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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-01

nay" FUR SALE-Several Dssirabl G Houses
also Building Lots on " est Side, For Rent
One Double House, 1923 Gilman Avenue, In
quire OF j, C. Deltz & Co., West Side, Marietta
Ohio
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-01
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Intelligent
people in this
day and age al
most without ex-
ception, protect
{ h e M s e I've $
against small
pox, by vaccina-
ton. Consump-
ton kills in a
year more peo-
pie than small
pox, cholera,
yellow fever and
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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-01

W-WANTED.-A Furnished House OF about
ten rooms about April lst. House must have
all modern conveniences, Apply to this ONCE
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-01
BUSINESS LOCALS.

eS-If you have AN Old Line Life Insur-
ance Policy to sell at n good price, call on
or address S. ii. PIumer, Marietta, Ohio.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-01

For that murky complexion, use Gran
berTH Tone.
Prepared by Richardson, the Cutter
on Greene.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-01

HhS" POSITION WANTED by cook OF ex-
perience who can furnish good reference. Ap.
ply on Tuesday or Wednesday at 225 Fifth
street, Guy. Tues-2t
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-01

EW~ WANTED A good boy to work at
Barbering. Boy with experience preferred
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-01

Hoy FOR VIA very desirable lO-room
house on West Side. Apply to j. A Plumer
& Son, Mills Building. Sun-3ts
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-01

nB-FoR RENT Two unfurnlshed front
rooms on first floor, suitable for light house
keeping. Situation very desirable Renters
with small children need not apply. Refer
ences required. 329 Third Street.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-01

Bay FOR RENT. Two rooms, suitable for
light housekeeping, or rooming Bath privi-
leges. Inquire at I'll Fourth Street.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-01
Geo. BIaks's Store.

The weather, Wednesday. March
1st, will probably be fair and
colder.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-01

tB-CARPETS CLEANED in fine shape
without taking up. Apply at Rev. Carr's
store, Third street, near SCANNED.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29

ing without the organization that
lists in every calling but agricnItr~
the necessity for high COURAGE
persevering faithfulness is all the uU
imperative. 'e
Agricultural journalism can Ru a.
ideal in Victor Hugo's thought NOR
easily than any other. til is nearer tbo
common people. 1t has a constituents
more homogeneous in character oS
with fewer ambitions outside of +ba:
special business. By the verv cond;
tions of their lives agricultural i'm.
nalists r debarred from public of8ao
They can the better afford ito snoor
for the dumb" ''for the small to 80
great, for the feeble to the strong " to
be 1.-THE word of the people. va
lace's Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
ROOTS POLICY POPULAR.

Aguinaldo, the Filipino leader, is
quoted having said in q recent speech
at Tarlac, at a celebration Of the an
niversary of the Filipino declaration
of independence" that: I'VE shall see
at last the gr3at American nation will
acknowledge the right which is on our
side. Some States of the Amer
lean Union have arisen in our favor.
Especially is the Democratic part
convinced that both victors and van
pushed will lose precious lives. Thus
many Of the people and many states
men censure President Mckinley as
inhuman for having ordered his mill
tary representatives at Manila to seek
means TO bring about hostilities with
the FIIipinC3."
1t is undoubtedly true that Aguinaldo
and his followers have been encour
aged in their rebellion by the unreas
oning AID absurd s atements o. some
partisan newspapers that would have
US believe that the American people are
anxious to withdraw from the Philip
pines at any time, with or without
having conquered the FIlipinos. We
are firmly of the opinion that the ma
iority of the American people do be
lieve and have always believed that
we should not have purchased the
Philippines. But we have purchased
them and now we have a rebellion on
our hands, and the American people
are not willing to withdraw our forces
and thus acknowledge that we are de
feated By a handful OF negroes whom
we have always called saveges On
the other hand, they do not want
Alger's h~esitating, procrastinating pol
icy continued, but rather endorse the
aggressive policy of Secretary Root
who seems determined to crush the re
bellion effectively and with all posi-
bic spesd, il il requires twice as many
troops as We now have in service over
there.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
THE THINKERS.
MORALS IN

