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The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-03-06

An Eastern exchange says
money brokers complain of want
of business No business man
can borrow money of Shylock,
contemplating the grand incoming
of the "advance agent of prospect
ty," and hope to ever pay it back.
Elk.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-03-06
COOPERATION is not popular TO-

COOPERATION is not popular to-
day in Utah. Our reason for that
is, that as rule, the cooperative
associations which were started
here twenty-six years ago lost sight
OF primary business principle, viz:
TO lay aside a certain amount of
their savings for the depreciation of
property, bad debts, hard times and
other inevitable conditions incident
to business. The profits were taken
from the business every six months
and divided among the stockholders,
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-03-06

LosT-A watch with silver hunt
hunting case, Wednesday, Feb. II.
Finder please return to this office
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31
ENGLAND AND THE INITIATIVE
AND REFERENDUM.

Did you ever think that England has
q sort of q referendum When the
government fails TO command a ma
jority Of the House Of Commons the
Prime Minister and Cabinet resign,
Parliament is dissolved, and the ques-
ton or questions at issue are referred
to the people in the new elections. AS
a consequence, England is making
more progress toward government by
the people, and justice toward the
masses, than we are. They already
have Government Telegraph, Govern
ment Savings Banks, etc, and we, too,
would have them without further delay
if we had any way to get the express
sion Of the voters on these questions.
Why can't We have q ways
We have had many doodle" Con-
crosses, doodle" Legislatures and
doodle" City Councils that should
have been dissolved. But no; we elect
q man for a certain term, and ali tie
legal powers in the country can't get
him cut until mis- term expires.
Here is where the Imperative Man
date comes in. 1t gives the people the
power to recall any public officer at
any time in the following way: Any
constituent may, at any time, draw
up a document demanding the removal
Of said officer. When this document
is signed by q majority Of the voters
in the territory which elected such eff
Ger shall be declared vacant. It can
be filed again by appointment or by a
new election. Snail We have iU7-Dr.
@. T. Taylor in The Medical World.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31
WHEN WE GIT WOMAN STUFF.
RAGE.

Mrs. H. D. We5herby, at the last
meeting of Liberty Farmers Club, g
Michigan organization, read the follow.
ing Lullaby OF the Future:
Hush, my babe, lie still and slumber,
Fathers watching at thy bed;
Mothers off elec5ioneering,
With q halo round her head.
Soft and easyY be her cradle
When she's at the nations head,
While with kitchen work I wrestle,
Coarse and hard is fathers bed.
Hush. my dear, thy food and raiment,
House and home thy ma provides;
She's a sumner, baby darling,
Gracefully her bike she rides.
Hush, my babe, be still and slumber,
Father wants to 60 to bed;
Mother Won'E be hons till morning
Going to make a speech, she said.
So we'll lay us down and slumber,
SlumDer sweet till morning breaks,
Father then must be a humping,
Mother wants hot griddle cakes.
Baltimore Sun.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31

of my committee. Then l think I
shall be speaker of the house and after
awhile I hope to go to the senate"
Everything came about exactly as he
planned. He had wonderful ~prescience
concerning his own future, as we'll as
in relation to political events. When
he was a candidate for the presidential
nomination, in 1880, he said to me-:
My career has thus far closely paral-
leled that OF Henry Clay. He was
speaker of the house and then senator,
His party refused to nominate him as
long as it had any chance of electing a
president. When it had no longer any
chance, it gave him the nomine5ion he
had SO long sought. I believe that is
going to be my fate ."-Chicago Times
Herald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31

Do you need q Teachers Bible I'm
yourself or for e friend3 Then send
3d. end get by return mail an "Inte,
national Self pronouncing Bible with
Subject Index, Concordance and ali
other helps. Flexible Morocco cover.
Pilgrims Progress in durable cloth
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"Bible Pictures and what they teach
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girls, for $1.15.
Very large print light weight Bible
for aged people or others who read
much at night. Price, $3.50.
All books sent postpaid.
Order any book you desire of
Rev. D. Il. FUTILE,
Beaufort. N. Q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31
TO CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS.

Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
Veterans, Camps, Daughters of Con
federacy and their friends, please ad.
dress me for Glad Tidings of Great
JOY"
For the last yeer l have been organ
izing a movement throughout the
North IN behalf of the Confederate
soldiers. Ia this movement l have ar
ranged for an encanpment of the most
influential Federal soldiers on October
1st, and extending ten days. I expect
not less than ten thousand soldiers.
The Federal soldiers meet to endorse
petitions to Congress to pension all
Confederate soldiers. Under this call
these Federal soldiers a.. guests OF the
South.
Prominent Federal soldiers of Ohio
extend a soldiers invitation to at least
n thousand Confederate soldiers to
visit this encampment and participate
in q sham-battle under one flag. To
these visiting soldiers l will pay rail
road fare (round-trip) and entertain
them free of cost during encampment
of ten days.
Daughters of the C~oGfederRcy are
especially invited to honor u encamp
meHt with their presence. Special cars
will be chartered for the round trip.
Guards of honor, carriages, etc will
be assigned each flower of the South.
land"
Ohio leading in this grand recogni-
ton due Confederate soldiers, appeals
to Southern pride and liberality in en-
PERTAINING the Confederate Soldiers
Guests" IN royal magniicence. The
promoter Is an Ohioan who has devoted
twenty years il the South, developing
her manufacturing interests, and we'll
known as the Wagon & Plow Manu-
tacturer OF Tennessee and Texas.
To the silent soldier OF the South
land" the noblest tribute tha5 ever
sprang from a soldiers heart crowns
your battle SCARED brow, rendered by
generous, brave boys OF 1.-The blue" to
impulsive braves of 1.-The gray" Not
only the battle scarredFedera veterans
but over one hundred of the. largest
factories of the North fully approve of
pensioning the silent soldier of the
Southland The promoter fully guar
antees glad tiGings of great Joy" to
every Confederate soldier, the widow
and orphans of their sleeping com
rRdes.
This recognition rendered confeder.
ave soldiers by Federal soldiers is the
EGAnoest' the most sublime, the most
Ohrist-lke of any tribute ever ba.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31
IMPOSSIBLE FOR A MAN TO EARN
A MILLION DOLLARS.

Given all these conditions, and we
fnd that while the masses labor from
morn till night, year after year,
and get only a smali portion Of the
product of labor, a few get much more
than their Just share, have servants, go
abroad to live, leave vast estates, etc.
II the Workingmen are indebted to the
advantages Of society for the improve
ment of their condition over that of
Crusoe, how much more is the man who
has accumulated (not created) wealth
indeed to society For example, in the
midst of our great fortunes Of to day,
the following calculation will be inter.
esting: II will be readily granted that
a workingman who saves one dollar
per day above living expenses, every
working day, and who has the oppor,
tunity Of doing this continuously
month after month and year after year,
is very fortunate. But let US suppose
that a workingman began working and
saving at this rate at the beginning of
Vic NnG4SG4hn CIAP 6uS GuhG LIS 4A40 A6u
been miraculously prolonged through
sll these centuries, how many millions
earring ~interest) would he be worth
to-day? You will be surprised to hear
that his first million would be only a
little more than half earned. Tnen
what shall We say of those who get
not only one million, but many millions,
during the brief time Of the efficient
portion of a human life9 Certainly
N llioDaires get more than the advRn
tage of tools, machinery, and co oper-
alton in the ordinary sense. I is only
By special privileges of some sort that
the accumulation OF so much as a
million dollars is possible. And the &C
emulation ia not the process Of earn
ing, but Of in some way inducing the
forces Of CIVILIZED society to contribute
to inciv-d al Golfers instead Of TO the
general good @. f. TAYLOR, ID. D,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31
(~OFFICIAL)
NATIONAL ALLIANCE DEMANDS.
Adopted at Washington, D. c., February
6, 1896.

