The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-16
CREAM OF f PRESS

7afo HTS 6Olo Sayings and Patriot,
Paragraphs From Reform Papers
When the people stop e~lectjno
yers and bankers to legislate for tbo"
they may expect some relief from tboi4
present distressed condition,-QaiS"
vile Signal.
1.-THE undeniable revival Of siIro.
ism" is a phrase which replaces ".
time worn ''silver is dead in tho aJ
umns of the ]goldorous press.-Bro,I
ton Diamond.
a good question for every votar
ask himself before voting this fall VIZ
will I vote simply for party or -.
the good Of my country 9"-IndeDen3.
ent Milton, W. Va.
To hear a fellow boastiDg of election
frauds, if the law was enforced h.,
would be wearing stripes, may Suit
silver Democrat, but it looks ugly to
other people.-Tyler, Tex, News.
The contest between the two old mar,
ties is like a prize fight. 1t costs tho
public the same to see the sIuggjno
match-no matter which wins.-Pao'
pies Party Advocate, Washington
La.
The dying wall of the free silver
Democrats will be heard on the 8.b Of
July after the National convention in.
dorses the the sound money views If
boss Grover Leader, Weatberford
Tex.
Mckinley may not be a gold6ug nor
a ~silverbug, nor straddlebug, but the
power behind the throne is decidedly
goldbug. Which will he be if he should
be elected observation-disclosures,
Shoals, Ind.
A poor editor wants the motto on the
silver dollar, in God we Trust"
changed to God be with you till We
meet again." but it is hardly worth
while in these days of scarcity Eagle,
Beattie, Kans.
With all due respect to the fat man
who waved the bloody shirt at Elg
land and under cover of it ISSUED
bonds, we would like to know what
has become of the Venezuelan commits,
sion. Silver Knight.
Every bank, every railroad corpora.
ton, every trust, every monopoly Of
every kind are opposed to the Peoples
party and favor one or the other Of the
two old parties. Voter, can you tell
US why reform Journal, Conway,
Ark.
Every declaration Of the oil parties
~favOriDg the free and unllun<yea a1laage
of silver is only a bait thrown out 10
catch votes, If they had intended to
oe friends Of silver, why did they kill
it in the first ploco?-Miner, Geld Hill,
Greg.
It should not be forgotten that the
best times this country ever saw were
when there was not a dollar Of metal
money in circulation. The nation
prospered as never before or since with
no money except greenbacks and trao,
tional currency, and bank notes re,
deemable in greenbacks Missouri
World.
The bread strewn upon the waters
by the Alliance is returning to US in
the shape of a sweeping silver tidal
wave-whicE promises to again place
the people in the saddle. Not an effort
for the advancement Of the order has
ever been wasted-nor has a single one
of US failed to receive a bOuntifulr re-
turn for everything we have done for
it.-Cotton Plant.
With over three million idle men,
business d~emOraliz8d, property values
destroy ed, bankruptcy and ruin On
every hand, pauperism, insanity, pros
titution and crime rapidly on the IN.
crease, the standard of manhood ana
womanhood retrograding-all this, anu
more that is evil, under the present
social system, for which both old polt,
ical parties are equally responsible anu
to which each stand committed, no"
can any patriotic citizen longer remain
in their ranks?-Tulare County News
PRIZES.