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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The palatial residence Of George near
Asheville is probably the house that
Vanderbilt.
Good times are coming-t to the bank,
ers-if Cleveland gets his currency
scheme through.
We wonder when the Democrats viii
quit kicking themselves for trying to
repeal the Alliance charter two years
sgo9
The Townsville Ne1Us, a thorough
reform paper, has enlarged to nearly
or quite twice its former size. Sue
cess to it.
A correspondent, writing to a Demo
cratic newspaper from Washington,
says: There is universal regret that
Ransom and Jarvis must give way to
pigmies." Ransom aud Jarvis pressed
the button and the people did the rest.
4 new Alliance was organized in this
city by special permission of the State
Alliance, last Tuesday night. 1t starts
off well and will be composed of the
State ohoers residing here and many
others. 1t is to be known as the L L
Polk Alliance.
. During the next few weeks our space
will be crowded with proceedings Of
the legislature. Correspondents will
please note that fact and write very
brit fy. Do not fail to send anything
important, but boil it down so we can
.rn1s living up SO much space.
- .ss .. Net0s says: Prob
aa.u Coar esting topic in the
-r- s.r several days, or even
..g r4HI b. gs1 5act that David Ben
nett Hill, OIL I,ow York, has dined
at the White House with one Grover
Cleveland. If this is not enough to
set every newspaper correspondent in
the national capital nearly wild, moth
ing that could happen will ever have
that effect upon them. If they can
keep their nerves in good condition
over this interesting little incident
they are all right. The conclusions to
be drawn from this little episode are of
an infinite variety.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15
STATE

Gov. Evans, of South Carolina, re
Gently indicted into office, said in BIZ
inaugural address:
almost every department OF th
State government having been H
formed there is one which has not re
ceived your attention-the States prs
oners. These unfortunate creature
are committed to our State PenlteIE
airy for punishment and not degraas
ton. While of course there can be D'
such punishment without degradatlOl
still it is the province of governmgm
and of Christianity to rescue the talip
and If possible restore them to socieE'
There are 206 prisoners in the PenlI9ag I,
tiary of this class, known as "JuVe1S
offenders" Boys under the age OF
years should not be punished alongSaJ
of men of matured habits. with VICE.
and abandoned hearts. The result "
such treatment is invariably degrauS
ton and ruin of the younger mInd, aps
when discharged from confluence
they re enter society with dlSeaSs
minds and hearts only to return =
prison for the commission Of more%
rious crimes. These young ottenI@Ji
should at least be isolated, turnlsI1
with different CARDS and given goC os
wholesome instruction until cur oC3s
is able to build suitable retormaVoi"
for them
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15
A NON-RRLIGIOUS ORGANI-
ZATION.

Trinity Church, New York, is the
richest church in the world. Years
ago, whenA New York was a village,
the church secured much real estate.
Since that period many equity Chris
tians have willed other valuable estate
to the church. Next to the Aston fam
lily Trinity controls more real estate
than any corporation in the city. This
property is said to be worth from
SIS, 600, 900 to $3.50, 600, 900, and yields
an annual income of $500, 600. The
church owns 148 tenament houses, the
worst in the city. Old dlapidated,
dirty pigsties, they are. Most of them
are crowded with human beings, who
pay high rent. Some of these houses
contain opium joints. Investigations,
like misfortunes, generally come close
together. The rottenneas of that city
is being exposed, and Trinity Church
officials and managers will get an air
ing. equity, rich, long faced Chris
tiRns who worship in the magnificent
church are being asked why they keep
such rotton property and charge so
much for it. They will have to ex
plain how they, as a church, expect to
benefit humanity by such a course.
The members of that church live in
splendor and keep up the style and
pay the preacher a big salary by bleed
ing the poor. This modern Babylon,
New York, must be purged, or it will
be destroyed, and with it goes this en-
country.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15
VIZ NEED KICKERS.

