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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-10-16
TURNED UPSIDE DOWN

Rittsbnr4 streef Car Makes : Fearful
Issap While Roun1ins Curvs.
P1TTsBuRa, Oct, 10. BY an daccient
on the Carnegie branch Of the West
End Traction road three persons were
killed and IL 81 is badly injured.
The killed are: George Rothman, fur
niture dealer at Carnegie; Jacob Heisel,
glass dealer, Carnegie; Mrs Elizabeth
sBishop.
The accident happened to car No Sc
on the long hill coming from the West
End on its way to Pittsburg. Just a.
the car started down the heavy grade
the brake broke and it was soon beyond
the control Of the motorman, the speed
becoming terrific, and when sharp
curve over the foothill was reached, the
car
Made q Wonderful Leap,
landing trucks uppermost in Nice arthy's
4 Run, six or eight feet below the track
grade. The accident occurred at a
3 lonely spot and it was quite a while be-
fore assistance reached the sufferers,
who were wedged tightly ia the wreck,
which was most complete. When the
conductor saw the car was beyond con-
troll he lay down on the floor and adj
vised others to follow his example The
killed were found wedged under the
roof OF the car, which had been
smashed in upon them. The dead were
brought to the Pittsburg morgue and
the injured taken to the hospitals.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-10-16
Kleptophotosrsp

He See that nice looking chap over
there?
She OF course ! do Would miss
anything Like that?
He Well, You want to watch him.
He III take any thing ii sight.
She Gracious Is he q kleptomaniac?
No. Hes an amateur photog-
rapher. Detroit Free Press.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-10-16
French Again Victorious.

PORT LOUIS, Island of Mauritius, Oct.
15.-Word has been received here that
the French made a brilliant attack upon
and captured the hova works at Fara-
fatra, Madagascar, on the 10th inst.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-10-16
bulQjng S1Ine fOHSaIe

The New Ulm Stone Company IS rea-
dy to sell building stones at the Quarry.
For prices inquire of j. Pfenninger, W.
Bosch, A. Schell or Chas. Stolzenberg,
Redstone
NOTICE.-The use of land for pastur-
ing or cutting of wood or quarrying and
hauling of stone is not allowed unless by
a written permit from the company.
NEW ULM STONE Co.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-10-16
CONVERTER EXPLODED.

Ten Men Injured at the Frankstown Mill,
Three Probably Fatally.
PTTTsBURG, Oct. 15.-An explosion of
a converter occurred at the Frankstown
mill OF Jones & Laughlin early in the
morning. Ten men were injured. three.
it is feared, being fatally burned.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-10-16
@offo1,,pooo 2l1lillz,

Custom grinding solicited. Will grind
wheat for 8 Zone eigt. or exchange "a
lbs. -four, 5 Tbs shorts and s lbs. bran
for one bushel of wheat Flour and feed
sold at low prices and delivered at New
Ulm free OF expense.
John Bentzin.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04

down in the Omaha platform) in my
opinion, the free coinage of silver,
without the other reforms, would do
US but little good, as they could not con
troll any volume Of money under
existing conditions. Those Republi-
cans and Democrats that are claiming
now that silver is the only issue,
said a year ago that there was nothing
wrong with our finances, and that the
repeating of the Sherman law was all
that was needed to make us prosperous
and happy.
No, Brother, we have nothing to
gain by joining with any single plank
platform party. Let US stand by our
guns, and wage war all along the line.
Nothing is settled until it is settled
right. Pass the word along the line;
stand by your colors and right will tri-
umph in the end.
Yours for the right,
MARY HAWLIN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
LETTER FROM KANSAS.
NORTH KANSAS. May II, 1895

NORTH KANSAS, May II, 1895.
EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER:-En
Gle sed find 81 to renew my subscrip-
ton. A loss of our entire crop (through
droutb) in this part of the State, added
TO the general hard times, resulting
from the plutocratic gold basis policy,
has left our people very destitute. 1t
is encouraging to e THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER from a Southern State) stand
ing shoulder to shoulder with the West,
waging war against monopoly. Let
his get into battle line for $50, and let's
stand square on the Omaha platform;
every demand in it is but justice to
the wealth producers of this country.
1 have no patience with the few who
think we should lay aside all other
Issues, and join with the hi metallic
barty and make the fight in '96 on the
oliver issue. If we cannot control
monopoly that has been
|robbing us systematically for a quarter
of a century all along the line (as laid
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
PoPUL1sTs ARE NOT SUCKERS.

