The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-20
CREAM OF a PRRse
Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and P,.r,..,
Paragraphs From Reform Panar.

Paragraphs From Reform Paper,,
Principle should be greater H.
party, but is it7-Ridgeway Por,,:o aa
A corporation is without a sonl 40.
with very little principle.-PeonIoSl
Paper.
Prosperity cannot be inflated =.
much. To initiate prosperity Wa wv W.
first initiate the money of the Iend
Longmont Times.
A people can be enslaved lust a. =.
fectually by making property of thu.
lands and labor as by making pronertr
of their bodies. Fort Scott Lantern
Switzerland is considering q nror.
sition to buy all it's principal raiIva1.
The price set is 964, 348 769 francs IT,.
proposed to raise the funds for tb;s
purpose by a loan redeemable in sivtr
years.-Pittsburg Kansan.
Apparently there is no law in hi,
country strong enough to catch And
hold a trust magnate. Searles. Iiko
Havemeyer, goes free. But Debs went
to jail and Coxey's people had to keaD
off the grass.-Johstown pa Demo-
crat.
In New York city, near Wall street
there are 1000 inhabitants in a sinoIo
block, and not one bath tub in tbo
block. This is the model civilization
which we find in the great stronghold
of ''honest money."-Journal of the
Knights of Labor.
An exchange says it would like tn
ask Professor Barnard, the aeronsut
who is sailing around through the
clouds over the Tennessee centennial
if he can see in the dim distance from
his point of vantage any mark, sign Or
token Of the approach of the Mckinley
prosperity Wave.-Facts.
While the democratic papers are re.
calling their readers with articles on
what they are pleased to term the split
in the Populist party, the democratic
politicians are wondering whether thev
will be able to get enough of white,
wash to cover the spots laid bare by
the Blalock committee Tribune.
Secretary Alger says that hard times
are due to the fact that the people are
practicing too rigid economy. Well,
that is too bad. If there is any way
that they can exist without such prac.
tees they would be glad to have Nc.
Kinley, Alger or anybody else tell
them about it right away.-Top8ka
Advocate.
A Mobillian, who is paying twenty
dollars per annum for the use of water
from three taps, mentioned the matter
to a friend from Atlanta, and the latter
assured him that his bill in Atlanta,
for six taps was about sixty centsa
month, or less than s. per annum. In
Atlanta the water works are owned by
the city.-Mobile Register.
The initiative, referendum and i'm
perative mandate is the David with
which the plutocratic Goliath can be
forever gubjugated. Let US push this
question before every voter. 1t is
easily understood and the Justice Of
government which permits the people
to vote on the laws under which they
must live must appeal with Irresistible
force to all men.-Missouri World.
The question that is now agitating
the people ia, what kind of a sho did
the advance agent" ADVERTISED When
we look at the greatscram5leto for pie
at Washington we are inclined 20 con
clude it's a comedy, but when we SCI
the scramble among the masses toi
bread, with the attendant crimes, sui
cides and incidents of starvation, theS
it is that we conclude that Mr.. Mehin
ley is advertising a tragedy, and is no
so far ahead of his show as SONG PEG
pie seem to think.-Iowa Tribune.
The only way to purify the law mag
ing body is to adopt direct Legislation
By this means the people will rule AM
the legislator will become the serVaD
and not the master of those who cleo
him. Indignation meetings and threSa
cannot control the corrupt men eIecV0a
as has been demonstrated in ChlcSgY
this spring. The only way is to let 'D
people say whether they want the law
or not. Then any party can GET CO..
troll, it will make no difference, as 90
people will have the final say.-Tacom
/ Sun.
1t cost 81 81 per head to run the F91
eraI government in 1850, and IS 40 Ia.
year, and nothing to show for tne
ference but o~ficeholders drawing 30