The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-07

are renters In 1SSO LdI O
only three and a half-tenths OF Uhe
c0untry's wealth, yet they PAID nearly
seven tenths of the taxes. At present.
about one third of the farms IN the
country are mortgaged.
tits said that Congress was III SEES
sion lust 40 hours during the month OF
December. If that be r they ought
to strike for shorter hours A man
who only gets $40 per day should
o ositively refuse to work one hour
and a quarter each day.
-. On the 5th page will be found
! another letter from Mr.. Sykes, mem
Der of the Legislature, also one from
his wife. We did not rob the mails in
order to publish these letters. A re,
porter heard Mr.. Sykes reading them
| and took them in Shorthand.
* Brother W. S. Barnes, Secretary
| Treasurer, sent a check for S. Feb. 4
to Bro. @. Fl. Hunt, Kittre,l, n. @ a
MEMBER Of Sweet Home Alliance, from
Relief Fund. This makes the fourth
brother that has been helped by this
fund, and the work is hardly begun.
Xxx Atlanta is a very pretty city, but
things are not as prosperous there as
they should be since the election. Last
week thirty.one policemen were dis
charged from the force because the
appropriation for such purposes could
not be stretched" enough to pay 50
many.
The editor Of the Lincolnton
Courier, at the head Of his
EDITORIAL columns thai he has decided
20 try for the p9stmastership Of his
town. In the mex paragraph he gives
the Alliance and two or three Of its
papers a blowing up, Wonder if the
two articles don't have some con
nection?
X A resolution has been adopted in
the Senate asking our Senators and
| Congressmea to vote for the Nicaragua
Canal bill. If the government is TO DO
this work and own tht canal it may be
a good thing, but we are opposed 60
the government issuing bonds for
500, OOO, OOO and giving them to q
private company.
- The sock Of the American To
baccO Company took a rise in New
York the other day. a report went
out that the company Was about to set
a scheme through that would enable
them to control the tobacco business
Of the entire country. Then it will be
time for the country to take charge of
the American Tobacco Company.
To those who think government
ownership of railroads a farce we
would say that nearly all the Southern
| railroads are now in the hands Of re
ceivers appointed by the government.
! The New York Times states that the
Union Pacific system will o go into
the hands Of the government Begins
to look like government ownership
will come anyhow.
~ The most satisfactory and really
the best calendar we have yet seen for
1898, is the One we have just received
from the interchangeable, hustling Adver-
Using Agency Of N. w. Aver & Sons,
Of Philadelphia. We give this prece-
! dence over all others in our office. 1t
is a constant reminder that whatever
your calling, Excepting everlastingly
at it brings success"
~ Quite a number of County Ali
ances will have adjourned meetings in
this month On account Of the rough
weather when the regular quarterly
meetings were called. Notices of some
have been published in this paper, two
or three being in this issue. Wake
! county will meet on the fourth Thurs
day in Raleigh, which is the 23d. Let
all these meetings be largely attended.
~ Georgia ought to keep Sam JoEes
at home. There is work In that State
for ten thousand like him. The Fulton
county grand jury last week said that
the Atlanta Jail "is a disgrace to civil
ization." ACTS Of gross immortality
have been the rule with both officials
and prisoners" 1.-The jailors and
guards have allowed prisoners to escape
without raising a hand to prevent
them"
~ When we go out without a gun
we see many strange looking things.
Recently we saw a Republican Presi-
dent appoint Judge Jackson, of Ten
nessee, a Democrat, to a position on
the U. S.. Supreme Court bench. On
the same day we saw Henry Waiter
son, a leading Democratic editor, in