The CaroIinian holds that the man
who boasts that he takes 40 interest in
politics thereby admits that he is not
in the true sense a good citizen.
In a government of the people, by
the people and for the people, it is the
duty of every citizen to take an inter
est in politics. not as ar ''omce seeker, :"
but aa an intelligent and conservative
student of issues which involve the
policy and welfare of the country.
The man who has nothing to do with
politics has no right to complain if the
government is not wisely conducted.
Il there are faults of legislation and
administratio he is partly to blame
for them.
In an admirable address at the Uni
versity of Michigan a few days ago,
Prof. Nicholas NJ. Butler said on the
subject of THE E lucation of Public
Opinion"
"There is no trench In which the
individual citizen may hide, no bomb
proof to which the weapons of respon
sibility will not follow him. Are you
politically alert7 Are you politically
honest4 If not, you are a bad citizen,
and a corrupter, however innocent Of
public opinion. The standard which
you set must be a high one, worthy OF
imitation by your neighbor. You must
do something to educate public
opinion"
This is the true standard of citizen
ship-honesty Of political convictions
and courage in asserting that convic
ton.
When the average citizen fails to
take an interest in politics the govern
ment will be in real danger Elizabeth
City Carolinian.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
R AND x

When a railroad company falls into
the hands of too many stockholders,
the rule is for the wealthy cnes to co.
operate to break it down and have it
crippled and made so unprCf liable
that the small holders of stock will
draw no dividends and a change is
called for, and the property is thrown
upon the market. The wealthy stock
holders re-orgauize and purchase the
outfit, completely freezing out the
many small holders. This game has
oeen frequently worked in other enter
prises even in North Carolina. The
number Of rich eyndicates is small,
hence there are few holders. Yet you
never heard OF a railroad in North
Carolina selling even at auction for
less than it's assessed valuation. Did
you7 Why, the Q. +. & Y. V. sold in
1898 for So. 100. 900 cash, and it was only
assessed at 50 COS, 1873 There were only
two bidders, in fact, and yet the road
brought in cash 50 per cent. more than
it was assessed at for taxes.
r yilroads don't sell for less than
their tax valuation. B 1t how about
farms and other real propertyi Go to
your court house and inquire what
lands have been sold in the last thre9
years; get the prices and compare them
with the assessors books, and you will
see that of these farms and homes hard
Iy one in ten have brought more than,
or as much as, the tax assessors have
valued them. This, too, in the face Of
the fact that there are ten thousand
bidders for farms and homes to every
one for railroads Sill some say, wen
some Of our church organs, that rail
road property as compared with other
real estate in North Carolina ere taxed
unequally and above what it should
be. What do you think about this.
brOther2
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
THEY HAVE BzRN S T

We stumbled across the following
fact the other day. Study it a little
while the crops are growing: '"The in
come tax in Great Britain yielded a
revenue Of ELS 9S2 843 about SIS, 900,
OOW in the fiscal year Of 1896, while
the inheritance tax and probate duties
of various kinds yielded ELI, 600, 900
(about $55. 600, OOO) Here's another also
worthy of attention: 1.-THE postal saw.
inRs banks of Great Britain earned a
surplus of $50, 900 after paying d per
cent. interest on $3.50, 900, 900 made up
of 500, 900 accounts. France made a
profit of $17O, 900 in handling 2 500, 900
accounts aggregating $143 900 900,
after paying 8 per cent. interest" And
yet you find people every day who try
to make you believe that postal saw
ings banks, the income tax, and gov
eminent ownership of railroads are
wild, visionary theories that have new
er been put to any practical test. Such
people are either very ignorant or ma
deceivers,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
ALLIANCE SPEAKING IN WAKE

The Lecturer OF Wake County Far
mers' Alliance, Bro. II E. King, will
deliver Alliance Lectures at the follow
ing places on dates named:
White Oak, Friday night September
9Th, z o'clock.
Olives Chapel, Saturday night Sep
TENDER 9Th, z o'clock.
Apex, Monday Sept. 18th, s. 80 a. m.
EvERYB DY is cordially invited. We
8 u our readers that those who at
tend will be both pleasantly and profit
ably entertained. Let the farmers in
the localities named prepare to assist
Bro. King in the work of re organizing
the Alliance. The work must go for,
ward! CD and take your neighoor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
The BEST THING ON TRUSTS.

