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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

the county. Well. the great American
Congress is permitting the manufac-
turers and boodlers to try their OWL
cases. That is why the Wilson tariff
bill is the greatest fraud of the age.
1.-THE tobacco and whiskey interests
are well represented and will have
plenty of money to spend" That is
what he says. What are they spend
ing money forG Is it possible that u
Congressman are selling out at so much
for each piece of jobbery3 The Demo
cratic correspondent of a Democratic
paper says so.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

The New York Times made a most
brutal attack upon Rev. Dewitt Tai
mage, of Brooklyn, last week. The
only specifications in the attack g
that DR.. Talmage is not ''aristocratic."
In other words he is not a plutocratic
scoundrel. The Times snys he is popu
lar only with the common people :"
That means that he was Christ like,
and this does not meet with approval
in New York.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30
TRY ON THEM.

The Statesville Landmark, of the
25th, closes it's leading editorial as fol
lows: But what is the use of arguing
tariff and finance to Our Noble Order9"
Plenty of use. But don't try to palm
off such editorials as arguments. Your
editorial didn't contain a word that
might be mistaken for an argument in
favor of tariff or financial reform.
Logical(0 editorials like the One in
question have completely Disguised all
sensible people in and out of the ALI
ance. Begging and lodging efforts to
convince the people that they are get
ting tariff reform when the figures
given out show that they are not get
ting it are useless. The same kind of
work to convince the people that they
are getting free coinage of silver when
the bill itself calls for 50, 1000, 900 per
month, is time lost. If you can make
a man believe that so is more than rs
you might convince him on the tariff
question. If you can get anyone to be-
lieve that one square meal a week will
satisfy hunger as well as three each
day, then you may be able to argue to
his satisfaction that the Voorhees, bill
is worth somothng; that it is not a
cowardly makeshift.
The Landmarks is vexed because the
members of the Iredell County Ali
ance refuse to take "half a loaf"
Didn't the landmark promise them a
whole loaf last campaign7 Didn't every
stump speaker favoring the election of
Cleveland and his Congress promise a
whole loaf9 If Cleveland and his Con-
gress will do all the Landmark has
promised it's readers, we will come out
and urge the members of the Alliance
to quit kicking. Half a loaf" Great
Caesar! It isn't a good sized crumb.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

Congressman W. A. McKeighan, of
Nebraska, Populist, is a free trader.
During his speech on the tariff ques-
ton the other day he told several great
big gobs of truth. He asked this CUES
ton: "Why do the fat, wealthy man
ufacturers haunt the Hobbies at Wash
ington simply, as they say, to get pro-
lection so they can pay their hands
high wages. If that is their object,
why do they reduce wages at every
possible opportunity 2"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

Congress appears to be very much
like a small leaf that falls from a tree
on the banks of great river. 1t floats
on and on. Congress is floating on the
bosom of a great stream of discomfort
and will continue floating until, like
the leaf, it will be swallowed up in the
mighty ocean, or is smothered under a
cl0ud of ballots.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

The Book of The Fair" pub Ehed
and sold by the Bancroft Company,
Auditorium Building, Chicago, Ill, is
a fine work of the kind. 1t appears
in 25 parts, each sold at 81. The illus
trations and descriptive matter are
both superb Those who did not visit
the Worlds Fair can get a good idea
of it from this work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

/ The Literary Societies of Wake For
est College will hold their Fifty ninth
Anniversary Exercises on Friday, Feb.
16. The debators' subject will be
Should the President and United
States Senators be elected by a direct
vote of the peoples" We return thanks
for an invitation.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30
ABOUT THE SIZE OF 1T.

Some years ago, so the story goes, a
budding statesman started out to make
political speeches. The bosses told him
he must be rather o partisan at the
beginning of each speech-cOmpliment
airy to all and uncOmp'imentary to
none. He was also advised to address
his remarks to some one on the out
skirts Of the crowd, get that persons
attention and then he would certainly
be heard by all the audience. His
speech was non committal and non
partisan. After getting warmed up
he thought it time to reassure his audi
ence, and fixing his gaze upon the face
of an old, crusty-looking fellow sitting
on>a stump a short distance away, he
continued in about this wise: Eel
low citizens, I am no Democrat;
I am no Republican; fellow citizens,
l am no Prohibitionist." He stopped
to get his breath for a final effort
and, raising his voice, exclaimed:
Then what am II" The old crank,
thinking the remarks were directed to
him and that an answer was expected,
said: You're a dadblasted fool, l
guess"
Congress reminds US very much of
the above incident. If a member
should ask such a question we would
be compelled to answer, you're dad
blasted fools" They cannot agree on
anything, The Republican members
r either non-partisan or Democratic
and the Democratic members are Re
publican or Independent. Each mem
Der wants this or that little or big in
dustry protected. Another one wants
some other articles put on the free list.
But they don't fail to keep up a major
ity for ~plutocracy. There are excep-
tions to the rule, but few and far be
tween.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30
n. r. p. A.
EDITORIAL T
When this cruel war is over
And the Wilson bill becomes lay