The Democratic party in North Caro-
lima has made a spectacle of itself for
several years in trimming it's sails to
suit til Populist breeze. It has truckled
to tho Farmers Alliance and to the
Populists until it has almost lost it's self
respect, and has almost forfeited the
respect of the people. The latest exhi-
bition of this trucking is a long
winded declaration in favor of free
silver ennunciated by the State Execu-
tive Committee at Raleigh last Monday
night. 1t was done in the vain hope
of winning the Populists back, but it
may result in driving away many
Democrats who are worth something
to the party. It will not win a single
P ,pulist and ought not.-COncOrd
Times, Dem.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
ALLIANCE REVIVAL IN TEXAS

1t affords the Mercury pleasure to be
able to state that the growth of the
Alliance in Texas is now phenomenal.
From every section comes the cheer
ing news, 'Our Alliance is on the in
crease" says the Southern Mercury.
1--WE have recognized and are tax
ing in new members rapidly" etc.
The conditions, which are continually
crowding the farmers and laboring
people Of all classes nearer and still
nearer a condition of peonage, in spite
of their Herculean efforts to prevent
it, has constrained them to realize that
united effort alone can save them.
The manifest impotency, or treach,
cry, of old party leaders is c~onstraining
those who eat their bread in the sweat
of their face to rely no longer upon
them for relief, but to rely upon each
other exclusively for salvation from
the oppression of plutocracy, and they
are combining for the great struggle.
Bro. Evan Jones, assisted by his heroic
adtatants, Perdue, McMeans, DAVIS,
Mrs. Fanny Leak, Ashby, and a host
of others, able, tried and true, are
exerting themselves as rever before to
steer the old alliance ship into the
harbor of safety and prosperity.
Each worker reports grand success,
and Mrs. Fannie Le&ke, our State
Secretary, writes that "a real old
fashioned Alliance boom is on in
nearly every part of the State" These
reports should cause every old ALI.
ance member in the State to at once
enter its folds again and push it to
success. The easiest way to form q
correct estimate of the worth and
power Of the Alliance is for old. earnest
members to ask themselves: WHow
much would I take in cold cash for the
education I have received inside the
precincts OF the Farmers Alliance9'
To estimate its power, look at the
wreck and ruin it has brought unon
old party demagogues and unscr1pIou
traitors to the mas es.
Is there any of the old guard WIZ ;c
not proud of the record of the Alliance;
The fight is on to q finish this time
Every Alliance man in Texas sho11IG
redouble his efforts. In the s-uprernecV
OF our Alliance principles is our oniy
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
BY TRUSTEES.
Very Important
TO
Country Merchants.
Of course you handle School Books and
Stationary.

Messrs. Haywood & Pittman, trustees
of Alfred Williams 6 Co., are clos
ing up the business of that firm,
and they are offering to
dealers a large stock of
SCHOOL Books. WRITING PAPERS, INK,
BLANKBOOKs, PAss-BOoKs, MEMO
RANDUMs, etc., etc, etc.
In lots of S. 90 or more at prices far
below anything at which these goods
have ever before been bought in this
State.
Now is the time and opportunity to
replenish your stock. Haywood q
Pittman, Trustees, Raleigh, N. c., will
give any information that may be de-
sired by persons intending to purchase.
Sales will be made for cash only.
A. w. HAYWOOD,
THOMAS N. PITTMAN,
Trustees.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
EVILS OF POLITICS.
Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
MANNypro NJ n

