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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01
TO MOREHEAD AND RETURN.
Come away! Come away.
O cnma whore tie eiINerN WAVES break..'

. come where the SuNerS waves break.
"Au aboard. With scarcely time
to get aboard, a delightful and quiet
village retires in the distance. A few
breaths and we dart into the Capital
City. Raleigh A three hours stop
and a pleasant drive reveals the fact
that Raleigh is not faltering in the
march of progress now sweeping the
country. Her walls do not tower so
high as many another city, but she is
digging deep for foundations and en-
terprises are springing up and already
in progress destined to pile story upon
story until from their lofty heights
may be seen a beautiful and broad eX
panse Of fertile country rallying to her
support.
The out bound train is delayed but
no impatience is manifested by the
gathering crowd. New acquaintances
formed, old renewed, opportunity
afforded for grasping the hands of
friends known by reputation, but not
before seen.
Mingling freely with the people is
the eloquent and jealous L. L. Polk,
declaring to all he is "weIl inside and
out and bOmb-proof"
Lave you ever met j. D. Allen? If
you have not, meet him and YOU will
never forget MS hearty grasp of friend
ship. 1t IS severe and prolonged. but
his genial COuntenance betOkens that
it is genuine.
\ pleasant and prominent feature of
the crowd is that men have brought
their wives and daughters to share in
the anticipated pleasures of the cityby
the sound. A more hale, hearty and
robust people were never before seen
going to the seashore to recuperate.
Once more "AIl abOardr' and alt
aboard it is. Such a crowd. Such a
medley OF dentists and farmers-men,
women and children Half way to
NoidSooro before all are comfortably
Se4Ieo and then minus the comfort.
There Is no difficulty in distinguish
ing the men Of the two professions,
even from the war. The countenance
OF every farmer is depicted in the sun
burned skin on the back Of his neck.
At GoldsbOro the shifting of the
train shifts the crowd and some change
cars two or three times. some shift
ing IS necessary and an eve-onener is
useful, as cinders are no respectors Of
persons or places.
Thence onward, still onward - and
we arrive at the old historic town of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01
OBJECTIONS TO THE SUB-TREAS-
URY.
MOOREsVILLE, Aug. s. 1891

MOOREsvILLE, Aug. s, 1891.
Mr. EDTTOR:-I did not reply to G.
A. B., of Currituck, in your issue of
July 18th, as [ understood the letter of
President Polk to prohibit the discus
sion of the Sub-Treasury Bill in Ameri-
can papers. But, as you say in your
issue of July 2Sth that your columns
are open for such discussion, I will
state in as few words as I can, why I
am not in favor of it, to answer his
charge of being hypOcrite, and shall
not use any malicious epithetS, either,
They are not argument, and will con-
vince no one. My objections to the
Sub-Treasury Bill are:
1st. 1t is in direct conflict with one
of the of the first and most essential
principles on which the Alliance was
founded; that is, opposition to trusts
and syndicates and speculation in the
necessaries Of life and the products of
labor. For this bill proposes the most
gigantic trust which has ever been con-
ceived; in fact the cotton trust so
formed would be the largest possible to
conceive in the world.
2d. 1t is "class legislation" and in
direct conflict with another Alliance:
Equal rights to all and special privi-
lege8 to none," for it would give the
farmer especial privileges" which the
mason, the carpenter, the miner or the
mechanic could not share.
This objection, as we'll as the prin-
ciple with which it conflicts, has it's
exceptions, for our government has,
from it's beginning, given especial
privileges, = of land and other assistance
to such as would till the soil, " and [
have yet to hear the first word of dis
approval of its doing so.
Sd, It's principle is the same as the
speculating or gambling in futures,
which nearly all honest men condemn; !;
and that, too, at an enormously high
rate to the producer who takes advan
tage of it. For instance, suppose a
planter to have 500 worth Of cotton to
dispose of; he puts it in the warehouse
and gets $50 for it; at the same time
he could get his 500 for it from the
dealer, and take the $50 difference and
go to the exchange and buy an option
for twice or three times as much cot
ton to be delivered in May or June fol
lowing as what he has sold; so that if
cotton went up in price he would make
twice or three times as much as he
would by warehOusing his cotton, and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01

