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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
THE BOND ISSUES.

A ''Trial Subscriber" asks us to ex-
plain the working of the last issue of
$50, 600, 900 of bonds. 1t is just this: A
combination of men in New York take
that amount of gold to the sub treasury
and get bonds for it and getsix months
interest in advance, that is take back
with them 81, OOO, 900. Then they take
the bonds to the U. 8. Treasury and
get $45, 900, 900 back in money and own
the bonds. If they want more bonds
they take greenbacks out of their
banks, put the bank notes there for a
reserve, and draw the gold out of the
sub treasury and the U. S. Treasury in
order to get the gold back, will sell
more bonds, and they can repeat this
until the government has taken in and
holds the $340, 600, 900 of greenbacks
and has issued bonds to that amount,
and can do it with the $50, 900, 600 of
money they started in with. The ma
ton does not gain a cent by the trans
action, but saddles on the people the
entire bonded debt, which will draw
interest at the rate stipulated in the
bond. The whole transaction Is a
swindle on the people, and the thieves
of London and New York are making
clear the entire issue of bonds. They
have captured the government and are
running it for all there is in it. This
has been going on for thirty years. Is
it any wonder starvation stalks the
land in a time of plenty7
During and after the war, when the
government would not receive it's own
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
"SONS OF REST"

The New York World yesterday con
tanned a list of leaves of absence granted
Congressman during the past two
months. According to it's computation,
the amount of salaries ''docked" for
four months past would scarcely reach
1000; but if full returns were made
there would be a saving to the treasury
of not less than $500, 900. For the
month of July and part of August
sixty-four members of Congress were
absent for longer or shorter periods.
Fifty-two of these absentees were alb
sent on account of Sickness, " a rather
remarkable degree of invalidism for a
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
MEETING OF STATE ALLIANCE.

The eighth annual meeting OF the
State. Alliance, held last week at
Greensboro, was a big success. The
attendance was good and everything
harmonious. Several counties we're
not represented, but they are among
the best in the State, and the failure of
the delegates to attend is not discourag
ing. The old officers, with one or two
exceptions, were n elected. The Con
stitution was slightly amended. Female
members feel that they ought not to
be merely honorary members, but pay
ing ones, and hereafter they will pay
five cents per quarter as dues while the
dues of the male members remains the
same-25 cents per quarter. The ma
tional dues will be paid from the State
Treasury hereafter instead of collecting
from the members. The Finance Com
mittee recommended a reduction in
salaries to conform to the times and
all the officers consented. The salary
of the State Business Agent was re
duced from 81 900 to $1,000; Secretary
Treasurer, $1,000 to $1,000; Trustee of
the Business Agency Fund $500 to
$500. The President formerly got s.
per day when travelling on business
for the Alliance. He will now get 81.
The pay of the Executive Committee
men was reduced to the same extent.
A number of new and recognized
Alliances were reported and the mem
bership in the State is about 1900 more
than it was at this time last year.
The admirable address of President
Mewborne, business like report of State
Agent Worth, resolutions adopted, and
other matter appears elsewhere in this
issue. Now let us all put our shoulders
to the wheel and start afresh.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
ALLIANCE NEWS

Items Of all Sorts C~oncerDinu
Organization. 'ue Great
4Ine I0.oa Tribune reports ~
zatlon OF new Alliances in tpe organ.
every week. mat STAT
virginia State Alliance m..,.
Lynchburg today. virpirina 0os at
say a full delegation will etton, papers
Are you attending your sph.An.
meetlngs' This is a question fA.l
ought to be able to answer in the snas you
The Maryland State AJIiono
salisbury Oh the 14sh. Consisnetst
interest is manifested in AIianu aefaSls
tiers in that State now. "uoe mat
August 18th was "AlliaDoo d.
the Clarendon Assembly Gron 10y at
leans county, N. Y. STATE VI
Mathews and other prominent ''ufer
were present. p0aKen
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
FEDERAL ELECTIONS
Correspondence Of the Progressive =
D.rmTo- AZ ~ FARMER.

