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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
IMPORTANCE OF THE ALLIANCE

If for no other reason, the Farmers
Alliance should be maintained to serve
as a supporter for the reform party
when it assumes control of the affairs
of government.
There will be an organized party,
with unlimited resources, ready to tear
down a reform administration, and de-
stroy the fruits of a reform victory,
says the Southern Mercury.
Every means possible of corruption
will be used to discredit a reform ad-
ministration with the people. The
press, the stump, and the pulpit, in
many cases, will be enlisted in the
work of obstructing a party antagonis-
tic to the money power.
The Populist, or Peoples party is
reasonably certain to sweep the coun-
try. If history repeats itself, the Peo-
pies party will obtain the control of
national affairs. It will need a we'll
organized army at its back to sup
port and sustain it in the hour of as
Stunning responsibilities. If the Ali
ance would fill that mission it must be
further strengthened, and it's arms ex-
tended to encompass the whole coun-
try. If for no other reason, this is
ample inducement for the people every
where to sustain the Alliance and push
the organization of Sub-Alliances.
If the reform party can have the sup
port of the Alliance, we'll organized in
every State in the Union, the attacks
of plutocracy can be withstood, and
the charges of the mercenary hordes of
the money power can be repulsed. It
is, therefore, the duty of reformers
everywhere to see to it that the ALI
ance is kept up, and that the organiza-
ton of Sub Alliances is pushed until
the Alliance is not only strong in every
State in the Union, but that a thorough
organization of the Alliance people is
felt, and their power respected in every
county in every State.
The Alliance is the father of political
reform, and it will be absolutely essen
tial to make the movement a success
and a certainty from its first advent to
power. Then comes the critical mo-
ment, when the Alliance can be of
supreme Importance, and without it
the reform administration will really
be in jeopardy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
oFFER WITHDRAWN.

For two weeks we have Hberaly ad-
vertised the "History of the LegisIa-
ture," a small book written by several
of the most versatile prevaricators on
earth. In that time we have had but
one request for the book. We wouldn't
offer to sell such a miserable affair. but
offered to give it to any of sub
scribers. AS we can't give the book
away, we have concluded to withdraw
the offer. W. believe the book would
make reformers if we could ONLY get
the people to read it, but we can't af-
ford to waste time on a book hat we
can't give away. Since we began to
offer to give the book away the pub
fishers have quit trying to sell it.
Probably it's day is over.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
ON CARLISLE.

A Columbus, Ohio, dispatch says:
Hon. Allen W. Thurman, chairman
of the Democratic State Committee, on
being asked to-day what he thought of
Secretary Carlisle's speech, said: ITO
all those who are conversant with the
history of the subject it is simply
laughable to think that the great Sec
rotary of the treasury, in defense of
the administration and sound money,
has been compelled simply to make the
same speech that has been made by
the Hon John Sherman each year for
the last twenty years. 1t is almost a
dead copy, and has been answered
over and over again until the people
are weary of it. The same dishonesty
pervades it as does the copy from
which it is taken, but in the case of
Mr.. Carlisle it is worse, because he pre-
tends to be a democrat and then states
that democratic senator's, and among
them my father, voted for the act of
1873. He is trying to create the i'm
preston all the while by his statement
that they did this with the full knowl-
edge OF what the bill contained, when
he knew that every one of these ssna-
tors and representatives Including the
grand old Beck from his own state,
whom he now tries by m~isrepresenta-
ton to bolster up his own tratorous
position) denied in open senate that
they had any knowledge of what he
tries in his speech, by fraud, to make
people believe they did. AS, for in
stance, Judge Thurman said: 4 can
not say what took place in the house.
but I know when the bill was pending
in the senate, we thought it was simply
a bill to reform the mint, regulate
coinage and fix up one thing and an
other, and there was not a single man
in the senate, unless it was some mem
Der Of the committee from which the
bill emenated, who had thefslightest
idea that it was even a squint towards
demonstration And Senator Beck
said: The bill demonetizing silver
never was understood by either house
of congress. I say this with the knowI-
edge of the facts Why didn't Mr.
Carlisle tell the whole TRUTH Can peo.
pie believe such q man honest?'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
CARLISLE IN 1873

