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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07
IS NOW QUITE RESPECTABLE

The careful observer has not failed to
notice the rapid change in sentiment
and feeling toward the new party, the
Young political giant. Two years ago
it was formally organized in this State
The "dogs of war" belonging to Oot
old political freights were turned loose
at once. The national SANDER bureau
with branches in every State, was run
day and night. The o promlnenIC
men in the new party were boycotteo
in a business and social way, tne
unassuming masses weretold that they
were the victims of a confidence game
and advised to turn back at once. For
once the SANDER bureau failed. PATRIOT
ism and manhood did not yield. Here
and there a weak, so called man vent
back to the flesh pots.
That is one side. On the other stood
much of the backbone, integrity and
brains of the State. They were mostly
unframed warriors. They had no
famous generals, but they were men.
Tired of oppression, robbery, deception,
they determined on asecondde~ declaration
of independence. The result was that
after unheard of cheating in registra-
ton, desperate unfairness at the polls,
and an exhibition of total depravity IN
counting the votes and managing the
returns, this new party elected thirteen
members of the legislature and two
State Senators, and, in addition, a num-
Der of county officers. Congressman
and others were elected, but counted
out.
This astonished the old party gas bags
and good citizens began to soften and
drive out prejudice. The SANDER
bureau has kept up a relentless war,
hoping to discourage those who have
affiliated with the new party. But re-
forms never go backward. The new
party is growing in strength, brains,
experience, and determination. AS a
middle of the road party, it is drawing
from both old parties. It is no longer
a disgrace to belong to the new party.
The press has been forced to give it and
its members recognition and is now far
more respectful in tone and cannot
afford to SANDER SO many good citizens.
Both old parties have lost their hold
on the masses and are now mere side
shows to the new party, and will re
main so until compelled to combine their
forces to gain strength enough to con
tinue their fight for organized plutoc-
racy. Two years ago it was thought
by some to be a disgrace to belong to
the Peoples party. 1t is only a ques-
ton of time now when it will be a dis.
grace to belong to the two old trusto-
cratic machines. The masses in the
two old machines are honest, but the
party leaders have brought disgrace
upon the masses and they will not sub
NIT to it much longer. You can fool
all of the people part of the time, part
of them all the time, but you can't fool
all of them all the time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07

Mgr. SatoHi, Delegate ApoStol
that is representative of the POI
has, pronounced against the Dq
traffic, as it is carried on this couDl
and the Pope has endorsed his acO
This means that saloon keepers can
be members of the Catholic Gnu
1t is a bold step, and unezpea,
Nearly all of the thousands OF So.
keepers in New York are Catno,
and the same is true of other 2
cities.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07

liam standing nO1U Just behind the
curtain, and in fWU gIO1C of the coming
sunset. Behind me are the shadows on
the track, before me lies the dark vGHey
and the riUer. When I mingLe ICith ats
dark 1UGters I Wunt to cast hngeT-
inq look upon o. country WhOse govern
ment is Of the people, for the people,
and 6y the people, "-L. L. Polk, July
Ath, 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07

