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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-27

HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Aug. 27.-A
street sewer at Louisa, Ky, caved in dur.
ing the night, bury ing five men. The
sewer was Ii feet deep and very narrow.
1t took an hours hard work to recover
the bodies. Oscar Hughes was dead. Abe
Webb was rescued more dead than alive
with both legs broken, He will probably
die. Leon Wilson is believed to be fatally
hurt
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For Free CanaIs I'm Canada.

TORONTO, Aug. 27--The ''Mail's" Mon
treal correspondent says he is informed
by prominent Conservative who is in
close relations with members of the
Dominion Cabinet that the government
will probably adopt a policy of free
canals before the next session of Parlia-
ment, Color is given to this statement
by significant article in the Gazette"
government paper), which advocates the
freeing of the canals.
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STRIKING ror a Nine Hour Day.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 27,-Eighty mployes
of the Meadow Furniture Company struck
IA the afternoon. They demanded de-
crease in the number of hours from 10 TO
3 hours a day. 1t is feared that the
trouble may extend to other factories.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-27
LOOKING FoR RoRINsKY.
Ho is Wanted to Tell What He Knows
About the Borden Murder

BosToN, Aug. 27.--The search for Sam'l
Robinsky, whose alleged letter purport-
ing to give an important clew to the per-
petrator of the Borden murders was given
out yesterday, hiss SO far been unsuccess-
full.
He is unknown to the Hebrew settle
ment at Waltham and none of the jew
ish peddler supply houses in Boston ever
heard of him, though they keep regular
lists of their customers.
The search for Robinsky will be CON
tinued, however.
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SIX BODIES REcovEREn.
Work OF Rescue Progressing slowly az
Aberkenfg Niue.

LONDON, Aug 27-The number of
miners entombed at Aberkenng, Wales,
is l43, not l4l, as before stated. Venti-
lation was partly restored in the mines
after il had been stopped for four hours
Six bodies have been recovered from the
pit The work of rescue is still in pro
gress, but, owing to the difficulties with
the yentilating apparatus, proceeds but
slowly,
Hundreds Of persons surround the
pits mouth, most Of them waiting to
identify the bodies of friends and rela-
tiyss.
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NEW YoEK, Aug. 27.-The Aqueduot
Commission has awarded the contract for
building the new Croton dam TO ex- Com
missioner OF Street Cleaning James Cole
man. His bid was "a, l50, OIL, and was
5000, 900 less than the estimate made by
the chief engineer of the department.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-27

The Seventeen Lodges in Chicago win DI-
vide Their Reserve Funds-To Ask for a
Receiver in Mains--ActiOn OF Hartford
Branches.
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Likelihood That the Canadians VIII Pre-
vent American Vessels from Using ia
Dominion journal CIamoring for q
Worlds Fair Boycott.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-01
He EiNFLUENCES OF THE AMER
ICAN TOBACCO COMPANY.