We have published Carlisle's cele-
brated speech against the demonetizaN
ton of silver, made in Congress Feb.
81, 1873, several times. 1t should have
appeared side by side with his goldbug
speech published in our last issue, but
lack of space prevented. However, it
is not too late to make some extracts,
and the reader can compare them with
his recent speech and see the complete
somersault he has made. In 1878 he
said:
'sThe contamination ofsucha scheme
would ultimately entail more misery
unon the human race than all the wars,
n~estilences and famines that every &C
Cured in the history of the world. Inc
ABSOLUTE and instantaneous destruction
of half the entire movable property OF
the world. including houses, ships, ral-
roads and all other appliances Lor
carrying on commerce, while 1t would
he felt more sensibly at the
would not produce anything Ike the
~no1onood distress and Reorganization
ef eocietv that must inevitably result
f-oTo the permanent humiliation OF
one- half of the metallic money OF the
IT am in favor of every practicable
and constitutional measure that will
have q tendency to defeat or retard the
D~erpetration of this great crime, and I
am also in favor of every practicable
and constitutional measure that will
aid US in devisinga just and permanent
ratio of values between the two metals,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04

We do not approve Of strikes, as a
rule, though they seem unavoidable at
times. If more striking was done at
the ballot box less would be required
at the factory or mine. However, good
comes out of strikes. After the Rich
mond printers struck two years ago
some of them started a co operative
newspaper-the Star. 1t is by far the
best daily in that city, and is doing a
vast work in the direction of honest
government.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
CRAzRD BY "CoIN."

Plutocracy and its press are right
ened out of their usual self-satisfed in,
difference by the immense circulation
which has been given TO "Coin's Finan-
cial School" The editors and interest
sharks of Gotdbuggery are in q rage.
Columns upon top of columns of edi-
torial and communicated matter are
appearing daily in the bankers press,
the following from a big financial gun
in the New York World being a fair
sample:
"While the advocates of sound
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
CAUSES OF NERVOUSNESS,


Nervousness is attributed to many
causes, impure blood, sedentary habits,
overwork, worry, etc. Commercial
travellers are generally nervous owing
to the fact that they have to catch trains
SO often. They frequently stop at a
station, sell a bill of goods, tell all they
know about the beauties of the gold
standard, and do a good many other
things, while the other passengers who
expect to stop at that particular sta
ton are crawling out of the cars. This
hurry and fear that they will miss the
train, produces nervousness.
Great mental excitement has about
the same effect on humanity. We have
a case in point that will illustrate. A
few days eince the Charlotte Observer
contained a double-column ADVERTISE
ment announcing the withdrawal of
it's Encyclopedia Britannica offer on a
certain date, warning the people that
delays are dangerous. Only a few
more short, hot days remained; the
people must get a move on them or all
would be lost! The excitement was
intense. The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
had stated that this wonderful Britain
MICA contained the startling informa-
ton that the Federal Calvary trav-
ersed the South on bicycles during the
civil war;" and other romantic state
ments we're given an airing. We failed,
however, to mention the fact that in the
personal biography department of this
great up to date" work no mention
was made of several Governors, Con
gressmen and United States Senators,
as well as other prominent characters.
But the excitement, suppressed at first,
ran higher and higher, and a flood of
excitement was predicted. AS the final
day approached for withdrawing the
offer and the Observer began to count
the remaining time in hours instead OF
days, pandemonium ran riot. Old men,
men who had faced bloodthirsty can
non, ever while the Federal calvary
were pumping plain, ordinary every
day air into their bikes, stood about
with blanched faces. Every day the
Observer contained a warning, meas
uring the hours yet remaining in which
the people could get a whack at the
Britannica, always saying that the tele-
graph would make it all right if the
mails could not rush" the orders fast
enough. Little children chung to their
mothers knees. They could not under
stand it all, but knew that something
terrible was about to happen if their
parents we're not on time in accepting
the unparalleled offer. For twenty-four
hours but little sleeping was done in
the State. Across the line in Tilman's
domain the dispensaries were crowded
toward the last. Our South Carolina
neighbors are game, but when some
of them realized that the Observers
offer to get the Britannica Bicycle
pedia was rapidly running out with
the sands of time, they gave way and
sought to drown their trouble, little
knowing that they would have a worse
headache than if beaten insensible with
ahalf dozen copies of the Encyclopedia.
But the offer was withdrawn and man
kind is again sweltering in heat and,
ignorance, all because mankind is
sometimes late and doesn't own a COM
plete set of Bicy~ clopedias. Many peo-
pie are now suffering from nervous
ness since the reaction set in.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
YES, MORE THAN $40.

