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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-29

laboring men of the United States to
consider to day. soft words butter
no parsnips," nor will all the blandlsh
ments of Mark Hanna's hired spouters
add one cent a week to the wages OF
those whom they are now trying to
caiole; on the contrary, if Nick tnley
is elected, their wages will grow lower
for there is no intention on the part
of Mark Hanna to allow his pawn,
Mckinley, to change the policy OF
Grover Cleveland.
Doubtless in all parts of the country
the arguments of the advocates Of the
single gold standard are similar to
those advanced by such individuals in
Washington. Here I have noticed
that they have virtually no arguments,
and when cornered produce fifty or a
hundred dollars of Hanna's campaign
fund and try to stop the discussion by
Offering to bet that Bryan will be de
feated There is an old saying, written,
by the way, by a man named Butler,
who lived over two hundred years ago,
that
Fools for arguments use wages
and that the saying is Ist as applica
BILE to day as it was then. Let me say
to your readers that when a Mckinley
man tries to evade discussion on the
financial question by an cffer of wager
he proves either his ignorance of the
question or his knowledge Of the cor
rectness of the silver side.
As the Peoples party headquarters
l am informed that there are good
hopes of yet affecting fusion in nearly
all, if not all, of the States, and it is to
be hoped that this will be done. In
Illinois it is an accomplished fact, and
before the end of this month should
be so in every other state. Without
fusion there is a probability of the de
defeat of the people. ALI of the national
committees are eager for fusion, and
should it not occur in any One State it
will be the fault of the people of that
OtdG0 6Lu IOb VI JIG u6GlOuhI 0AO6IS.
Tnis may seem more Of q homiIy
than a news letter, but there is com
paratively little news in Washington
at present, and what occurs through
out the country at large the country
newspapers are able to learn from their
daily exchanges before my letter
reaches them.
Advices from New York State are
good, and from various sources I learn
that there is a strong probability of
overcoming the republican majority
in the rural districts. If this be done,
then New York State will be counted
for Bryan. All my letters are sent to
Western and SCuthern newspapers,
and 1 ask all friends of reform in those
sections of the country to harm0nize
as much as possible, to work energeti-
cally, and if they need any campaign
literature to address the Peoples Party
National Committee, Wormley Hotel,
Washington, D. Q.
BRABSTER WEST.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-29
How Is Your County?

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T NOTICE.

I, s. D. Griffin. having THE day qualified as
Administrator of Dolphin Griffin. deceased, do
hereby request all persons indebted to the estate
ness, either to me or my Attorneys PeeIe &
Maynard at Raleigh, N. g and 81 persons hay
c aims to me or my said ATTORNEYS on or before
the 18th day OF September. 1897 or this LOtsce
will Ee lead in bar OF their recovery.
ST GRIFFIN,
Eagle Rock, N. @.
PeeIe & Maynard, A orneys.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13

If there is State in the Union that has
been peculiarly blessed by the adoption
and maintenance of that policy of which
William Mckinley is the chosen cham
pion, that State is California, and have
not met within your borders man,
woman or child or an Indian not taxed
who has prete nded for one moment that
the striking down of that policy to the
extent to which it was strlcke en- down by
the Wilson bill has not injured every
industry within your borders. So to me
it is unaccountable that it should be
necessary to add any testimony. Every
field, every orchard, every vineyard,
every pasture, every herd and every
hock constantly, daily, weekly. month
ly, perennially, declares to this people
that the striking down of the protec-
tive tariff WAS unwise for California
General Butterworth.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13
REAL BIMETALLISM.

