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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03

We publish in full the ad iress Of n,
Alliance Committee to the farmer, A,
the State.
The Aurora is in full sympathy with
the object, and scope of the Organic
ton as set forth in this address a., .
recent former editorial will atto,t
The industrial revolution and gigantic
combinations now in progress. demand
such an association of the farmers n,
their mutual protection and advance.
ment. Let the farmers adhere to III.
declared purposes of the Committees
keep out OF the order designing the foui
mouth demagogue who ruins every.
thing he touches, by sowing seeds Of
discord, distrust, envy and malice be.
tween neighbors and sections
Their success cannot be secured bv
pulling down every other business
callings and professions a truth demon.
strated by sad experience. The editor
OF d Aurora nearly two years ago in
an address to the farmers advocated
the establishment of ware houses for
the storage of their cotton all over the
South to enable them TO obtain a fair
price and be in a position to dictate
prices rather than exchanges Of New
York and Liverpool.
That the plan is practicable is now
an accepted fact. The rapid increase
of cotton mills in the South is nov in.
viting sharp competition and the price
of cotton today at the Southern mills
is one fourth to one half cents higher
than Liverpool markets.
Let the farmers avail themselves Of
the advantages of the changed indus
trial and commercial conditions
Shelby Aurora.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03

rightly attributes Great Brit.;n,
cess to her admirable civil sernIS SUe.
enumerates the following cbo,O and
tics as worthy Of our own im~its%'e'is,
we hope for similar results. 'Oa i
First: Colonial officers Ara
turbed by political changes NV OaN
home government. Their tenn. 'Se
ofice depends entirely on e@ OF
service. "cient
Second: They are never selaot,s
reward for political services a'a
t.rely for fitness, and they are n,on S'ea
from smaller to larger COLONIES
from lower to higher off ,es, A. SpQ
prove their ability to deal with ties -
problems.
Third: Entrance to the eervio.
through the lower grades, and onIv .
competitive examination. 'T
Fourth: Salaries are liberal, And
member OF the colonial service i,
lowed to engage in private busiD..
enterprises.
There is not one Of these simple ,D,.,
which every sensible business nv
does not, consciously or unconscion.r~
observe in his business. 1t ought y.
to need much study or argument '
convince a fair minded legislator y
their value to the country in the bns
ness of colonization youths Cos
panion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
EDITORIAL 7

Even it there is no organization in
your county, a sub Alliance car BE-
started in any neighborhood with a
half dozen members. Get iu line and
organize a sub in your township. Be
gin now and don't show up in the rear
Of the proc ession.
The Sunday COstober 1s) papers an
nounce that President Mckinley has
approved the sentence OF Capt. o berlin
n. Carter, C lnyicted in 1897 Of defraud.
ing the U lited States government Of
several hundred thousand do lars The
sentence is five years Imprisonment
and dismissal from the army.
Toe State Journal, the Raleigh organ
OF the Republican party announces
editorially that the candidate most &C.
ceptabls to the Southern r Railway, etc
will be the next Governor OF North
Carolina, and thai the r ,publicans
should accept,the situation and "gov-
ern themselves accordingly" North
Carolina politics has reached a low ebb
when leaders of one of the two leading
parties publicly acknowledge their in
tention TO serve a great corporation
and the leaders Of tue other are re
sponsible for such an infamous election
Law as that ssddled upon us by the last
legislature. Perhaps the common PEG.
pie would make better leaders.
The Charlotte Observer OF Saturday
is merely preaching the doctrine OF
equal rights to all, special privileges
to none," when commenting on Fri
days great shake up in cotton mar
kets, it says: ''Tnose of the Southern
cotton FIX changes who are endeavoring
TO repudiate the trades they made yes
terday at a time when they thought
they were having a good thing, are
not acting exactly square, according
to The Observers idea of fairness.
They should pocket their losses with
the same degree of 60 1animity that
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
ANNOUNCEMENT.