In all this discussion OF trusts we
have nowhere found q sounder, more
practical, or more hoepful paragraph
than that given below. It was pub
lished in The Progressive Farmer a
few weeks ago, but as it deserves so
much more attention and thought
than anything we have yet seen on the
trust problem we publish it again and
to it invite the serious attention of our
readers. It is from the Farmers Voice
and reads as follows:
with any trust not sustained by
special privilege the public has moth
ing TO do 80 long al it trespRsses not
upon the equal rights of any other.
That may seem a sweeping statement,
but the fact remains that American
citizens have a right to amRlgamate In
terests and run private enterprise to
suit themselves so long as they do not
interfere with anyone else in an illegal
manner. 1t this is equally true
American citizens also have a right to
engage in the same lines, and will do
so whenever it is for their interest to
do so. Therefore, if a trust which has
no monopoly, like the cracker trust,
for instance, raises prices too high
there will at orce be capital at hand to
establish a competitive business, and
thus the trust will be defeated and
broken up. We must keep clearly in
mind these distinctions if we would
understand the operation of the trust,
it's possible future and the rights Of the
people to deal with it. And let US not
orget that the people can deal at once
with any trust whose dependence is
upon special privilege. If it be in the
form of a protective tariff revoke it; if
it be through patent rights amend the
laws governing patent rights so that
all the people shall share in the bless
ings of Inventions; il it be through
great oil fields, as in the case of the
Standard Oil trust, tax the full value
Of the oil fields; il it be in a public
franchise, enact a Ford bill in every
State and tax the franchise to the full
extent possible"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
CAN'T A T XsS.
brother

The net receipts over all expenses of
the Southern r silway for the month of
June, 1899, as eff TALLY reported to the
New York Stock e.; change, were $5O5.
1913, and for the same month in 1898
they were 1898 977, which shows an
increase in net profits of $1O6 ISL or
26.6 per cent for J me, 1899, over same
month in 1898 This, we think, ought
to be satisfactory to the o owners, Messrs.
RothschiIds, OF London, and Morgan,
of New York. But is it9 No. They
are too poor" judging from their &C
tions, to pay a less than Ist and rea
sonable tax in North Carolina, and
Notwithstanding their line is yielding
them such an enormous increase in
profits, they refuse to submit to
a much less rate Of increase in their
taxes, and appeal is taken to a U. s..
JIdge, who is, we understand, one of
their old, tried and truest attorneys,
for an injunction against the tax levy
ing and collecting officers Of the State,
forbidding their even asking this octo-
pus for it's properly assessed taxes in
North Carolina. How long will our
people submit to and tolerate such Out
rageous insolence7 Let the people
speak out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
POLITICS IN Tra ALLIANCE.

Some of the editors who boast that
the North Carolina Press Association
is a non partisan organization accuse
the Alliance Of being partisan. These
editors, however, have never been in
side an Alliance hall, The brethren of
the Press, in their conventions, do steer
pretty clear Of partisan politics, but
it is nevertheless true that we have
found a thousand times Rs much par
tisan politics in the Press Association
as we have found in the Alliance. We
have attended both Alliance meet
ings and Press Conventions and know
whereof we speak. The late President
of the Press ASS 3cistion was allowed
to go into partisan politics in his an
nual address while a single seemingly
partisan sentence in a speech at the
State Alliance brought a half dozen
brethren to their feet. 1t developed,
however, that this brother vas merely
urging the election Of a brother of a
different political faith.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
SOUND DOCTRINE.

