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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09
MR.. DEAD.

Charles MADDEN Spurgeon, the great
est preacher of the century, died on the
31st ult., aged SO years. He came of a
family of preachers. He preached his
first ermon when he was sixteen years
of age and was made pastor of a coun-
try church. At nineteen he went to
London where a huge Tabernacle was
built to accommodate the thousands
who thronged the streets every Sunday
to hear him. His S srmons we're tr ans
lated into all the languages of the
world. Though a Baptist his fame is
the common property of the world, and
his ~consecrated life and it's glorious
work, the worlds heritage.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09
THAT SLATE"

Madame Rumor has been Uattling
pretty freely of late, and gives out
some rather significant statements, and
which we were fortunate enough to
catch on the ely"
Among them she says that the rail
roads have decided on their man for
Governor-that the political bosses
have acquiesced in the selection and
have joined in and made up the
"slate" for the State ticket, which
they claim will win. The man for
Governor is a long way from being an
Allianceman or a friend to their prin-
ciples, but that little matter can be ad-
justed very easily, and this is the way
it is to be done: The nomi lees for Sec
rotary Of State, Lieutenant-G Governor
and Treasurer are to come from the
Alliance and each Of these, the Madame
says, has also been selected. But the
Madame also gives out an ugly, very
ugly little matter in connection with
the programme. It is to the effect that
AAO AA1CLL III AC6S OCCh LACO upon LOI
Treasurer Zone OF the leading Alliance
men of the State) is to be doomed and
pulled until the day before the Sta5e
Convention meets and then he is to be
dropped and the present incumbent is
to be nominated. If there be any truth
in this, we feel assured that the present
incumbent has had nothing to do with
it. And if this, programme is to be at
tempted, there ear be but one purpose
in it and that is to keep the Alliance
from bringing this man prominently
forward as a candidate for the nomina
ton for Governor, and it is to keep an
Allianceman from becoming Governor
Of the State.
When o child we sometimes had to
take quinine and to conceal the stuff it
was wrapped in roasted apple or
something to rob it of its terror to us,
but try as they might to hide it we
knew it was there all the same. Will
the Alliance be called on in 1892 to take
a dose of political quinine2 And will
the railroad and political doctors fool
US by wrapping it up in an Alliance
coating9 Not much. And is the ALI
ance people of North Carolina such a
set of fools that they will not only allow
but actually aid in slaughtering one Of
their members that their enemies may
carry out their plans2 Not much!
We may have occasion to refer to
this matter again. Meantime we adj
monlsh the brotherhood to keep their
''eyes and ears open.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09
VERY CURIOUS.
greSS

1t is certain that a large number Of
people in this country favor free coin
age of silver. Farmers, mechanics,
business and professional men agree
that it is one of the things needed.
Many newspapers of all shades favor
it. Yet the finance committee, Demo
Gratis and Republicans, have reported
adversely. Seven against and four
for it.
With such doings the people are
bound to lose f4ith in thtir representa-
tives-at least the portion opposing
this measur It is known that Wall
street and other financial centres are
the chIef-in fact all the opposition it
has. Wall street threatens to with,
hold funds for campaign purposes.
Our mis- representatives break faith
with the people, and the devilish rob
berry goes on. How much longer will
the people be hoodwinked?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09
WHEAT PROSPECT.

The Chicago Inter- Ocean, a pro-
nounced p~lutocratic organ, is honest
enough to say that the farmers are not
getting neal what they ought for their
wheat:
Nothing could be palmer than that
the grain of the country, wheat es-
pecially, is not bringing a. good prices
as it should. Our farmers had arighttO
expect better prices. The crops of all
kinds were abundant, it is true, so far
as concern this country, but the
European shortage is something en-
OrmOus. We have at least 100. OGO, 900
bushels of wheat alone to spare, and
Europe could take from us two or three
times that amount and still go hungry.
Il certainly looks as if there had been
a vast bear movement in this country,
engineered by and i'll the interest of
the European buyers. If the benefits
of this Systematic depression went TO
the consumer, however remote, our
farmers could accept the disappOint-
ment with a grain Of philanthrOpiC
comfort. But a foreign grain ring
loads up at American prices and I'm
loads at European prices it will be very
unsatisfactory to American producers"
Reader, how much longer are you
going to throw your votes away and
continue to sell your wheat, corn,
cotton, tobacco at cost and less than
cost just because our national legisIa-
tors don't do something to break up
the grain and cotton combinations and
the American Tobacco Company2
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09