correspondence Of the Progressive Farm.
RALEIGH, N. G., Aug. u I IsS,
The Interpretation which NJ. -T "
Fowler, of Boston, Mass, povo w.
clause in the Federal Constit,tio1 'n'
specting the election of member ~ :.
Congress is doubtless correct tL.,l
it is pretty certain that the snnUsS
Court of the United States will S.Is
otherwise fit ever gets a chanca T Tsl
Interpretation is not new to me- bn,
am certain that the Supreme Cou,.
would seize upon the interpretatioD
most favorable to the United stots.
Government. This court would bors
far more excuse for Selling the contra
OF Federal elections than it had fl, u
venting internal revenue and prota..
tive tariff taxation. In my address
called the election of members Of Nm,
gress Federal elections" The electo,
are most properly State officers. maid
by the State, and the manner of tbai,
election is controlled by the State Leo.
islatures and there is no clause in the
Constitution which will serve as an e,.
cuse for Federal interference.
However, I am glad to find as much
love for the rights of the States %
seems to exist in the breast Of Nj,
Fowler. The frigid breath of the north
wind has not froze the genial currents
of his soul. W. J. PEELE.
P. Sit is not very complimentary
to Mr.. Cleveland that his best friends
and most abject apologists can't pre-.
dict whether or not he will sign the
tariff reform bill. ". J.P.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
GOT A MOVE ON.

The State Alliance last week decided
that the time had come to move for
ward, and it got a genuine move on, a
move which should be encouraging to
the brotherhood, and one which we are
sure the entire membership, from
Cherokee to Currituck, will heartily
and unanimously endorse. The lively
interest manifested in the move be-
tokened a determination to go forward
in earnest and push the enterprise to
success. What is it2 Why, just this:
The Alliance authorized the organiza-
ton of The ALLIANCE MANUFACTURE
ING COMPANY, for the purpose of man
featuring shoes, clothing, hats, tanning
leather, etc. Now THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER proposes to put its shoulder to
the wheel; we ask you, brethren, to
get ready. We shall say more on this
line next week. It's a grand move, and
should and will be a success. You will
surely say so when you learn the par
ticulars. Keep your eyes and ears
open and get ready to shove all along
the line.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
WHAT VANCE DID SAY.
baskerville Register.

LASnONA . AGCSuSGCA"I
The Asheyille Citizen, after the
death of Senator Vance, published a
long letter, written by J. P, Kerr, in
which the writer gave an account of
an alleged interview with the Senator.
In that interview the Senator is made
to say that Democracy is immortal, "
etc This the Citizen has been print
ing daily in capital letters at the head
of it's editorial columns. 1t bears all
the earmarks Of fraud. Hardly an in
telligent man believes a word of it.
But Vance is on record over his own
signature. His letter was written to
J. P. Caldwell, and published in the
Charlotte Observer July 90, 1893. Here
is what he then said:
"GOMBROOM, JULY 81, 1893.-IF
THE REFUSAL TO SERVE THEM
FIRST THE BANKERS AND BROK-
ERS WITHOUT SOME GUARAN-
TEE THAT THE PEOPLE SHALL
PARTICIPATE ALSO, PUTS ME OUT
OFTHED EMOCR ATTIC PARCY. YOU
WILL, MY DEAR SIR, If YOU LIVE
A FEW MONTHS LONGER, SEE
THE GREATER PART OF THAT
PARTY DELIBERATELY WALK
OUT OF ITSELF, LEAVING NOTH-
ING BEHIND BUT A SMELL OF
BIRTHSTONE AND WALL STREET.
II. B. VANCE"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
TO CoRREsPoNDENTs.

Again we ask III correspondents to
write short letters or articles. We
wish to give all a hearing, but cannot
unless this request is complied with.
We want to hear from every Sub ALI
ance, every neighborhood occasionally.
Don't write a long article. Write a
spicy news letter, giving neighborhood
news, and in one paragraph tell what
your Alliance is doing. Never send
stale news. If you have anything to
send, write at once. A postal card will
nswer FOR any ordinary communica-
ton. If you have a subject worthy of
much space, write plainly and on one
side of your paper only, boiling it
down as much as possible. If you are
not accustomed to writing, rewrite
your article and you can improve it
very much. Start into your subject
at once and stop when you have
finished it. Hereafter no communica-
ton will be published over a nom de
plume in this paper. Your full name
and p~ostofice must appear at the end
of the article. Short articles on agri-
cultural topics are solicited.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
A CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION.

