The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-06-02

more, than that" quietly remarked a.
listener. "What is thatf" vas the
quick response. You have made
wretched homes, women and children
poor and sick and weary of life, you
have made my two % drunkards,"
continued the speaker with trembling
earnestness. You made the younger
one of the two so drunk that he fell
and injured himself for life. You
made their mother a broken-hearted
woman. Oh, you have made more
than l can reckon, but you will get the
full account some day.-EG.
What must the farmer think of the
paper, and how much can he feel in
terested in circulating it, when it tries
to humbug him and assure him in the
face of cheap sugar, that the tariff is
not a tax. Webster defines a tax to be
a charge" and have not the farmers
been charged two cents more a pound
for sugar than they now pay? If not
a tax, what was it? Robbery! Aye,
the tariff is a thief which is robbing
the people of their earnings. How can
an editor favor agricultural prosperity,
and at the same time advocate organ
lied robbery of the farmers?-U Union
Bee.
Senator PETER very truthfully says:
"The people want more money. They
do not care much about the tariff
they do not care much about the coin
age; but they want money, and they
will not be satisfied until they have
money. You may set it down that,
no matter what Republican or Demo
cratic partisans do for an issue in 1892,
the masses of the people who are mus
tering for the rebellion which is COM
ing, willtake but little else than money,
cheaper money; and that will be the
great issue in 1892, and from that time
forward, until success crowns the efforts
of the masses. "-AUidnce Sun.
Never before in the history of this
or any other country has the world
witnessed such an intelligent uprising
of the people as in the United States
within the last two or three years. The
farmer, and the laboring man in other
branches of industry, has been fast
learning of late years that it is to his
true interest to think and, SO far as
possible, to act for himself in matters
of politics. The professional politicians
are consequently much displeased.
They know that independence in
thought will make their business of
sophistry and deception obnoxious.
The industrial people comprise the
great majority of the population of the
country, and the surprising thing is
that SO large a percentage of them
have, until very recently, permitted,
without question, the leaders of the
old parties to tell them what was right
and to their interest. AS a consequence
the people have been constantly
divided. Their interests have been
Identical all the time, and their enemy
has been one and the same. Yet they
have allowed themselves to be played
against each other, while their despoil-
ers have reaped a large benefit. Let
the people keep on threshing, and be-
ware of the crafty politicians who have
so deceived them in times past. It
is hard to understand why the peo-
pie cannot be made to see that those
of whose oppression they complain
never fight each other. Which politi-
cal party a candidate belongs to does
not matter. The only question that is
asked is: Will he be true to Us9 and
if the answer is satisfactory, all turn
in and work to c his election.
When the people act in the same way
the evils Of which they complain will
be removed.-FarmerS Friend.
We call attention of those persons
who favor reform within the old parties
to the following facts: To reform
within the parties it will be necessary
to secure one-half the votes in each
party, which would be one-half of all
the voters. Then YOU would have the
Disadvantages an army would have
with one-half sympathizers with the
enemy. Furthermore, the skilled poll
ticians and wire-pullers would be
against you, ready to take any advan.
tage, and be guilty of tricks you would
not do. Really, we believe it would be
necessary to secure two-thirds of the
voters of each party to secure reform
within the parties. On the otherhand
slightly over one-third of the voters OF
each party by coming together in indie