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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
NOW YOU SEE 1T.

Last Tuesday the Washington cor
respondent Of the Charlotte Observer
telegraphed that paper as follows:
"The silver men are gloomy. The
goldites declare, since the repeal vote,
that the policy of me administration is
to stop coming silver altogether; also
to have legislation enacted in favor of
national banks"
The policy is to stop coming silver
altogether. The well kept secret is
now out, Last year the Democratic
platform was for free coinage, so the
candidates Of the party said. Since
the efforts began to repeal the Sher-
man law, the bosses said they were for
bimetalism, for preserving the parity.
Yet the moment enough Congressman
were bribed to repeal the Sherman
law, the goldites come out and declare
they mean to stop coming silver and
enact legislation in favor Of national
banks. We wonder if any honest man
will stay IN such a party?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
H AWFUL STORM,

Probably the most disastrous storm
that ever visited the Atlantic coast pre-
vailed on the 275h and 28th of August.
1t started at Bermuda on the goth and
reached the Florida coast on the 9th,
extending along the coast all the wav
to New York. At some p3ints the
wind blew more than 100 miles per
hour. Much damage was done in the
vicinity of Savannah, Ga. But at
Charleston it seemed to be worse.
Every one of the 70 churches in that
city were damaged and many other
buildings. The city was flooded with
water and miles of railroad we're
washed away in that section. Most of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
THE PROSPERITY BOWLER

We Gull the following brief editorials
from the last issue Of the Prosoorit1
HOacIer:
We hear that the Populists in Oraneo
county, Va, held a convention tho
other day and nominated a candidato
for the legislature. There were onIv
three men in the convention, Cen
Fields made a speech. These PoDuIisto
must be suppressed. They want eouaI
rights to all, which is anarchy. clear
and simple.
The Prosperity Ho1Cler isn't a. an.
thority on many matters, but it rises
to ask for information. Why is it that
the Democratic party has always been
for free coinage, yet when it came toa
vote 100 Democrats joined III Repub.
licans and defeated the measure, onIv
1O1 Democrats voting for it. Looks to
us as though the Democrats are still
trying to SHIFT the responsibility Of bad
government off on the Republicans as
they have for the past twenty years.
Gentlemen, this won't work now. We
are a Democrat, but not that kind of
Democrat. There is danger ahead.
But we are still q Democrat, no matter
what the party does.
After waiting patiently to hear what
the big papers would say about the
repeal of the Sherman law, we have
to go ahead without knowing what to
say. The Prosperity HoacIer is frstof
all a Democrat. We believe in free
coinage, and also believe in bimetal.
ism. Furthermore we fully endorse
Mr.. Cleveland and the action Of Con,
gress in repeating the Sherman law
Internationally. We also think the
parity of the metals ought to be pre-
served. VIII have more to say next
week.
We understand that DR.. Thompson
and g Mr.. Hoover are still going over
the State making Alliance speeches.
The ~penitentiary doors are standing
wide open for men who teach that we
need reform and equal rights to all.
We are indebted to Hon. Josiah
Brown, NJ. c., for valuable favor8 in
the shape Of Congressional Records.
The people of this district made no
mistake when they elected Mr.. Brown.
If he does nothing else, the COPY Of the
Record he sends US will amply repay
our people for electing him.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
GOVERNOR MccREARY's SPEECH.

Our attention has been called to a
speech made by Governor McCreary,
Of Kentucky, a few days ago in Con
gress in advocacy of the repeal Of the
Sherman law,
The speech is regarded by some as
unanswerable. Certainly he gave the
best of reasons for it's repeal, but any
free coinage advocate who has studied
the bill and its effects could do IS
much. Every advocate Of free coinage
was in favor of the repeal, provided a
better law was put in it's place.
The only point made by Gov.
McCreary was that 1896, 900, 900 in
coined silver and $12O, 900, 900 worth Of
silver bullion has accumulated in the
U. S, Treasury. However only a part
of that has accumulated since the
passage Of the Sherman act. But that
is no argument in favor of the repeal
Of the Sherman law, neither is it an
argument against free coinage. It
simply shows how shrewd and unscrTI-
pulous the goldbugs are. Sherman him
self admits that he got his bill through
as a makeshift or compromise measure
to delay or prevent free coinage. Per.
haps not one in ten looked far enough
ahead to see that in a short time the
treasury would be full of silver coin.
Naturally the treasury is overstocked
If a merchant buys goods time after
time to place in his store and never
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

