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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-16

The platform appears in another
column of this issue. Like all po-
litical platforms it contains many
words and very little sense. The
candidates, who pledged themselves
to the planks in the platform, do
not and cannot expect to carry any
of them to any issue. The power of
the slower" house is very limited
indeed, and the proposed schemes
will share the fate of the good in
tentiono, which, we are told, are
used in the macadamizing of the
road to Sheol.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-16

At "Brito Hail." Kouia Street.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
SOME DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.
r. w. MOsELEY
Clinton, Iowa

Following are some of the details in
the care of the milk taken to the Wis
consln University creamery. There
they are enforced as rules. They con
tam suggestions that could be profit
ably followed by creamery patronsand
other dairymeD, ever though not com
pulsOry:
1. Empty the cans of skim milk as
soon as possible after they are received.
3 After rinsing the milk from the
cans, pals and other tin ware, they
should be thoroughly scalded with
BOILING hot water, and left IN a clean
place 60 cool.
8 The cloth strainer needs especial
attention, as it easily becomes sour un-
less it is thoroughly cleansed and
scalded.
milking time in a place free from dust
and bad doors.
8 The warm milk in the cans should
Oa cooled a. rapidly es possible, and
kept in a cool place until 1t is delivered
at the factory.
6 Frozen milk cannot be received
m Tx should be protected by some cloth
tvering during treeB,ng weather.
z The cans should not be tightly GOV
ered but protected from dus and bad
odorg
Q Warm milk should never be mixed
with cold milk.
9 The milk of Saturday p m and
Sunday q m must not be delivered IN
en- same can with the milk of Sunday
Q. m and Monday a n, If you send
milk TO sha creamery with your neigh
OOTs. the driver hhOuld be tO4d which
cans contain Ehe different lots of milk.
10 We can ouly accept the cieaness
and sweetest milk.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
NEW YORK LOsInG rRADK,
] P. SOSsANAN,
National Lecturer.

With eight or ten trunk lines center
ing in New York. with Ehe greatest
waterway In the world supplemaDtinR
Ehe finest Fysxem OF internal navigation
terminating in her harbor. and with q
tonnage at her docks unequalied in
average sIzs and form, Ado a greater
variety of ports than else where-wIth
all this be would have been a brave
man who, ten years ago, would have
predicted that Boston, she conner
clalIy despised BosUon, would. j 1895
ship more food products t L verpoOI
than Nav Y rk. YeE such was the
fact He would have been eQIelly
venturaume had be preoicJed Lnat. In
1895, the harbor of Montreal would re-.
ceIve for foreign shipment more a pur
from the : Head Of the Lakes" than ala
New York, while in 1896 the shipments
showed a remarkable Increase TINS
ciTcumstance justIies the statement,
Of serious import TO this cIEv, not long
ago ma1O by Sir William O. Van Horne,
that he could transports a barrel of
-four from the dock in Montreal 60 the
dock In Liverpool at q less raEe thar 1t
cost TO handle 1t in the hArbor of Nav
York.
Turning nov TO the South, acondisioD
still more meGAciDg exists. Who would,
for Instance. have been so vensursame
even Ave years ago. as so have foreCold
that the foreign commerce heretofore
fading It's OuEleS in New Y,rk wculd
be diverted 20 such an extend to Gal
weston, Texas, GhaG a Greas line OF
steamers would be minated bet zen
thas port and Hamburg las was done
last week) in addIEIon TO direct lines
else whersI A recent report from the
British VIcs Consul at K tnsas Cisy in-
forms his government Ehas the Gut
ports are destined to aEtrAc she gra n
and packing house producEs of the vast
prairie s aTes In that region, because IF
the cheapns IS of ~trsDsis, the freed m
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
HORTICULTURE
SOME PERIODS OF VEGETABLE
GROWTH.

