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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06
THE GREAT FINANc1ER DEAD.

jay Gould died at his home in New
York City at 9:15 last Friday morning.
1t is said that pulmonary consumption
carried him off. He was born in Rox
bury, N. Y. He began life as a land
surveyor and by that business accumu-
lated S., 900. Later on he engaged in
the tanning and lumber business,
which he continued up to 1857. After
that he became a broker in New York
and invested in Erie railroad stock,
also telegraph stock. At the time of
his death he owned more miles Of rail
roads, telegraphs and bonds than any
living man, perhaps. His operations
had wrecked the fortunes of thousands
of other men. By a single movement
he could affect the stock markets of
the entire world. If he went off on a
business trip or became sick, some
change was sure to occur in the stock
market. He sometimes attended
church, but was not considered piOus.
At the time of his death his relatives
were all present, and it is said that the
end was peaceful. We can only hope
that lie experienced a change of heart
at last, and is now in a better world.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06
HOW MANY

Some busy person has recently been
asking questions through the State
Chronicle as to how matters are con-
Quoted at Alliance headquarters in this
city. This person would create the i'm
preston that something is wrong if he
could. If this anxious inquirer puts
any confidence in the Executive Com
mittee he would not ask such insinuat-
ing questions, since the committee has
recently been in session here three days
without finding anything rotten"
We will ask this q%uestioner a ques-
ton or two. Were you ever a candi-
date for the position of Business Agent3
Were you ever a candidate for the po-
sition of State Secretary9 If these
questions were ans wered, then the mo-
trves that prompted the other inquiries
might be palmer.
The questioner next says that the
State Business Agency costs the farm
ers of the State So, 700 per annum, and
asks some calamity bowler" to figure
out how many bushels of low-priced
corn it will take to foot the bill. There
are several thousand other business
concerns in North Carolina The aver
age cost per annum would not fall far
below So, 700 each. These are u a.
the expense, directly and indirectly, of
the farmers. Now figure out what
several thousand times So, 700 amounts
to and then compare it with the cost of
the State Alliance Business Agency.
The State Agency costs less and is of
more benefit, from an economical
standpoint, than any 1,COO other con-
Germs in the State that cost as much or
more each as it does. Now figure that
out, Mr.. Questioner. The State Bust
ness Agent does an annual business of
from four to five hundred thousand
dollars. Is there any other oncer
doing that amount of business at even
twice or three times So 700 expenses9
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06
FARMERS FAIL IN ENGLAND.

From all accounts the farmers in
England are not getting along any
better than they are in some parts Of
America. The L0ndon correspondent
of the American AgricWLtWrist says a
large number of farmers are selling
out everything to pay debts and many
are bankrupt. That should not be
where there is no tariff, see9 The
wheat crop there is about 18 per cent.
below the average yield. That loss is
estimated to be not less than hun
dred million dollars. Now if it be true
that supply and demand has anything
to do with prices, the price of wheat
ought to go up to make up this short
age in quantity. The correspondent
adds that fine horses cannot be sold,
and the price of wool and other prod
ucts is too low to be profitable. Many
tenants are ~beseeching the landlords to
reduce rents. This is a pitiable state
of affairs in what should be the easiest
place in the world to live.
England, like America, has pro-
duced many miHionaires. The lords
and noblemen there live in splendor.
Their Golfers are filed to the brim.
After this is done they come over To
America and buy up our lands, rail
road and telegraph stock, lend monev
and buy everything in sight. This has
drained the common people there. and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06
QUESTION AND ANSWER.

WOODLAND, N. c., Nov. 80, '92.
Mr.. EDITOR:-I saw sometime ago in
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER that Z. E.
Cole, of Buc<ner, Mo, had sent you a
sample of the coffee berry so you could
test it's merits. Please tell me what
you think of it as a substitute for
coffee. Yours f~raternally,
R.. W. BLANCHARD.
I took the sample home with me and
we gave it a test which proved any
thing but satisfactory at my home. I
have also learned by showing the bean
sent that it is nothing more than the
sofa bean that has been planted by
several farmers around Raleigh and
they could not make it profitable. We
would not advise our readers to pur-
chase seed, especially at the price MI
Cole advertises. He has evidently been
imposed upon. j. w. DENMARK,
Business Manager.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06
TRIBUTE TO COL. Po,v

