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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
SMILES.

Went down with his colors flying
the painter when his staging broke
LOuCeW Courier.
A boy never saw all of a circus; he
firmly believes that only half of it is
there, the half that it is on the bills be-
ing in some other town. -Atchison
Globe.
While the rest of us have occasional
streaks of bad luck, it is the horseman
who neglects his harness who really
knows what hard lines are.-BufaIo
Courier.
Lawyer-''It is true that my client
called the plaintiff an OK, but consid,
ering the present high price of beef l
do not consider that a very great in
sult.-FZiegende BlGetter.
Mrs. Hale Gust married
we will have cells as a second course
dinner" Maria-"How much ought l
to get, ma'am9" Mrs. Hale-"I think
twelve yards will be sufficient. y
Vogue.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
THE SIZE OF 1T.
tariff.

Now and then we meet a man who
looks smart and says: You can't leg
islate money into a mans pocket" He
thinks this a knock down argument.
Well, such wisdom is decidedly owlish.
1t is admitted on all sides that the new
tariff bill will put at least $50, 600, 600
annually into the pockets of the Sugar
Trust. The other trusts that have been
provided for in the bill will reap big
profits. Yet legislation don't put
money into mems pockets, says the
Tennessee Current.
A producer who talks this way is
awfully befuddled, or hasn't got sense
enough to vote. Let him keep on rails
ing fifty cent wheat and six-cent cot
ton, and by no means forget to vote the
old party ticket. Whether he is ever
able to understand it or not, the fact
will soon exist that what little money
he may have had has been legislated
out of his pocket. When it is all gone
maybe he will wake up to the fact that
dear money and cheap products havea
good deal to do in emptying the pockets
of some men and filling the pockets of
others.
Money is a creature of law. If it is
made scarce by contraction or hoard
ing it becomes dear. Then it takes
more labor and products to purchase a
dollar. In this way this class have
been plundered of their just rewards
until they are standing on the verge of
ruin. Through their downfall the other
class have been elevated, and now own
nearly all the wealth of the country
They have cornered the money yet
they are a very small part of the popu-
lation.
The man who thinks that legislation
has nothing to do in putting money
into his pocket or taking it out stands
very much in need of more stuffng
above his ears.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31

League said: "We do not believe that
there will be a permanent return of
prosperity to u country until the
fuu use and highest position of silver
shall be restored" 1t is true that most
of these declarations are somewhat am
biguous, but they are clear enough to
stamp the villainous abuse of the advo-
Gates of silver as p~ersonified stupidity,
if nothing more. If the country con
tinues to be squeezed by the bankers a
little longer. everybody except them,
will be for silver.
1t requires an unlimited amount of
gall for the old party politician to de-
monetize silver and then denounce
their own work, but they have done
this time and again and still hope to
fool somebody.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
THE SUGAR

The Senate tariff bill puts a tax of
about 40 per cent, (the average may
figure a little higher on sugar. The
louisiana Sugar Planter and other or
gans of the trust pretend that this is
outrageous and kick against it in every
issue. Perhaps their Unsuitable greed
leads them to be dissatisfied, but we
doubt it. We believe their kicking is
all for effect. They hope to create the
belief, especially in the South, that this
Congress has given us tariff reform.
The Sugar Trust wanted to be let
alone at first until they found that the
Democrats were their best friends. The
bounty paid by the government to
sugar refneries was sa isfactory to the
r~efiners. 1t answered all the purposes
of a protective prohibitory tariff, and,
at the same time was indirect taxation.
The trust has been selling sugar com
p~aratively low since its formation, but
the people paid the $34, 600, 900 annually
in bounties just the same. The present
bill does away with the bounty and
puts on a tariff rate. Estimating that
the consumption of sugar remains the
same it has been during the past year.
the trust will get $48, 600, 900 annually
where it only got $34, OOO, 900 before.
This proves that the trust is not in a r
nest when it kicks, or if it is, the kick
ing is because of the effect upon the
people. In order to reap the advanta-
ges Of the present tariff schedule the
trust will be forced to increase the
price of sugar and it fears that it's dam
nable combination will not stand in the
face of an outraged people.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
STRIKERS VS.. SOCIETY MEN.

