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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-01

showan s Co. OF HoDgkong. under date
Of November 10. state; For Ban Fran
cisco. We are IN want OF a vessel. but
owners ideas are altogether too high for
business. Cargo IL scarce and long lay
days are required 10 get sufficient cargo
toRriher for lhIKc nhllern.'
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-01

Five thousand tons OF coal were turned
out by the Beaver IIli Coal Company In
the last month OF iHa They are sink
ing a slope from the ~s00-foot level and
arc driving two gaugwayp from a 3o-foot
level. and when hts IN finished the out.
put will be- 1900 tons per month. The
company has completed a road from
Maruhhcld. their shipping point. TO Myrtle
Point. and viii extend u 20 Roseburg TO
tap the Southern Pacific.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-01

There was almost a fatality .on the tug
Active yesterday, says the Examiner.
First Mate W. Olsen was struck by the
end Of a flying hawser and was knocked
unconscious, Blood flowed from his
mouth. nose and ears. and for a few min
utcs the crew though, he was dead. The
tug at once made for the wharf at fun
speed. and when medical attendance was
procured Olsen IA found to be not as
badly hurt ms at FIRST was supposed. He
was taken TO the hospital and everything
possible done for him.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-01

W. y. 3. Thorn. who was for years
connected with the shipping nrm OF
Meyer. Wilson s. Co. died az his home
In this city yesterday. lie had been III
for some time. 70 his death was not UNI
expected. lie Was known TO lmosi every
master OF "A British ship that comes 10
San Francisco. and was a universal IA
vorite on tho water front. lie was -
years old. and a native OF Pcnrith. Eng.
iand-CalL
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-01

Tho bark sighted outside on Monday
night has evidently run away from the
gals on shore az she was nowhere within
reach Of the glasses yesterday. she Il
supposed TO be the British bark Lorion.
~ days from Liverpool Her charter cH-
pircd at this city At 6 o'clock last night.
and IKE tho ForfarHhiro, Hhe has lost H.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14
THE OF 1T.

The New York Sun is a goldbug
paper of the most pronounced type,
but it does not hesitate to show up the
fraud and humbuggery of Mr.. Cleve-
land and his Secretary of the Treas.
ury in dealing with the gold measure
Here is what the Sun says of the ''pop-
ular" bond issue:
eff the Secretary were in earnest in
the effort to sell the present issue, he
would adopt measures similar to those
adopted by Secretary Sherman in 1879.
He would name a price for the bonds a
little under the market, say la, and
offer to allow to every national bank,
every banker, and every broker, a
commission for selling them. If this
commission we're as much as 4 per
cent. it would be only one-tenth of
that which last week he was credited
with being willing to offer a syndicate.
Probably one-quarter of one per cent.
would suffice.
1T may be said that the require
ments of gold coin in payment for the
bonds will limit their sale to the few
persons and institutions that have the
gold in their possession or can procure
it from abroad. Tt is declared that it
will be ~unpatriotic to draw it out OF
the Treasury for the purpose. This is
an error. Whatever be the source OF
the gold, it is to be paid into the Treas
ury for the redemption of the legal
tender notes, and it is no less patriotic
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14
GOLD

Those who believe that the world is
prospecting under a gold standard are
invited to read the following disp Atch
from Ottawa:
"OTTAwA, Oct. 29.-The annual re-
port of Canada's finance department
for the year ending 1894, just issued,
shows a great increase in the quantity
of real estate mortgages and in total
loans. The value of the real estate
mortgaged is still $115, 800, 600, COM
pared with $11O, GIG, 900 in 1893, an in
crease in 1894 nearly S.. 600, 600. Total
loans for 1894 are 1921, 600, 900, as
against $115, 346, 900 in 1898. an increase
of over Sc, OOO, 900. These figures show
that never in it's history has Canadian
land been so heavily mortgaged. Since
1873 the increase in total loans has
been over $50 per cent"
Mortgages and loans increasing
''never in its history has Canada been
so heavily mortgaged." This is what
the gold standard means AS the lot
of the debtor becomes harder he Dor
rows money to pay the interest and
finally gives up his property at a loss
of all of his original investment. How
long must this cruel, merciless process
go on before the people will arise and
restore the gold and silver coinage of
former years9 Thus and thus only can
prosperity be regained. Omaha World
Herald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14
Personal AND PERTINENT