AT the national meeting %
ance at Memphis, durlny tb we Ab
Memorial meeting, DR.. G W Fai
made an address in which bo Da'oNe
Il feel deeply the soIemnit~
occasion II any one can teIi' VI tS
TO frame words that will ID Lle Doe
Christian gentleman, a modal b,tl 4
and father, a true patriot q 1usOaOd
to a glorious cause, an orator . ulartR
man, a friend, a brother ana s'a0s
who possessed every other tr,bu " man.
commands respect and honor 7 'aa
apply that description to m1, l Vl
chIeftain and it will fit. "" Oeat
He was a typical A~lliancar,,.
conceived something above ana b.I z
co operation for personal oain v!V1a
saw in the Alliance a power f., y
good of the Alliance, and re ns15 10
such. He is the man to whom |. =
the conception of the idea Of snars uE
the river of sectional hate and
large degre carrying it out CoI PM IN
accomplished the grandest life wo Lux I
any man l ever knew, and AZ ,nal
man he should be honOred. From u
mighty brain and generous hear rn.
mated the principles which are to emaa
clpate mankind. In paying a trT,s
to him as a martyr to the cause # NV, y
form, we give him no more than !.
deserves" u'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06
AS TO MORTGAGES.

The Rural NetU- Yorker tells the fol
lowing incident about a mortgage that
has been running for SO years:
"The propensity of American farm
ers, as a class, to pay interest, often at
exorbitant rates, upon mortgages year
after year, is phenomenal. The burden
is oftentimes so heavy that it seems al.
most impossible to lift it. Yet there
are many instances in which | tile ex
ira exertion, a little more self-deniaI a
little closer figuring and better plan
ming would have removed the incIbIs
and cut off the interest that ia eatin1
the very life out of all that is best and
noblest in the farmers existence. AN
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06
A SENSIBLE VIEW OF 1T.
KEITH, N. O., Nov. %, 1876

NUAAN ASOSS
Editor Wilmington Messenger:
Please allow me as a solid Democrat
TO enter through the columns of your
excellent paper a protest against the
treatment which some of the Demo
Gratis have given u Peoples party
friends. 1 consider the practice of
ourying and burning in efigy both un-
kind and heathenish and should never
be INDUCED in by civilized people. We
should be charitable toward those who
differ from us. Our political oppo
nents have fought us and have been
defeated, and, so far as [ can see, they
are accepting their defeat as gentle
men. Can we not accept our victory
in the same way9 Instead of insult
and abuse let us give them their dues
love and relief. This is all they ask;
this we have. E. THOMAS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06
n. r. P. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES.


Now is the time to discuss ALI
ance matters and read up on all the
reforms contemplated.
Gladstone is in the saddle in
England. What will he do for the
country is the burning question.
Rock Ridge Alliance, Wilson
county, will have a large meeting on
next Saturday evening, the 10th, at 1
o'clock.
The Savannah, Ga, Cotton Ex-
change will oppose all anticipation bills.
They say that dealing in futures is alb
solutely necessary. BAIL
~ The New York State Alliance
advertises for so organizers to go to
work in that State at once. The entire
State will be organized this winter.
Bro. Howard F. Jones, Secretary
of Warren County Alliance, writes:
eve are determined to push on with
the grand Alliance educational work.
We are yet firm in the faith"
Messrs. Flake & Green have re-
Gently started a new Alliance paper at
Beaver Dam, N. G., called Our Home.
1t is a neat and well edited paper. We
wish it abundant success.
A bill has been introduced in the
Georgia legislature allowing State
banks of issue in the State, provided
Congress repeats the 10 per cent. tax
on State banks which it is not likely
to do.
The farmers have nothing to
complain of, so far as the weather is
concerned, this fall. 1t has been fine
for gathering crops and blowing. Re-
member that every days blowing done
now will be worth a great deal.
=. The State Board of C~anvassers,
which met in this city Friday, investi-
gated the election cases in the Fifth
Congressional district and declared
Thos. A. Settle, Republican, duly
elected to Congress in that district.
~ Some time ago the Washington
Gazette told the public that a gentle
man was building a we'll" in that
locality. Now the Weldon NeaUs re-
ports that a company is building a
peanut factory" near that place.
What next9
The great vershadowin curse of
America to day is the monopolist. He
puts his hand on every bushel of wheat.
every sack of -four and every ton of
coal, and not a man, woman or child
in America but feels the touch of the
moneyed despotism.-Talmag
~ Bro. Green is correct when he
says in Our Home: We have been
impressed that during the heat of a po-
litical campaign is no time to conduct
educational work. Bull doing and
appeals to passion aud prejudices pro-
duce such an effect as to render it we'll
nigh impossible to convince by any
process Of reasoning"
Now is the time to revive the in.
terest in the Alliance. Every member
should see to it that the meetings are
held regularly and made interesting
See to it that something more tha tht
regular routine work is accomplished
Discuss the different issues, local IN
others, that is of interest to all alike
Secure a few books as a circulating
librarv. and above all induce all you
friends and ncighbors to join in witt
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06
CAN 1T BE