The farmer is the supporter of the
trusts. If he rebels and refuses to
purchase their producgs, their end is
only a matter of time. Let the farm
ing interest of u country formulate
some plan by which a war Of extermi-
nation a be waged against the mo
nopolies and monopolists. Concerted
action is alone necessary to defeat
these robbers who prey upon the ne
cessities Of the people.-Smithfeld
Herald.
Sound doctrine, Bro. Herald. And
for waging this war of determination
there's nothing better than the Farm
ers' Alliance. It is the only farmers
organlz alton we have here in North
caroline. Its purposes are pure and
praiseworthy. Its principles are broad,
charitable and high toned. Its officers
are energetic, progressive men, who
have the confidence Of all the people
They are men whose motives cannot
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29

A number of newspapers have pub
lished the statement (Which originated,
we believe, with our usually accurate
friend, the Raleigh Post) that LESS
than fifty delegates attended the re
cent meeting of the State Alliance,
while in the palmy days of the Alliance
the State meeting attracted several
hundred delegates AS a matter Of
fact, there have never been as many
as a hundred delegates in attendance
at any State meeting. There can be
only one from each county.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29

be impugned-men of all political
faiths who have stood true to Alliance
principles through CLOUDY and sunny
weather" They have no axes to grind,
they are not Office seekers or dema-
gogues, but are only anxious, as are
all other true A~lliancernen, that the
Order shall stand eqUarely upon it's
original principles ard work for the
improvement of our agricultural
classes-''mentalIy. morally, socially
and financially" The Alliance killed
the jute bagging trust and when it re-,
gains it's former power, the scslps Of
other trusts will adorn it's wigwam.
Why is it not the proper organization
for the concerted action" which you
truly say is so necessary, Bro. HeraldG
Study the question and give US your
opinion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
CORPORATIONS AND CALAMITY
HOWLERS.

The Progressive Farmer is not an
enemy to railroads or other legitimate
corporations. Steam and electricity
have made corporations necessary and
railroads have done and are doing more
for the cause Of civilization and en-
lightenment than any other agency Of
modern times. But we do insist that
railroads and other corporations should
bear their just proportion of the bur
dens of taxation and should not at
tempt to Cypress the wealth producers
of the country. Such people are often
called demagogues and calamity howl
ers by persons who have no better ar
gument, but they are nevertheless bet.
ter friends of real progress than the
servile tools of these corporations.
We're these tools to C u complete
control Of our government anarchy or
socialism in some form would soone
or later result. The people will not al
ways endure oppression, and the truest
friends of the legitimate corporations
OF the country are those who, Willie
recognizing the fact that corporations
are necessary, nevertheless stand
ready to oppose injustice and oppres.
sion in every form.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
TRUE JOURNALISM.

Four thousand yeRrs ago the patri
arch Job described the aim Of his life
as chief of his tribe in these words:
II was eyes to the blind, feet was l
to the lame, + x X and the cause that
I knew not I searched out"
Fifty years ago, after tribes had de
veloped into kingdoms, after the PEG
pie had compelled the king to share
his powers with Legislatures, and made
the legislatures their creature, after by
subscribing to the newspapers they
had made the press the exponent of
their opinions, Victor Hugo, the
French statesman and novelist, put
into the mouth of his characters the
following amplifcation of the thought
of the old patriarch:
The people are silent. I shall be
the advocate Of this silence. I will
speak for the dumb. / will speak Of
the small to the great and of the feeble
to the STRONG. This is the aim Of my
destiny. I'have q mission. I shall
speak for the deepsiring, silent ones.
I shall interpret the grCmbiings, the
murmurs, the tumults of crowds, the
complaints i'll pronounced, the IN
in telligible voices, and all those cries
that, through ignorance and through
suffering, man is forced to make. I
will be the word Of the people"
Ten or more years ago, some jour
nalist I've regret that we cannot give
his nance, referring to this passage,
said:
THAT is true journalism, and it
should be practiced by every public
newspaper in the country. Let evils,
wherever they exist, be unearthed let
wrongs which one part of society up
hold to the detriment of the other, be
exposed. True journalism is also
against clqles and ~partisanship in
politics and social matters. B 1T then,
journalism, as it goes today, is far
from being up to this standard. Papers
are either run for money making or
party interests or, what is even worse,
for the purpose OF, or at the will of,
money powers and corporations. But
the people are to blame for all this
false journalism themselves. If the all
critical public demanded wholesome
journalism there would be no trouble
in securing it. Until the moral and
law abiding people themselves make it
possible for healthy journalism, the
present uuwholesoma and partisan
newspaper will fl )urish. There is rol m
here for reform as largely as in any
other phase Of American life"
And this is the mission of true jour
nalism today. The great poet Is he
who sings what the masses feel, so
that the song is the echo of the emo.
ton the g eat orator ia he VINO paints
in words that thrill the heart, and
drives home with the Impatslo ned en-
ergy of his own soul the unspoken
Thoughts, feeling, impulse. or convic
ton OF the common people; the great
journalist is be who not only sees what
is wrong in society or in the state. bus
feels the smart as though personally
wronged, who can interpret the IN
spoken thought, the unexpressed feel
ing, and the unintelIigible voice, and
who can gather up the central thought
Of the masses and in the name of the
people demand the redress of their
wrongs. When the people whose in
te:ests the journalist represents are
widely scattered, separated from each
other by the very nature of their call
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
TIE AMENDMENT sIMPLIFIeD

