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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-10
IN POLITICS

A surprisingly large number of our
politicians are engaged in the banking
business in one way and another,
Some prominent bankers have been
running for political office in New
York State. j. SlOat Fassett, the Re
publican nominee for Governor, was
vice president Of the Commercial State
Band of Sioux City, Ia. HIS bank Is
reorganizing under a national charter.
Hon. Roswell P. Flower, the Governor
elect, is at the head of the New York
City banking firm of Flower & Co.
For some reason it often happens
that bankers and men connected with
banks are nominated for important
offices. Many of our Congressman
and Senators are directly or indirectly
connected with banks. 1t is a paying
business and it pays the bankers to
put their kind in office. II is unneces-
sary to tell the reason why.
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CLEVELAND IS AGAINST ne

In a long and well-written editor;.,
in We6Ster'8 Weekly we find the fono~
ing facts about Cleveland and hisSIr,.
record. Mr.. Cleveland may BE- .,
honest man, but if he is he Is iug,,1
sort of an honest" man that wedn,
need in high places:
Let it be understood once for all rh,.
the Democratic party cannot s~ervpIw,
masters. 1t must choose between II.
people and the ~plutOcrats. 1t cannC
support the free coinage of silver anG
oppose national banks and at Tie S.ro
time support a gold bug candidate fr
the Presidency. Such a policy would
invite defeat. 1t would be the worst
sort of duplicity. Mr. Cleveland and
financial reform are antagOnlStic. Thew
are deadly enemies. The two ideas viii
not harmonic, one being of the peonIa
and the other of Wall street. So par
tisan a Democrat as Buck Kitchm d.
clareS that if the heelerS and strikers
of Wall street again succeed III tOiStino
Cleveland upon the Democratic DarrTS
it will be the solemn duty of the peonIa
to combine to secure his def9at Wbvi
Because, as the Richmond DisyQtcE
truthfully says, on financial Questions
Mr.. Cleveland stands Inside the rank,
of the enemy" AS we e it, his and
Sherman1S views On this question arc
as much alike as two black eyed peas
If anything, Sherman's is tt e more lib.
eral of the two. If Cleveland cogJd
have his way silver would be demon,
etized. He is on record not only as on
posed to free silver, but as an advocate
of the repeal of the Bland bill. which
would stop the coinage of silver and
leave it a legal tender to the amount Of
OnIV S..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-10

upon which rested the $50 of scrip that
lhe drew in the fall and which he dis
rributed among his creditors? Have
they any recourse upon that corn? is
1t in the custody of the government?
Having been redeemed. Is 1T not again
| As corn"
Of course it is A s corn. But when
he gets his corn back he pays the gov
eminent $50 in currency or coin with
two per cent added. AS fast as the
Sub-Treasury money is redeemed 1t
gradually goes back into the Treasury
and by the time it gets back another
crop of grain, cotton and tobacco is
made and it begins it's work ag ain.
The Topic cannot understand how
the business of the country can be done
on a cash basis. We do not contend
that it can. We said 1t could be brought
nearly to a cash basis" We believe
this is true. Under the present system
money to buy cotton, grain and to
baccO is furnished to a large extent by
banks. This money costs, to begin
with, not less than IL per cent. and
often more.
jefferson said that the government
should f Irnish money at absolute cost
sufficient to do the en5lre business OF
the country Unless we are badly
mistaken the Sub-Treasury money
wO lid be a long step i'll hat direction.
The money wo I'D be furnished at about
cost. 1t would be advanced to the eX-
tent of 80 per cent. on a small portion
of certain staple necessities of life. We
say a small portion because we do no
think that any large portion would be
stored at one time. We believe that
not over one third or perhaps one
fourth of any crop warehOused would
be sufficient to prevent stagnatlOn and
keep up prices. The money thus Sc
cured would be put into circulation
and 20 from hand to hand. Crop
speculation and the power Of money to
Cypress would be broken OF checked.
Money would be easy and there would
be no necessity for farmers to go III
debt like they have been doing.
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DIVE