A spirit of reform is abroad in the
land. There is no denying this. The
world is growing better, Judging from
the actions of our Christian Congress
men and Senators.
Last Monday Senator Hoar, of Mas
sachusetts, charged Senator Morse, of
the same State, with having had ZAP
plause' written at frequent intervals
throughout a published speech of his
when there was no applause" Morse
did MT deny it, but simply said that
Hoar would know better than to raise
a "rookus" about such things after he
had been in the Senate a while longer.
Judging from this episode we hereby
make the announcement that the world
is growing better. Let us guard against
a relapse.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09

The Richmond Dispatch is a very
able paper, but is satisfied that this
country is in the best condition it ever
was in. This is a mistake. But it is
owing entirely to what kind of glasses
you look through. If you are I'm the
swim" it is all right. Few people can
see anything wrong If they happen to
have plenty of cash themselves. They
think everybody ought to be as lucky
or as smart as they.
The Dispatch goes on to say that it
does not object to Mr.. Watson's free
coinage measure. Neither does it OBJ
ject to the election of Senators by the
people. But it does object to the
graded income tax and the Sub-Treas-
ury plan. We would like to see the
reasons the Dispatch can give for op-
posing these things. Let's have them.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09

only just laws. They say that no
persons is entitled 60 a pension unless
he is unable to earn a living by reason
OF wounds received during the war or
disease contracted then. The present
law allows pension attorneys $40 for
every pension they secure. Their fees
alone amount to 50, 769, 200 per annum
Pensions amount to $47, SIC, 400. We
heartily commend the society.
~ Send in something for the "peo-
pies voice" column. Avoid personal
or abusive articles. Remember that
this column is opened to give all people
a chance to briefly express their views.
We will reserve the right to reject any
thing unfit for publication. but will
allow you plenty of rope. Don't write
more than fifty or sixty words-less if
you can express yourself SO as to be
understood. How to get needed re
forms" is the question.
"Senatora and Mrs. Wolcott closed
their house on Connecticut avenue on
Friday and left for their residence in
Colorado, where they will make a three
weeks stay, as the Senator goes to at
tend to an important law case" is an
announcement in a Washington paper.
And so it goes. A man elected by the
people to attend to their business, and
is paid about So, 600 per year, deliber-
ately goes off for a three weeks stay
to attend to his private business. If
the farmers and taxpayers Of the land
could have a correct diary of their
statesmen while in Congress it would
open their eyes. Or if they could visit
the noted race-tracks during the spring
races they would be astonished to see
how many Congressman spend their
money and their time at these places.
There is not a bigger fraud on the face
of the earth than the American Con
greSS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09
o MUCH TO DO.

Twenty-Five years ago we had $50
per capita III circulation. Now we
have probably not more than S. or Sc
Did you ever try to do the work of ten
men? II so you know just how hard it
is for S. or S. to do the work of fifty.
If you should undertake to do the work
of ten men you would be likely to do
some Il thing pretty well and neglect
all the others. This is just what our
money is doing. 1t is all right with a
few. They have most Of it and they
don't feel the neglect felt by the others.
A vast majority have no chance at
what little money is floating around.
If you raise anything you can't get
hardly cost for it when you sell. All
together for a while and we will get
plenty Of money in circulation and
then everybody will have a living
chance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09
AN THING,

Col. Ignatius DonneIly, author of
some of the best books ever issued
among them Caesars Column" the
most thrilling book that has ever ap,
peared in America, after reading a
fresh batch of p~lutocratic lies against
the Alliance, said:
"The lying capacity Of the news
papers of America is the most colossal
exhibition Of mendacity known in the
world since the Almighty tumbled
Luciter over the battlements of Heaven
It is ~stupendous; it is illimitable; it
takes away the breath of simple virtue
and bewiIders honest truth into a
paralysis; it threatens all our concep-
tions and primal rights and forebodes
the destruction Of civilization. 1t is a
new and terrible force in society Of
which antiquity knew nothing"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09
MET ITS WATERLOO.

