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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-31
A RINGING LETTER-HON. J. P. WILLIS
PLEDGES ANEW HIS ALLEGIANCE
TO THE PRINCIPLES OF
RIGHT M JUS

TO H PRINCIPLES OF
RIGHT N JUS
TICE.
The industrial class have asserted
their Independence. The first great
decisive battle has been fought and the
first grand success achieved on Kan
sas soil. For the first year the destiny
of our people in this republic has been
trembling in the balance.
The corporations have arrayed them
selves on one side and the common
people on the other of this terrible con-
fict. The hardy sons of the soil have
left the farm and the workshop. The
mechanic and the business man have
taken up the ShibbOleth and the COM
ing historian will record this as the
hardestfough political battle Ofmodern
times, with the greatest revolution in
the interest of the masses and against
the pools, combines and corporations
that have so long and so successfully
dominated the politics of our country.
Twice during the last six months /
have believed that I would be the sue
cessful champion of the farmers and
wage workers of Kansas. But when
just in reach of victory I have cheer
fully accepted defeat. While l could
not convince my fellow farmers that 1
could be their chief executive in Kan
sas, o their representative in the n a
tiOnal councils at Washington, 1 have
been c~onsoling myself on the fact that
there was but two votes between the
cornfield and the United States Senate.
While we are all proud of Jul great
victory in Kansas and the ability of
III champion in the senate, you will
pardon me for again and anew waging
the wal in the interest of the greatest
Of all callings or professions of earth,
tO-wit: agriculture.
Believing you have made the mistake
in the man and not in the principle
involved, I shall renew with eternal
vigilance and present with a fervent
determination the claims of my chosen
profession for a representation in the
person of some other and more worthy
representative of our class until in
common with all other legitimate in
dustries that Of agriculture can be ele-
waited to It's proper place.
Let us enter the fierce coming con
dlct with renewed energy. Educate
and prepare those who have taken
agriculture a their chosen calling in
life, to represent us in every depart
ment OF government to the end that
our calllngmay not only become honor
able but profitable, that just Iegisla-
ton may elevate labor, dispense Justice,
bring our government back to its former
standard, of equal justice to all and
SPECIAL privileges to none.
The Industrial masses have at last
become aroused and alarmed at the
Irlghttul condition in which we find
our selves as a nation; it remains to be
seen whether we will follow up the
victory and redeem our country and
our ZONES from the grasp of corporate
greco; or whether we will relapse into
stupid obedience to the dictates of
those engagedin the viIlainous schemes
10 rob the many to enrich the few.
L want in this to return to the one
hundred and seven thousand friends
In b state who worked and voted for
me and the cause, all the fervent
thanks of a greatful and defeated can
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-31
OUR. EXCHANGES.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE INDIANA STATE
FARMERS ALLIANCE AT ITS MEET.
ING LAST WEEK IN FORT

OF The INDIANA 0AA1h
FARMERS ALLIANCE AT ITS MEET
ING LAST WEEK IN FORT
WAYNE.
Resolved, That we are in favor of the
free coinage af silver.
2. We demand the passage OF laws
prohibiting alien ownership OF land,
and that Congress take prompt action
to devise some plan to obtain all land
now owned by aliens and foreign syn
dictates. and that all lands now held by
railroads and other corporations, IN
excess of such as is actually used by
them, be reclaimed by the government
and held for actual settlers only.
3. That we insist upon absolute fair
ness in the matter of finance, and that
the government make no discrimina-
tion be tween individuals and corpora
tions as to loans.
4. That we demand a law making
mil and void and ~uncollectable any
promissory note, due bill, stock, bonds,
or chattle mortgage, or any other evil
dence of Indebtedness held after the
first Monday in June Of any year,
provided the same shall not have the
assessors stamp upon it, showing that
the same has been listed for taxation.
5. That we endorse the action Of our
legislature in the passage of the bill"
prohibiting the owners of grist mills
from taking more than n eighth OF
u grain for grinding, or exchange.
6. That we are in favor of cutting
down the big fees AMI salaries OF
county and State officers to correspond
with the low price of produce and low
wages of labor, and that we condemn
the proposition now before the legisla
ture to postpone this needed relief fol
four years.
Z. That we are opposed to any re
duction in postage until a general sys-
tenn of free delivery to all our people
shall have been secured
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-31
OBSERVATIONS ON THE CRIMINAL STATUS
OF NEBRIETY.

