The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-01-13

" CS'-N luO IlDuIS must De
gwen IN the main by a strong and sns-
tanned blast of common sense" The
people have come to view this matter in
about the same light and have elected to
the laW-maklng bodies a good sprinkling
OF laymen who are fully competent to
inject into proposed legislation the much
needed blast of common sense.
When Egypt went Gown, 2 per cent.
OF htr population owned 81 per cent. of
her wealth. When Babylon went d5wn,
2 per cent. of her population owned ali
her wealth. When Persia went down, l
per cent. of her population owned the
land. When Rome went do Rn, 1900 men
owned all the known world. There are
about 100000 people in England,
Ireland and Wales, and 100. 900 people
own all the land in the United Kingdom.
In the United States, three-ffths of the
entire wealth of the country is owned by
81, 100 persons-less than one-twentieth
of l per cent. of the population. In 1860
there were hut twa m~illiCnaires in the
United States and no tramps. To-day
there are 80, 900 and l,5OO, 900 tramps.
Already the influence of the Alliance
victory at the polls can be seen. Leading
Republicans and Demo cratic writers are
advising Congress o legislate in the direc-
ton of u demands. 1t is now freely
admitted that the policy Of contracting
the currency was wrong, and Hugh Nc
Colough is being cersured for having
established such a policy. The Chicago
Inter- Ocean openly advises the issuing of
~greenbscks to make up for the withdrawal
Of the national currency, which it says
the bankers should no. be allowed to do
We expect soon to see them advocating
our S~ub-Treasury bills, and national loans
of money upon real estate security. The
fact is we may not have to wait for some
Of the needed reforms as some of US eX-
pecteL tO.-The Alliance Tribune.
* The interest of the South and West are
identical, has become a common express
sion which might be improved by saying
the interest of labor is the same every
where. Whether behind the counter, in
the machine shop or field, everywhere
that honest toll is found, we find a COM
mon interest. The industrial system I'M
der which we live and toll compels this
conclusion. An injury to one is an in
jury to all. This being the case what
shall we do? Remain divided the better
to enable these who live without work to
scoop in what we make or shall we unite
and form just laws under which We can
have an equitable distribution of what we
earn. Shall The dollar rule, or shall we
make a common cause and take posses
sion of our birthright.-The Union.
Politicians, who argue that overproduc-
ton is the cause of low prices of products
and cons quent hard times have failed to
explain why last winter the Kansas and
Nebraska farmer was suffering for fuel
with plenty of collatt raj in the shape of
corn to purchase with, and the same time
the Pennsylvania nine was starving for
corn with plenty of collateral in the shape
|, of coal to purchase with. Was it because
these tw0 commodities were esten up by
= extortionate transportation rates, or be-
cause the money and jobbers juggled the
| markets to snch an extent that products
t were a drug? At any rate the poor man
t had to suffer and all the people cried naTd
{ times, the same as in this year of famine.
The overproduction liar must get to work
: if he would reconcile these facts.-Inde-
pendent Neb.
It is about time the great farmer upris-
r ing evoluted cut of the domain of "glit-
tering generalties," into the realm of
tangible purpose. There was a time, and
not very lony ago, when general assaults
on the lawlessness and greed of the
Railways, Trusts, and Money Power were
ali sufficient, because it was in the regular
order of things that the people should be
first Informed as to the outrages being
practiced upon them, befor they could SCI
about righting the wrongs, under which
they had been unknowingly suffering,
This campaign of education" has now
fulfilled its legitimate function and the
grea5 plain people, are ready to apply the
knowledge they have to practical work
If this is not the only valid end of al
> schooling then we are much m staken.-
E Farmers Voice.
The United States Senators whose
= terms will expire March 3, 1891, and
whose successors have not yet been
chosen, are: James K. Jones, Arkansas
Leland Stanford, California; Henry M
Teller, Colorado; Orville Fl. Platt, Con
necticut; Wilkinson Call, Florida; Chas
! B. Farwell, Illinois; Daniel w. Voorhees,,
/ Indiana; John J. ingalls,, Kansas; Joseph
G. s. Blackburn, Kentucky; James B
Eustis, Louisiana; Ephraim K. Wilson,
Maryland; George G. Vest, Missouri
John P. Jones, Neva la; Henry W. Blair,
: Nav Hampshire; William M. Eyarts,
! New York; Zebulon B. Vance, North
l Carolina; John H. Mitchell, Oregon
James Donald Cameron, Pennsylvania
Gilbert Pierce, North Dakota Gideon G.
: Moody, South Dakota; Justin s. Morrill,,
, Vermont; John G. SpoCner, Wisconsin
{ Merchants who have on hand 250
pounds or more of tobacco in unbroken
stamped packages on January lst, 1891,
J will be entitled to a rebate of two cents
per pound. They will be required to
take an inventory, January LIST, in the
presence of two disinterested witnesses,
who must count each package, enter it
upon tally sheets, sign the sheets and
leave them with the me chant. The wit
ness cannot be clerk in the store or claim