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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-19
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EDITORIAL NOTES

Congress does too little work 10 pro
portion to the amount Of stationary
and oxygen consumed.
Mexico is a silver c~cuatry-no gold
at all according to the g0IdbuSs, and
the people are only half O. civilized.
But we notice that R jthschllds and his
kind are investing ell heir hard earned
savings there.
Cleveland ought to apply civil ser
vice rules and parity" to his own eff
cial acts. He allows Carlisle, Smith,
and other officials under him to talk all
the goldbuggery they want, but if an
official gets 70 talking for silver he Is
quickly informed tia officials must
keep out Of politics
With the President and a msj rity
in both houses OF Congress the Demo
Gratis couldn't pass q free coinage bill
With no hope waatevar Of the next
President or amej orIty il either house,
low they are going to rush to Chicago
and-nominate q gOid5ug in Sleeps
clothing and play thunder generally.
TIE r publican State platform s the
ables5 and most artistic straddle we
have seen this year. It will tickle John
Sherman, J zcCb JthsChilds and Grover
Steven Cleveland almost to death when
they read it. We expect Cleveland
Will either GO fishing or order another
issue OF b1nds in celebration of the
event.
Our Church Record, a religious organ
published at Greensboro, has suddenly
discovered that the money question is
q moral question. The Charlotte Oh
server, having arrived at the jumping
off place, r~eprcdIces the editorial and
says me too" Well, let her go at that.
But please do not attempt to settle it by
the gold standard route, which is so
highly immoral,
Rev. P. H. Massey. the Alliance lee
turer, did soma good work in Wake
county during the past two weeks, He
reorganized three Alliances and revived
others. Owing to the busy season the
Executive Committee has decided to
Withdraw the other appointments for
the present, and ne will not speak at
the places which were named for this
and next week, until further notice.
The funniest bit OF humor that has
been c~onCocted this year is President
Cleveland's letter declining a third
nomination, which he has prepared
and will s3ud cut if any State endorses
him. While there are plenty OF gold
bugs who would be willing to honor
their tool, they are too shrewd to take
such steps. Bat great, big. conceited
Grover wants to be ready with his
sterotyped letter.
A little girl, daughter of a man 0
nected with g circus. was playing with
the elephants, ot which she is very
fond, and they like her very much, at
Chicago the other day. A vicious bear
was chained nearby, and the girl get
ting too close to the bear, he caught
her and was about to crush out her
life. Oae of the elephants took in the
situation, and, knocking the bear down
with his trunk, rescued the girl un-
hurt. That elephant has more sense
and more human feeling than some of
our leading lawmakers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-19

Commenting on the alarming increase
of tenantry in America, The House
hold, of Boston, Mass, recently made
the following statement:
sit is safe to say that over IS per
cent. of our American families are thus
actually or practically tenants, for, If
! mortgages are not ultimately paid they
must vacate their houses, and a large
proportion of them ere not paid.
Bat in Australia lees than II per
cent. are tenants; in Canada less than
l3 per cent in France less than 20 per
cent in Germany less than IS ent. Of
tire families do not own their homes.
Thai at least three quarters of our
American families have only q shifting
shelter is alarming, and il more alarm
ing because, since 1880, East, We st and
South, the percentage Of home owners
has been diminishing and the percent
age of tenRntry increasing. TIE growth
Of n class OF families who feel TO mag
netisEn holding them to any particular
spot Of earth Is e grave peril to the
State. Unsettled homes weaken the
family tie and promote instability"
The general trend in America i3 to.
wards the British landlord system.
The gulf is widening A-class Of
aristocrats on one side who spend what
others earn on the other hand a nation
of slaves who only have the right to re
main on earth by the permission Of
some landlord.
a half million dollar meu5oIeum is
to be built to the memory Of the late U
s. Senator Hearst. The erection of
costly tomGs Is as coiucident with in,
creasing poverty to day, as similar
phenomena were with the decay of
Egyptian end OF Roman civilization.
Dr.. Green. after the great telegraph
ers' strike of 1883, revergefully and
gleefully spoke-as President Of the
Western Union: Hereafter, General
k r; (fow the President Of the West
trn UnIoE) tells me we will get one third
more work cut Of a man for a days
service, and the economy Of such a step
will retrieve the loss in SIX months!'
There spoke the spirit of this most
enormous of American monopolies,
The Arena says: The telegraph
system in America is a great press in
which the youth, and energy, and life
Of thousands IF men and women are
coined into gold for Industrial or,sto
Gratis. 4 colossal business is conducted
in the interests of a few capitalists re-
CARELESS OF the welfare Cf the multi
tud IS vino do the actual work"
Senator Tillnlan declares that he is
not 8 Populist. Glad to hear it. 1t is
equally gratifying to know that oopu-
lists are not Tillmans.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-19

