The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-11

W OAOGOA0O 0HOAL AuuCOlOQS as banbo
discount. Trade and business Arc Of
coming to a standstill. PAY ment, last
not being made. There is no o are
afoat. Industries are in periI UaS SA
are on the eve of closing, and caiomnls
and disaster are seen as portontilty
clouds obscuring the horizon ~
speak = of the general oi.We
ton throughout the country, Tbonu5S'
people not threatened in the oS;-y
which each day brings nearer Isis oss
nearer, are the far mers whose nroro aug
ial independence finds a STRIKING ;I I1oo
tration in their exemption from fbn J!s
tress that puts trade, Commerce. o us'
all active business in jeopardy. ~u0
The cause of this pervading distros,
IS the currency. x x It is nTa'
sented as a matter disconnected R R5g,
spectators, silver, the QUALITY "~ "
money or any theories. "
1t has relation only to the o,Jant;tu
Of money, or rather to the want ofyy
sufficient quantity of currency,
To all this our New York contemno
raries have been blind x = = b..
we are thankful that at last thew bouuos
reached the point where the9nan Coo
that trouble is brewing outside of No%
York, and that they show some Sion.
Of intelligence In regard to it. The Sion
is hopeful. By prompt action the crisis
may be averted."
What the editor says about our coD.
dition is true. Calamity and disasta,
have already obscured the horizo
from many who have called us calam.
ity howlers for the past six years f,
daring to warn them Of the LOWERING
clouds and the dangers ahead. Thew
laughed at us; they ridiculed us; thew
said all manner of evil against us; thew
called us calamity howlers, anarchists
communists, idiots, cranks, fools, and
if there was any other epithet Of con.
tempt that could be coined it was
brought into use to show their utter
adherence Of us. They heaped I'D
puny shovels of earth upon the Johns
town dam, and needed not the CRY Of
those who warned of danger until The
floods came, and the force acounr
lated by the added attitude of The
structure carried death and destruc
ton indescribable in it's wake.
This is a serious matter, but we can
not refrain from saying this statement
is a samasher- "The only people not
threatened are the farmers" "Alae
tive business is in jeopardy" Still The
pTOUerbjal independence Of the farmer
finds him exempt, he has nothing at
stake, is not In GctiUe business, has
nothing to sell, nothing to buy, there
fore can stand aside and look on as
disinterested witness. Stand aside
farmer; you are not in it. This is our
fight; we are running the business, all
the active business, of this great big
busy, business world. Your calling
has not reached the dignity yet Of be
ing classified as business" All these
cries you have been bowling in our
ears for the past dozen years were none
OF your concern. Ali you are tit for
anyhow is to make cotton forus. Keep
your tongue and vote as we say" This
is about the idea which inspires much
of what is written these days.
But the Ne1Us and Observer has t
IDENTIFY seenarvision, its eyes are open
ing. May the scales be completely re
moved still, as Of old, when Saul d
Tarsus, the Pharisee of the Pharhea
was converted and had had the scale
completely removed from his eyes
even then he had to bevouched for be
fore the christians would admit BE
into their meeting or impose confdena
in him. And if Bro. Ashe is a CONVEX
he should spend a night and a day. !
least, with Priscilla and Acquilla thai
they may instruct him more perfeF
in the word. Having learned ts
shibboleth then let him go to there
gions which need the truth and CT
aloud.