The Wilkesboro Chronicle says:
sin the good old times of peace and
contentment, the people were taught
to respect and honor the government.
the officers and their fellow men.
Under the new regime of calamity
bowling, people are taught to despise
the government and mistrust and sus-
picion their fellow citizens. 1t for
bodies evil to our people,"
The editor of the Chronicle is a
bright young man, too intelligent, and,
we hope, too honest to give aid or com
fort to the p~lutocrats. Yet he is doing
1T. Plutocracy wantsto see the people
submit without q murmur-wants
them to be content though poverty
stares them in the face, content though
prices are low and financial disasters
come thick and fast. Calamity howl
ing 10 an unpleasant task to any one
except the chronic grumbler; but we
should kick early and often aeains,
present conditions, and vote ga ~
kick. w
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15
soMe NOBLE LEGISLATION.


On last Thursday, the second day
after the legislature assembled, Sena
tor Mewborne, President of the State
Alliance. introduced a bill repeating
| che, Infamous amendments to the ALI
auce charter, passed by the last legls,
iature. Senator Mewborne's bill went
through like a fash, AMI passed third
reading without opposition from the
six D. mocrats in the Senate. o. Fri
Jay the bill passed third reading N the
House. each of the 43 Democrats voting
with the Populists and Republicans
Two of the Democrats stated that they
were in the last legislature aud voted
for the act passed at that time, belleV
ing it to be right to do 80. OF course,
if you want to destroy an organization,
it is a start III the right direction to
vote away it's charter. We hope the
gentlemen have learned that their
efforts to destroy the Alliance were
futile and unworthy of North Carolina
citizens. The fact that only two of the
ninety or a hundred members Of the
House who voted for the repeal two
years z were returned this time,
ought to convince all that retribution
was swift and terrible.
This new legislation simply places
the charter back where it was before
the legislature of 1892 tried to destroy
it. The first bill was to repeal the
charter and was rushed through the
House In a few minutes without giving
Alliancemen a chance to defend them
selves. However, the Senate called a
halt and finally submitted the amended
charter as an ultimatum. Leading
Alliancemen. who were hastily called
to Raleigh, accepted the amended char
ter rather than meet complete disaster.
In 1895 we find the President of the
State Alliance and m0re than a hun
dred friendly associates repeating the
amendments, and they did 1t in double
quick time, without opposition or COM
plant from any source. We will add
that during the two years the Business
Agency fund was exposed for assault
from any and all ~disgruntled stock
holders, and during a time of great de,
preston, less than one twelfth of the
fund was withdrawn. All honor to
the patriotic membership.
Gentlemen # the legislature of 1895,
Alliancemen and non Alliancemen, on
the part of the farmers of North Caro-
lima, we make our best bow for this,
your first noble piece of legislation.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15
roc BUSY TO BOAST.

We held a reception in our den Mon
day before going home for Xmas
Among the many callers we had, mont
had 80 much hand shaking as the
original J.. L. Ramsey, of The Pro
GRRssTvE FARMER. Bro. Ramsey
could boast, if he would, of being
editor of the best reform paper in tb'
State and it is n of the best educa
tors in the State. Bro. Ramsey i
President of the Reform Press AsS
citation of this State. He infOrmsu
that a meeting of the Association
would be called in the near future
Charlotte Peoples Paper.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15