In the recent strikes we have wit
messed some very violent law breakers
in the newspapers. Some time ago
Ad~jutant- General Tarnsey of Colorado,
was captured, taken out and tarred
and feathered. The plutocratic press
raised a howl and declared that strik-
ing miners were responsible for the out
rage. The story was discredited from
the start for the reason that General
Tarnsey had been friendly to the
miners. At last the perpetrators have
been arrested. John A. Reagan, turn
key at the Colorado Springs Jail, his
brother, an ex deputy sheriff, Thomas
Gordon, a society man, j. J. Mullen,
mine owner and society man, Herbert
Rebeke, society man, Eugene Kinney,
another society man.
This shows plainly that the anarchists
and law breakers are not all among
miners and railroad men, as has been
claimed. We have tried to keep our
readers posted along this line, and
every time the truth comes out it is
proven that most of the mechanical
class are p~eaceable and law-abiding.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
A TALL A STORY.

We do not undertake to u down
all the political and snake yarns started,
but feel called upon to put on the
brakes now and then The Winston
Sentinel, of the 23rd, is responsible for
the following:
Raleigh Knoll, colored, who resides
on L W. Pegram's farm, north of the
city, killed a garter snake about three
feet long last Saturday. Between rs
and 100 little snakes about the size of
a lead pencil we're found in his mouth.
It is the custom of this variety to carry
their young in this way when moving
from place to place."
The average Democratic reader of
the Sentinel will believe the above just
as firmly as he believes we are getting
tariff reform, simply because he will
not investigate for himself. Let's see.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
GETTING BIGGER THAN HIS
PARTY AGAIN.

The Charlotte Observer is an admins
tration paper, Cleveland, Ransom,
demonstration, destruction and all.
It may claim to be a friend to silver,
but when it endorses the gang of politi-
cal cut threats it endorses their lead
ing acts and must be counted with, for
and by them. Saturday the Observer
said:
"The Observer has a business letter
which winds up thus:
With best wishes for the papers success, and
that OF the Old Sheriff, yours truly, etc.
"Lots of letters of that sort come to
this Office. The tide of public opinion
has set strongly again toward the
sheriff. One learns it from the talk of
the people and feels it in the air. Anger
is subsiding and reason is again max
ing its way toward the throne. Demo
Gratis are beginning to realize that, after
all, this is our administration. that
Cleveland is our Old Man, and that he
Is as apt to know what is right and
q Is best for us az we are"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
CLEVELAND, GoRMAN AND HILL.

The great three ring circus and
menagerie aggregation under the tariff
tent at Washington is still in full BIAS.
The sword swallowers and contor-
tionists are outdoing anything hereto
fore attempted. Cleveland, German
and Hill are the leading accrobats and
the centre of attraction in the three
rings.A
Cleveland's tariff letter has stirred
up the animals and the farce enacted
every day merits much Wall street
applause. The letters itself is mere
buncombe. We published it last week.
Senator German made a speech last
Monday in which he bitterly arraigned
Cleveland, charging, among other
things, that Cleveland and Carlisle
approved of the Senate bill as passed.
German is a protectionist and has
been dealing in Sugar Trust stock.
II the President had said any
thing against that great Sena-
torial fraud, Germans attack upon
him, printed on page 8, would bear
some semblance to a genuine outburst
of Indignation. As it is the public can
readily see through the bluff game they
are trying, to work. To add to the
Righteousness of the whole matter,
Senator Hill, whose antagonism to
Cleveland has been constant and bitter,
made a two-hours' speech Tuesday in
defense of the President. While all this
leaves us in doubt as to the next move
likely to be made, it will deceive only
the wilfully ignorant. All of it is mere
bosh, such as the sleight of-hand per.
former INDUCES in to mystify his audi
ence. The administration has played
the fool and the rascal, and this is
probably the last attempt to humbug
the public into the belief that some
efforts have been made to reform the
tariff.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
WE'VE GOT THE INEVITABLE
NOW.