OF INEBRIETY.
There is a wide difference of opinion
among thinking men respecting the
criminal responsibility to which drunk
enness should commonly be held. The
law is pretty well determined in its
doctrines and decisions on the subject;
yet there are many persons, both in the
medical profession and elsewhere, who
strongly doubt the righteousness of
many of the legal positions assumed in
relation to that question.
There is a legal dictum, that drunk
ennesS IS no defense for crime. This
has the appearance of an inconsistency,
when it is remembered that the law is
also positive in it's declaration that
where there is insanity, there can be
no crime The law r~econciles this in
consistency, by declaring that, if
drunkenness is insanity, it is voluntary
insanity. In an age when evilly-in-
clined persons were presumed to come,
through choice, under the guidance of
certain vagabond devils, Lord Coke
called a drunkard UOEuntGriuS demon,
that is to say, one who of his own will
takes an undue quantity of liquor,
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08
SENSITIVE CElESTiAlS.
Minister Blair VIII Not he Received
Chinese Government

Minister Blair Will Not We Received By
the Chinese Government
WASHINGTON. April 2a.-Thc state
department that the Chinese
government has notified this govern
ment of its UNIV illingness 20 rece Sc ex'
Senator Henry w. Blair a. minister u
China. This was NIL the information
obtainable last night Secretary Blaine
would not talk upon the subject, and
the Chinese minister sent down word
70 callers that he had retired and his In.
terpreter was not in the house. Mr..
Blair's son expressed surprise when In
formed Of the action of the Chinese gov.
crnment II WAS, he said. the first that
any Of the family had heard of IL His
father, he felt sure, was not aware OF
the situation.
II Il well understood here that the
objection Ia Mr.. Blair was based upon
his utteranccs concerning the Chinese
question and hat the republication Of
extracts from his speeches produced q
deep impression upon the minds Of
prominent Chinese officials. which final
ly resulted In the notification received
by the state department last evening.
The objection caused no excitement
here as this government recognizes the
right Of n foreign power IN express its
unwillingncss To receive q minister who
is not entirely acceptable.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08
THE TREASURY STATEMENT.
Secretary Soster Considering . Plan al
Changing It's Features

Secretary Yoster Considering . Plan oe
Changing It's f~stur~a
WASHINGTON. April sa-Sccrctary
Foster is considering n proposition To
change the asset and liability statement
issued by the United States treasurer
on the last day 81 each month A
rough draft Of the new statement -
now before Secretary Foster. and no
has consulted prominent inancicrs n
To the advisability Of tho change. In
cidcntally he l. considering changing
the form in which the public debt il
stated. but this change. II nude, will
not go into effect until the beginning Of
the next fiscal year. Prior to
Mr.. Jordsn's term in ls~j
as United States treasurer the
debt statement counted the 500. ooo, 900
In gold. known n the gold reserve. as
n part of the available cash balance In
the treasury. MIR. Jordan took this
out, together with minor coin and other
lesser items, cutting down the surplus,
and IL appeared m the debt statement
of the month previous, in this manner
from sis5. GOO. 900 Ia ST.. 000.0 900. IL the
change Is made IL will probably be to
the form used by Secretaries sherman.
McCulloch and Folgcr.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08
KENTUCKYST0RM.
Paducah Swept b . HuHica1e
and Heavy Rain.
oyg WyDRED BUILDINGS VlEcIu
Several rerseas Hsrt-A Ynls anvS6 - q
rseslias Way-Cettse Ceopssss M
.naans Exsiae.,sA . burning

