The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-31
No 8

No 8
taking in charge such moneys as may
be collected by them; to appeal to the
public in various Localities to aid in
this worthy work; to arrange benefit
concerts or entertainments with the
same ends in view, and to take such
other steps as will appear to all most
feasible and which may promise the
best results
1t is essential that our battles, one
after another, shall be won. We have
come to learn our rights and propose
to maintain them. No step backward;
Onward and forward" must be our
watch-words in the battle for labOr's
rights, and [ appeal to the wage
workers of America to recognize the
position we are in, and to nerve our
selves for victory and eight hours"
Remember that if we succeed in a
few more battles to establish eight
hours for different trades and callings,
the remaining contests to establish the
eight-hour wOrkday throughout the
country will be just so much easier of
achievement
Kindly forward all moneys to Chris.
Evans, No. 21 Clinton Place. New York
City. Fraternally yours,
SAM'L GOMPERs,
Prest American Federation of Labor.
BEN. TERRELL IN GREENE.
On Wednesday, the 25th day Of
February, a large and enthusiastic
crowd of Alliancemen gathered in
Snow Hill to greet the gallant Texan,
Ben. Terrell, and listen to his unan-
swerable arguments in behalf of the
Alliance doctrine After a few pre-
liminary remarks touching on the gen
eral principles of the order, the speaker
addressed himself to the three princi-
pal demands of the Alliance: Land,
Transportation, and Money. He pOr-
trayed in graphic language the present
condition Of our farming population,
and with a master hand traced the
causes that have led to their condition
He proved beyond the possibility of
controversion that for the past twenty
five years the finances of our govern
ment have been run in the interests of
capital while every avenue Of pros
perity has by legislation been closed
against the frrmer. He spoke of the
benefits that railroads have conferred
upon mankind, and how, if properly
conducted, they materially enhance
the prosperity of the farmers by
bringing them into direct cOmmunica-
tion with the great centres of trade,
and furnishing them with markets for
their produce. He then showed how
instead of being benefit to a great
portion of our country they have
proven a curse, that by pooling and
other damnable schemes they have
been able to control the prices of the
grain of the Western farmer, and
have forced him to sell below the cost
Of production, and that where they
have succeeded in bankrupting the
owners of the land they are gobbling
up the fairest portions of our country,
depopulating it and substituting the
pauper labor of Europe, and that un-
less speedily checked by government
interference we will be confronted by
similar state of affairs to that which
now exists in the fair Emerald Isle.
The speakers closing remarks were an
earnest appeal to the farmers to read,
study, and educate themselves on the
Alliance demands, to throw prejudice
and sectional hatred to the winds, and
Join with their brethren of the North
and West in crushing all forms of
monopoly that have been fattening
upon the sweat of the farmers brow.
| Throughout his whole speech Bro Ter
rell received the strictest attention
| from his audience, and | think every
| Allianceman in the house left with his
| hope and faith in the Alliance greatly
strengthened. | have heard but one
opinion expressed regarding Bro. Ter
rell, and that is: he is the best Alli-
ance lecturer that has ever visited our
| country.
In conclusion l would urge all who
may chance to read this, and who live
in those sections of the State which
Bro. Terrell is yet to visit, to go and
hear Ben. Terrell lecture, and my
word for it, you will consider yourself
better paid for your days work than
if you had spent it in dY1y other 1Udy.
E. A. DARDEN
GEORGE w. CHILDs, the journalist,
was the intimate friend of Gen. Grant,
enjoying more of his confidence, and