The PROGRESSIVE FARMER MAKE 3anc :
frantic and pathetic appeal TO g 8anT.
Gratis to come over and JON tne tUPt
lists. THE FARMER sees the nanu" Jos.
ing on the wall and is becoming pam an
perate. Just quiet yourself, III tobie~
sey, and prepare for the lne'i'"'
Sanford Express. .,bsvs
Mr.. Cleveland and his Congress-
already given us all the ineVltaps .o II
can stand. In making an aPP0D ",n
honest Democrats to join in tneLSt ",n.
movement-the only thing tna' i
tains anything cheering as We T. iOsri
we ask them to try to escape 'n3 nod
table and bring about an era - Find
government. Will the BrprSss " ter
enough to state whether or NV
dorses the present admlnlS'r"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31

A snake three feet long has a mouth
probably half an inch in diameter.
Four snakes ''about the size of a lead
pencil" will fill the mouth of his or her
snakeship comfortably full. Between
rs and 100" snakes is the indefinite
number given. We will put the num-
Der at the lowest estimate-75 rs. In
order to carry Is snakes the size of a
lead pencil, the snake ought to have a
mouth at least 9 inches in diameter.
Did you ever see a snake three feet
long with a mouth nine inches in diane
ter9 If you have, then we will admit
that Democratic reform is a reality.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
N. r. 2. A.
EDITORIAL T

If by any hook or crook the Demo
Gratis win in the Georgia and Alabama
elections we suggest that they use
sugar and whiskey barrels for bonfres
instead of tar barrels.
China and Japan are at war England
has probably started the row. China
may laundry the Japanese, but Eng
land will own both countries when the
battle implements are laid away.
We call attention to the address of
Mr.. Peele on the relation of State and
Federal Governments. People are
waking up on the subject of govern
ment and all such addresses ought to
be read and studied carefully.
Miss Marie D. Leon, of Charleston,
8. O., was robbed of diamonds valued
at $500, 900 at Saratoga, II. Y, day
last week. The dispatch didn't say a
word about who was robbed to enable
her father to buy the diamonds for her.
President Cleveland thinks he has
suppressed the Chicago strike with
soldiers. Now we suggest that he
mass the troops at Washington and
suppress Congress. That body has de-
stroyed more property in two years
than all the strikers in the world ever
destroyed in a thousand years.
The NeU8 and Observer is anxious
to know the whereabouts Of "Old
Fogy," who 80 adroitly and vehem-
emily stirred up antagonism to the
Democratic party in this State a few
years ago." We can't furnish the in
formation. It looks like a case of chow
many did the cyclone kill, or was any
body else struck3"
The Scotch Irish Representatives.
Massachusetts, Hon. Michael J. McEt-
tereck, delivered a speech on the goth,
in the House, favoring election of Sen
ators by a direct vote of the people, in
which he made some good points. The
speech, as published in the Record, is
headed: 1--WE seek ~deliverance from
the iron heel of political absolution,
which is willing that the city and the
country should go to ruin so long as
power, patronage and pelf may be the
heritage of it's henchmen."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
NOW WHAT

You said that if they Klll0U
you would leave them. thgy
You said you would step out
increased the debt. .o,m the
You said if they do nov rs-
tariff, you were out of the Ps par rs more
You said, if they do not give
money you would quit; tho admin,
You said if they endorse TN
istration you would drop ,o sng Of the
You said, I am a IL
purity stripe. dfx
We say you are in a sad IN ~
What are you going to d0'
Did you mean it!
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
AMERICAS PROSPERITY.

