The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-29
This table shows that the Legislative

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This table shows that the Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Departments of
our National Government, under the
present administration, are by no
means carrying out their pledges to
reform, but instead are within a very
small fraction of % per cent. more ex
travagant in their squandering of the
public funds than the rogues they have
succeeded. Really, each 800 of the
average of the five preceding years
was made 1922 90 in 1893. Many of
our best Alliancemen in North Caro-
lima, and throughout the South, be-
lieved the much fair speech and ex-
ceeding great promises of the old party
candidates., speakers and writers in
1892, and so confident were they that
to give them the chance they craved,
just one chance, everything would be
set right, that they voted that ticket,
left the Alliance and roundly de-
nounced those who warned them that
they were being deceived. But,
brethren, we should not be too hard on
you, nor you on us; the Alliance doors
are open for you; leave your partisan
coat off and come back. We will wei
come you back into an order of brethren
whose sufferings are the same, and
from the same cause. Come where we
can reason together and study these
great questions together in a o. p0r
tisGn spirit, where we can lay preju-
dice aside and learn the unbiased, I'm,
vanished truth. The truth will open
your eyes the truth will make a free
man Of you
We will never succeed in getting the
reforms we all want and need until the
farmers and all wage workers r COM
pactly organized and stand shoulder to
shoulder as one Let us get to-
gether, bury all past prejudices and diff
~ferences, and throw the cloak of charity
over each others weaknesses and short
comings. We all have them. Then
agree, first, to agree, then AGREE. Hav-
ing agreed in the spirit of love and for
the good of our country and the cause
of our children and children's children,
let us lay aside every hindering preiu-
dice and stand together. The man
who says 1.-The Alliance has accom-
plished it's mission" makes a mistake.
will not do to follow. We warn
you brother, let him not fill your head
with such nonsense. The mission of
the Alliance is to educat3, and as long
as there is need of schools of any kind
there will be need for this noble order;
and there will be need Of schools, more
schools and better schools as long as
children continue to be born into the
world. Let no n of us for one instant
ever. at any time, forget and put any
political party before the Alliance, nor
slight the order for the party. We
pray for a grand revival of the order
this summer, and we beg our officers
from the Sub up to the National to
leave no duty uDperformed. More and
more we see the importance of the
work the order is doing and the good
fruits of what it has done. We must
have reforms. New proofs Of reforms
we had not thought of are being
brought to light daily. We are all in
terested; our own welfare depends on
our actions. Our children and chill
dren's children will look back on the
history of these times" and how shall
they look7 With gratitude to us for
the part we performed in securing to
them the blessings of freedom; or will
they look back from bondage. serfdom.
slavery, with heads bound in shame,
shedding over our graves bitter tears
of regret that such unworthy creatures,
such towards, such slaves to party
pr~eiudices had ever seen the light of
this beautiful world? If you are a man
be a man, fill a mans place, do your
whole duty.
Where the burden under the old ed
ministration was four pounds, the pres
ent administration, in their expend;-
turesS have made it five. Then in
financial legislation have more than
doubled this.
Brother, friend, neighbor, you have
to bear your part of the blame and do
your part of the suffering for thiP, but
the worst feature of it all is, the sisters, |
mothers, daughters, and all the chill
dren have each to bear a part of the
suffering which your blind allegiance
to parties controlled by gamblers has
brought upon us. Will you be a man9
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