The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-29

the on}y thing they Will perslsGenCIy
advocate, because it is the only thing
variable enough to suit their plastlc
consciences. But this week, In addl
ton to his article on " The V'tot Issue, -.
Mr.. Peele puts in a short one on GOA
o,9 SiZver." Let us see ii they VIII
fight shy of this.
When you hear a man uiOsIAAng
the original principles of the Farmers
Auianceand opposing the Sub Treasury
nIan or any of the other Alliance de-
mands. keep your eye on him, and ere
1ono Won will catch him entering the
hack door of some political boss to re
ceive his pay and further instructions,
| saws the Southern Mercury.
-. 1t has gone the rounds of the
press that The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
had received notice that it "could not
be the organ of the Alliance and of the
Third party at the same time" We
have waited patiently for the notice,
but it don't turn up. But we would
like to ask when THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER became a party organ.
~ During this year 1892, all true
Alliancemen will see to it, that the men
who are to represent them in county,
district, State or National Conventions,
will be true and faithful Alliancemen,
or men whose loyalty to Alliance prin-
ciples cannot be doubted. They will
also apply the same rule to all candi-
dates for Legislatures, Congress and
the National offices.
~ Bro. R. L. Thompson, of Wake
county, called last Monday and said
that they have some true Alliancemen
in his vicinity He also told about a
terrapin that fuses" around his place.
In 1878 Bro. Thompson cut his name
on the back of a terrapin. Anew days
ago a son of Bro. Thompson found the
same terrapin, and though nineteen
years have passed, the terrapin has not
grown any.
~ When men come around you and
insist that the Alliance and Democracy
are one and the same thing, ask them
if they endorse the financial plank in
| the St. Louis platform, just as it is.
Ask them if they believe that either of
the old parties will endorse the ST.
Louis platform in their national con
| ventions. Tell them all true Alliance
men are going to vote only for the
men or the party that stands sOlidly
on that platform.
~ Assignments in this and other
States continue with great regularity.
Yet some people say nothing is wrong,
or else they attribute it to "overpro
duction." Who ever heard of hard
times in a country that has plenty of
| farm products on hand of all kinds
when other conditions arc right7
Plenty is an indication of good times.
Scarcity should be a cause for hard
times-a crop failure, for instance.
Under consumption is the trouble, and
our financial system is the cause of
that.
~ The Alliance is not so particular
about having it's principles in a State
platform. They want them in the
National platform where it will mean
something. They know that the men
who come to Raleigh and who are
elected to States offices, cannot give
them the needed relief. They know
that Washington is the place and the
men who go to Congress and the
National administrations, are the ones
they must look to, and they are going
to do their best to secure the election
Of the right men to these places.
~ Read the communication on the
Statesville meeting, and think. Won
der if the methods adopted at that
meeting for breaking it up are a part
of the programme to be observed dur
ing the campaign. Go on, brethren.
and hold your meetings and discuss
your principles, remembering that this
is a free country and that you have
rights as citizens. If the other fellows
will persist in being ugly, let us show
them that there are some people who
are gentlemen and know how to deport
themselves as such. But go straight
forward in the path of duty.