1t gives US great pleasure TO an
nounce to the readers of The Progress
i've Farmer-who will receive the an
nouucemeut with equal pleasure-that
we have added to the editorial staff Of
the paper, Prof. Benjamin Irby, Agri
culturiss of the Experiment Station,
and Professor of Agriculture in u A.
s. N. College, and Prof. Frank K.
Emery, who has for years been actively
and earnestly engaged in the work Of
promoting in every way the best In
terests Of agriculture and who from
Maine to Florida is recognized as au'
thOrity upon farming matters. These
tWo gentlemen are practical as we'll as
scientific farmers, and deep thinkers
as we'll as farmers. With their assist
ance we hops to make The Progressive
Farmer the leading agricultural jour-
nal of the Southeast.
And while the paper will be Of special
value to farmers, it viii also be OF I'm
usual value TO city people as well, and
to all who desire to keep abreast OF the
times, and who care for opinions and
convictions not manufactured by the
boss. Let it be understood that while
The Progressive Farmer will be a non
partisan paper, it will discuss the ques-
tions and Issues OF the day, and that in
no timid or halt hearted manner, but
with that freedom aud courage which
should characterize the paper that
relies upon the people, aud not upon
political bosses or monopoly's agents,
for support. In short, we shall strive
to follow very closely the path marked
out by the noble founder Of the pauer,
Col L L Polk, in his salutatory, F5b
10, 1886. Said he: 1.-THE INDUSTRIAL
AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR
PEOPLE PARAMOUNT To L OTHER Con
sDERATIoNs OF STATE POLICY is the
motto OF The Progressive Farmer, and
upon this platform it shall rise or fall.
On all matters relating specially
to the great interests it represents, it
will speak with no uncertain voice, but
will fearlessly the right defend, and
impartially the wrong condemn. Serv
ing no master, ruled by no faction, Cir
cumscribed by no selfish or nRrroW
policy its aim will be to foster and
promote the best interests of the whole
people Of the State"
We are sure that with such purposes
the Daner will meet the aDDroval of the
best people of N jrth Carolina. Since
taking charge GIFT we have attempted to
follow such a course, and WI are graft
fled to find that it is receiving more
new subscriptions than for years past
Now let each subscriber rally to us,
send us bis renewal and some new sub
scribers, and still furIhar improve
ments will be made.
CLARENCE a.. Poe.
Managing Editor Progressive Farmer
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
rHH GOVERNMENT OF COLONIES

The greatest colonizing nation in the
world, both in the extent and value Of
her foreign possessions and in the sue
cess with which she governs them, is
Great Britain. Spain, On the other
hand, while she has baen one of the
most enterprising and energetic in the
est blishment of colonies, has bean the
least successful in governing or even
retaining them.
The success of the British policy is
due largely to it's liberality. Native
character and customs are carefully
studied and duly respected. So far as
possible native rulers are kept in
power, and religious liberty and the
freedom of trade are studiously pro
NOTED. .
This liberal policy not only enables
the ruling power to maintain it's au
thority economically, but by propi5iaJ
ing the governed, predisposes them TO
study and to acquire the point of view
of their rulers. IE is thus a civilizl0g
policy.
Spain could not maintain her power
in CUBA with two hundred thousand
soldiers; but G, eat Britain governs
Ceylon, which has twice the popula
ton of Cuba, with fifteen hundred
men; and Sir Andrew Clarke, by his
wise policy in the Straits Settlements
OF the Malay Peninsula, brought order
out of chaos, put an end to tribal mis-
rule and brought prosperity to the
people without the aid of any British
troops.
The events OF the past year make
this matter Of colonial government one
Of supreme interest to the United
States. The National Civil Service
Commission, inc report just published,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
COUNTY ALLIANCE MEETINGS.

Nearly all the quarterly meetings OF
County Alliances will be held next
Thursday. We hope that every ALI
anceman who can possibly do go will
attend his county meeting. Go aud
encourage the brethren, and discuss
with them the best methods Of re Or
ganiHing-not throughout the State,
but in your own county, right at home.
Try the Hartford county plan: appoint
certain brethren to r~e-organize certain
Subs. and lay your plans for q com
plete and thorough fall and winter can
vass Of your county. Think of the
matter before you go; talk it yer with
your brother Alliancemen, and go pre-
pared to make and consider sugges
tions.
And again and finally, attend your
county meeting, whether or not you
are a delegate. And go prepared to
work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
CAPITAL AMI ADO

