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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10
THE TARIFF-AN INIQU1TY.

There are few, if any, men in public
life at the present time who do not take
it for granted that the money to be
raised for the support of the govern
ment should be levied as a duty upon
imports. There is no controversy be-
tween the Democratic and Republican
parties upon the principle involved in
the tariff. These parties differ only in
respect to the object and extent of such
duties. The Democrats hold that the
duties upon imports are to be levied
with the purpose of securing the sums
of money needed for the support of the
government. The Republicans hold
that customs duties should be laid
with the double purpose of raising the
money for public expenditure, and for
the protection of our own industries.
Any one who gives attention to these
simple statements will see that all the
discussions which have been had In the
last quarter of a century upon tariff re-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

sufficient means of escape. Will the
fatal practice of erecting m~any-storied
buildings for school dormitories never
be discontinued0 Is it not criminal
absolutely criminal-to sacrifice the
bright young lives of boys and girls to
the securement of architectural effect?
1t is to be feared that trustees think
more about the vanity of constructing
imposing piles, than they do about the
safety of those committed to their care.
The meaning of the disaster at Monroe
is, construct the sleeping rooms of stu
dents upon ground floors. We cannot
tell the number of disasters that have
come to school children through tall
buildings, within the short time, over
which.our wv memory extends -"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

You see two large birds soaring in
the air above you. They are nearly
the same size. They are colored alike.
They have the same extent of wing.
They describet the most graceful curves.
They seem to an ordinary observer to
be birds of the same species. But when
you look at them more, carefully, you
notice that OneNof them looks sunWard,
and gradually rises upon his great pin
ions into the higher atmosphere, enjoy
ing the intoxications of his mighty
fight. You also notice that the other
looks earthward, and slowly settles
down into the mephitic vapors of the
reeking earth. The one has the sun in
his eye and scars upward; the other
has the exhalations from some bit of
Sinking putrescence in his nose, and
he settles downward. The one is the
imperial eagle; the other is the dirty
buzzard. These birds may be taken as
types of men. Some people aspire;
other people grovel. Some people fix
their attention upon the things that are
pure and ennobling; other people bend
all their attention upon reeking nasti-
ness. The eagle these; the buzzard
those!
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

A PROMINENT lawyer, who has done
good service to his State, said in our
presence the other day that he had no
doubt that he could buy a charter for
a thousand dollars, under which a rail
road could be built to connect the VIII
mingtOn and Weldon road with the
Virginia line. We have no reason to
doubt the truthfulness of our friends
statement, because he is not a man
who deals in extravagant statements
about anything. Now does not this
fact show a ~deplorable condition of
things In an insane desire to secure
railroad extension in the State, these
charters have been created in most I'M
wise abundance. When will our peo-
pie learn that the building of new
lines of railroad does not C the
competition so irrationally looked to
for the cure of the evils of ~transporta-
ton ? The building of a new line of
road, ordinarily means no more than
the addition of another arm to an ex-
listing octopus. The competition looked
to for relief fails to give relief for the
reason that it is eliminated from the
problem by combinations.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER has been
at a caucus; and, everything consid-
cred, it enjoyed itself very well indeed.
Until recently we had no idea of the
uses that mere noise could be put to-.
We think we shall in future entertain
sentiments of respect for mere chatter
that we had never thought possible to
us. Then, too, we have been made to
understand that grave Senators and
Representative can unbend and assume
the rollickingly boyish, with a facility
and promptness that does great credit
to their elasticity. We have also a
conception of how order may come out
of confusion, that comes very near to
being a revelation to us. We had
pthought that when his toil-worn fingers
loosened upon the symbolsof supreme
power, and he turned away from the
cares of the dictatorship to grasp again
the handles of his pillow, that old Gin
cinnatus had permanently retired from
politics. But our caucus observation
has convinced us that the sturdy old
Roman is not only in public life, bat
is seeking to have something to do
with the management of North Caro-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

WE want to put emphasis upon the
fact that the Alliance movement is as
nearly a disinterested movement for
the whole people as it is possible for
any public movement to be. 1t is not
a movement to enable a few men to
get into place and power. 1t is a move
ment for the benefit of all the people.
Those who are not willing to pursue
our reforms for the simple sake of the
reforms themselves, and for the sake
of the effect these reforms will have
in purifying all the walks and avenues
of public life, are not wanted in the
movement at all; and the sooner such
persons get their small baggage to-
gether and decamp, the better it will
be for all parties. This movement is
not a device for patching up cOmpro-
misses. It is a movement that aims at
the complete political, economical and
social regeneration of the State. 1t
will not stop to haggle with rings and
factions. It seeks to sweep these things
clean away by means of the education
and enlightenment of all classes of the
people.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

iquity~o this system we find it very
hard to look upon the man who delib-
erately advocates its continuance as
being anything else than a thief.
Ignorant or roguish he must be. 1t
is little matter to us, that great names
in this, and in other countries, may
be brought forward to support and
perpetuate this infamy. The thing is
wrong-eternally and essentially wrong
and great names count for nothing
good when they are used to bolster a
wrong.
The reasons we have now given
make it certain that the system of
tariff taxation is a plain iniquity. We
shall take up, at another time, the
question as to what system of taxation
can be substituted for this abOmina-
ton, with entire fairness to all classes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

