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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15

grain which he cannot sell at a price
sufficient to cover the cost of produc-
tionG From the returns of the English
Board Of Trade we learn that these i'm
portations have been unaccompanied
by any corresponding increase of ex-
ports from this country. The English
imports Of wheat from America have
been about 1000, 900 hundred weight
less than last year, while the English
imports of wheat from the Argentine
Republic have increased somewhat and
the English imports of wheat from
Russia have amounted to the astound
ing quantity of 16 $40, 635 hundred
weight, as compared with but 10, $685.
755 hundred weight in 1895 An, yes,
it may have been a banner day for
somebody, but for whom? Surely not
for the American farmer, manufac
turer and laborer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15
NEITHER DEAD NOR DYING.

Doubtless the rapid growth of the
silver sentiment has frightened the
goldites into starting the report that
the silver sentiment is dying" The
Wilmington Morning Star has this to
say on the subject:
Tine goldite organs pretend to be
lieve that the free coinage ''craze," as
they call it, is dying out and that in a
little while we will hear no more of it.
Every sound money" missionary who
travels through the South or in the
North, 50 reports. Illinois is one of the
Western States of which special men
ton Is made, for the reason, we sup
pose, that the free coinage agitation as
a party measure, first took shape in
that State in the holding of a free ell
yer Democratic convention on the call
OF the Democratic State Committea
'nle umea ago, Mr.. Eckels, COMPTROLLER
~ Ono treasury, who is a citizen of
- 'AoiS' returned to Washington from
CnaC State, and represented tho oo
silver agitation as on the wano ora
practically dead. As an Ilustro+ion -
how dead it is, a Democratic Conven
ton was held Saturday in the Eieh
teenth Congressional District to nomi
nate a candidate to fill a vacancy. The
gold standard men had a candidate.
All the other candidates were free sill.
yer men. The result of the ballotine
in convention was that the gold stand,
ard candidate didn't get a single vote,
so that the contest was between the
free silver men, one of whom was nom
mated. The highest vote polled in the
primaries for the gold standard candi,
date was n hundred, which he re,
ceived in his own county, receiving
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15

That was a sensible and patriotic an
swer that W. II. Harvey, author OF
Coins financial School, made to a ques
ton propoundea by a man in the aud
fence while he (Harvey) was making a
speech at Burlington, No, the other
day. He was asked: What is your
politics3" Harvey answered IF the
Democratic party declares anew the
principles of Jefferson, I am a Demo
crat. If the Republican party declares
anew the principles of Lincoln, I am a
Republican; but if both the old parties
declare in favor Of Great Britain and
the gold standard policy, 1 az a Popu
list "
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15

The Richmond Times admits that the
value of property has deprecated to
an alarming extent in the past few
years, but declares that the quantity
of money has had nothing to do with
it. In the next breath it asserts that
the country will be ruined if the
money isn't sound" Strange that
quantity is not as important as quail
ity. If soundness, or commercial value
is the only trouble, why have but one
piece of money, say a solid gold ten
dollar piece, studded with diamonds,
and let the folks go ahead and run
business on that sound basis"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15
N. r. P. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The new woman is not alwaysa
young woman
Don't rush your cotton On the market
too fast, brother farmer.
Send in your stock for the shoe fac,
tory. Tee cash must be on hand as
pledges will not start things in motion.
Hold your cotton. Let the English
and German mill owners sweat a lit
tie. You have been sweating long
enough.
New York city has a population of
100, 900 Italians, and a large portion of
them are BARRIERS, fruit dealers and
musicians.
According to the Messenger the gold
or sound money" organization in
Wilmington has only a little yer n
hundred members. 1t thinks at least
1000 voters in the city are favorable
to silver.
The North Carolina papers that are
using the Wall street sound cur
rency" plate matter say they have no
apologies to offer. Their readers
should quit reading them and decline
to apologize.
Oar Democratic friends are hard to
down. Having lest their chance" to
boas5 about any other good work done
by the administration, they are brag.
ging about the 81 600 900 shortage be-
ing pied up at Washington every
month.
The firm of "Chris ian Bros, high
waymen doing business in the West
is quite appropriate. They will have
the secret endorsement of a large mum
Der OF protested Christians" who are
doing such business in many other To-
calities.
On Friday an absurd rumor was
circulated to the effect that President
Cleveland had been ass fascinated. The
news comes that there was nothing in
1t. He Is at Buzzard's Bay fishing as
usual. 1t is only the good who die
young or get assassinated
The Laurinburg Exchange thinks the
newspaper subscription list ia goo5
place to look for the business
of a citizen. We think that is abo1t
right. If s0me of u patrons don't
get a hustle on them pretty soon the
verdict will be that they are not en-
titled to credit.
An honest confession is good for the
soul. The Richmond Times makes
another brilliant financial argument.
1t says il silver was remonetiz q
horse that now sells for $50 would
bring 800. We thought it claimed al
the while that an increase in the
amount of money had no inf or
prices.
We would like to ask what our sub
scribers who are behind are doing7 We
nave cared what is due US, we need il
and you ought to pay up as fast as
you can When you are selling cot,
son ana tobacco don't forget to pay
LOT Your paper. We have carried Won
u summer. Be a man now
sona In the small amounts Won
eve Us SO we can pay u debts.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15
BELONGS TO ANOTHER FAMlL1'