The attempt of the Examiner on Sunday
to show an inconsistency between the
present position of General Butterworth.
as supporter of Mckinley, and his we'll
known championship of bimetallism is
but another illustration of the desire
of the free silverites to confuse the real
issue before the people. The Bryanites
would have the people believe that
the choice is between the free coinage
OF silver and the single gold stan
dard. They seek by every means IN
their power to divert attention from the
fact that the Republican party has never
declared for the single gold standard, but
has been always and is now firm In Its
support of genuine bimetallism.
The Republican platform declares: "We
are opposed to the free coinage OF silver,
except by International agreement with
the leading commercial nations OF the
world, which we pledge ourselves to pro-
mote" 1t is on this platform that Major
Mckinley seeks the suffrages of the people,
and it is on this that General Butterworth
and all other true friends of bimetallism
support him and urge his election by the
people.
The platform of the Republican party is
in strict accord with the established law OF
the land. The act of Congress Of Novem-
| Der, 1893, says:
| And it is hereby declared to be the policy Of
| the United States to continue the use of both
| gold and silver as standard money, and coin
/ both gold and silver into money of equal in
! trinsic and exchangeable value, such. equality
| to be secured through international agree
ment, or by such safe course of legislation as
will insure the maintenance of the parity in
| value of the coins OF the two metals, and the
| equal power of every dollar at all times in the
markets and in the payment of debts; and it is
hereby further declared that the efforts of the
| Government should be steadily directed to the
| establishment of a safe system of bimetallism
| that will maintain a. all times the equal power
| of every dollar coined or issued by the United
| States in the markets and in the payment of
| debts.
| That is not plank of party platform,
| it is a law of the United States. The Re-
publican party is pledged to the mainte-
nance of that law. 1t does not favor a
depreciared currency. It does not favor
silver monom etallism. 1t does favor and
pledge the incoming administration to
maintain the largest use of silver possi-
BILE at parity with gold. Under such a
policy, both silver and gold will circulate
concurrently among the people. The
money used in wages paid to the working
man will have a purchasing power equal
to the money used in settling the balances
between the wealthiest bankers and the
country. ANY other system would be
fraud upon labor, ana moro disastrous
even than free trade.
The Republican party. ever the true
champion of Am merican labor, will neither
advocate nor accept any currency save that
which the law of the United States guar
antees, and which, under Republican ad-
ministrations, has never failed to be ade-
quate to the needs of the Government and
the prosperity of the people.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13

do not believe there are many men in
this country, no matter what they have
thought in the past, who will not now
say that free trade or so-ca1Ied tariff re-
form has proven by the experience OF
the past four years to be signal and
disastrous failure. 1t has failed, utterly
failed, in every prophecy, promise and
expectation. 1t has not secured a single
thing that it's advocates said would fol-
low its adoption; not one. More, it II as
not served a single American interest.
1t has served the interest of other ma
tions of the world, but has given no
benefit to the American people.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13
Free Traders H3u Have to Accept Fou
Years of MckiuIey.

Free Traders Htll Have to Accept Fomy
Years of Mckinley.
To the Editor of The Call-SIR: A personal
letter from Congressman Henry of the First
Connecticut District contains the following:
'You can say, if you please, to your friends
that they will have to stand four years of Nc
Kinley whether they like it or not 1t will be
the most notable victory in the history of the
Republican party, with the possible exception
of the Grant campaign of 1872. We have no use
for fee silver. +iThe Republican elephant
lives east OF the Mississippi and Missouri and
north of the Ohio and Potomac, but cares for
the whole land, and proposes to do so until
the end of the nineteenth century. And woe
10 the politician who gets under his heels.
They will all have taken TO the woods before
the ides of March, and Tom Carter will be
making faces at them from his safe position
in the howdah on the elephants back.
"You have heard from the Green Mountain
boys and from Maine, and the vote of the
other Northern States will be equal in fact,
and McKinley's popular majority will be
measured by the hundreds of thousands; not
less than quarter of million for New York
alone. and from 4O,0 600 to $4,000 in Connecti-
cut, with at least 100000 in Iowa and half as
much in Minnesota. Now don't let your Cali
fornia friends forget it. y Although you
may not be here on election day plenty of
hitherto good Democrats will take your place %
Yours truly HOWARD X. JAMES,
1922 Pine street, September =, 1896.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13
KEEP THE MONEY AT HOME
Mattemore keystone.

