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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-04-12

at the San Reno hotel in New York.
Ben Duke pays 81, 400 for rooms at the
same hotel when he g yes up on a visit.
TIL FARMERS foot the bill, however.
Hill has made speeches in the
South. There was nothing in them,
but the verdant politicians and lick
spittles supposed they were loaded and
that Hill would be the next President.
The idea of a man like Hill filling an
Office ono held by Washington! But
the Alliance press has told the people
that Hill is a fraud. As Fairbrother
would say, that ends it."
~ Talking about "1at money" we
want to know how much fiat there is
in the money that national banks issue.
On such money you read: 1.-The ma
tional bank of -- will pay SIS to the
bearer on demand" Of course it is
secured by bonds deposited with the
United States Treasurer. But what is
behind the bonds except "a promise
to pay9" "Give us an honest dollar. "
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A DARK PLOT.

The Great West, published at st.
Paul, Mimi, contains an account of a
dark plot that is being exposed in the
Northwest now.
The Anglo American Trust Compa-
n.y." which is a new name for a politi-
cal party-Republican-has placed or
ders with the international Advertis-
ing Bureau" of Chicago for $50, 900
worth of advertising to be placed with
reform papers, eachpaper to get 81, 900
each. Four or five of them are prohi-
bition papers. The advertising" is
articles to be published as editorials
against the Alliance. They are to be
ingenious arguments against the plat
form.
We are glad to state that the papers
that have received these offers, with
one exception, r promptly laying the
whole scheme bare. Oh, what wont
these old rotten parties resort to2
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NOW WE SEE IT.

Some years ago the mechanics in the
cities of the north began to organize. 1t
gradually spread all over the country.
Down South the organization Knights
of Labor was not a success. Naturally
the rich men of the North opposed the
organization. Pinkerton detectives
bounded the men. The i gpapers, the
organs of the leading plutocrats, gave
the organization a very bad name. OF
course there was Incorporate men and
visionary schemers among them, but
the great mass yer honest. Powder
" was vilifed beyond measure.
The casual reader naturally sun
posed from reading the reports that
Powdt rly was a rascal and that his fol-
lowers were anarchists Since that
time the truth has gradually dawned
on the thinking people of the country.
Powderly isa reformer, he is honest.
brave, self sacrificing. Perhaps a few
rascals and unreasonable anarchists
fell into the ranks, but the order has.
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OWNERSHIP

We copy the following very Logical
article from the Missouri World in an
swer to chow the government a eat
control of the railroads.:
"a subscriber asks how the govern
ment would proceed to get possession
of the railroads. We do not under
stand that favoring government owner.
ship means the immediate purchase nt
all the railway lines in the United
States. The Pacific roads which sro
practically owned by the government
now, could be taken charge of and
operated as an experiment. Then anv
important new lines needed could h.
constructed by the government. Grad.
ually it could be done without burden.
ing the people; the existing railroads
could be bought at a price agreed unon
or fxedb commissioner and aoproTad
by Congress. With a few through lines
owned by the governments and operated
so as to cover cost of running and re,
pairs, the companies would be anxious
to sell at a reasonable price In case
the company owning a road the gov.
eminent desired to buy declined to sell
then under the same right of eminent
domain that the railroad companies
now take land against the owners
wishes, the government would take the
railroads, paying therefor of course a
reasonable price. The government
now frequently exercises the right Of
eminent domain by condemning sites
for public buildings. The whole rail
road system could probably be alb,
sorbed by the United States in twenty
years without issuing bonds or increas.
ing tax burdens"
FherBis>40 doubt about the ability
of the government to buy the railroads
on this plan. And there is as much
law for the government to exer else the
of eminent domain in this case as
it has in the eminent domain land
cases
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MIGHTY LITTLE CONFIDENCE.