must talk big, and blow. and
seem a good deal more than %pu try to
must try to impress peonIo ne Is; be
IDEA OF his power. EsDeciar%It h the
ne enters politics is this 10y When
sary. THE PROGRESSIVE FIX neca.
the thing to perfection wban LINER does
the number of farmers ~ lndates
3 500 600, which they gcr,oHnn the
Der, up TO 8 600 600. and wS"ny nUn,
same time lowers the worIIal IL at The
1T Is kindly willing to call WhOn
Iaoorers' from the 10. 500 000 'unlloQ
they number, down to OIL. 0oo Which
by the census figures o,r hwy wv.
ton of voting age is distribute Popula,
lows: 0'Vu DIS fol.
Wage workers. .,.........,.
Ta n "Iista ,,,FS.@a0
..,,..,. 'oSrG
Thus we see, first, that tho o'Ci
middle class-industrial and ."A0le
turalist-is about 2. 500, 600 small pslcRl.
the figures given by The NAN
FARMER to the agriculturIsr nn92aR
secondly, that the wage a.O0ei
proletGriat, the common lahorono OF
1859, $50 members stronger than are
almost twice rs strong az tho lie,
crew Of their exploiters-miodIo" nI
farmers, middle class in1nsrr;oEEaa s
and capitalist farmers and indrst.:S
lists put tOgethery" "@'
Without admitting that cur f,,,.
were wrong, o. that those given hvt y,
People r correct, we give both stots
ments above. 1t is difficult to lem,
just how many are engaged in farmin,
or other labor of the same natr,,
But we believe that our figures a.,
nearly correct. The proportion shong
be that. if it isn't.
The People says we designate 2 M,
tion as common laborers." True ln,
not in a reproachful way. The farma
has his name, the mechanic his, 4,
has the labOrer. When we speak Of
native of France as a Frenchman 70
mean just that and nothing more, A
certain class of laborers DO any and
all kinds Of work. This week tber
may break stones on the street; per
week plough on a farm. As mechans
and railroad employees, factory en-
ployees are not included, the PeoDl
may revise it's figures
No attempt to prejudice the CON
mon laborer" against The PRoGREsSm
FARMER will ever amount to anything
In fact q large portion of our reada
are horny-handed sons of toll, and thg
know we never ridicule their calling
Recently g. labor paper said that Tn
PROGRESSIVE FARMERS without doubt
the strongest farmers paper in th
country, and equally jealous in better
ing the condition of the other laborig
classes"
But if we are not friendly to thos
engaged in the crude arts, why did We
plead for those common laborers" 10
get their rightful representation in
Congress, 155 members, where tbg
do not now have one4 This goldbug
sheet will have to hunt up some Other
charges, for the evidence is on th
wrong side in this affair.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15

tary of the Treasury, thus preventing
the contraction of the currency.
"RaQliring the Secretary of the Treas
ury TO Withdraw from circulation the
greenbscks and the Treasury notes as
rapidly as the increase in the national
bank notes aud silver certificates is
issued.
requiring 50per cent. Of the duties
on imports from all gold standard
countries. and perhaps from all cot
tries TO be paid in gold.
Reducing to S25 900 the amount Of
capital necessary to establish a national
bank"
Perhaps it is rue that the party
leaders" have agreed upon the above
schemes. Bat it was the leaders of
the goldbug party, the money power.
No honest citizen will endorse a IA
rency scheme that calls for an issue of
$500. 600, 600 in bonds. No honest citi-
z8n will be satisfied with $50, 600, 600 of
silver annually in connection with
any sort of q bond Issue. No honest
citizen will favor q acheme requiring
the Secretary of the Treasury to with
draw from circulation the greenbacks
and Treasury notes as rapidly as the
national bank notes and silver cert
fcates are issued" The money power
offers the people dollar in relief
and propose to take about four for OPP
preston in shape of a large issue of
bonds and a scheme for perpetual
currency contraction. Away with
such hypocrisy. 1t will do no good to
make one dollar and destroy three or
four.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15
TAKE COURAGE.

We had several rainy days last week.
Thursday especially was a bad day.
The creeks were up and rain poured
down all the morning. This prevented
our brethren from meeting; so in Wake
as in other counties, we had no County
Alliance meeting. Now, brethren,
don't let this providential hindrance
dampen your enthusiasm. Your Presi-
dent should call a meeting at once, and
you should all attend. There is much
to encourage us now. The legislature
has already repealed that Infamous
stab at our Order made by the legisla,
ture two years ago. The encouraging
thing about it is the, vote in the House
was unanimous, Democrats, Populists
and Republicans all voting to repeal.
Don't forget the shoe factory. Be sure
to send in your subscriptions. We
have not met a man in or out of the
Order who does not approve of or de-
clare that the Order never had a better
opportunity to make itself the strong
est and most real benefactOr of the
people of our rural districts than by
establishing at once the shoe factory.
Many plead poverty. Your failure,
brethren, to do something along this
line before has had much to do with
your present poverty, and as long as
you continue to send 50 524 per capita
per year Of our circulating medium
outside Jul state to pay the factories
for the shoes we wear, and let our raw
hides and tan bark rot, SO long will we
be poor and grow poorer. We have
not yet reached bottom. We see it,
we know it. Unless we combine and
produce and manufacture out of our
own materials, from our own soil, with
our w labor, what we eat, wear and
otherwise use, and make ourselves in
dependent of those who in~geniously
take advantage of and grow rich upon
our folly, we may look for times with
us to grow harder and harder. We
can better our condition. It is in our
power. We must do it. How car we
afford not to do itf Estimate that our
80, 600 Alliance members purchase shoes
for 1OO, 600 people, at factory price
s. 52f per year; this is 1862, 500 q year
from the States circulating medium
SO cents profit per capita to the factory,
is S5s, 900 paid by our Order for labor
on shoes. Brethren, will you con-
tinue to pay that and still say you are
too poor to contribute the eggs that
one hen apiece for you would lay in 80
daysl Don't plead poverty any more
Rise up, shake yourself and say I
will be q man. I will put at least
one dollar in that factory, and then act
on that resolve. You can. All that
you need is to resolve that you SDiH and
then put your resolution into action al
once. Delay in this matter will cost
you many bitter regrets in the future,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15
LABOR STATISTICS.