Mr.. @. E Evans, Of the Tobacco
Workers International Union, say:
"Ab0ut 80 per cent Of the toOaccO
manufactured in the United States is
produced by the two combines known
as the American and the Continental
Tobacco Companies, and my opinion IS
that such combines are not b9nef ;IaI
to labor.
He cited one instance 10 which three
manufactures had been absorbed Oy
the American Company, resulting 10
throwing 500 or 500 employees. out Oh
work. In another case wages hsa
been reduced from 50 so to 81 50 per
day after consolidation"
And this is the combination OF capl
tai. Beware. The plea that trusts
cheaper the n~ecessRries of life, Increase
the demand for labor and the wages
paid, make residence more fixed anu
positions more secure, is mighty pre-.
ty, but it just isn't 80 and that "
enough for US. Capital is entitled "
fair treatment under the law 1t DAB
it's rights. but one of them is not |"
make machines out Of human beinsS
and to traffic in human blood. Capl'a
can come nearer looking after lEs0p
than unorganized, uninfuentIal IaD"
can. We stand for the weaker. VIC
know from experience, past and pre-
emit, how dollars come, and we have .
fellow feeling for the man who WoEA'
each day for his actual support Luz
battle for human rights against moo'y
IS on in America. 1t is not cl'1
class. It is a fight for the lu4
independence OF man. The plan IS wv
ripe for the overthrow OF trusts Ou'
agitation and determination direcsS
with wisdom and honesty Will D n,S
things to pass.-North Carolina D"
fist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
THE INITIATIVE AND RRFRRRN.
DUN.

Reforms new go backward. Here
in our own State within the past three
months, The Way nesviIle Courier and
Prot. Emery have declared for govern
ment ownership of railroads. The
Democrats of Massachusetts, in their
recant convention placed in their plat.
form demands for election of u. 8.
Judges and U. s. Senators by the PEG
pla, for making the judges terms for
years instead of for life, and endorsed
the initiative and referendum.
The Democratic Convention in Ohio
like wise endorsed the election OF q. s.
Senators by the people and the initia
tive and referendum. And now comes
the Tarboro Southerner, aleo Demo
cratic. with an able editorial advocat.
ing direct legislation. It's article ia
worth recording and we give it in full
herewith and commend it to our read.
ers:
''Some people are disposed to object
to the initiative and referendum es
methods of efecting legislation, be-
cause thece two are of Populist origin.
Such an objection is pueriIe. It does
not matter who or what party sug-
gested the idea SO it is a good one. All
wisdom is bottled in no one party or
individual.
Before c~ondemning it tits we'll to
understand that by initiative is meant
that when q certain number of people
petition the Legislature to draft such q
law the same shall be done; and that
by the referendum is meant that such
laws are proposed shall be submitted
to the people, who shall vote on whether
they approve thereof or not.
by these two 50 called Pc ouIistic
ideas the Legislature is not without any
initiative. Far from it; the Legislature
can propose any law, and when refer
red to the people and approved it be.
comes operative.
1.-The initiative may be new, though
the right of petition was on this line;
but the referendum is as old as sub
hitting amendments to the Conssitu
ton Of States.
There is a decided advantage in
having laws which the people approve.
Toere is also au advantage which
would result from the referendum in
having not so many Laws; but the
great advantage would be in having
the laws Of which the majority ap
prove, and not laws Of which the ma,
j0rity do not approve.
Neither is the Initiative nor the
referendum half as bad as painted.
Anyone afraid Of these is afraid of the
people. As for the Southerner it ore
fers by considerable odds the desires of
the people TO those of the politician"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
TROUBLE IN rHR TRANsvAAL.