Senator II. W. Norris, of Wal
dropped in to 9 us Thursday. He W
a delegate to the county Alliance.
Hon. A. F. HiIeman, a popular men
Der OF the House from Cabarrus. wa
here last week. He was a witness i
the Brown-SatterfeId trial.
Hon. 2 V. Walser, Speaker of tb
House, was in the city last week. E
is in good health and spirits, and is on
of the brightest young men in th
State.
Sheriff R. T. Kernoodle, of AIamans
county, was in the city Friday. E
came to pay the tax due the State an
handed over $12, 1914 Al to the Sta
Treasurer. He has u thanks for SCI
eral subscriptions. Al
ga New Santa Claus" is a clevI
bit of verse written by an eightee
year-old boy at Tarboro and PUBLISH
on 9Th page. We presume it is Origin
and if so, Mr.. Williams has geniJ
which, if cultivated, will place II
alongside of Henry Jerome Stockat
Frank L. Stanton and James VIII
comb Riley.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14

to draw it out to day and pay it back
to morrow, than to pay it in to day
and draw it out tomorrow. The gold
that was brought from Europe last
year for the 500, 900, 900 issue went
back again in a few months, and, as
far as our present situation goes, it
might as well have been left there all
the time.
1T looks as if the Administration
had only delayed, and not renowned,
a bargain with the syndicate, which
some of the newspapers have criticised.
1t, will wait till February 9Th, and
then, if the popular subscriptions fail,
as they probably will fail, to cover the
entire 800, 900, 900 offered, it will &C
cept a bid from the syndicate, ''all or
none,"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14
A VERY FlsHY STORY.

A singular incident took place the
other day on D~amariscotta Lake, Me-,
which shows the variety of bass in that
lake. A party from the Kennebec
were fishing from a boat, when one of
them caught the end of his pole in his
watch-guard and flung his gold watch
overheard into 40 feet of water. About
an hour after, and a quarter of a mile
distant, they caught a 7pounder, and
noticing his fullness and peculiar ap-
pearance, he vas opened, and there
was the gold watch, still going.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14
WE TOLD 0 so.

The present bond issue is called a
popular loan" In other words, q
person who has gold on hand can bid
for as many of the bonds as he can pay
for. That was what they called it.
But we claimed all the while that this
little game would not be played. We
don't think much much more of. a
popular loan" than we do of a syndi-
cate loan. But here is how the popular
loan is progressing, according to a New
York dispatch:
"NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-From a sub
scribing member of the J. Pierpont
Morgan syndicate the following facts
have been obtained:
1.-THE syndicate expects to secure the
entire 800, OOO, 900 4 per cent. bonds
which are to be sold by the Treasury
on February 9Th.
"Mr. Morgan will, bid for the entire
issue and expects to get it. It will
take all or none.
''The reason for Mr.. Morgan's conf
denCe OF success is that ne Will max
a bid so favorable that no other person
can stand in his wey.
This offer is to purchase the entire
800, OOO. 900, paying principal and
premium in gold, and in addition fur
nish an amount in gold equal to one
third of the issue, or $33. 333. 1888 in
exchange for g~reenbacks.
1.-THE government gold reserve will
be not only brought up to the recog.
nized limit, but will have a surplus for
it's protection. The price which the
syndicate will offer is not exactly
known by anyone except Mr.. Morgan.
It will be considerably more than the
1O41 paid last February. This low pre-
MUM was paid because of the provis.
ion in the contract compelling the syn.
cate to protect the Treasury reserve.
No such. contract will be made this
time"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14
TIMBER.

This is the title of Bulletin 10 of the
Division of Forestry of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
which is further described by Prof.
B. E, FernoW, Chief of that Division
in his letter Of transmittal as ga brief
but comprehensive discussion Of the
characteristics and properties of wood
in general and of our American tim
bers in particular, which it is hoped.
may be useful to engineers, architects.
carpenters, lumbermen, and all wood
workers" The paper was prepared by
Mr.. Hilbert Roth, in charge of investi
cations in timber physics. Professor
Fernow also states that 1.-The informa-
ton it contains is largely based on
actual experiment and scientific obser-
walton, and will, it is hoped, not only
explain the experiences of the practi-
cal worker with his material, but will
remove erroneous notions and thus aid
In improving the practice and lead to
a more rational use of our forest re.
sources"
The bulletin begins with a discussion
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14
N. r. P. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

