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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07
No 7

pr1at, :ons for experiment stations from
the two previous years and their in
ser1ion in the appropriations made
under Secretary Rusk's administration,
and furthermore by the addition to
these last of the 100000 for the
Weather Bureau, which has not vet
been transferred to the Department.
and the expenditures of which, when
the transfer shall take place next July,
will not be an addition to the expenses
of the National Government but mere
ly the transfer of certain expenses from
the accounts of one Department to
those of another. Inasmuch as mem
bers of Congress and members coming
from agricultural States have not
scrupled to resort to this form of mis-
representation, with a view apparent
ly to create a prejudice against the ex-
penditures of the National Government
on behalf of agriculture, justice to the
farmers interests demands that the
facts in the case be widely known.
For the benefit of those who desire to
carry comparisons a little further the
figures of the appropriations made for
other departments of the National
Government are also appended to the
statement herewith. 1t will be seen
by such comparison that whatever the
increase may have been in the annual
appropriations for the Department of
Agriculture, it would have had to be
much greater to bring the Department
up to it's proper place as an executive
branch of the government, practically
representative of nearly one-half the
people of the country.
Under such circumstances Secretary
Rusk feels it his duty to make public
full statement of the appropriations
for agriculture through such journals.
as are especially representative of the
farmers interests or as may desire to
use them in the interest of fair play to
| the farmer.
| APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF AG-
| UTCrJTT
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07
THE COST OF THE U. S. DEPART
MENT OF AGRICULTURE.

The following statement showing the
appropriations for the United States
Department of Agriculture for the
fiscal years ending on the 3Oth of June,
1891 and 1892, respectfully, is by the
order of the Secretary of Agriculture
furnished to the agricultural press and
such other papers as may desire to
publish it. Secretary Rusk believes it
to be the right and privilege of the
people and especially of the farmers of
this country to have laid before them
in plain figures the particulars of the
sums devoted from the National Treas
ury to the Department of Agriculture
The fiscal years covered by the state
ment represent the appropriations for
which the present administration is re
sponsible. For purposes of comparison
the totals for the two years are also
given, This is made the more neces-
sary as garbled figures have been pub
Ished, conveying an utterly wrong i'm
preston by the omission of the appro-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07
HOPE MILLS, Page Co., Va,
Feb 13 1891

Mr.. EDITOR: Il have been reader
of your most excellent paper for some
time, but have never seen anything
from this part of the Alliance vineyard
in it's columns. enjoy reading your
paper very much; believe it to be one
of the best reform educators published
in the United States. note many in
teresting letters from different Sec
tions of your State showing that her
laboring men are fully aroused, and
thoroughly aware of the danger that
threatens the wealth-producers of this
country.
The AlIiancemen of Virginia are
proud of their North Carolina brethren,
and recognize in them valiant soldiers
who have enlisted for the entire war,
and who will ever be found in the
foremost ranks, battling for the rights
of freemen, be it at the ballOt-box or
on bloody fields.
And Just here let me say that many
thousands of toilers in Virginia have
espoused the same cause, and many
are being added daily to our number,
having been brought to a knowledge
of the truth by reading such papers
as THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER and No
tso,aal Economist, and we are deter
mined to stand shoulder to shoulder
with our brethren of other States,
and prove ourselves worthy to be
called brethren by them. We know
that our country is on the brink of
financial ruin; that the laboring mil
lions are to-day the slaves, practically,
of the monied few; that we are taxed
beyond endurance, and yet our masters
are Tightening their grip on us and
demanding more.
Do you ask if we know what has re-
duced us to this miserable condition (?
Why do we, with our wives and chill
dren, toll from year to year, wearing
nothing but the cheapest clothing, and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07

In one of the rooms of the Census
office in Washington are to be seen alb
stracts of nine millions of mortgages
which hang like an Internal incubus
over the homes and farms and business
of this country. And yet, when the
farmers organize to secure from the
government the fair play that is neces-
sary to enable them to clear off these
mortgages some of the impudentpapers
of the old parties say that they do not
know what they want. Oh Lord, how
long.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07