A brother states that in his county
some people are saying that the pro
posed Constitutional amendment will
disfranchige no white people. 1t will
disfranchise no white people before
1908, except the delinquent taxpayers,
but after that time no person
coming of age, white or black, will be
allowed to vote unless he can read and
write the Constitution. 1t is strange
that there is so much confusion over
30 simple a proposition. The entire
amendment means simply this-noth
ing more, nothing less: 1. That all
sons OF white fathers, not foreigners
nor ons Of foreigners, now over 81
years of age or who become 81 years of
age before Dec. 1. 1908, will be allowed
to vote as long as they live, provided
only that they pay their poll tax. 2.
That all white boys who become Of age
after 1908 will be req aired to read and
white some section OF the Constitu-
ton and pay their poll tax before
voting.
3. Taat so far as the negroes and
foreigners are concerned that they
hose now Of age as well as those who
become of age hereRfter-will be re-
quired to read and write some sec.
ton Of the Constitution and pay their
poll tax before voting.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
ALLIANCES RE. A 7ING

Bro. II E King, Lecturer Of Wake
County Alliance, re organized Houses
Creek Alliance lest Friday night with
seven male members. On Saturday
following he re organized Ebenezar AL
lance with eleven males and four
females.
Some of the very best material in
these communities belong to these ALI
ances LIT the good work go on.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29

The world is to be developed, NOT =!
the attainment OF great effects by 'no,
viduals, not by striking or sIngu'%
and starlike natures that are to snLTO
forth and take possession OF the VICE OToaS
but by the CONSIDERATION of the sm0 Tho
powers everywhere; by the men noor
are exercising their power upon Pa M,
material, simply taking the h9e 5oinq
5erlal with foer impulses an0 ~ The
the best that they can do VII
powers that God has given En0~
Philips Brooks.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-29
MAN OR MONEY!

In his testimony before the indr,
trial commission at Waqhing.o1
George Z, Holmes, a statistician n tbo
department of agriculture, said: "Tbo
farming element constitutes one tb;,S
of our population, epd while the CAM
tel owned by this fraction of our nonr
lation is small, compared with that in
vested in manufacturing and mecbani
cal industries, yet, after all, it il
numbers Of people rather than dollars
of wealth that are entitled to primarv
consideration"
There is contained in that brief state.
ment the fundamentals of a world wiao
reform. It is men not money That
gives value to the world, therefore il
Is for men not money that the world
should ARE. Every dollar of gold and
silver might be swept into a bottom.
less pit to morrow, yet there would he
not the slightest change in the great
world problem the ~perfecting of man
Yet we see governments-our own
among the rest-becoming the mere
agents of property, giving to inanimste
creation a value and a power which
they deny to man as man.
Here is the moral force that lies
behind the trust and all the vast
aggregations of capital which exist for
the sole purpose of concentrating the
worlds wealth into a few hands in
order that the rest of the world NAV
be made slaves and tribute payers to
these modern MOlochs Mr.. Holmes
simple statement is one which needs to
be taken deeply into the consciousness
Of the people, II we should modify it
at all it would be to leave out the
words numbers Of" for it is man,
without regard to numbers, who
should be our first consideration
Farmers Voice