When this cruel war is over
The protectiOnist will still be in clover
Ye tariff refOrmer can go on working his jaw.
Congress seems to be able to Go a lit
tie work occasionally, but always does
what the members were sent there not
to do.
Bill Arp thinks the prospects are
bright for tariff for revenue and tariff
for protection, too. Just as we said all
along,
Failures for the week ending Jan.
81. as reported by R. J. Dun & Co,
numbered 42O against 255 for the same
week last year.
The Wilson tariff bill, if passed, will
not cheaper manufactul ed articles
one cent. But even if it would, not one
person in a hundred has any money to
buy.
We believe it was the Central Times,
Dunn, N. c., that originated the ex-
preston, 'give US tariff reform or give
us the Wilson bill" We will get the
Wilson bill.
Many of our readers will want to
know the result of the Corbett- Mitchell
fight. Tt was no fight, hardly. Cor
bett knocked Mitchell out in the third
round and is still champion of the
world.
Certain Northern and Southern
Democrats threatened to defeat the
Wilson tariff bill if the income tax
clause was not knocked out. And now
they are knocking out the Wilson tariff
bill itself.
Some of the sorry makeshifts who
clamored for ga dollar that would buy
a dollars worth of anything" have
got it at last. A dollar will buy two
Or three dollars worth of the products
of the farm.
Mr.. T. W. M. Cutcheon, Chairman
of the Minnesota State Democratic
Committee, has resigned. He saws he
cant stomach the carvings on of the
Administration at Washington and will
quit the party.
We have read lately of a number of
suicides by persons who had the grip.
Suicide is doubtless an effective cure
for the grip, but we cannot conscien-
tiously recommend it, remarks the
Wilmington Star.
The American Axe Company, the
trust" has reduced the wages of en-
ployees three times in the past twelve
months. The tariff didn't help any
either way. They r just robbing
their employees like they do the public,
A number of funny editors are again
telling that the Alliance is dead and
what killed it. A sure sign that the
organization is growing, and that is
the news we get from every State in
the Union. The growth is slow but
healthy.
Congressman Talbert, of South Caro-
lima, is a free trader. He doesn't be-
lieve the tariff question can ever be
settled unless the whole fraud is abol-
ished and the revenue raised by a
graduated income tax and by other
Sound sense. If the tariff is
wrong, it is wrong, and a slight reduc-
ton is a compromise with the devil
and ali his angels.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

At Henderson Friday mOiD .,b %
accommodation freight going pu, ssvso
the Seaboard Air Line, when ,ondng
hours late, was run into "nl freight
at a water tank by a through Port
going north. Rev. Mr.. Sna n"1msn, d
mouth, Va, and Mr. L. B %' aooops
Richmond, passenger on th NJ. Y. 9:
dation train, were kllleu,d rnmner =
Brodie, of Warrenton' sad. bis tblgp
a Richmond house, na hat the Hss
broken. It is reported 1F foo;Ied TO 3
man of the front train train The treig''
in time for it to stop
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

The New York Times says English
capitalists are preparing to bid on
American bonds. Why, of course.
They yer preparing to bid on the
bonds when they helped to buy Con
gress and had silver demonetized.
There would have been no excuse for
a bond issue if that crime had not
been committed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

In writing to anybody, always be
sure to give the name t your posCo1nce4
and sign your own name plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

liam standing nsOtU Just behind the
curtain. and an fII glOtO of the coming
o,raoet Rebind me are the ShGdOIUS on
the track, before me lies the dark Galley
and the riUeTI When I mingIe Nth ats
dark aCnters1I Uant to cast n hnger-
Sn0 Look anon O. country UhOse govern
ynsnt IS OF the people, for the people,
and 6v She people. "-L. i. Polk, july
Eth. 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

1t is only justice to Jerry ol1 1Lonsss
state that he does not roll his Tits
up at the bottom or smoke c'S
- WUshinQtOn Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

Do you want your paper changed 70
another Offices State the one at which
you have been getting it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

- Our friends in writing to any OF
our advertisers will favor us 1y mGn-
tioning the fact that they saw Gne
advertisement in TER PR@SRGSSl'E
FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

~ The date on your label tells yo'
when your time is out
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-30

The Progressive Farmer is the Official
ORGAN of b N. c. Farmers State Alliance
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-18
THE MARKET FOR FRUIT.