forbOdings upon the future. It seemed
as if the old ship Of state was NJ aklng
direct for the rocks and great cata
clasm was imperiling our civilization
and threatening our liberty with death.
The dark clouds have lifted and in the
riffs [ see the sunshine and rainbow Of
promise of a glorious future. TheneXt
half of century will be a glorious era
to live in.
It will bring forth the grandest moral
heroes the world has ever seen. 1t will
be worth one thousand preceding years
to live it. Event after event in rapid
succession will be ushered in, remOv-
ing impediments to this nation s onward
march. Already a sufficient number
of object lessons have been presented
to point definitely the course we should
sail and some Of the means we should
employ. We are eencOmpassed about by
mnumerable witnesses that show that
a power greater than man is at the
helm and that power is working
through man to break the shackels
and let his children go free. For the
last two thousand years we have been
IN preparatory state, We are now
prepared to enter into the new dispen-
satiOn where all shall know God
inanimated in human flesh from thu
least to the greatest.
The golden age prophesied Of in olden
times and sung by poets is about to be
realized. Their prOphesy was no idle
dream, They looked down through
the window Of time and perceived the
grand COnsummation.
Do not be fooled with the tariff It
isa fraud of the darkest dye. Unlimited
coinage Of silver is all right, but
it won't give any perceptible relief.
all along the line will answer. Don't
compromise or abate one jot or title
Of your demands. Compel the parties
to give you what you ask for or crush
them with your ballots. There can be
no compromise. AS we'll attempt to
reconcile hell and heaven, God and the
devil. JAMES MURDOCH,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01
A FEW QUESTIONS.
RAED'S Mills n

RAED'S MILLS n. G..
Mr.. EDITOR:-I wish to ask a few
questions through your paper, which
[ hope some of the enemies Of our
Order will be kind enough to answer
frankly.
First. Why are the old party lead
ers so much opposed to the demands
of the Farmers Alliance and Indus
trial Union?
Second What clause of the Consti-
tuition does the Sub-Treasury come in
conflict with?
Third. What clause Of the Constitu-
ton provides for lending money to
banks?
Fourth. What clause of the Consti-
tuition provides for the forming of
trusts, combines and all other aDOm-
Unable corporations, and lending them
money to oppress the people?
Fifth, What clause of the COnstitu-
ion provides for the government to
lend money to any person, corporation
or combine? Yet it does it.
VIII some of the enemies Of the Sub
Treasury please answer these cues
tiOns? Then you can see more clear
what is and what is not in accord with
the Constitution
Sixth. They say it is impractical.
How do they know? it has not been
tried, and do they know how it
would work; only it would antagOnize
the money kings and rob their money
Of its power to opprcss. SO far it IS
impractical to them, and that brings
down their wrath against it and all its
friends.
Brother AIliancemen, you may be
sure when these old party leaders be-
gin to howl over something the Ali
ance has done, or is trying to do, that
we have struck in the right place and
should not stop to listen at them, but
stick still closer to our demands.
r. J. 2.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01
LETTER FROM BLADEN.
KFTTv'S PIadan 90 n

kELLY'S, Bladen Co., y. G.
Mr.. EDITORIALS it has been a long
time since | have seen anything from
this section in your valuable paper, |
have concluded to write you a short
article for publication. The crop is
very good; cotton nOtquite an average; :;
potatoes looking well, the hay crop
very fine. | believe our township pro
duccs as much or more corn than any
township in this section of the State,
and if we had anything like as many
acres cleared as some other sections of
the State has we would no doubt
gather more corn than any township
in the State, from the very fact that
our lands are very productive, yield
inc from 80 to Is bushels to the acre,
and vhera is thousands of acres of un-
cleared land for sale, and capitalists
could make a good investment by buy
ing up lot of it and ditching it and
then by putting it on the market in
small lots. We believe he could double
his money | notice farmers, as gen
eral thing, are more, energetic and
hopeful than usual They have been
getting their supplies cheaper since
the organization of the Farmers ALI
ance than they did before, and besides
that they are learning to ecOnOmize in
several ways. First, by not going in
debt and as to giving mortgages, that
business has nearly played out in this
section. We have also learned by eX
perience in using good plOws, good har-
rows, good sweeps and good cult
vatOrs, that we can make corn with
but very little plowing.
F'raternally,
A. J. BORDEAUX.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01
EX-CONGRESSMAN KELLEY CON-
VERIFIED.