-
Now that the Valley road is reauy iol ~
work of general transportation, 1t becomes .ne
I'm his control 70 this truly competitive enter
prise, even If he should thereby incur h''ie
extra trouble.
All money paid to the Valley road goes 10 tne
enterprising men of this State, ana Will re-
main among us. 1t helps to enrich the state,
and indirectly benefits all residents o! tne
State. On the other hand, the bulk OF Ihe
money paid to the Southern Pacinc Is sen'
abroad to support foreign bond-nolalng para, para.
sites This means dimfnishment OF tne basis
of our National and commercial creoits, ano
the consequent impoyerishment TO tnet eX-
tent of the entire Nation.
The sooner bonded railroad concerns go
into the hands of receivers the better ior tne
mass of producers who now support an army
of luxuriaung lordlings, ,squanderlng IN IN
gilded indulgence the wealth produced IN
this country.
The Valley road is essentially peoples en-
terprise. Give it the benefit OF your snip,
ments of freight even If that must De nauiea
by wagon little arther or If the cost OF naui,
ing is trife more. The indirect Dement'S VIII
more than compensate for such extra lncon-
Venience.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

"Forty years ago emigrated from Ireland to
Australia, and have just returned from my
first visit in all those years to the land of my
birth, the country left as a young man"
said ]. NJ. Dargaville of Auckland, n. H.. as he
lay yesterday in his apartment at the Palace
Hotel, pale and still suffering from the effects
OF a severe illness contracted while passing
through the Suez Canal on his pilgrimage to
the Emerald Isle. He had come to be pros
porous banker and business man in Australia
before he moved to Auckland and became
prominent In public life. For years past he
has been member of Parliament in New
Zealand, being repeatedly returned to his seat
in the chief legislative body of that colony.
cat the time left Ireland there were pov-
erty, starvation and death on all sides among
the peasantry. II was during the dreadful
potato famine. 1t was vividly impressed upon
my mind. Deaths were so numerous that cof-
fms could not be made fast enough and false
bottoms were used, so that the coffin could be
lowered into the grave and then pulled out
afterward for service elsewhere. was amazed
and delighted to see the Improvement in the
Irish peasantry. They are wellto-do and pros
porous. All around they are far better off than
the peasantry of England and Scotland. The
great change is mainly owing to the conces-
sions made to them in legislation. l am
pleased at the disposition of the English peo-
pie to do the fair and right thing by the Irish
IN redresslng all possible grievances. | say
this, too, believing that l am just as muVb OF
an lrfshman-just as loyal a native as can be
found anywhere. Credit is due the Irish for
having persistently fought for their rights and
the English Parliament for having felt that
there were real grievances to be redressed.
LAS far as ! have travelled have become
convinced. though, that there is no country
on earth to be compared with New Zealand
in climate, soil, natural resources and charac-
ter of population"
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13
FUSION WILL NOT AVAIL.

Popullstic politicians appear to be laugh
ing in their sleeves over the humiliating
predicament in which they have cast the
Democratic party of California. They have
cause for merriment, since it turns out
that they are in supreme control of the
Democratic organization through the
State.
The fact is clearly demonstrated in the
nominations for the State Legislature out
side OF San Francisco, and in all other i'm
portant nominations it is acknowledged
that the Populists had to be consulted be-
fore the ticket could be made up.
That the Democrats feel this grievous
invasion of their autonomy. which they
regard as a virtual capture and monopo-
lization of their party organization,
may be readily understood. When
ever two independent Democrats NAV
be heard comparing opinions, curses
deep and loud are directed against
the cunningly devised fusion schemes
engineered by Hon. Thomas V. Gator
and the Bimetalllc League, and sue
ccssfully carried through only because the
mem bers who constitute the bone and
sinew OF the Democratic party have allowed
tricksters.
1t is south of Tehachapi that the Popu
lists appear to have obtained their most
powerful foothold; and if Senator Stephen
M. White has not winked at the inroads
upon his party organization in section
that is considered to be under his protec-
torate, then it must be acknowledged that
he is no longer the astute political man.
ager that his admirers consider him. The
crumbs of comfort thrown to Mr.. White
by the Populists are too insignificant for
serious consideration. OF all the hold
over Democratic Senatorial nominees con-
ceded in the southern part of the State to
Mr.. White for possible use two years from
now only one has lighting opportunity
for success. In Republican Assembly dis
tricts in Los Angeles the Populists gener-
ously withdrew in favor of the Democrats,
and then fused" up the remainder of the
ticket with their own men where they
thought they had ghost of chance
to win out.
Democrats of the old school, who feel
the indignity and the insult that has been
cast upon them. are not inclin ed to speak
their minds fully, and if they did some of
their remarks might not be relished by
ears polite. The general consensus of
opinion and feeling, however, may be
summed up in the growl of veteran DEM
ocrat, who said: "Mr. Gator has bunkoed
the Democratic party i'll many of the inte-
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13
NEWSPAPER PLEASANTLY.