= Mr.. EDITOR:-In a conversation with
a young doctor few days ago, he said
that Col. Polk was about to carry the
Farmers Alliance in this State INTO a
1hird political party. CEhls young
doctor was about as well posted as
Most anyone IS who reads nothing but
Atrictly partisan papers.) He was IN
Eornoed Dy your humble servant that
IL had got the thing down wrong; that
was the people who were about to
harry Col. Polk into a new political
norty. and that Col. Polk with all his
Eact and genius, would be pOwerless to
.estrain them much longer. 1t IS not
iToI Polk. nor is it the Farmers ALL
IIap,5aat is carrying the people into
80 deal party, but 1T Is the trusts
~ 8 SJOratiOns that are wlnked at
40 }, |ated by the old parties, that
'2Hthe work. The American 10
n ,ompany and the Cone Export
NJ mualv are doing more in one day to
giT$ye t e farmers into a new poiItIcal
Iparty han Col. Polk and all his ALI
8nce Presidents and Lecturers are DO
ling in fmOnth. The low prices or TO
|RccO 5 an evil that every farmer
hdegsands and feels the effects or,
fe kIhws that he is not getting more
MAN PIE DSiL lOE HIS JOOdCCO W LiSVN
orrIerly did, when there were no trusts
s4nd the markets were open to free com
petition. Let a farmer cross a ferry
and go to town with a load Of tobacco,
and then have to sell his wagon body
to get b Lck across the ferry to get home,
and the Democratic and Republican
parties sitting on the fence grinning at
him and telling him to go home and
luit raising so much tobacco and vote
pr the tariff, and then he will get a
pod price for his produce. That man
ont need Col. Polk nor anyone else
I'D tell him that there is something else
7rOng besides tariff and over-pr0duc
ION. Tlat man knows that if there
as but one load Of tobacco in the
nited States, and but one man or firm
buy IT, that the one load would not |
flng. any more per pound than it |
ould If here were a million loads |
also 1ws that if there was only |
e load Q. obacco in the United States
q theFt vas open competition be
an ma lfacturers, that the one
: would sell for fabulous price,
sees that ,urtailing his crop would
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know how much they have been de-
ceIved and plundered bv law Sane
toned by both parties. The CONGRESS-
man knows 1T is easier to deceive the
people by the help of the party press,
than to deceive the capitalists, there
fore he panders to their interests and
runs the risk of plying the party lash
to the people. If the people revolt.
having learned the treachery of their
representatives, they have no choice.
the opposite party is equally as bad.
Here the people are caught between
the devil and the deep sea-helpless,
down trOdden, stripped and plundered
by these modern statesmen The party
organs, some more ignorant than the
people, blow their praises long and
loud, and those putting faith in these
journals some times consider the most
corrupt scOundrel the greatest man in
the land.
For delay and to shun the wrath of
an outraged people, the plutocrats
must ask advice of the kings about
silver. Thirty, forty or fifty years
back in every sharply defined issue
where the interest of the people and
capital was in question, the people have
been legislated against Now to gain
time they must consult the kings. The
republic once had men so patriotic and
honest she would have repudiated such
a proposition with scOTn; to day this
sickly plutocracy become the bootlick
of monarchs and make grinning
grimaces before their nobility. How
hast thou fallen, oh land of the freel
Once the pride and glory of every Re
publican in the world, now a kissing
and a reprOach to the name. But
thanks be to those noble men who
through all this base legislation against
the people, stood manfully, without
regard to party for their rights They
will be the jewels of history, while
those others will make blotch, Thanks
be to the reform press which is giving
forth words of truth and soberness, for
they are fast redeeming the people
from political ignorance and thraldom.
My fellow countrymen, whose men
are you? Do you belong to the people
or the plutOcracy? Are you going to
take sides with the millions spoliated
and robbed, or with the spoliating? If
with the people, stand over on this
side. Come; as fast as your eyes are
opened, come Stand steadily; stand
fast. This is the side of the republic
This is the side Of the oppressed poor.
This is the side of Heaven The weight
of all history rests upon you. The fate
of coming generations gather around
you. Living, stand. Dying, then be
buried. w. r. LINDSAY. ]
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-01
N. c., MARCH 1, 1892.

for reform. We must whip these
money changers out of the Temple of
Liberty, or the stencil of it's defilement
viii reach up to heaven. Long ago
there were found those who would
make serving tables" a fetter to re-
hgion-and this had to be made a sepa-
rate business from preaching. So now
the gross material, pecuniary, mercen
airy influences must be separated as far
as possible from the principles of pure
government, which are the life of the
people.
Politics has become "a rotting mass
Of rank unwieldy Woe" The people
have allowed the temple of liberty to
be overgrown with every nOxiOus vine
o. selfishness. The corruption of a
ree&1ng capital spreadS unchecked in
every State. The political methods of
ID. b. Hill and Tammany Hal are ap-
pleuded in the backwOOds of North
Catollna-if only they win the spOiIs,
Legislative Offices-offices, State or
national, through which laws are made
and the policy of government is shaped
must not be the reward of spoilsmen
They must not be bought and sold IN
the interest of men or parties. If such
practical methods are here suggested
caT.1Ot be adopted if the people cannot
IN large measure unclOg their inter
ests now 50 bound up with those Of
individuals they deserve to have
their interests ridiculed, set at naught
or postponed, as the present Congress
is doing. The people have preferred
the interests Of Office seekers to their
own, and the Office seeker when he
gets in Office simply continues the
preference. The people will not pay
the expenses of their friends to cOnven-
tiOiss and then complain because the
railroads do. Let the people, for ex-
ample. use the same diligence to get
their friends to the conventions that
the railroads DO and half this cause for
cOnlpl amt against railroads would be
removed at once.
regret as much as anybody to see
the political and economic ills we suffer
constantly increase, but nothing less
could ever have brought the people to
their senses
have waited steadily for ten years
for an opportunity to attack partylsm
in the South, but never until now have
| seen the popular mind in a suitable
frame even to listen to such an attack.
Never until The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
" DIS O0SuIl, utbN0 L huON IL q uCW6 IJCbpCI
which has permitted such an attack in
it's columns. Even now the people in
the towns and villages bear such at
tacks with impatience, although the
ever increasing bankruptcy of the mer
chants is slowly bringing them to sus-
pect that something is the matter be,
sides the tariff. Experience keeps a
dear school, but few of us will learn in
any other. 1 have some much harder
a...t$Fsain~r tr;,: h9 than these, to utter
and l will pulish them when think
the fullness of time has come.
w. j. PEELE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-01
THOUGHTS FOR THE CONSERVA-
TIVE VOTERS OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA

The much-talked- of year 1892 is with
us, and it seems to me that it is time
for US to begin to examine our ranks
to se7 if we are united and ready for
the great political battle that Will be
fought on the first Tuesday in NOvem
ber, next. fear not Judging the future
by the past; for it Is we'll known that
the two old parties will make the
greatest effort Of their lives, each to
carry the election on that da for their
party. Here in the South the negro
will be the driving word used to keep
the Democratic bosses i'll power; and
at the North rebel will be the word
used by Republicans fer the same Pur-
pose-words used only to keep up sec
tIonal feelings and strife, which should
have died long since, for it is q we'll
established fact that there can be no
prosperity when our people have TO
fight the war over every four years; /;
not with powder and ball, but with
abusive words. which are more lasting
and dangerous than actual war, for we
all know that the EeOple of our once
happy country are much worse off
now than ever before since our gov
eminent was established and why is it
SO? Is it caused by the laboring classes
OF our people? Nay, not, for If so,
there would not be 50 much of the
labCrers' products in sight throughout
the country at this time. Still we are
told by some of the leaders of both old
parties that we must work harder and
live more economically; for what? to
make the rich richer and the poor
poorer, in order that the bosses may
the more easily control us on the day
Of election. F'ellow-Iaborers through
out this broad land of ours, let us arouse
from this degrading position and say
to all that we are citizens of these
United States, and that we intend to be
.freemen and will support no man for
office unless we honestly believe he will
carry out one of the demands Of the
Farmers Alliance, which is equal
rights TO all and special privileges to
none3 Give us leaders that have been
standing on this plank in the past, if
to be found. OLD LEGION.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-01
RE ESOLUTIONS.

Mr.. EDITOR: a meeting of Clarks
Mill Sub-A!liance, No. 1928 held Feb
ruary 9Th, 1892, the following resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, The partisan press, or a.
large proportion of them at least, have
persistently misrepresented Col, L. l..
Polk as President of the National
Farmers Alliance Be it
Resolved That we reaffirm our con-
fi1ence in and our esteem for him, and
t t we denounce in unqualified terms
thshr action, and look upon it. as an at
tack upon the Alliance and its pr1n-
ciplesM
I'd. That we stand by and endorse
the Alliance demands as were amended
at the indianapolis Convention.
Sd. That while we are not partisan
ia our views we viii not support any
man for any high political office who
docs not stand on the Alliance de-
mRnds
4th. That copy Of these resolutions
be sent to The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
for publication,
w A. Russ, Sec'y.
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doluo good, for if there is a large crop
he gets three dollars e5~7hundred for
his tobacco; if there is a small crop he
gets the same, and if he wants thirty
dollars, no matter whether the crop is
short or long, he has to raise thou
sand pounds of tobacco to get 1T. He
knows that under the present condition
of affairs curtailing his crop means
curtailing his income also He knows
that he is in no humor to quarrel with
the Democratic or Republican party,
as the case may be, on tariff, when his
family are living on corn bread and
sorghum mOlasse5 and are clothed In
last years guano sacks. He knows
his only remedy is a strong antitrust
law. But for 10! these many years the
Democratic and Republican parties
have been looking calmly and smillngly
and serenely on and see trusts and cor
pOratiOns swoop down on the poor
farmers like bear on q bee-tree, de-
vouring the honey and leaving the bees
robbed of their hard earned gains; and
when the bees remOnstrate, the old
bear says you must not suck so many
t1Owers and make so much honey you
are over cropping yourselves. The
forest is suffering with an over prOduc-
ton of honey.
Yes, poor bees the forest is suffering
with an over production of honey, but
the bears are devouring the honey and
the poor bees are starving because
there is an under consumption among
themselves.
Your humble servant dropped in a
store a few days ago and the proprietor
said to him: Look here, we are suf-
fering with an over production of but
ter; the market is over stocked with it
and we can't find sale for what we have
on hand. and | can't account for it,
can yOu2'
| told him yes, | could account for
it very easily in this way: The farmers
were not getting anything for their
tobacco, consequently they ha to sell
their butter and everything else they
could and live on something cheaper
Il was not an over production, but it
was because they were not able to con-
sumo it. A few years ago, when to
bacco was selling from ten to sixty dol
lars per hundred pounds, there was not
a pound of home made butter to be had
in your town, there would not be to
day if necessity on the part of the
farmers did not compel it.
It is the same way with a greatmany
other things; the labor of the farmer is
going IN the capaclOus maws Of trusts,
co nbines and corporations, and the
farmers have to sell the best Of every
thing they have and live on the barest
necessities. not Injuries of life, and
simply because they have to do that;
they are taunted with the cry of over
production
Yes, we are suffering with an over
-L-ldBcti-l bat jr., rot ia over r,'c
duction OF money or tobacco or cotton
OF wheat or corn, but it is an over pro
duction of trusts, pools, syndicates,
corrupt pol ticians, kuaves and scOun-
dreIs and blind partisan fools.
FTaternally,
w. ii. SCHOOLFIELD,
Lect'r Rockingham Co.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-01
RE SOLUTIONS.
FRANKLINTON, n. c