James Il. Holt, Jr., of Haw River,
the cotton manufacturer, who recent,
ly joined the R publican party on &C,
count of protection, and was appointed
delegate to St. L us, happened to be
at G1losboro Saturday and saw the
eastern delegates returning from the
Republican State convention. 1t was
too much for him, and he sat downs and
wrote a letter to the Goldsboro Argus
declaring that he would go with the
R publican party no further. People
who can stand Cleveland should not
get excited over a little thing like Dan
lei Rusaell's delegates returning home,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-19

II the people are ever given an op
Portunlty to vote on the proposed Con
sTituCional amendment for the election
OF United States Senators by popular
vote, there is no shadow Of a doubt
about the result. This is one of several
needed reforms that the people are
pretty well educated On, and the are
only waiting for the chance to turn on
the * ray" of the ballot to show how
they stand. -TImes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-19

Speaking of the 'sancity Of the bal
lot" We just wish Senator Mewborne
could have been oere TO see a Republi
can State convention ''ccunt OUT its
strongest candidate, Gel. D ckery,
using the most improved Democratic
methods known. II any one thinks he
can have honest elections by tusiug
with goldbug Democrats Or R publ;-
cans, ne will surely get left. Evi. n
Iy the Republicans who favor an hon
est ballot were in the minority ia the
State convention, though the rank aud
file doubtless are il favor Of it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-19
THE SAME OLD SONG.

One of our religious exchanges states
that we can buy wooden goods much
cheaper this year than formerly, and
attributes ii to tariff reform. We are
never excited about the tariff either
way. It may Or may not cheaper goods
to reduce the tariff. One thing is Ger
tain: all goods are cheap enough-too
low in fact. We want to see high
prices for every thing. Prices are now
low ut of all proportion to any slight
reductions made IN the Wilson tariff
bill. Oar exchange also says:
There are thousands Of people viii
ling TO give-up all other political pTin-
cipies for the sake OF the financial
issue, but tn fact nevertheless remains
that a high protective tariff will take
more money out Of their pockets than
any amount Of financial legislation will
put ia to them"
II is q great mistake to say that a
high protective tariff will take more
money out Of our pockets than any
amount of financial legislation will put
in them" There il no limit to a high
tar, fl. " it is true. but that phrase is
considered descriptive of a R publican
hj0h tariff and a D, m3cratic LO1O
tarIf-for instance the Mckinley bill
and the Wilson bill. Ia the past twenty
years prices have fallen one half, anG
yet the variations in tariff percentage
have been very slight. 1t ls claimed
that the government revenuea are
short on account of the reduction in
the tariff Bat you al trace the cause
to it's true source ana readily see that
hard times, dull business, etc, are the
causes Of the falling IF in revenue.
HID the Mckinley law remained un-
changed the shortage probably would
have been jlst as great under the pres
ent financial system.
1t is absurd to talk about taking
more money out Of the pockets Of the
people under the Mckinley law, or
rather the slight q if renee between
the Mckinley law and the Wilson law,
than any amount of financial legi8la
ticn can put back. Grant that the
Wilson oil makes q reduction Of 3 per
cent, and we don't believe it will foot
up that much, the total difference
would only amount to q few million
dollars annually. A just fnaEcial sys
tenn, with plenty Of money in circula
ton, would put up the price Of agricul
tural products q third or one-half
higher, and would put more money
into the pockets Of the farmers in one
year than the saving made in the re-
duction of the tariff will amount to in
a hundred years.
There is no tariff on land, and yet it
isaway down in value, hardy can be
sold at any price. When valuable city
and farm property goes down that
way there Is always something more
than tariff t 0 cause the trouble. Gut
The tariff half in two and we will not
have any better times. Increase it to
double the present amount ard times
Will not grow much, if any worse
There are ad0zcn things needing atten
uiOn worse than The tar. If, and the nan
who expects p,Osperity to resul5 from
an increase or a reduction, has not
learned the first lesson IN the science
Of government.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-19