WHEREAS, The Declaration of Indes
pendence. as q basis for a Republican
form of Government that might be
progressive and perpetual, states:
''That all men are created equal;
that thew ere endowed with certain IL
alienable rights; that among these are
life. liberty and the pursuit. OF happl-
ness: that to secure these rights, gov
ernments are instituted among men,
deriving their just powers from the
governed"
We hold, therefore, that to restore
and preserve these rights under q
Republican form Of government, pr1-
vaGe monopolies of public necessities
for speculative purposes, whether OF
the means Of production, distribution
or exchange, should be prohibited, and
whenever any such public necessity or
utility becomes a monopoly IN private
hands, the people Of the municipality,
state or union, az the case may be.
shall appropriate the same by right OF
eminent domain, paying q just value
therefor, and operate them for, and In
the interest of, the whole people.
FINANCE
We demand a national currency,
safe. sound and flexible; issued by the
general government only; q full legal
tender for all debts and receivable for
all dues. and an equitable and efficient
means Of distribution Of this currency,
directly to the people, at the minimum
of expense and without the inGervon-
ton of banking corporations and IN
sufficient volume to transact the busl-
tess of the country on q cash basis.
(G) We demand the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver and gold at the
legal ratio Of Is to l..
() We demand a graduated income
tax.
(a) The government shall purchase
or construct and operate q sufficient
mileage of railroads to efectuaily CON
troll all rates of transportation on a
just and equitable basis.
0) The telegraph and telephone,
like the pOgComoe system, being q NJ
cessity for the transmission Of intelli
gence, should be owned and operated
by the government in the interest of
the people.
We demand that no land shall be
held by corporations for speculative
purposes or by railroads in excess OF
their needs as carriers, and all lands
claimed by the government and held
FOR actual settlers only.
ExEOTIoN OF UNITED STATES SENATORS
We demand the election of United
Senators by a direct vote of the
people. That each State shall be di
vided into two districts of nearly equal
() That u national legislation shall
be so framed in the future as not to !
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31
HE FoRRsAw THR FUTURE.
James G BIaine's Prophetic Words
About His Political Career.

James G BIaine's Prophetic Words
About His Political Career.
I first made the acquaintance Of Mr..
Blaine during the Congress session of
1865 He was then beginning his
second term in the House. At that
time 1 owned and edited a country
newspaper in general Garield's dis
trio. One day, in the fall of 1865 Gar
field wrote me to come up to his hill
top.home in the little college town of
Hiram. He told me that he thought
it would be a good thing for a young
newspaper man to study national pol
itics in Washington and get acquainted
with national men, and that he would
undertake to get me a clerkship ia the
house of representatives. In due time
he spoke to his old friend, General
Robert @. Schenck, who was chairman
of the committee on military aft airs,
and the result was I Was given the
clerkship of that committee.
Colfax was speaker Of the house, and
for some reason or other he seemed to
have little liking for the ambitious
young member from the Augusta dis,
trict of Maine, for he appointed Blaine
to a position near the foot of That com
mit5ee. Now, Blaine had not served
IN the army and had no kno Wedge of
military legislation and no taste for
that kind of work. He used to be a
country editor himself, and he ap
peared to take a fancy to the young
clerk from OHIO. He would often
drop into the committee room, and,
standing before the wood fire, would
talk freely to me about his newspaper
and political career and his plans and
hopes for the future.
remember that he said one dav. 81
do not like this military committee
business and ought not to be here
Next congress I am going to be on the
committee on appropriations or WAYS
q means. Financial questions will
soon be the dominant ones in congre,a
Two years later I expect to be chairman
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31

slowed upon man. Under the stars
and stripes they fought, they bled, they
died; the battle SCARED survivors I'm
furl their flag and tender opposing
soldier the care and protection of q
government by precedents unknown in
the history of nations.
The promoter expects to meet all ex-
expenses OF railroad fare, rations,
tents, etc., for over ten thousand Fed
erRl soldiers, one thousand Confederate
soldiers, two hundred Daughters of the
~Confederacy for encompment, Octobtr
1, 1897. Toe estimated expenses is
some two hundred thousand dollars,
and as an OHIO Southerner / appeal to
my Southern friends to assist in the
entertainment Of the guests OF the
South. Remit by draft, express, postal
note, or registered letter to the Pro
moter (uo agents. at Byington, Pike
County, Ohio.
The Silent Soldiers Friend,
August IL, 1892. GEO. DEVAUY.
S Q Fort Worth Gazette for Petition
from Federal Soldiers, naming $50 per
month as a Ist Pension to Confederate
Soldiers.
State papers please copy and forward
extras to DeVauy Of Nav Birmingham
Wagon & Plow Works.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31

