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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29
A PLUToCRATIC PROPOSITION

The New York Herald has either
gone crazy or else is serving the pluto
Gratis openly and without apology to
the public. It's latest scheme is for
Congress to appropriate a large
amount of money to aid the unem-
ployed. It states that 100, 900 people
are out Of work in the city of New
York. Chicago claims 200, 600 out Of
work. Other Northern and Western
cities have unemployed people in the
same ratio, while many are to be found
in the South This army Of unem-
ployed r not a part Of the 1000, 600
tramps the government has already
made in the past few years, but con-
sists of skilled mechanics, clerks and
factory hands that have been put out
of work in the past three months bv
the closing Of business concerns and
factories.
we favor prompt and sufficient re-
lief o these worthy people, but the
proper thing for Congress to do is tn
pass a free coinage bill and other meas
ures by which means the circulation
can be increased to $50 per capita, as
the Alliance has all along deman5o5
If this is done every factory. store
bank, railroad shop and the man1
| other enterprises now closed will omen
and do a profitable business. The
price of farm products will double and
treble in value and all the wheels of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29
WHEN CONGRESS ADToupM@
BY ZEKE

The good times are comm,
And they're comm runnin'.
C~Onferde3ce will be restored
And the people all foored,
When Congress Gdjourns.
Goldbugs will make a happy groun
The people will be in the sou6: 'P'
Barlow knives will be as large AZ s7-o.
And pumpkins will turn to gOurds '0'IS
The moment Congress adjourns
No more of the tariff will we hear
Not a word about the force bill ~Sr5ro.
Chips placed on water will become Lo
And the people on land will all rid gals
Just after Congress adjourns. 9'"ls'
Let every boz jine in this
They say King GrUVerc can do no wrorr.
Silver and g~reenbacks out of sight ing
An the Quak rs al spilin' fer 10 fgb+
After Congress cGjOurns. e'
I'm a tunin' up my fiddle,
Gettin' ready to play diddIe, dido q.
Old, young an ugly will be hsppie.'
Al every man will be his W paTufa
When Congress adjourns.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29
n. r. ?. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES

The Hickory Mercury reports the
re organization of q, defunct Alliance
in Catawba county. Let them all re
organize.
When writing to US about anything,
or in sending subscriptions, or com
m~unications, our friends will confer a
favor by always giving their county
as well as ~postoffice.
The Atlanta Constitution thinks it
will be a victory for the people if the
Democratic platform is not repealed
along with the Sherman law.
Many inquiries have been made
recently as to the whereabouts of the
tariff issue The Atlanta Constitution
says it has been in the hospital. So it
is not dead, but sick unto DEATH"
There are thirteen banks in Nash
vile, Tenn, and only n Of them Is
open, and no check for more than 500
can be drawn on it at one time. Wonder
if Tennessee people are still glad they
stole the election and DETAINED Gen.
Weaver?
Bro. J. S. Hefner, Of Henderson
county, writes that Pleasant Hill Ali
ance, No. 1919, has! re-organized with
ten members and a prospect for many
additions. The leaven is working in
nearly every county. Let reformers
work now.
We appreciate the condition of the
young seeker" at the camp meeting
who, upon being asked if he felt any
change, run his hand in his pocket and
replied mot a cent" And we think
our subscribers who are behind ought
to pay up. Don't you9
Miss Pollard, Of Washington City,
has sued Congressman Breckenridge,
of Kentucky for $50, 900 damages. She
charges him with seduction and breach
of promise. It is time for the Ameri
can people to sue nearly all Of the Con-
gressmen for breach of promise.
At Oscoda, Mich, last week the
lumber mills Of II. H. Loud & Sons,
employing several hundred men, were
closed. Across the office door a sign
was nailed which read Growers gone
a fishing" That is decidedly the best
hit of the season and is entirely true.
Since the extra session began in
Washington, three Congressman have
been severely injured by cable cars on
Pennsylvania Avenue. Two cable lines
are already operated on that avenue.
Possibly the great need of the hour is
more cable cars. We suggest that the
''depreciated" silver now il the gov.
eminent vaults, be invested in cable
cars.
Was the tariff the great issue9 The
Republicans told US that a high tariff
must be maintained to insure pros
perity to enable working people to get
good wages. The Democrats told US
that tariff reform meant great pros
Derity to all. The Republicans lied,
for the tariff is unchanged and one
third of all the factories closed, others
working on half or one third time.
wages have been reduced % per cent.
7ae Democrats lied, for they have
rade no~efort to reform the tariff,
a. d Will not: The tariff was not the
leading issue. Friends, didn't we tell
YOU that al the time2
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29
OUR R