courts sustained the comr,ia.:N
to the branch lines of the cons"neN
then became apparent to the
that the time had come wboU UOnp
surrender its exemption from 't VI
Soon after the Legislature of Toaa
the president of the compan1 1oS6
me to go with him to Raleigh a ro
in making a settlement with ~
OF all matters in dispute betwaa,
company and the State. Ia9reos
SO on one condition and onlv ~.
that was this: His company m Ou
agree to surrender all its ~
from taxation and put all its naaI
on the tax list, To be assessed ~
like other property, and in tho
place his company must aoroo
surrender the power containoa
charter to fix freight rates 40 ~
company should be under tho
of the railroad commission iko
roads in the State. This was e.
agreed to by the company and ~
agreed to go to Raleigh and a5ssir
making an honorable adiustmons
the matter in controversy betwoo-
company and the State. I did
was there several weeks. 7 beS
ferences with the committee =.
Legislature. the Governor, thu A.
ney General, the State Treasure,
the railroad commissioners On,
finally agreed upon a bill that No.
the Senate almost unanimously and
House by an overwhelming maio,
By this settlement millions of dol
worth of property was put on The
list which had never paid a tax bps
and thousands of dollars were paid
the State and county treasures.
settlement had the hearty suppor
Governor Carr, Treasurer Tate Al
ney, General Osborne and the rain
commissioners, to say nothing Of
Senators and Representatives in
Legislature who voted for it, AMI
the men who approved or voted
the settlement are to be found az d
and as true men as can be found In
State. So, if 1 committed a wrd
these good and true men endorsed
Soon after I returned to my home
company paid me a reasonable d
pensation for my services in the d
ter and there my connection wit
ended.
This was the only time l have 1
appeared for the company in anythI
I am under no obligations to the d
pany and the company is under D
to me. Had the proposition bea
pay what I considered a useless
sidy to that road, I would just as
have voted against it. Ibelieve in ID
ing the railroads fairly and in gil
to their property the same proteI
that is given to other property AM
paying them fair compensation
services rendered, but I do not bel
in giving them any ~extraordi1
privileges.
In conclusion, I beg to say
while I shall not feel called upon tol
attention to nameless corresponds
I shall always cheerfully reply to
respectful inquiry, no matter 3
whom it may come. In the cas-
this correspondent I understand
a Mr.. Watt, of your city. If I eVai
the man any harm I do not knoT
If, however, he has any grleVa
against me it would have been d
more manly to have made it know
me under his own name. l bellies
was this same correspondent who
sailed Senator Vance so ,severel!
his course in the Senate. L, theral
need not expect to escape, but bel
find out, when it is too late, thai
can better serve his special friend
writing about his virtues than By
sailing the motives of those who
to differ with him.
am very truly yours,
THOs. J. JAW
Nor SatOHi Delooafn ADOst0l
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07

The latest from Washington is that
the appropriation bills have all been
agreed to and passed, and that the
tariff matter has been compromised
and the bill will be a law in less than
ten days. This means that the Senate
bill, which is worse than the Mckinley
bill, has been adopted.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07

~ Our friends in writing to any OF
our advertisers will favor US Oy men
sioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement in The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07

~ The late on your label tells you
when your time is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07

Do YOU want your paper changed to
anofher office State the n at which
you have been getting 1t.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07

In writing to anybody, always be
a1re to give the name OF your pos6omce'
and sign your own name plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07
1T IS ALL RIGHT.

The Ne1US and Observer of last Thurs
day claims that the Peoples party
State Convention ignored the Sub
Treasury plank of the Alliance in max
ing up a platform, and seems rather
too highly elated when we consider
that the editor of that paper enthusiasts
tically endorsed the Sub Treasury
scheme in a secret circular sen out
some three years ago. In this circular.
he endorsed the Ocala platform in its
entirety, and the Sub-Treasury especi-
ally.
But the Peoples party convention
did not omit the Sub Treasury. The
very first section says: I'VE reaffrm
the principles of the Peoples party
platform, both State and National. y
That, Of course, means the Omaha
platform of 1892 and State platform
for the same year. The Omaha plat
form contained the Sub Treasury in all
its beauty, and so far nothing better"
has been suggested.
We publish a letter from Senator
Jarvis this week in which he admits
that he was in the pay of the W. & w.
Railroad Company when he came t Raj
eigh during the session of the legislature
of '93 though it was given out that he
came as "a visiting statesman" Enough
has leaked out to convince the people
of North Carolina, if they are open to
conviction, that neither Ransom nor
Jarvis r suitable to represent this
State at Washington.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07
SENATOR JARVIS WRITES.

