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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15

confidence to their seductive words.
All the time the letters have been
tightening. These hireling have pre-
sented one excuse and then another to
the people when great murmurs Of dis
content arose, and have succeed In de-
luding the people, giving them
the true reason and denouncIng those
who did as anarchists, dangerous
men. etc.
| have a family growing up, and,
when my eyes were opened to the
enormity of this world, wide financial
conspiracy, I could not rest In quiet
and know that when they come upon
the field of action, all avenues or honor
able occupation would be monOpOliZed
by the rapidly concentrating and heart
less money interests, leaving nothing
open to them but wage slavery from
some incorporation. All the lands,
the inheritance of all the people, will
be owned by a few as in Europe, all
indu stries held by huge combines and
the money mOnopollzed for the few
in fact a republican form of govern
ment being used as a great machine to
take from the people all their rights
and hand them over to a few who had
possessed them selves of the govern
men5. This is the picture that [ sa ".
This Is the picture that [ see. It is not
a very bright one for a father to look
forward to for his children. The fate
of my children will be the fate of
others. Their interests are the same,
and if they are to have any chance in
the race of life it will be by the fathers
and brothers doing their duty to day
at the ballot box"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15

enough to take two dollars a year from
every member of every family in the
country.
when the coasting vessels stay idle
the owners of them and the rew of
them lose chances to earn m ney for
their families. and when the miners
are thrOW n out of work and there's no
money in their novels to buy anything
to eat, why, their wives and children
come near to .starvation-but, then.
this is no concern of women! And
when the poor creatures, shiverlng In
the garrets and underground places Of
cities, buying by the bucketful what
little coal they car scrape together a
few coppers to buy, when these have
to see a layer or two layers taken off
the scanty little bucketful-I suppose
this is of no concern to women! All
such matters are what they call public
affairs
"'In that Iight?' No; [ uppose you
never did think of it in that light. But
what other light is there? No other.
These combines want luxuries and
mansions and land, and they see this
good way of getting them and they
take it. Excuse me, ladies, but [ do
really think you'd better read of all
that is said and done in regard to such
matters, and if you'd just as soon sit
awhile longer [ will show how women
stand affected by some other proceed
ings, which they call public affairs,
and skip over in reading the news
papers. Union Signal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15
PRICES AND GUAM

Wheat is now lower in the markets
than ever before in the history of the
country, says an exchange.
Cotton has been down to five centga
pound, and is 10Y only about seven
cents. Sheep and cattle are selling at
a lower figure than has ruled for
twenty-five years. Silver bullion is
lower than it has been in a hundrt d
years. What is the cause of these low
prices and anomalous conditions, we
NAV saw, when we consider the great
demand there is for all of these com,
modit1es2 Is there too much bread in
this country2 Are all the people plenti
fully supplied with goods in which cot,
ton enters into the makeup? Are the
tables of the country overloaded with
mutton and beef9 Would not the free
coinage of silver relieve the silver glut
We are constantly reminded tina
etoverproduction" is the cause Of low
nrices. Is this true7 Is not this sc
called 4overproduetion an arti1cial-a
Inna+,,rs9 one2 Have we really a
ovornroduetionL of commodities-tha
is. more than we can consumes Is nc
this overproducJio ion caused by unde
congumption9 Are the people consun
: mo all the food, clothing ana oth'
commodities they ought to RaVeI Ce
tainly they are not. Then why 1alk
overproduction until every nr "
man and child in this country aOu :
dainty supplied with not oEnS :
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15
OVERPRODUCTIoN UNREAsON.
ABLE.