The Richmond Times and Harper's
Weekly are under the impression that
the farmers are ignorant enough to be-
Iieve that when we have free coinage
and a per capita circulation of $40 each
one will get the $40 from Washington.
Oh, this is nothing! There are farmers
who believe that many of those who
favor the gold standard have already
received the $40 in advance.-Rich-
n1Ond StGr.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04

so that they may circulate side by side
and not alternately drive each other
into exile from one country to another.
Silver is now approaching In the mar
ket, and its remonetization and restora.
ton to the coinage by this country Will
undoubtedly accelerate it's apprec1a6lon
in the future"
Isn't that about as strong language
as any of our silver men use to day9
In his speech last week he said that
a just ratio could not be established
and maintained. In his 1878 speech he
declared that the ratio of 16 to 1 was, it
anything, too favorable to gold. He
said:
During a period of ia years-from
was a single year except one when n
ounce OF pure gold would purchased Is. SO
ounces Of pure silver, and yet that was
the ratio fixed by law of this country
In 1882, and is the ratio fixed by this
bill Bland Allison bill"
According to that statement Is to 1
would probably be nearer correct.
However, the silver men are willing to
let it remain, for the present, at least,
at Is to 1.
Speaking of the causes Of the de-
creased price of silver after the demone-
tization act of 1873 passed, Carlisle said
in his 1873 speech:
According to my view of the sub
ject the conspiracy which seems to
have been formed here and in Europe
to destroy by legislation and otherwise
from three-tenths to one-halt OF the
metallic money of the world is @e
most gigantic crime Of this or any other
age"
That is just what what every intelli-
gent man claims to-day, Z. e., that ad-
verse legislation and European con-
spiracies alone are responsible for the
low price of silver.
Again he said in his 1878 speech:
"Let us, if we can do no better, pass
bill after bill embodying in each some
one substantial provision for relief, and
send them to the Executive for his ap-
prevail. If he withholds his signature
and we are unable to secure the neces
sary vote here or elsewhere to enact
them into laws Notwithstanding his
veto, let US, as a last resort, suspend
the rules and put them into the general
appropriation bills, with the distinct
understanding that if the people can
get no relief the government can get
no money"
Here he was actually so intensely
earnest in his efforts to re-establish bi
metallism and put silver in it's rightful
place, that he was willing to refuse to
pass any appropriation bill for the gov,
eminent if the President should veto
the silver bill he was advocating;
eagerly suggesting a conspiracy to
starve the administration into a friend
illness to silver; even willing to com
pletely demoral1ze the whole govern
ment machine rather than fail to re-
monetize silver.
Now isn'ti it u hderful that the Ameri
can people have so much patience and
~forbearance7 So corrupt has Carlisle
become, so inconsistent, it is really sur
prising that an audience of Americans
can listen to n of his lying speeches
and not hang him on the spot before he
gets half through speaking.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04

A Raleigh dispatch to the New York
Post contains a lot of rubbish about
what THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER has
said on the silver question. Among
other things the dispatch says this
paper said: IF we should see a man
making silver, we would not in
form on him." We deny the statement.
1t would be such a startling piece of
of news that we would devote three
columns to an account of the fact.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04

The Bessemer City Messenger, whose
editor is a Republican on all except the
financial question, is apprehensive lest
the editor of the Charlotte Observer
flop owe into the Republican party.
Fear not, Mr.. Smith. The Observer
man is too smart for that. He can be
a Republican and stay in the Demo
cratic ranks, and that suits the money
power all the better.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04
N. R. p. A.

