The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-04-11
THE REFORM PRESS.
Sharp, Pithy Clippings from Papers that
do Not Worship Nammon

Sharp, Pithy Clippings from Papers that
do Not Worship Mammon
Mortgages on farms alone in the
United States amount to the enormous
sum Of $12, 359, SIS, ,O0O.-THe PopuliSt
Tom. Watson says: Find out what
the last Congress promised to do and
you will know exactly what they did
not do"
We are living under the dispensation
Of the devil take the hindmost," and
it will not be very long before he has
taken all the farms.- Virginia Sun.
This country is rapidly getting away
from the poor man. The ballot-box is
about all that's left to him 1t is the
poor mans last ditch and only hope
Lo1cu Tribune
A party that is afraid to C convene its
Congress to carry cut its promised re-
forms is a fraud and a cheat, and will
be so branded by an indignant people,
Farmers Tribune.
Stand by the reform press that is
making the fight for your principles
Upon its import depends the future
veal or woe Of the cause you hope TO
see triump TeTaS Sentinel
If Congress has the right under the
Constitution to issue paper money, it
was given them to be used by them
selves, not TO be delegated to individ
uals or corporations,-Andre1c Jack
SON.
Strikes nearly always result disas-
trOusly to organized labor If the
various unions and organizations will
| join the farmers in a strike at the bal
bot-box, results will be more satisfac-
| tory.-Terd8 Forum
Congress gave nearly four millions
to a private corporation at Chicago,
but did not have time to consider the
propriety Of loaning the farmers a few
millions on the best security in the
world. 1.-The POpuZi8t.
You cannot examine closely into the
means by which undue accumulation
of wealth were made, without finding
at the bottom IN almost every case a
special privilege conceded by law Or
taken in spite Of Iaw.-SprinUield,
Mass, Republican.
Can you figure out why the big cor
porations and millionaires are getting
rich rapidly during these hard TINES,
while the small business man and
farmer and laborer are getting poorer?
Try it and see where your reasoning
viii land you National Spectator.
The National Association of Demo
cratic clubs will celebrate April 18th
as the birth day Of Thomas Jefferson.
1t is to be hoped that every club will
recall the fact that Jefferson was bi-
metallist and favored the coinage of
both gold and silver at the mints OF the
United States. s.-DenUer Daily NetU8.
The Alliance is pushing forward all
over the State. The words Of Presi
dent Gilbert, appearing elsewhere in
this issue, should have the effect of
stimulating its members to renewed
exertion. The Alliance of California
is doing a noble work, and the few re-
naming farmers who have not yet be-
come members are rapidly joining it's
ranks-Snn Fr0nciscO Press.
I believe that banking institutions
are more dangerous to our liberties
than standing armies. Already they
have raised up a money eristocracy
that hasset the government at defiance.
The issuing power should be taken
| from the banks and restored to the
government and the people to whom it
properly belonge. Let the banks exist,
but let them bank on coin or treasury
notes.-TbOmaS Jefferson.