No author of distinction advocates
the idea that there can be any such
thing as overprOduction, say s the Fort
Worth Advocate.
There cannot in the nature of the
case be an oveproduction of wheat,
-four, beef, pork, ETC., as long as any
one is hungry, or of boots while any
one goes barefooted, or of home while
people want to rent, or of labOrers
while thousands want the articles
these laborers can produce The me
dunn by which the results of labor are
transferred from one to another may
be mon ypolized or insufficient in guam
tity to facilitate the transfer. And
that is one of the leading troubles with
us now. Money monopoly and money
scarcity tells the story. Overproduc-
ton means superabundant wealth and
the idea that we can have too much or
too many facilities for producing
wealth is absurd and unreasonable.
Wealth may be monopolized, concen-
trated in the hands of a few through
overreaching selfishness, and the PEG.
pie may suffer. And that is what's the
matter with us now.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15
HOW SOME MAKE FORTUNES.

A recent example of making a for,
tune in a single official term, is shown
by the present investigation of the
Treasurer of Cook county. An i'm
mense fortune will be or already has
been made by the treasurer through a
series of false statements to the board
of county commissioners together with
collision with n or two banks where
deposits of public moneys are made.
The plan of the treasurer is to with
hold as long as possible the county
funds belonging and of right immedi
ately payable to the city of Chicago.
The county and the city are almost co
extensive, and fully 80 per cent. of all
taxes should have been paid Over fro n
the county treasury into the hands of
the city treasurer as Don as collected,
says the Western Rural.
Under the false statement that he
could not, with safety to himself and
bondsnlen, pay over funds faster, for
fear that an excess would be paid over
which he would be obliged to collect
back from the city, the county treas
urer held in his bank deposits an aver
age of $40, 459 43O for months.
On this immense sum he was draw
ing interest from the banks, while the
city, for want of the principal sums
due it, was obliged to submit to largely
increased expenditures to it's employees
and contractors because of inability to
pay cash promptly for services. The
committee of investigation on the part
of the board of county commissioners,
have recommended the removal of the
treasurer from Office. Contests and
delays will doubtless keep him in pos
session, however, until the greater part
of all of his official term has expired.
He will thus go out with a reputation
cIouded by dishonesty and falsehood
while in office, but with a large fortune
gained by such dishonesty, and a for
tune made by the custom everywhere
sanctioned under the law, of allowing
%treasurers to draw interest on the PEG
pies money for the private profit of
themselves, the very men who have no
right to use it any. longer than to pay
it out to cancel Indebtedness and to
defray with cash on the spot all legiti-
mate expenses.
This dishonest county treasurer will
now be able to join the ranks of a
numerous class in the country, who
continually profess alarm at the threat
ening attitude of laboring men and
farmers, a class who contribute tens
and hundreds of thousands to cam
paign funds, and who hire orators and
editors to teach the people that if they
will be contented and Industrious, they
too can get rich and Owl gorgeous
homes to live in.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15
WHAT BECOMES OF ~

An English writer saws
day that the sun rises an. - lat even
people 1t sees an ADDITION . -s AAmeriaa
TO the wealth of the RerrnI; 4" 5000
what has become OF ID.
Int. on U. s. Nou6s. ner 5..- LFt Us SEE
Int. on Stat aid ot her h"..1 ........2 49,
EXPENSE of L.. y. Eny,rr,u.. .,. 800
Railroad and Othe~ cornnr, "...~... nm
DaukS. .......-.... '... Poe
interest on private drars .... sG
But how is this; here is a., u 10
81, O70, 900 per day, and am ou' 90 d
only 50, $40, 600? ll'ome O
The figures must be wror..
family a man cannot pay OUT ma rofce'
he is receiving more thai
All, we see how 1t Is. 4
pay out more than ne ronai rl1l cal
when he does it draws upon b Ss' gu
tai. LIS cap
The people are paying ont :, =,
per day more than the are ac.nl
lating. ''' "ccamr
That is they are parting with ~ !,
natural increase Of wealth 20 s aL %
per day. and drawing 81 7-0 N oo0 Y
day upon their capital. ''O p
In other words, property is oo,,,-
lating in the hands of the fS Sru lI
interest suckers, official barnaje. 10
poration lee hes and nro5,,S !!
vampires) at the rate of ST. 70 GS u,
day WV p
How long will it take at this poi,
absorb the entire capital.
In other words, how long will II, -,
to produce a nation of princes ON \
one hand and paupers on the otIa,; y
Figure it out. 1t is a matter Il,
Can be ascertained with matbemat i
certainty.
And then you can figure out inst o
many of these blood-suckers will 10,
to be chOked off before the tbing =
come out even, so that the toilePP vi
have his fair share Of the increase
wealth which his labor prodpras
Chicago ErpTeSS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15
THE ST. LOUIS CONFERENCE.

