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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-15
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES.
Call of the National Committee of the
Peoples Party for Mass-Meetings
on the Last Saturday in March.

on the Last Saturday in March.
The National Committee of the Peo-
pies party of the United States, acting
In conjunction with the following: @.
II. Van Wyck of Nebraska; @. w.
Macune, of Texas M J. Branch, of
Georgia; J. 81. Powers, of Nebraska;
R. M. Humphrey, of Texas; L. D. Lau-
rent, of Louisiana; Marion Cannon, of
California; T. II. Mcguire, of New
York; J. H Williams, of Kansas; L.
L. Polk, of North Carolina; Pierce
Haskett of Missouri; NJ. M. Garrett,
of Illinois; John Seitz; of Ohio; Mary
E. Lease, of Kansas; Anna L. Diggs,
District of Columbia; Anna Debbs, of
Texas; A. P. Parksen, of Florida, and
Ben Terrill, of Texas, representatives
of a certain meeting of members of the
various organizations of this country,
held in the city of st. Louis, Mo, on
the oath day of February, 1892, respect
fully submit to the people of the United
States the preamble and platform of
the conference of said labor organiza-
tiOns of our nation held on the 22d,
23d and oath day of February, 1892, in
the city Of st. Louis.
We urge that all citizens who sup
port these demands shall meet on the
1C1SU CCbOIA1OCby III I'll hOAUy III OL1CJ1
respective towns and villages and hold
public meeting, and TatIty these de
mands, and take steps to organize pre-
paratory to electing delegates to
national convention, and we call upon
all duly qualified voters of the United
States who are in favor of these prin-
ciples, and of nominating candidates
for President and Vice-President on
the above platform, to send delegates
to a convention of the Peoples party,
to be held in Omaha, Neb., July 4th,
1892, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
The Executive Committees of the
Peoples party in each State is charged
with the duty of promulgating the call,
and of fixing the time. place, a. d
method by which the said delegates
shall be chosen. The basis of repre-
sentation shall be four delegates from
each Congressional district, and eight
delegates from each State at large,
making the total number l, 776.
We call upon all citizens of the United
States to help us to make our principles
triumphant We believe that if the
voters neglect their duty this year it
may be impossible in any future can
vass to protect the rights of the people
and save the free institutions of our
country. The voters must protect
themselves; they can expect no ore
else 50 defenG, Dheie2 IN thaname OF
the rights of the peopl9, the homes Of
our land, and the welfare of all future
generations, we call upon all honest
men to come to our support in this
great contest
Fl. E. TAUPENECK, Chm'n.
ROBT. SCHILLING, Sec'y.
For the committee appointed by the
mass convention.
BEN. TERRILL, Texas.
H, M. HoUCKs, South Dakota
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LETTER FRI FORSYTH.
PINNACLE ALLIANCE, No. 2014,
Cnller. y. G..

PINNACLE ALLIANCE, No. 2Ol4,
Cutler, n. @.
Mr.. EDITOR Having seen short
communication in your paper, claim,
ing to represent Pinnacle Town ALI
ance, we desire to say through your
paper to all whom it may concern, that
we know of no such legal organization,
nor do we know how there can be any
legal organization there, as it Is only
one mile from Pinnacle Sub Alliance; !;
and furthermore, the material out of
which they propose to organize, have
proved themselves disloyal to the State
Constitution and our Rules of Order
while with U.s. The pretended organ
ization is mainly composed of expelled,
dismissed, and seeded members. Will
the authorities grant them charter,
allowing them to receive into the Order
Ineligible persons, men, women and
children2 If go, they would be well
suited. AS they have openly denounced
the Constitution and Rules of Order,
some of them saying it is wrong, an
other saying he could write better
one, Now we would ask some good
Alliance brother, is there any use of a
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APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE.

