The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-05-30
THEsREFORM PRESS.
Sharp, Pithy Clippings from Papers that
do Not Worship Mammon.

In the great set-to between the Demo
cratic party and its chance" we want
to bet jug of buttermilk on the
"chance. ."-Engl0nd Times
The leaven of reform is working
when the Century Magazine is moved
to solemnly enquire: How can we
secure better United States Senators?"
The Omaha World Herald very
tersely says, The people might take
the notion to run the railroads them
selves, and they will if they take the
notion"
The government pays the railroads
$4,000, 900 per year for carrying the
mails, which would greatly help to-
ward paying the running expenses if
the government owned the roads =
Carthage, No, Tribune.
The Standard oil giant has gobbled
up its only rival in America and never
turned hair in doing 50. VIII Mr..
Rockefeller now make another thanks
offering for the renewed heaI-h Of his
pet?- THona0SUjlIe Meas.
There never has been g tyranny
hatched that there was not a lawyer
ready to legalize it, and o preacher
anxious to Christianiza il. In these two
classes tyrants have always found
their strongest supporters -Southe37o
Uercuy
And let the advocates Of the single
gold standard take warming that unless
silver is remonetized gold also will be
demonetizad and fatmoney be resort q
to, for the people will have money from
some Congressman Far31er's
BimetoLjc Circular
In tF18 Monroe Enquirer we read
that a farmer can make more money
by raising corn and peas az 35 cents
than cotton at Is cents! The editor Of
that paper ought to go to the Worlds
Fair and deposit himself in a dime
museum - Our Home
The farmers should cultivate more
politics and less cotton, corn and " wheat.
AS long as they produce everything
that feeds and clothes mankind, and
let others make the laws, they will
travel the road that leads to pauper-
dom. .-SOutheTn Mercury.
Can you figure out why the big cor
porations and milIiOnaires are getting
rich rapidly during these hard times,
while the small business man and
farmer and laborer are getting poorer2
Try it and see where your reasoning
will land you National Spectator.
The great standing armies of Europe
are maintained to perpetuate the power
Of the money kings. The other kings
and emperors are mere puppets. When
ever the money kings see a chance to
create good interest paying national
debt, they put their puppets at the
game of war TTbbIe8 IN Noncoq,
formiSt.
Make the Alliance attractive to
young as we'll as old. Make every
member feel at home. Provide some
means to interest and attract your
boys, girls and wives. Intersperse the
exercises with music, provide suitable
literature and strive to have every
member thoroughly posted as to the
aims and objects of the Order, giving
them clear and correct views on all
issues involved. .-SOuther2 Toiler.
We hear a great deal nowadays
about ''paternalism, " from class, too,
fairly falling over each other in the
mad rush for the pie counter. 1t is all
right for Uncle Sam to hand out but
tered slices so long as they fall into
favored hands, but when the argument
is presented favoring a community of
interests in office holding, but in
rights and privileges in common,
paternalism is made to do duty as
specter-a frightful bugaboo The
Blade.