-. The fact that the shipping of fresh fruit
: to the Atlantic States and to Europe was
not always profitable has led to the some
what hasty conclusion in some quarters
that the supply almost exceeds the de-
mand. But while the market for fresh
fruit may. be limited there is practically no
Limit to the market for dried or canned
fruit. The fourth biennial report of the
State Board of Horticulture states that
the total value of importations of fruit
into the United States for the year ending
june, 1894, was SIS, 752, 164. The varieties
Of fruit imported are not mentioned in
!. the report, hut as there are few varieties
: that cannot be grown in California pretty
nearly the whole line of imported fruits is
open to attack. If California fruit is in
demand in London at any price in the con-
dition II must be in after voyage occupy
. ing about three weeks, the conclusion is
reasonable that no better samples of our
popular varieties are known in that me-
tropolis. Admitting. then, that we have
the best fruit In the worlds market. the
only advantage that foreign fruits have
over ours is in the art of preserving fruit
and preparing it for the table. This, how
ever, is branch of the fruit business
which we can acquire. Other nations
cannot acquire our soil or our climate, bu,
We can certainly learn how to put up
fruit as well as it can be put up else
where. 1t has been charged against Cali.
fornia farmers, including fruit growers,
that they try to get their crop off their
hands with the least possible labor. With
: this purpose in view they sell all the fruit
!. they can on the tree. Comparatively few
fruit-growers are prepared to handle their
crop unless it can be disposed of in its
: natural condition. But in time they will
see the advantage of being prepared to
preserve the fruit in some way when the
demand fer fresh fruit falls short of the
supply. The larger the proportion OF our
I: fruit crop. That is canned or dried the
better for the State. The cost of labor is
added to the price of fresh fruit. An in.
dustry will thereby be ated which win
furnish employmentto thousands of our
young people.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-18
, Moon's.PhaSeA.
SUNDAY.
HE TAKES IT ALL.

Mr.. j. W. Reese writes to the Fresno
Republican as follows:
? Last year we shipped hundreds of thousands
Of dollars worth OF green fruit, and not only
did not get back dollar, but many OF us re-
ceived bills for balances on freight, while Mr..
: Huntington pOckeIe0 all-not much less than
hall a million.
If Huntington continues his present rate of
$500 per car on green fruit, Ii would be far
better that every rail- between here and Stock
ton should be taken up and cast into the sea
and we return TO the old system Of freighting.
For then we could deliver our stuff just as
cheap. while thousands of men would find EN-.
ployment at good wages. Thousands Of horses
would be called into use, home market would
be. created for our hay and grain, and the
N oney would all be kept at home.
: Mr.. Reese is right in one respect at
least. 1t would be better for a country
not to have railroads than to have
railroads which are run solely in the in
terests of their owners. If there were no
railroad between Stockton and Fresno
the transportation business would be
done as cheaply as at present, and would
give employment to a much larger pro-
portion of the population. As it is. the
Transportation business is monopolized by
Inc railroad company, while freight rates
hIe as high as they would be if the in
dustTy were conducted in the old way. A
community suffers when one man or one
corporation has the power tn absorb all
tie, profits OF productive industries. Mr.
: Huntington is not, probably, much worse
nor much bet er than the average mouop-
olist would he in his place. but he is not
good enough or brOad-minded enough to
do justice TO community which he holds
in his power. But the question is not of
Mr.. Hunlington's goodness or his badness ;
!: the question is if the people Of California
:wilfcontinue year after year to hand over
TO the corporation he re resents all the
profits Gifts various industries.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-18
ONE OF THE STRANGE THINGS.

An Eastern paper has taken the trouble
to ascertain that in the Democratic roun-
ties OF Maryland which have the largest
share of Federal Offices Republicans were
successful in the last election. This is
only cumulative evidence that patronage
is source of weakness rather than of
power Grover Cleveland was twice suc-
cessful when he was out Of Office, and was
defeated when he was in office. Harrison
was successful when he was out of Office
but when he ran for reelection he was
badly defeated. The nine applicants who
do not get an Office seem to have more
influence than the one who gets an ap-
pointment. This fact should reconcile as
pirtDg politicians to an arrangement by
which the bulk of the offices will be re-
moved by law from the reach of the Presi-
dent or any other appointing power. The
line may be drawn between executive or
administrat tive Offices and clerkships. The
head executive officer has a right 10 the
services of men who will work in harmony
with his policy, but beyond this the power
of appointment involves thankIess labor.
The usefulness of United States Senator
is greatly impaired by the demand this
distribution of patronage makes on his
time. In proper sense there are no spoils
of office. There are prizes to be won, but
no booty to be distributed.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-18
!. ASKING TOO. MUCH.