We again publish in this issue the
preamble and platform made by the
st. Louis Conference on the 22d of last
February, We give it al it was pub
lished and signed by the nine delegates
representing this State at this con
ference, all of them being Alliance
men.
1t is good reading at any time and
especially right after the election is
over. 1t shows why so many voters
severed their party ties and voted in
dependent of former political affilia
tions this year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15
A Week of Surprises--Many New h1ngs

R-"HeIlo! Mr.. Editor.
R-"Whv, good morning, Major.
Anything new?'
New! I should say so. We have
got a new President and lots OF new
things, The past week has been n
Of surprises to everybody. reckon 1t
is the biggest surprise that has visited
these parts for a long time"
Ri suppose Mrs. Bilkins was as
much surprised as anybody else1"
b" Surprised! She didn't stop at
gittin' surprised, she got fightin' mad.
Betsy is a Democrat of the Jefferson
school and she don't think Mr.. Cleve-
land has acted the part of a Democrat
in a good many things. She says the
last Congress didn t act like Democratic
Congresses are expected to do. So she
was for Gen. Weaver because he has
been true to the people; he is for Demo
cratic rule inste ID of plutocratlc. L
tell YOU Betsy wasmad when she heard
that Cleveland was elected. She
thought we were ruined, but [ told her
we could live under him as long as
other Door people could. l told her
that the old sayin' about the toughest
hide holdin' out the longest" would
hold good III our ase l told her that
the Democratic party had been promis
in big things for a long time, an it has
now got in head an body. We will
see how it keeps it's promises anyhow"
R.-"Your philosophy is very good
indeed. There is no use in crying over
anything. While there is a chance for
us to be worse off than before, we will
hope that such will not be the case.
All these years the Democrats have
said they would do much for the peO-
pie if they only had a chance. OF
course they stretched the truth at
times IL that matter. for our legisla,
tors could have done much more than
they did. But now they are in a posi-
ton where there is no backing down,
The eyes of the whole country are
%0%HJIISu1. 4uSy VIII I1oNO GAC 4CcA
dent, House, and if not a majority il
the Senate, the Peoples party Senators
will hold the balance of power. We
believe they will work with the Demo
Gratis any time they attempt to get any
real reforms through the Senate. II
they do not, those who voted the PEG.
pies party ticket this year will Ger.
tainly refuse to support them for any
thing again or the members of the
legislatures which will elect them. II
is certain that the Peoples party Sena
tors and Congressman will be- pledged
to the free coinage of silver as well a
other financial reform. There will bt
no excuse for the Democrats to neglect
these mat ers when Congress meets.
B.-"That is what I told Betsy. We
have more than anybody thinks an
there will be results from it. We viii
see. Good bye"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15
NOW READY.

Proceedings of the last State Farm
ers' Alliance at Greensboro and the
new Constitution have been forwarded
to delegates, State officers and to
County and Sub Secretaries. Extra
copies of each are on hand and can be
had at five cents each or so cents per
dozen, postpaid. We have a few Ma
tional proceedings of Ocala, 1890, and
Indianapolis, 1891; also State proceed
ings at Morehead, which will be sent
at two cents per copy. Send in your
orders at once. w. S BARNES,
Sec Treas. N. @. F. s. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15
GENERAL NOTES.