Hon, Harrison Kelley, one of the old
time Republican leaders of Kansas, who
was succeeded in Congress at the last
election by the Hon. j. @. Otis, has
dealt a severe blow to the Republican
remnant by renOuncing his former allie
glance and declaring his intention to
support the Peoples party in the future,
In closing his letter to the Topeka Capt.
tQE announcing this determination, he
says:
For years past [ have not been
aware Of abuses growing up in the Re
publican organization as well as in the
Democratic party. [ have done my
utmost to help correct these abuses
within the party lines.
I have done my best so encourage the
organization of the Farmers Alliance
for the last two years, advising them
to operate within the old party lines as
the best method of securing redress.
They thought otherwise and cut loose
from the old parties. [ now see their
vision was clearer than mine, their
wisdom greater. [ have advocated in
the halls of Congress and elsewhere,
everything embodied in the platform Of
the Peoples party except the Sub
Treasury and land loan schemes; these
I do not endorse, but believe the gov
ernment should increase by the free
coinage of silver and issue of paper cur
rency the volume ofmoney in the c0un-
try to doublewhat it is now, gradually
in the next three years.
Favoring these measures and believ-
ing their enactment into law would re-
suit in great benefit to the American
people, and both the old parties having
rejected them, the logical thing for me
to do is to support the party that
favors them, the Peoples party, which
| do. Yours truly,
HARRISON KELLEY
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01
OUR PROGRESS
Weekly Record of Manufacturing and
Other Enterprises Started-Rip Van
Wrinkle no Longer in the Old
North State.
[ Manufacturers Record. !

4SO4 III SIdlG.
Manufacturers Record.7
Ayr-A canning factory has been
started, it is reported.
Albemarle-Th organization of a
land Improvement company is talked
of.
Smithfeld- Band has recently
put planing-mill machinery in his lum-
Der mill
Dillsboro-The Carolina Clay Com
pany will, 1T is reported, enlarge it's
china-clay works.
Dillsboro- Glover & Co. have, it is
reported, purchased and will develop
kaolin lands near DillsbOro.
Smithfield-J. H. Pou has recently
improved and laid off into building lots
a tract of land adjacent to Smithfeld.
Mills Spring-Wilson & Son, of
report, started canning factory at
Mills Spring.
Winston-T. II. B. Hase, represe-
Senting a northern manufacturer desir-
Gus Of removing his plant south, has
been investigating WinstOn>S advant-
ages. The plant makes carriages,
wagons, agricultural implements, etc.
Conover- Conover Wheel and
Lumber Manufacturing Company has
recently been incorporated with J.
HunsUcker as president, and J. L.
YOunt. secretary, and is now erecting
sash, door, blind and wheel factory
The capital stock is $4,000.
Monroe-J. @. Winder, of Raleigh,
general manager of the SeabOrd Air
Line system, has recently stated that
the cOmpany's machine shops at
Raleigh will be removed to Monroe,
but nothing definite has been settled
upon regarding the subject.
Mt Airy-C. B. Jordan, Of Bennetts-
vile, S. o., recently organized a $60,
600 stock company to purchase and
improve the White Sulphur Springs
property near Mt Airy, and cOnsOli-
dated same with the Granite City Land
and Improvement Company, mentioned
last week.
Highlands \. Null, of Danbury,
Conn, II. P. Wyman and 7. CaiIns,>
of Pmeville, Ky, have purchased the
Ewes" tract of about 10000 acres of
mineral land at Highlands. The tract
contains iron, gold, kaOlin, cOrundum
and mica, and it is to be leased for
development
New London p. 0. Bilesville)-Sash,
door and blind factory, etc.-P. B. Fet-
yer is president, and @. W. Swink, of
Charlotte, secretary and treasurer, of
the StanIy Manufacturing Company,
recently reported as incorporated to
manufacture sash, doors and blinds;
capital stock, $50, 900.
Henderson-A. G. ZoIlicoffer and
others have purchased and will operate
the Henderson Electric & Gaslight
Company's electric light plant as
reported last week. They viii operate
as the Henderson Light & Power Com
pany, having organized same with
Mr. Zollicotfer as president; J. D,
Cooper, vice-president and J. r. Young
secretary.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01
THE NATIONAL FARMERS -
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