If ever there was a time when farm
ers should be particular and diversity
their crops, now is the time The
crops of tobacco and cotton are short
and the prices low. This will continue
until the financial saystem of the coun-
try is completely revolutionized and
the ''rascals turned out" Just when
and how this can and will be done no
one can say. But we think the pros
poets are improving. Necessity knows
no law. The harder our people are
pressed the more determined they will
be. 1t now looks as if somebody is
preparing for suicide. The murmur-
ing of the farmers has been heard, but
the ans yer is pillow on, we are draw
ing the cords tighter and tighter" The
end will come somehow. The country
cannot stand the pressure much longer.
Everything looks gloomy at times, but
when the mist clears away then comes
the sunshine We still hope.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-10

R-"Nobody else has. 1t is invisin,
in America. It may be visible to naets
of China and Japan" p"f'
B-"Im goin' to Raleigh to bo,.
long talk with Mr., Ed. Smith. TT0a
lots of him an think he will do r,gbt :,
the politicians will let him aIa.I
Betsy is comm with me. She won ls'
to go to the Exposition an SEQ tSS
anermals enyhow. l want ter vac
Governor Holt an find out how he Ok ,ss
out of the plaid trust when he was ~,
in it. He must be a juggler or somo
thin. Goodbye"
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RECENT GROW TIL OF THE ALL
ANCE.

At President Folks Office in Wash
ington it is reported that the growth
ii the Alliance has been too rapid to
keep track Of during the past month.
The following summary of recent re
ports is given out:
Oklahoma-Several subordinate AL
liances have been organized, with a net
increase of 400 members.
For some time past hot val has been
xaged against the Alliance in Missis-
Sippi, and is getting hotter every day
out since December 1st 1890 the net in
crease in membership has been over
1000.
North D lkota-Sixty-t Sub-Alli-
ances have been organized, with a net
Increase of 2. 900 members.
IOwa-This State is dong some glOrl-
Gus, aggressive AMI su :cessful work.
Two hundred and sixty-siX Sub-Alli-
ances have been organized since De-
cember 1st, with a net increase Of over
5000 members, ninty nine organizers
are now at work all over the State.
California Fourteen counties have
been organized, with 215 Sub Alliances,
and the net increase of membership is
over 5000.
Louisiana-Two new county Organi-
cations have been effected, with about
twenty Sub Alliances, and the net in
crease is over 500 memoirs.
South CarOlina-Twentyt new
Sub Alliances have been established,
with about /, 600 new members, but a loss
of nearly as many has been sustained,
Thus is the only State recently heard,
from in which an Increase in member
ship is not reported.
OhiO-The Buckeye State heads the
list. Thirteen new counties are organ
lied, with 10 Sub Alliances, and the
increase of membership is over 10, 600.
South D~akota-WOrkinS under diff
culties, this State reports a net increase
of LOCO members.
: West Virg inia-The awakening and
interest is phenomenal. Two hundred
and thirty Sub. Alliances have been en-
rolled, and the net gain OF members is
nearly 10. 900.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-10
HOW ABOUT IT?

If anybody OBJECTS to the lavish ex-
pendlture of public funds for exposi
tions or public buildings OF anything
of that kind, they are put down as be
ing opposed to progress. They will be
charged with a lack of State or nation
al pride. True we need public build
ings. We need monuments But the
greatest monument any nation can
build is the simple statement that her
agricultural and mechanical labOrers
are given a fair shO wing and reasonable
returns for their labor. That will
speak more than volumes in print. We
may erect public buildings, Guild cities,
hold great fairs, have silver UOngued
orators and versati e writers proclaim
to the world hat we are the most ac
tive, progressive people beneath the
skies, but when the condition of agri-
culture is surveyed and investigated
there is nothing but hollow mockery
displayed.
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COUNTRY FREE DELIVERY.