First months, SO7,OSO Second months, 458 ,l6O
Making a total circulation for the
year of 765, ,24O; averaging for 50 sue
cessive issues, per issue, 14,716, and
showing a net increase for the year of
5,4OO, or more than 113 per week.
The above statement is taken from
the records kept in the office of THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, and is correct to
the best of my knowledge and belief.
J. w. DENMARK,
Business Manager.
I am Book keeper for Edwards &
Broughton, Printers and Binders, Raj
eigh, N. G. The press-work on The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER has been done
for the past three years by Edwards &
Broughton, and I have kept account OF
the same. l have compared the above
statement. with the account have
kept, and find it tallies throughout,
and is correct. L. ). BASHFORD.
Personally appeared before me, w.
T. Womble, Notary Public, J. w. Den
mark, Business Manager ofA The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER, also T. J. Bashford,
Book-keeper for Edwards & Broughton,
and make oath that the statements
contained above are correct to the best
of their knowledge and belief.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my notarial
seal of office this day, February 26th,
1891. w. T. WOMBLE,
FNoTARIAL SEAL Notary Public.
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resent sentimental issues and live
: 2 traditions have no power to be
4 z I to the laboring people of the
w If the existing political organi-
sat wish a new lease of life and use
fuln they must plant themselves
upon Tne principles of eternal justice
which underlie the reforms demanded
by the working people. If they do not
this, they will be unceremoniously
brushed aside in order that some other
organization with ability, to be useful
to all classes, may take their places.
We suppose the managers of the old
political parties will regard this warn
ing as piece of mere idle gasconade.
Be it so. Whom the gods mean to
destroy, they first make mad"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07

JOSEPH MULLER WAS OUT OF WORK
AND HAD NO MONEY AND CONCLUDED TO
DIE. This statement reads strangely
to any one who is familiar with the
eloquent and powerful arguments that
were ever made in favor of the Nc
Kinley bill during the first session of
the Fifty first Congress. One would
have supposed that the benef1cent Nc
Kinley bill would have long ago put
every working man in the United
States in easy circumstances, enabling
him to keep carriage, have three or
four courses every day for dinner, and
comforting him with the blessed con-
sciousness of security that comes to a
man with a respectable bank account.
If the men who passed the Mckinley
bill were not set of lying prophets,
we see no reason why Mr.. Muller
should have shot himself to death, be-
cause he was out of work and had no
money. We wonder if it can be true,
that the report of the pistol that sent a
bullet crashing into the brain of Mr.
Muller could have been in any wise a
protest against the Mckinley bill.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07
BoGUE, Carteret Co., N. c.,
March 2. 1891

Mr. EDIToR:-The brain faculties
make men the creatures of interest and
ambition These funny faculties pre-
dominate and lead them forth upon the
public marts of the different countries
among the hustle of this world, to
struggle after this worlds goods As
leaders among men whose whole souls
are imbued in her traffic for their
averice in her hidden treasures of ann
bitions, they seek for fame and fortune.
All turning around with the world III
her revolutions, many with different
objects in view, all claiming certain
amount of common practical sense,
the agricultural classes, too, are try
ing to make money by making cotton
at the present prices, which is bound
to result in bankruptcy of the heart
and purse. Almost every man makes
money out of it that touches it except
the farmer, still we have divine in
functions that the laborer is worthy
of his hire, and another, all things are
given to industry. Does it mean slight
of hand and destitute of heart7 And
another earn thy bread by the sweat
of thy brow2 And another, the hide
GUS of all staring every parent in the
face, that it does seem that they should
heed, and that is, that the Oppressor's
children shall be visited to the third
and fourth generations by condemns
tions for the wicked legitimate lar
cenies of the fathers. But the wicked
prosper as the green bay tree That
suits, and they adhere. We are not
opposed to any mans enterprise. We
wish them ali abundant success. We
favor all in a Christian light But we
do think that the bu rdens should be
more equally distributed and borne by
every enterprise in the land. But how
these things are to be equally adjusted
the God of battles only knows. Take
| the histories Of the Eastern countries,
China, for instance. There was not a
known case of larceny or bastardy i'll
all China until England raised the
blockade and introduced the opium
trade. Then the gods of avarice made
their rush and stall1ed abroad all over
the land, trampling every law under
foot known to civilization and common
decency. The result was colossal for,
tunes and illegitimate children. The
farmers need cheap money for at least
five years upon contract, with specif
cations to pay the interest and a GER
tain amount of the principle annually
until the debt is linquidated by con
tract. We cannot borrow money and
pay in eight or nine months and be
benefited. We cannot invest in stock,
ETC., and realize the money for it's re
turn in so short time. 1 have nc
plans to devise, and leave it to philan
thropists and better brains. 1t requires
the brains and character of statesmen,
so that no one enterprise shall come tC
harm. r. w. HUMPHREY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07

REV. DIR. HOWARD CROSBY, for 25
years the pastor of the Fourth Avenue
Presbyterian Church in New York City,
died on the 29th ult., just after he had
entered into the sixty-sixth year of his
age. Dr. Crosby was a scholar, theo-
logian, areformer, an eminent preacher,
a wise pastor, and man of convictions.
He never disguised an opinion; but
spoke right out the matter that was in
him. He had the warmest of friends
gathered from amongst people of all
ranks, who loved what was manly and
fearless; and he had bitter enemies in
the ranks of those men and women who
hate manline5s and courage and exalt
expediency above principle. The
friends of God and of human progress
and prosperity will sadly miss DIR.
Crosby. The enemies of God and men
in New York will, doubtless, breathe
easier, now that this eloquent mans
tongue has forever grown still.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07