They do say that wages are low in
free coinage countries, Grant that it
is go. Would wages be any higher If
gold was the only mo ey2 Would
they be more than half as high as they
are now2 Wages have fallen aim )sU
or quite half in the United States since
silver was first demoEetiz5d in 1878;
so has everything else. And the trouble
is, wages are falling every day, In ten
years from now, unless silver is re
monetiz9d, wages will not be half as
high at they are to-day, and wage-earD
ers, business men and professional men
will be eking out g miserable existence,
while if it is remonetiz d We will be a
prosperous and happy people.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-19
GOLD STILL GOING.

The Philadelphia Times says:
In short, during the first nine
months of the fiscal year of 1894 IS
Europe drained US not only Of the ex-
cess Of our experts, but Of gold in ad
dition, making an aggregate OF over
S115 dOO, coo of gold paid TO foreign
countries for American securities
thrown back upon our market; and
during the nine months of the present
fiscal year the sale IF American securi
ties by foreign ! !deTs exceeded not
only the more ina $50, O1U, 900 balance
OF trade III our favor, but m )re than
$53 900, 0u0 of gold III addition, making
a total drain Of geld during the nine
months of the present fiscal year Of
over 800, 600, GEO"
We never heard of gold going out,
except to pay balances agaIdBt US, un-
Til the present g)ldbug administration
got into power. Il began to go then,
and the administration eaId IL would
soon stop. But like returning pros
PCAASg OiSL6 LA5 DCCh AO SCCppluS
point. Now the goldbug papers tell US
In solemn tones that we must elect
another goldbug administration in
order to stop 1t. Strange logic, this.
The truth Is, the goldbug papers are
owned or controlled by foreigners and
home tories, aid they are simply rob
biDg this country Of millions and crush
ing business while pretending to be
trying to stop it. Their curse is as
Inconsistent as would have been that
of Jesse James had he began a lectur-
ing tour against train and bank rob
berry, he being, while he lived, the
chief robber. This g I'D going to Eng,
land business will never stop until it all
goes, or until the people rule again,
and the proper course to pursue is for
the honest men of all parties to get TO-
gether, bury past differences, and in
one solid phalanx march shoulder to
shoulder and wipe out the English and
American tories, who under the guise
Of Democrats and R,publicars are
fe8stiDg on our life blood like leeches.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-19

Il an standing noSC J4sC 6ehsnd the
zzsrtatn, and tn fatu gto5c Of the coming
s1nset Behind me IRE the shGdO7CS on
Ire track, before re lies The dark Galley
.rd the rtrer. When DItngIe totth its
lark tCdters / wdnt to cast one hngeT-
mo look upon q country 1chOso gOUera-
als4t g Of the people. for the people,
znd bg the people, IL. L. Polk, July
18th. 1890
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-19

Silver Skin. The imported bulbs are
also placed on the market before the
gardeners in the North can mature
their crops, but the long season OF Cali
fornia and certain parts OF the S nth
renders it possible for these sections to
cultivate successfully the foreign vari-
cites and mature the onions almost, If
not quite, as early as the countries
named"
The above is the introduction TO
Farmers Bulletin No. 80, "Onion Gull
ture," by r. L Watts, instructor in
horticulture at the University Of Ten
nessee and horticulturist of the Tcnues-
see Agricultural Experiment Station.
The bulletin has thirty-one pages and
three illustrations, and considers such
topics as selection and preparation OF
soil, fertiliziug, cul'ivatlng the crop,
selection of seed and Of varieties, grow
ing onions from sets and from seed,
traneplanting, irrigatir g, harvesting,
production of onion SEED, and mentions
Two important enemies Of the onion.
This bulletin is for free distribution,
and rtqlests sh'ud be addressed to
the Secretary Of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. c., Or to members Of Congress.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-19
A CARMACK.

