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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02
ABOUT ACT

Encouraging news is coming in from
all quarters of the State. The brethren
everywhere are going to take hold and
the Alliance mandatory will be a
reality by the beginning of the new
year. The thing for us to do is not sim
ply to be satisfied with success; we must
all put something into it. All stand by,
encourage, defend and p~atronize it,
and in this way make it a GRAND sue,
cess. We don't want you to forget
what we have already told you. If
you are not sure that you understand
it all SC that you can tell it, please read
it all over again and read it slow and
with care. We do not desire to deceive
you in this or any other matter, and
we ask you to please drop us a line if
you find anything not clear. Tell us,
too, if there are any objections on the
part of any of your brethren and what
they are.
Several Alliances heard from propose
to take at least 800 in the shoe factory
to start with. 1t is proposed, as you
doubtless understand, to apply the first
SO, 900, Or as much of it as is necessary,
to the payment for the lot, buildings,
mills and gin we have already de-
scribed, which will take 81, 500. Then
we will have S., 500 out of the $40, 900
with which to pay for the shoe ma
chinery. We think we may be able to
save 81, 900 or more of this to apply to
outfitting a tannery. We are almost
sure with $40, 900 we can start with:
One corn mill, capacity so bushels
per day; two wheat mills, capacity 80
bushels per day; one cotton gin, ca
pacity 8 bales per day; shoe factory,
capacity 80 pairs per day; tannery
with sufficient capacity to tan all the
hides sent US. Then to add such ma
chinery as would be needed in the
manufacture of horse collars. harness.
saddles, etc.
The lot, building, mills and gin as
they now stand cost more then $50, 600.
We get them for $4,000. With less
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02
AND ~JACKAssICAL, TCo.

The determination of the House to
pass it's separate bills for putting coal,
iron ore and sugar upon the free list,
is a very small-sized piece of peanut
politics. The members may think
that it will go some distance towards
indicating their consistency" with
their constituents, but it is not by action
of this sort that the masses determine
that a public man is a statesman. The
masses will much more readily accord
to a public man the character of states
man for confessing error and Chang
ing a course than for obstinately adher-
ing to a foolish position simply because
that position has once been taken-
Richmond Times, Dem.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON
PENSIONS.

Resolved, That the sympathies OF
the Democratic party is heartily and
earnestly extended to the soldiers of
the army and sailors of our navy, who
are and have been in the field and on
the sea under the flag of III country;
and, in the event of it's attaining power,
they will receive all the care, protec-
ton and regard that the brave soldiers
and sailors of the Republic have SO
nobly earned National
Platform, 1864.
That our soldiers and sailors, who
carried the flag of our country to vic
tory against a most gallant and deter
mined foe, must ever be gratefully re-
membered, and all the guarantees
given in their favor must be faithfully
carried out. One currency for the gov
eminent and the people, the laborer
and the off e holder, the ~pensioner
and the soldier, the producer and the
bond holder. Democratic National
Platform, 1868.
We remember with gratitude the
heroiem and sacrifices of the soldiers
and sailors of the Republic, and no act
of ours shall ever detract from their
justly-earned fame for the full reward
of their patriotism Democratic Ma
tiOnGl Platform, 1872.
Resolved, That the soldiers and sail
ors of the Republic, and the widows
and orphans of those who have fallen
in battle, have a just claim upon the
care, protection and gratitude of their
fellow-citizens Democratic National
Platform, 1876.
The platform of 1880 endorses the
past record of the party.
In its chapter of charges against the
Republican party the Democratic plat
form of 1884 says: 1t processes graft
tude to all who were disabled, or died
in the war, leaving widows and or
phans. 1t left to a Democratic House
of representatives the first effort to
equalize both bounty and pensions.
We find this plank in the Democratic
National platform of 1888: While care
fully guarding the interests of the tax
payers and conforming strictly to the
principles of justice and equity it has
paid out more flor pensions and boun-
ties, to the soldiers and sailors of the
Republic, than was eve paid before
during an equal period.
Section 10: This convention hereby
renews the expression of appreciation
of the soldiers and sailors of the Union,
in the war for its preservation, and we
favor just and liberal pensions for all
disabled Union soldiers, their widows
and dependents. Democratic National
Platform, 1892
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02
THE PRESIDENT ON MONEY.