WE shall give in our next issue our
estimate of the character and work of
the General Assembly. This is the
first year in the history of the State
when the farmers and planters had a
clear majority in both branches of the
legislature; and it will be instructive in
many ways to make a calm review of
the work done by them.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

WE suppose that Nh. Bum was not
classed as an Alliance Congressman in
a clipping we recently made, because
he is not a member of the Alliance.
IF all who are friendly to our move
ment in Congress were classed as ALI
ancemen, the list would be consider
ably enlarged.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10
H MONEY J~UGGLERs.

Dear money means cheap labor, and
the money usurers are now striving to
increase the value of their dollars, or,
in other words, to reduce the price of
goods and the wages of labor. The
dollar is a measure of value, and the
money usurers have altered the meas
ure whenever they could gain by so
doing.
IF a farmer contracted to deliver
1000 bushels of wheat at one dollar a
bushel, and between the time the con-
tract was made and the wheat was de-
livered, could reduce the size of the
legal bushel to one-haf of it's former
capacity, he would gain only 500
bushels (of the old Dimensions by his
juggling; but he would gain 81, 900 if
he could, during the same period.
double the value of the dollar, instead
of decreasing the size of the bushel
provided, however, that he could. i'm
mediately after the transaction, alter
the dollar-measure to the value it had
when he made the contract. The Jug
Cling would be as follows:
Contract: : 1000 bushels for 81, 900.
list juggle: 500 " " 1000.
End juggle: 1000 1000.
It is by the second system of jugglery
that the money jugglers are constant
~ robbing the toiers-employing and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

The Legislature of Colorado, at it's
present session, elected a Speaker, and
he entered upon, and discharged, the
duties of his Office for several days.
The body then declared the speaker
ship vacant, and elected another man.
Both these men claimed the position,
and the matter was submitted to the
Supreme Court of the State. That tri-
bunal has just rendered a decision,
which declares that the legislature has
power to remove a Speaker and elect
another. The court also holds that
the Speaker of a legislative body is not
an officer of the State. 1t is believed
that these questions were never before
decided in an American court.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

lima railroads. We have no doubt that
the ancient Roman farmer had a good
easy time while he was dictator in
Rome. But if he undertakes to man
age a legislative caucus in North Caro-
lima with his antique and severely
classical methods, he will get badly
left every time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

Send as tao ne1U subscribers and get
O. copy of the ALLIANCE GRAND MARCH,
6y Prof. j. c.. Mears. 1t is beautiful.
Be sure and get 1t.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10
TO WIPE OUT KANSAS MORT
CAGES.

AICHISON, Ndll., I0U. HO.-GA dSOAU
of an English company with an author
lied capital of 81, 600, 900 is in the city
for the purpose of obtaining figures on
pany proposes to buy up all such mort
cages and ~fOreclOse the same. Having
secured the titles, the lands will be
offered to actual settlers on ten or
twenty years purchase at a low rate of
interest.
Here is one of the legitimate results
ofathe wicked financial policy of the
The lands of the great
West were purchased by men of
energy, of industry and of hope. They
e settled at a time when we had
sufficient currency in the country to
transact the business of the country
hence at a time when wheat and the
other principal crops of the West sold
for remunerative prices. But the
''gold bugs Of the countryside men
who, like MI. Cleveland, would have
labor to pay tribute to a gold-god,
were not satisfied. They went to work
deliberately to defy and to degrade
everything else called money. They
succeeded by fraud to secure the pow
erful arm of the government as an
ally in this outrageous and wholesale
robbery of honest labor. They raised
the price of gold and deprecated the
the products of labor. The corn and
wheat of the West sank gradually but
surely until the purchasers of these
farms found themselves absolutely
unable to longer pay the interest on
their mortgages. Now. the money syn
dictates of England step in to buy
these farms for a price greatly below
their value and to turn these people
out to begin life anew. And the
scheme does not stop here. Agents of
loan companies throughout the West
demand and exact from borrowers
notes which are to be paid in gold
principal and interest. There is doubt
less a two-fold object in this. One is
to perpetuate the single-money-stan-
dard idea, and the other is to intimi-
date the farmers and deter them from
pressing their demand for financial
reform. This demand for gold pay
ment is held as a sword of terror over
the heads of those who so manfully
and so heroicly declared, in the No
vember election, that they intended to
have a financial system that will rob
gold of it's power to Cypress. Sooner
or later the farmers of the South and
of the whole country will be con-
fronted with this insoIent scheme for
their subjugation and degradation.
The money kings of Europe and
America are in this wicked conspiracy.
But they r sowing to the wind" and
in the righteous retribution of an
~avenging justice, they will surely
reap the whirlwind." MI. Cleveland,
nor all the great lights of plutocratic
ideas, can stay the storm that is
gathering. The American farmer is
determined to have an open field and
an equal chance for an honest living,
and he will not longer heed the siren
voice of men who would lead him into
slavery and serfdom.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

