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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21
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EDITORIAL s.

The Richmond Times in warning
workingmen against the free coinage
craze reminds US of his Satanic Majesty
taking part IN a religious revival.
North Caroiina's cotton product for
1894, which was the largest on record.
was ass 920 bales. If it should equal
that mou this year, and sell at 81
per pound, it will take nearly half Of
it to pay for the fertilizers used in the
State this year.
According to treasury cficial reports
the actual decrease IN the amount OF
money in circulation during the month
of March was SIP 594 We presume
that ther8 will be plenty Of mon1y in
circulation after awhile, as the way to
make it plentiful is to decrease it.
Up to noon last Thursday, 16sh inst.
returns &c Treasury Department show
gatcs Of fertilizers n this State during
the present fiscal year, Of 155. 633 tons
To April 1871, last year the sales were
50 SIS tons. Thus showing that our
farmers are using nearly double the
quantity tujs year, that toey used last
Within this wisdom remains ID be
seen.
The Charlotte Observer thinks it has
put a qljetus OF the silver men il this
State bg publishing q Communication
from Merchant" il which he attempts
to prove that Andrew Jackson was q
goId5ug. We confess that an effort to
prove such o great big lie is having q
hypnotic ef-c-. Merchant" ought to
try ria hand On something easy-for
instance that hadas has an average
temperature Of 50 degrees.
George Gould, son Of JAy, says the
railroad traffic is unusually light.
What! Good crops for thirty or forty
years, a constant increase in popuIa
tion, and traficlight! Ny, my. Then
George goes On to say that the adoption
OF the single standard and certain con
cessions ID the railroads will bring coed
times. Great guns! VIZ have had the
single standard two years and a half,
and the railroads have tie earth. What
is the matter with George?
a newspaper correspondent sends
out the news from Raleigh that lit is
vaguely limited that Congressman Skin
ner and Dr.. O rus Thompson will issue
an address calling for a revolt" against
the action Of tee Executive Committee.
We think d great deal Of the Colonel,
and Of the Do9Gor 6nd don't want to
see them get into deep water, even If
they are good swimmers. Don't do it,
gentlemen. You can't afford to fight
a hundred thousand friends.
Now is & good time to watch Popu
lists who were elected to eff 5e in 1854
Il they protest against a fight for prjn-
ciple now they will be objec.s Of sus
picion. We didn't elect them to be
masters q the Peoples party they are
still servants. If they have made faith
ful Officer and stand up for principle
now When the crucial test has come
all will bs well. If they do not, they
will be like = block of wood batting on
the surface q the ocean. The rank and
hle ara not going to put up with any
official boss ism The only way to lead
Us Is IN tia direction we are going.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21
ARE YOU A MEMBER?

We pity the poor Z crop farmer
who is not q member Of the Farmers
Alliance. This organization, like all
things human, has sometimes fallen into
error, and possibly there are none Of
US whose opinion it has entirely meas
ured up so, but the poor man who does
not defend and assist in the efforts it
is making, is blinded to his own inter
ests, and weaving chains to more effec-
tually fasten to himself the clogs al
ready around his feet, says, the Cotton
Plant.
The average farmer is ground be
tween the upper and neither m~ilIstones
of an unjust financial system, and a
horde Of u~nscrupulous spectators who
so regulate the price of his produce az
to remove rel the hope Of profit from
it. His life is but an evolution from
laborious work to dreams of liens and
mOrtgages-which strive es he will he
cannot down. There is no hope-but
in the Alliance, which holds out to him
cooperation and assistance for the pres
ent and diversified farming and free
silver for the future.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21
WAR RESULTS BUT NO WAR.