A few days ago a gentleman who has
been a member of the Democratic State
Executive Committee for fourteen
years, made a remark that shows how
little confidence sensible people havein
modern politicians. The presidential
question was being discussed. One of
the gentlemen remarked that if the
Third party run a candidate that the
election possibly might be thrown into
the House, which, being Democratic
by two thirds, would, of course, elect
a free coinage Democrat. The member
of the Executive Committee said he
had doubts about that. According
to the recent vote on the silver bill he
believed a majority of the Congress
men would vote for Harrison or any
other gold-bug." A bad state of
affairs.
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FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

While it is important that all O..
Offices be filed by the right kirS
men, there is no one that the peonIo
more interested in than that Of
ney, General. It is responsible W.
ton, there being both honor and ma p4
to the official himself. Not onlv ~
but the people look to the Attoru
General for protection and aid in co.
ing on the State Government, bon!
the Importance of having a cansEE'
honest man. 1t is not our purpoas !,
suggest any man for the office H.,
merely to mention the matter 80 ~
people can be thinking about it. ~
Some say that it is not absoIuto,
necessary for every office to be fns,
by a man in favor of reform. This ~.
mistake. Every time you elect a nh
tocrat to any Office you retard reform
for every man who is prominent enonos
to be elected to an important Office 10,
some purpose, much influence. Thu
will be used against reform. But fl,
man need not be a member of a reform
organization. Find out whether ~
not his heart is on the right side, So
what his record has been in the past
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-04-12
THE sUB-TREAsURY QUESTION.

The Southern Planter, of Richmond,
Va, an old and able agricultural paper
of the class that believes in more over
production" says editorially that if the
farmers will abandon the Sub Treasury
scheme good citizens, without regard
to avocation, will be found helping
them to put down politicians and place
hunters.
Until 1889 the Sub Treasury was not
a part of the Alliance platform. Prior
to that time the organization was not
feared as much as it now is. But even
then the farmers we're insulted and
scoffed at by these very people. Their
organization was detestable and dispic-
able. If the Alliance should abandon
the Treasury these malignant
fends would pursue it just the same.
If every plank of the platform was
stricken out and as many verses from
the Bible inserted the row would con-
tinue. 1t is the work of the devil and
can't be stopped until the last mothers
son of them areforced back and crushed
beneath a load of the contempt that
they SO richly merit. If the editor of
the Southern Planter did not YEA his
heart in his boot leg instead of his left
breast where it ought to be, he would
be in the fight rather than be standing
on the other side trying to get the far
mer further enslaved so that the work
of robbery can be entirely completed.
Before we would conduct an agricul-
tural paper and play into the hand of
p~lutocracy as some of them are doing,
we would hold up trains, rob blind wo-
men rdo something mean, taking care
that the public should not be blinded
by contemplate hypocracy forever.
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THEIR LAST WORDS.
What Some of our Great Editors and
Politicians Said a Little While
Before they Expired.

"Where are the leaders," This il
the question of the hour. The news
papers are ringing with it. But there
is no response. The leaders do not ma
terialize. Livingston and Moses have
gone to Georgia, but nobody cones tt
North Carolina. 1.-THE prophets, wheFt
rare They'll. P. CaldUeU, IN the Char
lOttS Observer, April 9th.
"That then is to be the use the Con.
ference is to be put to. They are to
meet here to aid in forcing on the
Democratic State Convention the ob.
jectionable st. Louis demands Capt.
s. A. AShe, IN Me1US and Observer,
April 18th.
"But we greatly regret toread in the
same circular that a new test of LOYALTY
has apparently been prescribed for
Alliancemen. They must now, 'under
no circumstances compromise or back
down from the St. Louis demands -
And this is what we regret to read."-
z. r. JeTnigGn, IN State Chronicle,
April 18th.
But it is "singing psalms to a dead
horse" to try to appeal to men who
will not think, who have lost their
nlNI1OI1OS dlA OH Gu0 OdIA DdSJ Is LOT
gotten, and who are blind or wilfully
DR.. z. B. KInqSbMrY. L. L. L. L. d..
IN Wilmington Messenger, April 9th.
But the Free Press would urge upon
those of it's Alliance readers, who are
amenable to reason, the necessity of
considering carefully before following
extreme leaders wherever they may
lead. The only hope of any reform in
the national government is through
conservative influences controlling -
". S. Herbert, in Kinston Free Press,
April 7th.
"But let us hope and trust that the
patriotism and manhood of our COM
mon South cline may be sufficiently
powerful to thwart the schemes of the
traitOrous hand of this disloyal son.
j.. O. Fog, IN TtCin CITY Daily, April
7tb.
SIT is almost midnight. At midnight
the giant Democracy will arise, shake
himself and take the gates of the city
GAIA, posts, bars and all, and carry
them away. B. Sheriff., IN Con-
cord Times, April 18th.
"Polk's paper loves to empty the
Walls of its wrath upon your correspon.
dent, who is quite ready for any com
bat it may desire, and who fears Meth
of those "Giants Despair"-"Ca-l
lamity Howler," or ''Bi1kins." The
paper vans more Calamity Howl
Heaven knows there are enough
and to spare in North Carolina now,
enough to curse any State. If they
would work more and talk less and
stick to the old faith they and their
State would be better off. = Farm
ers Alliance OLds, in the Charlotte
April 8th.
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MORE CALAMITY ROWLING.

THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER has pub.
lished from time to time the opinions
of great men who have been guilty Of
calamity bowling. Every week we
publish the opinions of people, not
prominent, but thinking people, who
r calamity howlers.
Hon. David Davis, at one time Pres.
dent of the United States Senate, said
''The Republican and Democratic
parties are both controlled by monopo-
lists, and neither dare assert the will or
policy Of it's constituents"
Henry Ward Beecher said on one oc.
casion:
"Our legislatures have been bought
and sold till we think no more OF 1t
than the buying and selling of so many
cattle and sheep in the market. MO
nopoly is a danger compared with
which slavery was a small danger"
Recently, the editor of Kate Fields
Washington, thinking woman, speak
ing of the Alliance said:
Even though the forms the move
ment takes at first are crude, their es
sence is substantial, and class of men
who have heretofore let politics almost
alone r coming to feel their own
strength. History has told us what
that means; and experience warns us
that 1t will be wiser to open a few
straight channels for the coming food
than to try tp dam it with obstructiom
which will ONLY increase it's force when
it inally swe eps them away"
The great d ivine, 7. Dewitt Talmage,
SAID IN a rece nt sermon:
The great ast war the world has ever
seen IS now going on between capital
and labor. NE middle classes, who
nave hitherto held the balance of power
acted az mediator between the two
extremes, areE diminishing, and at the
present ratio, we will soon have no mid.
die classes, for all will be very rich OF
very poor, and we will be divided be
tween princes and paupers, between
palaces and novels. Monopoly has the
republican party in one pocket and
Democratic party in the other
mote How much difference is
mere in the words of DR.. Talmage and
hat of Col. eolk9 Both seem to be
bowling" on the same ine.-EDIToR.l
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CAN 1T BE TRUEa

An obser want travelling man who
was in this office a few days ago, said
that he hac been over a good portion
of this State and South Carolina, and
so far as he could see there is but a
small reduction in the cotton acreage
Some have reduced it very much, but
others have been clinging to the idea
that there will be a rise in prices.
We hope our friend is mistaken. We
do not believe in the over production
theory. There never has been, o
never will be an over production of
cotton, corn, wheat, oats, wool, meat
or anything of the kind. There never
will be an lover production" of any,
thing that requires labor to produce.
There may be an over production of
fools, of liars, of rascals. But anything
that requires honest labor, will be
rather short at all times.
At this time it is a condition rather
than a theory that confronts us. Our
people must raise something to eat and
wear. Under-consumption, instead of
over production, is running prices.
That is the reason II, 600, 900 cotton
spindles are standing idle in England,
and most of the mills in the United
States are running on half time. The
man with plenty of grain, meat, cattle,
hav cannot be starved. 1t must come
to that. Unless our farmers prepare
for the emergency, they will be ruined.
Cotton may not bring 4 cents next fall.
Tobacco will be very low. Then why
try to raise SO much of them and risk
starving yourself and family2
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been purged. To-day it is apparent
that the mechanics and city iaborers
organized none too soon. Had they
not their condition today would have
been worse than ever negro slaves en-
dured.
It is self defense that has induced the
mechanics and farmers to organize.
They must stand together, vote togeth-
er, suffer together and die together.
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HINTS TO YOUNG MEN.