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tioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement in The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

- The date on your label tells you
when your time is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10
Amherst, Va. Feb. Is.

A French railroad has hit upon a
new source of revenue. In future peo-
pie who accompany their friends to
any of the stations on that line to gee
them off viii be admitted on the plat
form only on payment of a fee of one
penny, in return for which they will re-
ceive a special ticket. of authorization.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

AN editors life is not all sunshine.
There is much in it that is pleasant and
attractive. There is some, also, that is
not sopleasant. For instance, there are
some people in the country who say
that we are doing all in our power to
pull the Democratic party to pieces.
There are other people who say that
we are seeking to turn all the Republi-
cans in the Alliance into the Demo
cratic party. And SC it goes. We
shall not be surprised if some persons
are found, by and by, who say that we
are the man who imprisoned Kaspar
Hauser, or that we are the man who
20 the Iron Mask, or that we are the
identical man who struck Mr.. William
Patterson, or that we were accessory,
before the fact, to the Fall of Man.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

A TOUCHING note from brother w.
H. Hogsed, of Shooting Creek ALI
ance, announces the death of brother
Joseph Reynolds. This promising
young man was only % years of age
when he was cut down by the t~ireless
reaper. We extend to his family and
the members of his Alliance our sym
pathy in this time of their af1ictiOn.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

WE shall be glad to have our read
ers take under their consideration the
question as to whether the special and
private legislation enacted at every
session of the General Assembly is not
unnecessary, confusing, and wasteful.
We have not the means of making
any accurate estimate of such legisla-
ton at the late session. But it seems
to us that at least two-ffths of the
work done was of the special and pri-
vate kind we have spoken of. There is
no doubt at all that this class of legis-
lation could be covered by a general
statute. Will not some of our lawyer
readers write this matter up for The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

The ~deplorable news comes to us of
the burning of the Monroe High School
building with the losso of the lives eftwo
bright young men. Tt is the old, old
story of a high school building without
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10

The Progressive Farmer is the Official
Organ of the N. G. Farmers State Alliance
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10
RALEIGH, N. G., MARCH 10, 1891.

ThGs paper entered as sccO1ad-cIass matter Gt the
Post Office in RdleiQh, ~. C.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-04-16
The Chiltern Hundreds,

The Chiltern Hundreds were three
districts comprising a wooded region in
the south of England, between the
counties of Bedford and Hartford.
They were formerly much infested by
robbers, and two centuries ago an off,
Ger was appointed, apparently at the
advice and with the concurrence of
parliament, to suppress robbery. This
official was called the steward of the
Chiltern Hundreds, and as he seems to
have been selected from among the
members of parliament his connection
with that body ceased on his appoint
ment. The Office exists at present only
in name, but out Of the original ap-
pointment grew the curious legal fiction
that a member of parliament could not
resign, but could retire from his parlia
mentary duties only by appointment to
the stewardship of the Chiitern Hun
dreds or some other nominal Office
which could be bestowed by the chan
cellor of the exchequer.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-04-16
Small Tables for Dinner.

An idea from Paris that one or two
New York hostesses here recently intro
duced is that of serving dinner at
small tables in lieu of one long one. 1t
is perhaps rather a relief from the mo-
notony of long table, which in the
case of large dinner ought never to
be, but it is doubtful if after the nov
city has worn off it will be liked. The
seats of honor will always be at the
hostess table, and heartburnings and
jealousies are sure to arise among those
who find their places at the less favored
ones. As only persons with large din.
ing rooms now undertake large dinners,
it is common for the two parallel lines
to be broken by different arrangements
which still keep all the guests at com
mon board.-Her Point of View in
new rS---
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-04-16
Cleansing Fires.