The Philadelphia American, cti.ai
by that great financial writer, wharton
Barker, says:
I'm past years the American Io5Eoi
cheerfully. and regularly for The
monthly Debt Statement to sc how
fast the nation WAS lifting the burden
laid upon it's energies by the Civil var
He loved to contemplate the figures
which showed how much had been
paid off during the current month,
how much since tho commencement
the fiscal year, and how much since
the process OF payment began. BE
knew he was envled by Europeans
whose burdens of debt, if not growing
were at least showing only al iutnit
esimal decrease, if any. And the En-
ropeans frankly admitted the envy
Bismarck pointed to what we were do
ing as proof Of the financial vision as
we'll as the wealth Of our country
Budget makers frankly admitted tina:
they wished they had III surplus 70
handle. And every one expo ia "
have this process go on until the as0'
was finally wiped out, as fast as II'
terms on which it was contracted, pei
mitted It's payment. Nothing less I-al
the commissions Of a great war c)l1
have been thought likely to interrupt
it.
The war has not come. end il Do
coming. NJ country IL the world
50 safe from war as ours is. IeJTs
have on our hands the very rosl.1s |5'
alone was thought Iik IL to bzlns VIZ
have the nation driven into TIE m2ls!
market as q borrower, askjng tsrL'
from the usurers ofLcndon anc -aLA
fort, receiving insOleng lectur lr-I
their organs as to the mauagomeaI0 u
its affairs, and obliged to COMES 55 u
ability to make both ends met Cu."
its revenue. It has assumed 10 DE-"
obligations which constrain It TO o"1
itself unequal to It's burdens. u 10,
lost no 6ource of revenue on when
depended. 1t has discovered no l'''-
flaw in the prosperity of past yeait'
where disclosure has changed the .,
uation. 1t has simply allowed lS
lective and private prosperity "
undermined by following theoi"'
ruinous to its wellbeing."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21
CLEVELAND AS A REFORMER.

Waon Mr.. Cleveland was inaugrated
March 4, 1898, the bonded interest
bearing debt Of the United States Was
1856, O34 200. On the first day Of this
month the statement OF the treasurer
shows that it had grown to 1897, 404,
40, showing an actual increase Of
1882, 1863, $50. This increase amounts
TO over So so for each man, woman and
child in this whole country. Cleveland
and his gang were going to repeal, or
greatly reform, the Internal Revenue
Laws. Collections from this source
for 1895 amounted to $I43. 246, or rs.
The same set harrangued the multitudes
on the subject OF the tariff, that was
THE ISSUE" they insisted In 1894 the
total volume Of all imports into this
country from abroad amounted to
1857, Gas 7O3, while the tariff collected
on same was 1929, 558. 1872. Study these
figures, brethren. The average rate Of
tariff on dutiable imports under the
present administration was so 60 per
cent. In 1890, The average was 44.41
per cent. So thus it is officially. II
shows for itself. These figures are
from Mr.. Carlisle. Tae tariff was the
issue until the election was over, then the
financial problem must be solved first,
the purchasing clause of the Sherman
act repealed, and the country saddIed
with q nincreascd Of burdenso on the peo-
Pile to the normcu amount Of 1852 1863, -
884, III order TO ala the bankers and
bondholdere. Then they took up the
tariff question and the figures speak for
themselves as to the reform ii that
line.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21
CREAM OF r PRESS
Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and Pat-i...
Paragraphs From Reform PaDsr.

Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and Pstr;,..
Paragraphs From Reform Papers
The gold power owes allegiance
party, yet it controls the macbino,D 10
both old parties Peoples Paoer ""
ren Plains, N. @. ~
Who ever saw a Populist rIs,f,..
that did not contain q clear, cor-,-~
hensive declaration for the free .r p,'
limited coinage OF silver 2-ToraEs ~
vocate.
The gold standard is a b~orarz,
those who own the note and me-4, III
it is poverty's point for those wa,r,-.
do the paying--Pro8rceslva H
Mt. Vernon, I'll.
VIII some phiianthrcpist tell 10 u-
labor should pay all tn t-s.a n '
port 3 government whose chic. .-, =
is to help monopoliats ri. t.a--.
Farmers Outlook.
Hoke Smith ID b1rk.oa j..
while R1thschIld crack ill.,.
he is barking up the wrog- ~.
a pity to sec q once hon -=...
far astray.- Silver KING
The ~goldbugs have t1.--s.#....
mask aud come out opo..- s.r., ..I
standard. Only one mo. .reg ,., ~
an open and av0wei u... ~. inn i,
favor Of g m~~archy.-u. . rr.
press.
When the majority O ma cine "a
realize that they are stic35a.. ..ar.
parties OF account Of prei-.. s-.
m~istaking it for principle. Ghar ~.-5r-
will be possible .-V0x Fv.a. g.
Rose, Texas.
As q public policy, c5ncell--. d. a
wealth is as unwise as the core l.ra
ton and support Of a large army Of
soldiers. Both open up the avenues.
a. abuse Of power, and are uaela.sag
pendages to our civilization .-Cyr
Free Press.
The two old parties will emphatica7
declare against free coinage in their
national conventions. Then we wil.H
how many of the loud mcuthed silver
Democrats will bolt the ticke5.-E7u.
ing News, Montgomery, Ala.
Long ago that rough. stout m8nd
the people, Thomas FL. Benton, wrote
in his book, ''Tenantry is unfavoraba
to freedom" Everybody secs it now
with more force than when he wro.tit
Mirror, Waxahachie, Texas.
Collections are slow. That is the
universal cry. Well, vote for the re
tirement of goldbug Cleveland and the
placing of goldbug Mckinley next fall
and they will be just es slow as ever.
A change in goldbugs won't help mat,
ters eny.-Pfostou, Mum, Cour3sr
An Akron subscriber sends us q very
interesting production entitled, "A
National Reverie Over the D-a.h Q!
John Sherman" The only unfortunate
drawback that ~interferes with its
prompt appearance is, that tna old
dufer is yet on earth. Sound Money
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21

Some Of the papers have been raking
an Episcopal minister in New York
over the Goals for stealing q sermon
preached eighteen years ago. He ed
mits that he do borrow it. Let the
nan alone. Such things are quite
common nowadays, not only among
preachers, but politicians as we'll.
frequently a Populist orator will
be caught winding off a speech
made by George Washington or
Thomas Jefferson a hundred years
ago, and every now and then you
will hear Democratic speaker rehears,
ing some of John Sherman's financial
speeches made several years ago.
1t takes a man of very small calibre
not to know hat a so called sound
dollar is the one he will have to work
the hardest and greatest number of
hours to get.-People's Pilot.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21

consider it a christian duty. We work
sixteen hours a day and make a great
many newspapers during a week. Each
one costs more than we charge for it SO
far as the subscriber is directly con-
cerned, and the patriotic advertisers
paw the deficit, and 10 and behold the
newspaper thieves steal one third OF
them.
All this is not done By ragged boys
nor by wandering tramps. Some OF
them call themselves christians and
good citizens. They set on the front
seats at church and say amen" IL a
loud tone. When a revival is in full
blast they are there with both feet.
Some Of them are shouting M~etnodlsts,
some are quiet Presbyterian8, some are
s wimirg Baptists, some are Lent keep,
ing Episcopalians, and so on through
the list Of denominations. IN fac5 we
have e galctif ;~ationiats who owe
every newspaper they ever had any
dealings with. II you could attend all
the revivals this sumner and count the
newspaper thieves and the hJwar
thieves who are active participants, it
would make your hair fall ou5. As q
matter Of course we do not mean to in
cIud8 those who can't pay on account
Of misfortune, or who may get a little
behi1d and then pay up. Il is those
who can pay and will not.
Chairman Harri5y, OF the National
Democratic Executive Committee, says
his party will certainly nominate a
gold standard candidate for President,
aud mat he believes it will elect him.
But we notice some silver Democrats
are still hanging OF to the ola trap.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-21

a dispatch from Frederickt0wn. Mo,
says: The Madison c2uaty Democratic
convention adopted this resolution:
ResoIved, That we congratulate our
weighty Chief Executive, Grover
Cleveland, upon his newly acquired
reputation as a successful duck hunter,
and that We greatly regret that he has
not given more time 70 waging an IN
unsparing war upon the f.cks Of
threatening and dangerous mallards,
spring tails and canvassOacks and less
time to CO operating with foreign
money lenders for increasing the bon.
ded Indebtedness Of an already over
burdened people by additional issues
of interest bearing bonds payable in
gold.
If a national bank for the bankers is
a good thing, why would not a national
bank for the people be a good thing9-
Alabama Unionist.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-09-18
NEW CHAIRMAN.


