The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-25
z OF THE PRESS.

Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and Patriotic
Paragraphs from Reform Papers
While Secretary Carlisle is talking
sound money, the treasury is becoming
very rotten.-SOuthern Mercury.
A straight royal hush"-Cleveland,
John Sherman, Carlisle, Wall Street
and the Devil.-Tennessee Current.
1t is worthy of remark that the most
enthusiastic Democrats just now are
the ones that are drawing the biggest
salaries. Bulletin of Reform.
We ought to ask England what time
in the moon to plant our potatoes, or,
perhaps requisite still, if we can
plant them at all.-PeopLe's Advocate.
The country has one thriving bust
ness left, that of looting the United
States treasury and heaping up an in
terest bearing debt.-ChicGgo Ecrress.
The Supreme Court allows the Gov
eminent to interfere in behalf of the
corporations, but it will not permit it
to collect any tolls from them-ROUs-
ton Post.
How can the people trust the Demo
cratic party to give them free coinage,
when they completed its demonetiza-
ton less than a year ago.-TGrkiO
CMo) Independent.
A few more court decisions like re-
cent ones, and the people will be
prompted to make q constitution for
themselves, leaving out courts entirely.
Peoples Advocate.
Hon. Henry VIM says a mugwump
is a capitalist who gets from one old
party into the other in the attempt to
control things in the interest of capital.
-BrocktOn Diamond.
In the midst of the depression Presi,
dent Cleveland is said to have driven a
thriving business in some direction or
another. He has not become any
poorer. Farmers Voice.
The struggle is not between employer
and the employed 20 much; it is be-
tween those who live by doing nothing
and those who can hardly live by do.
ing all they can.-DGltOn Tribune, Ga.
A Populist can look the world in the
face with pride and say, I'm a Popu-
list" But a Republican or Democrat
always has to stop and explain which
section of his party he trains with
Kentucky PopWIist.
mo reform, moral or intellt ctual,
ever came from the upper class of so
ciety. Each and all came from the
protest of martyr and victim. The
emancipation of the working people
must be achieved by the working peo-
pie themselves. = Wendell Phillips.
A Detroit paper suggests a composite
dollar, consisting of equal parts of gold
and silver, as a solution of the ~perpIex-
ing financial problem. Bring 'em on.
Well take them-or any other kind
that the United States puts it's stamp
of authority upon,-SilOam Herald.
Gold basis business reverses induces
another we'll known Boston merchant
to cut his throat. It the gold basis CON
tinUes the men who do not cut their
own threats may be cutting the threats
of others. Gold basis means bank
ruptcy, individually and collectively.
-BrocktOn Diamond.
An exchange says that Uncle Sam
has land enough to pay every debt he
owes. Certainly he has. He he's all
the land in the country, but that does
not warrant the old gentleman in being
a spendthrift. Interest will ruin him
after awhile just the same as it will
ruin his humble cousins. Farmers
Voice.
The Courier Journal reports Hon.
Travis Henderson, a life long Demo-
crat in Texas, returned a dozen times
to the legislature, as saying-''It may
be a long time before we assemble an
other Democratic legislature within
these walls" Impressive silence pre-
vailed as he raised his hand and slowly
traced, "Mene, meme, tekel upharsin."
-BrOcktOn Diamond.
In response to an advertisement for
salesladies by a Chicago firm a few
days ago, 1000 young women applied
for work. One of these girls was asked
why girls did not marry instead of
working in stores. The reply was:
Because the young men nowadays
cannot arm enough to support them
calves much less a wife - Tb,1s cold
standard has not only p~auperized one
half the people, but it is about to de-
stroy the family and erect instead a