Mr.. John Wanamaker, who may or
may not be a good Sunday school
teacher, but who IS an expert dry goods
dealer. and at present Postmaster
Gen, raj, has published his idea OF
establishing free delivery in local rural
districts.
The article from him is published in
this issue Of THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
The scheme has been tried in a small
wav in a few sections. Mr.. Wanna
maker says it has paid on account Of
the increase in quantity of mail matter
sent. It saves much time to those who
live some distance from a pos office.
Farmers could get their papers an l
letters more promptly. In many sec
tions of the country people take no pa
pers because they can't get their mail
without a good deal of trouble. If
there is anything that will induce PEG
pie to read more we are for it.
Mr.. Wanamaker says that country
people are as much entitled to free de-
livery as city people. This IS true.
They pay as much for pOstage-twO
cents for each letter. If Mr.. Wanna
maker would put on his thinking cap
he would find that farmers are IN
titled to a good many things they
don't ppt
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REDUCED. RATES.

A telegram from National Secretary
Turner on the 5th inst. informs us
that the railroads have granted one
fare for the round trip to the national
meeting at indianapolis on the 18th.
In other words this trip will cost you
half she regular rates. Tickets will be
sold at all points.
This is as low as we could we'll ex-
pect and should enable many Alliance
men to go who are not delegates. An
crowd is expected and no
doubt this will be the most important
meeting of the Alliance ever held.
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THE Ell CTIONS.

The elections last week were signifi-
cant in some respects. They do not
exactly foretell what the result will be
next year, however. Doodle was used
freely in some places. In Kansas the
Peoples Party nominated candidates
for Superior Court Judges. They
elected their men in two or three dis
tricts. In the others the Democrats
and Republicans fused and by this I'M
holy and unnatural combination elected
their men.
Taken altogether, there was nothing
but a repetition of former elections and
the country is no better off than it was.
But all of it was an eye opener for peo-
pie who are working for the good Of
the country.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-10

The resolutions were published last
week and the secretary writes to have
the correction made as above.
~ Apoor man IN Missouri stole two
OF three hams. He went to the peni
tertiary for five years. The Treasurer
of he State stole $50. 900 fromt the State
Treasury. He went to the penitentlary
for two years. Moral: If you want a
short sentence, steal a large amount.
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n. r. p. A.
OUR BIG OFFER.

Any one of orr subscribers arhO
mag be an arrears, and 1rbO riU
puy as aCbat he is due as and send
one additional dollar before the 1st
Of November, shall hare The Pro
gressire Farmer till the 1st of jan
aury, 1898. Remember that this offer
holds good only till the 1St Of No
vember. All 1chO are az arrears
after the 10th Of November, wiH be
trOpped from our list.
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THE sUB-TREAsURY PLAN.

