The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-06-27

that it is a dangerous thing. The
Cars are afraid of getting blown up
by d~ynamiters and the people are
afraid Congress will blow them up.
What has become of that great re
party anyhow9
~ The Democratic party is going to
give relief to a few folks or ''bust."
Charges have been fled against the
Republican postmaster at Dallas, N.
O., to the effect that he doesn't wear
any socks. This ought to knock him
out of the Office at once and enable the
great and only party" to give some
Democrat instantaneous relief.
~ The RWraI NeU Yorker asks if
Investigation of crops rather than
any arbitrary regulations of prices
wouldn't be the true solution of the
troubles of wheat raisers. Hardly. If
you will name any crop that any great
number of farmers can raise that's not
as low in price as wheat, YOU can do
better than we can. Then what good
will Investigation do7
~ The State Agricultural Depart
ment is getting out three columns of
plate matter which they furnish free
to the newspapers of the State. 1t con
sists of frightful looking bugs and flies,
also other matter. A picture of the
numerous humbugs in North Carolina
would be of more value to the farmers
of the State, as they have but little to
fear from such bugs as the Agricul-
tural Department is showing up.
~ The rapid and wholesome growth
of the University is matter for State
pride and rejoicing. In two years the
student roll has grown from 1913 to 316.
$50, 600 worth of repairs is being made
On the buildings this summer; water
works, baths, ETC., are being supplied.
The scholarship of the institution is be-
ing recognized everywhere al equal to
that of the leading universities, and
soon we shall have in North Carolina
the great Southern university. See adj
~vertisement.
The PittsbUrg, Pa, Times pub
fishes the mortgage indebtedness of
that State as it is stated in the census
bulletin and published in The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER two weeks ago. The
Times says the large annual increase
in the number of mortgages is simply
the index Of a much larger growth in
value and substantial development"
Perhaps the Times has readers who
will be foolish enough to believe that
stuff. God pity the editor mean enough
to publish such, or the man foolish
enough to believe it.
~ The Rights Of Labor, Chicago,
rises to remark that the many failures
that r now being recorded must be
due to some cause" That is the dull
est chestnut we have heard in a long
time. But if that paper is seeking in,
formation we will tell it the cause of
the failures. Most of it is because so
many Of the organization that paper
represents have been demanding n
thing and voting for anything exactly
opposite. The Knights of Labor must
join the farmers and vote for good gov
eminent. Then failures will result
from neglect Of business or reckless in
vestments only.
: The Carthage Blade quotes from
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER to prove
that this paper don't love the negroes.
The Blade belongs to the party that
voted most of the negroes in some
localities last year, hence it don't allow
anybody to say anything about them.
Well, we confess that we don't belong
to the negro loving element in either
of the two old battered wrecks called
parties in this country. The cause that
represent proposes to give the
negroes justice and that is all any
organization or party ought to offer.
do not propose to pay the negroes
to vote our way and then steal the
money back from them after the cleo
ton is over. Neither do we approve
IF the plan to count the votes of the
,egr,, our way, no matter which way
hev vote, Last, but not least, we will
lot vote with alov party that raises a
und to buy hundreds of barrels of
vhiskey and make the negroes drunk
n election day in order to get their
'otes.
Sam Jones says "the Democratic
,arty must do something or take a
,ack seat" He also says he thinks
things will brighten up after the first
f July" Certainly they will Sam.