The Arena, one Of the ablest maya
zines in the world, and the only one
of those great publications that stands
on the Alliance platform fat-footed,
has the following editorialin the August
number:
sour country neUer needed broad
craftsmanship IN perfect sympathy
auth the industrial millions more than
to day. The people must have relief.
The crushing poverty suffered through
contraction of currency, has for years
been bearing upon millions of lives.
Now the whole fabric of business is be-
ing shaken to its foundation. One
thing is of vital importance-the Eng
lish financial policy which the last ad-
ministration favored, and which has
dragged Australia over the p~recipice of
ruin. must be resisted in spite of the
gamblers of Wall street and the official
lash of their slave. Unless there is an
expansion of currency, and unless the
government turns its back upon those
who are growing rich through special
DriUiIeqeS, we shall have only tempo
rary relief, followed by ctill greater
distress. The nation is facing a crisis
of greater proportion than most people
imagine. The recent action of the
money power in India is a fresh proof
of the merciless inhumanity Of the
usurer. Australia's ruin is not enough.
Now India must suffer; and if the gold
power can corrupt our lawmakers, our
country must experience Australians
fate. ReinStdte 8ilUer or demOnetize
OOLd,"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29
NOTICE TO PosTMAsTERS.

During the past few weeks numerous
complaints have come from our sub
scribers to the effect that they are not
getting THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER regu-
IarIy. These complaints all come from
certain offices. The general opinion
is that these postmasters destroy or
refuse to deliver the papers. Unless
this is stopped at once, we will be
obliged to report the matter to the
postal authorities at Washington and
the outcome may be that certain post
masters will spend a year Or two in
Albany p~enitentiary. A word to the
wise ought to be sufficient.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29
CONDITION OF SOUTHERN
BANKS.

The Exchanges, organ of the New
York Stock Exchange, publishes re-
ports from banks in New Orleans,
Memphis, Mobile, Galveston, Raleigh,
Charleston, and Savannah, the princi-
pal money centres of the South. Only
one city, Mobile, claims to have enough
money to move the crops in their re
spective sections.
Now we suppose the facts are out.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER will not be
abused any more for calamity bowling,
for saying there isn't enough money to
do the business of the country. They
held back the truth for selfish and
party purposes as long as possible, but
now the bankers are forced to admit
that the Alliance and the Peoples party
are right and that platforms are
better than any others. Strange peo-
pie will put their own necks in the
halter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

A man never knows what a day will
bring forth The Democrats have
claimed for years that the Republican
party prevented the reforms that they
wanted to inaugurate. Now that party
is out of the way and they are looking
up a new stumbling-block The Dur
ham Globe declares that the Populists
are to blame for the financial panic,
and the Hickory Press and CarOlinion
solemnly avoWs that if it wasn't for
the Populists the Democratic party
could reform the finances. We suggest
that the Populists turn their heads
while this blushing maid puts up her
bangs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

Sheriff jenkins, Of Chatham county,
made @ pleasant call at this Office last
week. He is young, energetic and
good looking, and a thorough Alliance
man, If the Pittsboro Record is not
satisfied with Chatham's Populist
county officials, elected by over 700
majority, it can go west.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29
No TIME FOR COMPROMISE.