Bro. Scott, o. the LenOir Topic ad-
mits that he is now in a good humOr.
He IS pleased with the tone of The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, and asks us to
republish all he writes. This is not
possible, for there is much to go into
this paper. But we will make extracts
from the editorial AM when we quote
the substance only will promise not to
miscOnstrue or garble the Topics Ian
guage.
The Topic begins by saying that we
will not look into the cOnstitutiOnallty
of the measure. Then he says:
The practicability of the Sub Treas
ury plan is the part of it that it's advO-
Gates have made the greatest failure in
proving to us In discussing this branch
of the question we Will likewise for
the present waive a review of it's eX
p~enSiveneSS; cumbprsOmeneSs; liability
to encourage fraud and extravaganza
and to become an engine of political
partisanry threatening the liberties of
the people; not to speak of the trouble
that might arise from setting prices for
farm products in the fall tina would
have to be sold in the spring under con
dltions Of chang arising Out of shrink
age, decay and other destructive agen-
cieS that act upon grain"
After passing over all these things it
seems that the Topic should not find
any fault whatever. But it goes on to
say:
I'VE prefer to go to the root of the
matter and consider whether themOney
produced by the Sub-Treasury plan
would be good, sound money"
In answer to this we say that there
never has been any but sound money
in the United States, so far as we know,
except the Confederate currency. This
was unsound and soon deteriorated in
value. But it was not authorized by
the National Government and hence
was not government money. We
maintain that a dollar in greenback or
metal money that contains the govern
ment's promise to pay, is a sound dol
lar and will pass for 100 cents any
where in the United States. Hence if
the government authorizes money
based upon staple crops or land as in
Dictated by the Sub Treasury plan, it
will both be good and sound. We
undertake to say hat the Topic will
take any dollar with the government
promise to pay in exchange for his
paper. We near a great deal about
honest money and sound money"
nowadays. Any and all that the gov
eminent issues is sound" but that
issued under the national banking sys-
tenn is the only dishonest money "
that the government has given the
people.
Again the Topic contends that the
Sub Treasury money is not based on
crops. No matter what the wording
of the Vance or Picker bills is, the
money is to be based on staple crops
and land. Staple crops or land may be
held as collateral. The Topic says:
"A. deposltsin the Sub Treasury 500
worth of corn and receives $50. This
money he spends in small sums, paving
1t GU to Tom, DICK and Harry. In the
spring he redeems his 500 worth of
corn and takes it away from the Sub
Treasury. Where is now the basis "
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

~ Bro. J. NJ. Mewborne is the Dis
trict Lecturer in the Sd district.
The meeting of the Lecturers Of
the Sd Congressional district vas held
at Warsaw on the Sd. Bro, George
Wilcox was elected District Lecturer.
X Rev. Sam P. Jones will lecture in
this city on the 18th and 18th His
subject the first night will be Get
There" seconi night, "Stay There"
The 5th Maryland Regiment, the
finest military organization in Amer
lea, numbering $50 men, will be in
Raleigh today. They will spend some
time at the Exposition.
~ Bro. P, K. Wood, one of the &C
tive Alliancemen of Los Angeles. Cali
fornia, has placed us under obligations
to him for a club of twenty-six yearly
subscribers to THE PROGRESSIVE FAR,
MER.
~ Spread little common sense lime
over your political beds during this
month. 1t will pay handsomely. Now
is the time to look around for seed to
sow good candidates. Use only good
seed.
~ A very large crowd attended the
Exposition last Thursday and Friday.
The attendance is not large some days,
but is better all the time than anyone
ever thought it would be. This week
will be another crowded time.
The Atlanta Journal says that
Grover Cleveland is the most popular
man in New York to day. He may be.
But if he is there is something wrong
with their idea of what a public man
ought to do to become popular.
- AIliancemen are warned not to
trust the bad men who have Joined the
Alliance for selfish purposes. We take
the occasion to warn them against the
bad men who would like to Join the
Alliance, but who cannot. Beware of
them.
The Dallas Herald knows
the attitude of SO of the party papers
of Texas on the Sub Treasury scheme.
It says 16 favor it and 81 oppose it.
That is pretty good progress for the
measure when we consider that it has
not been before the public long.
- The government is expected to
loan the Worlds Fair S. 900, 900 and
charge no interest. They say that is a
n,1blic C and that all are inter
ested and benefited. Well, amt farm
ing a public concern and won't all be
interested in that? We think 50.
y. One sentence in the resolutions
passed by Iredell County Alliance was
Internationally omitted by the secre-
tary in sending a copy TO HE FRO
cDTes1vEF FARMER for publication. The
Course Of Bro. A. Leazar as district
lecturer was unanimously endorsed
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In writing to anybody, always b.
sure to give the nance of your postOftice
and sign your own name plainly.
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Do you want your paper changed to
you have been getting it.
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Do you want your communication
published ? If so, give us your real
name and your pOstOffice.
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W" Our friends In writing to any of
)ur advertisers will favor us by men
sioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement in THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
~ The date on your label tells you
when your time is out.
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Don't stop, brother, until The Iy
gTess1Ue Farmer goes regularly to 'V"'
IN yOWT neighbOrhOOd.
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The Progressive Farmer is the Official
Organ of the N. c. Farmers State Alliance
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RALEIGH, n. c.. NOV. 10, 1891.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-17
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL Is PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, One Dollar per Year, Gin Advance T Single Copies cents
WHO WILL GET THE MONEY 2

