The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-07-07

point is the great hue and cry raised
by partisan political papers about the
division in the Alliance upon the sub
treasury plan. They first said the st.
Louis meeting passed it without au-
thOrity, and that the membership dld
not indorse it; a few Alliancemen
were found to oppose it, and they were
liOnized throughout the country as
paragOns of wisdom and heroes for
principle, but after a years discussion
in all the States but Missouri (where
the State organ refused to present it to
the people for discussiOn), the Ocala
meeting gave the plana practi tally
unanimous Endorsement. 1t was then
said that Missouri, Texas, Tennessee,
Mississippi and all the northwestern
States were divided upon the subject,
and that if it was insisted upon it
would split the Order. Every country
and congressional district Alliance re
ported to this office in Missouri and
Mississippi up to date has indorsed the
plan, a~ndnearlyal all have been reported.
The northwestern States were heard
from at Cincinnati, and gave it a unani-
NOUS i"ndOrcement. Texas, in the April
association of lecturers of the State.
about $50 present, only lacked two
votes of giving it a unanimous; in
dOrsement and Tennessee at the recent
county lecturers conference of the
State voted go out of 65 for the meas
ure, and one of the three voting against
said that he was now about ready to
advocate it. Verify the opposition pa
pers are hard up for a split in the Ali
| ance.-N0tiOnuI Economist.
His Excellency, Governor Holt, has
issued the following circular regarding
the refunded direct tax: SCOPES of
the lists taken from the records of the
Treasury Department of the United
| States have been sent to the Clerk of
the Superior Court Of each of these
| counties, and the blanks for use of
persons in making application to the
Governor for the sums appearing on
the lists to be due them. The clerks
will furnish blanks to persons whose
names, or those of their ~intestatOrs, are
on the list, and will be careful to see
that the blanks are properly filled out
in every instance. If a receipt for the
tax can be produced it must be sent
with the APPLICATION to the Governor,
and when the receipt is sent the GER
titfcate of two pearsOnS as to the owner
ship, which Is attached to the blank,
need not be filled out. AS the amount
Of taxes paid IS, III many instances
small, it is earnestly urged the clerks
of the various counties to make as
great reductions Is possible in their
charges. In case The tax was paid by
a trustee or guardian, the blank can
readily be changed to suit the facts.
Taxes paid by Il guardian are to be re
paid to the wards if the guardianship
has been settled. In case of the death
of a tax payer, the tax can be refunded
only to a personal representative,
that is, to an executor to administrator.
1t is no part of the duty of the Gov
ernOr to decide or advise as to the
rights of the next Of kin, or of creditors.
or Of any other p~earoOns claiming from
the personal representative. The usual
rules Of law govern all such cases, and
when the money is Once paid to the
claimant the duty of the Governor IS
performed. The mOney will be paid on
warrants upon the State Treasurer.
Arrangements will be made, if possible,
whereby such warrant can be collected
through banks in all parts of the State
Owing to the British money system
which now prevails in this country,
Eurpe gets the great cotton crop Of the
South at a price ruinOusly low to the
cotton raiser. The poverty of the till
ers of the soil in the cotton states is so
their crop on to the market as soon as
gathered and take whatever is offered.
Referring to the statistical abstract
issued by the government we find that
in 1867, there was exported six hundred
and sixty million pounds of cotton FOR
which the raisers received on their
farms Orrather at their nearest market,
one hundred and fOrty-nine million
dollars. Twenty years later, in 1887,
there was exported two billion, one hun
dred and sixty-four million pounds of
cotton, over three times the exports of
1867, for which the raisers received at
their farms OF nearest market but II
hundred and n~inety-seven million dol
lars. Only one-third more for three
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