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

created in favor of free coinage, in
of the silver dollar, has had its
effect on the price of silver. Within
the past three months silver has grad
ually assembled the scale of prices until
as we go to press it is quoted at 1907.
Portugal and the South Ameri-
can republics are preparing to increase
their silver currency. England is less
of a gold bug, France is bi-metallic,
Germany is agitating the dual basis
and Russian finances are 50 restricted
that that absolute monarchy will be
compelled to elevate silver to the highest
place in its finances. The OminOuS and
forbidding cloud which has Obscured
the lustrOus surface of the peOple'sdO l-
lar is showing the silver lining, and
will before many months altogether
disappear and exhibit in all it's bril-
liancy and value the white metal which
will rank as the equal of gOld.-COL-
0rddO Field und Farm
Farmers you ought to quit talking
politics 50 much. You are creating
great disturbance. The politicians are
very uneasy and you ought to have
ems enough to know that it is wrong
to disturb a man. Don't do it farmers,
you are liable to throw some of these
fellows out of a job and you know they
won't wOrk-they don't like to, no how.
So Just hush up and again allow the
political atmosphere to get still. OF
course the stencil and filth will emit
a rather unfavOrable OdOr, but then
your olfactories are such, that you
don't mind it much, do you? Then
again you will bust up the organiza-
ton if you don't stop sc much racket.
Talk about how to farm, how to carry
IN chips, slop the hogs, etc. Learn each
other what time of the year to look for
screw worms, the best method of kill
ing ticks, and how to manage to keep
your fences in out of the weather. It's
a shame how you old farmers allow
your OuthOuses, barns and fences to
stand out and take the rain. No, it
won't do. Don't do it.-SuIphW'
Springs, 7er., Alliance TindicdtOr.
Word comes to us that at a county
meeting of the f. \. and I. L. An ALI
ance man came into the meeting and,
claiming to represent the Mccormick
Harvester Co, offered Irvine at less
than alliance prices. thus using every
effort possible to break down the Ex-
change. The contracts made by the |.
I. and the ability of the organization
to hold together has caused a decline
in Irvine. The company well knows if
they break up this exchange, and get
the farmers to fighting they will have
things their w way hereafter. Every
Alliance man knows this to be true,
and when a member joins the enemy
for pay. he should take his clothes to
his boarding place. 1t is impossible to
serve God and mammOn. Our greatest
danger is from the inside. Put none,
but true men on guard. The Importance
of the issue at stake demands no back
ward steps, no faltering; but a true I'M
swcrving devotion to the eternal prin-
ciples Of justice, truth and right, the
foundation stones of the farmers move
ment.-E,r.
Can we afford it? 1t is not well to
pass over in a frivolous way any charge
made by a large body Of our fellow
citizens, whether they be Republicans,
Democrats, or Peoples Party men.
The Democrats are just now attacking
the last Congress for alleged ~eXtrava-
gance. The Republicans reply that the
appropriations observation-disclosures and
it is not our present purpose to inquire
into their merits but simply to call our
readers attention to the enormous
amount Of the appropriations. Abillion
dollar Congress is a catch phrase
which may be fippantly mouthed, but
how few of us realize what it means.
We re now approaching the end of
the nineteenth century, yet a billion
dollars is more than $50 for every hour
Of 1900 years. The Fourth Of July
was the 115th anniversary of the
Declaration of American Independ
ence, yet these appropriations amount
to owe $3.50 for each second of that
period. Taking it another way it is
over $40 foT every man, woman and
child in the United States. Truly,
this is an enormous tax. Yet it is only
the burden of the National Govern
ment. Add to it the State, county,
municipal, school and the various
special taxes and the great interest
burden, or tax for the use of currency