The Louisiana Lottery, which has
been taking in about $50, 900, 900 a year
for some time, will soon be no more.
Congress has effectually stopped it's
business through the mails, and if it
attempts to continue a rigid law will
be made preventing express companies
from doing business for it.
Last Monday a decision was rendered
by the S. Supreme Court tothe effect
that the postal act of Congress was con-
stitutional. This is the death blow to
the concern. It may struggle feebly
for a time. but its day is over. Let us
all be thankful.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09
HOW DIFFERENT.

The Danville, Ill, Sentinel asks some
plain questions, as follows:
The monopolistic press and pulpit
rail against the "paternalism " of a
government able to run all it's w
utilities, including railroads, ~telegraphs
self with it's own money without Dor
rowing. But they contend for another
kind Of yaternalism, in which the gov
eminent is a needy and d~issipating old
daddy given to occasional war and i'm
provement sprees, and shaving to Dor
row money of a few of his rich chi
dren, and to tax the whole family to
pay it back again. Which kind of g
daddy must plain common sense pre-
fer?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09

great variety of soil, climate and
products.
Gentlemen, there is no o~verproduc.
ton. The trouble is underconsumn.
ton. If all the people had food sniff
cient in the world there would not he q
bushel of u grain left any season. IF
all the people who need clothing, ever
in the United States, had just one gar
ment more, the present cotton supply
would not be sufficient. We defv anv
man to refute the statement.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09
THEY HAVE CHANGED BASE.

The enemies Of the Alliance have
again changed base. AS one evidence
of this, notice the changed tone Of the
press dispatches and the partisan
press, n of the most important agen-
cies through which they work. Their
policy in the beginning was one of in
difference, to entirely ignore the organ
ization, to go on with their old time
tunes and knitting, thinking from the
depths Of their conceit that the move
ment would soon die for the want of
their condescending notice of it. But
the inconvenient multitude grew and
continued to grow. They became
alarmed, held a hurried council of war
and decided that the ~hayseeders must
be brought to their senses, that the
causes Of complaint must be ridiculed
and poo-hoo-ded and the officers must
be abused and crushed. IN the mean
time they would stop the members
from thinking and investigating on
economical lines and make them forget
their debts, high taxes and the low
price of products by appealing to their
partisan prejudices, then they would
get up a scare, cry third party, negro
in the wood pile, ETC., and try to STAN
pede the whole organization. This
was the comic farce they played last
summer and fall while the tragedy of
real conditions was broadening and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09
n. r. P. A.
EDITORIAL IT

