The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-31
MNGO ACADEMY ALLIANCE, No. 229,
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~Sorrowfully,
EVANGELINE USHER.

mdECu {, 1871.
Mr.. EDIToR:-Mingo Academy Ali,
ance people are constantly with their
shoulder to the wheel, helping to roll
the wheel of success upward and on
ward. We are constantly getting
more help; they are coming in from
the East, West, North and South.
While we are going along with affairs,
let's see if we can answer the ques-
ton: what constitutes a good member
of the Farmers Alliance First, it
takes a man that is a good farmer, a
to the interest of his fellOw-man; a
man that will not set down on the
stool of do-nOthing and wait for his
brethren to bring him fried ham and
baked chicken in a golden basket, or
wait for Congress to pass the Sub
Treasury bill for the purpose of build
ing their barns, and for the passage Of
the Railroad Commission bill, for the
purpose Of having their corn, bacon,
peas and flour sent to them without
cost, while they are resting on fowery
beds of ease. Brethren, | have no
doubt but what we have some of this
kind in our order. If we have, let's
take fresh courage that we cannot pull
the seine of success without catching
some tadpoles. Then let's look again,
a man that is a good member of the
Alliance, one that practices economy;
yes economy is the parent of ease and
liberty, of cheerfulness, health; it is
the very opposite of profuseness. We
have too much profusion in man
aging of affairs. There is not enough
economy practiced. If a man practices
economy he will have a good under
standing brought into action. It is
calculation realized. It is the doctrine
of proportion reduced to practice. 1t
is the foreseeing of enemies and pro-
viding against them. To the poor she
is indispensable. To those of moderate
means she is found to be the represen-
tative of wisdom. The loose change
IL 41LCbA4J yOOh4S IN U41O" away
uselessly, and sometimes even worse,
would often form the basis of fortune
and independence. But when it is so
recklessly squandered, it becomes the
worst enemy to the young man. He
will soon find that he has bought
nothing but expensive habits, and per-
haps a ruined character. Then I say,
brethren, that economy, joined to in
dustry and sobriety, is a better outfit
to business than a dowry. 1 don't
like s~tinginess, and l don't like econ
omy when it comes down to rags and
starvation. Brethren, l have no sym
pathy with the poor man if he should
hitch himself to a post and stand still
while the rest Of the brethren are
moving forward. There is an economy
which is every mans duty and which
is especially c~ommendable in the man
who struggles with poverty, an
Omy which is consistent with happi-
ness, and which must be practiced if
the poor man would secure indepen-
dence. 1t is almost every mans privi-
lege and it becomes his duty to live
within-nOt to but within his means.
This practice is of the very essence of
honesty. Therefore I think that be-
fore person should become a member
of the order he should bepossessed of all
those things. I feel safe in saying that
Mingo Academy al say that she has
men possessed of just such principles.
May Gods blessings be with the people
and ever crown us with success, is my
desire.
Very truly your brother,
GEO. w. MAYOR, Cor. Sec'y.