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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
VOTE ON THE INTEREST BILL

AVILLA, n O., Aug. II, 1891.
= Mr.. EDTTOR-The vote Of the Senate
On the interest bill, as stated in your
issue OF Aug. 18th, although the final
vote was not the test vote on the ques-
ton. Thetest vote wasuponthe amend
ment offered by Mr.. Avery, of Burke.
eXemptlng the counties of BuncOmbe.
Madison, Mcdowell, Burke, FORSYTH,
Haywood, Pennsylvania, Henderson,
Jackson, Swain, Macon, Graham,
Cherokee, Clay, Mitchell and Stokes
from the operation of the bill. The
advocates Of the measure of course did
not want a law that did not apply to
the whole State and consequently Cd
posed the amendment.
The vote stood as shown in Senate
Journal, page 435, for the amendment.
MessrS Allen Of Baden. Ardrev, At
water, Bell, Bellamy, Bryan, Chesson.
Courts, Davis of Haywood, Gilmer,,
Greene Of Harnett, Grigsby, King,
McLary, Mitchell, Parker, Reid, Rus
sell and Wilc0x-2O.
Against the amendment: Messrs.
Allen of Granville, Aston, Aycock.
Bowers, Butler, Culbreth, Davis of
Franklin, Durham, Freeman, Greene
Of Wake, HObson, Mclean, Paine.
Rose, Spelght, Stanford, Turner,
Twitty, White and Williamson.
Governor Holt gave the deciding
vote for the amendment which was
virtually the death of the bill.
The motion of Mr.. Turner to lay Mr..
Bellamy's amendment on the table was
simply a short cut to dispose of the
whole matter. Nj. Turner was a six
per cent. man.
Senator Williams deserves the
thanks Of the laboring classes of the
whole State for his noble and manly
championship of this just measure, al
though he was unsuccessful.
While L am writing I wish to express
the warm appreciation of the farmers
OF this section of the kind words, and
honorable, manly course of Judge
Clark with respect to the farmers
movement" And especially does it
appear the more prominent when con
Irasted with some of the ~scurrilous
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
HOME FROM THE STATE MEET
ING.
OKISKO, n. G.

OKISKO, N. y.
Mr., EDITOR:-This is to say to you
that I arrived home from the ConVen-
ton at MOrehead with whole bones and
a glad heart, on Saturday last. Ian
guage fails me to express the pleasure
Of meeting so many friends and ALL
ancemen at Morehead, among them
fellow comrades in times OF great
trouble, the faces of whom had not
been seen by me for a quarter OF q
century, in line, heads up, elbow
touching elbow, under the leadership
of such gallant patriots as Polk, Ma
cUne and other national WOrthleS, the
old Spartan chief" Carr, now State
ex President, the noble young Butler,
our new President mot Benjamin OF
New Orleans nOtOriety) Our Graham,
MewbOrne, Powell, Long, DR.. SeaWell
and a host of others, last though not
least Barnes, our State Secretary and
the old Roman, " Is. B. AIeXander.)
Nav the choicest blessings of heaven
rest upon and abide with them and all
the brethren and good sisters WhereSO-
ever they may be. Bro. Editor, [
would not forget our new Pope the LIST
whose genial cOuntenance diSpels any
thing like the blues, and Bro. Ramsey,
the Associate Editor. Mr.. Editor, |
came off from the Convention greatly
edited, and l trust all the brethren
we're delighted with the trip, at the
Atlantic milIpond and it's waves,
Bogue Sound, Sea Beach, Fort Macon,
Sand Hills, Morehead, Beaufort, the
fish of both shell and the fnny tribes.
Bro. Harry Hinton, I am sure, is feel
ing better. 1t afforded me great
pleasure to escort our BOushall and
Nixon to within a few miles of their
homes. Yours fraternally,
NJ c.. GREGORY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
REAFFIRMED D..