FRANKLINTON, n G..
Mr.. EDITOR Whereas, We, the
members of Mt Olivet Alliance, No.
466, are in favor of all creeds and faiths
discussing the demands of the Alliance
with spirit of fairness; and whereas,
we find the partisan press and politi-
clans will not do so; and whereas, we
find instead of a fair discussion they
abuse and villify our demands and ma
tional officers. Therefore be it
ReSOIUed. That we will not subscribe
for nor support any partisan paper
that abuses the Alliance demands or
national officers, without just cause
I'd That we will support no man for
office in 1892 who abuses the Alliance
demands or officers, without a just
cause.
Sd That we have the utmost conf.
denCe in the integrity and honesty of
our National President, Col. L L.
Polk.
4th. That we stand upon the Ocala
platform of 1890, and as amended at
Indianapolis In 1891, until something
better is presented.
5th That we are in favor Of the
Georgia railroad system, separate cars.
for white and cOlOred, with some ac-
rates for each.
9th That we are in favor Of the laws
of North Carolina being amended or
enacted so that man that is subject
to poll tax shall not be allowed to vote
unless he can show his tax receipt for
the past ear.
9TH That we heartily endorse the.
course pursued thus far in Congress by
Hon. S. B. Alexander and Hon. A. III
A. Williams.
8th. That a copy of the above resolu-
tions be sent to The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER for publication.
9th That we respectfully request the
Clinton Caucasian, Salisbury Watch
man, Tarboro Farmers AdUOcate,
Asheville MOunt0iT Home Journal,
Goldsboro Alliance Sentinel and Agri-
cultural Bee, Trinity College C0L9trg
Life, Hickory NercurM Whitaker's
B0ttLer, Whiteville Columbus Weekly
Neacs, Raleigh Weekly State Chronicle,
and Louisburg Times to please copy.
Done ia regular meeting February 6tb,
1882. JOHN MAY, Pres't.
A II. CATLETT, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-01
nR. DURHAM IN CALDWELL.
GRANITE FALLS. Y. G.

GRANITE FALLS, n. 9.
Mr., EDITOR:-Dr. Durham, District
Lecturer Of the Eighth district, began
a series of lectures for Caldwell county
to day at Granite Falls Academy, and
while he gave but q short notice, he
was met by fair audience, a larger
crowd than the famous Fort Worth
anti Sub Treasury crowd. He deliv
cred a most excellent lecture, and was
congratulated by some Of our best citi-
zens outside of the Order
After the audience was dismissed,
the doctor met the Alliance in pri
vate session and gave the members
some good and timely advice, which
encouraged them to stand by the ALI
ance and it's demands. The Doctors
visit to Granite Falls has done much
good. His speech was calm and plain,
clear cut and exactly to the point, free
from abuse and strengthened the ALI
ance with those who heard it, and i'm
pressed them favorably with its aims
and purposes.
Our Alliance, No. 1897, has fifty
male and nineteen female members on
it's roll, vita more to come.
At a recent meeting 8 vote was taken
on the Ocala- Indianapolis platform; /;
the result was every member present
except ore voting for the demands. So
you see, Mr.. Editor, we are practically
a unit on the Ocala demands.
II the present Congress fails 10 give
us some relief, the place that knows
them now will know them no more
forever. We will in future send our
demands to Congress- with brains at
one end and boots at the other.
Fraternally,
G. ". HAYES, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-01
A special bulletin has been issued by