MANNING, N. G.
As I glanced over q well-known Bust
mess Guide my eyes CHANGED to fall
upon the little cid log cabin, which
every reader has seen time and again.
Under the picture Of the house are
there words: THE Home of Abraham
Lincoln, who was known as Honest
Abe" There in that rude house,
made of round poles, and chimney
made of the same, but lined with earth
On the inside, we tried to fix Abe and
his early characteristics in our mind.
Often have we read of "Honest Abe, y
but we had not thought of the fact
that he was raised tuguriO. But such
was common in the early part of this
century, and it is true that our greatest
and best men came from the log
cabins.
Honest Abe3" Yes, when we think
OF the man, we readily conclude thai
that title we'll fitted the man, or the
man the title. Agood boy, was a MAJ
IN all respects, made one of American
modest and truest sons, and was, per
aaps' the wisest President the nation
has over honored with such an elevated
AS thoughts ran on down thC
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
MARY HAWLIN

It pays especially to thin fruits when
crops are heaviest, for then is the
greater difference in values between
frsts and seconds. The inferior fruit
will go begging always, while finer
qualities rarely go begging at any
price. Those who make fruit bearing
pay must be ready to offer the best.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
DEMANDS ADOPTED
By the Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union at Raleigh, N. c., Feb
ruarY 8, 1905,

Finance-We demand a national
currency, safe, sound and flexible,
issued by the government only, a full
legal tender for all debts, public OF
private, and that without the use OF
banking corporations; a just, equitable
and efficient means of distributing
direct to the people at a tax not to ex
coed 2 per cent. as set forth by the
Sub-Treasury plan or some better sys
tenn; also, by payments in discharge OF
it's obligations and for public improve
ments.
o.. We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the Legal
ratio of 16 to 1.
b. We demand that the amount OF
the circulating medium be increased to
at least $50 per capita exclusive of legal
reserves.
c. We demand a graduated income
tax.
d. That our national legislation shall
be so framed in the future as not to
build up one industry at the expense Of
another.
e. We believe that the money of the
country should be kept as much as
possible in the hands of the people and
hence we demand that all national and
State revenue shall be limited to the
necessary expenses of the government,
economically and honestly admins
tered.
f. We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the govern
ment for the safe deposit of the earn
ings Of the people and to facilitate ex.
changes.
Land-The land, including all the
natural resources of wealth, is the
heritage of all the people and should
hot be monopolized for speculative ur
poses and alien ownership of land
should be prohibited. ALI lands now
held by railroads and other corpora
lions in excess of their actual needs.
and lands now owned by aliens, should
now be reclaimed by the government
and sold for actual settlers only.
be
ing a means of exchange and a public
necessity, the government should own
and operate just enough of the com
peting railroad lines of the country to
efectually give the Government full
control of the regulation of passenger
fares and freight rates.
o.. The telegraph and telephone, like
the postomce system, being a necessity
for the transmission of intelligence
should be owned and operated by the
government in the interest of the pee
pie.
ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATORS
We demand the election of United
States Senators by a direct vote of the
people. That each State shall be di
vided into two districts of nearly equal
voting population, and that a Senator
from each shall be elected by q direct
vote of the people of the district
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
AN OPEN LETTER TO CLEvE-
LAND.
To HIS Erceuency, Grocer Cleveland,
President of the United States:

/ 10 Its hCC6EG6tGY' O"0O0INHU,
President of the United States:
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
In YOUR recent letter, declining the
invitation of certain Chicago business
men to address a meeting there, among
other things, you said:
ST hope. however, the event will
mark the beginning Of ar earnest and
AGGRESSIVE effort to disseminate among
the people safe and prudent financial
ideas"
"Safe and prudent financial ideas"
put into practice, are precisely what
we stand in need of, not having had
such given us by legislation during a
period of more than thirty years.
The amount of currency, including
gold silver and paper, outstanding in
1866, and the failures of that year, com
pared with the amount and failures Of
1898, will show very clearly and en-
phatically what said financial IDEAS
should be.
In 1865 we had in the Northern and
Western States (the Southern States
not being included) about Is, 900, 900
people, and a circulating medium of
about two billion q, 900, 600, OOO) dollars
about $50 per capita. With this SUI
perabundance of money there were
about $50 business failures that aggre-
gated $17, 625, 00O-less than 70 cents
per capita (per each man, woman and
child in said States.
In 1898 we had, for 65, 900, 900 people,
a circulating medium of about one bill
lion six hundred million Il, 800, 900, OOO
dolIars-about 1924 per capita, only
about $15 of which was in active circu-
lation. But with this small amount of
currency we had 49, $50 failures, that
aggregated the enormous amount of
81, 754, 500 836, as follows: The strictly
commercial liabilities exceeded $751;
422. O39; the liabilities of banking and
financial institutions were $21O, O56, 1854;
and the liabilities Of railroads in the
hands of receivers we're about 81 ,212,-
218, O33. Said failures divided up would
be about $27 for each man, woman and
child in the. United States. and the sum
total is about 5000, OOO, 900 greater than
the entire amount of gold, silver and
paper money in the United States.
We have thus seen that when we had
a circulating medium of $50 per capita
Q865) the business failures aggregated
less than ~ cents per capita. But
when we did business, or attempted to
do business, with $24 per capita 1888
the failures aggregated about $27 per
capita. (For much valuable data en-
bracing the above points, see the
Nonconformist, of June 4th, and the
Farmers Tribune, Des Moins, Iowa, of
June 10, 1894)
So, which of the above plans should
be considered a proper basis for ''safe
and prudent financial system" the one
that give us less than 70 cents per
capita of failure, or the n that gives
us about $27 per capita?
The contraction of the currency and
the demonstration of silver have
jointly proven a curse intellectually
great.
It should be recollected that we now
have for nearly z 10000, 900 people
about $40, 900, 900 less than we had in
1865 for %, 600, 900 people, and contrac-
ton of the currency is still going on at
the rate of over 800, 900, 900 per annum.
Rowan TYSON
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04

line and seemed to stand out boldly be
fore mind and demand an answer
to this question: Why was "Honest
Abe" assasinated9 That's what we would
like to know! Why was it that such
a good and honest man had to suffer
death in the manner in which he died
The many answers mortal man has
supposed to have been right fockeo
thick and fast to answer these ques'
tions, but who ought. Was it for re
venge for his friend, who was at the
time in Sing Sing, that caused Booth
to commit this dastardly crimeG Dlo
he suppose he was Kidding the coun,
try of a ty rant9 That his death WouLo
overthrow the Federal Government
and re establish the Confederate GOV,
ernment2 Or was it because he was
disappointed in seeking office.
But let us go on down to 1884, Wnen
President Garfield was assaslnated. An
ohce-seeker, of Chicago, apolitlclan, be-
cause he did not get the Office to which
he aspired, shot Garfield in the depot
at Washington on the same evening OF
which he was disappointed. Now, we
have almost concluded that these two
great crimes have been committed on
account of the evils of politics. And
who brings on these evils9
Let us glance over the past, on up
to the present. Factions are divided
in State and church, and it seems
that there is constantly a growing
hatred between each other, brothers
against brothers, sisters against sisters.
Why all this i'll feeling in politics any
how9 Who can answers Who al go
down into mans sinful heart and get
the answer9 Why, we are ready to
plunge our neighbor into eternity
simply because he chooses to differ from
us in opinion. Has he not a right to
his opinions Have we? Well, then,
why do we say harsh things and do
everything in our power to crush our
neighbor if be wishes to exercise the
right of his opinion and views.
Oh, that we could lay aside our preju-
dice and look at these things for awhile,
regard our brothers welfare as own.
Look at the man whence such preju-
dice and hatred originated. Study
him. Study his past life Has any
good come from him9 Has he accom-
plished anything in this lite9 Vii he
be reawrded in the next life9
Let US study these questions from
every standpoint of view and see if it
is not time to call a halt. Let us ap-
ply the golden text in worldly matters
as well as in heavenly things. "As ye
would that men should do unto you,
do ye even so to them" We're told
that this is the law. Why not abide
by it. How much better would this
world be if this divine law was obeyed
by all!
The great need of today is men,!
Men who are manly! Men who fear
GedI Then, and not before, will
office and worldly things not bring
about these evils. We need men who
value church and State more highly
than money. But have we got our
needs2 These men of today How
sadl Rem pubIicOm fOcci non fOciunt.
L. W. SIFFORD.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04