Brother Samuel T Jones, a worthy
member of Suggsville Alliance, No
1877, having lost his horse, valued at
$40, his condition in consequence and
owing further to the failure of his
crops and sickness among his family,
is really distressing, and merits assist
ance from all Alliance members. In
consequence whereof we, the commit
tee appointed by Suggsville Alliance to
solicit subscriptions, do call upon all
brethren throughout the State to con
tribute something for brother Jones
assistance, and forward the same to
John E. W. Sugg, Snow Hill, N. Z.
j NJ. KARSKADDEN,
ABNER EASON,
VIM. HANE,
Committee.
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STAND FIRM.

l answer by united and energetic &C
tion. Everything for the cause and
nothing for men," When we engage
men to work for any cause or purpose,
we want those who will remain true
and stedfast in their professions and ac~
tions, and not those who will, under
any circumstance, act in concert with
the enemy.
In my opinion the only safe aud wise
course for the Farmers Alliance to
pursue is, not to follow partisan news.
papers and partisan leaders, who think
more of party than they do Of the ALI
ance, and whenever they have tae 0p-
portunity will go for party against the
Alliance C.4d. Bs24sss L.Alsss.s So.
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CAUSE OF LAMP AND OTHER
EXPLOSIONS.
PROSPERITY, n. @.

PROSPERITY, n. @.
Mr. EDITOR Il see from your issue
Of the 23d that on the 10Th an explosion
of gas as the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, Philadelphia, killed one man
and fatally injured two others. The
gas was generated by pouring benzine
on certain works in the dome (seem-
ingly a tight room) of the building
The benzine being very volatile, soon
impregnated the air Of the room with
it's fumes to q sufficient extent to make
it very explosive. as much so as if the
room had been filed with gun powder.
Consequently, when a lighted lamp
was lowered into the room by one of
the wOrkmen, an instantaneous explO-
sion followed, with the above result.
1t is not the oil itself that explodes,
but the gas generated by the oil. ALI
coal oils are volatile. and consequently
explosive, the declarations of those
who sell it, that it is nOn-explosive, to
the contrary, Notwithstanding.
Some years ago a merchant in Phila
delphia, in order to convince customer
that his oil was non explosive, lighted
a match and threw it through bung-
hole into a partially filled barrel. He
might as we'll have thrown it into a pile
of gun powder An instantaneous ex-
plosion and fire that consumed the
building followed Many cases illus
trative of the dangerous properties of
the gas generated by coal oil could be
given. but the above will suffice.
In the same way, it is the empty
spaces in lamps that usually cause ex-
plosions. The wicks in such cases are
generally too small, permitting the
flame to trail down the wick until the
gas on the inside is reached, when an
instantaneous explosion follows. Con-
sequently, if the people were better &C
quainted with the dangerous properties
of coal oil, most if not all, of the hor-
rid burnings we read of could be
avoided BRYAN TYSON.
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JUDAIZING.

Mr.. ED1ToR:-Many of the early
Christians. during the days OF the
APOSTLES, and afterwards, were gwen
to Judaizing-that is, they were 10th
to pa3 with the old forms of the eJewlsh
synagogue, and ought to bring. back
the Church under the domination of
the Jewish ritual. Once and awhile
we see these Judaizing Alllancemen
popping up in the party papers warn
ing their brethren against the danger
. of voting against their old party. me
Republican party is the grandest Old
party Of freedom and advanced Ideas,
and you must not leave that, or you
will fall into snares and qulck-sands.
The Democratic party Is our only nope
of political salvation, and If 1t IS de
feated all is lost. So each, according
to his party prejudices, sets up an en-
.ticing bait for his own party and an
8ominOus warning against the other
THE party press jumps on these sweet
morsels, smacks it's lips, and sends the
writer off with a puff. Alas! poor
York;!
wa wish to call attention of the
p1blE to some few facts. The most or
thess writers seem not well posted IN
thekpolitics of the age in which they
live If they were better posted
tho would think differently, no
dofbt Each one takes up the old
pabisan refrain and asserts, you
caft blame us; those other scoundrels
did it," while the facts and the records
show that every time one dipped IN
the dye tub, the other dipped into the
ink-vat. Go to the record. The ex-
caption clause on the greenbacks,
Denocrats and Republicans voted Tor
II without protest; the funding act
10Th alike, no protest; the credit
Eengthening act, both alike, no pro
est; the national banking act, both
alike, no protest; the granting OF pup
lie lands and subsidies to railroads,
IA alike, noprotest. The Democrats
N nanced this. The repeal or the
tax, both alike, no protest; the
ization of silver, both alike, no
dc =" So you may go on to the rec
stal sely printed In the National
out !. and find that both parties
eo,baen their share in passing those
Il (which we complain. Not only
dt both parties are lighting
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ROYFTTB N. @,