We hope to get a brief report of all
the county meetings. Send them in
promptly and let the brethren know
what is going on.
Get a few of your members together
and reorganize dormant Alliances. We
need an active working membership
now more than ever before.
We hope to see the Alliance built up
very much this Winter and spring. If
the officers, from ub-Alliances up will
get a move an them it can and will be
done.
A secret fight is being made against
the Alliance in the State. 1t has been
going on some time. Be on your watch
and don't let the enemy get the advan-
tage of you.
The danger of contracting disease
from the bacteria in ~greenbacks is
growing greater all the time. Those
who owe this paper anything, or
whose subscriptions are about to ex-
pire, will do well to forward the money
and possibly save their lives by so do
ing.
A daily newspaper heads news from
London as follows: "Good feeling in
England, no fear of war;" Of course
they feel good. Nothing will make
the average Englishman feel better
than a hundred million dollar U. s.
bond issue, unless it is a two hundred
million dollar bond issue.
Wall street and London bankers got
President Cleveland toGintimate that
there might be war with England, and
then they jumped On him with both
feet. Some thought they sincere
il their condemnation. Then he ordered
an issue of bonds, a popular loan"
Wall street kicked again. But that is
only a part Of the game, for Wall
street will get the bonds, and secretly
will praise President Cleveland to the
skies.
A gentleman who has been a regular
subscriber to this paper for some years,
a prominent Democratic oficeholder,
by the way, recently ordered his paper
stopped, saying that he had decided ia
quit reading papers for awhile. A few
days ago he subscribed again and said
ST never missed a paper 80 much in
my life. Start my PROGRESSIVE FARMEB
again" That is the way they nearly
all do. The gentleman mentioned
probably does not agree with all he
sees in this paper, but knows it is bold,
reliable and in earnest, and it is a re
lief to him to get something every week
that is different from much of the
ne Wspaper literature of the day.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14
SENATOR BUTLER STIRS THE
MOSSBACKS.

We have been waiting for Senator
Butler to flourish his Damascus blade
and cut large gashes in the Rhinoseros
hides of the digniied boodlers and
mossbacks who compose, in part, the
U. S. Senate.
They didn't know Butler was loaded.
Since he went to Washington in the
latter part of November, he has been
extremely lamblike, so much so that a
few papers in this State, where he is so
we'll known, have ventured to ~criticise
him in very ugly language and init
mate that he didn't feel so big in Wash
ington as he did at home among his
friends, who, of course, in the estima-
ton of these 2x4 sheets, r a grossly
ignorant gang of dupes.
Well, we knew there would be fun.
The surprise party came on schedule
time. If there is anything that the old
party politicians never vary from, it is
their implicit child-like faith in each
other. Most of them really and truly
believed that Senator Butler was elected
to the United States Senate by acci-
dent; that he elected himself, SO to
speak, while the people of the State
were taking g nap. They didn't know
that Butler was the choice of probably
seven. tenths of the people in the State.
The reason they didn't know it was be.
cause the old line party press can't f1nd
room for all the news.
The sands of time kept going out a
little at a time. Senator Butler intro
duced some good bills and did it so in
nocently that the old mossbacks
thought it would be humane to crush
him at once and get him out of his
misery. They started in to do it in
true Democratic style-instead of at
lacking the bills introduced they
jumped on Senator Butler personally
and condemned the manner in which
his election was secured. Then Butler
was no longer a lamb. Quietly md
slowly he arose to answer Senator
Harris, and if old party truckers ever
did get a scorching, they got it then.
Even oppo ition papers had to admit
that Butler wiped up the earth with
them, and acc ording to the Washing
ton Post, the leading newspaper in the
Capitol City, Senator Butler was the
recipient of many handsome boquets,
which goes to show that the ladies of
Washington enjoy hearing the truth
told as we'll as anybody else. On our
fourth page you will fnd the speech
referred to. Read it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14

