The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-30
CREAM OF THE z

CREAm OE ne FNESS.
Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and Patriotic
Paragraphs from Reform Papers--
Cle7eland's Interpretation of the
Monroe doctrine seems to be to let all
foreign nations do as they please and
have what they ask for in America
Farmers Outlook.
No wonder the bankers are opposed
to silver, just think what a load it
would be to carry off the twenty-five
million dollars annually stolen from
deposition Chicago Express,
John Sherman is writing a book of
his ''recollections." If he recollects ali
the rascaLty he has done it viii take
more than three volumes to tell the
tale.-PeopEe's Tribune.
The free silver candidate for Cover
nor of Kentucky will find it hard cam
paigning over the hills of that State on
a goldbug blackboard. He will land In
the ditch If he is mo careful Southern
Mercury.
The man who is sanguine enough to
expect free coinage of silver Is TO l at
the hands of either of the old parties is
a bigger fool than Thompson's colt,
and it swan the river to get a drink.
The Newspaper.
The two old parties must be whipped
or they will wipe the republic out. 1t
is for the people to say which it shall
be. History tells Us that no old politi-
cal party ever reformed itself or any
thing else Farmers Tribune.
An agricultural exchange publishes
a recipe for the destruction of sapsuck
ers. What we are looking for is a
formula that will checkmate and silence
the ''pap-suckers' who are trying to
drive this country to a gold standard
Missouri COmm10ner.
Marion Butler, the Popuiist Senator
from North Carolina, made a fine point
in his speech at the Memphis silver
! convention when he said: Il am in
favor Of government ownership, but do
not believe the government should own
the railroads so long as the Rothschilds
own the government. -Nonconform1i8t.
Next gear at this time some of the
partisan newspapers and politicians
who are bowling as loud as any of US
for currency reform, will be following
| the band wagon that will have gold dol
lars for wheels, as meek as Moses and
mum as an oyster. Partisan slavery
sthe worst kind of siavery.-Farmers'
Voice.
Tee courts have knocked out the
whiskey trust. If we are 20 have whis
key nobody cares acontinental whether
it is trusted or not. But our courts
seem to have a penchant for aboIishing
things that nobody cares anything
about, and leaving great evils that op-
press everybody, ~courteously alone
Formers Voice
When last heard from, Mr.. P. Watt
Hardin, the free silver candidate on a
sound money platform for Governor of
Kentucky, was still in possession of all
the Inconsistency to which he was en-
titled under the law. That is to say,
he was still running for the Office on
q platform which he declared he could
not possibly accept.-NatiOnGL Watch
man.
The question how much of the value
of manure is left in the soil after its
first, second or third crops is one Of
much Importance in England, where
the law allows a retiring tenant pay
for manure of which he does not get
the benefit. There can be no exact
rules, for manures differ widely in
character. Those containing most
nitrogen r Immediately soluble. Min
eral manures may not be all used the
first year, but they have a habit of
locking themselves up so that they are
of little value. Manure made from
Inseed meal gives two thirds it's value
on the fist crop, but the second wear
after one-sixth of it's value remains in
the soil. Ordinary barnyerd manure