CINCINNATI. May IA faducAh -
caal-to the Commercisl Gazette -
that besWeeaS and 8 o'clock Ssturq1v
evening q hurricane With heavy rain
and hall swept isto that town froa ~
west In : few minutes the stxscb
were rivefSssf watef. The first worh
Of destruction bv the tornado WAS The
unroo6ng Of the Newport News 4 Nh
sissippi Valley railroad freight depot
After this the tornado cut n zig-zag
swath through the city. The roof OF
the colorcd peoples school was torn OF
rs VA that of the freight house Of the
Psducah. Tennessee & Alabama rail-
road The Third street Methodist
church Was picked UP and dropped into
the middle Of the street q confused
mass Of debris. II had just been newly
built Several mills were more or less
damaged. The steamer Clyde was
blown into the river with such force
against a barge as to sink the barge.
One hundred buildings were either to-
tally wrecked, moved from their foun-
dations or unroofed.
Mrs. Henry Meyers and her three
children were badly cut by flying glass
on Third street
Wesley Orr was buried under a wagon
and suffered intcral injuries and his
little was also badly hurt Several
other are reported injured. The street
car service was interrupted and the tel
cgraph wires were damaged 50 greatly
that no communication was To be had
with the rest Of the world.
WAVED A BLAZING SHIRT.
BLOOMINGTON, Ill.,, May +.-Whcn the
eastbound night express OF the Big
Four was driving along at a high speed
about two miles west OF bloomington
the engineer discovered q man on
the track some distance ahead wav-
ing some blazing object He applied
the brakes and reversed, but before
the train could be stopped it struck an
obstruction in the shape Of an oak log
lOxI6 inches 30 feet long. 1t smashed
both the fences at a road crossing and
damaged the engines pilot There were
100 passengers on the train. The man
who signalled the train is named Sims
and is a resident Of Bloomington The
torch with which he signalcd the train
was his cotton shirt, which he took
from his back and lighted with u match.
A COSTLY FIRE.
AUSTIN. Tex. May THE cotton
compress. capitalized at 500, 600. took
fire last night after midnight from some
unexplained source and was injured
TO the extent of $50. 900. as Mr.. Hooper,
president of the company, estimates.
The loss is covered by Insurance.
ExrIN6UIsHED BY RAIN.
READING. Pa, May A-The heavy
shower which fell yesterday morning
did more than the bands Of men who
have been fighting the fire on the Blue
mountain could accomplish in the las
three days After devastating l.5O
acres, the flames were extinguished by
the rainfall which lasted two hours
A BROW or WILD DOGS
COLUMBUS, Ind, May "A drove OF
wild dogs are terrorizing the people
here. They attacked a man and fears
are entertained that il not hunted down
they may cause a tragedy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08
BLACKS N REDS.
Negroes Threaten h Cherokee Nation
Coercion RQlicY.

Negroes Threaten the Cherokee National
Coercion Policy.
VINIrA, I. T.. May 4-Thc negroes
ut Goose Neck Bend are increasing
their forces hourly and swearing ven
gcancc against the Cherokees-
A letter received by an official here
states that the negroes passed a resolu-
ton Saturday threatening to kill every
negro who should advocate the re-elcc.
ton of Joel Ii. Mayes-
Andy J. Norwood, the nations attor-
ney, fed 70 this town for safety. the
negroes having given him a choice be-
tween leaving and death. He chose the
former and came through southern Kan
sas, arriving here on last evenings
train. He admitted the critical state of
affairs and said the negroes were in
earnest and growing more desperate
all the time. He further said hat the
Cherokees would force n sale Of all ne
gro improvements regardless of onse-
quences-
Chief Mayes has called his advisers
together and will map out n course of
procedure to stop the threatened negro
assault.
The interior department ut the com
mencement Of hostilities refused IN in
terfere unless called upon. The Chero-
KEGS and negroes were both given TO
understand that in case the government
was asked to aueil this distur bancc il
would not be well for the parties con-
~ovned
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08
R,aIn~ Not q Candidate,

PoueBkEErsrE. n. T., April so-The
News Press. Of which Mr.. dinchley,
formerly Of the New York Graphic, is
editor. publishes the following:
stephen b. Elkins II authority for a
statement; made :o q representative OF
the News Press to the effect that James
q. Blaine would shortly announce his
decision not under any circumstances
TO allow his name IN be used At the
next republican national convention a.
q candidate for president IL Is said
that Mr.. BiAine's letter 81 announce
mcnf will be 80 positive n To admit os
but one construction That il tina; he
will never again be . candidate for The
n~re<idency"
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08
FARM NOTES.

