The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21
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the fight for reforms. / have been
made glad by the victories OF reform;
sad by it's defeats. 7 have loved its
cause, love il still, and expect TO die in
the harness, fighting for the better
ment Of the condition Of the people,
the great common people of this coun
try. love the Alliance and it's prin.
ciples, and every man who loves these
principles. i have not had an easy
time i'm running the financial end Of
THE Progressive FARMER; I have seen
some very dark and gloomy pictures,
/ have planned and worked to meet the
obligations. It has not been an easy
task. Il has requiredskM and expert.
ence, il I do say il, Of not the common
sort. There has never been q single
dollar contributed 60 the paper by any
omceholder or Office seeker, by any
trust or combine, by any political
party, by the Alliance, or by anybody
from anywhere. This we have reason
to believe cannot truthfully be said of
any other secular paper in the State
with n half the age or one-tenth the
circulation which this paper has
had and still enjoys. THE PROGRESS
sTvE FARMER is yOUr paper. Its fight
ing for the greatest good for the great.
est number, equal rights to all and
special privileges to none." Trusts,
combines, political parties, railroads,
ohceholders, Office seekers, party
bosses, form combinations and support
their papers, and if THE PEOPLE, the
great power OF the country, want q
paper they must patronizs and pay for
it. THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER has
friends by the thousands, yes, scores
OF thousands. Our principles are
their principles Their principles
are a principles. Then il you
want a paper that advocates your de
mRnds for clean, honest, efficient, sober
men i'm high places; O paper that has
fought for you and yours Whenno
other paper in the State dared to; q
paper that is not fed, and hence con
trolled, by subsidies from campaign
funds, oficeholders, railroads and
other combinations against the people
without which aid, half or more, Of
the newspapers would cease Go appear
i'm O week.-Mrs. PROGRESSIVE FARMER
IL the paper for you to take and 10 pay
for. It has no means Of support ex
cept from q very low subscription
priCe-$1.00 per year-and legitimate
advertising. These are the only sources
from which it has ever received one
cent, and when it can live no longer.
from these sources, then it win die en-
honorable death rather than live and
prosper on contributions from the enc
mics Of the people. It is the peoples
paper and it will never turn traitor,
and if they desert it, then they must
look outtor themselves In their struggle
to retain what little liberty is left, and
get more as best they can, or fall q prey
Co the combinations which oppose
them.
do most sincerely thank those who
have subscribed and paid for the paper.
You shall have the best we can give
you for the money. / thank those who
have subscribed and paid for the paper
i'm the past, but who have dropped
from our list, and assure them / would
be glad to re-enlist them i'm the great
army Of our readers-hghters-in the
war for humanity. But there are some
who owe US something on back sub
scriptions. To those / beg to say, we
have done honestly and conscientiously
what we had O right to expect you de-
sired us to do-if indeed you did not
request us to do-in sending the paper
on TO you after the time you had paid
for expired. You owe the paper. The
debt is honest. It is due. Just as
honest, and as much due as any other
ACCOUNT you ever made. You must be
aware that we have had to make sacri
fees to accommodate you. You know
that now we should have the amount
you owe. IL you are in the list of those
behind. remember that we cannot draw
on the campaign fund, which is fur
nished by the combinations against
you, and we would not il we could.
Remember that We could have sold ont
at q high price, but we didn't. We
had an abiding faith in the business of
your cause and have stood by you.
Now I ask you to send in what you
owe, and get other subscribers. The
price, $1.OO per year, is as low as the
paper can be furnished, and it is the
largest aH.home-print weekly in the
State at the price.
Please do not neglect US any longer,