We demand the election of United
States Senators by a direct vote of the
people. That each State shall be di
vided into two districts of nearly equal
voting population, and that a Senator
from each shall be elected by a direct
vote of the people of the district.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04

Mistress: Mary, go to the door at
once. Some n has rung three or
four times. Mary: Oh, it's all rieht
mum. It's only that young Teller "a r.
mashed on Miss Maud. Yer needn't
be afraid Of his goin' away in a hurry.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04

ARMSTRONG 4 AeKEEVX
Pittsburgh
ANCHOR,
Cincinnati
New York.
BEYGER-BAUMAN,
Pittsburgh.
BRADLEY,
New York.
BROOKLYN,
New York.
st. Louis.
Buffalo.
DAVIS CHAMBERS,
Pittsburgh.
ECKSTEIN,
Cincinnati.
FAHNEsToCK,
Pittsburgh.
Jh"611S
New York.
KENTUCKY,
Louisville.
JOHN & BROS. co
Philadelphia.
MORLEY,
Cleveland.
MISSOURI,
St. Louis.
Ted SEAL,
St. Louis.
SALEM,
Salem, Mass.
SHIPMAN,
Chicago.
UTHE
St. Louis and Chicago.
ULSTER,
New York.
UNION,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
Common Sense

dictates that you use materials when paint
ing that you know something about. Pure
White Lead and Pure Linseed Oil are and
have been the standard for years. You
know all about them if you don't your
painter does. To make sure, however, ex-
anime the brand (see list).
For colors, use National Lead Co.'S Pure
White Lead tinting colors they are the best
and most permanent; prepared expressly for
tinting Pure White Lead. Pamphlet and
color-card free.
NATIONAL LEAD CO.,
I Broadway, New York.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
WHAT OUR ADVERTISERS say
OFFICE OF
BARNES BROS.
Electric Power Job Printers,
n-H NJ q LN-nn 80

Electric Power Job Printers.
Raleigh, N. c., July %, 1893.
Mr. Denmark, Business Manager:
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER is an adj
vertising medium. Besides answers
received from North Carolina, we have
received them from Mississippi, New
Hampshire and Pennsylvania, and our
advertisement was only inserted three
times. BARNES Bios,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-20
SUCCESSFUL COMPETITION.

Readers of The Herald will have in
mind the accounts published in this
paper of the shipping Of American
made carpets 10 the English markets
and of the success of American manu-
facturers in underselling their British
competitors in Kidderminister, Axmin-
ster and Brussels brands, lines which
were considered exclusively English as
to texture and price. Some of our Re
publican contemporaries, while COM
PEELED to acknowledge the truth of the
facts, yet affect to treat them as of
small moment.
They pretend that some grades of
American carpets have for years found
sale in European markets, and, there
fore, there is nothing in recent events
to justify the remarks about the effects
OF free wool. But our friends lose sight
Of the fact, or try to hide it up, that
it is in the choice English carpets
that our American manufacturers are
successfully competing abroad, and
that this is under the free wool and
reduced tariff system which the Repub-
leans claimed would ruin the wooden
lIuUSlIys lucy Cdll1lOb the luz
ical consequences of the reverse of
their reasoning.
And now, it appears. the success in
carpet competition has been followed
by the expectation of other classes of
wooden goods from this country. The
Wool and Cotton Reporter somewhat
reluctantly admits the facts as to car
pets, and further announces the ship
ping of domestic woolens to Bradford.
England, commission merchants. They
were 54-inch, piece-dyed. black and
blue wool cheviots, and were purchased
by the Bradford firms for so and so
cents per yard net. They were for
warded by the steamer '~Teutonic''
from the firm of W. E. Derby & Co.
1t appears, further, that orders have
been received by the same firm for
other lines of domestic woolens which
are to be sent to India. The American
consul at Zurich, in Switzerland, re-
ports the introduction Of American car
pets into that country by a German
firm. The American consul at Bradford
confirms the report Of the sales of