The European tourist had secured a
paper and sat down for a quiet perusal
of the news. Noting the 1ashy head
lines he remarked to the hotel clerk:
Are your papers reliable2"
Peculiarly so" was the reply. '"This
country is noted for it's excellent news
papers, it's educational facilities, It's
love of peace, its"
"Ah, thank you"
The tourist began to read:
1.-The Pennsylvania soldiers fire on
the enemy. Is that true9"
Clerk: Yes sir, you see"
'The South Carolina troops abandon
their arms in the presence of the
enemy"
THAT is also true, but"
"The Colorado troops have massed
in the enemy's 'front.'"
eyes you see, Gov. Waite"
"Gov. Mckinley has ordered the
Ohio troops"
Certainly, sir! The strike"
Gov. Hogg has ordered the Texas
troops under arms"
''That sir, is because Of"
BLOOD flowing in Illinois"
Cali because Of
Twenty-three men killed in Mon
tana-"
Eyes, the tramps-"
Thirty four killed in New Mexico,
twenty in Pennsylvania, four in In
diana, three in Kansas"
"Well?"
"How long has your country been at
ware"
Clerk: Why, sir-it-er-dinner's
ready sir! Right this way."-SaIino
Union.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
FAILURE OF A LARGE ARMOR
PLATE.

An armor test of Carnegie nickel
steel Harveyiz9d plate, seventeen
inches thick, took place at the Indian
Head proving grounds on the Potomac
near Washington July ID, andliket the
eighteen inch Bethlehem plate tested
May 10, ended in the failure of the
plate. The same gun-the 11inch rife
was used in both cases, says the SCI
entifc American. The plate was Sc
cured to a 44inch oak backing, heavily
braced. The distance of the gun from
the target represented arrange of about
1900 yards. The Carpenter projectile
weighed 800 pounds and was propelled
by 26O pounds of brown prismatic pow
der; the muzzle velocity was !, 40 feet
per second. The first p~rojectile fired
penetrated 133 inches and then bounded
back SO feet. In the second Wheeler
Sterling shot the velocity was increased
to 1853 feet per second and the striking
energy was advanced to 20,370 foot
tons. The hav0c wrought was terrible;
the shot crashed through the plate and
backing, DETECTED up, and landed 300
feet away. The head of the shot was
somewhat injured, but the body of it
was intact. The result was a great
surprise to all concerned, especially to
the makers, who had used all possible
care in its fabrication, the plate being
left in the Harvey furnace for twenty
eight days. Upon this test depended
the acceptance of 287 tons of armor for
the battleship Oregon, worth $246, 600.
The loss to the company for the plate,
even if the armor is finally accepted,
will be 500, 900.
The Secretary of the Navy ordered
another test the next day, using the
same shells as were used in the June
test of a Bethlehem plate. The Car
penter projectile penetrated the plate
and stuck fast in it; the plate was
cracked. The Navy Department will
conduct exhaustive tests on Harvey
izing armor before accepting more
plates.
These two tests make it plain that
the gun builders are yet considerably
in advance of the armor builders. Two
hundred and sixty pounds of powder
ought to throw a p~rojectile with pow
erful force, but a steel plate eighteen
inches thick ought to stop it. How
ever, these two tests prove that the
plates must be thicker and harder if
they withstand the powerful force of
these immense cannon requiring $50
pounds of powder for a single charge.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
HOTEL RATES AT GREENSBORO.

Reduced hotel rates have been
secured at Greensboro for the State
Alliance, beginning August 14th. Dele
gates and visitors will be entertained
at from 80 cents to 81 25 per day. The
local committee will meet all trains
and look after all who go. A large
crowd will be in attendance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31