IT is about to turn out that the reci-
procity feature of the Mckinley bill,
as applied to trade with South Ameri-
can States, will force practical free
trade upon Brazil The favored ma
tions clauses of treaties which Brazil
has with certain European nations are
interpreted by those nations as binding
Brazil to grant to their merchandise
the same privileges which she grants
under the Mckinley law to the United
State. 1t is more than possible that
Mr.. Blaine's beautiful scheme of reci-
procity will come to grief under the
pressure that will be brought to bear
upon Brazil. The more one studies the
craftsmanship of Messrs. Blaine and
Mckinley, the more he becomes CON
vlnced that those iIlustrious men have
bit off more than they can chew"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07

living on the coarsest food, enduring
the scorching heat of summer, and
biting frosts of winter, and all the time
growing poorer, we know that it is
due to the effects of vicious legislation,
and are determined to do all in our
power to help bring about a reform
and to place the reins of government
in the hands of the people again.
We see that great efforts are being
made to weaken the influence of our
brothers and noble leaders, the Hon.
&. W. MacUne and President L. l..
Polk, by circulating false and slander-
rous reports about them, whereupon
the SubAlliance to which 1 belong,
known as Big Spring Alliance, No. 8,
passed the following resolutions:
RESOLVED, That we condemn with
indignation the party press of the
country that is circulating false and
slanderous reports against our worthy
leaders and beloved brethren, the Hon.
@. w. Macune and President L. L.
Polk.
2, That we will not patronize any
paper that has directly or indirectly
lent it's aid to such villany We know
Bro. Polk personally in this part OF
Virginia, and some are prophesying for
him to be our next President of the
United State We know that he has
7
sectiOnalism between the North and
South than any other man living, and
that brother Macune is doing glorious
work. as an educator of the common
people"
Yours fraternally,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

THE Democrats of Chicago are having
a most bitter factional fight over the
mayoralty of that somewhat famous
city. The straightouts are almost
frantic in their efforts to get Senator
elect Palmer to come from Springfield
to help them out. General Palmer is
said to be struggling with la grippe,
and so cannot go to the assistance OF
his friends in Chicago.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07
Yours fraternally,
j. A. BRUMBACK,
Sec'y Big Spring Alliance.

Mr.. EDITOR: Il am a Northern man
but l like the ring of your paper. 1
like your comments on Bro. Rhymes
article, March 24th. like the progress
the Alliance is making North, South,
East and West. In fact we will soon
the best good of our common country
that the foregoing terms will not be
used to denote sectiOnalism. It must
be wiped out, and | believe the Alliance
to be the instrument in the hands of
the people to accomplish it. 1t is to-
day the largest industrial society, or l
may say societies, of it's age that ever
was organized, for it co-operates
with all kindred associations whose
object and aim is to lift the bur
dens from the shoulders of the masses
and save the homes of the producers.
Never has the industrial man been so
in earnest or so determined to better
his condition. Men are now joining
hands in this great work regardless of
society, nationality or color. Public
men have told us for years that agri-
culture, though it was the basis of the
nations prosperity, was depressed; ;
that farmers were not making the
money they should This has been
echoed and re-echOed in every State;
and the most humiliating about it was,
they said it was all his own fault, be-
cause he was ignorant and was still fol-
lowing in the ruts of his forefathers;
and as there was some truth in this he
began to look about him and ask what
he should do to be saved. Institutes
were organized, reading matter freely
distributed, and he began to read how
to make better butter and raise better
stock. He also read that there are
other reasons why his business is de-
pressed. He reads that capital, trusts
and monopolies are continually tight
ening their grip on his throat; that
the wealth he has for years been help
ing to produce is gradually, like the
sands in the hour glass, passing into
the hands of the few monied men of
the land; that money from foreign
lands is being sent AID deposited in
the various States of our Union to
buy his home when the sheriff decides
to sell. He has concluded that CO.
operation Is the only way out, and the
legislatures is the place to begin, FOR
laws must be made to give him equal
rights and insure justice. He reads
and hears it stated by men well posted
that the secret of success is for a man
to be ready for his opportunity when
it comes, and he has concluded it has
come in the Alliance. Can you
blame him? Oh no. It is a fight by
the common people for a common
cause against common danger. The
echoes from Kansas, Iowa and the
New England States mingled with
those from Kentucky, Georgia, Wis
consin, Ohio and Minnesota, are ring.
ing in our ears. The farmer is not
quietly sitting down after the last
election and awaiting results and the
fulfillment of promises, until politicians
begin to look after his vote again. No,
no. He is In the field watching intent
ly and getting ready for business in
the future. He realizes more fully
than ever before that there is no time
to lose; that eternal vigilance is the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07

