The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-29

farmers ana laOorers Oh Gnls SEe6G
country, the men that produce all the
wealth that feeds and supports the
other half of the idling drones Of our
population, and make them fabulously
rich, will not organize and stick to-
gether when they see that all they
have is shipped from them3 And does
this lack Of thorough organization on
the part Of the wealth producers not
show that the wealth Of the o pro-
ducers and idlers and the poverty of
the workers and producers is due to
thorough organization or the hand
and the lack of it on the other3
What are the 80, 600, 600 American
farmers and labOrers about that they
don't open their eyes to the necessity
of a thorough compact organization
Are you going to forever consent to
hew the wood and draw the water for
monopoly, and be robbed Of your earn
ings in the bargain7 Are you willing
TO continue to forge the links Of the
chain that will bind you and your
children to the gold monopolists and
not resist when you know that for one
do lar per annum, that every farmer in
America It mean a farmer in the true
sense of the word) 8 belong to the
Farmers Alliance and Industrial IN
ion9
Are you, the great American giant,
going to lie still and let a gang of or
ganized pirates loot and bind you hand
and foot? Unless you arise at once to
the needs of the hour the day is not
far distant when you will no longer
have the power to protect yourself.
Why, we can remember in former
days when q man thought to be an
American was greater than to be a
king. The future hope Of this Rapub.
lie, the hope of liberty in it's broader,
nobler sense throughout the world,
lies III the hands of the men that till
the soil and work for a living. This
great mass Of millions Of honest, con
sentative and easy-going farmers and
laborers united In their respective
trade unions will form not only the buI-
Wark of our American freedom, but
they will stand for the protection of
your family and friends and give bat
tie to their oppressors.
Under the present conditions it is
absolutely suicidal to neglect your OF.
g~aniz9tion. It is your duty to your
children to keep up your membership
in your respective orders: Alliances,
Oranges, Knights of Labor and other
like organizations.
The battle is on. You have q per
feet and thorough organization Of mo
nopolists on one side to fight. They
are fighting for public and private
plumber. They are led by skilled gen,
erals-skilled in the art of reaping
where they have not sown. They
commenced on lou in a mild way so
that it would not show up so plainly.
They went about it in the same way
John Smith did in cutting off his dogs
tail. He said he cut eff an inch at the
so that it would not hurt the dog
like cutting it all eff at ono
Your remedy is in immediate and
thorough organization of all labor
forces. Rally your neighbors-rally
one and all, on hill and through vale.
Be men. and organize to meet the at
tacks of organized monopoly. Up and
at 'em, as you would a midnight rob.
Der. Don't surrender, but organize for
wife and child for home, native land,
and liberty. Relief can only come in
this country by one of two means:
the ballot box or the cartridge-box.
To avoid the use of the cartridge box,
farmers and other toilers
must use the ballot box. They should
use their votes to protect and advance
their interests. Talk is cheap. Action |
what you want.
General Lee once said when a soldier !
to see him about organizing a
band that shooters" were needed, not
hooters"
A Dutchman who conducted a bar /
room in a certain town once, in which
was a preacher that preached and
prayed every Sunday against the sale
of whiskey, watched the parson vote
at a State Election. He saw that the
voted just as he (the Dutch
mani had. He slipped up and handed
him ten dollars for church purposes.
remarking as he did SO, IT don't care.
parson how much you pray and preach
against my pizness jist 80 you votes
me
We want doers-not sayers.
J. P. SossAMAN.
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