De Garry-Although it was a summer en-
gagementour love was as sublime as that of
our first parents in the garden of Eden.
the fall.-Judge.
Policeman-You had better come along
quietly and not make any trouble.
Pickpocket-G'yarn. Not give you trouble.
Where'd your job be if it warn't for the likes
o. us?-Judy.
"You men must really be careful and not
run over people," said the president OF the
surface-car line to his motormen.
They listened in respectful attention, and
he continued, Every person you kill is one
less passenger to ride."-Judge.
81 am writing play which cannot fail to be
a great success" said Foyer to his friend.
What is its chief feature?'
"In the last act the comedian who has per-
petrated all the chestnuts dies miserable
death-"-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Gilhooly-Have you seen Colonel Yerger
since he got back from Washington
Hostetter McGinnis-No; I've not seen him.
We'll, he is the maddest man in Texas
What's the matter with himT,
"When he was in Washington he attended
the dead-letter sale and bought in his own ap-
plication to the President for consuiship."
Texas Sitter.
why, Jimmie" said the gracious hostess,
''you have taken half pie on your plate"
"Yes'm. Mamma said mustn't have but
one piece V E..sh. was v.si.ii." '-Deii,i ii / &c
Pr-SS,
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13
,,,,or ,,sregard Of common decency and

their ulter US Of 1aform issues with the very
the Joining Gt of machine politics in that City
for IT is but little while ago tnda .1,s safh Of
buckley left the State nS to escape seaI sway until the
sa.a an oLs haS ontlawed. This combination Is an
nnhoIy one and will do more to fetarq abst tbe
in that City for years than 1oa anything 'na' 'A'
enShs Wbsn 1V we speak Of this cement we Know No
W wbareof Mnen we speak, as we fought year, ar , ago &c
ssneps bsiot bUs Ss sa
no more rocIaroIers use lor than then. and if the
fessa oF Of the Peoples party to
hand over the organization or 10 oea,uI epnctlev,s
members of the reform party into fo and we
camp tSe we meme ensy Of our party that City
are not so lost to their principles m snat hone
looking for office is the only ybs ssae Mhite bind
such a com bination WIFI, INC
devil" will fail, as it should.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13
M'KINLEY AND THE TARIFF.

among the notable rlbut1onS TO the
tariff controversy, and one which is GER
tain to outlive the campaign and become
permanent part of our political litera-
ture, is the treatise by William Mckinley
on THE Tariff in the Days of Henry Clay
and Since" 1t has just been published.
and reviews our tariff legislation down to
the time of the last bond issue of the
Cleveland administration.
Mr.. Mckinley states that in writing the
book it has been his aim, as completely as
possible. to review all tariff legislation
since the close of the Civil War to the
present time and to give summary OF
ali proposed legislation on the subject, the
object being to enable the student to
easily scquaint himself with the trend of
political parties and the aims and intents
OF political leaders in this respect.
In order that the subject may fully be
understood Mr.. Mckinley has not hesi-
tated TO introduce subjects which, at first
sight, appear foreign to the tariff, but
which, as he goes on 10 show. must be
understood by the student in order that
he may have more adequate comprehen-
sion of the tariff legislation proposed by
the political parties of the country.
1t is hardly necessary to say that this
work demonstrates in a masterly manner
the importance of the tariff issue to the
welfare and prosperity of the American
people. That much goes without saying,
since Mr.. Mckinley is well known as the
ablest master of the subject now living,
and his ability to treat it cannot be ques-
ton. He has not written, however, as a
"a 4ts-
rather as historian than a political
leader. The book is just, fair and Inn
partial summary of the tariff legislation
Of the country, and as such can be read
and studied with profit by all who wish to
make themselves familiar with the SUBJ
iect.
After giving an account of the sales OF
bonds by the Cleveland administration.
and pointing out that they were caused in
large measure by the deficiency in the
revenue, Mr.. Mckinley deals at some
length with the last bond sale, which is
generally known as the popular loan, and
which drew the money directly from the
people instead of by losing bargain with
a financial syndicate. OF this Mr. McKin-
ley very justly says: 1.-THE sale proves
conclusively that the financial strength
and stability of the United States Govern
ment is without parallel throughout the
world. 1t also demonstrates that the peo-
pie are not deceived by deficiencies IN the
revenue to meet the expenditures of the
Government. Granted competent tariff
policy, there would be neither deficits nor
bond sales, but return to an increase of
the debt-paying power of the Government.
Business would be revived and increased,
and prosperity again smile upon every
section of the country"
No man VINO reads the work, and duly
masters the data contained in it, can ques-
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13

