The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-05

man put a pistol to a clerks face and
told him if he didn't take the money
and give him a receipt he would blow
his head off. This is the first case heard
Of where people were so anxious to pay
their taxes.
~ A reporter on an eastern paper
recently testified in court that, "re-
porters paid for suppressing the
truth, and printing matter which they
know is not true" Our metropolitan
press is the most rotten element in cur
government to-day.
~ The way of the transgressor is
hard. The Standard Oil barrel works
at Constable Hook, N. J., were burned
on the night of the 31st ult., entailing
a loss of over 81, 500, 900. This loss is
only a small fraction of what this i'm
mense oil trust hasrobbed the public of.
A number of papers got out
christmas issues" The Henderson
Gold Leaf got out a beautiful paper.
The Atlanta Journal was a very fine
paper. The New York Herald was
printed on the finest of book paper
and contained forty two pages of fine
matter.
~ Remember that your first meet
ing in January is National Alliance
Day, on which you are asked to discuss
our demands and to contribute to
propaganda fund, by which we are to
spread Alliance literature and secure
lecturers. 1t can and should be made
a big day for our cause.
- The Farmers Alliance are build
ing an everlasting monument to truth
and justice out of the wreck of old
opinions and tyranies. The capstOne
of this monument will be the converted
remains of partisan leaders, who have
chosen their own cruel sacrifice to move
on out of the liberties of their con-
stituents.
~ The Atlanta Journal says: With
a free silver plank in the Democratic
platform, we might carry Georgia and
come within so, 900 votes of carrying
New York" 1t is not our fight, but
we rise to remark that the quicker the
rest of the country cuts loose from New
York, the quicker will the country be
redeemed.
AS will be seen in a news item in
this issue, O. P. Huntington has gave
instructions that the earnings of the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
should not be published any more.
The reason is that the surplus for the
year is about 81, 600, 900. They don't
want the public to knowbow fast they
are making money.
Newspaper reporters have been
excluded from the floor in the Senate
Hall at Washington. We suppose they
do this to keep the reform editors and
reporters as far away as possible.
Pretty soon Congress and the Senate
will want to hold their meetings in a
cellar with the door sealed up. Butno
wonder they are ashamed.
We have received a 5OOpage book
entitled Remarks by Bill Nye," pub
lished by F. T. NeelyaChicago and New
York. Our friend Bill thinks it con
tains some of the best thoughts of his
life. A hasty glance at the contents
convinces us that there is lots of gens
uine fun in it. The sender has our
thanks, and if he will call around some
time he may join us in a smile.
~ In our issue for Dec. 22d there
was quite an error. A part of an
article on finance by James Murdoch,
went by mistake into an article on
Money and it's Origin" by MI. Rufus
Amis. Both articles were able produc-
tions, but II is hardly fair to give either
credit for the others writing. The
articles got mixed somehow. Such
things are to be regretted, but r I'M
avoidable.