st. Peter Ito new arrival from North
Oarolina)-"How is the war progress
ing down thereG"
Good North Carolinian. are
you talking about9"
st. Peter.-''I mean the war between
the friends of higher education and the
opposition"
Good North Carolinian. ooh there
is nc war. Everything was p~eaceable
when / left"
st. Peter .-''Glad to hear it. Some
body has been telling us that there had
been three or four battles and more
than ten thousand people were killed"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21

A Raleigh man who isn't much of a
politician, but is a good judge of liars
and lying, says he has attended all of
the various party conventions held in
this city for several years, and while
there has been some escaping of gas in
all of them, the State Convention here
on the Ssh and the Congressional Con
vention held on the 18th, brought out
the champions, He says some Of them
can discount ''Sinbad the Sailor"
{ CULVER and Baron Maunchausen. y
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
CHILDREN BRING SORROW TO
GRAY HAIRS,

Hockey Smith.-''Mr. Daniels, may l
go fishing this afternoon?"
Hon. Josephus Daniels. -''No. Lam
tired getting my friends appointed to
Office and want to take my usual nap"
Hickey Smith.-"What shall 1 do
this afternoon9"
Hon. Josephus Daniels. -Continue to
add names to the pension roll. We
must make votes while the sun shines. y
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
A Few Words With Our Friends Who
Send In Subscriptions Weekly.

A Few Words With Our Friends Who
Send In Subscriptions Weekly.
L II McAdams, Alamance county,
renewing, writes: Il hope The Pro.
GREssIvE FARMER may have a long Life.
1 believe the principles it advocates are
right"
Eli Cox, Onslow county, renewing
writes: II have been reading your
paper for five years and it has become
a second nature-I can't do Without
at least don't want to.
"A G. Bazemore, BERTHE county, has
our thanks for a club of eight new sub
scribers. If all our friends would 90
that well in every part Of the State
the reform movement would gain al
impetus that no opposition could VIII
stand. Try it.
John s. Morrow, Orange county,
renews and writes that he has pald lE
this year once, but has not been crea
tied, and would rather pay twice tnan
miss the paper. The error will O6aF
tended to, brother. We are AWAY
ready to correct them when lntormSa'
j A Bryant, Ware county, Ga,%
newing, writes: Il must conIaa.
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER ana E@P
posted on North Carolina affairs. ~.
county polled about the smallest 70"
for reform of any in the State IaS' 1%~
ton, but a test now will snow ~
votes to one cast then. Judge nm
and Hon. T. E. Watson botn maa
speeches here recently and MADE m'D'
converts"
The following friends have 81"
favored us with subscriptions u
newals during the week: WI0[n
Northampton county; Jas d M0r r[rIs,
Owane county, Ill; Miss n I'm
Lenoir; W L Johnson, Ma[Sln Lnom.
Crumple, H H DraughOn, SanR 0rr.
PIP Cahoon, Dare; Col JoOak
ham; Rev. John Miller, BuI y M.
Hon G H Brogden, Wayne; % 1Latbsrs.
f PsoonotanF; n S Long, Beaufort y
O Pelletier, ] P Tucker, L aI~irotOn.
Carr, ST., Duplin; W Lowell o'J
CaswelI; Thos H Moore AAllaan nW
l. Pankey, Victor Mingo, FranEp Gsa..
Elkina. DF Wnkie, SCJohnsonT1 SI
ham; q J Mills, 7 W Bag Z T1uisdar,
J M Stephenson, Wilson; L .ard DR.
Vance; W H F~errebee, Hsr5lols' YAK.
r Person, Wayne; s n Na&I English,
r J Smith, Martin; n G25 Ens' Ire.
A Parker, Randolph; N W "IW VIZ
deli. J Y Hamrick, CIeTeie = Catbsy,
Lindsay Line Rockingham; L hC T. Pp
CASTOR ctn Jewell FELTON,, FoF 9arap; ]
BarrHn S A Earnherds. ., no'Tw
M Flake, Arson, G B C Jam mons, bali
Drew, Brunswick; CP
fax.
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N. r. P. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