Cross ROADS ALLIANCE No. 1U5~.
WHEREAS, The proper authorities re-
quest an expression from each Sub
Alliance as early as practicable upon
the demand made by our last national
meeting. commonly called the OcaIa
platform, coupled with a desire to let
our brethren know how we Cross
Roads Alliance No. 1858, Martin CCun-
ty, stand at present, we do therefore
ResOZUe, That we once Immediately
after the Ocala meeting unanimously
endorsed the entire action Of said meet
ing, and we do now reafffrm most
solemnly our intentions to stand by
every Alliance principle and the OcaIa
platform to the end. We gofurthcr.
and solemnly declare we believe that
God u heavenly father is in this
movement, and He is using it to re-
store to the people that liberty and
freedom now lost to us that our fore.
fathers suffered, bled and died for in
1875. GEO. D. GURGANUs, Sec'y.
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point on which turns all that is grand
and good in our government, To this
high endeavor let every good man and
woman press with vim. Let every
minister of the gospel, let every teacher
of the youth, let every man who be
lleves in Christianity press the point
home and who may wish our Christian
civilization enlarged, Il civil institu-
tions preserved and u material pros
perity enhanced. Upon the success
of the peoples educating themselves
for themselves hangs the destiny of all
hopes. LUCIUS LAGONE.
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nagging and p~ettifoggirg of would-be
ring-bOsses.
And this compliment, coming as it
does from an upright judge and one of
the ~clearest intellects in the State, will
not be forgotten by the farmers, and
we hope to be able in the near future
to express our appreciation of his patri-
otto and unselfish course in a more
substantial manner.
Respectfully,
w. E. WHITE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
GRAND PICNIC
At Grassy Springs Alliance Hall, Rocking
ham County, N. c.

N9N OONyj N'
Mr.. Editorial grand picnic was
given last Saturday, the 22d, at Grassy
Springs Alliance Hall by the Grassy
Springs, Deep Springs, Smiths River,
Centre and Town Greek Sub-Alliances.
Between eight hundred and a thousand
people were present. Speeches were
made in the forenoon by w. R. Lind
sey, President of Rockingham County
Alliance, and by the undersigned. In
the afternoon by J. r. Webster, editor
of the We6ster's Weekly. Dinner was
served during the intermissiOn; there
was a plenty for all and more than
seven basketfuIs left. Ice water and
lemonade were in abundance AS far
as your correspondent could judge, the
brethren seemed to be solid for the de,
mands laid down in the Ocala plat
form.
Bro. Webster told us not to antagOn-
ize the towns. We have no desire in
the world to antagonize the towns.
On the contrary, we want to be on
friendly terms with the towns. Bnt
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08

Look at this Picture,
BULLETIN OF LUXURY =!

BULLETIN OF LUXURY
Mrs. Frederick w. V~anderbilt's ball
was the most brilliant event that has
taken place at Newport this season,
and without doubt the grandest affair
that has ever been attempted there,
John H. Starin attends a fashionable
church uptown, where he is driven in
a two horse carriage by Iiveried ser
wants, who bow themselves to the
earth before him. He sends money to
foreign lands to convert the dear
heather and help along with mis-
sionary work. He also has a beauti-
full summer residence on the Hudson,
where he has all the comforts and
pleasures that money al buy.
The minister who ~officiated at the
last Astor wedding received a fee of
$1O,O 900.
Jacob Rupert, the millionaire
brewer, has purchased A~ristOcrat. a
st. Bernard dog, and two others. The
price paid for the three is not told, but
an authority familiar with Nh. Smiths
valuation says Col. Rupert may have
got the three for 80, 900, certainly not
less, but he probably paid nearer
SIP, 900.
Miss Rose Lesinsky is probably one
Of the largest owners of expensive
jewels. Among her collection is a
handsome diamond necklace imported
from Paris and worth 50, 900. Besides
this she has also a beautiful diamond
bracelet, a magnificent ring set with
diamonds and sapphires, and also an
other, containing a large splendid soil
taire stone of dazzling %brilliancy. In
all she has ten rings.
The coaching party of Roland G.
Nickerson, of Chicago, is making a
tour of New England. Their brake "
is a masterpiece of its kind, the tour"
are imported stock of the best, and are
driven by Mr.. Nickerson with guard
in livery Of the latest style. His estate
consists of the largest game preserve
n Massachusetts, and his residence is
the mostcOstly, being valued at $500, 900.
The women of the Church of ST. Vim
cent de Paul, in West Twenty-third
street, have collected 5000 for a costly
new set of vestments to be presented
to the Rev. CASTOR Septier.
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And then at 7 his !
OF MISFR,