Now what party is responsible for
the repeal of the Sherman law and the
defeat of free coinage? One hundred
and one Democrats, fifteen Republi-
cans and eight Populists voted for
free coinage. One hundred and seven
teen Republicans and one hundred and
nine Democrats voted against free
coinage Now if that 100 Democrats
had voted with their party instead of
voting with the Republicans, the Demo
cratic promises would have been re
deemed and the country started on
the road to prosperity. What doth it
profit a Democrat to elect a Democratic
majority of 1O4 in the Lower House
when 100 of the members vote with
the Rev 1blicans and against our best
iOtaraaA
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

sells any goods, he will soon cease buy
ing. Just so with silver. The Sher,
man law simply made the treasury a
warehouse for storing silver bullion
and made no provision for distribut-
ing it.
Grant that there are $516, 900, 600 in
silver coin and bullion in the govern
ment vaults. If it had been coined.
as it should have been, at the ratio of
Is to1, it would have been in circulation
all these years, and prices for farm
products would have been much better.
mortgages fewer, and the financial
situation would not have been half as
bad as 1T is now. Divided among cur
population equally it would have been
but a little I'VE seven dollars per
capita. The actual circulation now,
not counting reserves, is but about Sc.
If the silver had been coined it would
have been more than $13 Now we ask
If there is a man or woman, farmer or
mechanic, lawyer Or doctor in the
United States who would not be glad
to have his or her 81. No, there is not
one, be they rich or poor.
1t is true that silver certificates to
the amount of a few millions have
been put in circulation since the Sher-
man act passed, but that is hardly
noticeable in a big country like this.
Certainly Gov, McCreary is right in
advocating the repeal of the Sherman
law; but he or any other man is wrong
when he votes to repeal the law uncon
ditionally, and that is what a majority
of Democrats and a big majority of
the Republicans in the House did on
last Monday. AS Senator Vance said:
The Sherman law is all of silver that
is left us now" and now that is gone,
and the metal that God made for
mOney-making purposes is no more
than SO much clay, coal or iron.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
TIE SHERMAN LAW REPEALED.

After voting four times on free coin
age bills at ratios ranging from Is to 1
to 20 to /, in the House last Monday,
the Sherman law was repeatedly that
body. One. hundred and eight voted
against repeal and 239 for repeal.
The majority for unconditional re-
peal was 131, one hundred and SeUen-
teen of the majority being Republicans.
At any rate III Republicans voted
against free coinage. The Democrats
were nearly equally divided. You can
decide whether or not the repeal was
Democratic when more Republicans
voted for it than did Democrats. The
chance" the Democrats clamored for
so many years has been secured. The
result is that a little over half of them
go over to the Republicans and work
in the interest of ]plutocracy.
The repeal bill is now being discussed
by the Senate. It will pass, but may
be delayed some time. The result is
easily foretold. For a brief period the
gold bugs will turn their money loose,
it will rush in from foreign countries,
but that will only be like a refreshing
shower during a ~protracted drouth
The contraction will soon begin again
and be worse than ever before.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
THIS IS DISHONEST MONEY.