The democratic state central com.
mittee met Friday morning at IL
O'Clock and the matter Of selecting
a chairman to succeed Sterling r.
Holt was Immediately taken up.
The names that had been considered
by the members Of the committee
were Thomas Taggart, John w.
Kern and Oscar Henderson Of In.
dinapolis, Judge McNutt Of Terre
Haute, G. w. Welman Of Sullivan
and Parks M. Martin Of Spencer,
Owen county.
There was full discussion Of the
situation, both local and general ,
and before a vote was taken it was
seen that the unanimous wish ol
the committee was that Parks M.
Martin, committeeman from the
Second district, should take the
reins and conduct the campaign,
Mr.. Martin signified his willingness
to accept the duties and he was
elected chairman by unanimous
vote.
Chairman Martin later in the day
announced the appointment Of the
following campaign committee
which will assist him in the work
and which will meet as the occasion
may require: Governor Matthews,
Mayor Taggart, John 4. Lamb, ol
Terre Haute, James Murdoch, oi
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-09-18
ONE CITY.
A Story Of Finance In A B c.
BY HELEN NJ. COUGAR.

B1 HELEN NJ. GOthAh.
II is of no mean city of which !
speak. 1t was not in Utopia but
nevertheless the people were intel
|ligent, industrious, economical and
thrifty. Little poverty, crime or
suicide were ever known. The
masses lived in comparative COM
tort, and the Golden Rule was
reasonably well observed among
the inhabitants. They were virtu-
Gus, for virtue is easiest when temp
tation is absent from a people.
This truism does not cast a sus-
|picion that civilization is merely
white washed barbarism.
All business within this city was
carried on with black and white
horses. These were the mediums
of exchange in the business world.
There were four hundred white and
|four hundred black horses. One
was equal to the other in strength
and beauty. 1t was not unusual,
however, that the white horses were
worth two or three dollars more
each than the black horses, but as a
rule a parity existed and values
were the same. A farmer would
take his wheat to market and get
lone dollar per bushel and pay one
hundred dollars for a horse, or in
|other terms horse was purchased
with one hundred bushels Of wheat.
la laboring man would exchange
thirty days work for a horse.
New enterprises in business were
constantly springing up within the
city, and agriculturists were pros
porous and out of debt. Under
this parity Of the mediums Of ex-
change, the city prospered greatly
lfor over one hundred years. In an
evil hour, envy and desire fir
great wealth took hold Of the men
lowning the black horses. They
wanted to control the trade OF the
,city. They were fired with an un-
lhoiy ambition-to becomes leaders
lin finance, for all men love power.
This city had mayor by the
name Of John. He was a man OF
laffairs, long-headed and cold heart
led, professed Christian and sup
posed patriot. He often said, "Let
as pray" but in the solitude OF his
own mind he spelled pray with an
"e." But nobody expects city
mayors to be saints. For a consid-
|eration the owners Of the black
Ihorses secured the influence Of this
officer and the city council in a
night, and while the owners OF the
white horses slept, dehorsatised the
white horses. They then referred
Ito the black horses as "sound
horses. This was intended, as
the reader can readily divine, to
least suspicion on the white horses.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-09-18