Those who want the earth just now
prefer it on ice.
There is no place like home, provided
t hasn't got a mortgage on it.
The gradual disappearance of water
rom the surface of the earth will not
ause any alarm in Kentucky.
The New York police are a holy
error. Several of them have been &C
used of highway robbery recently.
Goldbugs have bought the Nashville,
!enn., American. 1t was a silver paper.
SuE all the friends of silver are not
,uilt like the owners of the american.
We think the Laurinburg Exchange
viii win the prize for the champion
make story of the season. Its snake
vas eleven feet long and had As rattles.
It begins to look like the military
viii be some use after all. The Demo
rats in the State may assault the
Democratic Executive Committee be-
ore the summer is over
The Hickory Mercury says strawber-
les are retailing in that town at Is
ents per gallon. Must be blockade
erries, or elsa the single standard is
esponsible for the low price.
When a paper states that business
! improving" you may know that it
I a goldbug sheet. The trusts have
ut up the price of flour and some other
1ings, and England has bought some
scurities, at q low price, but thatisall.
The Charlotte Observer says THE Pro
REssTvE FARMER is the best agent the
evil ever had in North Carolina. 1t
rather hot to be swapping compli-
tents, but we honestly believe that the
bserUer is the best agent Cleveland
7er had had in the State.
It is a little strange, but none the
IS true, that every ''sound, honest
loney''man in the country wants other
sople to have honest money, but will
Ike any sort he car get for his own
Sc, and generally does not hesitate to
se dishonest methods in getting it.
The Democratic Executive Commit
% of this State, with the exception of
few members not present, and Col.
aHl B. Means, who was present, has
me Populist. Maj. Bilkins says he is
ot alarmed, however, for it always
Oes this between campaigns.
Brother D. P. Meacham, Raleigh, N.
has accepted the work of Organizer
T National Alliance Aid and for re-
lganizing the Sub-Alliances in Lenoir,
reene, Pitt and Beaufort counties. He
i'll go to Lenoir first and will reach
lat county on the 18th of June. Hope
70 brethren and friends will show
rery courtesy possible to Brother
eacham.
The demand for "Coin's Financial
'hool" is increasing. A few days ago
newsboy left Richmond, Va, with
re hundred copies and sold every
'1py before the train reached Raleigh.
lat was during the period of heavy
avel about the time the Confederate
onument was unveiled. But thou.
nds of copies + sold on trains every
y, Orders are coming from England
France. The price is 25 cents pen
Ply for the paper-bound edition. New
OScrlbers to THE PROGRESSIVE FAR
x get paper and book for 81 10; re
"9s $l.15 for paper and book.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04

How the goldbugs do liel One day
last week SOS, 900 in gold was received
in Washington to be exchanged for
silver certificates. This is occurring
almost daily. To hear gold men talk
you wouldn't think they would do a
thing of this kind. But they were
forced to do this. Most of the gold was
IN $40 and $40 pieces, and was ex-
changed for 81, 50 and S. bills.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04

~ am standing nO1U Just behind the
surtuin, and in full gIOtUo Of the coming
sunset. Behind me are the SHADOWS on
The track, before me lies the dGrk GALLEY
md the riUer. When mtngLe NTH cts
lark tUdters I TCdHt to cast M hngeT-
mo look upon O. country tUhOse govern
pent is Of the people, for the people,
md 6g the people, "-L L.. Polk, july
18th, 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-04

~The date on your label tells yol
when your time is out.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-01
Alone On the Prairie.

The day was in that transitory state
when twilight fingers in the lap OF day
and darkness struggles for the ascend
ancy. The sun hung in great red ball
Of lurid flame betwixt heaven and earth;
there was feeling of profound quiet
which seemed to settle on all things ami
mate and inanimate. The. birds, the in
sects, the very trees and sprouting plants
were for the moment hushed as If in ex-
pectancy of some unforeseen. some inexpli-
cable something which seemed to pervade
the very atmosphere. A bull frog gurgled
softly as he fell back into the limpid
water. Suddenly over the brow of dis
tant hill, there appeared solitary man,
seated astride great bay horse; he cast
one long sweeping glance around him and
then went back over the brow of the hill
again. And that same night over seven
hundred people were turned away unable
to gain admission to the Opera House
where ga Midnight Frolic" was being
PLAYED to the most delighted audience of
the season.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-01
Is 1t a Christmas Spy?

