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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06
eRRslpaNr eRAHAM WHITES.

RIDGEwAY, N O., July 2, 1897.
To the AUSomcenpen of North Carolina:
DEAR BRETHREN--It is essential that
wise and true men be sent as delegates
to the State Alliance.
Let your delegates go u~ninstructed,
with power to act intelligently after
posting themselves throughly in refer
ence to the business of your Order.
Your investments at Hillsboro are In
no danger. Your title to that magnit.
icent property is in Fee. No encum
brance of any kind is upon it. Your
credit is good. Your Executive Com
mittee, acting as they thought for the
good Of the Order, changed eighteen
thousand of North Carolina 4 per cent.
bonds into real estate and machinery
You still have $40, $50 in North Caro-
lima 4 per cent bonds. Three thousand
of those bonds secure the only debt
you owe.
The profits of the Business Agency,
with the stock and material on hand
and paid for, supplemented by such
stock as you may take, payable accor-
ding to the terms proposed in the Sec
rotary. Treasurer's circular letter, will
in my Judgment enable US to run the
shoe factory successfully. The reserve
of N. O. 4 per cent bonds should con-
tinue to be held as q sacred fund, new
or to be encroached upon. Negotia
tions are in progress on the part of
your Business Agent, that, if success
full, will place our manufacturer Of
shoes upon q sure foundation.
Be patient brethren, "All things
come to them that wait" Our prin.
ciples r unassailable and stronger
with the people to day than ever be-
fore.
AblosTnsisto advocate Governmental
ownership and operation of telegraphs
and telephones as a part Of the postal
service. Two great political parties
have espoused your financial views.
The mutterings Of tax ridden toll
ers will soon force the levying of a
graduated income tax.
Your opposition to the encroach.
ments of corporations upon the rights
of the people meets with universal ap-
probation.
The Governor of our great State has
espoused your cause in opposition to
the lease or sale of the North Carolina
Railroad to a foreign corporation for a
price greatly less than its value.
God grant that the people may hold
up his ha1ds in his contest with mo.
nopoly backed by the encroachments of
the Federal Judiciary upon the rights
of the States. Under such conditions
it behooves all good Alliancemen to
take courage and grid themselves
anew for the battle yet to be won.
Endeavor to win back those breth-
rem of all political parties who have
left aR order that has done so much
for the bette rment of the American
farmer, and convince them that our
only object is to cur ''equal rights
to all and special privileges to none.
F~raternally Yours,
JOHN GRAHAM.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06
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Hard Hits. Bold Sayings and PatrIoth
Paragraphs From Reform Papers,
We are on a gold basis.
We have a high protection tariff.
We have a simon pure, Republican
administration.
Will somebody please tell us why
our lawmakers are never arrested for
passing worthless bilIs9-Boston Tran.
script.
It is a clever mar who can change
another's political opinion but a five
dollar bill will often change his vote
Pioneer Exponent.
We have everything morally, reie.
iously, politically, financially and cor
porationalIy that the heart of q ma
can ask for, except-prosperity.- Pitts.
burg Kansan.
1t is a poor consolation to tell re-
tail merchant ''there is plenty Of
money in the banks" while his Gus
toners have no money to buy goods
-Sothern Mercury.
An Iowa man got a Jail sentence for
buying a voter. Foolish man. He
should have gone to Washington City
and corrupted a senator. 1t makes all
the difference in the world. Indiana
Herald.
When cashier Sattley's Safe DEPOSIT
and Savings bank busted at Kansas
City, it owed eight thousand depositOrs
S., 600, 900 and had only 81, 900 cash on
hand. And still YOU wonder why the
people keep asking for government
saving banks.-Exchange.
One honest producer, even the most
humble one who pulls the bell line over
the patent mule, is worth more to the
world than the most dazzling million
Rire speculatOr, who never added one
thing to its general wealth. Tribune
Occasionally the senate turns from
the trusts and combines and does some
thing for the poor consumer. By q
senate amendment to the Dingley bill
foreign built yachts can now be
brought in duty free.-Dawson News
Haskell county, Kansas, went nearly
two to one for Mckinley and, of course,
should now be enjoying ''~prosperity'"
But its people have had to economic
until the county is now without a law
yer, doctor or preacher.
West.
What a change is gradually taking
place in the construction of society can
be seen by the increased demand TOT
public Ownership of public facilities
The labor of reformers may not p"
duce a violent change, but that
gradual change is stealing over tDS
complexion of society no observing
person will deny.-Saturday Critic.
Daniel Webster in his day was .
man whose words were thought TO ="
the embodiment Of wisdom, and ~
said: TN a country like ours, 8ooES
all others, this truth holds good: HtDo
people can obtain q fair compensabOS
for their labor they will have .gOOj5
houses, good clothing, good FOOD sDS
the means Of educating their tamle%
will be cheerful and the peoP3S
The great interest OF tw
country is labor. saturday Critic
AT the battle of Trafalgar, ts s
hao-sar& ~,-- ..1aS ALan- n NWCI6CHo
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06

