The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-08

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lao W6S
put in to show that the gentlemen were
not relatives of Mr.. Butler nor all mem
bers of the same church, but members
Of five different denominations.
About 5000, 900 bales of cotton
are now raised annually. Last ear
4O, 1000, 900 were sold on the New York
cotton exchange, just five times as
much as raised. Now don't you want
a bill to prevent dealing in futures
passed.
The friends of reform know that
education is required, The best and
only way to do this is to get every per
son to read papers that are fearless
and outspoken. Never neglect an OPP
portunity to persuade some feIow-man
to read.
A Republican Doodle fund of
50, OOO, 600 has been raised in New York
and Pennsylvania. We started to
abuse them, but found later on that
the Democrats had raised the same
amount. Now which party should be
condemned?
~ An Asheville minister is per-
picked over what to say when he tells
a friend that he has married a.couple.
He wants to know if q marrifed "
them will do. "Hitched " is the word
you want; just say CT hitched" the
happy twain.
~ WANTED, IMMEDIATELY Three
hundred and fifty people, old oryoung,
rich or poor, white or black, male or
female, to send us five n year sub
scribers each, ard receive free, by re-
turn mail, postpaid, a copy of Labor
and Capital, worth 50 so.
~ A scientist, anarchist or some
thing has started a story that it would
take a cannon ball three million years
to reach the nearest fixed star. He
should resign and accept a position
with the chairman of some political
party. Such an accomplished liar
ought to make a fortune in politics.
~ Bob Ingersol is reported to have
said: I believe in protecting what
are called infant industries, but after
these infants get six feet high and
wear No. IL boots, it is about time to
stop rocking the cradle, especially
when the infant tells you that if you
stop rocking he will get out of the
cradle and kick your head off"
"A When you finish reading this
paper, make you a list of people you
know who ought to read it, and secure
their subscription at once, or at least
five of them, and as soon as we receive
the five names and S. cash, we will
mail to your address free of charge and
postpaid a copy of Labor and Capital,
worth 50 so. Can't you be one of the
$50 who will get this prize2
-. A few nights g a Raleigh me-
chanic went to Metropolitan Hall to
hear some political orators. Mr.. Jose
phus Daniels grated among others. As
he came out he shook hands with the
mechanic and remarked: "Glad to
see you out; Christ preached to the I'M
godly as well az the godly." Yes"
remarked the mechanic, "but he didn't
preach such doctrine as you preached
tonight"
~ Since it has become apparent
that "Gideon's Band" was a scheme
gotten up in Wall street to break up
the reform movement, the partisan
press sing low about it. It is notlikeIy
that the organization was ever COM
pleted, forno evidenced has been brought
out to show that anything has been
done, though politicians like Bell, Reid,
and Dunn kept quiet a long time.
They waited until they thought a blow
could be struck, but the blow recoiled
on them.
~ The value of the total cotton pro
duction of the United States for the
nineteen years from 1873 to 1891, in
elusive, was, according to authorities,
So, 092, 267, 72O. The amount paid on
the national debt since the wal is put
down at S., 900, 900, 900. Reader, did
1t ever occur to you that cotton was
being manipulated so as to make it pay
the whole war debt9 1.-THE exports of
cotton from this country far exceed in
value those of any other staple. This
makes them of immense Importance
in settlements of balance due abroad. "
1t has taken an equivalent of be-
tween four and five bales of cotton out
of every six bales produced in the
United States since the war to pay