The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-22
lie policy. but is an aggregation OF
dIscOntented ele nents, ana fence a
hive hut a brief respite OF power.

have but a brief respite OF power.
No IN DEMOCRACY.
uIf +bav should reduce the tariff to
;n+ thar will stimulate imports, in
o +o increase the revenues by nat
D"tbod a violent discomfort among
Il Ia borinU classes will Pnsue which
Iii produce an explosion that will
h,,rI he partv into fragments. If they
shonId follow the reduction of the
+ar,ff nv a material increase of the cir
crIating medium they would COmpen
ITO for the dIasterS which would 81
Nv tariff reduc ion. But he party is
i~rravOcably committed against a.y
| increase of the currency, even by The
| conservative method of the free coin
| age Of silver.
THE Democratic party has a task
on its hands which it "a never solve
from it's standpoint. IES leaders do
not comprehend the marcn of events.
are unacQuainted with the strength of
the reform element in the cOuntr\ and
are hostile t o the three great reforms
which have been evolved " the growth
IF mO5ern civlliz4tiOn-land reform,
money reform, transportation reform
Not a single element Of progress will
cluster around the incoming AdmlniS-
'IdHltlIl,I HOT Ill UIle LtlIEc great FGlOEIllS
just mentioned have a single resolute
representative in the incoming Cab
met.
The Democratic party has not
secured power as the result of the calm,
deliberate Judgment of the people
The reform element of the country
merely used it as a club to destroy the
party IN power. This gives that ele
menG a breathing spell and a chance 10
grow. The Republican party, Which
mas long existed as an obstacle to good
government and a to h purity
| IF pol tics, Is out of the way and the
new party will come rapidly to the
front
FRIENDS OF FREE COINAGE STRENGTH
NED
"Frieuds of the free coinage of silver
have gained an immense vantage
ground In the late confess. They have
strengthened their outposts in every
part OF the Union. they will not b.
Slow to take advantage of h. power
which they have placed in their hands.
The financial storm which broke
upon this country IN the autumn Of
1873 quickly expanded into IL tempest
whIcn swept vi n fury every sec lon
OF the Union. L was accompanied
with strange Phenomena, which tenn
pOrarilV b. filed the wISeSb head IN the
ltud. UuIkt the effect Of form 7 cat
aSjrophts of the kind, the conf 'ence
Of the people IN their currency re
manned mistaken to the last If Il man
could command eltner form Il our
| currency. ne teit sec ire from disaster
| The paper currency was the mountain
summit which bade d. fl .n"e /, the
| floods, white tine productive industries
we're the low lands, submerged ana
swept by the Raging torrents. in All
f rmer panics the currency was the
first { give way-the first reed that
was hrOk-n.
The prolonged stay OF this calamity
led 70 w~iie>prrad investigation ~ t.
rs C uses, Hhte:n happily resulted III a
general rrvlvaI Of economic learning
Men began ~ inquire Anew INTO Sys
TINS and to down t. the very bedrock
| of democrats: institutions. Fortuna ely
Ihev had the lamp Of their O%u Ger
soma! experience 10 guICH them, II a
| Whole generation of living ruen and
won, II as their witness :. UPON *
animation they &s~c-rtun@1 txtctlt
wirre the BIZ, plague had srarttd
and WIN We're ~re~poaSIbe for Its Iuocu-
IaIIO..
GROWTH OF The PEOPLES PARTY
- prntracted periOi OF educational
effort followed ami ter tvo y,t-s It
rhDed AMI flowed like the tides. II
was an eXpeu-ive school. but t. grad
uafet strong men and sent them Torch
by the hundred equipped FIR the con-
trOversy dts'ined t. follow Truth is
Il marvellous Weapon it Transforms
! Jr-Itf InTn n Thousand chance t,Ilt - J.,
always 1he truth. Sometimes II Is keen
and 1.-the like a Damascus blade. ana
again heavy, DiuuG and Jagged IKE "A
savage battle AKA of th4 med Rvai
ages. Thus wonderful agency has done
It's work during the nlneLeen years Just
passed. The farmers Through tneir
grange movement led the way. Then
lilo e the Peter Cooper movement
led by the purest phIlarthTOpi~t OF he
tim 5. and represented upon the huet
ings by one Of the most brilliant.
powerful and persuasive orators which
ms Ounar has prOduCed-General
Samuel +. Cary. of Ohio. Succeeding
this ain the Union Labor party. aud
now the united movement Of all the
industrial forces Of the coatinen1.
TEACHERS OF THE PEOPLE.
"Through all this period those who
have administered public affttrs-
Presidents and labInets, aw-m4kers
and partle7-haveun ittlngly wrought
III unison wish the patient Efforts Of
self sacrificing phllanthrOplsr- to IN
errlngly dtmOnsJr tie. III a variety of
ways, G1aG ali Of the accusations which
h ii been mace against thema and against
existing leadership were absolutely
true and that NJ good thing could be
expected OF them. Ne have also had
the contrasts IF bOuntijul harvests ac
companied Oy every existing deatitLr
t!0m: Of uenurN fnil0MImg cL.sam nnn