The United States Court in session
at Milwaukee, Wis, on the goth ult T.,
authorized the receivers Of the North
ern Pacific Railroad to issue receivers
certificates to the amount of IS, OCO 600
to pay pressing debts.
When the farmer or merchant needs
money, is forced to get it, they are not
allowed to pay with their own certif
Gates. The government gives the job
to the national banks and they charge
the farmer or merchant not less than s
per cent. for the certificates in the
shape Of national bank notes. But the
favored corporations, other than bank
ers, issue their own currency in panicky
times. All that is dishonest money"
Notwithstanding the laws declare
that clearing house certificates are
illegal unless the 10 per cent. prohibit
tory tax is paid on each dollars worth
issued, many banks are Issuing them
right along, They are only worth 668
cents On the dollar, but the banks
make them go for 100 cents. Now
these are samples of fiat" or dis
honest money" and it is plain that
corporations control this government.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

The Constitution of the United States
puts silver on par with gold, Then
why should the Democratic party re-
peat the crime committed by the Re
publican party and demonetize it,
Why should the owner of a gold mine
get his metal coined free and be
allowed to put it in circulation, while
the silver mine owner can't even sell
his, though it has been a legal tender
medium of exchange since the begin
ming of the world?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
MORTGAGES IN

II 1880 mortgages to the amount of
50, TBS, 128 were recorded in Arkansas.
In 1889 IS, 423, 747 worth Of mortgages
were recorded. This was an increase
of 2O7 IS per cent. while the population
only increased 40 SO per cent. From
1880 to 1890 a total debt of $50, 117,856
was incurred. The total real estate in
debtedncss existing on Jan 1st, 1890,
WIS $14. $50, 595, 63 per cent. being on
farms and 81 per cent. on town and
city los.
Arkansas is a cotton State. There
are a great many reasons why she
should be in debt according to the pc
Iitical falsifers) but she is not neal as
badly in debt as States where cotton is
not grown. For instance, the pOpula
ton Of Arkansas Is about the same as
that Of Minnesota, yet Minnesota is
more than ten times as much in debt.
Nebraska, with a smaller population,
| is nine times as much in debt. But we
/ will not stop by comparing these two
Northwestern States. Let the older
and supposed richer States in the
Northeast stand up and be counted.
The per capita debt Of Arkansas is $l3.
The per capita debt of Massachusetts
is $144, a little more than eleUen times
as much. The per capita debt of Penn
sylvania is SIP, being exactly nine
times that Of Arkansas. The per
capita debt Of Rhode Island is $1O6, or
about eight times as much Yet on
last Monday nearly every Congress.
man from the above named States
voted for the unconditional repeal of
the Sherman law, which will tend to
make their debts much larger. This
shows that the devil has an abiding
| place in the hearts Of many Congress-
men.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
COULDN'T SELL HIS C0TTo,,
BY ZEKE

BY ZEKE BILKINS.
l went ter town tother dav
Ter sell a bale O. cotton;
[ might as we'll stayed erwav
Fur they lowed finances are rotta
Col Jones he sighed and sed:
The markit hasn't opened wiz
[ asked him if he hadn't nary red
An he lowed no; just wait a bit "
wait fer what7" says I,
Must I wait for tariff reform
When goods won't be so high
Or wRit fer Grover ter p~erformm
Gel. Jones caughed an sighed again
An I though hn was bored.
Though it wasn't very plain
He sed "Wait till confidence is re-.
Says I ter him, says 1, sonny.
It's a pity you war ever born;
Ter restore confidence without mona
money
Will be after Gabriel blows his horn s.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

1t is gratifying to learn that the
prospects are bright for the A. & NJ.
College. President Holiday expects
to start out with $50 students at the
beginning Of the season. With an able
corps of teachers and SO many bright
boys, the college is destined to greatly
stimulate the interest in education in
every section Of the State.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

Thomas A. Edison, the greatest in
ventor of the age, and to whom we
owe much for all the latest electrical
appliances, spoke a parable the
other day when forced to close his
great factory at Orange, N. j., he
wrote the following notice and posted
it on the door: THE photograph
works are shut down because we have
nearly completed all orders on hand
and the proprietor, seeing that the
country had resolved itself into a
National Iunatic asylum, has decided
to wait until the wave has subsidized
somewhat"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
Il. r. z Il.
EDITORIAL MOTIFS