HE Vote IN the Fast Mail Item Was in
the Interest of Public Economy-Hls
Relations to the w. & w. Rail-
road--The Circumstances I'm
der Which He Appeared
Before the Legisla-
tive Committee.
The following letter from Senator
Jarvis relating to recent charges
against him was addressed TO Mr. "
A Mathews, of Charlotte, and was
furnished by him to the O0ser0er OF
the same city for publication sunday
morning, July 90:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07

The T~rustocratic State Convention
meets in this city tomorrow. The
delegate who pays for his ticket, the
delegate who comes On a pass and the
representatives of the trusts will be
here in all their glory. The freak of
nature with the overgrown backbone
will get a milk and cider endorsement.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-07

The Progressive Farmer Is the Ohcial
0rren oFthe NJ. C., Farmers State Alliance
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
1.-The Sacred Right"

The JOURNAL says it neither questions OF
denies the sacred right of petition. Not di
rectly, perhaps, but for fear some indiscreet
person might not be disposed to roar his pro-
test as gently as sucking dove, it would
waive the right and allow the impression to
prevail that the people were indifferent
Cumberland Ne~s.
The JOURNAL questions only the
propriety of exercising the sacred
right in the profane tones of the riot
act.
For instance, there is no doubt Mr..
Rayner's speech last Tuesday was
embittered by the indiscreet utterances
of a delegation of his constituents who
"demanded" his support of several in
dustries in which they are interested.
Hence, when we exercise the right
it is good policy to arouse no resent
ments and provoke the use of no
counter-irritants.
The JOURNAL believes honesty is
the best policy"-that sort of honesty
that is not noisily and intolerantly
selfish, and that brayado is one of the
worst.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
Bill No, Oh, of ID.

The bill whose ostensible object is to
secure payment of certain debts for
labor and materials contracted by the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal company,
between Jan. l, 1877, and Jan. l, 1890,
seems to assume that the canal under
the current management is to be a
failure.
Hence, there is fear that there is a
colored gentleman of Peter jackson
proportions in the wood-pile.
In other words, there is more con-
Germ feltin somehow making operative
the Act of 1890, chapter 1874, than for
getting pay for "labor and materials"
some of the bills for which must be
outlawed long time ago.
The JOURNAL looks at the proposal
from a distance, of course, and cannot
see that portion of it that is unwritten.
But the county's representatives are
cautioned to probe it's real purposes
to the bottom.
For several reasons
l, The canal should not be put IN
peril of sacrifice now to competing
region any more than in 1890, and
2, Since Transportation" is the fad
to cure the ills VIC are to derive from
free coal, do not let anybody steal 33b
per cent. of the fad from US.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
A Sad Accident.

The boyish practice of lighting fire.
crackers and placing them under boxes
to explode, led Laura Miller, daughter
of Mrs. Jane r. Miller. of Hoffman, to
experiment Monday afternoon with a
bottle of powder and tub in the same
way. She AIMED to make a fuse of
some paper, but while lighting it the
powder ignited, exploding the bottle
and burying the pieces of glass in her
face and neck. The main artery of
the neck was punctured and, although
all that surgical aid could do was
rendered, she bled to death within
three hours after the accident. Laura
was ID years, months and 2 days old.
The funeral took place at the Eckhart
Baptist church Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. r. M. Stricken officiating inter-
ment in the Arnold graveyard, near
Eckhart.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
Journalistic.

The JOURNAL concurs with the Cum
berland Neaos in being unable to un.
derstand exactly "what an executive
editor is, but it must be something
bright or it would not fit Hobart
The JOURNAL is also slightly puzzled
with the term, Scimetar, as a name for
a Sunday paper. Centuries ago the
scimetar was an implement of war
dedicated mainly to the propagation
of the faith of Islam, but in the hands
of a christian soldier like Philip w.
Avirett and pious dramatist like G..
Valentine Hobart, 1t can have no
Sabbatarian mission founded upon the
fear Of blood. And taking the first
issue-last Sunday, as a prospectus.
we may look for sheet BETTING the
day Of publication and rejecting the
gentle spirit and tuneful tenor of the
two intellectual princes under whose
direction it will move.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
Incidental Protection All We Have
and All We Ask
COUNTY NEWS.
He Was a Good Man.