Some observations made by q natural
ist upon the time when plants grow the
most have just been published. The
experimentalist divides the day and
night into various periods, and gives
the percentage of growth in each,
which are as follows: From 6 a. m to
a. m, 81 per cent. of growth from 9
Q. m to midday, II per cent; MIDDAY
60 8 p. m, no growth; 3p. m 20 o
m no growth; 6 p. m. TO 8 p. M, 1t
per cent /; 9 p. m. TO mldnIRht' 81 per
cent /; midnight to 6 a. m, IS per Cent.
From these figures 1t is concluded that
more than 90 per cent. of growth is
made during night Numerous plants
were used for these experiments, and
the amount of growth varied accord
ing to the d fferent kinds.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
rHE DAIRY.


Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
A semi m1nthIy agricultural paper
printed Paragraph quoted below and
e. identity believed 1t, az 1t vas az the
head of editorial notes.:
If you can't have a little dairy.
take a part Of a cellar, psrtItioned IF
and WbIUewashed. Have il wish double
windows, we'll protected from cold ano
as light rs day, and Is sweet as June,
ard let nothing be kept there but milk
and butter
Perhaps the above contains some
good advice, but If it does and if the
good aGvIce Is not pretty we'll mixed
with sdvIce not good, it is safe to say
that better advice could easily be given.
There Vas g time when the cellar
ting milk for cream raising that could
possibly be found. At that time the
advice quoted above would have been
considered correct, and up to date, bus
nov 1t Is ABOUT twenty five years be-
hind the times. Just think of It'll q
quarter of q century. That will not do
We mus: not advocate anything but
up to date practices IN the dairy.
Even ABOUT seven years before the
advent of the portable creamery, large
pans ard coolers had in the bess dairy
districts taken the place of email round
pans aid had to a great extent revolu
ton z d butter-makIng by keeping
milk out of the cellar and thus save the
labor OF carrying it down and bringing
up the skim milk to say nothing about
bringing up b pans to wash, taking
them back and an endless amount of
running up ard down the cellar stairs
by the women folks. Yet this dude of
an editor, who probably never spent
an entire DAY at any one time on a farm
during his whole life sets behind his
desk in his editorial sanctum and ad-
vises q system of dairy practice that
will bring back all the b~sckschIng and
legachiDg work that inventions long
ago did away with. Poor fellow, only
little less than one generation of be-
ing u TO date; yet he will feel fully
competent IN the next iseue or any
future time TO give ADVICE on any fea-
ture of dairy practice or answer any
question relating thereto that may be
propounded by any of his readers or
anyone else. The dairy department OF
such papers are-well. q good deal
worse tran useless. When will the
world get rid of theni give it up.
It may not be convenient, or ever
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30

temperature of the drinking water. If
profitable for every one who keeps
cows and makes butter Co have a dairy
house Yet where ten or more COWS
are kept and butter made, a dairy
house or room will be found very use
full If not almost a necessity. Even
with q less number of COWS, q dairy
room will be found very convenient
And whichever is provided should oe
large enough to furnish room for cream
raising apparatus, churn and butter
worker. There should also be room
for a table on which Can be placed the
dairy scale for weighing butter and
salt.
r. w. MOsELEY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30