The fowls that can best be- depended
upon for winter laying arc the early
hatchcd p~ullc,s
On. advantage with wire fences Is
their durability. Properly cons'ructet
they will last n long time with very
little repairing.
In many cases hens can La more east
ly induced Ia sit IL they arc placed up
on the eggs n Soon a. IL II dark, rather
than in the morning
Geese can Dc picked regularly every
six weeks after the first Of Nav. and
the feathers secured will pay well for
the trouble ~ keeping them.
Farmers should trst their seed corn
before planting this year. "a 10 Ia said
, considerable Of the cropof 1890 wa not
reliable, the seed having been ruined
by some cnusr.
The advantage OF Matching Rnincas
under common hens -, That properly
managed. they are usually more gentle
than II the guinea hens arr allowed u
hatch them out and raise them
Farmers mr.. ALREADY predicting that
the wheat yield in Atchisob county this
will los t~hirty-hvc bushels per
mere. This Is about double the usual
average. Once before In the history 81
Atchison county wheat yielded an aver
age of thirty five bushels per acre. a,
Gibson Kan Globo.
Mr.. Banks. Of goxbury. one of the
leading fruit growers In the county.
SAYS he has lived here for eighteen
years and has always mad. IL n bush
ness Ia raise and grow fruit but n, nc
time in his experience has he cvsr seen
a year with such brigh: anil splendid
prospects a. he Mcphrrsop
Kan Freeman
tn. Platte City fMo) Landmark al.
vises the boys thus: stick TO your
daddy's farm and you can be ins~pcnd
emit IL ~ ~ all the INST honest and
honorable calling Some farmer boys
b-ii,ile their own wor< by thinking II
an inferior business. and will stray "a
u some town and accept n position "a Q
clerk for go Jer month, or n waiter In
some cheap restaurant, No. hoy. stick
10 the old farm. and though ~ mar
seem n little tough at times. IL L. far
better than giIdcd savdn., aud sshea'
Under ordinary conditions ~ given
an average soil with good preparation
and thorough cultivation. broosncosn
can be made . very profitable crop
The time "a plan, is from the ist ~ ss<
10th - May. after tho sosi has t~eorss
sufficiently dry and warm % iDdsa~ .
good examination ~ The .~ed The soii
should be well prepared befors piaat
ing the seed Tn. seed r. allow a. gsr
inmate and ,h. plsn,s =, sr,. make =
slow growth. 40 .hs. All ;hee Bouuraz~
rn~n, py<sibie should t- ssv-a 10 seesrs
a vigorous start
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08
STOCK InGMA

Mater a hos - the hand . beer ~
b one Of the best remedies Tor ssxe''
uddes.
In many ea.cs u viii be better not 10
breed q. all, rather than to breed 70 an
In fersor mala
Much ioss often occurs IN keeping
too much stock. especially 81 ihoss TIA
seem 10 eat all that shsy con gsi WIN
out any appreciabie gain
All things considered h ecss time
for d.hornin4 IL when b calves are
hu, two or ,hr~c weeks old. when The
horns have Just started so grow-
Ilrh, hogs In . good condition.
generally bring The best prizes dnrtns
the summer. and with good nanasc'
men. are the mcst p~ronsab's for 'ho
farmer.
The b.s, profit with sheep IL secured
BY keeping whatever numesr The lara,
can carry "a the t<,s, sirantasrs and
keep them all % m. time rather that
In buy ing and selling ont
While there are several brccds OF
horses and cattle, yet a. a rule. al least
with the a,.rasr farmer. tbs h''"f
plan i 90 only keep one brc-d. taking
all reasonable carc ~ improve a. much
n possible
When the sheep are shcarcd i guSsi
time a. dip them. and this should al
way, BE- done II they are infested with
ticks. or they will leave h sheep
20 io the lambs often making e'nsidE
cradle trouble.
Poor Indeed will always ic the lot al
the farmer who raises nothing but
scrub stock IL cos,s a. much ~ raise
IA. inferior grades rs the best AMI the
latter will nearly always sell for double
the amount Of the former -otashe
Kan Mirror.
Tn binder Ia. caused morr accidents
than IL has prevented Many . horse
will run from n noisy tumnIt bchi1d
him IL he cannot sse the eau-r. bat ~
he faces H. and secs only things he Is
accustomed "a SEQ, he loses fear u
NAV hc true that sbmc horses cannot hs
driven without biindcr~ bu, i, proves
nothing I'm favor of the practice. The
horse has been brought up wrongly.
Some experiments In hog feeding
have lately been mad. In Denmark with
q view Of determining the food values
OF corn and fine rye. bran. m~angoids
and boiled potatoes. coupled with tbs
thriving qualities of the different
breeds Of swine. The results OF these
experiments show that one pound OF
corn j. equal In value to one pound al
grain In the feed admix'urc. hut pro
duees an inferior quality Of ficsh. and
thereby occasions loss on the selling
pricc. II was found that ono pound oi
grain VAS equal In nutrisise Salu" &
cigh, pounds % mangold>. but that the
mangolds. when fed in this proportion.
produced results In no way infcrt"r u
the grain diet the fiesh being hard and
Of good quality generally.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08
A BERLIN dispatch says that the nh