Our exchanges are discussing the
question: "Can The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER be non partisan since the Peo-
pies party has adopted the Alliance
platform9" The awkward way many
of them go at it is proof that they will
never settle the matter. They are
filled with prejudice and blinded by
the same monster.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER didn't
cause the Peoples party to endorse
u principles. They did it Of their
own free will and accord. If either of
the other parties had done so, we
would have had nothing but kind
words for them. There is the whole
matter in a nutshell. That is why
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER and many
other Alliance papers and officials
have been accused of being partisan "
and being Gin politics." Gentlemen,
get your brains in better shape, dis
miss hat monster, prejudice, and you
will be more charitable in your discus
siOnS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06
HELP BRO.

We trust that our friends r making
every effort possible to assist President
Butler to start his paper again. We
know that times are hard, but if the
reform press is not kept up the chances
to remedy matters will be greatly les
sened. Go to work in each Alliance
and e how much can be raised. Due
credit will be given for any contribu
tions sent to this Office, and she same
will BE- promptly turned over to Bro.
Butler.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06
~CLIMAToLOGY OF NORTH CARD
LIMA.

The above is a title of a puol35 - =
of 1874 nages just issued by theM + +
Agricultural Experiment Station \
embraces all Of the meteOro0sEa,
records ever taken in North CaIo.mD
from the earliest times to the PTo,J
The first record is in 1920 atGnaTG
Hill and was oaken by DR.. 0au han,
President of the University. V8S
dred and seventy-one separssS ~ r.
observations are embodied ID F,on
port taken in seventy COUNTIES i i
the results of these Ob8erVaIlnaI TEN
ascertained that the mean an9uG 20 de-
perature of the whole SasS oome as
grees. and almost exactly tn9 s1 If the
the mean annual temPera'uTS ,s mean
whole northern hemisphere; nobss.
annual precipitation IS % y is ID
Among the table of cGntP1C 5 sts
cluded a brief history OF the ! tom wth
Weather Service in co-oPeo reDOrtd
the u. S. Weather Bureau summary
work done in 1891, ANNUAL for the
for 1891, tables of noTntious made
State, index of all o5sergasas.SIv mean
in the State, tables Of n;tation at al
temperature and pTec9eo9 tornadoe
stations from 1922 to io ,sa0 to 1921
in North Carolina from lrraphy Oftbs
sketch of the ply steal the cGmsS
State. a general sketch"
of the State. gtstes DSsS
1t is believed that ie lev Of slgn
ever issued any pu6llcasoTet % VIZ
permanent value and m.s' That NOrtn
present one, and it show" II the dnsa
Carolina is fully a0reas'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06

now we are feeling the effects Of their
monopolizing tendencies here. 1t is
no wonder that agriculture is depressed
in England. 1t is becoming more SO
every year and the farmers in Engl nd
and America will all go down if some
steps are not taken soon to remedy
the existing evils. Friends, think
about these matters. The destiny of
the nation hangs suspended by but n
little thread.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06
FROM STAR.

Bro. D. D. Barnes, Corresponding
Secretary of Evening Star Alliance,
No. 1895, Washington county, writes
that his Alliance was organized three
years ago with nine members, 1t now
has 40 male and Is female members,
all of pure Alliance grit. They have
recently lost one of their members by
death, Bro. M. A. Phelps, who died of
pneumonia.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06

one it seems 81 to this is and a nv.
ma' ed IN Saratoga cop55t Just con ~
executed tasast ed upon 81 arg Sqse 4 Tor SIS W. L.
y y9e0SS mas been paid UPON NJ land. ISl
5e ears, amounting IN ali Ro u this III fr :
gage "a gor This ear, the 'r ovC OF the aoE !
70 pay : the interest, and Id" mel Is p1sS.
wldl be foreclosed One 1le III I9e mortsoSs
Is Ho CERTAIN: this must be an AL Two tai1s;
poor farm, or the owne al e1toeQsS
Peen sadly deficient in mrs tb must dsSs.
known as gumption. Il 'aat quaiS
Inc Iarn was considered wo seems Tia,
interest On, so what are w "4rtn pty3o
as TO the enterprise of mar W concud
90 on paying interest on suo VINO Would
lously small sum for such IU . a rlda
OF years. To be sure tbi q long tern
treme case, but it onJv 'uos Is an q
case OF thousands of pnesents IL
stror ger light" ''lners, IN,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06