If we ever get relief, financially, it
must come through and by legislation.
Let the Alliance and all other labor
organizations read and study the re-
form literature, and keep themselves
posted, and act together as unit upon
the reform movement Let us cast our
votes in the future for true and tried
reformers, and not for men who have
to be pledged to our demands, contrary
to their own selfish interest.
We must let the partisan press and
the politicians take care of themselves,
while we must study out the needs Of
the country for ourselves, and act ac-
cordingly. This, in my opinion, will,
in five years, give us a government for
and by the people, with equal rights to
all and special privileges to none.
LEVIN WATSON.
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FOR A NEW PARTY.
TAYLORsYILLE. n. c

IAYLORSVILLE, n. y.
Twill give my opinion of how the
Alliance and friends of reform may re-
ceive recognition and enforcement of
our principles. have never voted a
shylock ticket, neither will ever vote
one. Please allow me to say that there
is no way through a Wall street party.
80 years experience ought to convince
the biggest fool on earth OF this fact,
and Wall street party is all that we
have had for 80 years Then l would
suggest Peoples party with plat
form of equal rights to all and special
privileges to none. We all must unite
in one grand party and work like
Turks to elect our men. The Farmers
Alliance and other laboring classes can
not afford to vote with. Wall street
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STOKES COUNTY.
SANDY RIDGE ALLIANCE.

SANDY RIDGE ALLIANCE.
WHEREAS, We the officers and mem
bers of Sandy Ridge Alliance, No.
1892 800 dh in session this day. Feb T. 4I@th'
Resolve, That we go on record as en-
dorsing our noble President, L. L..
Polk, in all his actions and patriotic
work throughout the entire country,
and hereby tender him our respects
for his manly fight for the rights of
the masses.
2. That we unanimously endorse the
Ocala platform, and especially the Sub
Treasury plank, and also the proceed
ings of the late meeting Of the National
Council held at Indianapolis, and that
we urge upon our brethren every
where to show the same unanimityS
and that we tell our enemies when
they attack our leaders, they attach
us and our best interests, and what wd
believe to be the best interest of tHe
majority of the people iof this great
country.
8. That we will press these demandk
upon the public servants of this entire
nation until we get entire relief fronl
the onerous and oppressive burdens
that the politicians have piled upon usl
4. That we will not support any can
didate of any party unless he first en-
dorses and stands squarely upon the
Ocala platform.
5. That a copy of these reaQlutions
be sent to The PROGRBsSTyEs was sf
for publication and all refprobably
to copy the same, that tit to the rig
may know everywhere hoSas not b
stand. JOE HAM MAss
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HOW TO SECURE REFORM

SYCAMORE, CAL.
First, keep up our work in the Sub
Alliances, and never miss a chance to
say a good word for the Alliance.
Second, put our best men to the
front, men that are brave enough and
big enough to stand up before the
world and declare that by the eternal
we will have justice, and then we must
stand by them when they take such a
bold stand.
Third we must put our demands in
the ballot box, and then our strength
will soon be felt, and as soon as our
enemies see that we will not surrender,
they will only be too glad to come to
time. w. A. VANN.
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LET THE PEOPLE VOTE FOR LAWS.

LOvELACE, n. G.
Will you let an old fool of sixty years
say a word among the wise and noble?
l want to say that I am a grand sire of
the Revolutionary fathers; have not
given but one vote since the surrender
and that was the first election after the
surrender, and the reason why I quit
was, saw to my satisfaction that the
two parties were aiming for the spOils;
IN other wordsTthey were for the bene-
fit of the few at the expense of the
many; and as a fool, as l am, / always
believed in equal rights to all, and
stand on that to-day. Now, how shall
we get it9 Here is the plan of fool:
First, put all of the place officers out
and elect new set from the President
down to a constable.
Second, when the State or National
law-making bodies get up bill let the
Supreme Court decide whether 1T Is
constitutional or not before it is enacted
as a law by the body. Then let the
Governor of the State and the Presi
dent Of the United States issue proc
lamation for all laws passed by the
bodies, State and National, to be voted
for or against by the people. Then the
people will make their laws If ratified
by a majority, let it be a law; if re-
jected, then no lay. And let the Gov
ernor and the President issue their
proclamation the day the law shall go
into effect. By this means we can have
a government of the people, by the peo-
pie and for the people, and then the
people will have reform.
& g GOFORTH
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-15
ELECT MEN.