The annual report of Labor Com
missioner B. r. Lacy for 1894 shows
that there are now in operation 1877
cotton and 10 wooden mills. Of these
LOG cheerfully responded to the inqui-
ries of the Commissioner, leaving II
who failed to answer at all. The cot,
ton and wooden factories operate 703,
S97 spindles and Is, O59 looms. Fifty
nine per cent of the mills reported,
and in these there are 6,32S women
and there are 3 $40 children under
IA years; of the latter, 1,34O are boys
and 1 OOO girls. 1t is impracticable to
ascertain the number of men employed
in the factories heard from. The mills
are in 90 counties. The number OF
days in which they we're operated
varied from 100 o31O during the year.
The average was about goo days.
In IL counties IL hours was a days
work; in IL counties, 10 hours; in 4
counties, IL hours; in one county, lit
hours, and in 1 county, III hours. In
10 counties a 10-hour system is favored,
while in 10 counties it is opposed.
Twelve counties say it ought to be
fixed by law, and that it would have a
good effect.
The table showing average daily
wages of operatives is very interest
ing. The daily wages of skilled men
vary from 20 cents to 50. The average
is about 81 % The wages of unskilled
men vary from 60 cents to 81; average
rs cents. Those of skilled women
range from 40 cents to go cents, aver
agining 60; those of unskilled women
from 80 to go cents, averaging 45.
Children get from 25 to 40 cents, aver
aging 20. In all, ave 10 mills, all
wages are paid in cash; one pays all
store checke, and two pay only 5 per
cent. in cash. In the great msiority
of cases payments r made weekly.
Infour cases employees are not paid
overtime. Wages are reported as hav-
ing decreased in seven counties, and
financial depression is assigned as the
cause. The inquiry was made as@So
what age should be fixed as the least
at which children should work full
time. In 8 counties Is is named as the
age; in IL counties IA years, and in 6
counties - years. In most counties it
is the opinion that the age should be
fixed by law.
The reports as to farm statistics,
labor, etc, r well arranged. The
average days work of farm hands is
nine hours. Average monthly wages,
90. Two thirds of the farmers report
a decrease of wages, and a third say
there is no change.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15
FIGURES AND FIGURES.

The New York People, a goldbug
sheet, pure and simple, ard, therefore,
an enemy to everything humane and
sensible in political economy, gets on
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER with both of
it's number tens: Says the People:
Nothing in the way of high-sound-
ing false pre5enses and promises can
hold a eanale to the promises and pre-
lenses held before the workinRmen, to
coddle them out of their vote or other
aid, by a class that is being ground
down, but which itself grinds down the
workers all it can, and thaS would, of
ali things, like to be on top of the heap
an ungrOund grinder. This has dur
ing the last generation OF two been fire..
quently exempliied it was exemplifed
by the capitalists and subsequently, by
the middle class in France; and it Is
exempliied to day by the German
Popullsts (the AgrariRns) and by our
own American Agrarians, the Popu-
lists who are bowling for sub treasures
and free coinage of cheap money. RBus
promisful as the. middle class ma be
to the workers, and copiouely as it's
crocodile tears may fall over the recita-
ton OF the workers misery, it will quite
often forget the part it is acting and
show thecloven hoof, or, tousea milder
expression, let the cat out of the bag.
The Raleigh, N. O., PRoGREssIvE
FARMER, a leading organ of Populism,
furnishes the latest and most graphic
illustration of this interesting s~ociologic
phenomenon, together with that other
middle class political trick of trying to
sail under false pretenses of bigness
and Importance.
''This luminary refers to the figures
given by an exchange, showing that
Congress is now made I'D Of:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15