I wonder what fool it was who said,
Congress has the power tocoin money
and regulate the value therefor Every
school boy knows it isn't so-only
bankers have that right. Why, If con.
gress undertook any such wild and
visionary scheme, it would bankrupt
the nation in one-forty seventh of a
second. If you don't believe it ash
any banker Theyar authority an
such matters to Reason.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06
THE ACTIN

v
The Attorney. General has decided
that sections 50 and So of the Revenue
act apply to all taxes alike. These two
sections are as follows:
Sec. 50. That it shall be and is here
by made the duty of the sheriff of each
county in the State to make diligent
inquiry and report to the judge at each
term of the criminal court held in the
county following the time when the
license tax and taxes provided for in
schedules A, B and @ of this act should
have been paid as to whether or not
such license taxes or other taxes have
been paid by all persons or corpora
tions liable for the same, and to make
out a list of delinquents. And it shall
be the duty of the judge to submit the
list Of the delinquents to the solicitor
to the end that such delinquents may
be prosecuted for such defalcation in
the manner provided in the next Sec
ton of this act.
Sec. So. That such persons Dr. cor
porations who are liable to pay the
license tax or taxes provided for in
schedules A, B and O of this and the
machinery act, and shall fail to pay
the same as provided by law shall be
guilty Of a misdemeanor, and punished
by a fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars or imprisoned not exceeding six
months, and the sheriff shall be al
lowed by the judge such compensation
for making such report as he may
deem just and. proper. to be paid by
the county.
This mean that all who fail to pay
taxes by the November courts may be-
fined or imprisoned. Democrats, Re-
publicans, and Populists alike voted for
the measure. It is not a political meas
ure. If it is a bad law, men of three
parties are to blame for it, if it is a
good one, men of three parties deserve
the credit. 1t is useless to try to make
political capital out of it.
The Charlotte Observer raised the
tune. ''It is not a democratic law"
and almost every democratic news
joined in the chorus. Of course
is not a wholly democratic law. The
Democrats did not have power to pass
unassisted. It must be admitted by
these sheets, however, that some demo
Gratis joined in the work and helped
push the thing through like little men.
No political party has a corner on
If you have nothing to do
with any party that assisted in passing
the Revenue act. then you will be com
PEELED to take to the woods.
Commenting on the Charlotte Oh
servers puny cry, the Winston Re-
publican says:
The Observer says it is not a demo
cratic law. Maybe not, but the House
Journal shows that Republicans, Popu
and Democrats voted for
and against this same law which ia
not a political measure but an act to
provide revenue to maintain our public
institutions yer which democrats pre.
side, and about which democratic
papers have published SO many lies.
Does the Observer mean to say that
the Democrats would vote against a
law to provide revenue for the Uni
versity, the State Asylums, &c, be.
cause a democrat was not the father of
the bill7 Does it mean thus openly to
commit the Democratic party to the
rule or ruin policy that has too often
already been charged to it's accountY
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06

Pd. fromB B. A, Fund the bal. 5000 NM
These figures were given me- nv,
member Of the State Executive Con'
mittee to use as a delegate to WI,
County Alliance, and if they are com
for our county they are for all, beno,
I give them.
Do not let partisan politics, personl
prejudice, jealousy, sympathy, sent,
ment, or even blood get between von
and your common sense, your bushes,
judgment in selecting your delegate
Let him be what he ought to be and
the State Alliance will be a BLESSING
to generations yet unborn. Pardm
this earnest and pointed appeal, but
remember I am in earnest.
Fraternally,
J. w. DENMARK,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06
N. r. r. A.
EDE9RIAL NOTES.

