The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28

same state of mastery inactivity, be-
cause they won't want the Democrats
to divide honors; and hence nothing
will be done for the people. But listen:
these Senators and Congressman will
cost the people as much money as an
active Congress would cost. Perhaps
they will vote away another billion of
the peoples money and let the oppres-
sive tariff taxation remain as it is in
order to raise the money for of course
if this mastery inactivity prevails,
there can be no reduction of the tariff;
there can be no free coinage; nothing
can be done. Now, will the people be
bamboozled and honey-sugared and
deceived and misled by these partisan
politicians any longer? If they will,
they deserve nothing better than they
have.
PROGRESS OF ALLIANCE WORK.
The Ohio State Alliance was organ
lied on the sixteenth instant at Column
bus. National President Polk and
National Lecturer Willetts were in
attendance. Nearly every county in
the State was represented at the ALI
ance meeting. The Alliance is having
a phenomenal growth in that State;
and it will be the great power in ono
mics before the close of the year. The
sturdyfarmers are earnest and enthusi-
astic, and they have thousands and
thousands of friends who are in sym
pathy with them.
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
CHEEKY news of the increase of the
Alliance comes from Pennsylvania.
| Seventeen organizations were effected
in one day, last week, and between
sixty and seventy Sub-Alliances are
now being organized per month. The
famous old Keystone State is coming
right up to the front.
MICHIGAN IS MOVING.
President Cole. of the Michigan State
Alliance, writes that the "work is
booming in Michigan. We have now
about five hundred Sub-Alliance, and
a large number of organizers at work"
Everything is encouraging in that
| State.
IN MINNESOTA.
More than eleven thousand members
have been enrolled in Minnesota since
last November, and Sub-Alliances are
now being organized at the rate of one
| n Io- Tho total T17nohor Of S1h-A1i-
ances is 2,315, with a total member
ship of 50, 900.
OTHER STATES.
The Alliance is now going into the
State of Washington. Five sub organ
izations have been effected and interest
in the movement is rapidly spread
ing.
In Idaho eleven Alliances have been
organized, and the work has just been
introduced into that State.
Arizona is falling into line. Already
organizations have been effected and
numerous applications for literature
and oganizers are being received.
In Oregon there is much enthusiasm
in the Alliance movement. Forty
seven organizations bave been effected
and ten National organizers, besides a
number of deputies are pushing the
work forward.
The Order has just been introduced
into Wyoming, and applications for
organizers are coming in from Mon
tana. Everything is moving grandly
forward everywhere.
EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL, SPECIAL PRIV
LEGES TO NONE.
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER, President
Folks paper, in a recent issue had the
following: Equal rights to all, special
privileges for none" is the motto of this
Alliance movement. This motto means
that the farmer-the owner of the land
means to see to it that he and his
calling are not Disseminated against
in the administration of government.
But it must mean more than this. It
must mean that the farmers who own
land and have it cultivated.by tenants,
are bound to give their tenants as fair
a chance to win something enduring
and substantial, as that which thay
themselves demand. We want it un-
derstood that the Alliance movement
was not inaugurated simply for the
benefit of the land owner. 1t was Or
ganized for the benefit of all men, in
Guiding tenants upon farms.
THE SHADOW OF A DODGE.
Senator Vance, of North Carolina,
has just said something which has at
least the shadow of dodge about it.
He was returned to the United States