Uncle Rastus Say, Mister JoHDo
youse sorter an ~e.juc4ted darkey' -
youseG"
JJhnson-"Dat am rite, On'I0
tus, dat am rite"
Uncle Rastus-'D DIN Tse goin' ter a. =
you a queshun. I wants ter Au0' IN
dat Saint John what am KI0A" ~
SIGH a muss over on the Sea o'Uo lin
Line ermung the employees IL ":1 the
ter dat Teller John m~enshuneo
Scripters9" o.,t,a
Johnson guess not, Uncle N's''~
Why fer you ak dat5' onv
Uncle Rastus-"Kase If be 8,I by
ob kin he am disgracin' de tamG,y ~
cuttin' off de heads OBJ de ralLro8u Obi
list like he war a member Oh o7 0
net in China.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15
HOLD YOUR COTTON

1 the IN In GQ0 CObGOA OOAU W. AN
their cotton as long as possible. Ii
you must sell, then put 1T on the mar
ket slowly-a little at a time. Sucn
advice has not always been safe, ana
we have hesitated, but think 1t Is no"
| settled that the crop will not be over
| 6 900 600 bales, probably less, n the
demand will be for eight or nine million
bales The most liberal government
and expert reports show hat Ine 0on
dition is not above So, and tros's an
storms may soon bring 1t belo" Cna'
estim ate.
Atwood, Violet & Go. say hat the
American mills will want 800, 600 more
bales than they used last year. o
last year bought 6 200, 900 bales OF our
cotton. This year she can't possloiy
get more than 8 700, 900 after the Amer
lean mills are supplied, hence Engllsn
and German mills will be forced topay
good prices if the cotton raiser Will
onlv hold it back. Indeed, cotton ls
aim 0st as valuable as the coveted gold
owned by the Rothschilds.
The price has ranged from eight to
nine cents during the past few weeks
This was so much better than the eX
tremely low price last year that there
has been a general rush to market it,
and many farmers are indiscreetenough
to express themselves as thoroughly
satisfied with these prices This Is very
foolish. Cotton ought to bring more
than nine cents any time, and to sell a
short crop at that is not any better
than a good crop at 5 or 6. If u
farmers continue to sell at present
prices and say they are satisfied, the
result will be that the crop will soon
al be gone and no money left in the
South for it. According to supplyand
demand, the present crop ought to
bring Is or 20 cents, and would if the
entire world was not in the thrOes Of a
financial crisis and suffering from
single standard business depression.
Don't sell another bale of cotton at
eight or nine cents if you can possibly
avoid it. The price is bound to go
higher.
Let the S Jutharn farmers, merchants,
newspapers and everybody unite in
urging our people to hold back their
cotton. We have furnished the world
with cotton at starvation prices long
enough. We need good prices for the
balance of this crop, and we must have
it or ruin stares us in the face.
The Alliance now has another oppor-
tunity to show it's usefulness. Every
Alliance in the South should meet at
once and discuss this momentous ques-
ton. Alliance officials should show
instant activity. Alliance newspapers
can't do better service than to devote
much of their space to urging cotton
raisers to hold back their cotton until
prices are nearer in proportion to the
supply and demand. We mast hare
better prices for the balance Of this
crop or the South oViU be nearer bank
rupt than 1T eUer has been.
Oar columns are open to any one
who desires to discuss this important
subject.
The Lenoir Topic says: "A fellow
went into a store here the other day
and tried to buy a pocket book on
time. o. course, he didn't get it, but
the merchant has been wondering
ever since what use he had for it," OF
course he is getting ready for the pres
perity promised by the goldbugs.
AnZhnd nnnnht Ia nr1nnn Aknt
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AN EXCELLENT PUB -ICATION'

"The Art Amateur" is puolISn9u
monthly by Montague Marks, Y J. D'CD
Square, New York. The price 10 o.
cents a number or 81 per year. ha'n
number contains many pages OF ou.
line sketches and colored plates ~
amateur artists. either pencil or OruID'
Ii is esptc ally designed for young
dies practicing art at home, anu "D'
to aid them in home decoration
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15
SOME SOUND MONEY" MEN.