President-L. L. Polk, North Car
lima. Address, 344 D. St., N. W.
Washington, D. c.
Vice Tresident-B. II. Glover, Cam
Secretary Treasurer. H. Turner,
Georgia. Address, 239 North Capitol
St., n. w, Washington, D. c.
Iectllrer-J. II. Willetts, Kansas.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
c. ". Macune, Washington, D. c.
AIonzo Wardal, Huron, South Da-
kOta.
J. F. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee.
JUDICIARY.
II. G. Demn;ng, Chairman.
Isaac McCracken, Ozone, Ark.
A E Cole, Fowlerville, Mich.
NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
The Presidents of all the State organ
izations with L. L, Polk Esc-Ctjcio
Chairman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01

NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLI-
ANCE.
President-Marion Butler, Clinton
n. G.
Vice President-T. B. Long, Ashe
vile, n. @.
Secretary Treasurer S. Barnes,
Raleigh Y. @.
Lecturer-J, S. Bell, Brasstown, Nc.
Steward-C. c. Wright, Glass, n. G.
Chaplain Rev, E Pope, Chalk
DoorKeeper-w. H. Tomlinson,
Fayetteville, n. G.
Assistant Door-Keoper-H. F. King,
Peanut, n. c.
Sergeant-at-Arms J, s, Holt, Chalk
Level, :. Z.
State Business Agent-W. Il. Worth,
Raleigh. n. G.
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W.
A. Graham Iachpelah, n. {.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
:. B. Alexander, Charlotte. n. c.,
Chairman: !. n. MewbOrne, kinstOn,
n. c.. J. :. Johnston, Ruffin, \. c.
STATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
Elias Carr, 4. Leazer, n. NJ. Gull
breth, II. G. Gregory, VIM c. COnnel.
STATE ALLAN >C1 LEGISLATIVE CONBITTEE.
r. J. Powell, Raleigh, n. c.; \. G.
English, Trinity College: J. J. Young,
Pclenta; II y FOrney, Newton, n. G.
North Carolina Reform Press Association.
OHceJ8-J L. Ramsey, President ;:
Marion Butler, Vice President: " S.
Barnes, Secretary.
pApFPS
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01

The corporations are so independent
that they do a cash business, but the
individuals are compelled to do credit
business because there is not enough
money to go round. Monitor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01

The business end" of the Alliance
movement appears to grow and
flourish. Lately L, f. Mcdonald, John
Atkinson, w. G. Godfrey, |. K, Brown,
r. @. Mckee and Thomas w. Fritts,
of North Chattanooga, applied for a
charter for the Farmers Transporta-
ton and Warehouse Company. The
company will run steamers for freight
and passengers on the Tennessee river
and operate warehouses in connection
Herewith.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-01

NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALI
ANCE
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-25


