The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-01-13
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IL favor with the Farmers Allan &c
TO Gun ;nu q bill, allowing them to loan
BY DS On notes secured by mortgage on
popeJ tote. intr oduced in Congress. This
good sign.-SJter.
,ow pension list as a Legacy from the
10 Sea quarrel, should it result in
bsliI Gould cost the pc pie of the United
va, ten times as much as the value of
sat- &c seal skins that ever Tapped the
u ~ limbs of the darlings of wealth and
nTury-Erchange,
As long as the present urjust discrim-
Gons and unfair treatment by class
in~noislstion shall continue, the agitation
nd conflict for equal rights will be con
ssDred. Be not discouraged nor dismayed;
III Dersevere and remain steadfast to the
Od The Alliance hes a mis- ard it
o. accomplishing it-AAiance Herald.
In 1850 the wages received by the
~.n-otives in the different in6ust les was
CPUoI to 6fty-three per cent of the value
the finished produ t. In 1880 their
10 was reduced to seventeen per cent,
HbiIa tbe wealth of the couutry had in
'.naOed from 81 1876, 900, OOG to $43,342,-
MOOOO during the same perlod.-AMance
Herald.
Stanford. Blaine, Cleveland, Hill and
.sveral other equally honorable statesmen
nth presidential aspirations, are said to
be LAYING wires to capture the ALI ancemen
in '95. This kind of thing can't be worked;
no land grsbbers, corp oration tools, pro
%fesqional politicians nor lawyers need ap-
NV. The little ones get the bounce at all
he Sta-e A ~liances, and the big ones will
fool a hob nailed boot in '92.-FaTm VIew.
We stand for re 'orm wherever it is
needed-in politics, in law, in society,
and in religion. Begin to, day, and to-
morrow, when it comes. Let society be
nurged from all evil in luences. Let our
politics be rid of all corruption and trick
ev, Let our laws be remodeled so that
thew may bear equally upon every class.
Give US good honest government, with
an administration that will protect the
weak AID lift up the wage-workers to a
common level with all other classes.
Equality, education, intelligence and thrift
let them come Union Banner.
Phosphate combined with lime we call
phosphate of lime; con bined with sand,
calcium phosphate; that from bones, bone
phosphate. Phosphate must necessarily
be very largely used in compoun ling
artificial manures. We get a limited sup
ply from bones; a substance in Canada
called opatite supplies a limited quantity;
Stag from from iron and steel mills fur
nish limited supply; but the main source
Of supply is and will be the extensive
phosphate beds of South Carolina and
Floriia A large per cent. Of the Caro-
lima supply is shipped to Europe. South
Hn StOckmGn.
IA decision by the railroad commission
ers, covering many interests, was recently
rendered. Although this decision pertains
to a certain complaint against the Kansas
CITY, Fort Scott & Memphis Railway for
zatasing coal shipments, the ruling covers
shipments of wheat, corn, cattle, lumber
and all carload freights on any aud every
road in the State. The principle is a broad
one, the board holding that railroads must
supply cars when they have them without
the slightest discrimination. The acts O!
arailroad company which might possibly
ruin a person or firms bushes will not be
tolerated. OtaaOa Journal.
Chicago Globe: Figure out: The
people are taxed in the United States for
federal purposes $500 a minute. The
people are taxed in the United States for
federal purposes $50, 400 an hour. The
people are taxed in the United States fo1
federal purposes $1,28I,6 600 a day. The
people are taxed in The United States fol
federal purposes 1911 200 a week. The
people are taxed in the United States fol-
federal purposes $50, 1884, 800 a month.
The people are taxed in the United States
Tor federal purposes $467, 1927 400 a year.
Here we see he beauties of protection
under the Mckinley law set forth with
mathematical precision.
kWhen the men gathered at Ocala, rep
r%eSentlng the great agricultural interests
OF ~thirty-fVe States, it soon became ap-
parent that it was an aggregate IN of
brains seldom equalled by any other call
ing. Ninety per cent. of them were prac-
teal, hard-working farmers, the other ten
per cent. were men of kindred employ
ments, whose service in reform work en-
Titled them to the respect and con idence
OF al. We vent Ire the prediction that
many of those men will be called to fill
positions Of national importance within
The next ten years, and future generations
Will regard them true guardians of Ameri-
can hoerty.-AUiance Sentinel.
Negotiations are on foot between the
retail grocers and the trade unions of
pittsburgh for an A lance offensive and
defensive on The following terms: Labor
unions that become parties to the agree
4ent Will use all honorable means, even
70 suspension, to have the members OF
said organizations settle all their debts
contracted on and after the adoption of
THIS agreement with said parties of the
nrst part promptly" In return for this,
tne grocerS agree not to purchase supplies
nom any firm which the union may de-
Tree unworthy, aud to supply the mem
to OF the labor unions that may happen
W Ge on strike with provisions while the
'Flke on.-Rights of Labor.
a celebrated jurist says, " No construo-