NEWS comes to us that thirty five
states will certainly be represented at
the conference of the different labor
organizations to be held in Cincinnati
IN May next. We hope this confer
ence will take the time to discuss the
whole field of reform, and prepare
such platform of principles as will
secure the hearty endorsement and the
enthusiastic support of every laboring
man IN this country. Parties that
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07

The Bulletins of the Experiment Sta
tion at Raleigh, as far as possible, are
illustrated by numerous cuts to accom-
pany the descriptive matter. An Illus
tration oftentimes will be of greater
value than a page of type.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07
CIRCULATION.

The actual circulation of Volume V,
which closed with the issue OF Febru-
arv 18th, 1891, was as follows:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07
1,758,74O.51 1,H9.OO5.45

The New York Herald has recently
been giving cogent reasons for the COM
ing to these latitudes In not remote
future of another glacial epoch. The
way in which the Herald settles these
questions is so cool that it makes one
uneasy about the predictions.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07

ONE of our New York exchanges had
long and profusely Illustrated article
upon the death of Lawrence Barrett,
a play-actor, and a paragraph upon
the death of Gen. Johnston, a com
mander of armies and a hero of three
wars. This may indicate that the
tastes which control our metropolitan
contemporary lead him to place a
higher value upon actors than he
places upon the leaders of armies.
On another hand, it may indicate that
the paper we allude to is simply pub
lished to sell and that it's editor knows
his company and means to provide
them with such articles of mental diet
as they are certain to buy. If either
of these suppOsitions is well founded
it is humiliating enough. The value
of a newspaper as a means of infOrma-
tion and education is very greatly i'm
paired by the dominancy of degener-
ated taste and the presence of the
pandering spirit in it's management.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07

While we do not approve of the mob
bing of the Malta gang in New Orleans {;
and while we are not at all averse to
the investigation that the government
of Italy is now demanding, we think
some of the utterances of excited per-
sons at some of the mass-meetings that
have been held by Italians in this coun-
try are exceedingly foolish. The great
masses of the American people had no
more to do with the New Orleans mob
bing, and are no more in favor of offer
ing insult to Italians as Italians. than
is Humbert, King of Italy. But it
ought to be known that the men who
were mobbed to death we're known to
belong to an oath-bound conclave,
whose business was and is the defiance
of law and society; and, in addition,
they were stained with the crime of
murder. All the talk about war is
foolish-very foolish Let the matter
be investigated, and let such repara-
tion as justice may require be made.
But let us hear no more of war and
revenge.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07

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675,OOO.OO 728,OOO.OOs
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-07

Weather Bureau (trans-
ferred to Department Of
Agriculture from War
Department by act of
Oct. /, 1S9O),
Salaries,
Miscellaneous,
General expenses,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-04-02
SHOT AZ BY A BOY.
A TWelve-year-old Boy Attempts to
Assassinate an Argentine Republic
Cabinet Minister.
Great Excitement Prevails at BucnOs
Ayres and aCiyil War is
Imminent:

BuENos AYREs March 30.--Tlie greatest
excitement prevails here over all attempt to
m,irder the minister of the Interior, Gen.
Julioa Rocca, yesterday, and the city is in a
state ofsieae.
Gen. Rocca had been at Il meeting ofthe
cabinet, and about o'clock, accompanied
by his friend Gregorio Solely, he entered his
carriage and was driven down Mayo street:
Just after passing Cangallo street Mr.; So.ey
Suddenly remarked to the general II be-
Level heard the report ola revolver" The
general felt twinge in his side and cx-
clafsned II am Wounded. Tire carriage
was stopped and in minute policemen
were swarming around it.
Thomas Sambrico, an Argentine by birth,
but an Italian by descent was arrested with
the smoking revolver in his hand. Thomas
is only Twelve years old He declared that
he could not get work. and believing that
Gen. Rocca had been the cause of the ruin
OF his country, he had decided to kill him..
The police have arrested about twenty five
persons who are suspected OF being abettors
or aCcomplices Of young Sambrico, among
them being his parents and brothers:
As a consequence of the attempted MUIR
der the president and his ministers issued a
decree to-day, declaring the capitol i'll a
state of siege. This is the second attempt
that has been made on the life of Gen.
Rocca.
Armed platoons o. cavalry and squads o..
infantry are posted at every street cornerl
All sorts OF rumors are flying about and the
government is on the qui vive for trouble.
Troops are held at all the armories ready
Tor an emergency, aud the troops in near
by towns are under ma. ching orders.
Trouble is brewing, and another upheaval
is likely to occur soon.