A. L Avery, book keeper for Mess
more, Gaunett & Co., commission mer-
chants, st. Louis, is short in his &C
counts several thousand dollars. He
was also treasurer of a secret order and
is behind with it to the amount of
81, 700.
John B. Manning, a millionaire and
member of the New York Stock Elk
change, has been expelled from the Elk
change for removing the names of en-
dorsers on the back of bonds with
chemicals
Charles H. Wick, Treasurer of the
Home Mutual Aid Association of Mis-
souri,, has disappeared with II 600 of
it's ''sound dollars" He is another
pretty ''honest money" man. The
world is full of them, however.
The Kansas City Times, the rankest
goldbug sheet in the West, has gone
into the hands of a receiver. 1t run
behind $500 a week, and rs an educator
of honest money in the West it's man
agement has proved a most signal fail
ure. The fate of the Times ought to
serve as a warning to other goldbug
sheets.
The Graham Cotton Mills Company,
Rockford, Ill, is in the soup. 1t owes
5000, 900 (sound.)
Joseph Herman, sound money real
estate agent, died at st. Louis a few
days ago. He was secretary of a build
ing and loan association, and since his
death occurred it is known that he was
800. 900 short.
Frank A. Coffin has been found
guilty of looting the Indianapolis Ma
tionaI Bank. T, P. Haughey, President
of the bank, and his son, are both in
prison charged with taking a hand in
the steal. They got away with about
$4OO, 900, most Of it belonging to de
p~ositors. Pretty sound money" gang,
isn't it,
John R TAFT, late teller of the Chem
lean National Bank, of New York, has
been turned out of the asylum, the
physicians declaring that he will be
more likely to recover his usual health
and right mind if kept at home. His
friends gave a s., COO bond for his safe
keeping. In case he rec yer from in
sanity he will be tried for stealing $15,-
900. In that case we can't see much to
encourage Mr.. TAFT in laying aside in
sanity.
Hurlbut, Ward, & Co, wholesale
druggists, Des Moines, Iowa, have
failed owing $12O, 900, with assets of
$3.50, 600. Same old story. Couldn't
collect from retail customers and retail
customers couldn't collect from Gus.
omers. Not enough sound dollars.
J. E Stowe. building contractor,
Richmond, Va, has assigned. Liabili
ties, SIS, 900; ass ITS unknown.
B. s. Lis5erger & Co., drug goods,
DanviIle, Va, have assigned. Liabili-
ties, $25 600; assets unknown. The
assignments in Virginia areso frequent
that we are constrained to ask the
Sound money" Richmond Times and
Dispatch what they have done with
the good times they have been promis
Thomas G. Dunn, Secretary of the
North Side Building and Loan Associa-
ton, Findlay, Ohio, is short in his &C
counts $15, 600 (sound,)
Irving A. Pulse, Postmaster at Glen !
Ill 'sound money" man, too, |
is a defaulter to the tune of 81, 900,
The Gum county, Mo, bank failed to
open its doors Thursday morning It
is another small bank following, or
to follow, such bankers as
Drexel, Morgan & Co., and the Roths-
The result is the same fate that
other small banks are meeting with
constantly,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15

Apropos Of Judge Clark's article in
another column on the constitutional
duty of the Government to operate the
telegraph and telephone system as
part of the postal service, it my be OBJ
served that the plants of the telegraph
companies in North Carolina are as
sessed for tax alton at $16 per mile of
wire. At that cost the Government is
certainly able to put a telephone at
every post office in the country.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15

loo, IN the others and not enough in
anv county to give him one delegate in
the convention. lone swallo" doesn't
make a summer" we know, but II this
he an indie alton of the way the silver
..craze" has died in the State OF Illinois,
= sooms to be q pretty lively corpse.
Tbis ia conirmatory of the statement
81 Hon. w. D. Bynum, of Indiana,
nublished in the New York Herald, to
9hich we referred a few days ago, to
the effect that while the silver agita-
tion had subsidized in the cities, the free
silver sentiment was strong in the rural
districts, and it may be incidentally re-
marked that a good deal of the voting
ia done in the rural districts"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15

