The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11
NUTS TO CRACK
Around Your Fireside--Cream of the
Reform Press.

Reform Press.
Truly the Alliance ought to prosper;
it has so many free advisers who are
50 sOlicitOus for its advancement and
50 fearful that it will be overtaken with
some dire calamity. Rats.-Ec-
pORent.
Lookout for the demagogues in the
Farmers Alliance. There is no place
where he so much enjoys himself as
with the majority, and the Alliance
furnishes him a splendid field tor
operations .-DubIin Telephone.
The Democrats are loud down South
in denOuncing the Alliance as a Repub-
lican s~ide-shOw, while the Republicans
up here call it a Democratic rebel
move. We shall be glad to have them
settle this thing, Republican, Tecunl-
sch, Neb.
More money in circulation is a great
necessity for the relief Of the strin-
gency which is so often the case of
commercial and industrial distress.
The remedy OF these dem0ralized cOn-
ditiOus in business circles is the problem
of the day.-Nelr York JO1QH0t Of
Finance.
One fimsey argument gainst the Sub
Treasury system is the-awful expense
to the government. But hush, you
must not say anything about the mum
Der of national banks and the host of
employees and the postal service. Why
not just have one pOstOtfiCe and that
at Washington?
Afraid of throwing your vote away,
are you? What else have you been
doing in Your old party! Where Is the
good your political leaders have accom-
DliShed for you? And where is the
piece Of especially bad legislation that
has not been voted for by men from
both parties-pOlitical scOundrels who
work together in pairs like sheep-kill-
ing dogs on a cloudy night ?-AdcOcate,
Hamilton, 10,
There is a great deal of talking
nowadays about q billiOn-dOllar Con
gress. said Secretary Foster the other
day, but the people should remember
that this is a billiOn-dOllar country"
This is a capital catch phrase, and will
undoubtedly tickle the national vanity
of all those who can forget their own
poverty in contemplating the wealth
which belongs to other peOple.-Nelr
York Commercial Advertiser.
1t was very affecting to see the Re
publican bankers of Iowa in then
recent State convention weeping great
crocodile tears over the universities
that would befall the widows and
orphans if We had free coinage. Had
it not been for the sign 'FRepublicano
you would not have known it from a
similar Democratic convention in
TeNas.-Lid1&tgIUI Educator, (IcrdS.)
There is to be a contraction of the
currency to the amount Of about $50
900. 600 caused by the action of Mr..
Foster calling in the money Of the GOV
eminent now on deposit III the banks.
OF course this IS going to create hard
times, as it will take more than six
months, under the law passed last year,
to get that much money out for the
purchase of silver: but Mr.. Foster is
probably only obeying the orders of
his masters IN Wall street OSjrcgO
lkuH.) Statesmen.
Business men ought to be shrewd
enough to see where their interests lie.
The 5000 failures Of last year should
teach them that the road to bank
ruptcy IS growing easier every year.
The business mems interests are in
common with those Of the farmer and
labOring man. When these prosper,
the business mans day of prosperity
is also al hand. Their political inter
eSUS, too, are Identical. The farmer
and labOring man are on the right side.
When will the business man get there!
IN excellent law was enacted during
the past year by the Massachusetts
Legislature which Will be hailed with
satisfaction in all quarters. The law
provides that all boys, before being
put to work, must be over fourteen
years of age, and able to read and write
English fuently. Those who do not
come up to these requirements must
go back to school. The parent or
guardian who disregards the provisions
of the act render themselves liable 10
a fine Of 800. This law, if rigidly en-
forced, will correct a great evil and
prevent boys from growing up in
ignorance, to the great disadvantage
of themselves and to the loss of the
whole community.