The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-08
NUTS TO CRACK
Around Your Fireside--Cream of the
Reform Press.

1T is better to control the money
and wages Of the people than it is to
own the slaves. "-Huzard Circular.
Whoever controls the volume of
money in any country is absolute mas
ter of all industry and commerce.
jas. A, Garfield.
The partisan press claims the success
of the united old parties owe the Peo-
pies party as "a grand Democratic
victory. Co., Peoples PG-
per.
The Alliance demands the free and
unlimited coinage of silver. The Re-
publican and Democratic parties both
oppose it. Take your choice. -Indian-
dpOIiS Globe.
are weighted with the 5000, 900 mort
than one half the property in the
United States.
Where was the Democratic party in
Nebraska? So far as the bosses we're
able to boss it was voting for the Re-
publican candidate. ATLANTA (GG.)
Peoples Paper.
The money value of a gold dollar is
100 cents, the commercial or intrinsic
value is 81 cents, so that there is three
cents fiat value even in the gold coin.
-PjttSburg Kansan.
How much of the wealth that YOU
have produced during the past five
years have you succeeded in holding:
Do you think your wife and children
have had their just share2 If not, why
nOt?- Western Advocate.
The rep-demo's in Kansas are dancing
with Joy, because they beat the ALI
ance," but they are welcome to the
victory. Out Of over 1000 county
offices, they hold less than 400. The
Peoples party hold the balance.-In-
duStriaL Educator.
Labor is in a worse condition in this
country than it is in Europe, though
we have been living under the wing of
a boosted protective policy for a quar-
ter of a century. Our policy has pro
tected the ~plutOcratS in their plans for
plundering the Observation-Disclosures
Educator.
Legislation in the interest of the
farmers cannot be class legislation.
They constitute a majority of the pop
ulation and whatever shall be done for
the majority cannot be for a class. A
class must be the minority, in the sense
in which class legislation is used
Alliance Herald.
Some of the town chaps who can
figure out so nicely just how the farm
ers could make money if they would be
more economical" and use bet Ter
Judgment" would confer a lasting
benefit upon humanity if they would
give a exhibition of their wonderful
ability.-WeStern Advocate.
Do you know that the farmer pays
~ per cent. for the use of money, while
the government furnishes the same
money to the banker for l per cent. ?
Is that Justice? 1t must be, or the
people would vote for legislators who
would make laws for the people, and
not for the bankers. THE Great West.
News comes from the HARVEST State
of Washington. The G.. O. P. liars
tell us the State Alliance is split all to
pieces-mind you, the ASSOCIATED
press" tells this. Instead of that they
held a splendid meeting, endorsed the
Sub-Treasury, land loans, etc, and
elected oficers-all in good form
The Great West.
Costly dinners are not entirely out
Of vogue. A dinner was given at the
Manhattan athletic club Saturday
night which cost 81 900, though there
were only twenty-Six persons present.
The dinner was given in honor of John
NJ. Dillon, who is shortly to be married.
Mr.. Dillon is the son of President Dill
lon. of the Union Pacific Railroad
Exchange.
"Kicked out. The Alliance tired of
the anti-Sub-Treasury people. They
are driven out of the Indianapolis con-
vention. the Sub Treasury being a basic
principle of the Alliance The proper
place for its opposer5O outside the Order"
The above constitutes the Topeka
Journals head to the action of the In
dianapolis convention in reference to
the Hall McAllister troupe. Well, the
Journals tale of the affair suits us, and
we will not try to improve on it.