With the passage of free coinage we
shall have currency rejected at its
nominal value in the commercial mar
kets of the world, unstable and fiuctu-
ating in real value. Business cannot
prosper with such a currency. The
first condition of life of business is sta
bility of currency. No one will invest
money of a certain value to-day in
commerce and industry IL By the time
the raw material has been turned into
marketable wares the currency is likely
to have changed in value.-Arch bishop
Ireland.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.

]. B. Robinson, the South African million
aire. makes yachting his hobby.
Mr.. Ruskin invariably dimes alone. Conver-
sation, he finds, has distressing effect on his
digestion.
Advices from South Africa report that Olive
Schreiner and her new husband are living in
poverty in Kimberley.
The Sultan of Turkey takes his dinner at
sunset, while the national pillaf of rice and
sweets are served with sherbets and ices.
Julian Thomas, who died recently in Mel
bourne, began his newspaper career in New
York. He met with wonderful success in A us
tralian journalism.
Justin McCartny's small volume on Pope
Leo XIII has just been published in London,
and is pronounced by the Chronicle "the best
account of the present Pope to be found in the
language"
Verestschagin is about to publish new book
called Autobiographies of Unimportant Peo-
pie. 1t is a series of sketches with realistic
portraits of beggars, soldiers, priests and other
Russian types.
The Queen of Italy, when stopping in the
Alpine village of Gressoney, dresses in the
pretty scarlet costume of the peasant woman.
She delights in the tnnumerable Alpine walks
and scrambles that abound on every hillside.
Ex-senator Sawyer of Wisconsin had both of
his daughters trained to kitchen work, as
though he was poor man. After serving q
party of his friends to an excellent Thanksgiy-
ing dinner, and when the dessert was served,
each of the daughters found under her plate a
check for $25, 900.
Miss Pefcival, the last survivor of the twelve
childrau n the Right Hon SnaDcor paroi<,J
has just attained her ninety-frst year, with
her faculties unimpaired. She was between 6
and 2 years old when her father, then Prime
Minister, was shot by Bellingham while enter
ing the House of Commons, and she has a
clear recollection of the tragic circumstance.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13
HER PIES.

Way back IN the sweet sweet long ago,
When the world seemed just new made
And the hours swept by in a gold basteau
Ger pleasures bright cascade,
Twas then in the childhood's realm met
Dear Maud Of the dewy eyes,
And stood entranced as the deft brunette
Did fashion the wee dirt pies.
We're married now, and the selfsame hands
That nodded the pies of clay
Have sometimes structured other brands
OF pies in the modern way.
And, having sampled these pastry plants,
My oath can solemnly take
That between the two would risk my chance
With the kind that she used to make.
Boston Courier.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13

ton the accuracy of the conclusions. A
tariff is assuredly necessary for the well
fare of the American people, and as Mr..
Mckinley says: "Ascertaining the truth,
and dismissing from our minds all preJu-
dice or preconceived opinions, let us have
the wisdom and courage to be guided by
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-13

DEBT-McK., Smelling, Cal. There is no for
eign nation that at this time is indebted to the
United States. The only debt that the United
states owes to foreigners is the amount of the
berlng Sea award which was fixed at S425 600
and which President Cleveland recommended
should be paid, but Congress disputed the
business OF The award and up to this time no
action has been taken.