.IWe hope there will be a full attend
ance at the county meetings. Let all
come. Bring your thinking machine
even il you leave your Sunday clothes.
The State Alliance is to face momen-
tous problems and the exact will OF the
people should be known. Don't forget
to speak a good word for The PROGRESS
-sTvE FARMER
Every school in the State that wishes
to reach the people of North Carolina
should advertise in The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER. Now is the time to send IN
your ad. Rates reasonable.
\iIt is now DR.. Mckinley and DR..
Cleveland. Both are L. L. D. We
don't know about their knowledge OF
law, but we rather believe a first rate
''conjure" doctor could beat them in
doctcring the nations finances.
According to the late Marcus An
thony Hanna and others, the election
Of Mckinley apda revision of the tariff
meant the restoration of confidence,
good times and high wages. AS things
are going the other way, and strikes
and reductions continue, explanations
are in order.
- In the opening prayer Of the Senate
recently, Rev. Hugh johnson returned
thanks to God for 1.-The courage, disin
t~erestedness and generosity" exhibited
by Congressman in the tariff bill. We
find a good example of their ''disin-
terestedness" in the fact that 90 many
left for the summer resorts.
\Fhe Governor of West Virginia is a
Hummer. He fell in love with a wo
man, but at this junctRre she was
charged with forgery. Nowise daunted,
the Governor proceeded to have the
hymeneal knot tied, and quietly in.
formed his Wife's accusers that if she
were to be convicted, that he would
Immediately pardog4 sJ. That looks
like business, and we wish the pucky
chief magistrate and his wife much
SUCCESS.
y The Charlotte Observer seems to
think We object to its kicking. Not at
all. Why, as President of the Tar Heel
Kickers' Club. we'll give it permission
to kick % hours per day. Editor J. P.
is a new hand, we believe, however.
He kicks about others desiring free
coinage. If the learned colonel would
simply get a better pair Ct glasses, he'd
see we have had the gold standard fer
about % yeers. Kickers must kick for
changes, if they wish to become pro,
f~esaionaIs.
Our Democratic friends often dc
some very foolish things for political
effect. We think it strange that such
intelligent people can't see any further
ahead. For instance: The TRADE against
Keeper of the Capitol Burns, who has
been trimming up the trees in the cap
itol square, something long needed.
We might not cut off the same limbs in
every instance. No two will agree on
such matters, and we take it that Mr..
Burns is running the job to suit him.
self. But to read some papers you
might think that he was committing
high crimes. Such nonsense will not
dement, the Democratic party.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06

Our esteemed c9ntemporary, the
Danbury Reporter strikes the key.
note when he says: This country is
just now amicted with too much con-
fdence' and too little sound money
The result is-'McKinley prosperity. :"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06

AT the battle of Trafalgar, L y"
heaviest gun used threw a prcJeceS0
weighing only thirty-tWo poun9Ess
which was 6.41 inches in diameter "
modern ITO ton gun uses a shell welsTn
ing two thousand pounds Of sI1"~
inches diameter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06

any officer or brother, you know
brother that it is my only wo.
reaching you, and you shall kno1 o
any danger / see ahead. Do NV q
any cause allow some unworthy y. !'
experienced brother to go as da1os@ q
to State Alliance. The prosperits
our organization demands this q
further proof need we of it than %
present condition. W.
I do not think it wise r.
lish to the world any bI1si pu9
secrets but all our brethren bo1.
much right to know the whole trntS
anyone of them has, and for this roo.'
/ give below the latest statement ~ y
cost of the Headquarters &c., At H~l
boro, as follows:
Real Estate. S., 9O2n
Shoe Factory............... 9O9o@a
Farming and Tan Stock. .... 6477%T
Farming 1896. 2oo%
Interest paid. Dos
Cost of Elk. Com. Meetings. M"
Total cost Mchy. Co... $23 O1a,,
Pd. from special contributions 3 O18%
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-05
THE NEW PRESIDENT.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
Our new president does not come to
Washington unknown. on the contrary,
he has introduced himself to us by years
of useful and patriotic service in con-
gress, and we recognize him as an ear
nest, devoted, and sincere lover of his
country, a brave, self-respecting, and
capable public official, a high-minded and
honorable citizen. He has been before us
long. We have learned to regard and
esteem him, and to believe in his integ-
rity of purpose and action He Is not
overwise in his own ConCeit He does not
think himself the appointed and conse-
Grated trustee of all the wisdom here on
earth. He is willing to believe that men
who differ with him in matters of opinion
may still be possessed of morality and
intelligence. He humbly realizes the fact
that he is only human after all, and he is
not, perhaps, ashamed of 1t. Upon the
whole, he is an honest, unpretending
American, convinced of the virtue and
Valor and good sense of his fellow-citi-
zens, and not at all disposed to lecture
or to apologize for them at any time or
under any circumstances. In a word
Mr.. Mckinley is, in the best and highest
sense, a popular chief executive. He
has not been chosen by the people in
ignorance or under misapprehension, No
mystery surrounds him. He has lived an
open, simple, unostentatlous life, never
pretending to be either mystery or a
demigod, and depending in no way upon
the popular Imagination for his standing
in popular esteem. The country knows
him for what he Is, and the country
honors and respects and accepts him upon
that basis. We have faith in his good
intentions, his honest purpose, and his
loyal and devoted patriotism. He will
enter upon the vast powers and responsi-
blities of his office with the good will,
the confidence, and the respect Of his
fellow-citizens of every class and of every
variety of political opinion.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-05
An Apology.