An exchange asks: where do some
of the professional politicians get their
money fromR" Ask the corporations.
We have received the first number
of the Reform Advocate, published at
~Statesville, N. @. DR.. J. II. Judd is
ring.
IF you want more news about the
war between China and Japan than we
publish, subscribe for the papers over
there and then stand on your head and
read 'em.
The Atlanta Daily Press is a double
jointed hummer with side whiskers,
Thomas E. Watson is editor in chief
and that is enough. Every North Car
Gilman who can ought to subscribe for
it as we have no daily in this State.
The tariff bill increases the revenue
tax on whiskey from 90 cents to $1.1O
per gallon. The North Carolina Demo
cratic State platform favors the aboli-
ton of the tax on liquors. There ought
to. be a parity" right along here some
where.
After the notice giving time and
place for holding the Senatorial Con
vention 10 the Eighth district was
printed on u first page, we received
a note from the chairman asking us
to change the date from August 28th,
to September 18th. Persons interested
will please take notice.
Chairman Wilson, of the House FL
nance Committee, says the U. s. Sen
ate is not a Democratic body. What7
Then the Democratic victory of 1892 is
all a dream. The President is Repub-
lican, the Senate is Republican, and so
is a part of the House. The Demo
cratic victory is all a dream.
National President Butler, President
Mewborne, of the State Alliance, Mai.
W. A. Graham, Trustee of the Business
Agency fund, State Lecturer Thomp-
son,gBros. Hillman and Long, of the
State Alliance Executive Committee,
and other prominent Alliancemen were
in the city during the past week.
Some of our political exchanges
charge that there are Office seekers in
the Peoples party. Well bet it's so.
A half a column or more of announce
ments of would-be candidates in nearly
every one Of our Democratic exchanges
brings out the fact that the Democratic
party is down with the same disease.
The Wake county Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals, is
progressing. We heartily approve of
this society, but hope they will include
human beings in their good work. We
have but little faith in big hearts that
bleed every time a mule stubs his toes
and close up like oysters when human
beings are being robbed and trampled
upon.
Mr.. @. NJ. Cook might make a pretty
good Congressman, but we think his
occupation ought to be that of a rain
maker. Last Wednesday the skv was
clear as crystal here, having also that
dull leaden hue indicating a drouth.
Ia fifteen minutes after Mr.. Cook be-
gan his speech Of acceptance a heavy
downporr of rain began, continuing all
the afternoon,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21

A dispatch says business is improv-
ing in England since the passage of the
tariff bill. We are glad to hear that
it is helping things over there, for it is
doing no good here, but is doing harm.
Seems to be getting in its work a long
way from home. We may look out for
reduction in the price of toadskins in
Kamskata before Christmas as a result
of the tariff reform % fraud.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21

The Democratic administration not
only can't pass a Democratic measure,
but fails to endorse its own work every
time. Members of Congress and Sen
ators all say ''now we have passed this
bill, but it is not what we wanted"
Each member ought to have a mule
hitched convenient to the capitol and
when they pass a measure go at once
and tickle the mule on his ankles.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21

The Tariff bill, built by the trusts,
known as the Senate bill, was agreed
to by the House, and though the Presi-
dent has not signed it yet, will prob
ably became a law some time this
week. An editorial from the Whining
ton Messenger, printed in another col
umn, states the case so well that we
will not comment on.the bill now. We
will give the figures as soon as they
can be secured. 1t is a fraud, to say
the least.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21

81 am standing nOtU Just behind the
curtain, and in fall glOIC0f the coming
sunset. Behind me are the shadows on
the track, before me lies the dark galley
and the riUer. When I mingLe Nth its
dark Uaters I tCGnt to cast one Hnger-
Gnq look upon O. country whose govern
ment is Of the people. for the people,
and By the peOpEe."-L. L. Polk, july
18th, 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
HAS ONE REDEEMING QUALITY.

Populist Editor.-'You fellows find
it pretty hard work to endorse Mr..
Cleveland, don't you7"
Democratic Editor y es."
Populist Editor. Seems to me that
you might lay a good deal of stress on
the fact that he never writes poetry
for the press"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
$55, 81 SIS, 1885, 80

Total coin. value. ....... $40, sos. "a
The total mining industry in North
Carolina has been much depressed,
and during the year 1898 sank to a
lower point than has been known in
twenty-five years.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
OUR MINES.