eseretary Foster Enssrs = Denial of th'
Stories Gtven Currency Of the lsnnk
ruptcy % The Treasury - The None,
fiows Oue About - ~ 4 - Received
Hnus keeping q ~ the Mnnds % tn
People, where % zsslonss.
WAsHiNcIoS. Sept Secretary
Foster assumed charge Of his depart
ment yesterday. and found his time
fully occupied by the business that had
accumulated In his absence. Discuss
Ing the general financial outlook with a
United Press representative he said:
| There seems 10 be q determination
on the part Of certain parties to insist
upon the bankruptcy of the treasury.
II has been recently charged that at a
meeting Of the cabinet an agreement
was reached TO hinder. delay and post
pope the payment Of money for
al public purposes where such
. policy was possible; that the secre-
tarv Of the treasury had adopted plan
OF pinching economy in the matter Of
| reducing the amount Of cash placed to
the credit Of disbursing officers; in
short, the secretary had found II neces-
sary to resort TO unusual expedients in
all directions to pay the non-cxtended
~ per cents. In many quarters the
secretary Is given much credit for the
means employed to maintain bank
rupt treasury"
Commenting on these charges Secrc-
tary Foster said that no such cabinet
meeting as that alluded 70 had been
held. and no instructions had been
given 70 delay the payment of appro-
priations for any purpose. No claim Of
any sort had been delayed for this rea-
son; nor, indeed. was there occasion to
do 50. 1t Is true. the secretary added.
that he had felt that II would be good
policy TO restrict disbursing officers to
their actual needs. and he had directed
. close study Of each case with this end
in view. Four months since he found
more than $40 900. 900 in the hands Of
the disbursing officers. when probably
so, 600. OoO TO $4,000 900 would have
been an ample supply. Less than $685.
300, 900 was now held by them and he
hoped in due time to reduce this sum to
! minimum
Secretary Foster insisted that the
treasury had all the money required to
maintain position Of perfect case
without adopting policy Of delay or
resorting to any action that is not
based on perfectly sound principles;
but he admitted that there Is less
money in the treasury now than there
has been for many years heretofore.
The tariff legislation Of the last con-
gress will, he said. probably effect a
reduction of the revenue to the extent
Of $50. 900, 900 to 1000. 900. while the
liberal appropriations will about con-
sumo the revenues The money paid
into the treasury. he declared. viii flow
out daily, as it ought to. thus leaving
all money not actually needed in the |
treasury in the hands Of the people,
where 1t belongs
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-25
THE THINGS IT DOES.
what the Republican Party Does Tor thu
Country.

what the Republican Party Does for thu
Country.
Secretary Foster boastingly says,
1.-THE republican party 10 the party
that does things
1t does, indeed-but such things!
The republican party squandered .
surplus Of one hundred million dollars
and increased the war taxes after
twenty five years Of peace
Its congress spent . billion dollars in
two years.
II stole twenty seats in the last
house Of representatives. suppressed
Freedom OF debate and substituted the
ar bitrAry rule OF the speaker for con-
stitutional and parliamentary methods
Of procedure.
1t came into power protesting its de-
votion to civil service reform and
made = clean sweep Of the Offices in q
briefcr time than any other spoils ad.
ministration in the history Of the gov.
eminent
1t made . market for the entire prod.
uct Of the bonanza silver mines, in
fatcd the paper currency at the rate OF
sixty million dollars . year, and yet
pirates Of the danger from silver and
boasts of its devotion to honest
money"
1t has made reciprocity treaties ex-
tending the market Of protected Amer
lean monopolies in inducing foreign
nations to untax themselves, without
making cheaper one article for Ameri.
can consumers.
1t did" New York out Of the
worlds fair. and defrauded il in
bogus census. as penalty for being .
city.
Oh! yes-the republican party docs
y. World.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-09-25

Means by which They Produce Thslr
Several other species Of insects have
apparatus for producing sounds similar
TO that Of the grasshopper. or modifica-
tions OF IL. OF different type Is that
with which the cicadas are endowed -
the only creatures Of this class which
have vocal apparatus analogous 70 those
Of the higher animals. Only the males
Of this family are singers. for which
the Greek poets called them happy be-
cause their females were dumb. With
the ancients a cicada sitting on harp
was the symbol OF music. a pretty
fable tells Of the contest between two
cithara-players. in which the curious
event happened that when one Of the
contestants broke . string q singing
cicada sprang on his harp and helped
him out so that he gained the prize
The Greeks who shut the insects in
cages 50 As 10 be sung to by them in their
sleep. were at odds concerning the ma
turc Of their singing apparatus; and the
controversy among naturalists On the
subject lasted till verv recently. The
zoclogist. II. Landois, who investigated
the difficult subject Of animal sounds
with ceascless industry and great skill.
was able to give . satisfactory solution
TO the question. According 10 his
research. the case Il one In which the
sound Is really made BY cir circulating
through passages in the interior Of the
body. Every insects body Is p<re-
trated BY = system Of brcathing-tLbcs
or trachce which open q places on the
surface. The openings are called
stigmata- This systcm Of breathing
tubes. through which the air IL inspired
and expired. takes the place Of the lung
Of the higher animals. Landois discov-
cred them in very obscure parts Of the
cicnda. and found that they form a kind
Of windpipe representing the actual
tone factory Of the animals -R. Fran
ehssehinL u Popular eeisnos Monthly.