A special bulletin has been issued by
the n. @. Agricultural experiment
Station at Raleigh on the subject of
the digestibility of cotton seed hulls
and meal. This is No. 800, and being
more technical than the usual reader
cares to peruse, is not sent to the gen.
eral mailing list It will be supplied
upon special application to the Station.
From the experiments described IN it,
it is found that the following expresses
the digestlble portions Of the different
constituents: Protein, 246 per cent,
fat so s per cent, nitrogen-free extract
40 8. and crude fibre 27.1. The nutri-
tive ratio was thus 1885. Wheat
straw, it will be remembered, is 1 ;437;
A ration of lb. cotton seed hulls and
7 lbs. meal was also investigated, and
the nutritive ratio was found to be
.1:1O.8 A Jersey cow, Belle OF b ok
side, was used IN the experiments con-
Quoted by the Station.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-01

Stock is never injured when enclosed
by picket and wire fence. The Gar
rett Ftence Machine that this fence is
made lby is in successful operation in
every State and Territory in the U. S.
and seeAms to be universal favorite,
Address IS. II. Garrett, Mansfield, Ohio,
for catalogue giving full description of
machine ssnd also wholesale prices of
pickets, W. ire, &c, which hesells direct
to the farther.
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r,p NATIONAL FARMERS ALL
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

"A
UNION.
preldent-L. L. Polk, North Caro-
"a Address, Atlantic Building, T
n. w, Washington, D. Q.
Vice Presidential L. Loucks, Huron,
outh Dakota.
Secretary Treasurer. II. Turner,
+eora ia. Address, 239 North Capitol
\. w, Washington, D. @.
lecturer. II. Willetts, Kansas.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
y ". Macune, Washington, D. Q.
N0nzo Wardall, Huron, South Da-
1ta.
! X. TiIman, Palmetto, Tennessee
JUDICIARY.
\. 4. Cole, Michigan,
R. ". Beck, Alabama.
N. D. Davie, Kentucky.
v.7v0zAL LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
T, I. Polk, Ehamman.
= " ELacune, Washington, D. Q.
Mann Page, Brandon, Va.
T. P. Featherstone, Forest City, Ar
kansas. u
-tgE D -
ANCE.
Decentralization Butler, Clinton,
Vice e-President-T. B, Long, Ashe-
'S5sscretary-Treasurer-W. S. Barnes,
saleigh, y. Q.
L,ecturer-J, S. Bell, Brasstown, NC.
Steward-C. Q. Wright, Glass, y. G.
Chaplain-Rev. E, Pope, Chalk
Door 1 Eeeper-W. H. Tomlinson,
Fayetteville, n. @.
assistant DOor-Keeper-H. +. King,
'eanut. n. G.
5ergsant-at-Ar4ns j 5. Holt, Chalk
evel. \. C..
State Business Agent-W. H Worth,
taleigh. n. @.
TrE5tee business Agency F7und-W.
Graham. Machpelah, n. @.
zECUTIyE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH
..RoLIyA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
: = Alexander, Charlotte, n. c.,
.hairnlan; J. NJ. Mewborne, Kinston,
h - j :. Johnston, Ruffin, N. Z.
TATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
Elias Carr, A. Leazer, n NJ. Cul-
preth, NJ G. Gregory, VIM. G. Connell.
TATE ALLLANCEL ELEGIsLATIvE COMAlITTEE.
R. J. Powell, Raleigh, n. c.; N. @.
English, Trinity College: J. J. Young,
Polenta; II. a. FOrney, Newton, n. {.
Iore- Carolina Reform Press Association.
III s-,J L. Ramsey, President; !;
kG".3u Butter. Vice President; ~ s.
,z~~.~ sSscrstcrN
EAPERS.
--s.ve Farrnel. state Organ, Raleigf. :. C..
-|5-.s0 Clinton. :. &.
be WOrkingman's Helper, Pima .e. \. -.
4 fe-cFsflaD Salisbury, y. {.
armers' Advocate. iarb0To' \. =.
fountain Home Journal, ASEeVllIe, y =.
lIiauce Sentinel, GOIdS9Oro' = =.
OuntTy Life, TRINITY EIoLtse' y - -
a+fI1r WhitakerS, y. &.
AgrIcultural Bee, GTo!d6ooFo' y -
Columbus Weekly News, "hlteVlile, n [.
Each of the abOUe-nan1ed papers are
TO keep the ljst standing on
ne first page and odd others, pTOCided
Rel are duly elected. Any paper toit.
rtG TO odUOcdte the OcuIG platform 1Clu
p4 dr0pped from the list promptly. orr
haoDIe CON qlO10 see tCItdt papers ore
kEIiSheI IN their interest.