Bro. Henry S. York, of Randolph
county, in renewing his subscription,
says: Il can't do without The Pro
GREssIVE FARMER Thanks. A good
many express themselves that way
and we are grateful to all.
A friend told us last week that if
anybody attempts to injure THE PRO,
GREssIvE FARMER by withdrawing their
patronage because the paper has hewed
to h line, that it's friends would get
two subscribers for every with.
drawn.
Bro. B. F. Blanton, of Moorosboro
has our thanks for a club of Eve s,b
scrlbers. Now is the time to work
brethren. Everybody wants fair in
dependent reform paper now Tar
PROGRESSIVE FARMER will still ramoir
true as in the past.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15

me only reform paper published at
Raleigh is THE PROGRESSIVE FAp,Tvp
any subscriber now on our list will oct
~ Isee one year by paying up 70 doto
and sending four new subscriborS -
Iore December 1, 1892.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15

NAdAy FerSOnS are broken
4OWn nom overWork or household careg
Browns Iron BitterS RebnifJs% 81
syssem, aids Digestion, removes excess of bi1o
HUo cures malaria, Get the genuine.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15
PATENT RIGHT MONOPOLIES

Mr.. misunderstanding to the re-
port of the patent right Office six
seventies of the meritorious machinery
is patented. Under our patent right
laws a company buys a patent forms
a corporation and sells at an advance
over cost of four hundred to one thou
sand per cent. These patents are,
m )stly, bought for a small sum of
money. The monopoly is complete as
there is no competition, and the com.
pany can fix their own price. TIE ad-
ditional cost to production is not less
than three hundred million dollars an
nuaIly. This monopoly must be abol
ished by the government establishing
a board of patentees and all meritori
Gus inventions should be bought and
the manufacture of the same be open
to competition. JAMES MURDOCH.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-15

The laboring man who goes On a
strike for the right and vote for the
wrong, is like a man who eats a good
dinner and then takes an emetic.-
Cincinnati Herald
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-04-07
Notice of Application for Pardon.
OFFICE BOARD OF PARDoNs,I
State of Montana.

OFFICE BOARD OF PARDoNs,J
State of Montana.
HELENA, Mont, March -, 1872.
At a meeting of the State Board of Par.
dons, held at its office on the above date,
the following business among other things
was transacted. Sz
In the matter of the applicationf for pardon
and restoration to the rights of citizen
ship, granted by the governor to one
James Kincaid.
Whereas. The Governor has this day
officially notified this Board that he has
granted "A pardon by restoration to the
rights OF citizenship Ia one James Kincaid
IA discharged prisoner, who was convicted
oil the crime uf assault with a deadly
weapon, committed in the county OF Fer
gus, and sentenced, ON the 18th day OF
April, 1896, for "A term of two years;
1t is therefore ordered, That Wednesday,
April 20, 1892, be set apart for the consid-
Grafton of the said pardon by restoration
to the rights of citizenship, SO granted as
aforesaid, aud all persons having an inter
est therein desiring to be heard, either for
or against the granting of the said pardon
by restoration to the rights of citizenship
so granted as aforesaid are hereby notified
to be present in the forenoon of said day
at the office OF the State Board OF Pardons
at the State Capitol of said state.
Further ordered, That "A copy OF this
order be printed and published in the Fer
gus County ARGUS, a weekly newspaper
printed and published in the CITY of Lewis
town, county OF Fergus, state OF Montana.
T nee each week for two consecutive weeks,
viz: Thursday, March 81, aud Thursday,
April Z, 1892,
II. j. HASKELL,
EMILY SWAN, Chairman OF Board.
Clerk.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-04-07
Two British Battles.