build up one industry at the exro.
of another. 'Apelse
(D We believe that the monov
country should be kept as much 'ae
possible in the hands Of the M a.
and hence we demand that all Npoteiople,
and State revenues shall be limitaaGgaa
the necessary expenses Of the o"oout0
ment economically and hones93ITUv Vr9,
ministered. at'
(e) We demand that postal Co...
banks be established by the oo%avHllngs
ment for the safe deposit Of S wen
of the people, and to facilitate !
change. e.
% We are unalterabIv onnooos
the issue. by the United States '@ ~ %
terest bearing bonds, and DEM H.
payment Of all coin obligations ~ caa
United States, as provided by existi Sne
laws, in either gold or eilver cojn Y
the option Of the government an5 az
at the option of the creditor. H'
TRANSPORTATION.
now owned by aliens sbould h
voting population, and that Seno.ara
from each shall be elected bT S
people Of the district. "e
DISTRICT LEGISLATION
Relying upon the good, conr,o-
sense Of the American people, and Ts
l1evin& that a majority of them, Wb w
unlIfuenced by party prejudice viii viii
vote right on all questions Submitted ~
them on their merit; and, further " "
e~ffec5Ually annihilate the perninioUTos
lobby in legislation, we demand diroas
Iegisla ion by means of the initiativoe
and referendum.
r. 4. SoUTBwoRTB
8ec'y-Treas. n. z. A. BQd n
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31

In a volume of sermons BY a we'll
known but turgid preacher, the follow
Ing lines we're found written upon the
fly leaf:
If there should be another food,
Foo refuge hither fly,
Though all the world should be sub
merged,
This book would still be dry.
American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-06-01
the FOUNDER of German East Africa.


Carl Peters, the German who has
done more than any other man to give
his country the doubtful glory of colo
NAL empire, appears at present to be
in disgrace with his government for
reasons that are not obvious. He was in
high favor during the opening of the
Baltic canal, and in the many talks
had with him was much impressed by
his knowledge and his vigorous manner
of presenting it. He is the founder of
German East Africa, and it was he who
fitted out the German expedition for
the relief of Emin Pasha. OF course in
Germany he vigorously abused all things
English, especially when they conflict
ed with the il oerests of colonial Ger
many, but aside from this pardonable
political humbug no man knows Eng
land better or appreciates her services
in Africa more highly than Carl Pc
ters He is just now in London fitting
out another African expedition, about
which he throws considerable mystery.
He deserves success, for he has great
physical strength combined with men
tai equipment of the first order. He has
travelled in every part of the world and
has mind ready to acknowledge what
is good in different systems. It is mel
anoholy to reflect that this man, only
40 years old, and who yet has lived
long enough to see the German flag car
ried into the heart of Africa, thanks to
his courage and enterprise-that such a
man should be by Germany turned
adrift, while the colonial Office in Ber-
lin is numbered up with set of bureau
cratic pedagogues, the whole volume of
whose learning and training is praoti-
cally valueless. Harper Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-06-01
ARE YOU GOING TO CALIFORNIA ,

Then be sure to take the New Jersey G.
E. Special OF the finest Pullman Palace
Cars, leaving New York (by ferry) from
foot of Liberty street, and going by the
Royal Blue Line via Washington, Cincin-
natl and st. Louis. This train will start
Monday morning June %, at nine o'clock
No lower rates for the same conveniences
can be obtained on any regular or any
other special train.
The entire distance traversed by the
New Jersey Special will be over 5000
miles, the return route being entirely
different with the exception of 300 miles
The entire time occupied in making the
trip will be over twenty five days and all
the necessary expenses can be fully met
tor less than $3.50. Very low rates will be
given for side trips to all important places
Among the places where this New Jer-
sey special will stop are Harper's Ferry,
Cincinnati, ST. Louis, Kansas City, To-
peka, Colorado Springs, Maniton, Salida,
Marshall Pass, Gnnnison, Glenwood
Springs and Salt Lake City On the re-
turn trip stops will be made at Portland
a sail on the Columbia river, Tacoma,
Seattle, Spokane, Helena, Yellowstone
Park, Minneapolis, ST. Paul and Chicago,
Are you going to California? Then take
the Jersey c. E. Special, June 2Sth. For
full information address the Transporta-
ton Committee,
Rev w. T. S. Lumbar,
Moorestown, n J.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-06-01
NAVEL ORANGES.
Explanation of Their Origin That Doesn'
Quite Explain.