to free ourselves from the domination
Of trust monopolies. The Far mers
Alliance offers all the advantages OF
organisation needed to carry on the
work of educating the mass of our
people, if our people were only true
to each other and stood up to our obi
cation.
Why is it that our shoe factory at
Hillsboro is not running on full timei
Why is it not running IN half time,
turning out 8 0 pair of shoes each day
Why is it hat every farmer and his
family in the State that believes In the
principles of the Alliance (Or who says
he dOee) is not wearing shoes made az
Hulsboro by the State AlIiencel Be
cause we are not true to each other
because we are not doing our duty to
our God, ourselves, or our brethren.
It is true we have seen things in the
Alliance that are discour. ging to the
AIliancemen that have nc backbone.
We have seen men high up in the cOun
cils of the Alliance enthusiastic work
ers till they got TO a rich plat at the
pie counter, and then they said to the
Alliance, il not in words. in actions, as
Jay Gould said to Grand Master Work
man POWderly The Alliance bed-d"
We have the Office. We have rel'"f.
Look over this Nation, look over this
State, and see if it ia not a fact. You
must put men at the-head of the Ali.
ance in your Subs, County and State,
that are no making the Order a step
ping stone with q view to making it 8
door mat.
How about keeping an obligation9
Look at the late legislature, If you
please; part of them are now members
of she Order and the vast mai lrity
have been, and the obligation is as
binding as it ever vas. Here is one
thing they promised: II will constantly
strive to secure entire harmony and
good will among all mankind, and
brotherly love among ourselves Oar
conductand bearing should be such that
our enemies cannot justly criticlse, and
that the Brotherhood will al ways gladly
commend and defend us.
If they have been quoted correctly,
it was not much of an Alliance meet
ing, was not much Alliance teachings
in 1t. May the God of battles, of nations
and of States deliver US from any more
such process ings-
We appeal TO every farmer and farm
labnrer and all men who are elegible 10
membership and who love their tami
lies and their- country, TO get togesher
ana do your whole duty 20 the cause.
IL is the only order the great common
people eve formed that they could
make themselves felt. Now you have
it IN your power to control and don't
let she chance slip.
J P. SOSsAMAN,
National Lecturer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
SUGGESTIONS TO ALL FARMERS

Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
CHARLOTTE, N. O.
As you have bean elevated 60 a posi-
sItIon IN che agricultural department.,
We viii ask space 20 Bslk alitEIe through
your paper Oou the men Who make
up the agricultural word, the Farm
ers' Alliance, e., and we may have
considerable 70 so US she g.. We
have had all she politics for the past
sIx months hat the men that Goo
made can stand and keep out of the
asylum. The people cane forget the
men who have been handling the poll
Ilcs If this State, bus they Can forgive
them. Let us go 20 work to build up
the Alliance in the stare Sop ours
Jug the politician and Rhun him az we
would any other. pestilence. Get into
Alliance ranks. Get h4r-fOoted on she
Ocala platform. Follow no man Of
any party. Acknowledge no political
leader. Have no boss and when the
time comes for a political leader, you
can find him some where In your ranks.
We would urge upon all true friends
of the farmers, and especially ali Ali
ancemen (Ind all farmers and farm
laborers should be members of the Ali
auce), she great importance of endPav-
oring TO revive the interest," in the work
Of the Alliance. The great value of
the educational work of this organsxa-
tion Is now generally conceded by all
Of u most intelligent and patriotic
people, and We Saould use our bess
efforts TO secure further progress in a
careful aud Consc,entious study of
those economic principles and natural
laws which in their operation newt.
ably control che distribution of the
wealth produced upon she farms. We
need alb I'VE all thu "a q better and a
widely dfIser cieas or understand
ing as 20 why is IS shat here In the
most highly favored agricultural coun
try Of Ours agriculture as a profitable
occupation has been dessroye ed II the
farmers Themselves do not set them
SCAVCG W 0AO SSA0SNO0 ia SAA HOUlCk .
tOus problem, it is not going & be
solved. You know this to b. true. and
yet how r you farmers facing what
Is your plain duty, not only as farmers
ol5 as patriotic Americansi We must
set together and give a portion Of our
time TO help each the 10 increase our
knowledge Of facts bearing upon these
great q~Iestions. We should not onIv
put for'h our best efforts to re organize
Sub Alliances all over the SAFE.
and get them IN good working order.
Out we should do missionary work at
nome, away from home, at any and all
tlmes that we can get a word In the
power TO CD operate in Industrial un
dertakIDgs, we possess an almost un.
limited and hitherto undeveloped power
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
CHICoRY IN INDIANA.