We do not know of a \paper tnas :
been improved more in short TN
both in typographical apE Uearance a
quality and quantity of &9aECer "a
the Current Voice, Nashvih e. =
1t is a good one, and the people Of H.
State ought to give it liberal sunro'.
The Southern Mercury, Dallas, Tev
is a hummer. Recently it donnod
new dress and shines like a silver d.3s
lar just from the mint. Bros. PoS
and Tracy will redeem Texas.
Looks like the Topeka, Kan. ADJ.
cate can't be held down by hard time.
1t has improved greatly in appearano
and quality in thu past few month,
Such papers ought to have a mnS
larger support
Hon Walter Clark, of the suprar
court is now in Mexico and will sna,
two or three months there. He VI
investigate the condition of the CON
try and the silver question and wrs
a series of letters for the Arena at P,
ton. We have permission to republ,
the letters and our readers may exps
something valuable. The price of t
Arena, the best magazine in the WORT
has been reduced from SIS to So n
year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14
CREAM OF THE PRESS.

If people Of this country submit Il
another bond issue peaceabIy they ar.
a set of chumps and deserve to b.
slaves .-People's Advocate.
If the bankers and money gambler
do not fear the wrath of the people,
them go ahead and see if they are alb
to stand. -Southern Mercury.
Hold your nose and breathe, Dem,
Gratis, while Cleveland sells mo-
bonds, and gets ready to vote t.
ticket ''agin." -Cleburne Herald.
Liberty is a tender plant which Cd
flourish only when conditions al
favorable. Eternal vigilance is t
price of liberty.-Industrial Herald.
1t is a notable fact that while Grove
Cleveland has helped bankrupt the n
ton, collectively and individually, |
has made Sc, 900, 900 for himself.
Farmers Tribune.
Lawful money is much to be prefd
red to sound money. The latter ter
is the bankers usury dollar, while la
full money is money based on law.
Southern Mercury.
Ffty-four countries own their ON
railroads and the United States ln
one of them. Sixty-eight countries owl
telegraph systems and the Unite
States isn't one of them; neither
Cuba.-Coming Nation.
Don't be afraid of the man with id@l
different from what you have bee
used to. The World is progress4
and the only difference between
both is that heis ahead of you.-L
vile News Reporter.
When Grover is duck shooting
fishing he isn't issuing bonds; but
trouble is that when he isn't fshlnf
duck shooting he is rigging scheD
that will necessitate an issue OF OonO
-Brockton Diamond.
Judge Allen Ct. Thurman, an non0
Democrat of the Jeffersonian scnoOl
Dead. The friends of the "OIo ~
man" should have known OetIer VI.
to allow him to read Clevelands m0'
age.-Chicago Sentinel.
Poor Farmerl Why don't you Leap
your duties rightly7 Go to d im
tute to learn farming, and TO Vno
meeting to learn voting; 0u' 80
want to learn common sense go ~
Alliance.-Jonestown, Pa, AnI"
Advocate.
The Farmers Alliance is the graz
est patriotic organization in ez'S.0HY
TO-DAY on the American Continent"
full and unbiased study Of l'S "o.
logs is all that is needed to convm'
any of the truth of this statem ~
If your preiudiced neighoor IeLS iii
anything to the contrary InviSo
to investigate before he conuon'
Jamestown, Pa, Alliance
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14
AN UPsETTING SIN.

A negro in a religious gathering
prayed earnestly that he and his col
ored brethren might be preserved from
what he called their ~''upsetting sin. "
''Brudder, said one of his friends at
the close of the meeting, you amt
got de hang of dat ar word. It's be-
settin' not upsettin'." "Brudder, " re-
piled the other, 'ff dat's SO, it's so.
But I vas aprayn Providence to save
us from de sin of i~ntoxication, an if
dat amt an upsettin' sin, I dunno
what ami Exchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14
PLANT