a very valuable and interesting lit
tie pamphlet with the above title has
been issued by the University. 1t con
tains practical suggestions how to get
an education, what to study, and how
to become spe 4dily fitted for law, med
icine, journalism, teaching, business
or agriculture Any one can obtain a
copy by addressing President Winston,
Chapel Hill, N. G.
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N. r. P. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

X. We wonder how long it will be
before Maj, Robbins joins in another
joint debate.
< - President Butler will address the
citizens Of Vance county at Henderson
on the 18th of April. A large crowd
will be present.
We agree with the Cincinnati
Herald when it says that the Standard
Oil Company is "going to wink the
other eye a while"
The very latest is a big I,,mhp-
trus st in Georgia with a capital of $780,
OOO, 900. The farmers will have to form
a trust in self-defense.
One of our Western exchanges
wants to know what has become of w.
S. Hall. We were just ready to ask
that question. Where is he3
x -. President Marion Butler will
speak at Goldsboro on Saturday, April
18th, at 10 o'clock. Let everybody
turn out and hear the gifted young
orator.
~ Out of every so of wealth Gre
Se.ted, the wage worker gets one dollar
and twenty cents. 1t may not be out
of place to remark that THAT is what
is hurting Hannah"
~ THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER is a
little late again this week on account
of the breaking down of the press n
CINE mentioned last week. We hope to
be on time next issue.
K ~ It is a satisfaction to know that
the st. Louis platform has something
in it worth abusing. Most of the politi-
cal platforms are so meaningless that
you can't even "cuss" 'em|
x -. The Fort Worth, Texas, Advance
remarks that "Legalizsd] robbery is
more dangerouath than highway robbery,
because the robbed are robbed of their
ability to prosecute the robbers"
docs the gentleman yieldG" is a
iavorite interrogation in Washington.
If he yields the thing is patched up
and two or three go to the f"House res
taurant" to be ''laid up for repairs"
~ The Raleigh correspondent of the
Charlotte Democrat has blood in his
eye for The PROGRESSIVE FARMER. He
says he is not afraid of the devil, or
words to that effect. Will he discuss
the issuesi
= The Alliance Echo is the name
OF a new reform paper just started at
Moncure, Chatham county, by Bro, J
S Spence. The first number is a vorv
Interesting issue, and it should meet
with success.
We suppose some of our ex-
changes oppose financial reform be
cause they are making a good thing
out of mortgage sale advertisements.
or course that is a supposition, but not
an unreasonable one.
Referring to the numerous re-
ports about the Alliance splitting IN -
going all to pieces" the Topeka Ad-
gocate calls on the political papers to
keep it posted, Says it wouldn't
miss a split for anything"
The free coinage William having
been Laid on the shelf our rich. a
and lacy Congressman r clawing the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-04-12
ONCE MORE.

Once more we give notice that calls
for political meetings, recommends
lions for various offices, etc cannot be
published in the THE PROGRESSIVE FAR
MER. We are constantly getting such
things from the Republican Tariff
League, Democratic documents and
Peoples party men. We connot and
will not publish them.
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292,775 273,197

According to official returns the PEG
pies party gained o votes than the
proportion of decrease suffered by the
other two parties. The Republican
vote in 1891 was 81, $40 less than cast in
1890. Democratic vote 1891 was "a,
272 less while the Peoples party polled
only 3,453 less.
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FHE BEST.

g Jew days since a prominent farm.
3 81 Wake county came into the State
AgesaFs Office to buy fifteen tons ALI.
aace official. guano. He was asked
saoW he lkedet II. He said he had used
.it ever since was made, and consid
eraaait worta q third more than any
fertilizer onithe market, and ne koA
used dozens Of the best brands.
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H KANSAS VOTE.

There has been a good deal of con-
tention about the number of votes cast
in Kansas last ele .tion. Below we give
the official figures for the two last cleo
tions.
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In writing 70 anybody, always be
sure to give the name of your postofice,
and sign your own name plainly.
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Do you-Want your paper changed to
another ofice1 State the one at which
you have been getting it.
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Do YOU want your communication
published If so, give us your real
name and your p~ostotice.
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RULING.