He is a wise Democrat who knows
his own party.
If Congress would neigh less and
yea more when a good bill is voted on,
people would not think so many
donkeys were elected to Congress.
w. F. Tomlinson, Of AshevilIe, has
been 'pinted to the position Of expert
in the Agricultural Museum at Wash
ington. We guess good times will soon
arrive now.
In days gone by the Republicans
called the Democratic party the ''rule
or ruin party" We might stand the
rule, but when rule and ruin go hand
in hand, it becomes ~unbearable.
The thirteen States south of the Pc
tomac, where we have less than IS
cents per capita Of gold, have 1O4
Representatives, and they voted II for
and 80 against free coinage at Is to 1.
The eleven States north Of the Pc
tomac, where they hold nearly $15 Of
gold per capita, have 1O6 members in
the House Of Representatives and on
the question OF 16 to 1 they voted Il
for and 1O5 against.
We don't know how others feel about
it, but we think Senator Mantle, of
Montana, ought to have been allowed
his seat in the Senate. That body will
need the mantle Of charity thrown
over it more than one time in the next
six months.
Yes, the Democratic Congress has
sustained Mr.. Cleveland-that is 100 of
the Democratic members did-as listed
by III Republican members. Which
party does Mr.. Cleveland belong to? 1t
is plain that the Republican members
did the sustaining act.
The Wilmington Messenger endorses
the repeal of the Sherman law, but is
not very enthusiastic. Yet in the same
editorial prints in italics "uce mast
haze free coinage Of both metals" Col.
DR.. Kingsbury is hereby informed that
such inconsistency is inexcusable.
We learn that it was all a mistake |
about Judge Spier Whitaker adjourn
ing court at Statesville with the long
metre doxology. The Landmark
should be 0 careful about starting
jokes around about serious matters.
Jokes are in season all the year, but
the dignity Of the Superior Court
bench must be upheld.
We heard n of Raleigh's unem-
ployed praising % Cleveland the other
day. He said no other President had
ever given working people as much
playtime as Cleveland has. He might
have added that no other President
has caused as many business failures
ina whole year as Cleveland has caused
in less than six months.
A young man, a clerk in a large
establishment in a large city in a
distant State, writing a friend, has
this to say: on, my employer,
opened several of my papers, and, one
day. detecting him in the act of con-
signing my PROGRESSIVE FARMER to
the waste basket, I informed him that
it was mine, w~hereupon he said, We'll,
it's a good paper and an able one; one
that is ably edited and instructive in
its principles and views"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

the telegraph lines on the entire At
lantic coast were broken. Sullivans
Island, South of Charleston, contain
ing a population of 1000, was flooded
with water. Nearly every building
was destroyed or damaged. Hundreds
of people were drowned, the exact
number is not known yet. Rice and
cotton fields were devastated. The
steamer City of Savannah was wrecked
and broken to pieces on the South
Carolina coast, but the passengers and
crew were saved. Many steamers and
sail boats were wrecked and damaged.
The swamps along the Georgia, South
Carolina and North Carolina coasts
contain many boats driven out by the
wind and water. Dead bodies are be-
ing found every day in the swamps
and the water has not given up all of
its dead yet.
In North Carolina much damage was
done to growing crops, fodder is split
badly, cotton blown down and tobacco
is injured much, also. A cyclone, en-
tirely independent Of the coast storm,
visited Kernersville, in Forsyth county
On the 285h. About sixty buildings were
blown down, damaged more Or less and
one person killed. Several were hurt.
Fruit was damaged all over the East
ern section Of the United States
In addition to the work of the storm,
fires have done much damage; during
the week, and there were four railroad
wrecks, killing from 5 to 16 persons
each Let us hope that we will not
have a repetition Of such disasters
again.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