The Executive Committee Of the
State Alliance meet in this city to day.
And now they say the golden
calf is the next one that will be de-
horned.
~ Which party do you belong to ?
None Of them; they belong to ne"
A good answer.
The Indications are that the st.
Louis Conference will be largely at
tended from ali sections of the Union.
The Nashville T0iIer says the Al
lance is dead % but its enemies can't
get it buried, 1t is a right lively
corpse.
~ Hon. R. @. Mills says his defeat
for the Craftsmanship vas a shame on
the party. The Nashville TOiIer thinks
he should be sent to an asylum instead
of to Congress.
~. Bro. Dean, State Lecturer for
New York State, says he confidently
expects to have 150, 600 members on the
Alliance rolls by the LIST of May next.
Thus the good work goes on.
With $1,000 millionaires and
: 1000, 900 tramps, this ought to be a
happy, prosperous country, but it is
not. Two million millionaires and
$1,000 tramps would be more to the
point.
~. The Statesville Landmark thinks
the story about the capture of the train
wrecker Boyd, who is now in Jail at
Charlotte, is a "fshy" story, If there
was a wrecker in the case, we hope
that he will be captured.
~ Most of these fellows who say
the farmers should not go into politics,
are holding fat jobs themselves, and
they fear that they will be put out.
Their note of warning sounds like the
wolf telling the shepherd to stay away
from the flock Of sheep.
Times are very hard. Almost
every business is at a standstll. The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER is still doing bust
ness at the old stand. We know our
friends r hard up for money, but
they are doing a good part by us. Keep
at it, brethren. Your devotion and
earnest aid is very encouraging,
"Oh that I could toss every dol,
lar aside just to get one day Of real
health" That was the ~utterance a day
or two ago Of Russell Sage, Jr., nephew
and heir to the noted millionaire, and
who, as we write, is dying as a result
of the nervous shock caused by the at
tempt with dynamite on the life of his
uncle a few weeks ago.
~ We want "the voice of the PEG
pie" on a vitality important question.
Read that question on another page
under the caption THE Public Voice"
and write out your answer and send it
in to us. Whether you be lawyer,
merchant, physician, farmer, mechanic
whatever your vocation, if you be a
friend to the reforms sought by the
Alliance, let us have your answer.
We areindebted to the Secretary,
Mr.. Geo. A. Priest, Washington, D.
c., for a copy of the prospectus and
Constitution of the "Society of Loyal
Volunteers" This society is composed
of honest soldiers who went through
our civil war. They are opposed tx
the present pension laws and wan
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09
A SAD STORY.

A gentleman whose home is in
Southwest Georgia recently travelled
over nine counties in that fine section
of the Empire State of the South, He
writes an account Of the trip for an At
lanta paper, from which we make the
following extract:
I find, after the special privileged
classes have robbed the producers of
another heavy crop at less than cost or
production, that it has left the people
discontinued, and in many cases out
Of money and out of clothes, in debt
and out of homes.
Hard times-and worse coming
seems to be inevitable. StOrehOuses,
justice cOurthouses, trees at cross
roads, bridges and fences all are Gov
cred with announcements Of constable's
sales Of corn, fodder, hogs, etc,
while the little county papers TEEN
with advertisements of sheriffs' sales Of
lands and produce. l met a colored
mar and his son not long ago. both
able, strong, healthy men. Both were
without shoes or socks. The elder had
a coat DuttOned about him without any
shirt, while the younger was the proud
pOssessOr of shirt without a coat. On
inquiring I found that the two were in
dUstrious, hard working tenants and
made a large crop last year. But prices
were such until they could not make
ends meet. Whoa, now, the partisan
precs will yell, that is an extreme case.
All suffering caused from hunger or
cold is an extreme case so far as that
is concerned. And yet all extremes are
not justifable. These United States,
occupied as they are by a divided PEG
pie, is surely governed by extremes
and extremist. Whose fault is it that
| some people suffer for the mere neces-
! saries of life, while those who suffer
produce an abundance, while others
who produce nothing live in incidence
| and luxury. Common consent says it
is the fault Of our lawmakers. and OF
those whose duty it is to administer
our laws. Then what must the people
do2 Why. do away with partyism and
stick to principle, and change our law
makers and administrators all the way
through from Constable to President.
Are Won going to St. Louis?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09
Mr.. Bilkins in Trouble--He Wisely De-
cides to let Mrs. Bilkins
Run the Ranch.