Brussels has q new executioner. He
was a waiter in a saloon, and was dared
by his companions into betting that he
would try for the place. He won the
bet and the place, which carries with
il q salary Of some 1900 francs a year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15

In writing 60 anybody, always be
sure to give the name Of your postOfnce,
and sign your own name plainly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15

Do you want your paper changed 10
another office State the one at which
you have been getting it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15

This Is all wrong, says the FApMER;
1t Justly argues that. upon the basis of
about 10, 4l6, 600 voters in the, United
States and 432 members in Congress-
every 80, 600 voters are entitled "a one
member; and then it proceeds to diS.
tribute them In such way as to give
aW0@farmerg gil members. and the
workingmEn, whom it kindly deSiC
mates az common lahorers,' 1856.
1t is the way In which the Populist
paper reaches this odd Concluaion fhat
10 most important. It arQueg thaf
there are 5000, 600 farmers, entitIine
them to 211 members and that there
are only 5000. 600 workers Common.
laborers. emitting them to i5S.
ID who starts to hoodWink people
must sail under false pretenceg: he
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15

lam standing noIU Just behind the
curtain, and tn full glOIU Of the coming
sunset. Behind me are the shadows on
the track, before me lies the dark UGuey
and the riUer. When I mingLe UcGtb its
dark UUaters I tUdnt to cast one Hnger-
Gnq look upon a country UUhOse gOUern-
ment is Of the people, for the people,
and by the people. "-L. L. Polk, july
Eth 1890
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15

~ Our friends III writing to any of
our advertisers will favor us by men
aioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement in TIKI PROGRESSIVE
FARMEE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15

The date on your label tells you
when YOUR time is out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15

The Progressive Farmer is the Official
Organ of the N. c. Farmers State Alliance
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-05-24
To Teachers and Others.

For the meeting of the National Educa-
tional Association at Denver, Col, in July,
next, the Western trunk lines have named
a rate of one standard fare. plus two dol
lars for the round trip. Variable routes
will be permitted. Special side trips at re-
duced rates will be arranged for from Den
yer to all the principal points of interest
throughout Colorado, and those desiring to
extend the trip to California, Oregon and
Washington, will be accommodated at salts
factory rates. Teachers and others that de-
sire, or intend attending this meeting or of
making western trip this summer, will
ind this their opportunity. The Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway (irst-class
In every respect will run through cars
Chicago to Denver; for full particulars write
to or call on HARRY MERCER, Michigan
Pass'r Agent. 1101 Fourth Avenue, Detroit,
Mich.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-05-24
Down the Pike.

A young lady from a rural town
spent several days with a friend in
Louisville. The first night Of her visit
her girl host and bedfellow was
awakened by her friend, who
clutched her frantically and made a
desperate attempt to get ont of bed.
An electric car had just dashed by
with the usual accompaniment OF
racket and gong. The hostess held
on to the guest and said: whats
the matter, Belle? What are you get
ting out of bed for?" "Let me
nlone," murmured Belle, in sleepy,
far away, blue grass region tone. 81
want to see who that is scootin' down
the pike"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-05-24
a Long Shading Difference.

One of the oldest boundary disputes
in this country is that between New
Jersey and Delaware over the juris-
diction Of the Delaware river opposite
New Castle and for some distance
above and below, New Jersey insists
that her jurisdiction extends to the
middle of the river there as elsewhere,
while Delaware claims jurisdiction at
that point clear across to the New
Jersey shore. Charles III granted to
his brother James, duke of York,
about the year 1888, a portion of the
Delaware peninsula. The grant speci-
ally gave James circular piece Of
land twelve miles about New Castle,
all islands falling within the circle,
and seemingly from the language the
bed of the stream. James gave the
land to William Penn, and this land
afterward became the state of Della
ware. 1t is upon the language of
this grant that Delaware claims
jurisdiction over the whole river OPP
posite New Castle. The matter was
once brought before commissioners
from the two states.