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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
FOR A THIRD TERM.

The Richmond Times is for Cleve-
land for the third term as President.
1t publishes a long editorial trying to
prove that Grover saved the credit of
the country and stopped the run on the
Treasury. The last of the editorial
reads this way:
"Surely these results justify Mr..
Cleveland in coming before the Ameri-
can people, and asking them to say to
him, "WeIl done, good. and faithful
servant" for better service to his coun-
try hath no man rendered"
The withdrawal of gold from the
Treasury didn't stop until all the avail
able gold was invested in bonds. The mo-
ment Grover and his associate robbers
agree upon the date for another bond
issue the Withdrawals will begin afresh.
In order to ''save the nation'scredit"
Grover paid a premium of So. 5OO,O 900 to
the bond buyers. OF course he got a
fat slice of that profit.
To saw the credit of the nation, had
it been in danger, it was only necessary
to coin a part Of the thousands of tons
of silver lying in the vaults at Wash
ington. The coin certificates could
have been redeemed with that coin
and the regular government payroll
could have been paid in the same way.
The law was already on the statute
books, and it would have been no new
idea. The banks might have objected,
but that would not matter. You could
not feel sorry for a man who would
starve to death rather than enter his
grainery and get bread, it being full of
grain. That was the position the gov
eminent was in. But to have coined
that silver would have been an honest
and righteous act, something Grover
never was guilty of doing. Our peni-
tentiaries are full of men who are bet
ter by nature and by practice than
Grover Cleveland. 1t would be a great
injustice, to the robbers, to compare
him with any Of the most noted burg
lars, pirates and train robbers that ever
infested the earth. Benedict Arnold
vas a wicked man, but his record as a
traitor disappears behind the black IN
fanny of Grover Cleveland as does the
moon during a total eclipse.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
AN OBJECT LESSON.

The following from Capt. E. R.
Cooke, Penrith, Va, will be read with
interest by all who are interested in a
return of prosperity to the agricul-
tural portion of our people, says the
National Waterman.
The two statements need no COM
ment:
Account of sales of wheat in 1877, with charges
on same from a railway station fOrty-seven
miles from market:
800 bushels of wheat, at $1.60. ............$4 $3.50 90
Charges:
Freight at L cents per cwt....""".$21 60
Commissions Z On $50 at 5 per cent. Il o.
- 40 50
Net proceeds. .s439 so
Charges reduced to wheat at 81 80 in bushels is is
% SIG bushels.
Account of sale of wheat in 1894, with charges
on same from a railway station forty-seVen
miles from market:
800 bushels of wheat at 60 cents $3.50 90
CHARGES:
Freight at 12 cents per cwt....""..$21 GO
6omEm = 70 o on $50 at s per cent: : %
Charges reducedtc wheat in bushels at 60 cents
is 52L bushels.
It will be seen from the above that it
takes % SIC bushels of wheat to sell
300 bushels at 81 so per bushel, and
it takes 524 bushels to sell 300 bushels
at so cents. This shows conclusively
that the charges are fixed but the
price lowers as money becomes dear
and scarce. It will take some time for
the railroads to yield this point, but
eventually they will when the ship
ments of wheat and other products
cease altogether.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09

as drawn by a Democrat and intro
duced by q Democrat read that all
conditional sales, assignments, mort
cages or deeds in trust which are K
cuted to secure any debt, obligation.
note or bond which gives preference
to any creditor of the maker shall be
absolutely void as to existing creditors.
except those given to secure cash adj
vanced at the time of execution of the
same or to secure advancements for
farming purposes, and that the finance
committee OF the House struck out the
final clause beginning with the word
except. II that clause had been left in
1t the measure would have been open
to no serious objection, as in that case
its only effect would have been to pre-
vent the making of preferences in case
OF. failure and assignment. AS amended
by the committee the bill was open to
the gravest objections and was prompt
ly tabled by the House, ~whereupon
some one, for or without q considera-
ton, fraudulently procured to it the
signatures Of the presiding officers of
the two houses, thus making of it a law
without the affirmative action of either
branch of the legislature.
I'VE have to repeat, finally, that,
however hurtful this act may be for
the time being, and however ruinous
it might bel it continued in effect until
another legislature could be elected,
could meet and repeal it, it may be re-
garded as next to certain that it will
be given a judicial construction which
will in it's effect restore to it the clause
which the House finance committee
struck out. Meantime the people should
bear the present inconvenience as best
they may, confident that it will not be
of long continuance. No permanent
injury is to result to the State or it's
citizens from this act itself that will be
as serious as will result from continued
agitation of it,"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
THE ASSIGNMENT LAW--THE
LAST.