BULLETIN OF MISERY ,
Mrs. English, a widow, was elected
from her apartments in No. Is Harper's
Court on Friday. She says she is I'M
able to pay the rent and cannot find
work. She has two small children.
The poor women and children who
depend on the men in John H. Starin,s
employment for support are pinched
and almost starved. Many of the poor
men say that he holds back their wages
and never asks their opinion in the
matter. They have to exist mot live.
on a few crumbs that fall from his
table. Their pay is seventeen cents
per hour, but they don't get ten hours
work per day.
In New York, during the last four
months, twenty men and women have
committed suicide rather than beg or
commit crime.
In the New York City Hall ParE
almost every evening a curious pro
ceeding may be observed. Crawling
Over the grass like an animal AMMAN
hunts for earth-wOrms. His clothes
are old and worn, and he has the APP
pearance Of a EabOrer. He makes q
living by catching worms for anglers.
Mary Anne and Michael Grady. aged
II and s, were found on Tuesday hud-
died together in a doorway on the
Bowery. The girl said her father and
mother had occupied afurnished room,
and being unable to pay rem they
were turned out. During the next
day, while her father had gone to seek
work, her mother walked the streets
with her children, and somehow little
Michael, a deaf mute, was lost. She
found him looking into q bakers shop
window crying for bread.
James Kerwin, an old fireman on the
White Star steamship Cutie, commit
ted suicide by jumping overheard from
that vessel in mid-ocean on Aug. 18th.
He had been overworked and cruelty
treated.
VIM. J, Harris, 45 years old, who
has no home, died suddenly on Wed
nesday in a stable, No. 149 Fo'tieth
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
Cor. Sec'y Cedar Grove Alice No. SIS.
RESOLUTIONS OF ROSEBUD AL
LANCE.

We, as true members Of the Alliance.
who firmly believe in the principles of
the great Order and standing squareIy
on the Ocala platform, and by our
leaders, President /. l.. Polk and
others; therefore be it
ResOlUed, That since the Goldsboro
Argus, NelrS and Observer and vii
mingtOn Messenger are not in sympathy
with our demands, we warn all ALI
ancemen and all persons in sympathy
with the Order not to patronize these
nor any other papers speaking against
us, or using language damaging to our
Order, or have a tendency to deceive
the people.
I'd, That a copy of these resolutions
be sent to the GOldsboro Headlight for
publication and THE P~RoGREssIvE
FARMER be requested to copy the same,
Done by order of Rosebud Alliance,
No. 700, Wayne county, August Sth,
1891.
Beecham's ills cures Sick Headache.
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VIM. J. Harris, As years old, who
has no home, died suddenly on Wed
nesday in a stable, No. 149 Fortieth
street.
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CEDAR GROVE ALLIANCE PICNIC

Mr.. EDIToR:-I thought I would
drop you a few lines for publication to
let you know that our Alliance is boom
ing. We had one Of the grandest pic,
MICS at Cedar Grove on August 18th
ever held in Forsyth county The
exercises were opened by singing and
prayer, accompanied by the Jamestown
string band, after which we had a fine
Alliance speedily Bro. E. N. FisheI.
Assistant County Lecturer. Then the
table was prepared by the good ladies
and the crowd was invited around it.
which number, d about one thousand,
and there was plenty for all and some
left. And when the crowd had gath
cred together around the stand there
was some good, sound Alliance doctrine
put forth by Bros, J. NJ. Binkley and
T. J. Kener. Then the picnic was
closed by singing God be with you
till we meet again"
F~raternally yours,
G, w, FLYNT
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-05
THE FESTIVAL.

Not enough praise and credit can be
given to the promoters of the June Festival
which begins in this to-day. 1t is an
enterprise which few would undertake, to
enlist the best home talent and, besides,
secure such eminent artists as MIR. WHIr-
NEY and Miss THUEsBY from abroad, for a
musical event of so great magnitude. These
gentlemen must have an abiding faith in
the taste and culture OF the people here
abouts and we doubt not but what their
confidence viii be. fully justified by the re
suit. But it is not to the musical element
alone that this enterprise appeals; it is to
AL the people who wish TO see the good
name of Utah's lovely capital sustained
and her appreciation OF the nooler things of
life made known 10 the country. For this
reason we hope that the Festival will re-
ceive what it fully merits, the largest pat
ronage. Notwithstanding the practice of
the closest economy the entertainment in
wolves an expense of about five thousand
dollars and we feel convinced that our
citizens by their attendance will cover this
outlay. No other city in the United States
of equal population would undertake the
same task. and it is something to be proud
of 10 stand pre-eminent 10 that way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-05
PRESENT PURPOSE OF LIBERALISM

