The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-31


preston IN the shipping business was
unparalleled, or something of that kind.
But it never entered our head to think
that the depression in the shipping
business was or could become phenOm-
email. But we see it all very plainly
now and we are shocked and panied
! to think that we did not see it before.
What a pity this fact was not made
public before the adjournment of Con
gress. We are sure that if our law
makers had known that any shipping
depression, anywhere, was phenome-
nal, they would have made it an ap-
preparation Great pity
-&~-A-~S
ONE BENJAMIN HARRISON, President
of the United States, at present living
in Washington, D. O., and supposed to
be principally employed in setting up
the pins for a denomination in 1892, has
explained a matter to a newspaper man
that has sadly needed explaining for
some time. The newspaper man afore-
said wanted to know how the Ameri-
can manufacturer can underseu his
English brother under the present
patent dOuble-back-actiO reciprocity
The said Benjamin Harrison told the
knight of the quill, that the American
manufacturer can sell as cheaply in
| South America as can his English com
M0N hill
allows raw material that is to be used
in the manufacture of articles for ex-
port to be brought into this country
free of duty. That is to say, the raw
to be sold to our own people here
at home must pay the tariff rate
of taxation; and raw material that is
| to go into articles that are to be sold
to the people in Brazil are brought in
duty free. That is further to say,
that our infant American manufac-
turers are allowed by law to sell to
their neighbOrs at one price and to the
people of foreign countries at lower
price. We believe Benjamin Harrison
| joined the church some years ago. If
our information is correct, we think
some churches in the Western part of
this country are not as careful as they
should be in receiving members into
their communion.
THERE are not wanting in any
age men who are prophets of evil.
Some men seem to be biologi-
cally related to the frogs, on account
of the fact, that they seem to get
their chief happiness in this world,
and their preparation for the next
world, out of their employment of con-
tinual croaking. Every one has seen
men who would never believe the con-
tinuance of light to be possible, if they
should, by any means, find out that
the sun has spots upon it. There are
men, not few, in this country, whose
deliberate conviction, not infrequently
is expressed is, that our great Repub-
lie is already tottering to it's fall. The
most sunny -natured and hopeful man is
bound to candidly admit that there are
many things in our public life, and in
our national and State administrations,
| that need mending. But it does not
| follow that, because there is much to
mend, nothing will be mended There
| is one consideration which may calm
and assure timid souls against the
utterances of all the croakers in the
world. And that is this: The idea of
public and private duty has taken
| possession of the masses of the people
| in this and in all other free countries,
and that idea will work itself outward
into all the ramifcations of both pub
lie and private life. One may
not say of the great masses of
our people that they are learned,
or even accurately intelligent, or that
they have elegant tastes in literature
and art, or that they know much
about science and philosophy, or that
they are versed in the abstract theories
of government. But one may truth
fully say of the people what is far more
important, and much more to the pur-
pose, they know what is right. They
understand the meaning of the term
duty; and they can be depended upon
to see to it that what they know to be
right shall be carried out into practice
in such way as to conserve and per
feet all that is good and best in our free
rOvnrDmnOt When we first took uD
the work of an editor, we expressed our
belief in the people. And the more we
nrass onward in OIL, work the more do