Strained relations between Eugland
and the South African Rupublic or
Transvaal continue. and there is good
reason for the belief that open war
will soon result. The best brief ex-
PLANTATION Of the trouble between these
two countries that has yet come to our
notice is found in the current issue of
the r view of the Reviews. We copy
it's article herewith:
1.-The absorbing question of the past
month in England has been that of the
relations between Great Britain and
the South African republic, ordinarily
kno wn as the Transvaal. The admin
istration of Great Britain under the
leadership Of Mr.. Chamberlain as
colonial minister, has been steadily
and aggresstvely approaching the point
of coercing the South African republic
into shaping it's internal policy in &C
cordance with the demands made upon
it by the B itish Government. The
real situation ought by this time to be
we'll understood. TIE excuse for Brit
ish interference is the so called griev-
ances Of British subjects living in the
~Transvaal; but this is only q pretext
The time has come when the British
imperialists wish-in effect, at least
to add the Transvaal to British South
Africa. There are many why
fa~r-reaching imperialists like Mr.. Cecil
Rhodes find the existence of the Trans
vaal es an independent republic ex.
ceedingly detrimental to their indus.
trial and commercial as we'll as their
political prof 3cts. They do not like to
seize the Transvaal by blunt and brutal
conquest. That would seam es mex
cUsable as would be the seizure of
8 witzarland by Francs or of Holland
by Germany. They have therefore
for a considerable time bean trying to
find grievances, and they have been
industriously magnifYiDg mole-hills
into mountains. The attempt was
made a few years ago, with or without
the connivance OF Mr. Chamberlain
and the British Government in EGG
land and the British authorities in
South Africa, to overthrow the South
African republic by a carefully plan
ned military invasion led by DR.. Jane
SOD, which was to acs in concert with
an uprising IN the part Of a great host
of adventurers in Johannesburg and
the adjacent mining districts. These
people were for the most part in the
pay and under the influence of the
great mining syndicates controlled by
Mr.. Cecil Rhodes and other allied in
Cerests. The conspiracy failed through
the vigilance of the TransvaaI authori-
ties. The British Government went
through the form of an inquiry, which
turned out a 'whitewash' and q farce.
Mr.. Chamberlain has since been more
than ever determined to overthrow the
BoerG. The policy entered upon has
been to take the ground that the very
men who tried to overthrow the Trans
vsal republic should be admitted on
easy terms to the electoral franchise"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03

Assistant Secretary benson writes
US that the prospects are bright for the
best State Fair in the history of the
Society. The railroads have granted a
rate of about n cent a mile, and the
indications are that in exhibit and at.
tendance at this years Fair will be TN
rivalled. The Fair begins October Is h
and ends Octotor Dist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03

The price of cotton is steady ad
vancing, and as it nears the cost of
production our farmers r rejoicing
and we rejoice with them. The crop
is short this year and all signs point to
q still higher price before the season
closes. We do not however, join some in
predicting or hoping for ten cent cot
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03

In this new lease of life. in it's oesIS IL
TO get back to the old principles noat
to be hoped the Alliance will Ira
with full success, and that the Iu. "ci.
will find it ever united for those prsp "a
Piles which shall build up the taru ths
interests. and thereby strengLaean@
entire Safe, and make IL s'FODe
socially and educationally. -, naw
Toe Farmers Alliance un0er I y hovs
declaration for independence VIII II
the cordial good wishes and
every, CitiZsn.-Newbern Journal
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03

The Lumberton RoOesonian publishes
the Alliance address but says it dots
not yet advise farmers to join the or
der. It names a number Of men whom
it says must be deposed as leaders Of
the Alliance" before it can endorse the
organization. It is amusing to note
that not n Of all the group holds any
Office in the Alliance and only one Of
the men named is at this time even q
lay member Of the orderl The Ashe.
vile Citizen also announces that it will
fight the Alliance; that the organize
ton has been q ''curee to the State"
and continues: 1.-The farmer has no
more right to ask that laws shall be
passed for his benefit than the manu-
faciurer hRe. No class has the right
to receive any such special favors.
Equal justice to all, special privileges
{ none should apply to the farmer as
we'll as Others" Exactly right, Mr..
Citizen, exactly right. That is ALI
snce doctrine, through and through.
The farmers do not ask for special ia
vors; they ask only simple justice. In
deed this is expressly stated in the Al
lance address which urges the farmers
to work mot as enemies but as allies
of the other useful professions" The
Citizen and Robe3onian must acknowl
edge their errors or find other excuses.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
THE THINKERS.