Il am standing Just behind the
curtain, and in fHU gLOtU Of the coming
sunset. Behind me are the SHADOWS on
the track, before me lies the dark GALLEY
and the riUer. When I mIingLe tUfth its
dark 1Cuters I tCdnt to cast one LingeT-
inc look upon q country WhOse govern
npent is Of the people, for the people,
and 6g the people" -L. L. Polk, July
eth, 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15

~ The date on your label tells you
when your time is out
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15

The Lenoir Topic says: "A fellow
went into a store here the other day
and tried to buy a pocket book on
time. o. course, he didn't get it, but
the merchant has been wondering
ever since what use he had for it," OF
course he is getting ready for the pres
perity promised by the goldbugs.
Anybody ought to guess that.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15

Do you want your paper changed to
another object State the n at winch
you have been getting 1t.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15

The Progressive Farmer Is the Official
Organ of the N. c. Farmers State Alliance
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-15

- Our friends in writing to eny OF
our advertisers will favor US by men
sioning the fact hat they saw
advertisement in TIE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
The Lamar register., 1895-01-12
CLAWS STRANGE ArrAcasrI
lie fs usstax ut. Girl uife Las,
Educated.

Louisville. Ky. Jan. s.-Gen- ~
MArceilis Clay. the -,old lion q W
hail. is carryins out his rlan q 4
eating his young wife to hi her ~
new station In llfc. A few dayr
he engaged a goyernes> who bls
to White hall TO give Mrs clay x
In department. music and the 7,el
branches OF learning. Mrs eAi|
only i5 years old and has htue
than the rudlments OF an sNio.
She has had absolutely no adfaa1
Of society. Miss Martin, the sese,.
il expected To make a finished ~
her. and Is To b. paid liberal =
Her father. IL &. Martin s
known lawyer. who was 4 ~a'
rade OF Gen. Clay.
The Ciays live an absoluie1y
life at White hall Mrs Clay hn
visited by none OF her neiEhn's'
neither she nor her aged hust1aa
their massive country house
have very few servants. aud tns
woman has bccn attending 70 y.
Ing Just as she did before hsf =
marriage. Gen. Clay is as ds'ya
the girl ns ever. and has LOST
OF his former eccentriciiy
dren have had nothing 10 do WI.
except Ionic Clay. who was -
Ing his fathers soJourn 10 -
burg as minister to lsuSsiA-
The Lamar register., 1895-01-12
A WELL AS A BAROMETER.
II Is on = Farm In New York. and
Foreteiis the Weather.

There is a curious well on the Flint
farm, in the town of Great Valley,
Cattaraugus county, says the New
York Sun. II is a natural barometer.
Nobody ever passes the farm winter
or summer, If the weather is settled.
without asking something like this;
..Does the well threaten a changer"
For every one knows that If there is
bad weather coming the well will let
them know it. sure as sure can be.
They call the well up there the
"whistling well." although it doesn't
whistle now. But that isn't any fault
of the well. This well was dug about
fifty years ago by the father of Colonel
Flint, who occupies the farm. He put
it down forty-fve feet, but found no
water, and dug no further Instead Of
water, strong current of air came
from the well at times. The opening
was covered with big hat stone. and
for amusement a hole was drilled in
the stone and big tin whistle fitted
into it. The whistle had two tones
one when the air rushed up from the
well. and different one when the
counter current sucked the air back
lnto tue mysterious ucPAhr- ~
wasn't long before the discovery
was made that within forty-eight
hours after the outrushing current
from the well started the whistle to
shrieking storm invariably followed.
When the tone of the whistle was
changed by the reversing of the cur
rent. it was discovered that the
change meant change and the com
ing of fair weather. These weather
signals never failed When the
weather was settled the whistle was
silent. The whistle got out of order
some years ago, and for some reason
was never repaired. but the coming
and going currents OF air prophesy
the coming of their respective spells
of weather" with unvarying infalli-
bility.
The Lamar register., 1895-01-12
PosToFFIcE BoYcoTTED.
Altman People are Up In Arms Against
Inde dependcnce-

