The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-01-27
OR EXCHANGES.

U"I oc. quarter OF the year, Sheffield,
ne.lond's great cutlery ma lufactory, h4d
Bns1rtod 974 900 worth Of utlery 1urlng
eAPG tbird Quarter of the year. The Ne
Inc oil knocked Shefield's cutlery
AInrts IN the last quarter Of tbe year to
e5S mo thus trans :erring EZRA 954 worth
+rsde to this country ."-MeaO York
o. Well, admitting the above 20 be
f re who goi the 9224, 954? The C IN
uu uoor2 No. the manufacturers. And
g5 thew raise the wages of their en-
~ to a figure corresponding with
So;r increased profits? No, not by a
Int Figures ike these will not help to
20 the new tariff popular. Tney argue
strongly against it.-LadI StrjI linton.
w~,sHrNerov, D @, Jan. I8.-The
rn;tpd rtates Senate, AL told, in salaries
ID Incidental personal expenses of it's
%onhers and officers, costs the country
Al 0I9 6398 IS last year. It appears from
ts record that the Senators have an enor-
IONS cspacity for oenznives 814, or ten
CO.. each member, being purchased during
So year. to say nothing of 600 pairs Of
nociet scissors. Less than two cork,
foroUs for each member were bought,
oontracy to the generL suspicion enter
to;ned as to the Senatorial necessity for
tbot article. A Senstor-Hl 1cock, per
Lons-reoui ed 20 make himself present
.bfe at various times: Sc bot. Italian
cosmetic Il d.. hair tonic" and 81
Pond Lily was :" and suOther--EdmuRdS,
mavbe after taking 81 gal castor oil"
IN September 80 found it necessary to
samre Sc gals" more on the following
dav. NJ. Morton required Il cushion for
Vice Presidents chair, $17." None of
these purchases Is Objectionable, while
others. such as q pr. snti-rat Ter ;" poo-
bromochi0ralum," presumably for Mr..
Hoar, viii receive the emphatic approval
of a united people. 1t was also to be ex-
pected that Republican Senators would
really heed II doz. phospho cafferin
Immediately after the inaug lrstion of a
Republican President. But what under
the sun could eighty Senators do with
5000 grains of quinine 2-EDchange.
Years ago, we were a poor boy wcrI-
ing on a farm that consisted Of nineteen
acres of creek, twelve acres of hill side
FIVE acres of stone. seven acres of land,
ten acres of blue clay and eighty four
acres Of mortgage. The long heads who
sat around chewed tobacco and planned,
advised the farmers to KEEP out of politics.
They did so, and were always KEEP. in
debt, thanks to their docillty. The farmer
has no business to NEEDLE with politics 1!
All he has to do is to hitch himself along
side of a cow, steer, old mare, mule, or
another jackass and work the p ow, the
scythe, cradle, reaper and thrssher for the
benefit of the sweet-scenr ed, perfumed
son of sophistry, who lives on fat from
politics, whlc1 with him is managing for
those who, being asses, are always con
tent to keep out of politics. The hog
should be kept out of the wa .er till it is
made hot, then plunge in, be scalded, and
squeal! A farmer has no business to en-
gage in politics beyond raising hogs and
cattle, earning property, and once a year
or SO go to the polls asking who to vote
for, and then by voting the ticket placed
in his hands, drawing the Cir 3ingle of
poverty just L hole tighter, lest he b.
guilty Of growth, expansion and useful
ness Abou; one-half the inhabitants of
this country live by cultivsting the soil,
prejudice and poverty. They were told
some years ago t keep out of politics.
The man who first told them so had a
father who told his COWS to stano still
while they were being MIXED, and his
mules not to kick till af,er the harness Or
saddle was made fast to them, then they
might kick and be . The farmer
has no business in politicsl He don't
know anything, and he refuses to learn.
He can shovel soil and go down into the
hole he digs unCer a partisan whip. but
he can't think, he won't think, and tais
because he is afraid his soul is not really
his OVID, but really belongs to his owner,
the political prostitute, money lender and
sooth-sayer who so easily makes the
sovereign citizens of America believe that
he should keep out of politics. Politics
is intelligence applied to the making of
laws. There is no law against any one
engaging in political wo,k, but every
reason why all should engage in it for the
good Of all. He who dares not engage in
politics Of the better class, should be dis
francbised, and his place made vacant as
MS head of common sense.-MarJGn
Standard.
Let US glance over the field and see
what the farmers did really do in the No
Vember elections. Beginning in South
Carolina, Ben. Tillmau went through the
hottest contest ever witnessed in that
State, and was elected Governor by a
comfortable maj rity. Two Democrats,
who received the Alliance endorsement,
were elected to Congress from the same
State. Next in point of exc, tement was
Kansas. The Alliance came near electIng
sGovernor, and did elect an Attorney
General, an officer of great i'm oortanee in
a,prohibition State. OF The Democrats
elected to Congress, three had the Ali
Snce endorsement. The farmers have a
majority in the lie yislature. In Nebraska
me Alliance rolled up a vote of 68,0O0for
us gub9rnator ial candidate Powers, but
GId not elect him. Of three Congressman
elected, two are Alliancemen, being the
only two nominated by the order. Their
names are Kern and McKeighan. The
Alliance have a s,ro, g majority in the
legislature. The illinois Aliance elected