Hello, Mr.. Editor"
RAN right, Nj. Bilkins. What
can we do for you this morning?"
b Blamed if I know. I'm afraid
to try to do anything. Betsy, she is
mighty crabid these days"
R-"What is the trouble with Mrs.
Bilkins?"
B." Wish to gracious l could tell
you. She is always q~uarrelin' and
sputterin' Ground about the way I do.
She says she wishes she was a man. I
wish SO too. If she was I could have
a chance to do the snappin'."
R.-"Has she become reconciled
since your adventure with the poll
tician?7
B.-"No, Between you an me that
is the trouble. She says I ought to
soak my head in soft water. Say, Mr.,
Editor, how is politlcs2"
Ri don't know. A few parties
have the monopoly and they don't let
the public know their movements"
Betsy wants me to be indie
pendent. She says I ought to vote for
the Peoples party. 1 toldher that the
Democratic party was the peoples
party That made her mad. She
said that Wall street owned the
National Democratic party an that the
manufacturers owned the National Re
publican party. [ told her that maybe
it was so; maybe it wasn't. l sOrter
think that these fellows who draw
pensions own both of them an they
will soon own the United States"
R.-"YOu and Mrs. Bilkins are both
mistaken. The rich men of the coun-
try own both parties. They give pen-
sions to tickle the fancy Of the old sol
diers and their families; Doodle to the
manufacturers in the shape of tariff to
keep them quiet; soft legislation to the
whiskey men to keep them in a good
humor, and public buildings to the
large towns to make them feel good,
Then they manage to keep the farmers
and mechanics quiet somehow"
B.-"Say, you have just got down
to where I'm gettin' interested. Go
on"
R-"Well, they give the laboring
peopletaffy tell them they are s happy
in their simplicity and so on. If they
begin to complain too loud they tell
them that they are fools"
B.-"That is true. I heard a smart
lawyer say the other day that the
farmers we're the craziest folks in the
world. When 1 think back for the
past twenty five years, I can see that
he was right. We have been the big
gest fools outside the asylum. Ireckin
Betsy is right. I'm goin' to tell her
that I have been a powerful big fool
an ask her forgiveness"
R-"Well, don't let any more poll
ticians fool YOU Better consult Mrs.
Bilkins before you take any important
steps"
B.-"That is what I'll do. Blamed
if these wimin' amt got more sense
than we men anyhow. They ought to
be allowed to vote. They would revo-
l~utionize the country. Betsy has more
sense in one day than Ihave in a whole
week about such things. Good bye,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09
FALSE

Only a small portion of the popula-
ton of the United States are producers
Of agricultural produc s. This being
so it ought to be sufficient to cause the
farmer to get more satisfactory prices
for their labor. It ought to be the best
reason in the world why there should
be no overproduction, for we have a
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09

In writing to anybody, always be
sure to give the name of your postoffice,
and sign your own name plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09

Do Won want your communication
published If SO, give us your real
name and your p~OstOfice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09

Do you want your paper changed to
gou have been getting it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09

W Our friends in writing to any of
our advertisers Will favor us by men
tioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement in THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09

~ The date on your label tells you
when your time is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09

The Progressive Farmer is the Official
Organ of the N. c. Farmers State Alliance
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-09

This pdper entered aS secOnd-clGSs matter at the
Post once in Raleigh, n. c.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-11
THE FOoTBALLERS.

Gossip and News About the Leather
s Chasers. ,ssr
Strayhorn has retired from the foot
ball field.
Frick is one of the greatest tacklers of
Los Angeles.
Charley Patrick and Billy Keller are
hunting in Arizona.
The St. Vincents are to play the Oh
ives next Saturday week.
After next Saturday Art Guthrie will
play left end for the Olives.
Harry Heffner is the most ardent ad-
mirer of football in Los Angeles. u
McKeeby, the delicate center rush of
the Olives, is down with the measles.
Billy Gard has been married and will
doubtless retire from the active sport.
Five of the old Los Angeles boys
are members of the university football
team.
Carl Pauly goes to Berkeley universi-
ty next term. He is good all-round
athlete.
There is slim chance that the San
Diego team will be here on Washington's
Birthday.
The law students and the Olive club
play football match Saturday at the
Athletic club grounds.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-11
A Dog That Steals.

A thief which has been robbing Sa
lem (Mass.) firm of groceries proves tc
be dog. For several weeks the firm
has been missing small articles from
the store, and few days ago they no
ticed that the dog after lettering around
outside for awhile entered, picked up al
orange and left. In few minutes hi
returned and stole an ear of corn.
The dog went directly to the home o1
a family in the neighborhood and deliv
cred the stolen articles. Not thing
was bruised. The dog is setter. 1t il
supposed it has been trained to steal. A
warrant for the arrest of the animal has
not yet been sworn out.-Boston Letter