Shortly after the Inauguration of
President Cleveland in March of las
year, the Washington Post published
the following, and it also appeared in
all the papers taking United Press
dispatches:
To a representative of the United
Press the President said last night:
THE inclination on the part of the
public to accept newspaper reports
concerning the Intentions of those
charged with the management of our
national finances seems to Justify my
emphatic contradiction of the state
ment that the redemption of any kind
of Treasury notes except in gold has
at any time been determined upon or
contemplated by the Secretary of the
Treasury, or any other member of the
present administration.
THE President and his Cabinet are
absolutely harmonious in the determi-
nation to exercise every power con
ferred upon them to maintain the pub.
lie credit, to keep the public faith and
to preserve the parity between gold
and silver and between all financial
obligations of the government.
while the law of 1890 forcing the
purchase of a fixed amount of silver
every month. provides that the Score
tary of the Treasury, in his discretion,
may redeem in either gold or silver
the Treasury notes given in payment
of silver purchases, yet the declaration
of the policy of the government to
maintain the parity between the metals
seems 81 clearly to regulate this dis
erection as to dictate their redemption
in gold.
"Ot course ~perplexeties and diff
culties have grown out of an unfortun-
ate financial policy which we found in
vogue, and embarrassments have arisen
from i'll advised financial legislation
confronting us at every turn; but with
cheerful confidence among the peonIe
and a patriotic disposition to co,en
crate, threatened dangers will he
averted pending a legislative return
to a better and sounder financial nIan
The strong credit of the countTv
still unimpalred, and the good n n
our people, which has never faiIaT ~ ~
time Of need, are at hand to save ia
from disaster" 0 US
In the first paragraph the President
exhibits his enmity to silver and Io1o
flor the goldbugs, of whom he ia one
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02

We believe that nearly all of the new
issue of silver dollars for the redemp-
ton of silver certificates has been sent
to North Carolina for political effect.
The people must learn that a greenback
dollar is destroyed every time one of
those silver dollars gets into circulation
and there is no increase in the amount
of money. A political party that will
use the currency of the country in such
a deceptive manner for political effect
cannot much longer retain the conf
dence of any honest, intelligent man.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02
FINANCIAL FACTS AND FIGURES.

It is being asserted in the organs, and
bv the orators of the party in power,
that the government Of North Carolina
is the most economically-run State
government in the Union. We find
on page 22O of the Report Of the State
Auditor for 1898, a statement of the
disbursements of the State Treasury
for the 81 years, 1873-1893. Then in
Latham, Alexander & Co.'S Cotton
Movements and Fluctuations" 1892,
page 1O6, we find the price of cotton in
New York for the same 81 years. From
these two sources we calculate the
number of 500 Id. bales of cotton it
would have taken to settle the dis
bursement of our State Treasury each
of the 81 years, which we arrange in
a table for convenience, as follows:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02

Read Democratic Hypocrisy Shown
up" by J. H. Turner, in this issue.
During the Fifty-second and Fifty
third Congresses Populists introduced
appropriation bills to the amount of
81, $40, OOO, 900. instead of thirty five
billions, as told by Democrats. Mr..
Turner has looked up the records and
finds that Democrats and Republicans
introduced bills calling for SOL, 748,-
O34, 454, or more than SiHty times as
much as the Populists asked for. This
shows how the old parties try to hide
their rascality by making false charges
against other people.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02