In 1898 the gold yield of North Caro-
lima was $55, 100 81, and $15, 1856 80 of
silver-total $40, sos 80. This was a
decrease of $40, 900. The following is
the table as furnished by the Assayer
at the Charlotte Mint, Capt. W. E Ar
drey:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21

The goldbugs continue to get in their
work. Drexel, Morgan 6 Co., of New
York, bought the Louisville 6 Southern
Railway Thursday for 81, 600, 900, one
fifth of it's indebtedness, and probably
one tenth it's value, as it is OF inn
portant link in the great chain between
the South and the West, The goldbugs
are reaping a rich harvest, but what
is to become of the widows and orphans
and other folks?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21

money for custom duties, an importer
had to pay these gold shylocks 81 80
for one gold dollar to pay duties with.
Then the game was played this way:
They would sell 81, OO0, 900 in gold to
importers and get 81, 500, 900 for it.
They would take these greenbacks to
the government and get 50, SOC, 900 in
bonds, and bring back six months in
terest at z per cent, or $50, 500, and
then take the bonds and get 80 per
cent. in bank notes, or 50, $50, OOO-all
for the 81, 600, 900 of gold, The people
have been asleep, totally unconscious
of this conspiracy. If man never in
vestigates these things he will never
learn of them, though he will suffer
their effect.-The Coming Nation.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21

HT Our friends in writing to any Of
our advertisers will favor us by men
fioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement in THE Progressive
FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21

Do you want your paper changed to
another Office State the one at which
you have been getting It.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21

In writing TO anybody, always De
gure to give the name OF your postoHce
and sign your OWL name plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21

81 The date GA your label tells you
when your time is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
CARLISLE BIGGER THAN THE
PARTY.

Secretary Carlisle yesterday dealt
the blow which puts the free sugar and
other little tariff bills to sleep. Char
Iotte Observer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21

Mr.. John E. Ray, at one time con
nected with The PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
and for several years Superintendent
of the Colorado Institute for Deaf
Mutes, is now Superintendent of the
Kentucky Institution for Deaf Mutes,
Danville, KY. We r glad to learn
that MI Ray is getting nearer home,
and trust that he will find the Ken
lucky climate a little better than that
of Colorado.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21
TRYING TO UNFURL THE BLOODY
SHIRT.

The educational campaign against
sectionalism, inaugurated and con-
Quoted by the Alliance four or five
years ago, put a quietus on the bloody
shirt brigade, both North and South,
temporarily. They used it very spar
iugly in the last Presidential cam
paign. But, like sheep killing dogs,
they never get over their bad habits.
P~lutocracy has issued orders for a re.
newal of hostilities. The war of 1861
IS is to be fought over again by men
who were in charge of the commiFsaries
or hiding in leaves while the battles were
fought. Southern outrages'' are being
paraded before the Northern eyes and
the Southern p~lutocratic organs are
jumping on the Northern papers. The
New York Sun, Tribune, World, Phila.
delphia Press. Chicago Inter Ocean, or
some other sheet jumps on the ex-sol-
diers of the South, or gives a graphic
account of a lynching OF murder in the
South, and then the battle begins.
Plutocracy knows that the papers in
the South have no better ems than to
gulp down the bait that is thrown out,
and thus the fires of sectionalism are
famed year after year. Tar and
feathers or a rawhide ought to be used
on the Northern plutocratic editor
who starts the trouble, and on the
Southern editor who ia fool enough or
rascal enough to notice the filings.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21

body Ct the size Of the American Con-
gress. The World ~suggestively OBJ
serves that, under the statute, the only
excuse that exempts a member from
being locked" is sickness, and that as
this is the season for the holding of
Congressional conventions the mem
bers under the guise of illness, go home
to give attention to their political
fences. The Worlds rather formid
able list of absentee Congressman
shows that many of our Representa-
tives have the qualifications for high
rank in the picturesque Order of the
''Sons of Rest"
Thos. B, Reed, of Maine, and Senator
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, are men
toned as available Republican candi,
dates for the Presidency since they an
nounce themselves as favoring free
coinage of silver. A party that has
existed as long as the Republican party
has, and men who have been in public
life as long as those mentioned, and are
just now learning that the people want
and are going to have free coinage, are
unfit for anything except for filling up
gullies, and should be treated accord
ingly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21

The Progressive Farmer is the Official
ofthe N. c. Farmers State Alliance
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-08-21

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