The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-18
EDITORIAL MOTIFS

The ne Usp9pers are saying mourning
about iE, but reports from mar v sec,
tions ~ North Carolina convince us
that cDndiFions are more than favor
able tpr a general exodus OF negroes
from this State Many negroes are
already preparing to leave.
Some weeks ago We sent a letter to
ell delInq tents. From some we have
received no reply. To such We wish
% say that we are anxious tn up
Ehe date on the label of every suO-
scriber. Il you can't pay fun amount
dus u4 nov. send part pay Sand 50
GEMS at least and let US give you creoIE
for a halt years subscription. We are
not opo rssd Co the installmsnt plan.
The $40 aud the 81 Jefferson bar u Is
. wer4 held In New York last ~ AZ
che form4r Boss Croker of Ia m any
began vigorous crusade against Bryan
and Organism, aud Dy 10 doing re-
moved from our minds a serious doubG
as Co B-Vau's fitness for Presidential
honors I5 10 well to look with sus
picIoa on JhOse who ear command the
sup Oor5 of Tammany.
The Nszs aud Observer onj cts to
our statement that it failed G. protest
against che action OF the legrs,aCors IN
regard 60 the anti trust Law We inter
from this tnas the Solons kne~ what
nance O. law they we're making ~hen
they transformed an anti tru GItW into
q mere m4kesnitE. The legI-larure oId
some b bid rhIogs but in the maCUer OF
Erus5s, IGs cowArdice was made N mi
fest.
In a rae riot at Paua, I'll last week
four neSrI man, one negro woman, and
one white man were killed Taking
into consideration the number OF ne
groes 10 eacn section. it seems hat far
more n,groe4 are killed In r4cs riots
and lY ncnIng parties in the North tn n
are KILLED II IKE manner 10 the South.
And yet our NV York onUemOorar 8
contInue 80 give the South al vIce as
to no ? Co treat the negroI
And now We have & cotton tie trust,
and M4ssrs Nsylor & O., of Pitts,
burg, and Moore Bros. & 90. of Oni
cage. have notIded all firms that are
In the new rust TO present their moi
Vidu4l sTock IN New York Monday and
Eac4Ive casn or stock in the trust A
Charter Wa taken out in NV J-ranV
Thursday, tn capital stOcE being S33,
600 600 " Re- the farmers Of ne
SCUM "a thoroughly organize az they
were ren years ago, this new trust
would p '-dIry meet the fate OF It's
hammer orotner, the cotton bsRging
trus1 8uI cue farmers of TO day do
not seem c. have Independence enough
enough Cd refuse tribute to any thing
tina d mands al
II a OJn-tuUtional amendment is
ednOted, let che negro rem-m rer that
after all ne 10 Responsible Showing
no dIsp ,siUl IN Il study political q leg.
tion4, ne mas almost invariably Oliudly
foil } we'd O4rGy leaders. H na4 never
Fab9lled az corrupt OOsse4. %
the contrary. az their dIctaviOn, he h4s
Of O. opposed measures c.I3u,ared tn
lmOrOve toe c1ndIEIon of labor. there
By no only III IrIug himself, 0uE al.
iuj IrIGg tn white laoorers OF the
Country. Moreover, his blind partisan
shiD rarely f4Is 90 give 1tan;y 60 Gne
catchy cry OF White suprem ; C ,"ev.n
Ia the mouths OF demegugues ahO
knOW that white supremacy IL not I n
the least endangered. We're b, re
things not true, the adoption OF n
Rmeudm9ua could not be within the
range Of prob %,0'lrrv.