and in whose pay he is. 1t also shows
that he and his associates we're willing
to violate law to carry out their plans.
The Sherman law of 1890 provided for
the redemption of silver certificates
with silver coin, made of the silver
purchased under the provisions of
that law.
All the other buncombe about keep
ing silver and gold on a parity and
maintaining the credit of the govern
ment is pure rot. The credit of the
government is no better to day than it
was before Cleveland took charge. The
credit of the people is not near so good.
Thousands have failed in business and
cotton is % per cent. lower than it was
two years ago. Doubtless the Presi-
dent has succeeded in maintaining lis
credit with the goldbugs, but he has
signally failed SO far as the people are
concerned. Even his goldbug party is
too cowardly to endorse him outright.
Two years of his misrule, assisted by
the acts of a Congress "for revenue
only" has caused more loss, more dis
aster, more injustice, than all the mis-
takes and misdeeds of all former ad-
ministrations put together. Remem-
Der now that a vote for his Congress
sional candidates and members of each
State legislature is a vote for the con
tinuance Of his outrageous goldbug
schemes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02
WHO PAYS THE TAv

I've I've borrow the above head
democratic Hand Book, . tn from the
on remarks we find therein 70 ~ Comment
l9ct. Said book claims thai al tno sub.
there were $3.50, 923 81 nai5 IN 1893
State for schools, and that pasa BY the
4S0O, 600 Of this was paid by tho 5or 81, than
ERGO NEGROES ought to VOTE tue ~ whites.
the party in power. sIi tJSo 70 keep
tne figures on page 98, part ? S Vr5GF in
Report the figures show s7 aua l !
taxes received for hooIpurD Sras 4 y
pare these figures with pSooS' COm,
you'll find Sta error "ooVe and
But this is not the worst Of +
effort to show how much tar ~ The
lected and how little of it = Is col,
negroes sinks into insigniacancoo L b. t1e
the effort to prove what a sno USsld9
portion of it the farmers pro-
says: pay 1t
There Was collected in fSa8
all subjects of taxation for Stato from
and pension purposes. Il 9os S oao
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02
n. r. p. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Democrats in Jerry Simpsons
district in Kansas have endorsed that
gentleman for Congress. How is that
for co operation9
Sheriff Jenkins, of Chatham, the
banner Peoples party county in the
State, was in the city Saturday and re-
ports the outlook for an increased ma,
jority good.
Judging from the attendance at Dem
ocratic speakings, the people have
found where they are at and will take
no more gold bug, monopoly Democ-
racy in theirs.
Congressman Bryan, of Nebraska,
has been endorsed for the q. s Senate
by the Democratic convention of that
State, on a free coinage platform, 16 to
1. The gold bug end of the party will
bolt.
Senator Jarvis is quoted as having
said in his Goldsboro speech, eff you
will wait until after the first of Janu-
airy to buy your clothes you will see
the effects of the new tariff law" Yes,
wait, the elections will be over then.
Bob Fitzsimmons, the champion mid
dle-weight fighter of the world, weigh
ing 1853 pounds, has challenged James
J. Corbett, the champion heavyweight,
and puts up $40, 900 which says 81 mean
business" James will have to scrap
with Bob or back out.
With the exception of a few gold bugs
and some straight-laced, I-vote that
way-because -my-father did fellows, the
Democratic party in South Carolina
has gone Peoples party by an over
whelming majority. Now the gold
bugs have withdrawn and will put out
a ticket.
Just after the election two years ago..
Judge Gresham, speaking of the cleo
ton frauds in this State, said: There
ought to be a reform in our State cleo
tions, and unless the States take steps
to stop corruption at the polls a con
dition of affairs will be produced to
which the rebellion will not be a cir
~cumstance," Who can truthfully say
this does not apply to our State with all
it's force2
The Sugar Trust organs in this State
are raising cane because Catawba, a
former banner Democratic" county,
has Peoples party commissioners and
they have recently borrowed 1000 to
meet current expenses. We believe
extra improvements on the jail, etc.,
made this necessary. But, by the way,
Durham county has Democratic COM
m%issioners and they borrowed some
money, 81, 500 Of more, some time ago..
We think it is frequently done in coun-
ties throughout the State.
The Nevada Democratic State Cor
vention met Thursday and split wide
open. The free coinage Democrats
wanted to endorse Judge Holcomb, the
Peoples party nominee for Governor,
and the gold bugs wouldn't agree. The
free coinage men won and endorsed
him and the gold bugs bolted and nom
mated a ticket. That is right. Lei
honest Democrats who favor homes
money and enough Of it, show theil
faith by their works, and join with tn
only party in harmony with what they
want,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02