". J. CO. Is a woman whose
husband does not belong to the Ali
ance eligible TO joins
Ans.-H the husband is eligible to
Join the wife can join, even though the
husband has not Joined.
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The Progressive Farmer Is the Official
Organ Of the N. c. Farmers State Alliance
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RALEIGH, n. G., APRIL 70, 1892

This paper entered as secOnd-cJdss matter at the
Post Office in Rdletgh, N. @.
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.ioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement in THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER
~ The late on your label tells you
when your time is out
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Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-06
BLOOD-HORsE RACES.

Summary of Yesterdays Events-A
BOokmaker Robbed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5.-Three-ouar-
ters OF mile, 2-year rolds-Princess won,
Grandee second, Charmer third time,
1 :16.
Mile. 3-year. Wildwood won, Es-
peranza second, Santa Fe third; time,
"A.
Mile and Wildwood won
Castro second, Blondinette third; time,
1:5lH.
One and one-eighth miles-Almont
won, Misty Morn second. Santiago
third; time. :56la.
One and one-s,xteenth miles-Geral.
dine won, Lottie Mills second, Motto
third; time, :OS1a.
Flve-elghths mile-Gibson won, Joe
Harding second, Nipper third; time,
:0S1s.
Charles Kingsley, bookmaker, was
robbed last night of two sacks contain.
ing $500 in gold, silver and greenbacks
The sacks were abstracted by come un.
known person from safe in the pool
room where they had been carelessly
placed.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-06

not wonder any more why it is that he
is spoken of as Pete McNabb, because
Peter isn't his first name.
The University baseball club was
victorious for the third time this season,
in the game Saturday between the Uni
versity nine and the Long Beach team,
which wac played at the University
grounds yesterday afternoon, by score
OF Is to 8. Cosby pitched for the Long
Beach people. but his University oppon-
ents elugged him out for IL hits, which
included home run by Wilson and a
two-base hit by Mallett Cosby. He
struck out six men. Bently and Martin
were the University battery. Bently
struck out eight men and was only batted
for three hits, one of which was three
hagger by Van Buskirk. Cleveland. for
the Universities, played first class
game at first base. Only seven innings
were played. The Universities play
against the Riversides at Riverside on
next Friday.
The following is the California league
standing:
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-06

wharf. Upon the completion of the
structure we propose giving grand
aquatic celebration.
Miss Mabel Pratt of Los Angeles is
down visiting Mr.. and Mr.. George
Hirsch.
Mr., Mrs. and Miss Lucely of Ithica.
N. Y, visited the beach Thursday.
E. D. Harmony, commercial agent for
a st. Louis firm. was here the early part
of the week.
The mother and wife of Mr.. VIM.
Caller, editor of the Breaker, joined him
Tuesday last and he is therefore happy.
DR.. and Mrs. Cox, who have spent the
laet six months at Long Beach, left for
their home, Charlottesville, Ind, last
Monday.
Del Cox spent five days in Angeltown
this last week.
The Long Beach nine will cross bats
with the Lightfeet, the San Pedro nine,
on the 18th.
Mrs. l. l.. Fetterman, VINO has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Hughes, at
Downey, for several days, returned home
the fore part of the week.
Mrs. F. NJ. Hotchkiss, who has been
a guest at the FettermaD house several
months, left for Sierra Madre, last
Wednesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry De Courcy, who
have been touring the United States, for
year past, stopped at the Fetterman
on Tuesday night.
The ever-obliging Southern Pacific
ticket agent, George Curtis, reports an
increase in travel since the Terminal
took off its midday train.
DIR. ]. w. Wood, the city health Off
Ger, reports the health of our people as
being unusually good.
A large number of people from Long
Beach and San Pedro went up on the
Terminals special to attend the meeting
on Friday night, in Los Angeles.
William W. Wright of Beaumont came
down on a couple of days visit to Mr..
Hugh Findley, on Wednesday.
The Long Beach brass band went up
and took part in the parade, on Friday
night.
Conductor Jimmy Hsdley of the
Terminal carried more passengers on
the p. m. train from San Pedro, on
Friday, than since the great Democratic
meeting, 200 coming up, and as many
more coming on the 6 :45 special.