Capitalization ........$ $40, 226, 748, 1874
The holders of a majority of the
stock own, or hold and control, the
roads. We have it from a very reli,
able source that the average price of
railroad stocks on the market is below
% cents on the dollar. This being
true we divide the stock amount given
by four and find the total market
value to be only ....... 81, 158, 277, 191
One half of this am'nt is. ,579, 130. $50
A good working majority would be
5000 600, 900.
But, you say, the stock is bound for
the bonds. Well, what of that? The
bonds. too, are ON the market, and it is
not difficult to ascertain their market
value. We find quotation in stock ex-
change reports, and from these we
learn that so cents on the dollar would
over-reach their average selling price
on the market, the amount of bonds at
50 cents on the 81 90 would be
50, 500, 619, OPS
Add mark't price of stock 1 1873, III, 191
Total stocks and bonds of
the country 80. So, 684, 796, 216
Thus you can figure it out that the
railroads, in order to declare dividends
for the stockholders and pay interest
on their bonds, are bound to Cypress
the patrons of their roads who, in turn,
get it all back out of the consumer.
Six per cent. on the stocks and bonds
would be as follows:
Six per cent. on face or
nominal value. ....... 1851, 1913, 800. 70
Six per cent real or mar
ket value. ......... 221.187, 772 96
D Difference, or 6 per cent.
on water. ....... 1858, 981, 035 80
This excess is large. The politicians
are running wild over the robber tariff
The tariff robbed the people Of $219,-
O91, ia in 1888, and only $173, COZ, gu
in 1898 under the Mckinley law, which
is a terrible law, but listen: This
money goes to run the government,
but where does this 6 per cent. on
water in railroad stocks and bonds go,
this enormous theft of 1859, 981, OBS 80?
Tell US, if you know, where it goes to.
1t is entirely too important a matter to
ignore. We see that 6per cent. on the
difference between the face and market
value of these bonds exceed the annual
tariff receipts-very nearly double
them. Still the corporation attorneys
in Congress are pulling Stree Uool"
over your eyes. CAST it eff and wake
up and see where you are at.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
N MORE CHANCE,

We saw one of our farmers in town
the other day. He was one of these
''give the Democrats a chance" fellows.
This man still wants one more chance
and that is to hang Cleveland
Western Waterman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31

81 am standing nO1U Just behind the
curtain, and IN fUU glOU Of the coming
sunset. Behind me are the shGdOuUs on
the track, before me lies the dark vGuey
and the riUer. When I T1ingLe OCtth ats
dark Waters I rCGnt to cast Oge Hnger-
ing look WpOn o. country tChO8e govern
ment is Of the people, for the people,
and 6y the people. "-L. L. Polk, July
18th, 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
DID NOT WAIT.

The inhabitants of the American
colonies did not wait for an interna-
tional agreement on the declaration of
Independence Granite Pay Streak,
Granite, Colo. p,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31

In writing to anybody, always be
z,1re to give the name of your postofhce,
and sign your own name plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31

Do you want your paper changed TO
you have been getting 1t.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31

eB- Our friends in writing to any Of
our advertisers will favor US by men
sioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement in Tx PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31

~ TIE date on your label tells you
when your time is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31

The Progressive Farmer is the Omcial
Organ ofthe n. c. Farmers State Alliance
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31

This p1per entered az RecOnd-CIdss matter at the
Post O1Gce SHt RGJsfGb, ". @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
OUR RAILROADS.

From Interstate Commerce Commits
sion report, June 80, 1892, we find the
capital of our railroads was then:
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-04-13
Fifty-five Millions Short.

WAsuINoToN, April =. The regular
monthly Treasury statement for
March shows receipts as follows:
Customs, Sll,3js,9si; internal reve.
nne, 81, S0S, i21; miscellaneous, $685.
$50. The total receipts were there
fore, sd 1927 rs against SA,ll5,-
800 for March, 1888.
The disbursements during the
month were as follows: Civil and
miscellaneous, S9,356,9O7; war, 3d.
1922; navy, $3,373,7l0; Indians,
S109,057; pensions, Sl3,373,5O6; inte-
rest, s2iG4ll. Total disbursements,
S3l ,l:S,52O, rs against S3l ,6'}3, iS2 for
March, 1893, leaving a deficiency for
the month Of March of vi, 29i ,S63,
and for the nine months OF the pre-
sent fiscal year Of $50, 432,027.
As compared with March OF last
year there was a falling of in no.
ceipts from customs OF over $780,
coo, from internal revenue of Sl22,-
800, and from miscellaneous sources
OF SSi4,G22, In the expenditures
there was decrease OF x540,9l4 on
Indian account aud Si66,7li on az,
count Of pensions. There was also
a falling of in the interest OF 1892,