81 am standing % Just behind the
curtain, and IN full gIO100 Of the coming
sunset. Behind me are the shGdOtUs on
the track, before me lies the dark GALLEY
and the riUer. When I mingLe Nth its
dark Waters I WGnt to cast One Hnger-
ing look upon q country 1Uhose goUern-
mert is Of the people, for the people,
and By the people, u. L. Polk, July
18th, 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02

This table shows the exact amount
of the States disbursements for each
year, in cash, and the quantity of cot
ton it would have taken to purchase
that amount of money in New York.
We did not have the official price of
cotton of the 1893 crop. Several deal
ers told the writer that the price was
less than in 1892, but could not give it
exact, So, to be fair, we took the 1892
price.
Remember that the State has no
other way to get money with which to
make these disbursements except by
taxing the people. What it pays must
come from the people. Look, too, at
the figures. In 1873, 1907, IFS in money
or its equivalent, $500 bales of cotton,
would run the State, while in 1893 it
took more than twice the amount of
money to get which we had to part
with nearly six times the quantity of
cotton.
Divide the 81 years into three periods
of seven years each and remember the
figures, in bales of cotton:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02

This is what Wall street and Tam
many Hall politics is doing for you.
They have destroy ed silver as a legal
tender money, and controlled the cir
culating' medium, or cornered it in
New York, and yet there are those
among us, who ought to know better,
going through the State trying to
deceive the people still further into the
belief that times will ever be better as
long as the governments, either State
or National, is run by the same set.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02
AGRICULTURE IN 1T.

The official figures received at this
Office seem to indicate that the article
which plays the most important part
in our commerce with other nations is
the surplus products of our farms The
exports for 1893 were as follows.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02

Our friends in writing to any of
our advertisers will favor us by men
tioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement in The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02

A gentlemen called on US last week
to pay up his subscription and stop his
paper. He said he was going out of
politics. He had been appointed regis
trar in his township.
Troll ala.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02

In writing to anybody, always be
sure to give the name of your postofhce,
and sign your WI name plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02

And yet farmers are constantly re
minded that they had better stay at
home, attend to their own business
and let politics alone.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02

- The date on your label tells you
when your time is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02

For these four items alone. $14, 375, 748
When we remember. that these are
the prices of the goods at the fac
tory after the factory profit has been
added aid not the price we pay that
all the salaries and railroad and hotel
expenses Of an army of drummers;
that freights, drayage, leakage, steal
age, dockage, bad debts and every con
ceivable loss must be considered before
the price you pay is decided upon; you
can readily q that on these articles
alone which we might easily produce
by doing so we could save not only
the large per cents added after the
goods leave the factory, but also the
factory profits, and the tariff on the
goods. Let us declare that we will
make and use these things. That false
pride shall be banished, and that we
will call upon all good people to help
us redeem our State from dependence
upon outsiders, and thus establish u
own independence.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02

Do you want your paper changed to
another Office State the one at which
you have been getting it.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1894-06-28
Decisions JudiciairesljCon
Cernant 0scJOurnauX.

10 Toute personne qui retire re-
gulierement son journal du bureau
de poste, qu'elie ait souscrit GU
non, que ce journal soft adress6 a
son nom on B celui dun autre est
responsible du Placement.
20 Tout personne qui renvoi I'm
journal est tenue de payer tous
les Averages qu'el le doit sur abon-
nement, autrement rediteur peut
continuer q lie lui envoyer jusqu'A
co quill ait pave. Dams CO cas-
rabonn6 est tenu de bonner en- ou-
ire, le prix de T'abonnement jug
qu'au moment du Placement, quill
ait retire on non le journal du bu-
reau de poste.
30 Tout abonn6 peut etre pour
suivi pour Announcement dams le dis
trict Oh le journal sc public, lors.
meme quill demeurerait q des Gen.
tsines de lieues, de Get endroit.
10 Les tribunaux ont decide
que le fat de refuser de retirer IN
Journal du bureau de poste, on de
changer de residence ct de laisser
acoumuler les num6ros al'ancienne
adresse constitute une presumption
ct une preuve '"prima facle" din
tention de fraude.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1894-06-28