Just as we expected The hulabaloo
raised by the Democratic press about
the assignment law has provena boom
erang. The law never passed In the
legislature. It was a Democratic
scheme-at least looks that way-and
has failed to redeem that alleged organ
ization from the dark depths of silent
oblivion. Now they are ready, in fact,
anxious to drop the whole business.
The Charlotte Observer of Friday says:
"We are tired writing, and the peo-
pie are doubtless tired reading, about
the mortgage and assignment law,
but before dismissing it for the present
we are admonished to say that the bill,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
THE GIANT IS A

The. National Secretary has sent out
charters for 100 new Alliances in the
past thirty days.
Thirty seven new Alliances have been
chartered in Pennsylvania in the past
month.
In North Carolina, New York and
Pennsylvania, the Alliance is a bust
ness az we'll as a fraternal political
organization. Other States might
profit by this fact.
From every section of the county
comes proof of a renewal of interest and
an earnest desire to push Alliance work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
BOOKS AND CATALOGUES.

"a Complete Treatise On Spraying
is the title of a new catalogue by the
P. Q. LEWIS Mfg Co., CatskilI, N. Y.
They manufacture a superior quality
of pumps and spraying outfits, which
they advertise regularly in our col
umns.
1.-THE Piedmont Region" is a neat
handbook telling much about the Pied
mont sections of Georgia, South and
North Carolina, and Alabama. Pub
lished by the Southern immigration
and Improvement Company, Atlanta,
Ga.
Bulletin No. 8, A Handbook of
Agriculture, issued by the University
Of Wisconsin, is to hand. It is hand
somely bound and illustrated, and con-
tains much valuable agricultural mat
ter, giving, as it does, a synopsis of
the papers read at the various farm
Institutes held in that State.
The Milne Manufacturing Co.. Mon
mouth, ILL.,, have issued a very hand
some illustrated book, telling all about
their stump and grub pulling machines.
Stump pulling is now a fact. It can
be done, and the Milne Co. are in the
front ranks in manufacturing such
machinery. They have been adver-
Using in our columns for some time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09

that the party has enough rogues IL
to do all the rascally work DrougnG 70
light during the recent legislature. IL
has rogues enough in it to s6eaA se8C
in Congress from many Congressional
districts. 1t has rogues enough TO sCeal
the party into power in the State Oh
North Carolina, and notwithstanding
the overwhelming majority OF votes IN
this State against the party last LAn,
+bo state would have been stolen had
+bov not been disappointed IN the
strength of the opposition. AS IL was
several counties were stolen, but their
calculations fell short in so many tnaE
= wos considered advisable to submit.
The Democratic party has held power
in MANY States of the South, and por-
tions of the said States by fraud. The
Democratic Governor Of Tennessee
was counted in last fall. Recently it
was discovered that his opponent got
1000 more votes than he received.
Now with all these facts before us it is
no troubleto believe that the politicians
and tricksters of the party in this State
would cheerfully engage in the pastime
of stealing bills to prevent their passage
or sneak in bad bills to injure their po-
litical opponents. 1t has been noticed
that in nearly every instance Demo
Gratis were the first to discover the loss
of bills or any bad or imperfect bills.
In several instances they were made to
disgorge bills during the last legislature.
81 With all the proof staring us in the
face we are bound to conclude that the
mortgage assignment bill is a Demo
cratic scheme. It came into effect just
at a time when farmers are arrang-
ing for fertilizers, and aportion Of them
for supplies of various kinds. It was
~pre-arranged and premeditated. With
their usual ability for laundering they
went about this hoping to create such
a sensation that Populists and Repub-
licans would be Disguised and driven
into the defunct Democratic party.
But the plan has failed. Secrets are
leaking out. Every effort to besmirch
the legislature is q failure. II the
legislature had made twice as many
mistakes as it is charged with, the PEG.
pie could not be driven back by q set
of cowardly INSCRIPTIONS tricksters
and a few dozen Democratic papers
that have already become a stencil in
the nostrils of an outraged people. The
Democratic party has a record nation
ally for rascality that is incompatible.
1t is in the last ditch, so far as this
State is concerned, and is drowning,
for it failed to catch on to the mortgage
straw, the last straw. Let it go where
all corrupt organizations have gone be-
fore.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
STRAIGHT ALLIANCE DOCTRINE.