We have not lost sight of other ssues
during the panic, but have lately given
an unusual amount of attention to the
silver question, n Of the most i'm
portant before the country. There Is
some doubt about the unconditional
repeal of the Sherman law, but we
think that will be the final result.
If that fails, efforts will be made oget
a compromise measure through, in
deed there is already talk of this. Some
suggest that a ratio of 20 or % to 1
might go through all right.
We know that a compromise is some
times best for all sides, but in this in
stance there is no just cause for it. The
general welfare Of the country de-
mands the passage of a free coinage bill
making the ratio Is to 1, as it was prior
to 1873. Justice will not be done until
this ratio is made.
The silver mines in the country want
fair prices for their metal just as the
farmers of the South desire honest
prices for their farm products, or as
the farmers of the North and West
want fair prices for grain and other
products. By restoring silver to its
proper place, a long step will be made
toward restoring prices to the point
where they should go. The gold bugs
will lose nothing, as their money will
not ~depreciate, but they will lose the
opportunity of running the country,
and they ought to. Another important
feature must not be overlooked. All
the silver mines produce some gold.
So long as they stand idle the gold out
put will remain low, thereby making
money unnaturally scarce, as it would
be with only a gold basis,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29
THE DEADLY PARALLEL.

ST undertake to af-
firm, without fear of
contradiction, that a
paper issued by the
with the
simple promise to re-
ceiVe it for all it's dues,
would be as uniform in
its value as the metals
themselves John c.
Calhoun, Democrat.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

mules and cattle, all in a procession
more than a mile long, drew into the
Orphanage grounds alb out LA. N. and
the President of the County Alliance,
after some Of the best brass band music
by Pilgrim Band, singing by the or
phans, and music by a string band, IN
PRODUCED the Hon. N. A. Dunning, who
smoke for three hours on the currency
question, and the attention given by
that vast audience to his reading OF
dry statistics was something marvel
Gus, and proved their deep and sincere
earnestness, The merchants closed
their doors, turned out in force and
heard him through. Nothing partisan
or sectional was heard, and nothing
but praise of the speech could be
elected from any who heard it.
Then we had a dinner, which, we
think, one Of the best ever spread on
such an occasion. s.
Then a little more talking and all de-
parted for home. 1t was exceedingly
dry and dusty. No rain for weeks.
But before the sun went down that
night, Aug 18th, the heavens opened
and a splendid season came down. We
want many more just such gatherings
as that. They do untold good. Wish
we could attend one a week, at least.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29
THE ALLIANCES SPEAK.
All of Them for Free Coinage at the Ratio
of I6 to I.

Alpha Alliance, Rowan county, is
opposed to any silver legislation unless
it means a free coinage bill.
Bland Alliance, No. 872, by re8olu'
ton requests Hon. B. F. Grady to vote
for the unlimited coinage Of silver.
Cotton Valley Alliance, No. IA,
Robson county re affirms its alIegiance
to the Alliance demands and asks for
the free coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1.
Iona Alliance, No. 4, Robson county
re af1rms its allegiance to the Alliance
demands and is for the free cOinage@
silver at the ratio of 16 to l, and BE-
lieves that the demonetjzation Of silver
is n great cause of the financial
troubles.
Evening Star Alliance, No. 1872
Washington county, asks for the trSV
coinage Of silver at the ratio Of 10 0L
and that the per capita be increased"
at least $50. Also calls upon Congress
to pass such legislation as shall eIsy
tually break up all pools, trusts anu
combines whose aim is to control prge'
and break up competition. .bo
Dallas Alliance, Nc. 1906, IS tor VT ~
free coinage of silver at the prcsSs'
ratio and petitions our re~presentaGEoeSb..
State Line Alliance, No. ], 134, hS|
mond county, asks Our Conglresssmbosrr.
not to vote for the repeal Of the pub
man law until a free coinage bl Is guy
stituted. They also ask u rePTesoTnTd
tatives to consider our demands "|
also to wipe out the Mckinley DILL
'The welfare of 5000 bankers ~
more Importance than the prosper"
and happiness of 81, 600, 900 people,
Grocer Cleveland.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