WHO WILL GET THE MONEY4 The death of Parne1 hasn't done as
 much to unite the home rulers as was ex-
 pected. In fact, the squabbling among
 them seems to be more violent and bitter
 than ever. Meanwhile, many Irishmen in
 this country are interested in the disposi-
 ton of the fund now in the hands of John
 Munroe 6 Co.,, the Paris bankers It was
 held in the names of Charles Stewart Par
 nell and Justin Mccarthy, as trustees.
 The money was subscribed for the specific purpose of aiding the evicted tenants in Ireland who, in their stubborn fight for recognition of what they consider their rights, were ejected from their farms by the no less stubborn land owners, and large part of it came from this country. Before the disruption in the Irish party no question ever arose as to the administra- tion of the fund, as all sections were of one mind as to its distribution. Since the split, however, the drawing of the mo- ney was suspended. Neither the Par nellites and the McCartyites would agree eAo eo Aoo AAoHoo1i. CluC0 tu6 O6aGu of Parnell it has been announced that his widow and John Howard Parnell, the dead leaders brother, were entitled as his heirs to one-half the fund, which they were de- termined to use in aid of those members of the Irish party who remained faithful to Mir. Parnell. But there is doubt as to the legality of such a course. We'll in- formed lawyers are of the opinion that the French court of equity, if called upon to adjudicate, would decide that the fund cannot be used for any other purpose than that for which it was originally entrusted to Messrs. Parnell and Mccarthy, and fail ing that, the court would order the refund ing of the money to the treasurers of the different committees in America as the of the original donors.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-17
CHICAGO sssKY-sCRAPEns.,

The fate of the builders of the tower of Babel has no terrors for some bold Chica- goans, who have already put up some very tall buildings and are now at work upon one which will have thirty-four stories and be regular "sk y-scraper" But good many of the people of Chicago think that building toward the sky in that town has gone far enough, and there is demand that the council limit the height of buildings. Discussion of the matter is going on at lively rate. It is pointed out that there is no security for foundations lutely no protection possible from the fire department for life or property above 120 feet, the limit fixed by Chief Swenie as the maximum at which the resources of the fire department would be exhausted. He states that, as for life, all the department could do would be to shoot up ropes to persons above that and let them take their chances of Climbing" down. Confessed impossibility of saving either life or prop erty applies to more than the sky-scraper in which fire might break out. These buildings are constant menace to life and property in every adjacent building. Brands from the high windows or roof of one of them would set score of other buildings on fire in few minutes, and the department would be utterly unable to cope with the rapid extension of conf1a- grafton thus begun.
 The Chicago Medical association has taken part in the discussion. A delega- tion from that body attended the meeting of the public service committee of the real estate board, and put themselves on record as opposed to high buildings, on sanitary grounds. Walls that tower up to height greater than the width of the street shut out the sunlight and fav or the generation of disease. Among the maladies to which people who pass much of their time in the sunless districts are most exposed the doc tors mentioned scrofula, consumption, diphtheria, grip and nervous affections. They also called attention to the great fre- quency of elevator accidents occurring where there is 50 much travel between heaven and earth. They did not mention the theory recently advanced by Boston physician, that the prevalence of heart disease of recent years is due to the vast amount of travelling done in elevators.
 The indications are that these protests will make an impression and that action against the "sky scrapers'' will be taken.