At the recent session of the supreme
council of the Farmers Alliance held
at Raleigh, N. G., the following resolu,
ton was adopted: Resolved, That
While standing firmly by all of our Al
lance demands we recognize that no
other reform is possible until the de-
structive policy of contracting our
money volume is overthrow and the
banks of the country be forced to retire
from government business. That,
having at last forced the financial issue
to the front we will fearlessly meet
this issue and serve notice on the
country that we will never rest until
the people shall rule instead of the
dollar and a pronounced American fin
ancial system is established.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
N. r. p. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Truth is mighty and will prevail.
Tie people are learning the truth about
the so-caIed rascality of the late legis-
Iature. It was mostly Democratic ras-
cality.
Wonder if the Democrats really
thought they could sneak through a
bad law and saddle it IN somebody
else9 They have made a most signal
failure.
It is now In order for the Democratic
party to make an assignment without
pr ferences-let the other parties come
II on an equality for whatever there
is left of it.
The National Waterman says it is
going to put the constitution of the
United States in the next issue. Bro.
Dunning is getting reckless. He
doesn't seem to know that it is a crime
20 print such stuff under Cleveland
rule.
President Cleveland has a brother
who is a minister. His congregation in
Chaumont county, N. Y, asked him
10 resign, the other day. We hope the
reyerend brother wasn't trying to sell
his people out to Rothchild or his part,
~ner, who runs the birthstone end of the
business.
a mind reader at Scranton, Pa, re-
Gently predicted that a large silk mill
there would be blown up on q certain
day aud n hundred girls killed. AS
a result 1 300 people quit work, but the
explosion didn't explode. Strange that
, people who have stood two years of
~goldbug rule will get frightened at a
little thing like that.
The Governor of Mississippi has
cali led an extra session of the legisla-
stuIe. Now mind you, he is a Demo
@rst tic Governor and that State has
tn under Democratic rule for years.
3. the Governor of North Carolina
should have to call an extra session it
would raise a fearful howl, but it is all
Mt in Mississippi.
While light is a very desirable thing
tog stables and poultry houses, it is a
stake to provide too many windows;
east we should remember that these
Use q decrease in temperature in cold
weather.. Inany event, these windows
should have double sashes, or blankets
should be hung over them after the sun
p has gone down,
One of the most important points in
5ha breeding of the driving horse is in
having the right kind of brood mares.
Nc man need expect to start out over
tho country and select brood mares of
IN known breeding, even if they them
SCI YES possess nearly all the qualifca-
q n of the driver, and expect all their
90 is to be perfect drivers when ma
tUred.
me Populists may want Office pretty
bad, but to their credit be it said that
they don't have to be priced out of
01-ce with a derrick if they happen to
ge5 defeated at the polls. That is the
"hiy way to get Democrats out. In
the military was called out to
Sei the Republican and Democratic
gn'ce holders out. In North Carolina
H~-kes both force and lawsuits to
@ust Democrats.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
STAMPING AND STEALING BILLS.