WINNABOW, n. 9.
To get recognition we must elect
men to office who will stand firm on
the Alliance platform, then let us lay
aside all partisan. spirit, watch and
ticians, which is hypocrisy. They
come to us in Alliance clothing, but in
wardly they are Wall street men. by
their fruits we shall know them,
provided we read Alliance literature,
such as The PROGRESSIVE FARMER and
National Economist and learn what
their fruits are; then when we see a
man, regardless of his pledges leaning
to the money power, let it be his last
term. j. L. COX,
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LETTER FROM HALIFAX.
AURERLAN SPRINGS. N. {

AURHRLAN SRRlNGS, IN. -.
Mr. EDITOR: R:-With your permission
we will say few words for Aurelian
Springs Alliance In the first place,
while we are not so strong numerically
as we once were, what we have is pure
gold; what we have lost was only
drOss. and did not count for much,
though every man with one or two ex-
ceptiOnR, say they are going to stand
by US when we come to vote for our
demands, partisan papers to the con-
trary Notwithstanding We are on
the up grade since the coming in of '92,
as we have received several new mem
berg, with applications for next meet
ing. Our corps is getting lively, and
the politicians will have to throw on
more dirt &C. keep us under in Novem-
har We hsve contributed to the prop
sganda fuuG, and hope every Alliance
s1zK E3gs 1sIezGc.i States vgiIi IL liIej wise.
What We ne9d most in our order is ed
ucation.
Bro. j. M. Mewborne was with us on
the 18th inst. His speech was highly
spoken of by ALL He opened some of
our eyes on the Sub Treasury, new
features that 1 and ''Old Advocate
had not seen before After Bro. New
borne Bro E. A. Moore said some things
for us to think over and not oppose;
and last, but not least, our noble Sena
tor, Bro, w. E. Bowers, was called out
and made us all laugh until we felt
like eating something when he got
through, which we did. After feeding,
we went to our respective homes, feel
ing we had all been benefited, and that
it was good for us to be there.
will close, Mr. Editor, for fear of
IL L. EoSl -
something for your paper at every
meeting.
Fraternally,
w M MApTTN Snc'v
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THE PUBLIC VOICE.

Ho1U May the Alliance and the
friends Of reform best secure the reccg-
milton and enforcement of our pTiIa
cipEes?
"a given space in this column will be
devoted weekly to answers to the above
question, from the friends of reform
In order that the largest number may
have hearing, we must ask that you
do not write more than twenty lines
Sign your name to your answer. Now
let us have your sincere and honest
VioUS \
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-15
A. J. HUDSON, JR.

In reply to your question "how to
get needed reform" permit me to say,
let the friends of the reform movement
go to the primaries and in the conven
tions and nominate men and promul-
gate measures that will bring about
such reforms. and stand united at the
ballot box and elect them, and vote for
no man who opposes them Or per
haps a shorter and better answer Is,
for every patriotic citizen to do his
duty; his duty to his family, his coun
try and at the ballot-box
J @. PERRY.
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constitution, or obligation, if we have
no respect for them or ourselves?
"A hint to the wise is sufficient. " so
beware! remembering, IAN is not gold
that glitters " Numbers are no mark
that men the right have found. The
few were saved in Noah's ark, and
many millions drowned"
Fraternally yours,
g. w. HUNT, Sec'y.
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SOLID FOR POLK.
Mt. Carmel Alliance, Moore County,
Takes a Concesus of Opinion.

Takes Concesus of Opinion.
Mr.. EDITOR Saturday, at our
regular NEE ing, one of our truest
members wanted to find out how the
members stood for President, so he
requested all the Hill men to stand up,
but to get no response. He then asked
all the Cleveland men to rise and one
responded. He then said that he
wanted to know if there was any Polk
men in the Lodge, if so he wanted them
to rise, and every member present, as
quick as thought, rose to their feet.
The number present was 90, and
have seen eight others who wish to be
in that number, and I don't believe
that we have one man in 544 that is
for Hill, but think that every man
would be for Col. Polk.
w. D. WALL, Vice Pres't.
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ALEXANDER COUNTY.
An Important Resolution for the Cong
Grafton of All.
FORK INSTITUTE, n @

FORK INSTITUTE, N. =.
Mr.. EDITOR Below is a resolution
passed by the Alexander County ALI
ance, No. 1915, at it's meeting on Jan
uary 18th, 1892 You Will please pub
lish in THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER and
oblige:
ResoEUed, That the Secretary of all
Sub Alliances be requested to comply
with section 4, page s of eur Constitu-
tion, and that said Secretaries shall ac-
company their report with list of
delegates to the county meeting, so
that the County Secretary can have
his report out and the roll ready for
calling, and that those Sub-Alliances
that fail to comply with the above
shall be denied representation in salq
county meeting. :,
r. +. WHITE, Pres't.
r. G. ALLEN, Sec'y.
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A NEW PARTY