A BERLIN dispatch says that the alb
scnce of Prince bismarck from the
Moltke funeral caused great popular
disappointment Had he been prescott
he would have received as marked an
ovation as the occasion permitted. The
statement hat the prince was Ill Is
believed to be true, rs he had lately
been complaining of a slight bronchial
disturbance that prevented him from
taking his usual exercise. On the other
hand, it is not doubted that he would
have been present but for the strained
relations with the kaiser.
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08

n NnA Nssssoai bask 20 New Toss
nsA&ra - oAso0oo ~ Iss Late rress'
osae Nee 0sceoseAL
Nxw Yosx. April sa-Rumors we're
onoas In Wall strrct yesterday after
soon of . defalession In The Ninth m
HoNal hank. which docs business ~ sos
Hroadwsy. Il was saii that the sur
paua q SHso. 900 hsd entirely disappeared
anA tAas the discovery Was made through
The deash Of sosne one who hail held q
pusitina Of trust
A visit 3 o the bank found the directors
h sDaAiou- Soon after Rank Examiner
Hepburn arrived and was eloseied with
gheA The directors were still In 49,
sSoa q . late hour yesterday afternoon
and no<hing Official could be learned.
bst u vas said that the loss was
thruAgh the operations OF J. T. HUI.
The late president OF the bank. who died
about . month ago II WAS alleged that
The amount was about stco. ooo. bit that
the hank would not lose IL all, being
secured in part by real estate. ], was
reported that the solvency of the bank
was in no way impaired The banks
capital Il sTJo. 600.
Late last night National Bank ES-
aminer Hepburn reported: An ex-
animation OF the Ninth national bank
reveals n defalcaiion Of $500. 600 charge
able To its former president While the
loss is serious i, does no, impair the
banks ~soivency or its ability to take
care OF its customers Its assets besides
the loss mentioned are ~ gosl charac-
ter. its discounts of exceptionally good
character. The bank has owned for n
period OF fifteen years eighty-tve acres
Of land in the Twenty-third and
Twcnty-forth wards of this city. As
national banks are not allowed "a
own real estate for other than bank
ing purposes, and when taken
for debt O longer than i've
years. this real estate was charged of
and has not appeared in h assets OF
the bank for many years, during which
period it has largely apprcc GATED in
value. That il now restored at n yalua-
ton Of $500. 0oo. and competent APP
praisers value il much higher. As evil
dcnce that the bank valuation il fully
warranted and within the limits the
directors have executed an agrccmeat
to take the property at said valuation
This bank has been unfortunate but IL
is perfectly sound and is entitled 10 and
should receive the support of is dePos-
itors and the public"
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08
To Wshe Thorn Ipsse.vse.

CHICAGO. April 2a.-Th- county board
has ordered the county attorney - s'
once file bills in chanoey sgains; the
presents and former county t~reasurers for
the return Of interes; money. The or
der will reach as far back as the statute
of limitation. The e~S-coun'y treasurer
who may be affected by this action are
William I. johnson. who held the Office
in issi and i.ss: william G. sipp who
held IL from 1855 90 Is,s, and Geory. Il
Davis, at presn; direc.or-g~neral Of
the worlds fair. who had Il from is.7
n 1880. IL successful the city would
recover hundreds Of Thousands 81 dol
lars
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08
A dispatch from London announces
the death Of Barry Sullivan
CuVpanG


Prot Paul II. Hanus Of the Colorado
normal school, has been appointed 20
the new chair Of assistant professor OF
the history and art Of teaching In Har-
yard university.
f F. Humasou. . wealthy butches OF
Spokane, Wash, has just been sen'
fenced 70 two years In the Peni,entiasy
at hard labor. He wa st the bead
Of . band Of cattle thieves arrested
three months ago The operations OF
the band extended or . year pass snd
cattle hare been run OF the Hng~s
throughout the western part Of the
state 70 N aggregate value OF $4,000
Henry w. Miller, . msehiniss Of
Wlkesbarre Pa, sold his claim upon
Mr. Miller 70 ooe Roberts for seso-&
down add the balance IA inssaflmeats
Of . PER month Roberts paid the SO
down bat defsulsed IN his nooshiy pay
mentA Miller wrote from the west
that be should come on and claim his
wife IL the contract was not lived up IN
Roberts has fed and The matter con-
ing 10 the attention Of TIE authorities
. warrant has been issued for Mnlegs
arrest On the ground Of desersiouL
The Oregon state board Of education
= actively q work rasxsoS 7oosy 20
usks q sxhsbts q De worlds tssss
The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-08

ALIvELY 1.-THE riot is reported from
Cardigan, Wales An auctioneer. under
the protection of the chief constable,
was engaged in selling farm produce
for unpaid tithes, when a crowd Of peo-
pie assembled, determined to put an
end to the sale. They were armed with
eggs of a veteran vintage, and with
these they began bombarding the auc-
tioneer and chief constable. These
parties were soon plastered with the
odorous stuff, but tried to drive away
the crowd by threats Of prosecution
This enraged the people more, and they
set fire to the furze and seized the auc-
tioneer and tried to duck him in an i'd
joining pond He pleaded and promised
to give up the sale il they would let
him go. which they did