The visitors at J. r. Libby's dry goods
store yesterday tell of a suspicious cir
cumstance.
Perched high up amidst lot of fancy
handkerchiefs, balancing herself on a
sign is what appears to be charming
four foot doll. All in pink and blonde
aurls. She's bending forward, looking
down upon the shoppers, half laughing
at them. And as one little girl said
"Shes just sweet enough to squeeze and
kiss She appears to be doll, but as a
lady intimated, she may be spy sent
on in advance by good old Saint Nicho-
las to spy out good place for splen-
lid Christmas lay out.
And we strongly suspect that # the
girls of Portland go down to Mr. Libby's
store and give this charming little spy
any announcement she'll telegraph to
Santa Clause to ship his best things to
Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-01
THE FIELD OF SPORT.
stocking Weld Pond.

The PRESS correspondent was at Weld
pond last week and thinks from what he
saw that the restocking of The pond with
trout and salmon is well assured. lie
visited the hatchery on a trout brook
near the Houghton shore and he saw in
trays over 100000 trout eggs, also II I'M
mense trout taken from the outlet (Webbs
river), some of them 81 1-2 inches long
and weighing z pounds. They are in
process Of ripening for stripping.
He also visited the weir on the Boyey
brook for the catching of salmon and saw
in pond 80 land locked salmon averag-
ing three pound. A fine sight.
He thinks the only hindrance to a large
catch will be lack of water. The salmon
ran into the trap by a rise of water
caused by saving and letting the water
out Of mill pond on the brook.
NIL. Wynan has been doing carpenter
work the past two weeks for his brother
John in Peru.
Mr.. Wyman has recently built him a
model ice house with creamery room and
has placed in it new IA can Dreamer.
GRAY BASE BALL PLAYERS.
: Dry Mills, Oct. 31-The Dry Mills
base ball team played their tlast game of
the season Saturday, Oct28 defeating
the Wilson Spring team 81 t. 3. This
club only organized this summer and
claims to lead every other second nine in
the country in their average they having
won and lost q, per cent of S1S The
team was composed of the following play
ers:
Lewis Quint p John Foster, and
captain; True Colley, lib; Lin Small, 2h;
George Morrill,, 3b; Abram Anderson,
SIS; Walter Frank, If; John Morrill,, If;
Frank r. Leavitt, and p: Will Whit
ney f.
They have won two games from the
Resolutes of East Raymond, one from
the Windham Centre, two from the North
Gray, one from Wilson Springs and lost
one to the Resolutes and one to the New
Gloucesters. The intend to play next
season:
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-01
DEATHS.

In this CITY, Oct. 81, Annie NJ, wife of Gard
ner l.. Simpson. aged 81 years months.
Notice of funeral hereafter.l
In this city, Oct. 81, Thomas r. Halverson,
aged so years 10 months % days.
Funeral Saturday afternoon at O'Clock, at
his sons residence, Clarence Halverson. No. 20
Anderson street.
In this city. Oct. 81 Bridget A., with of Feter
Daley. aged 80 years months.
Notice of funeral hereafter
In Lynn, Mass, Oct: :, Thomas Roberts.
formerly of Lyman, Maine, aged IS years.
In Saco, Oct. "a. George H. O'Brien, aged
80 years
In Bridgton, Oct. II. Frank B. Simpson, aged
90 years.
In Lyman, Get. 10, Mrs. John Wooster.
. In Waterville Oct. "a, Mrs. Sarah Ware.
In Round Pond, Oct. %, Capt. Stephen Hard
ing, aged about 95 years.
In Damariscotta, Oct 20. Mrs. Susie Goddard,
aged 33 years.
III Danlariscotta. Oct. II. Alden FIVE. aged
SO years.
The Portland daily press., 1895-11-01

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I have used JOHANN HOFFS
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