The following paper, adopted by
the employees of the Potomac coal
company at meeting in the Bijou
Opera House, Barton. Thursday even
ing, Jan. Is, does great credit to the
heads and hearts of the generous men
who gave formal shape to the high
appreciation in which Mr.. Brown was
held. The JOURNAL is authorized to
say tina: the paper expresses the senti-
ment and sorrow of all in this vicinity
who held subordinate relations to
the lamented deceased:
WHEREAS, God in his wise Judgment has
seen fit to remove from this world our es-
teemed and worthy superintendent, Hartman
Brown.
Resol0ed, That it is but Just tribute to the
memory of the departed to say that in re-
GREETING his removal from our midst, we
mourn for one who wasin every way worthy
of our regard.
RESOLVED, That his untiring zeal in the per-
Torrance of his duties, his constant courtesy
and social qualities, his painstaking accuracy
OF observation, were qualities which COM
mand the respect of every one.
Resolved, That we sincerely sympathize
with his family and friends in the great loss
which they sustained, who knew so much
better than ourselves his many virtues and
his loving deeds which his kind and benevo-
lent heart moved him to do through his
whole life, and pray that God in His infinite
mercy will enable them to bear up under
their sad bereavement with Christian spirit
and fortitude, and that they may look for
ward with faith and hope to the reunion
with their loved one in that land where
sorrow and parting never come.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be sent to the bereaved family and they be
printed in the Cumberland Times Daily
NeTs, F'RosTBURG MINING JOURNAL and Iona
coming Review. THEo. GEORGE,
URIAH SMITH,
JAMES Mcguire,
p. B. LAsHBAUGH,
GORDON BURST.
Committee.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
GENERAL ITEMS.
Begged Il Drink With Pockets Full Of
Money.

money.
Bob" Weller, the barkeeper at the
Mansion House, was occasioned sur
prise Thursday evening, says the Berlin
Record, that fairly made him rub his
eyes time or two to make sure they
were not deceiving him. The cause of
the surprise was tramp who came IN
and tried to beg drink of beer. Upon
being perslstently refused he rammed
his hand into an inside coat pocket and
drew out q roll of bills as thick as ones
wrist. Finding no small denomina-
tons he replaced the bills and jerked
out a second roll from another side
pocket. Failing again to find small
bill he replaced the roll and went down
into one of his pantaloon pockets and
hauled out hand full of silver from
which he paid for his drink. The
gentleman had begged Il meal or two
before going to the hotel. The idea
was advanced that he might be the
person for whom the $500 is being
offered on account of the murder and
robbery of mining boss in Maryland.
The tramp lodged at the Mansion
House and struck the road again Fri
day morning.-Somerset (Pa.) Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
\ Plea for Protection from an ALE,
gany County Editor.

Mr.. j. B. Oder, editor, of the Frost
burg (Md) MINING JOURNAL, writes
to the Sun as follows in regard to the
proposition in the Wilson bill to put
coal on the free list
cannot undertake to comment upon all
the points made by the SIM in favor of adj
hitting coal free of duty, but | do crave
enough valuable space to attempt to show
wherein the Georges Creek coal region is
entitled to all the consideration it asks. ! say
the Georges Creek coal region, because there
Is no abuse whatever here of the small IN.
cidental protection afforded the mining in,
dustry by the current tariff.
In the first place, the tariff of 70 cents per
ton Is equivalent to an average I'D paioreu,
tax of % per cent. OF the 70 cents at least 70
cents go to the labor which digs and places
the coal on the cars for shipment. Hence
nearly "a per cent. of the small protection af.
forded finds its way exactly where it belongs
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
But We Should Not Retaliate.

Senator Sloan says Baltimore city
gets one million dollars annually
from this region.
Without questioning whether the
amount Is not larger, it is very certain
that the city is doing some steady work
through some of its papers, statesmen
and soorkingmen to materially reduce its
dividend from our trade.
Moreover, should Mr.. Sloan and his
fellow merchants reciprocate in kind
should go to Philadelphia for goods as
Baltimore goes to Nova Scotia for
coal, the dividend earned by the city
would be still smaller.
For if the modern democratic notion
of sacrificing the industries nearest
home first because they are nearest
home, is to prevail, this region has
some infants to thrown in the Ganges
as we'll as Baltimore.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
Nothing to Gain at Home