DO o want your paper changed to
another office State the one at which
you have been getting it.
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An exchange remarks ' bss ben
of the "twins" of plutoc[iiSn the D; !,
publican party. 1t p pr did the WbS
H %iII NOW 3 1s g to R Ri8o VII & show.
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Do YOU want your communication
published If so, give Us your real
name and your postofdce.
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In writing & anybody, always be
sure to give the name of your postothce,
and sign your own name plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06

Do you owe this paper anything2 If
you do send at nee. We have waited
long enough.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06

The Progressive Farmer is the Official
Organ of the N c. Farmers State Alliance
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06

~ Our friends in writing to any Of
our advertisers will favor us by men
sioning the fact that they saw the
advertisements ia THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER
So The date Oh your label tells you
shan vO1Ir time ia ont
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06
RALEIGH, n c DEC. 6. 1892

This uJver entered as teCOBd-ctd&s matter al the
post OAcs On RdleSOh, N G.
The National tribune., 1892-05-12
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT.
Preparations for The Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting
Of the GAR.

]. A. Correil Secretary New Philadelphia, O..
Reunion 5lst Ohio at National Encampment.
Members Of the regiment will be notified of the
exact date. and IL is especially desired that men,
bers who have changed their addresses or whose
address is not known 10 the Secretary, at once
notify him.
The Department Commander of Arkansas an
uounccs that arrangements are being made as fast
Is possible for quarters. entertainment and trans
portation of the Department at The National En-
eanpment. Posts and comrades are directed to
make no arrangements in regard TO transportation
until the committee now having the matter IL
charge shall have fully completed their arrange
ments. ST which time orders directing the line of
march will be issued from Headquarters.
Henry Griner. Prcmpton, Pa: Reunion 18th Pa.
I'D Pa Art.) At Washington Sept. 20. Our regi-
ment consisted of l0f assigned 10 il. and oil
assigned but numbered making 5.3l5 all told. We
hays roster and addresses of LOLA. All will
Eftend SO far sc we have inquired. We want the
address OF every one, we can send them n roster
and guide OF Washington, with map of that mag
nificent. city it is. and those so places Of
Interest to visit
The following Posts have been assigned quarters
since the last report l.. p Carpenter Post of Fox
boro; ". A. Struber, Attleboro. John Rogers
Mansfield, and Preniiss NJ. Whiting, North Attic
boro, ali of Massachusetts 100 men, at the north
east corner of + and Fifteenth streets northwest;
John A. Dix, New York City, IS men. al Hamilton
House: l.. NJ. Wheeler Saratoga Springs, y Y,
IS men, At 3l6 G street northwest; Paul Revere
Quincy, Mass. IS men, lI0l NJ street northwest
Capt. Joshua w. Sharp MELVILLE, Pa, 20 men.
Cropley Building, Georgetown; w. l. Sandefson,
New Albany, Ind. 30 men, at 2l3 Four and -a-haf
street; Gen. @. X. Warren, Manayunk, Pa, 30
men, at corner Fifth and g streets northwest: a
battalion OF 300 men representing the following
Plymouth County. Mass. Posts have been assigned
TO Van Buren Building, Anacostia: Fletcher Web
ster, OF Broekton; 9. y. Packard Avon; Bridge
water. Of Bricgewater; Justin Dimmick Of East
Randall OF South Easton; John C. Fremont, West
Bridgewater. and ID. A. Russell, Whitman.
The National tribune., 1892-05-12
When Admitted Free.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Tho Depart
ment is in receipt by reference from the Com.
missioner of Customs, of a letter addressed 70
YOU by /" F. p" Syracuse, n. Y, in which he
states that he proposes to go to England this
Summer for visit of about three months. aud
inquiries whether bicycle purchased by him
there and used abroad would be subject TO duty,
and. if so, how much. You inquire if bicycle
so purchased wonld be subject to any duty. the
article being of American manufacturer
In reply l have to inform you that it Is I'M
derstood from the letter submitted that the
party proposes to purchase in England bicycle,
presumably of foreign manufacture, in which
case it would be subject to duty at the rate Of
40 per cent. ad yalorem, as a manufacture OF
metal, on its importation into the United
States.
Under ruling of the Board of General APP
praisers bicycles are not entitled to exemption
from duty when brought into the United States
by their owners as part of their personal effects,
If the bicycle is of domestic manufacture
and ia returned to the United States withous
having been advanced in value by any process
of manufacture or otherwise, it would be en-
titled to free entry as an article of domestic
manufacture.
o. L. SPAULDING,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
The National tribune., 1892-05-12
ALL ALONG THE LINE.