If we should tell you that on a few
acres of poor land you cap, by a few
weeks work, lay the foundation of a
fortune, which will grow without fur
Their effort on your part, you would
doubt it. But such a thing is possible,
and the wise farmer will not wait too
long before beginning the good work.
Plant a few acres in black walnuts.
In twenty OF thirty years you or your
defendants will be comfortably well
off.
The demand for walnut lumber is
practically unlimited, and it can't be
secured. As a consequence the bulk
of the furniture made nowadays is of
oak and ashe. But this will never
supplant walnut lumber if it can be
secured. The planting of great fields
in walnuts will soon become common.
The wise man will not wait until every
body else has planted and then come
in after the feast, so to speak.
Not long ago a large lead pencil fac
tory began the cultivation of red cedar
in California, the natural supply in the
country, and the world for that mat
ter, having been exhausted. Recently
paper was substituted for red cedar,
and it makes a very good substitute,
but a plentiful supply of red cedar
would quickly supplant paper or any
other substitute.
The growing of walnut trees will
prove more profitable than the growing
of cedars. It is a slow process, but
the cost is slight, as you can go right
on cultivating the land, at least until
the trees grow quite large. In fact,
cultivation will aid the growth of the
trees. 1t is like building a house upon
a rock, for no one can steal the trees;
fire will not destroy them, and your
farm is increasing in value every year.
If, in the meantime, you wish to sell
the land, it will bring a much higher
price, even if the trees are only five
years old. The climate and soil in
many parts of North Carolina is espe-
cially adopted to the growth of fine
walnut trees.
We have unlimited possibilities for
the growth of fruits, nuts and berries.
Our people could grow English wal
nuts, which retail at 20 cents per pound,
very successfully, and they are deli
cious. They car be planted as you
would Black walnuts, for the tree does
not grow so large, o is it valuable as
a timber. Pecans grow we'll here, and
are salable. Last fall there was a good
demand in several markets for ''scaly
barks," a thin ,shelled variety of hick-
orynuts.
If we do not bestir ourselves and
raise a great many things that we do
not raise, it will be our own fault IN
tirely.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14

A strong government that will sac
rifce all the property of the people for
a few millions of gold has not a sur
plus of patriotism.-Labors Tribune.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-14
sATTERFIELD-BROWN TRIAL.

In Wake county Superior Court Sat-
urday the jury brought in a verdict of
guilty in the case of State VS.. Satter-
field, in the first count of the indict-
ment, only.
There were two counts in the bill of
Indictment. First that he wilfully, I'M
lawfully and negligently caused or
permitted the tabled bill (the mortgage
assignment act) to be enrolled; second,
that he had corruptly and fraudulent
~ caused the enrolment of the bill.
The sentence of the court will be
light, if it is anything at all. We never
question the verdict of a jury of good
citizens, and will not in this case, but
we venture to say that if this jury had
known all the facts, and had it known
much about the character Of those
interested in securing the fraudulent
enrolment of this bill, and all know it
was done by fraud, they would never
have found Mr.. Satterfield guilty even
of negligence. Just as we'll punish a
citizen for allowing the Mississippi
river to overflow it's banks. There was
no positive proof that anyone vas paid
to do the rescally work, Though it is
presumed that it was paid for. But
the rascal or rascals are unknown. It
is enough to say that after months of
work by sleuth hounds, a trial before a
Democratic Judge and jury, and with
Democratic witnesses, Chief Clerk Sat
terfield has been found not guilty, ex-
cept as to negligence, and this verdict
shows the weakness Of the case in all
its deformity.
The trial of Enrolling Clerk Brown
is now in progress. He is charged
with enrolling the same bill in the
same way.
The friends of these gentlemen have
never believed them guilty. The dam.
nable work was done. 1t was so enor-
M 0us in results that the Supreme court
took up the matter and made the law
Ineffective, and it did right.
Democrats originated the Infamous
bill, Democrats introduced it, Demo
Gratis lobbyed for it, Dem 0crats were
anxious to put the legislature in as
deep a hole as possible, and it is well
known that Democrats are as likely to
steal or accept brides and practice fraud,
as anybody else, therefore we presume
it was some one or more Democrats
who were responsible for this outrage.
Certainly Satterfield and Brown were
the last persons to suspect, for they
were interested on the other side en-
tirely.
Much of the dirty work done in the
last legislature was done by Democrats.
The shrewdest tricksters and most I'M
scrupulous men were stationed at Raj
eigh to ruin the legislature and blacken
its record, if possible. The corpora.
tions had their best men there hard at
work. As constituted at present the
Democratic party is simply a non,cap
italizsd corporation for the perpetra.
ton of crime, and it is very unfortu
nate that good men still stay with such
an organization. We believe that
party responsible for the fraudulent en-
rollment of the assignment act. Ap
pearances r very much against it
anyway. Murder will out sometimes.
AN UPsETTING SIN.