Lafayette and d. +. Allen Of Frank
fort. In addition to this COM
mittee Allen w. Clark was selected
to take charge OF the literary bureau
and will begin his work Monday.
Mr.. Clark will be at the committee
rooms constantly during the cam
paign and will conduct the bureau
in vigorous manner.
Chairman Martins Address.
Chairman Martin last evening
issued the following address, which
explains itself:
"To the Democracy Of Indiana:
"Selected unanimously by the
members of the democratic state
central committee, and by the re-
quest Of the candidates upon the
state ticket, to the position Of chair
man of the committee, | announce
my acceptance of the same and my
assumption of official duties as
such.
"The change in the chairman
ship has occasioned no interruption
in the campaign, and has been
made in regular accord with the
usuages of the party. The organi-
: zation of the party, both in the
, state and counties, is in good con
dition. My best endeavors shall
: be used to aid and perfect the same
r in every way until the close.
"The democratic cause is on th'
l open highway to success. Th'
1 principles Of the Chicago platform
; have commended themselves in tn
e highest manner to the people 0
t Indiana. Accessions to our ranks
e to our aid and from all sides ar
: more numerous than can be rated
i and these are the surest manifesto
e tions OF public faith and confidence
l. All persons Of whatever politics
J. parties and societies, who symps
}, thize with us in this great contes
s are earnestly and sincerely invite
!. to cooperate with us in the condu'
d and labor Of the campaign.
IS "The coercion Of corporation
l. the false bribes of political CORFU
l. ton, the tricks and devices Of gol
n standard hirelings cannot accom-
" plish our defeat. They are and wi
t. be exposed, detected and owe
thrown. This is peculiarly car
to paign in behalf Of the people.
i have that faith in the justice OF o.
er cause, and high hope Of its suc,es
he that pledge my most earnest effo
RS to secure a victory. l will need Il
IL aid of the democracy of the stat
d and / appeal to all democrats f
,e their cordial, loyal and united SUI
IS port.
1. "Organized effort continued ar
a faithfully persevered in will bring
lie our cause victory as certain as
lg will be overwhelming.
er PARKS M. MARTIN.
IN Chairman Democratic Sta
l. Central Committee"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-09-18

Az interesting Account Of Z heathea
Festival.

Miss Lily d. Greene, who wen,
to India as a missionary two years
ago, has written a letter to Rev.
Bean, of Ireland, from which the
COURIER prints the following ex'
tracts. Miss Greene's regular sta
ton is at Aligarh, but she is assist
ing another missionary who is in
poor health at Pauri, and writes
from there:
PAURI, GAsHwAL, INDIA,
July 8, 1896.
MY DEAR FRIEND:-"It seems Q
long time since | saw you all, and
we may not meet again until we
meet at His dear feet, but / ar
hoping that | may see you all agair
once more.
My work and life in India has
been quite unlike what had plan.
ned it to be, but still / am sure Goo
has chosen what was best for his
child. have been very happy ir
the work, but the way has been sc
difficult.
To one who has been accustomed
to SO many dear friends as ! have
always been, the greatest sacrifice
is in being separated from them all
God has been very good to me il
giving me friends here, but there il
almost constant separation from
them. The constant assurance tha
/ am doing just what the Lore
would have me is the one grea
comfort Of my life, and the Joy o
breaking the Bread of Life to starv
ing souls is recompense enough fol
every sacrifice made.
Early in the year I made a trip
out in the district, going from will
age to village singing our Christian
hymns, and telling Of Jesus and hi
wonderful love to this lost world
Just as in the home land the peo
pie are often careless and indifferen
about their souls salvation, 90 w
find il here. But we find many
who are anxious for the true Light
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-09-18
CAMPAIGN SONG!
Sixteen TO One.

Have you heard the joyful tidings
Now going through the land,
How the toiers OF the Nation
Have made gallant stand,
And with Bryan for their leader,
And Sewall, too, Of Maine,
They'll uphold the cause of silver
And labor's rights maintain?
Chorus
Oh, the toilers, they are coming,
Coming sire and son.
Don't you hear them shouting
Well have sixteen to one!
Never more shall shylocks plunder
The tllers OF the soil,
And no more TO greed We'll render
The fruits of honest toll.
Law that's made for money loaners
And courts that favor might
Cannot live within nation
Where men uphold the right.
[Chorus]
DO not tell us by protection
The laborers will save,
When to wealth We give the bounty
While labor's held slave.
Let the wealthy share the burden,
And not their taxes shirk,
While they take from honest workmeT
The product Of their work.
[Chorus
They are coming from the valleys,
And coming from the hills,
They are coming from their plough
shares,
And coming from the mills.
They are coming from the workshop
And coming from the mine,
They are coming, they are shouting,
And forming into line.
[Chorusl
Yes, the toilers of the nation
Are coming in their might.
They are coming, they are coming,
To battle for the right,
And from Maine to California,
True toilers, every one,
Will uphold the cause OF silver
Till victory il won.
[Chorus.1