricklayers' union.
who was indOrsed by that union, run
ming on the same Democratic ticket
received 0.838, or nearly three thou
sand less than his scab cOlleague-
Rights Of Labor.