We once had a very high opinion of
Rev. Sam Jones. Perhaps it would
still soar pretty high if he would con
fine his writing and talking to religious
matters, but when he gets out into the
tempestuous sea Of finance he doesn't
know as much as a ten-year old boy.
Not long since he attributed all our
woes to the tariff. More recently he
declared it was the Sherman law. Now
he says the people are to blame. 1t is
''extravagance, prodigality, stinginess,
greed, selfshness, meanness and Gus
sedness." Like Congressman Bum, he
shoots at every mark.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
During the last campaign the Demo

During the last campaign the Demo
Gratis at Greenburg, Ind, displayed a
banner on which was printed: Vote
for Grover Cleveland and get 81 25
per bushel for your wheat" Let's see,
40 and SIS make 1875. Well, the farmers
only lack SIS cents of getting what was
promised, Democ attic reform at that
ratio is what the whole country is
getting.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
HOW THE STATES VOTED.

Vote by States on the bill to re,
establish the free and unlimited coin,
age Of both gold and silver at the ratio
Of Is TO 1, in the House of Representa-,
tives Monday. Aug. %. 1898.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
HOW THE SOUTH VOTED.

The vote of the 10 States south of the
Potomac river on the question of free
and unlimited coinage of both silver
and gold at the ratio Of 16 to 1, was as
follows.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

When cotton sold for % cents a
pound Congressman received S., 600 a
year. 1t is selling for a little yer one,
fourth of % cents now and Congress-
men draw $4,000 per year. Speaking
of "honest dollars" it looks like we are
putting too much silver in Con
gressmen. We need a parity" be,
tween Congressmen and cotton.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

The Wilmington Messenger says the
Atlanta Journal contained such as this
last year: The repeal of the Sher-
man law will bring about a contraction
of the currency that will be deplor
able" Now it is for the repeal. The
Messenger slyly remarks that Hoke
Smith wasn't in CIeveland's Cabinet
last year. From that we judge that it
depends upon whose Smith is g0red
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
THE GENTLE

The Washington Post declares that
sit is impossible to conceive of a rich
nation finding itself in a more deplor-
able condition than this country is in
today. The wheels of industry are
standing still. Thousands of men are
idle, and women and children are
without food. Mills and factories are
closing, railroad earnings r falling
away, and every day adds other thou
sands to the ranks of the unemployed.
How long is this state Of things to last,
while Senators and Representatives In
Congress debate and wrangle about the
cause?"
Whereupon the North Carolina
editors who think with their feet,
parrot-like, screw up their faces, look
as solemn as owls and humble lit is
i N pos S s-i-b l to ceiv-e of a
r &c h nation fl nd n g self in
a more d-e-pI-o r-a Bile on di-
t 10 H." etc Yet many of these papers
are applauding this administration for
keeping us in that condition and say
ing nice things about John Sherman,
Gar Reed, Cabot Lodge and other
plutocrats who have been SO largely
instrumental in bringing us to this con
dition. Our readers will also note that
these papers said the country was all
right six months ago.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

One of the best men in Wake courii
said recently that THE PROGRE0IbLsss t
FARMER of August 22d was the IN. %
paper he ever read. What Is WIZ
with this issue? M
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

In writing TO QnY60dy, always be
sureto give the name Of your p~ostodice,
md sign your Owr namc plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

Dunn & Co. reported 40 failures for
the week ending Aug. &c. The chance
did it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

Do YOU want your paper changed TO
another cfjca State the N at which
O have been getting II.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

So Tle date - sour label tells you
ahen your time is cut.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

H OuE izlends IL writing TO any of
tioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement IL THr P~ROGRE8sIvE
FARMER
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

lam standing no1U Just behind the
curtGin, end in full glO1U Of the coming
sunset. Behind me are the 8hGdOlU8 on
the track, before me lies the dark Galley
and the Tirer. When I mingle tCith ats
d0rE lCdters 7 WGnt to cast one Iinger-
ing look UpOn q country 1UhOSe govern
ment IS Of the people, for the people,
and by the people, Il L. Polk, July
9TH, 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

The Progressive Farmer is the Official
ORGAN of the N. G, Farmers State Alliance