The Tribune owes Senator Quay an
apology for the report of the proceed
ings of the senate printed in yesterdays
issue on the authority of the news as
sociation styling itself the United As
sociated Presses That report utterly
missed the point back of the sena-
tors repeated calls for a quorum, and
conveyed by inference the impression
that Colonel Quay was laboring under
the influence of liquor. An inSinuation
more utterly unjust in view of the ac-
tual circumstances could not be i'm
agined. Here is an extract from the
news report of the Associated Press ON
this subject:
Washington, March 3.-Shortly after the
news reached the senate tonight that
the house had agreed 10 the amendments
Of the senate fixing the price of urmUr
plate at $500 per ton, Senator Quay began
a series Of tilibustering motions At ev-
cry stage of parliamentary proceedings,
such as the announcement Of the sigma
ture of a bill, the Pennsylvania senator
would make a point of no quorum, which
would necessitate one roll-call after an
other, TO senators who asked him what
he wanted Senator Quay said he wanted
ment and those who wanted other appro-
priaton bills to pass would get squeezed
If there was no change on the armOr plate
provision of the naval bill. During the
proceedings a clerk brought in and laid
upon Senator Quay's desk the famous
speech which he used in the tariff debate
of 1894 but which was never wholly de-
livered.
There followed a period of filibuster-
ing, after which occurred the inter
change of remarks between Senators
Hoar and Quay to which allusion was
rebulled the Massachusetts senator fol
his unjust insinuation he explained
that his motive in Obstructng legisla-
tion was, if possible, to protect the in
terest of thousands of workmen and OF
much capital in Pennsylvania. Finally
when al a quarter past midnight word
came from the house that the nava
bill had passed, Senator Quay an.
nounced that no good could be accom-.
plished by further obstruction anG
that he would cease to offer 1t.
Thus 1t clearly appears that Colone
| Quay was doing his duty as a senator
from Pennsylvania in a determined
but as il proved an unsuccessful en-.
deaVor to protect Pennsylvania inter,
ests from adverse legislation, just as
! he did it by similar means when tht
| Wilson bill came to the senate from
| the house of the Fifty-third congress
and the inference contained yesterday
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-05
"put Yourself in His Place"