Jude Spier Whitaker is getting his
mama in the papers in various ways.
A few days ago in winding up Iredell
Superior Court, Maj. Robbins suggested
that the long metre doxology be sung.
Judge Whitaker promptly raised some
sort of a tune, but those present are
not ssure about what metre it was.
Gas metro. perhaps.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29
WHO CAN DECIDE TIP

We have been wrestling with a very
important question for some weeks. 1t
concerns every man, woman and child
in the United States. Is the motto of
the Cleveland administration 1.-The peo-
pie be d-nd," or is it "d-n the PEG
ple?'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

Cleveland hired a substitute to go in
the war in his stead. For that, if he
had done no other mean, cowardly act,
every old soldier North and South,
and patriot, should have refused to
vote for him. Now he hasn't even a
substitute at Washia gton, but is at
Buzzard Bay fishing when not drunk.
His ~Iieutenants, such as gold bug Con
gressmen and Senators, are we'll repre-
sented at summer resorts instead Of
attending to their business in Con
gress. They were to get back, how
ever, in time to vote on the repeal bill
this week.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

Our government
cannot make it's fiat
equivalent to intrinsic
value nor keep inferior
money on a parity with
superior money by it's
own independent et-
forts, nor is it justified
in permitting an exag-
gerated and unreasOn-
able reliance on our
national strength and
ability to ~jeOpardize
the s~OCndness of the
peoples mOney."-GrO-
Der Cleveland, PIutOCrdt.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

The Richmond Times is for the re-
peal of the Sherman law, but says if
people would pay their debts and stop
boarding money good times would
come before the Sherman law could be
repealed. Then why repeal the Sher-
man law? Congress should try its
hand on those of us who owe anything
and let the Sherman law rip. The
Times should keep quiet if that is the
best it can do. How would it do, then,
for our Congressman to give the 9, OOO,-
900 mon who are under mortgage
enough money to pay their debts.
That is just as logical as what the
Times is talking about.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29
WHY HE LEFT THE ALLIANCE.

A few days ago, while the writer
was in Winston, a good story was re-
lated by a Forsyth county Alliance
man. He said a strictly n~on,partisan
neighbor of his, an ~ex-president of a
Sub Alliance, in a recent conversation,
said: The Alliance eve will be
anything while Butllr is President in
this State" Our partisan friend asked
the non-partisan one to a name a few
bad things that Bro. Butler has done,
WELL" said the non, partisan, "he
stole a lot of spoons and acted very
badly at New Orleans during the q
That is enough for me, and I will never
stay in the Alliance while such a man
is President" This very smart non
partisan thought President Butler and
General Butler one and the same.
Perhaps some Winston Alliance hater
had spread such a report in Forsyth
county. If sifted down fine, very few
could give any bette: reason for quit
ting the Alliance than the One given by
that deluded Forsyth man.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

Il simply mention the Mckinley
tariff law 50 you won't forget it before
the next campaign comes on. p Grocer
Cleveland. If
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

There is one thing we want some in.
formation on right away. Why is it
that the Democratic candidates could
SC readily point out the bad laws passed
by the Republicans and tell what
remedies should be applied when on
the stump, but now say they don't
know what is the matter nor how to
remedy it? After studying these ques
tions twenty years they now want to
investigate and debate. They have
lied to the people, and lied basely.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

John Sherman is the ablest inan-
cier of the day."-Charlotte Observer,
Dem. tt
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29
A GOOD TIME TO WORK.