Cripple Creek. Colo, Jan. 5.-An In
dignation meeting that was largely at
tended was held at Altman tonight
the purpose Of which was to protest
against the action OF the postoitice de
partnent in removing the office from
that point to Independence. No par
ticular speech making was indulged in.
but il was finally decided 10 be thor
oughly impracticable to patronize the
office at the point to which IL had been
moved on account of the steep noun
tain that il would be necessary TO go
down and climb up again. 50 II was re
solved that hereafter or until such time
as the postal authorities should re-es-
tablish an office at Altman, every ciu-
zen should have his mail direced TO
Cripple Greek postotiice. A big box
should be rented and man employed
to bring IL up to them In order To
wind up business at once, Fahnrbeck
Brothers, the expreSsmen. were employ
ed on the spot for this purpose, and NJ.
l.. Dowling selected as the person who
shall distribute the mail upon Its ar
rival Before the meeting adjourned
the following telegram was drafted and
sent TO the Colorado delegation In the
House Of Representatives:
Altman, Colo. Jan. >. 1885.
ITO Hon. John C. Bell and Hon. Lafe
Pence. Washington. ID. C.:
The people OF Altman. numbering
COO. are suddenly left without mail IA
cilitses by the removal of the postOfficc
to railway side-irack three-fourths OF
a mile down n steep mountain. We
desire an Investigation of the situation
and the cause Of such unjust and out
rageous action. and we further desire
Immediate restoration of former mail
facilities JOHN LYONS.
Secretary OF Mass Meeting"
The Lamar register., 1895-01-12

powers wnicn unooupt,.nIy nave n,
the effect to stimulate the retalla,o,
policy adopted by them. One Of ~,
discussed Mt this mornings eouferen,
was the status OF the agents OF n
government stationed In Eurou.
carry out the quarantine laws. w
there seemed TO be great danger Of a
introduction of cholera into the nal
States last summer. medical onol
were placed Mt the principal Euro,.-l
ports and under the terms Of ~ ,
OF 1870. they were required 10 IA
sure that the vessels cleared fa- ;
United States were free from al t-n
OF disease. Naturally the r-.
u,enis Of these officers were verT
welcome TO the steamship ooacau
and finally tho French govcrunen. 4
tested against the presence o,
medical representatives The Germ,
did not 30 80 far at that time bat n
resented the operations on Their
OF the agents 81 foreign suysrnz.u
who were not clothed with dipss-a
powers. In the end they pxp,e,;I
strongly and now have gone 50 az
90 intimate that II the provision.
pending legislation which coafsn2.a
A still further extension of the ias,.N
tIop principle to Immigrants l. ezrr1l
out. they will not permit them to g,
ate.
As this threa, was 20 absolutely i
Hfy any effort that she United sal
government may make TO eIclvde 4
Grants OF tn. most dangerous class 4
also TO expos, the p-rpie of ihe Ia,
States TO Infection from chalsra. 4
matter Is regarded as full Of sravit
In fact. the turn affairs have a1
makes Il evident our rclatbons II
Continental Europe arr likely to .;
tircly beyond executive cOntrul Z
once recognize the right OF the~e II
tries to dictate In matters os bs-s
ton.
Yesterdays confcr,nce did np< ~
In defining any line OF policy saa
believed possible that the 1854
will feel Obliged to lay the 1aiisr
fore Congress tn a special ressa-f
supplement- the cfrorts Of the a4z4
iration In Congress 10 pass he 8
rsIcai bill now pending II EiJ
stated, however. that not all q
members Of the Cabinet are ccnss
that the enactment of this fness1rt
afford the relief hcfcd for and n :,
quarters there i an abiding helssf
the real object OF the EuroPszr
blnc Is 10 break down the enii-e =
schedule and secure frs~ sugar rs
prfcr for the admission Of AHsr
food products
The Lamar register., 1895-01-12
DEL NoaTE LIGHT CASE.
The MIL Company Must Furnish Power.
say. the Court


Del Norte. Colo. Jan. Judge Hoi-
brook has rendered a decision in the
Del Norte water pumping case to the
effect that the power company must
pump water while the mill is running.
and IL is presumed that the power com
pany will proceed to pump The ques-
tion was one as to whether new mem
bers of the Del Norte FIGURING Mills
and Power company are responsible,
under a contract made by former In
dividuals under the same company
name The court holds that the con-
tract must be carried out while the
mill runs The original contract was
to pump three years at $500 year and
Al years at 5000 per year. The three
years have elapsed. The decision. as
understood here. is to the effect that
the injunction Is sustained and that the
pumping must proceed while the mill
runs.
Del Norfe's electric plant has shut
down and the town will be lighted by
coal oil for time. The electric plant
belongs to the General Electric com
pany and foreclosure is now antici-
pated The town Of Del Norte win
probably buy the plant and operate 1t
The electric bulbs were taken out OF
the houses to-day, and 1t is generally
understood that the Del Norte Electric
Co.. has relinquished its franchise.