William i. Curtis concludes a series
of letters from Havana reviewing the
situation in Cuba by asserting that the
sired by the property holders and
commercial interests; that the desire
of this class is either for reform in
Spanish colonial government or annex
alton to the United States
Mr.. Curtis has reached this belief
after Interviewing a number of prom
inent citizens of Havana, living, one
may say, almost within the shadow of
the captlin-general's palace. That is a
poor place in which to gauge public
opinion. We know in our own country
how unreliable is the political talk that
one hears in Washington. The voice of
a country lies away from its capital
and beyond the sphere of interested po-
litiCal influence.
1t is natural for men with large in
Vestments in property or merchandise
to deplure war and to submit to much
injustice in government so long as the
chance to reap profits is not eXtin-
Suished. We have had many evidences
of this tendency in the United States.
If the commercial instinct alone found
expression in cur government we should
soCn be a sorry people-the butt of for
eign rdiCule and the easy prey of for
oign aggressions. Fortunately, in Am
erica, there are other instincts than
that of moneygetting and they tend
to keep the standard of government
high.
The report which Mr.. Curtis makes
as to the desires of well-to-do classes
in Cuba may be true so far as his in
quries went We do not question his
sincerity as a reporter. But it is not
clear to us that his intelligence puts
new light on the subject, The fact
that considerable fraction of the pop
ulation of Cuba, occupying four-tifths
of it's territory, should persist for two
years in a battle for independence
Drawing the awful horrors of Il wal
with Spain and daring even the cruel
ties of Weyler, would seem to dis
pose of Mr.. Curtis findings so far as
they seem to question the genuineness
of the Cuban uprising.
Besides, Spanish reforms have beer
promised before. How have thos,
promises been kept? What incentive
is there to a removal of credulity with
reference to Spanish overtures fol
peace? Lastly, what decent CubaI
would want his island to continue t(
| belong to a country which has abused i
as Spain has, or would for sake of gair
| Supporters of Weylerism?
| Let Americans imagine the circum
| stances their own, and then think how
| they themselves would feel and act.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-05
COMPENSATION.

flushed are the d.ssonant voices,
And stlled is the strife of the day,
When Care spreads her pnions at even
ing
And fees like bird away
Folded the hands that have lGbored-
Tie heartache is calmed and the pain,
ANA slowly the dream -bordered vestmentS
OF Slumber descend once again.
Backward, with Memory's guidance,
The eyes that We're blinded with tears,
Return through the bloom starred vstas
Far over the dear, dead years.
Under the brows that are furrowed
With many a Inc of care,
The light Of youths sweet, lost bright
ness
Shines out meath the silvery hair.
And, in the dusk OF the gloaming
The wraiths of our long-lost dreams
Fit past with their spiritlike faces
O'erhaoed by aura CLEANS.
Sweet is the souls mute communion,
Alone in the hush of the night,
With Him who has given His promise
That darkness shall change to light
Life, with it's Calvaries and crosses,
Its pitiless scourges of pain,
Its crucited loves and its shadows,
It's trusts and its hopes that wane,
Seems but phantom all soulless
That fees through the gloom like a
breath
Till lost in the luminous brightness
That streams through the gates of
Death
Then, in the glorified darkness,
God cradles us close to his breast,
And gives us the blessing of slumber
That calms all the days unrest.
Mae Wallace McCastline, in Syracuse
Standard.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-05

Ii is clear to those who have closely
followed the inquiry recently made into
the conduct Of the street cleaning de-
partment that tho usefulness in Office
of the present street commissioner has
ceased This is conclusion forced up
on many who were among Mr.. Kins-
leys indorsers for appointment.
The mayor admits that he asked Mr..
Kinslcy to resign. Why does he let the
matter rest there? 1t is in tho mayors
power to enforce such a request. If
there was reason for his demand for
MI KinsleY's resignation, surely the
same reason calls for his removal. Is
the mayor Of Scranton to be checkmat-
cd and, as it We're, dehed by a subor-
dirateo
Select councils resolution requesting
one way called for by the testimony
now in evidence voices the general SEN
timent. Mr.. Chittenden had no option
in conscience but to move as he did
Now let the mayor act. The attention
of the public is fixed upon him.
Senator Penrose has notified his at
torney to drop the prosecution of Rev.
Mr.. Duffy and Mr. Jacoby. under in
dictment for conspiracy and libel He
writes; "SinCe the binding over of the
defendants | have been urged by many
friends, including ministers of the Cos
pei, not to press these cases further,
on the ground that it would SAVIOR of
persecution to follow up one or two
men, while many others equally guilty,
and those who hired them to do the
work, would escape punishment. For
this reason, and because | have no wish
to act vindictiVely, | have concluded to
drop the matter" The punishment Of
Senator Penroses defamers has already
been pretty effective. He can well af-
ford TO leave them to public contempt.
Thanks to the persistence of Senator
Quay, the Phillips labor commission bill
passed both houses of congress in spite
OF strong opposition, but whether it
was signed by President Cleveland OF
not we have not learned.
1t seems fair to infer from his address
that if Mr.. Mckinley had become presi-
dent few days sooner the immigra-
tion bill would not have been vetoed.