Scarcity Of money is a drawback to
anything. Yeo there I'VE was a time
when more good work can be done for
reform The Alliance is growing every
where, but it ought to grow faster.
Old members are coming back, new
members re joining, and a number
Of lodges have been re organized.
But we should not be satisfied with
this. The organization should sweep
over the land just at this time like a
prairie fire. Reform papers should be
put in the hands Of every family, rich
and poor alike. Speeches should be
made in every township, Advertise
them thoroughly, get you neighbors
interested. Labor with them con-
stantly. None of us are doing as
much as we might, many are doing
comparatively nothing. Let all get to
work.and all try just a little harder.
In working for subscriptions you
will be met with the cry Of scarcity of
money. Don't let that deter you.
Subscribers can be secured, if not for
a year, for three or six months. There
are black sheep in every flock, but it
is a rare thing for a man to read The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER for any length
of time without getting his eyes opened.
Now is the time to get the greatest
sinners to read. Old time Democrats
and Republicans are feeling the pres
sure, they want light, they want to
see both sides. Subscribers can be
secured in both town and country.
Try it. Lend your paper to your
neighbor who is not in the reform
ranks. Get him to subscribe for three
months. Let US begin the greatest re-
form revival ever known. It can be
done. Get right yourself and work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

In writing t. anybody, always be
sure 70 give the name of your postothce,
and sign v7ur own Danlo plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29
WHAT R DID IT?

Some time ago the prosperity cranks
said the Populist party had caused the
closing of a tobacco warehouse at Hen
derson. On August 18th all the ware
houses closed at Durham indefinitely.
Only one Of them was an Alliance ware
house. Now we rise up to ask the poor
partisan blockheads what party closed
all the warehouses at Durham and
other places? What party closed all
the tobacco factories in some towns?
What party closed thirty out of thirty
five tobacco factories in Winston?
What party closed over one third of
all the factories in the United States
and started the other two thirds to
working on half and one third time?
What party caused all the big railroads
to discharge half of their employees?
What party closed nearly four hundred
banks in the past six weeks7 What
party closed 10, 900 large places of
business of all kinds in the past eight
months? Poor partisan fools, we are
afraid you can't tell. You don't know
the difference between a hog and the
Presidents message. All you know is
that lying pays until you get caught
up with, and you are caught now.
Poor partisan imbeciles, we pity you.
The Republican and Democratic party
twins did the work.
After so much election roguery in
Georgia it is not surprising that the
State should be scourged with yellow
fever. After so much roguery of all
kinds in New York and Chicago we do
not wonder that both cities are badly
wrecked by fire and storms. More
than thirty people were killed and
drowned in and around New York last
Thursday.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

For several years the bankers have
told their newspapers to tell the farmers
that the reason they were getting into
debt, getting poorer and failing, was
because they left their farming tools in
the fields overnight. Now that the
banks are failing so rapidly we are
going to tell them the prime cause of
the trouble-you leave your inkstands
uncovered nearly every night and
sometimes from Saturday to Monday.
Such ~carelessness will land any man
in the poorhouse.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

commerce will quickly turn. That is
the way to give relief, and the only
sensible way.
Too many tramps, pensioners, office
holders and other individuals are liv-
ing off the charity of the government
now, and to the detriment of the pub
lie. Give every man work and then if
be refuses to work let him starve. The
Herald and other organs of plutocracy
have advocated and defended the Y s
tenn that has brought these working
people to starvation, and now join Gear
Cleveland in crying out that they must
have relief. Makes saves and tramps
out Of them and then offers to feed
them at the public crib. 1t is an out
rage upon the army of unemployed
and the remedy proposed is another
outrage upon the public, and if carried
out will make ten million tramps
where we only have n million now.
Let everybody resolve that ~plutocracy
shall be unthroned.
The Atlanta Journal says both parties
practically agree that the Sherman law
should be repealed. Brother, they
agree on a good many things, The
"Masons and Dixons line" has been
wiped out between the two Old frauds.
John Sherman Car Reed and Cabot
Lodge, author of the force bill, are
bigger and better men in the eyes
of some Democrats than prominent
Democrats.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

Do you want your paper changed &C
o have been getting i.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

"The welfare of 5000 bankers Is y
more Importance than the prosper"
and happiness of "a, OOO, 900 people
Grocer Cleveland. y
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

~ Oar friends in writing to any Of
our advertisers will favor Us by men
sioning the fact shat they saw the
FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-29

E The date On y0Us label tells you
when YOUR time Is out.
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