Prior to the abandonment OF polygamy
by the Mormon people, the Liberal organ
and the fanatics of that party declared that
no man who believed it right to practice
polygamy could be good citizen. Accord
ingly, one of the most recent authoritative
actions of the Liberal party was petit
ton to Congress, praying for the passage
of the STRUBLE bill. One part of that bill
reads as follows:
No person who is a member OF. or
contributes to the support, aid or encourage
nent of any order, organization, association.
or society," which teaches. advises, counscIs.
aids or encourages any person to enter into
bigamy, polygany or such patriarchal plural
or celestial marriage shall either vo.e
serve juror, or be elected 20 or hold any C vii
Office IN the territory OF Utah.-BiH introduced
into The House Of Representatives. By CoagreSsn IA
Stru6ie, AprH II, 1890.
The passage of such bill would not now
disfranchise any member of the Mormon
church. Accordingly, the organ of hate
now asks all the non-Mormon citizens Of
Utah to make an effort to capture the leg
islature and disfranchise the Mormons for
nothing.
Every Liberal should consider well what
he does in taking up the sword for the pur-
pose of accomplishing the political extermi-
nation Of the Mormon people That is what
adherence to the present Liberal party
means to-day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-05

Two DAYS ago we published, side by side,
the principles taught by the Peoples politi-
cal clubs in this territory and those taught
by the Democratic clubs of this nation.
There was a close agreement between
them. This stirs up the organ of hate to
ask, SIS it true that it is cardinal princi-
pie of the Democratic party to vote at the
dictation of certain high priests.'' Ger
tainly not, nor of any other party Such a
cardinal principle can not be found in
the declarations OF any party in America,
but there is near approach to it in the
political doctrine of the Liberal organ. that
unless a non-Mormon votes as the Liberal
ring dictates, he does not hate 1.-THE Asiatic
harem" and is mot true American" II
respectable Liberals do not tire of this in
sulting blackguardism and throw ov erboard
the beast that forever hurls it at them, we
shall be greatly mistaken in them.
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he owners can charge more for them thai
icy could in free market, yet as the pro-
-csionist WILLIAM d. KELLEY said, "MeI
re on the free list. They cost Us not even
relght We promote free trade in men,
nd it is the only free trade am prepared
. promote" What good, to these work
nen is the kind of protection" that 10
.tead Of giving them higher wages, imports
oreign workmen to underbid them and to
AXE their place in these protected indus
ries!
The greatest of the free industries is tina
II farming. 1t requires but little capita.
begin with and is naturally the occupa-
ion men fall back upon if their lot becomes
Inendurable as factory hands. AS long as
arming pays well. every operative in the
mechanic arts can command good wages:
FOR if good pay is not given to him he can
AXE up farm at anytime. The prosperity
If the farmer therefore signifies the pros
1erity Of our whole working population
The prosperity of the farmer, however
depends entirely upon what he sells, ano
since he produces surplus that he must
export, the price of everything he sells Is
ion of his crops he sells abroad.
Now, the government taxes him an aver
age of 30 per cent upon everything he sends
abroad by Selling at the custom houses
oue-third of the pay he gets for bis goods.
That reduces the purchasing power OF
everything he sells in the home market to
the same extent AS result of this,
American farming no longer pays, the
farms are mortgaged, their owners
poor. Thirty years of confisca
lion by the government of
large part of the earnings OF
the farmers has almost enslaved them.
Their average earnings are now but one
dollar day. in an American industry that
with far field and no favors would be
one of the best paying on the globe, as, in
deed, it once was. Everything the farmer
sells is sold in free trade parket at free
trade prices. Everything be buys Is
bought IN protected market at protection
prices. Tariffs cannot help him for he
produces a surplus, and the farmers are too
numerous and widely scattered to form
trust Tariffs help those producers, who are
few enough in number 10 combine into a
trust and put up the price of their products
to the protection limit. The farmer Is being
destroyed. When the farming industry
shall be wholly Frustrated there will be no
longer any retreat for oppressed labor.
The factory hand can no longer leave ths
mill to take up farm He must work for
such wages as the capitalists choose to pay
him. Tim capita! will be enthroned and
ali labor will be helpless at its feet. The
destruction of the farming industry means
the enslavement of all day labor. This is
the result the tariff taxation of the % per
cent of our population in favor of the en-
ployers of the other 5 per cent. is expected
to accomplish.
The laboring man who will no. study
this question now, may well ask GoD to
forgive him for his children cannot.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-05
WESTERN MINING QUOTATIONS..