Let thy gold be cast in the furnace,
Thy red gold, precious and bright;
Do not fear the hungry fire,
With its caverns of burning light;
And thy gold shall return more precious,
Free from every spot and stain;
For gold must be tried by fire,
AS heart must be tried by pain!
In the cruel fire of sorrow
Cast thy heart, do not faint or vail;
Let thy hand be firm and steady,
Do not let thy spirit quail;
But wait till the trial is over,
And take thy heart again;
For as gold Is tried by fire,
SO heart must be tried by painl
shall know by the CLEAN and glitter
OF the golden chain you wear,
By your hearts calm strength In loving,
OF the fire they have had to bear.
Beat on, true heart, forever;
Shine bright, strong golden chain;
And bless the cleansing fire
And the furnace of living pain?
Adelaide A. Proctor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-04-16
PROCTOR SPEAKS.
The Secretary of War Would Not Refuse
ha Xa1I,annf hi

The Secretary of War Would Not Refuse
the Vermont Senatorship.
WASHINGTON, April 14.-Since the re-
turn of Secretary Proctor there has been
great desire to obtain some authorita-
tive statement from him concerning the
runner that he was about to resign for
business reasons, and also whether or
not he would consent to be candidate
for the United States senate to succeed
Senator Edmonds. In response to re-
peated opportunities he finally made
the following statement to the repre-
sentative Of the United Press:
ri have been absent from Washington
for month ON the business of the de-
partment, and have returned in the
regular course of my trip, having simply
timed my return so as to see the presi-
dent before he left the city. All rumors
that have any present intention of re-
signing are without foundation. With
respect to the senatorship Secretary
Proctor said he was not a candidate,
but that should it be offered him he
could not very wen refuse. There was,
however, long time until November,
and many things might happen mean
time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-04-16
That Waltz of Won weber,s.

Gayly and gay1y rang the gay music,
The blithe, merry music Of harp and of horn.
The mad, merry music that set us a-dancing
Till over the midnight came stealing the
Down the great hall went waving the banners,
Waving and waving their red, white and
blue,
blowing
From the city's great gardens asleep in the
dew.
Under the flags, as they foated and floated.
Under the arches and arches of flowers,
We two and we two fioated and foated
Into the mystical midnight hours.
And just as the dawn came stealing and steal
ing,
I can hear the soft notes now appealing and
pleading.
And catch the faint scent of the sandal
wood fan
That lay in your hand, in your hand on my
shoulder,
AS down the great hall, away and away,
All under the flags and under the arches,
We danced and we danced till the dawn Of
the day.
But why should dream DER this dreary old
ledger,
In this counting room down in this dingy old
street,
OF that night or that morning, just there at
the dawning,
When our hearts beat in time to our fast fly
ing feet2
What is it that brings me that scent of en-
chantment,
So fragrant and fresh from out the dead
years,
That just for moment I'd swear that the
music
OF Weber's wild waltzes are still in my earsl
What is it, indeed, in this dusty old alley,
That brings me that night or that morning in
June?
What is it, indeed?I laugh to confess it
A hand organ grinding creaking old tune!
But somewhere or other caught in the meas
That waltz of Won Weber's, and back it all
came,
That night or that morning, just there ct the
dawning.
When danced the last dance with my first
and last flame.
My first and lastl but who would believe me
If, down in this dusty old alley today,
Twixt the talk about cotton, the markets and
money,
should suddenly turn in some moment and
say
That one memory only had left me lonely
And gray bearded bachelor dreaming in
Junes
dusk to the dawnings,
Seemed set to the music Of Weber's wild
tunes!
Nora Perry.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-04-16
THE FIGURE &C.,"

The figure in our dates will make a long stay
No man or woman now living will ever date .
document without using the figure 9. 1t stands
In the third place IN $780, where it will remain ten
years and then move up to second place in 1900,
where it will rest for one hundred years.
There is another "9'' which has also come to stay
1t is unlike the figure in dates in the respecs
that it has already moved up to first place, whers
it will permanently remain. 1t is called the mo.
9" High Arm Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machtns.
The mo. g. was endorsed for first place by the
experts Of Europe at the Paris Exposition OF 1854
where, after severe contest with the leading ma
chimes of the world, it was awarded tho only
Grand Prize given to family sewing machines, all
others on exhibit having received lower Awards
of gold medals, etc. The French Government
also recognized its superiority by the decoration Of
Mr. Nathaniel Wheeler, President of the com oao y,
with the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
The 'No. g. is not an old machine improved
upon, but Is an entirely new machine, AMI rms
Grand Prize at Paris was awarded it as the ,rspd.
est advance in sewing machine mechanism Of the
age. Those who buy it can rest assured, Siere
fore, Of having the very latest and best.