Mr.. E W. Carmack has been editor
Of the Memphis Commercial Appeal
for several years. He made a strong
paper Of it. A few days ego h3 re
signtd and gave as a reason that the
owner of the paper wanted him to ad
vocate the gold standard and he gave
up his position rather than go wrong
Brave CaTm OK. He deserves q monu-
ment of the finest type when he goes
hence The man who will IT sign a
lucrative position rather t1an smother
"a little & If ,rtnce OF opinion on a pub
lie question:, as the gold bugs term it.
is not found every day.
Col Jones, Eiitor in Chief, and part
owner of the St. Louis Chronicle, is
another shining example. When Pul
itzer, Of the New York World, who
oRus q controlling interest in the
Chronicle, wrote Jones that he must
come down eff his silver perch he p Isl
lively refused. Jones' had Invested
$3S, 900 in the paper and it was peyiug
property and he was getting a large
salary for his services, but he stood up
like o man against Pulitzer and did
not move a peg. Finally the courts
decided against Jones "a gold bug court,
no doubO and We don't know just what
he is doing now. But he hid nerve.
Henry Watterson and a few other
big and little editors, who have aband-
oned the conviction Of a lifetime rather
than lose q good JOB, during the pAst
tn ee years, may be living on the fat
of the land and wearing fine clothes,
but Carmack and Jones will have the
plaudits Of every honest man, and may
come out winners before the final roll
call is over.
Did you ever observe that while the
jury hangs the poor man the rich man
hangs the jury3-Meadville pa Sledge
Hammer. -
The diagraceful row in the Kentucky
legislature over the election of a
United States Senator emphasz s the
necessity of electing that off ;er by a
direct vote of the people.
On moral grounds alone, if not on
any other, the Pacific roads should be
taken and operated by the government,
which has paid for them more than
four times what they are worth.
Of the Is principal nations of the
world, statistics show that the gov
eminent operates and owns the tele-
graph in all except Bolivia, Cuba,
Cypress, Hawaii, Honduras and the
Z lited States. --
People generally do not use the tele-
graph because the rates are too high.
In Belgium where the rates were high
only - per cent. Of Geographic mes
sages we're on 8 cial matters; at low
rates SO per cent. were S -ciaI Ceie-
grams --
The god Mercury is pictured with
wings Oh his feet, whereby he is en-
abl6d to 0 3 in the air. We are now
drifting that way. The pneumatic
road skate" is "a miniature bicycle for
each foot" wheels of 81 inch-s diam
eter, a speed of 10 to Is miles an hour
for beginners, available for billy ard
rough roads, easily controlled, cafe,
and in all respects superior to the
bicycle. 1t looks as if inventors would
knock out railroad monopoly long be-
fore the snails kno wn as legisla ures
get within miles of it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-19

R ,ilroad corporations in the United
States own 211, coo, 600 acres Of land,
enough to make six States. A large
part Of them are non resident foreign
ers. 81, 0CO, coo acres is the estimate
for land owned by other aliens. These
232 900, 900 acres would support almost
as many working people in abundance.
Wanamaker fdd. ed away on a gradu-
atad rate for ten word Geographic mes
sages-from ten cents for 800 miles to
fifty cen5s for a tra0scontinental de
epatch-protesting that the uniform
10 cent t proposed by Summer WIGS
''impracticable," and visionary ) but
II 1895 he was compelled to admit that
e ten rent rate for % words, "regarG'
less of distance, could be established IN
this country and yet leave the system
self sustaining"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-08-21
kennebec.
WINTHROP.

The Republican flag was raised Tues
day evening.--Mr. and Mrs. a. T.
Chandler of Auburn, have been visit
ing friends in town.-It is stated that
c. NJ. Bailey may be forced to shut
down his oil cloth shops here and at
Baileyviile as the market for his goods
is steadily failing. AT present the shops
are not being worked at more than half
their full capacity.-Guy f. Coburn of
Lewiston. has purchased the steamer
Zanita of Mark Collins. Wednesday it
was conveyed to Auburn lake where it
will run for the remainder of the sea-
son. The boat will carry IS passengers
and is speedy. The original cost of
building this craft was $1,000 but MIR,
Coburn is said to have secured it at a
great bargain. The probable reason for
Mr.. Collins selling it is that he is
troubled about getting to his wharf at
the foot of Green street on account of
the low water. The steamer Winthrop
however, still runs on regular schedule
time.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-08-21
Penobsc0t.
OLD TOWN.