Readers of THE HERALD from this time
on will find new feature in our special
Geographic service. consisting of the daily
quotations of mining stocks on the San
Francisco stock exchange. The Comstocks
and other mining securities are almost as
largely dealt in throughout the mining towns
of Utah and Idaho as N the palmiest days
Of the celebrated lode, and the daily record
Of sales in San Francisco wired specially
to THE HERALD viii be perused with gen.
eral interest
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-05
DESTRUCTION OF HOME INDUSTRY.

In 1856, the secretary of the treasury ap-
piled to FoRD, the chief of the bureau OF
statistics, to ELLIOTT, the United States
government actuary, and to NEwCoMB, the
superintendent of the nautical alminac
asking these statistical experts to ascer-
tain, as nearly as possible, the number OF
our working population IN any way
shielded by our tariff laws.
Each of these statisticians made report.
FORD found that ~ per cent of those en- :
gagged in gainful occupations might be pro-
tected by the tariff laws. ELLIOTT, by a
different process. found that 10 per cent.
might be protected; while NEwCoMB re-
turned the number of our working people
protected by our tariff laws, at So per cent.
of the working population.
The nearness of the results arrived at by
these statisticians, each working indepen-
dently of the others in his investigations,
leaves no doubt that they came very near
the truth; so that, for all practical pur-
poses, we may assume that under our tariff
laws per cent. of our working population
is protected and % per cent is not pro-
tected.
1t is the contention of protectionists that
by taxing 95 per cent of our population
and giving the tax 10 the employers of the
other per cent, we are in some way
building up home industry. Tariff reform
ers say that this conclusion does not fol-
low.
The most natural answer that any man
Of common sense might be expected to
make to the protectionist assertion is, that
even il the living of the per cent. de-
pended (as it does mott on the taxing of the
other IS per cent, still the prosperity of
the former could be of but little use to the
latter, for the obvious reason that the tail
cannot wag the dog. Moreover, it is not
profound logic on the part Of the per
cent to say to the 95 per cent, TAX your
selves for our support, for the payment of
our wages, and with these wages we will
help you in turn by buying goods from
you" In other words, give US some of
buy some of your surplus.
We think that most people will discover
the fallacy in the proposition that the 95
per cent. can be benefited by pursuing
such policy toward the 3 per cent
But what often seems evident to ''com-
non sense" is deceptive and turns out
otherwise upon closer investigation. Let
Is examine more thoroughly the plea that
t is to the interest of the whole country
hat the majority shall be taxed in favor of
he few.
Whoever will take the trouble to investi- |
yate, will find that the wages paid in the
10 called ''protectedn Industries are not |
higher than in the industries that have no |
protection. In many instances, on the con-
rary, the wages are VIGOROUSLY lower in |
hese protected" occupations. In them,
indeed, we have the only specimens of real |
'pauper labor' in the country. 1t will be |
ound further, that when the protection
las been advanced in favor of these indus
ries, the wages do not advance correspond.
ngly, but tend constantly to reach the low
evel OF the poorly paid labor that is found
n overcrowded countries.
For while the articles made in these in
lustries are protected by tariffs, 20 that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-05

MCHALE, THE Minnesota state senator
who framed and introduced in the late leg
islature the famous anti-tights bill can en-
dure the newspaper photographers no longer,
and in sheer self-defence comes out in an
open letter in whicsse denies with all the
vigor of an enthusiast that ne is the laugh
ing stock of his state. He asserts that he
is even more popular with the people than
before the presentation OF his bill, and in
order to clinch this declaration points out
that he was recently elected city attorney
of Shakopee. In the light of such evidence
of popular approval as this the paragraph
ers should turn their attention to burles-
quing the people of the United States who
in their ignorance made fun of the anti
tights bill and its author when that meas
ure and he were all right.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-05
ENDORSING THE HERALD.

At the regular monthly meeting of the
Central Democratic Club of Salt Lake
county, the following resolution, which ex-
plains itself and which of course is highly
gratifying to this paper, was unanimously
adopted, viz:
In View Of the staunch ard able advocacy by
Tbs SALT LAKE HERALD OF the prime piles OF
the Democratic party In national and home
poiit cs, be il resolved that the Central Dem
ocratfc Club of Salt Lake county, expresses it
satisfaction with the course OF the paper and
recommends il to the supporter every Democrat
throughout the territory.