Last spring I bought five cents
worth OF chicory seed and planted it In
my garden. THIS fall / dug four bush
els of chicory roots, As 1 had never
seen any Of the stuff before, / did not
know what to do with it, but hearing
it was a substitute for coffee, concluded
to try an experiment. l washed the
roots carefully, slicing them into thin
strips, took them to q heading mill and
put them into q box used for dry ing
ing timber. In three days they were
as dry a. powder. I ran them through
q little hand bone mill, which took me
about Is minutes, and found Ihad over
@ bushel of chicory meal. THIS meal
my wife roasts or browns in the stove,
the same as green coffee, but it takes a
much shorter time.
IE is not a complete substitute for
coffee, but if used with it cannot be
detected from the pure article. We
use two thirds Chicory and visitors de
clare they cannot tell it from pure
coffee. / think it should be largely
used, as coffee is not healthtuI, if medI.
cal authority is to be believed, but
Chicory eve was was knO Wn TO have
any bad effect unless used in excessive
quantity, when it some times re~uits
In dysentery. Again coffee is expensive
while chicory costs but very IiTlle
What / raised from five cents worth
Of seed will last q large family five
years. Let some of our wide awake
farmers In each community try il ano
il will not be long until a large c sfee
bill will be cut eli from almost every
family. Toe only trouble will be the
drying of the roots, which must be
done thoroughly, yet every town hAa
some apparatus by which it Can b.
done. IL can be ground in an ordinary
ccn a NH Orange Juod Farmer
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30

from port charges, the easy downward
grade to the sea and the shortness OF
the distance.
Who would have credited the pre-
diction that at New Orleans in the year
1896 terminals would have been Gem
pleted costing over 50 600, 600 for the
accommodation of a foreign commerce
that New York has vainly believed
could only reach the sea through this
port All last winter purchases were
being made west and south of Chicago,
within 40 miles of that great elevator
and lake cenuer, but which facilities
we're rendered useless by the fact that
he shipments were made directly
South by the Illinois Central to New
Ocleans; further, that this southern
port, possessing 80 great a supply OF
cotton, of oil cake, needs only the sup
plement of corn and wheat and -four
TO contrlbute more largely TO the foreign
trade of she country than almost any
other pOr6.
NOEIOIA9 w. 0AOFnOA OONP "
port, the commerce Ct New
York. By the exceeding hberality Of
the authorities of that city with the
Southern Railroad, it is not unlikeiy
TO become a very important cotton
center, serving the great belt through
which that road runs. Recently a news
r-port indicated G direct line from the
dour and grain regions of the North
west to Norfolk, over a line almost as
straight as the r flies, by what IN
former years would have been regarded
a ramshackle connection, yet IN these
day of railroad combination as8gaiDst
New York seems entirely feasible and
reasonable. This ia an alliance Detw cen
the Wisconsin Central, starting from
away up at. Duluth and Minneapolis,
by a ferry summer and winter across
Lake Michigan from Manitowoc to
Ludiugt0n; thence via the Flint 6 Pore
Marquette TO T ledO; thence by Hook
ing Valley 20 a junction with the Nor
folk & Western, leading direct to
Norfolk, from which point a new
steamer line is likely to be established
direct 20 Manchester, direct to the
densest population of England, viz
the Midland district. Tnua, with one
transfer only, without port charges.
srapsfer storage. or lighserage q barrel
OF a ,ur al be shipped from AInne.
apolis 80 Manchester, from the point of
production direct 20 the point of con
sumption.
The reason that Nav York Is menaced
IN she east by St John, Mortre6! and
Boston and on the south by Galveston,
New Orleans. Norfolk, Newport ews.
Baltimore and Philadelphia. is largely
shls simple thInG-that direct onnec
EiOn 10 made between railroad and
ships side. This Ia not the Ass in
New York In more Of the ports banned
rs there a costly trsnefRr; IN none Of
them is there a charge for lightersge or
e1 cesaive port dues They nave no
port charges Of S12 20 $18 per car. such
as prevail In Now Y rk. Because of
our great geographical disc bslity,
three fourtbs of she produces that
reach this port are received in one citv
stored IN another city and ehIpppd in
s1Ill another csav-received IN JerEtY
Cisy. sFored In Brooklyn and shipped
In New York .
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30
PRICE. % CENTS.