Explanation of Their Origin That Doesn't
Quite Explain.
They wanted to know about navel
oranges in the store, and the inquisitive
man asked of the market man the same
question that the little boy asked his
mamma. In vain the little boy awaited
the maternal response, but not so he OF
the inquisitive mind, for the market
man revolved the quid of thought In
his brain, eyed chicken and turkey and
juicy slices of beef, lifted an orange
and fondled it and said: 81 can tell
you all about it. They come this way:
You see they import the seedless navel
orange trees from Australia. They DOM
do well in this country, so they cut
down the California orange trees when
young and ingraft slips Of the Austria
liam tree into them, and they grow up
big and strong and perfect into the
juicy, applause compelling, mouth wa
tering California navel That's how
the navel comes F"
A silence fell, and the inquisitive
man said: "Once niger asked the
deacon about how they made man in
the creation, and the deacon asked the
dominic, and the dominic said, 'Dey
ives brack man and er brack woman
on de earf long fore dey was ever any
Twin, movin thing, an de brack man he
took de brack woman and put her in de
sacred spring and leaned her up agin de
fence ter dry, and de brack woman took
er brack man and dipped him in de sa-
cred waters an she leaned him
Hol on, said the niger Dis
yeah was fore de Lord knowed any,
thing about it, er dey was any earf or
anything.
Eyes.
Well, asts to know where dey git
dat fence?' and want to know where
they get that Australian seedless navel
orange tree. Lewiston Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-06-01
Home Mixing of Fertilizers.

From the Connecticut, New Jersey
and Rhode Island stations come reports
of home mixing of fertilizers by farmers
in these states, with results showing
large saving in the cost of fertilizers.
The Ohio station, in bulletin on fer
tilizers, endeavors to convince doubters
that the home mixing bugbear is a
myth. 1t says:
We do not advise any farmer to I'M
dertake treatment with acid that does
require special appliances and special
knowledge; but there is no occasion for
doing this, as the materials can be
bought at fair prices, already treated
with acid. The mixing may be done
with a shovel on a tight floor, but in
our work we have found it to be a more
satisfactory way to mix in revolving
churn having Stats across the inside
If large churn Of this kind can be
found secondhand, it will be just the
thing for ordinary farm mixing; if not,
box may be made to rotate on the
same principle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-06-01
Edhem Pasha.

Edhem Pasha, though Turk, is far
from being an unspeakable one, if the
reports about him that come from the
war correspondents are to be believed.
They describe the invader of Thessaly as
handsome, courteous and well edu-
Gated man, who looks more than his 45
years because his thick beard, once
glossy black, is now thickly flecked with
gray. He is above middle height, his
nose is straight and rather long, his
gray eyes are large and intelligent, and
his manner is that attractive mingling
of amiability with dignity which is a
not uncommon attribute of the Turk as
seen ON ordinary occasions. Edhem does
not strike the superficial observer as
strong man, but he is a hard worker
and does not spare himself. His talk is
as rule quiet, and marked by much
refinement, but it grows animated when
a subject kindles his interest, and his
eyes then glow with enthusiasm. 1t is
difficult to judge of a man sense of hu-
NOR through the barriers of strange
language His style of life is simple
and he has none of the oriental love of
display. In character he seems to be
straightforward and sincere, frank and
truth loving. Trickery, intrigue, di-
plomacy and politics alike he appears
to detest His subordinates and those
who see him most intimately are most
fond of him. New York Times.