The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27

dependent upon low priced cotton.
MANY q man who now shivers with
cold would have a blanket and a suit
of warm clothes.
The more we consider u present
method the greater appears the neces
sity for the development of this work.
WHAT IS THE PROSPECT FOE THE SHOE
FACTORY9
This is a question asked many times
a day and every day in the week. The
PROSPECT IS GOOD. This reply is based
upon the interest that the brethren all
over the State are taking in the enter
prise. It has the endorsement Of the
State Alliance, THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER and mGny private brethren.
When Alliancemen in North Carolina
put their shoulders to the wheel with
united effort, things move. When they
it was done, with a backing of more
than $34 600. When they said we will
charter the State Alliance, it was done.
When they said we will elect a legisla-
ture too honorable to attempt an out
rage upon our cherished. institution, it
was done. When they say we will
build a shoe factory, I listen for the
clanking of machinery, and look for
shoes to roll out at the rate of 80 to so
pairs per hour.
But, says one, where is the moneys
Some of it is in the hands of the State
Secretary, W. s. Barnes, part of it is
on the road to this place, and part of
it is in the hands of the brethren at
home ready to send at any moment,
and part of it still in the pockets of
those who have not yet heard of the
shoe factory. Why have they not
heard7 THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER has
sounded in clarion notes t~he(benefits to
be derived from engaging in this bust
ness. Why have any not heard7 Stop
just here and get the moral: Place
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER into the
hands of every Allianceman in the
State.
But yOu are interested in the shoe
factory-your word for it. The prac-
tical question is, to what extent areyou
~interested7 A good man once had his
house burned down. The neighbors
and friends met him with hearts full
of sympathy-they we're so sorry. But
the first relief came from the practical
sympathizer who, handing him a ten
dollar bill, said: II am sorry ten dol
lars worth" Prove your interest by
forwarding your subscription AT ONCE
to ". s. Barnes, Raleigh, N. G. Every
Alliauceman and woman in the State
should have a share in thus enterprise.
It will doyou good; it will do the cause
good. Subscriptions need not be large,
but let all take a part. Send it in on
next MISUNDERSTANDING Day
as a thank offering, Or as soon there
after as possible. 1t will take 81, 500 to
secure the property now in view, and
it must come soon, or our option on it
will expire. 1t will then take as much
more, perhaps, to place the machinery
and put the factory to work. Ten thou
sand doIlars9 What is that divided
between thirty five thousand members9
Less than thirty cents apiece, Many
will give one dollar. Others
There is nota memberof the Alliance
one to three dollars on his O1Un shoes IN
a single gear, to say nothing of the
other members of the family who have
to be provided for. And this is perma
nent. You make the saving every
year thereafter without re investing
The percentage of gain then is incal
culable.
This enterprise once established is
only the beginning of greater things
AS has already been suggested. a tan
merry is the fist companion piece to
this work, hen a woolen mill, then a
clothing factory, then a hat factory
and other developments as they shall
occur to the brethren to be necessary
and practical Locate them all together,
and save expense of machinery, of
managers, Of transportation. Let the
State Alliance hold it's annual meetings
on the grounds, where the brethren,
coming as delegates from every part
of the State can, without cost to them
selves, see the whole business and
gather facts to take back to the breth
rem at home The place now proposed
to locate these works is a central point
eight mile from Raleigh, with the
same raiIr Dad. telegraph, telephone.
express and mail facilities as Raleigh,
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