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yer kntgEt W@tchmen, 1920 New YoYk
avenue Washington. l.
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A New Southern Journal

Every number OF the Southern ReGi bae1t
GGzetts, published monthly OF 128 Main sLVSS
Norfolk, Va, contains muci tnfOrmStlOI 4
publishes letters from N0rtherners who I'T
settled in the southern country. Every Peitfs
interested In Southern investments or secuL n
or who is contemplating a visit South s "a
subscribe the low price, Is cents 3 year, pi"'"
IL In easy reach of all.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-03-30

AH'Gncemon, If yOu receiUe O sompIe
copy Of th1s paper. it IS to remind TLo.,
that yOW should send as one dollar ana
get 1t One gear.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-22
FIVE MORE LOCOMOTIVES.
MIR. Trigg's Visit to Charleston Re.
suits in Nice Order.

Mr.. William X. Trigg, president Of the
Richmond Locomotive and Machine
Works. has just returned from trip
South. While away he spent several days
in Charleston. and since his return the
Locomotive-W has received an order
from the South Carolina and Georgia
railway for i've heavy, compound, con-
solidated engines, with cylinders 20 and 50
by 50 inches, and weighing about l52,UJU
pounds. These are the heaviest locomo-
ives used In the South, and are not only
designed especially for fuel economy, but
TO increase train tonnage
Speaking of Mr. Trigg's visit TO Charles
ton, the News and Courier of a recent
date says
"Mr. w. r. Trigg. president, and Mr..
Carl j. Mellin, mechanical engineer, OF
the Richmond Locomotive w orks, OF
Richmond. Va, were in the city yester-
day on business which may be accepted
as another promising indication for the
city. The Locomotve-W Works have a large
number of orders from different roads,
and are doubtless negotiating with one OF
the roads leading into Charleston. These
works. IL will be remembered built the
machinery for the battleshp Texas, which
gained high reputation and set at rest
the question as TO whether nrst-class
machinery can be constructed south OF
Mason and Dixon's line. 1t is also worthy
Of especial note that the passenger en-
gines illustrated in the New York Herald
of last Sunday as being the largest ever
made are under construction in the shops
OF the same company. and are intended
for the Southern railway. Some idea of the
business OF the company can be gained
from the fact that il gives employment
to about eight hundred men,"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-22
STATE COMMITTEE TO MEET.
The Body to Convene Here Sept. 3ON-
Messrs. Montague and Saunders.

Chairman j. Taylor Eilyson yesterday
issued call for the Democratic State
and Executive committees 10 meet at
Murphys Hotel. In this city. Thursday
night. September goth, at o'clock. The
State Committee is composed OF fifty and
the Executive Committee OF ten members.
The committee OF the PowEatan club
appointed TO make arrangements Tor tne
Democratic ratification meeting. which
will be held here tomorrow night, VIII
meet at o'clock this evening In the as
sembly hall of the club. The finishing
touches will be given TO the plans. ana
further details will be discussed. This
will be the last meeting OF the committee
before the grand rally.
Hon. r.. w Saunders Is in the city,
stopping at MurDhy's Hoe. - came
here on a business mission, and VIII re-
main in the city until tomorrow. Mr.
Saunders was renomnated for the House
of Delegates last Saturday. Franklin
county having a large Democratic ma
iority. there is no doubt of his election.
Last night Mr.. Saunders visited the
Westmoreland Club. and later chatted
with Hon. Addison Maupin, Mr.. Joseph
Button, and other friends in the lobby OF
the hotel. He stated that the Democratic
PARTY was I'm fine shape in nearly all the
counties in the Fifth District. and said
he was quite sure the nominee Tor noater
defeated In Franklin and Floyd would be
elected this fall. Mr. Saunders expressed
himself as perfectly satisfied with the
progress Of his candidacy for the speaker
ship OF the House. He stated to Dis
patch reporter that he had received let
ters from many nominees pledging him
their votes and hearty support, and ne
was not at all uneasy as to the result.
Hon. 4. j. Montague spent yesterday
here, had pleasant interviews with Chair
man Ellyson and Secretary Button. and
left in the afternoon for Middlesex, where
he speaks to-day