Samedi dernier, a en- lieu dams
la chapelle du S6minaire g. Tho
mas, la c6r6monie solennelle de
rordination de plusieurs pretres,
diacres ct sous-diacres.
Pretres:
Rev J. M. Prendergast, st. Paul.
Mimi; Rev L. J. Grandchamp, OF
Rev P. Murphy, Duluth, MINI.
Rev j. Condor, lacrosse, Wis.
Diacres:
Rev A. Cogle, st. Paul, Mimi,
Rev l.. Link, Sioux Falls, Dakota;
Sous-D iacre:
Rev VIM. Sheran, Winons.
w l'absence de rarcheveque
Irelande, Mgr. Cotter de- Wlnona
a ofici6. Parmi ceux de nos COM
particles qui ont Gu le bonn ur
d'assister a cette imposante cere-
monte nous citons:
.tB6langer, de la maison Young
& B6langer, M. ct Nine Edouard
Thibodeau, M. ct Nine Edmond
Plante d'Osseo ct I'm grand NOM
bre de cltoyens distingues de st
Paul.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1894-06-28
Les Idees des Affaires
RuSseS

On commercant bien connu de
Kietf croyait que CO n'etait qu'un
coup bien jou6 que de gagner les
messengers atm qu'ils lui appor-
tent tous les t6l6grammes addresses
aux hommes d'affaires don't les
sp6culations rint6ressait. II payait
IN trouble pour chaque telegram
me ct. l'syant In, lie copiait ct lie
refermait ct lie renvoyait au con.
s;gnataire, il jouissait alors de Ia
vantage des informations ACCUSES
de cette maniere. A la fin il fct
decouvert CONNIE tous les hommef
malhonn6tes lie sont. Apres tout
l'honnetet6 est toujours lie meilleu1
moyen.
La Duluth Short Line est al
NEE de tous, pratiquant toujour'
honnetet6 .avec tous.
Cest la ligne la plus populai
re du peuple tous les jours ct. 81
toute saison de lann6e 81
ire st. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth
West Superior, Saltwater, Tay
lor's Falls ct autres points, pare
que ses trains de passengers son
du plus haut luxe, ses ""times ia
bles" commode, SEES annexes wives
son chemin doux ct ses employs
les plus obligeants. Ellie a gsgn
ga reputation par ses propres me
rites ct lie voyageur d'aujourd'hu
est l'ami ct protecteur de demsi1
Aussi prenez toujours le Dulut
Short Line lorsque vous voysgere,
S'adresser 3 w. A. Russell G
P. A. ST. Paul.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1894-06-28

Nous faisons I'm nouveI appel 8
nos abonn6s redardataires. Nous
svons expedite il y a plus dun
mois a certain nombre de nos
abonn6s la facture de leur abon-
nement, ct ills ne semblent pas y
prefer aucune attention. Nos sa-
vons qua cette saison de lann6e
a olasse ouvriere ct sgricole ne
peut facilement s'aquitter de &c
devoir. Nous fsisons allusion a
ceux qui orient "patrlotisme' du
haut des toits ct qui sont capables
de payer.
Nos lecteurs sersient certaine.
ment stupefaits s'ils c~onnaissalent
les noms de ces faux patrlotes.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1894-06-28
AVIS

Dimanche proclaim 4 3 heures
pr6cises 3 la Sale Thibodeau as
semblee generate de la Ligue
Franco Americana R6publicsine.
M. A. II. Hall assistant procu-
reur du comt6 adressera la parole
ct M. Roy fera I'm discoors en-
francais.
Tous les membres ct les cana
diens-franqais sont invites d'y as
sister.
JULES GENDRON
Sec., Corr.