:. Certain members of the Women's Chris
:tian Temperance Union are displeased be-
cause Mrs. Cleveland did not use water
instead of WINE in. christening the ST.
Louis. They assume that because Mrs.
Cleveland personally abs'ains from the
.:use'Of wine, even. on state: occasions, she
ought to have changed the custom of years
in respect to the use Of wine In giving
ships good send-off. Bat Mrs. Cleveland
seems to have had a more distinct idea of
the proprieties than her critics. 1t is quite
within her province, either as hostess or
guest, to turn her glass down while wine
is being served, but it would have been
quite another thing to have obtruded her
personal likes or disllkes into ceremony
which was old when the Oldest Of her
critics were born. The question never was
considered by The builders of the st. Louis
whether wine or water should be used al
the christening, but whether Mrs. Cleve-
land or some other lady should throw a
bottle of wine at the vessel as it started fol
its plunge into the sea. Mrs. Cleveland
might have objected to taking part In the
ceremony unless water was substituted fol
wine, but if she had she would have had
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-18
TO MAKE YOU SMILE.

Engaged Young Lady lat birdstore> Has this
parrot any accomplishments?
Proprietor-He can speak little, but he's
too old to learn anything new.
Engaged Young Lady (besitatingly)-Wo
he initiate any sounds he might hear, such as
a sneeze or cough, or anything OF that kind ?
Proprietor-No The girls were trying the
other day to teach him to initiate the sound OF
kiss. but he wouldn't do it.
Engaged Young Lady-Pll take him.
Snip the tailor)--Can't you manage to pay
something on this bill, Mr.. Fewscads9
Mi. Fewscads-Impossible. Pm always hard
uD during the summer mouths.
"But the summer Is over now"
$50 much the worse. My expenses in winter
are simply enormous. nave TO pay so much
for theater tickets, etc., that can hardly make
both ends meet. You'll have 10 call some other
iime."-Texas Siftings.
Sne-That couple in front OF us-do you think
that they are married?
de-Yes. l am sure they are. They have
been married long time, too.
She-Why, how do you know?
He-Haven't you noticed that when pretty
girl comes on the stage she always hands him
The opera glasses right away? = Someryille
Journal.
Father (wishing to Impress the lesson)-Now
my son, tell me why punished you.
Son-Ihaps it-you've pounded the life out
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-18
ROBERT c. WINTHROP.

The death of Robert c. Winthrop will
hardly call to mind distinct personality
out of the State in which he lived. Yet al
one time he was one of the foremost men
in the United States He was Speaker of
the House of Representatives while the
argOnauts of California were driving oxen
across the plains, fighting mosquitoes on
the Chagres River or facing gales off. Cape
Horn. He was deemed worthy successor
in the Senate to Daniel Webster when
Webster became Taylor's Secretary of
State. He was young man at a time
when men now well along in the sixties
we're making faces at a world they knew
nothing of. Mr.. Winthrop was much the
same type of man as Edward Everett He
was born rich and always moved in the
most exclusive society of Boston. BE was
distinguished rather for culture than for
originality or robust thought. AS Ever
etts polished Grafton at Gettysburg was
obscured by few remarks Abraham
Lincoln made on the same occasion, so
was Winthrop submerged when the storm
OF the Civil War shook the community in
which he lived. But he went down grace
fully and uncomplainingly. occasionally
appearing alterward to give one of his
polished orations at college commence
ments or other similar occasions. He was
learned man; in fact he knew about all
man could be taught in one lifetime, but
there was always question if he would
ever have been heard of had his lot been
cast among either hand or brain toilers.
But be was man of high personal char
aeter and his influence was always thrown
on the side of controversy which be be-
Iieyed to be right
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-18
VALUE OF NEW SECURITIES.

The New York EUening Posts Wall
street article says in reference to gold
shipments from London for the purchase
If the new issue of bonds:
The real significance of such transactions as
that of the British Bank of Nor h America lies
in their plain reflection of confidence in the
value Of the new securities. The fact that
banks in this city are already receiving bids at
1854 fat for The unIssued bonds shows well
enough the local sentiment.
1t would be singular if the credit of the
United States was not as good as that of
any nation in the world. We bine the
smallest national debt with the largest
natural resources of any modern nation.
The United States is the only nation In the
world which has made heavy payments TN
her national debt. England has occasion.
ally made small payments on her debt, but
hardly sufficient to make an Impression Oh
its total.
Several New York papers have init
mated that our national credit would be
impaired by the agitation OF the silver
question. The object of the New York
papers doubtless was to make the agta-
ton Of the silver question seem TO be trea-
sonaDle. There has never been question
but that the United States would pay
gold debt with gold. At least there ought
n OF 20 be since we\once voluntarily paid a
currency debt with gold. But the fact
that our credit is good is no reason why
we should borrow money in time of pro-
found peace. There was $102. 685, 272 in
the treasury when the bonds werr oriered.
OF this more than $61.O0O.000 was gold.
The gold reserve is several N illions larger
than il was at times during the late cam
paign, but the President waited until the
votes were counted tn give Wall street
chance to turn its surplus currency into
iDteresi-bearing gold bonds.