The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-05
OUR EXCHANGES.


After knocking at the door of Con
gress in vain, the farmers are now
knocking that door in.-COuier Jour
mol.
We saw a dog run across a ten-acre
lot and bark at the cars The cars did
not seem to care, but the dog reminded
us of some men who are barking at the
Administrations Sentinel, Michigan.
We cannot trust as leaders in the
great reform movement of labor those
who in many acts of their lives show
that they are themselves wOrshipers
of the golden calf.-Knights Of Labor.
Bill Nye says of the Alliance move
ment: cit is backed by a power and
principle that when it wins, will make
the professional politician hunt a
cyclone cellar and take an umbrella
with him"
Asindicating the make believe nature
of the differences between the two old
parties, it is noteworthy that the Re
publican papers very generally express
satisfaction that Palmer instead of
Streeter is elected Senator from Illinois.
function City (Kun.) Tribune.
We are pleaced to see that the
Farmers Alliance does not meet with
the distinguished approval of the New
York Sun. Nothing would be SO GER
tain to discredit any movement as
would the Endorsement of the atra-
bilious Dana.-Knjghts Of Labor.
If the people put a saddle on their
backs and invite the monopolist to get
on and ride, and he does not do it, he
is a fool. IF the ~monopolist puts a
saddle on the peoples back and then
attempts to get on and ride, and the
people do not kick, they are fools.
Which fool r you?-ALiGnce Sen
tineI
It goes without dispute that an idle
brain is the devils workshop" There
are already fvemillion such workshops
in this country, and if capital don't
quit importing foreign pauper labor
and increasing the number the devil
will be to play somewhere else besides
New Orleans (Ala.)
Labor Advocate.
We cannot tell all that an honest
ballot will do for Maine now that the
Australian method has been adopted,
but we do know that the workingmen
in her factory towns will breathe like
freemeH when they go to the polls to
pronounce judgement on the capitalists
who have heretofore held them like
sheep in the shambles. -New York
Daily NeaUs.
The report of a special commission
on the abandoned farms of Massachu-
sets, gives figures which are startling,
when it is considered that the area of
the State is very small when compared
with others. The number of abandoned
farms is 1,471, of which $50 have been
stripped of their buildings. The aggre-
gate acreage is 116, $40, and the pres
ent assessed valuation is 81, O76, 328.-
Exchange.
The old politician thinks that he has
settled the question of government
ownership of the railroads when he
says they would cost SO, 900, 600, 900, or
at the rate of $50, 900 per mile. Why,
he says, the government could never
assume such a vast amount of debt as
that. Well, what is the matter with
the government taking them at their
assessed valuation for taxable pur-
poses, say about $4,000 per mile?-
Kansas COnmOner.
We have temporized enough. We
have been betrayed enough, plundered
enough. Let no citizen, no voter, no
victim of this monstrous system of
fraud and force be longer content with
his servitude and his nakedness! We
want no palliatives and nursery anti
dotes. We want no milk and water
compromises, no half remedies. We
want no maudlin reform which patches
but does not mend, which sugar-coats
systems and leaves the real diseases
concealed but not cured = enieT
VoJde, an Rep. Monarchy.
For ourselves, we consider the ques-
ton of free trade and protection is
subordinate to the more important
issues OF land, currency and transpor-
tatlon reform. Wedo not believe that
men will ever be able to dispense with
the protective principle as against
foreign competitors in labor or com
modities. The ~hollowness of our pres