The spurious bill regulating assign
ments and preventing the making of
mortgages has been Invested of its
most obiectional features by a decision
of the Supreme Court. But it should
not be allowed to rest where it is. Such
a bill should not be put in the Code, if
there is any possible way to avoid it,
and the guilty men ought to be ferreted
out.
Prior to the finding of the original
bill we we're puzzled. At first we be-
lieved it to be an error on the part of
some clerk, but it is now plain that the
bill never passed, but was sneaked
through.
House Bill No. 1913 was introduced
by r. L. Smith, Democratic member
from Stanly county. W. M. Smith, a
Democratic lawyer, was here lobbying
for the bill in the interest of the whole
sale merchants of Baltimore. Those
merchants allege that they have lost
many thousands Of dollars by fraudu-
lent and preferred" assignments in
North Carolina. House Bill No. 1018,
ian act to regulate assignments" was
introduced by Mr.. Smith. It passed
first reading February goth, as shown
by q stamp on the back of the bill.
It was made a especial order"and then
stamped TABLED" on March 18th.
Therefore, it never went to the Senate
at all, and only passed reading in
the House. All this has been o
beyond a doubt. But a copy of a sim
liar bill turned up as having passed
and clamors for recognition. How did
it get there's
We do not charge that Mr.. Smith,
lawyer, or Mr.. Smith, member of the
House pushed the bill through. We
do not assert that the Baltimore mer-
chants did it. But it is there.
Now, we want to say something in
a general way about such transactions.
Who stole the bills during the last
legislature9 Certainly it was not peo-
pie who would be benefited by the
passage of said bills. Nine-tenths of
the bills stolen and sneaked through or
attempts made to do so, were bills. that
would injure certain Democrats, aid
certain Democrats, or injure the Re
publicans and Populists in the legisla-
ture. So much for circumstantial evil
dence.
The Democratic press tries to bring
odium upon the legislature by charg-
ing that more bills were stolen and
sneaked through than ever before. Is
it not plain that Democrats did the
work9 No legislative body will volun-
tarily attempt to bring odium upon it.
self. In asserting that we believe, on
the best of circumstantial evidence.
that all, o. nearly all the roguery and
wrong doing was done by Democrats.
either members, lobbyists or hangers,
on, we do not mean to cast any refec-
ton upon the good men who belong to
the party, or claim that the party is
made up Of thieves. But we charge
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09

The next legislature ought to pass a
law regulating Democratic imbecility
to prevent them from playing the
the fool and ''preferring" their oppon-
ents when they make failures"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
LINES ON WEALTH DIsTRIBU.
TON.

George K, Holmes, the expert Stats
tician on the 1890 census, gives the
percentages of population relative to
wealth, and as we see it the case is
something like this
Let this line represent the popule-
ton Of the country, 100 per cent:
and this line represent the wealth of
the country, 100 per sent:
and then the capitalist, who comprise
8 5 per cent of the population, or a
line about this length:
have II per cent of the wealth, or a
line about this length:
The middle class, who comprise 80 per
cent of the population, or a line about
this length:
have about "a per cent of the wealth,
or a line about this length:
Then comes the common class, the
wealth producers, the bread winners,
who comprise about SO per cent of the
population, or a line about this length:
and they have Al per cent of the
wealth, or a line about this length:
The system of the distribution of
wealth is created wholly by law. Now
study the diagram and decide who
makes the laws and then see what
they get out of it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09

81 am standing nOtU Just behind the
curtain, and in fun gLOIUOf the coming
eanset. Behind me are the SHADOWS on
che track, before me lies the dark GALLEY
ard the TiUer. WbeHI nGGDgLe TCtth cts
dark tCuters I CdHt to cast one HngeT-
Essg look upon q country whose govern
n18nt is of the people, for the people,
ard By the peopIe,"-L. L. Polk, july
&tb, 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09

have II per cent of the wealth, or a
line about this length:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09

The middle class, who comprise 80 pc,
cent of the population, or a line abou
this length:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09

and this line represent the wealth of
the country, 100 per sent:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09

and then the capitalist, who comprise
8 5 per cent of the population, or a
line about this length:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09

and they have Al per cent of tn
wealth, or a line about this length:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09

have about "a per cent of the wealth.
or a line about this length:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-23
made on perfect time. and the travellers
arrived not at all fatgued.
REC ALL or KIRKLAND.
u Was beyond Doubt Intended as
n Rebukc.