Capt. George r. Pyle Relief Corps, 4s, Depart
ment OF Washington and Alaska was instituted Feb.
e with 20 charter members; Catherine i. Rowan,
President. Castle Rock comrades are happy.
The Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans at the
State Home, Xenia, will hold their Memorial serv-
ices the afternoon of May 90 in the chapel, the
Memorial address to be delivered by Chaplain Geo.
w. Collier u. s. Army. The decoration ceremo-
the chapel, will be conducted by the Sons of Vet
Grams of Xenia in presence of the children.
Department Convention of Illinois pledged $500
to help to pay off the debt of 81 900 owed on the
AndersOnville Cemetery by the Department of
Georgia, GAR
Missouri W.R.C. women are taking hold of their
Soldiers Home movement In good earnest Chris
tine b. Scott of ST. Louis, is President of the Home
Board; Belle NJ Sattery Treasurer Helen T..
Day, editor Of the W.R.C column of Picket Guard,
deserves the credit she received at Convention for
pressing forward the good work.
Past Department President Charlotte A. Thomp-
son, of Vermont, favors with copy of the Jour
nal of Proceedings of eighth annual Conven-
ton. II is encouraging to note with what zeal the
women of Vermont working for their Soldiers
Home. The GAR, W.RC. and S. of " are fur
nishing rooms with many comforts and deeora-
tons.
Department President Amanda B. Tisdel, of
Nebraska who received the compliment of unani-
nous reelection at the recent Convention is al
ready out with her Journal of Proceedings, issued
in neat and attractive style. From her annual
address we learn that Nebraska spent last year
1851 80; relief other than money 1885 81; turned
over to Posts S9S224; total S., 92307. The drought
and the Indian ravages taxed the Department to
the utmost but the demands were met promptly
and cheerfully. Twenty -one Corps were organized
in the year 1891, 1872 to date of Convention
The Relief Corps of Cherry Valley, Kan, Is ar
ranging of Mrs. Sherwood's Memorial Day
exercises for the young folks, having given one
last year with excellent success. This Corps is
fourishng and has highly intelligent and Jealous
members in the ranks.
The National tribune., 1892-05-12

battlefields of Virginia, we hereby pledging our
selves individually and n Post to do all in our
power to make their visit agreeable.
WEST VIRGINIA.
George B. Crawford, Assistant Adjutant- General,
Wesburg: would say for the benefit of comrades
of West Virginia regiments who are entitled to
medals issued by the State of West Virginia, that
it is not necessary for them to correspond with
any party in relation thereto except the Assistant
Adjutant- General, GAR, Department OF West
Virginia. By so doing they will save time and
postage. The postage to send q medal fully pre-.
paid is four CENTS which should accompany all
requests for medals.
WISCONSIN,
Chiffon Post, 2o5, Gravesvle-Com.. R. schlicht-
ing; s. " c.. NJ. Hunt: J. v. c.. P. Shildaur;
o. D., o. NJ Sharon; O. c.. L. Shelley; Surg. N
NJ. Hephner; Chap, A. Pomronke; Q. NJ, =. G.
Hart; Adj't, b. Yule; S. NJ, Jos. Kobe; @ MS,
John Vonbergen.
opdycke Post. 142-Com., J. T.. Warren S.V G.
]. f. Brown; J. v. c., J. A. Davidson; Q. M, j. Z.
Nelson; Chap j. o. Durham; Surg, JOS Gray;
Q. D., l. N. Knight; o. g., VIM. futile; Adj't Jas.
E. Strong; s. NJ, w. w. Smith; O. Ms l.. u.
Nash,
The National tribune., 1892-05-12
Too MaRnanimous.

Miss Mourning-I have come to SEQ if you
would not act as pallbearer at my sisters fu-
neral.
Mr.. Ready (polite gentleman Certainly,
Miss; nothing would give me greater pleas
ure.
He now wonders why she does not speak as
they pass by.