1 believe that we can best have our
demands enacted into law by organic
ing a new party and voting for the
same. This is the opinion of one who
has always voted a Democratic ticket,
but one who will vote for his country
in the future
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"HOW TO VOTE. "
DALLAS, CASTOR {

DALLAS, GaSUOn Co, n. Z.
Ny answer to your question is as fGl
lows: First, vote for no man unless he
be honest and reliable. Second, fully
qualified. Third, and will pledge him
self unreservedly to stand by and sup
port the Ocala platform.
J. F. LONG.
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N. c., MARCH Is, 1892.

party any longer, neither can they af
ford to be divided on this platform, for
upon it lies our banner.
JOHN L. LEFLER
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--,u NATIONAL FARMERS ALL
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

oro ro,ident-L. L. Polk, North Caro-
Address, Atlantic Building, f
1l"N n ", Washington, D. @.
~ VICE [ President-H L. Loucks, Huron,
Jo,7th Dakota.
oVSLS, VSSLoSo,.atarv-T Treasurer 81. Turner,
Snroia oU~rg Address, 239 North Capitol
W. Washington, D. @.
Ii'octrrer-J. II. Willetts, Kansas.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
j., W. Macune, Washington, D. @.
Ilonzo Wardall, Huron, South Da-
> r. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee.
JUDICIARY.
4. Cole, Michigan,
2 W. Beck, Alabama.
N D. Davie, Kentucky.
xAT1ONAL LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
7, T, Polk, chairman.
= ". Macune, Washington, D. @.
Mann Page, Brandon, Va.
T. P. Featherstone, Forest City, Ar
W. F. Gwinn, White, Tennessee.
,oRTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALL
ANCE.
Presilent-Marion Butler, Clinton,
Tfice-President-T. B. Long, Ashe-
lille, n. @.
Secretary -Treasurer-W. S. Barnes,
l Tecfurer-J. 8. Bell, Brasstown, NC.
Steward-C. @. Wright, Glass, N. G.
Chaplain-Rev. E. Pope, Chalk
'T255' TDoo'r-Keeper-w. K g H. Tomlinson,
sayetteville, N. G.
peanut, N. @.
3ergeant-at-Arms-J. S. Holt, Chalk
.evel, n. G.
State Business Agent-W. H. Worth,
Raleigh, n. @.
trustee Business Agency Fund-W.
!. Graham, Machpelah, N. @.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
! B. Alexander, Charlotte, N. c.,
hartman; J. M. Mewborne, KinstOn,
Y C.:J. S. Johnston, RIffin, n. &.
TATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
Elias Carr, A. Leazer, n. M. Cul-
treth, NJ. G.. Gregory, VIM. Z. Conneu.
TATE ALLIANCE ELEGIsLATIvEC COMMITTEE.
R. J. Powell, Raleigh, n. @; n. Z.
English, Trinity College: J. J. Young,
Poienta; H A. Forney, Newton, N. Z.
forth Carolina Reform Press Association.
0dicerr8-J. L. Ramsey, President J;
EaTion Butler, Vice-PreSSdent; ". S.
Barnes, Secretary.
PAPERS.
~
Caucasian, CuutOn' y q q
The Workingman's Helper, P1nnacIe' y -.
Watehman, S4lsPury' y q
Farmers Advocate. IafD0To' y X
Mountain HOmeJ Ournal, AsneVlIe' y y
Alliance Sentinel, GOI9S0orO' y y
Country Life, TRINITY, ,GGOIg' GoIIIege' y = -
RetfIer' Whitakers, n. O..
G0Tic1It1raI Rec GOldSbOrO n. O..
G6i1TohTs VVeekIv News WhiteVille, n. G..
Each of the uboUe-qoaneed papers are
requested to keep the list standing on
the first page and add others, p1OUided
H,eg ore dttly elected. Any paper fail
mo to adUocate the OcdLG platform aUttL
be drOp0ed from the last promptly. Our
people can q1OaU see 1UlIGt papers are
Du5Lished in their interest.
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FraternallY

w. NJ. MARTIN, Sec'y.