New York Recorder: While the
senate at one end of the capitol Is
aiding the administration in its diplo
matte battle with Lord Salisbury the
upholders of the American doctrine oil
protection at the other end oil the
building are exploding the fallacies OF
the Anglo-American free raiders who
are endeavoring to break down our
tariff system for the benefit OF the
British manufacturers. The spectacle
Is in many ways a curious one, and
furnishes abundant food for very
gra We reflection.
We should like to ask our Irish
American fellow citizens who vote the
Democratic ticket how it strikes them.
Consider the situation. II England
should be so insane as to provoke a
war with the United States OIL the
Behring sea or any other question
there Is not an lrIshmau III the coun-
try who would not gladly give his
services in the field. They would rush
TO arms by the thousand IN every
corner OF the republic from Maine to
Texas to defend the country OF their
adoption and to aVenge the wrong
and the oppression OF centuries. II
necessary they would give their treas
ure as well as their lives to strike
down their ancient foe. No one has
any doubts on that point.
The Mckinley act, which the Demo-
cratic free traders and tariff reformers
IN the house OF representatives are en-
deavoring to erase from the statute
- la- A.-Aa -
ilicted on England by this country
since the war of 1872, when, among
other gallant American officers, the
grandfather of Parnell captured SO
many British frigates. 1t struck her
most vital PARTNER pocket. II she
could succeed in having that bill re-
pealed every city and town in Eng
land would be illuminated. In ex-
change Tor its repeal she would gladly
surrender whatever rights she claims
fur her CInaGian pirate poachers III
B nrIus Sra; indeed. II L. almost GER
uIU ur.I >Ae 0OnIu give US Canals It.
-tu Il 80 -u"uld ash tori II.
IIe -otu Iu.ne oil lie American maj
krt Is he one object IN all the world
ON which she has set her coVetous eye.
She can never get It except through
Democratic senators and representa-
lives in congress and "a Democratic
president in the White House. They
would give it to her as quickly as they
could pass n bill OF repeal and surren-
der.
1t is, therefore. incomprehensible
how any ~Irisnnan who has not for
gotten Ireland should ast his vote
for a party animated by such a pur-
pos and such a policy. Such an
Irishman is the best friend and ally
England has in all world today.
He is a thousand times more valuable
to her here as a voter than in his own
country as the impoverished tenant
OF one OF her aristocratic slave-driv-
ing landlords. He is more her seri
here than he was there.
Irishmen, will you vote with Eng
land next November when the great
battle for American industry is to be
fought out at the polls? If so, be
consistent now and sustain with all
our strength her side of h Behring
SEA diplomatic battle with the Ameri-
can government.
The Democratic party is British to
the core
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-04-07
IT TOUCHED SAINT AND SINNER.
How Fifty-seven Pennies Grew Into a Fund
of Thousands of Dollars.

A few years ago a little girl applied
for admission into his Sunday school,
says Harper's Young People. She
was told that the classes were so full
there was no room for her, and that
the church was so small that no more
classes could be organized. Much dis
appointed, the little girl began to save
pennies-her family was poor-for the
purpose of enlarging the church in
order that she and other children like
her might be accommodated. She
told no one OF her ambitious purpose,
however, so that when the pastor OF
this church was called to her bedside
n few months later to comfort her in
her severe illness he saw nothing unu-
susl, only a frail child of 81 years.
The little sufferer died, and a week
later there were found in her battered
red pocketbook, which had been her
savings bank. fifty-seven pennies and
a scrap of paper that told in childish
print the story OF her ambition and
the purpose OF her self-denial.
The story oil that little red pocket
book and its contents and the unfal-
tering faith OF it's little owner got
abroad. 1t touched the heart OF saint
and sinner alike. Her inspiration be-
came a prophecy, and men labored
and women sang and children saved
to aid IN its fulfillment. These fifty
eve pennies became the nucleus OF a
fund that in six years grew to $780,
600, and today this heroine's picture,
l!fe-size, hangs conspicuously in the
hallway OF a college building in which
1,4OO students attend, and connected
with which there are a church capable
OF seating 5000, a hospital for child
rem named for the Good Samaritan,
and a Sunday-school room large
enough to accommodate all the boys
and girls who have yet asked to enter
1t. A fairy story? II reads like one,
but happily 1t Is not one. The little
gels name Mas Hottie May Watt,
iuti the splendid institutions described
are located III Philadelphia.