OLD TOWN.
Many Old Town eXcursionists who
went to Quebec recently, were in i'll
health and went to visit the shrine of
ST. Anne. with a faith that their ills
would be cured. Many of these excur-
sionists have returned. Maud Sussey,
who has been lame for several years,
being unable to put one foot to the
ground more than by touching the toes
and using crutches, is now able to put
her foot to the floor, she claims, which
she has not been able to do for a num-
Der of years. A young boy in Bradley,
by the name of Bell, has also thrown
away his crutches since the visit to St
Anne.
LEE.
Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ. Daniels of Lee,
We're returning home, Sunday afternoon
after spending the day at her brothers.
when the bolt holding one of the thills
dropped out, causing the wagon to sway.
1t overturned and the other thill broke
Off, the wagon going on top of Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniels. He was not much injured
but Mrs. Daniels wrist was broken and
one hip dislocated. She lived but is hours
after the accident. She was 20 years and
II days old.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-08-21
STATE NEWS.
Hancock.
BAR HARBOR.

BAR HARBOR.
At a recent meeting of the board of
education of Bar Harbor it was de-
cided to introduce the teaching of vocal
music into the public schools.
BLUEfllLL.
The Chase Granite Co. is working the
cutters over time. For over time they get
paid once and half for each hour
worked.-George II. Stover of New York,
proprietor of the Bluehill Inn and the
line of steamers to Rockland, has com
peted the purchase of the Pendleton
house. price $500. 1t is expected that
Harry n. Banks will run il.
ELLSWORTH.
Harry Cousins. who disappeared from
this city, Saturday night taking with
him Il horse belonging to DR.. w. l.. West,
carriage robe. whip and mat owned by
Henry Pierce, returned here. Wednesday
morning. and gave himself up to Deputy
Sheriff Cushman. The horse he swapped
twice and then sold the entire outfit for
A.50 which he had spent. He was taken
before Trial Justice knowlton and placed
under $i0o bonds for his appearance at
the October term of the supreme court.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-08-21
Bright Prospect in Kentucky.
(Boston Transcript

A straw from kentucky: The Daily
Capital, an old-time Democratic paper.
published at Frankfort, KY, has come
out for Mckinley and Hobart. The
Capital is the only Democratic paper
published at Frankfort. and the people
OF that city who want to vote the
Chicago ticket vii have to send else
where for their reading. This Will be a
hard task for them to perform, since
the Louisville papers are for sound
money. AS Kentucky last year re-
jected a free -slverte candidate fo>
governor and elected a Republican, thu
prospects of the state throwing its
electoral vote for Mckinley are good.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-08-21
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-08-21
Piscataquis.
DOVER.

Clinton Gilman the postmaster at
Gilman, has been storing wool in his
barn for the past few years. expecting
raise in prices. The wool was stored
in fleece after being weighed. Last
winter the wool began to work away
slowly and altogether he has lost some
thing more than two o-hundred pounds.
He thought very naturally that some
one would bear watching and after un-
rolling n fleece marked it on the in
side with his name. Recently this par
ticular piece of wool disappeared. Mr..
Gilman went to the mill of the Brown
Manufacturing Co, where he asked the
superintendent to let him look at the
wool before he paid for the same. pro-
viding it should be brought by a GER
tain person. On examination it was
round to be the one Mr.. Gilman had
marked. The guilty party owned to
MI. Gilman that he had stolen the wool
he had lost and offered to make repara :
ton. People living near Gilman have
missed articles before and have mis-
trusted the man who was guilty. of
stealing the WOOL
DOVER
f.eN. H. X. Mitchell. pastor of the Pom
tist church. will retire for a short 10, -
from l;' active work in the ministry when
HI:. MS resignation takes effect, Oct. Mr.
Work aGhei, fnr nas y been in continuous pastoral
resi-. In partnership with his son ha viii
open .i,ed conservatory in the city of Water
vlile. . and, next week Walter Brown of
or o,,is nc .own VII go there to commence work
Un 70 me me pulldlng. which will be 100 feet Nv
10. with an addition of Is feet snuara foy
d WORKSHOP, office and boiler rooms.