WASHINGTON. -. G. October -. -
The formal order detachlng Rear-Ad-
miraI Kirkland from the European naval
station was signed by the acting Secre-
tarv OF the Navy. Mr.. McAdoo. to-day
II was reported AT the Navy Department
that Admiral Kirkland. sblce he became
aware that Secretary Herbert disap-
proved Of several OF his actions, had
applied for detachment from his COM
rnand. but Acting-SeCretdry McAdOO said
he had no information that would con-
firm this. There Is no doubt whatever
that the recall OF the Admiral was in
tended as rebuke
Admiral Kirkland cannot be placed on
the retired list on account Of age until
lssS. If he should remain in the service
until that time he would become tho rank
ing officer of the navy.
Admiral Kirkland's friends are conf
dent that he will Immediately ask to
be retired under the forty-hve- -ycar-ser-
vice clause. the provisions Of which. he
led them to understand. he would take
advantage OF soon after the Kiel ceie-
bration. II he did not succeed in securing
the position Of Commandant OF the
Mare Island. cal. navy-yard. for which
he made application.
As he entered the naval service as a
midshiprnan. July ?. $50. be was eligible
for retirement after forty-hve years con-
tinuous service the I'd day Of last July.
but. in the eNcitcIcnt Of the Kiel cele-
bration about that time. he overlooked
a promise he is said TO have made To mon
a little below his own rank. and this will
now permit their promotion.
The Marc Island !ositiOn. to which the
Admiral aspiroi. is considered the best
f,, ~ Itft /,
serted that the Navy Department had
definitely decided not To give the position
- Admiral Kirkland and tho friends
here who have been interested in his be
half. having learned the fact think that
thn Admiral VIII az once retire.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-23
SCOTTISH RITE NASONS.
Election Of oiiiccrs-i'roviuciai
Lodgc-NOrfbcrnJ jurisdiction.

WASHINGTON, -. G.. October %
The announcement is made that the
Council OF inspectors General. Thirty
third degree, Ancient and Accepted Scot
tish Rite of FreemasoHry. Southern Juris-
dlction. has elected Thomas I. cas-
well. Of san Francisco. Grand Command
cr. to fin the vacancy caused by the
death Of General Philip G. Tucker, Of
Texas; .. :. Long. OF Charleston. w.
Va. Lieutenant Grand Commander; f..
T. Carr. of LoavenwOrth. Grand Prior;
Samuel T. Adams. Of Minneapolis. Grand
Chancellor: Martin Collins. Of St Louis.
Grand Minister Of State; Frederick web
Der. Of Washington. General Secre-
tary; Gilmore Meredith. of Baltimore
Treasurer-General; Il. g. Jordan. Of
Omaha. Grand Almoner. and s W Todd
Of New Orleans. Grand Auditor.
\ centennial committee on the cclebra-
ton Of lS9S. which viii be held in ST Louis.
was appointed.
The Provincial Lodge Of Scotland for
the United States. although not officially
with the supreme Council, always holds
lis annual sessions when the latter or
der me,ts as the majority of its
members belong to the Rite.
The lodge to-day conferred ye royal
order on nineteen candidates from va
rious parts of the country.
The supreme Council Thirty-third Do
gree Mdsors Northern jurisdiction. also
commenced its thrcc-days' session to-day.
The acting Grand Commander. W. \.
H.rschizer OF Columbus O.. read his
annual address. showing the order To be
ia nourishng condition, anl declar-
Ing that not alone in the East was
marked imprOven c'.. noticeable. but tn Z
all over the country an astonishing re-
yival was going on.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-23
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