Just now there is a savage strike IN
force in Cleveland, o. a side the
managers of certain street car lines re
fuse to recognize the employees as q
union body, ami the employees an
nounce their determination to carry on
the fight to the ''bitter end"
So far the conficE has led TO deptora
BILE consequences y, Tracks torn up,
g witches destroyed, explosives placed
on the tracks for the dem0lisam ant OF
cars, stones, rotten eggs and other
missiles hurled through a windows,
non-union motormen and conductors
beaten almost to death, and dynamite
dropped on the car barns where non
union men were sleeping, to the great
destruction of buildings and cars
within.
This is anarchy, pure and simple,
b~loodthirsty, ~murderous, devilish. AS
a natural result. besides increase of
police force, the military have been in
voked to put an end to the war.
A strike is war, and l, as q skilled
mechanic, who has wrought at the
bench for more than fifty years, and
with my whole heart in fullest sympR
thy for the rights Of my working
brothers condemn this violence utter
ly, and say that strikes are wrong. To
put it in the mildest form, they are
foolish, enormously expensive alike to
bosses and men, only productive OF
class hatred and mob violence, with no
comper sating advantages.
Strikes are wrong tools to work with.
Here in America, where every citizen
has a vote, the right place to strike in
redress Of grievances is at the ballot
box. With over whelming per cent OF
voting strength in our hands we can
crush out everything notright in exist
ing political conditions, destroy the
unfair class legislation that gives I'M
due advantage to organized wealth,
and esta blish the rule of exact justice
60 all.
But, aside from this, strikes are
useless, foolish, utterly impossible Of
being carried out to a successful issue.
The one ir superable bar to success lies
in the pititul fact that for every man
strike a dozen men can be hired to
take his place. This has been go through
the whole long history of labor strikes.
The strikers are beaten in the house Of
their friends; their Ghroats are cut by
their own fellows.
In this strike at Cleveland, within
two days, non union men poured in by
the hundreds from Chicago, Buffalo. /
Pittsburg and Cincinnati, TO
Jake the strikers places. And they
are still pouring in beyond the nun
Oers needed. OF what avail to fight
odds like thisG Stoning cars
and beating non union men will not
avil; blowing up prop 9rty with dyna
bombs sill less. That is old
world anarchy the American people
will not tolerRte. II it takes every
in the country, it will be stamp
ID out. And I say it ought to be
stamped out. We workingmen, of ali
nen in the nation, should set ourselves
ike a flint against lawless disorder.
We are makers of the laws. II not,
hen we are incompetent bloekheads,
unworthy of the franchise.
So let striking be at the ballot
'ox, a unit against all unjust legisla
ion, with a determined fight for only
hat which is just to all men.-W.
.hitworth, in Farmers Voice.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-06-15
South runbridge.

A. J. Wills goes to Boston Thursday for
ten days visit.
The Chandler Bros. are reshinglipg the
shed attached to the barn.
Mrs. E.A. Woodland is much better since
her return from Massachusetts,.
Mrs. c. B. Dodge had a polypus cut out
OF her nose Tuesday by DR.. Burnett OF So.
Royalton.
W. W. Parker and Will Flanders Of
Chelsea have been guests at g. w. Elan
ders' recently.
Mrs. l.. Nj. Corwin and daughter and
Mrs. Elmer Woodland returned from
F1tchbufg, Mass, Friday.
Rev. j. ID. Beeman was away last SIM.
day and his pulpit here was filed BY Rev.
{. E. Flint OF South Royalton.
The Children's day exercises will be held
in the M. Z. church here next SUNDAY ar
p. m. All are cordially invited.
Mabel Dodge, who has been in Pitts
held, n. a., visiting friends for the past
two weeks, returned home Friday.
Mrs. Caroline Howe fuller has been
very sick the past week. She win he
moved to Chss. Howe's as soon as able.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1899-06-15
The Designer.

The fashions In dress and millinery as
shown in the July Designer look charm
ingly cool, and are dainty enough 10
please the most fastidious woman, be she
young, middle-aged or old. In this is
sue commences most useful and
thoroughly practical series OF articles en-
titled points on Dressmaking, by the
aid OF which anyone can learn to make
garments in the most approved manner.
"Half Hours with a Camtra" treats OF
Exposure and Development" "For
Health and Beauty" tells fair women how
to enhance their fairness, and the plain
ones how to become attractive; "Contri-
vanees for Summer Homes illustrates
miracles In the furniture line worked
with the aid OF dry goods boxes, etc;
1.-THE day we eele brate" is remembered in
a droll little comedy, Fire Crackers a
cbild's story, San Indoor Fourth Of
july" and a b.ief essay on yankee
Doodle.n Sixteen designs for fancy work
and twenty five receipts for the making
OF ice cream, sberbets and cake added to
the foregoing list surely constitute gen.
erous supply, but there are also a short
story and a continued story for adults,
notes on current literature, Horticulture
hints and household advice, so it will be
seen that this especial mum Der OF the De-
signer is quite little library in itself.