Coal goes on the free list by decisive
majority. Free coal is what most people
want these zero days.-Connelsville (Pa.)
Courier.
If the JOURNAL mistakes not, Con-
nellsvllle is about as conveniently
situated with regard to its fuel supply
as Cumberland.
This being the case, we will ask the
Cumberland Times what benefit can
free coal as a transportation reformer
bestow upon Cumberland
Cumberland gets it's fuel as cheap
now as the town of Frostburg.
How much cheaper will either town
get it by making coal free of dutyg
Not a cent, for the cost of trans
portation is not involved.
The only way for Cumberland and
Frostburg to get their coal cheaper is
to reduce mining wages, and that the
Times does not want to do.
And it is the only way Baltimore
can get its coal cheaper, for in spite of
the clty's crusade against our region
no coal, foreign or domestic, can meet
and reduce our prices there.
The Maryland city's fight against a
Maryland coal industry is, therefore,
fight pure and simple for New Eng.
land and Nova Scotia benefit.
There is some excuse for Mr..
Wilson, who expects West Virginia to
sell coal in Ontario, but none what.
ever for Rayner who, with swelling
periods, lays us at the feet of Nova
Scotia, exacting nothing but applause
for his ostentatious consignment OF
Maryland interests to a foreign land,
because they were the only interests
he could thus sacrifice for the sake OF
winning Wilsonian eclat.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
The Way of the Suicide.


The Baltimore Sun begins it's report
this way:
The attack on the free list had been started
by democrats and Representative McKaig, of
Maryland, had just concluded an address in
favor of the Mckinley duty on coal.
The usually accurate Sun is in error.
Mr.. McKaig did not "favor" nor did
Mr.. Rayner oppose "the Mckinley
duty on COAL"
Mr.. McKaig favored the retention
of the John Richie duty on coal and
Mr.. Rayner opposed it.
And John Richie was that sort of a
good and conscientious democrat that
he spoke and worked for coal solely
because it was product of his State.
He was that sort of democrat
that he would have denounced with
all the force of his imperial intellect
and all the impressiveness of his
transcendent eloquence the newborn
notion that a statesman, to be pa
triot, must signalize his love of his
country by first disabling leading in
dustry because it is IN his State.
1t remains to say that if the dem
ocracy has started ont in this line it
has begun to sap the springs to which
it owes Its life, and like the nations
which violated the genius which gave
each its rise, it is already on the down
grade which leads to death and forget
fulness.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
Children Should Keen Still.


The Journal has equal occasion for
joy and grief.
1t reyels in the Homecoming Stars
confession that it sis great admirer
Of the JOURNAL" but sit enjoys"
among other qualities, the JOURNALS
"veracity."
1t is panied, however, to learn that
the Star discredits the undeniable fact
that the discussion between the Cum
berland Ne,os and the JOURNAL
has learned our people more of the
merits and dement's of the great question
than any other discussion that ever took place
in this county.
The Star, it has been seen, not only
believes, but it lacks faith moreover,
it is in the fog. 1t believes the JOUR-
NAL, but it can't understand the tariff
question after all, at all, at all. The
JOURNAL showed that coal is already
tariff for-revenue commodity, and
that under the terms of the Chicago
platform it is entitled to remain so.
That is the entire contention in a nut
shell. If the Star cannot so under
stand it, that paper should not mention
the tel m, tariff in its columns.
But the JOURNAL does not wish to
be severe.
1t merely desires to get the Star to
repress its tendency to expose its dis
qualifications for criticism, impouud
its confessions of ignorance and to
modify the tenor of its editorial adver-
tisement of its lonely situation as the
only paper in the county that enjoys
JOURNAL "veracity" without under
standing JOURNAL English.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-01-27
One More Ordeal.
One More Ordeal.
The Cumberland Times says :


The Cumberland Times says:
Aristotle described the model man as
"tetragonal;' which, being interpreted
means square. A tetragonal man is, there
fore, square man, and that's what brother
Oder, of the Frostburg JOURNAL
Then the Baltimore News comes
along and heads the article "Oder, the
Tetragonal.n
We would not care so much for the
Times and Ne,cs' kindness, but oul
trouble now is-what is E. R. Johns.
ton, the chief of geometrical linguists,
going to say about the matter7