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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-30
THR MAN WE CANT FORGIVE.

The writer enjoys good poetry, but
he does hate TO see what would be good
prose transformed into hideous
verse %. A great many people have
an idea that il the words at the end of
every other line Of a piece Of E lglish
rhyme, the stuff is poetry-at least,
many versifers labor under this hallu
cination; we think the fiji ction rather
are among other people. When such
verse is sent US, we consider the feel
ings Of the writer and in kindness to
him, consign it to the waste basket,
knowing that the author is probably
subject to like passions as we are. The
writer was once the proud possessor Of
the idea that he could write poetry
and we even found and editor unkind
enough TO publish some of our rhy tn,
mical productions. Years have passed {;
over and over has H)ly Writ eni9ined
US to forgive and love our enemies,
yea, those who have despitefully
used U.s." but still the memory Of the
event cliugs TO us, and we realize the
difficulty OF torgiving and forgetting.
At times we would cruelty and mali
ciously give ONE of the productions of
those fiji 'cted al we were, a place in
our columns but the memory of our
own bitter experience causes us to act
more kindly.
This is not intended to discourage
any one but merely to show why some
matter fails to appear in the columns
Of The Progressive Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-30

of experts with innumerab,o
up their sleeves. 1t will ho tecb
to expect too much from THU "eu aa
ton, nor discouraged if it foH '%Ss&
bound to fail if all the condftion. 1t i
today lie behind the trust "hiA
forms Of combined capital ~ O'aa
mitted to continue. "'S p&
Consider the one giga,.;.
which finds it's greatest strenatS fua
control of natural resources u Fe
second in it's control of the ouU IL
which in turn get their Dover tsN
other natural resource-their a.
way. We refer to the sandaeu' y
monopoly. Attorney General WNOl
of Ohio, who accuses that corno~Nt
of Offering him a bride Of 500 NM o =.
would withhold prosecutions, doo,u %
in his testimony before the in5n"a
commission at Washington on Tnoasa
that he believed the gross recsio%
the Standard Oil company were e'n
600, 600 a year on the OH, n,os ''
alone. and he said that all wes ~'a
over 4 cents a gallon on refined q" v "
placed the value of the earnings ~ "
company each year at a greater 8n'D
than the value of all the farm nro5 SS'
of the state. Let the farmer now
that statement, and then c~alcuIato%%
difference between the taxes paia% !,
the farmers of Ohio and those Maid y
Mr.. R ckefeller's monopoly n,%I
Monnett alsocomplained of disctimio.
ton in railroad rates in favor oI%'
Standard Oil company tank lines .su
ing that it was equal to 400 Der co'.
against the ordinary citizen.
Does anyone suppose for monsr,
that a corporation already worth HIM
dreds Of millions, and controrin,
natural resources that bring to it Inn,
dreds Of millions more each wear M,
be thWarted in it's purposes 80 lone .,
it is permitted to control these Orsot
natural founts of wealth9 It isnh,
folly to dream it for a moment M.
Standard Oh monopoly could nshs
every member Of the Texas legissne
a millionaire out of hand "WiAmt
turning a hair" 1t can more chesDv
control appointments and appiDtes
who are supposed to enforce such lava
as are here referred to. But bribery
aside, there are countess ways Of d.
feating the provisions of such q lava
T, xas has passed, and we cannot but
feel that all legislation of this sort il
worse than time wasted, and oDlv
to dishearten the people who as
alwasy made the victims of the wrath
Of those against whom such Legislation
is directed. One law like the Ford
bill, now under discussion in New
will do more for justice and The
people in one year than all the Tex
anti trust laws that can be made in
cenCury.-Farmer's Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-30

fusion court then decided those case in
favor of the Democratic occupants of
unexpired terms, just as they have de-
cided recent cases in favor Of t%usionists
who held unexpired terms. We do
not hold with those papers which now
charge that the recent decisions are
partisan, for the reason that If the
court is partisan now it was partisan
against its own political friends in
friends in 1897. It appears to US that
our Supreme Court has been consist
emit on this question"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-30
THE THINKERS.
ANTITRUST BILLS AND TAKING
PRIVILEGES.

There is a peculiar situation down in
New York, and Gov. R )csevelt is the
central figure. By his help the legis
latuIe was led TO pass the Ford tax bill,
which declares that the franchises of
specially privileged corporations here.
after shall be taxed. Vast sums Of
money, it is said, were spent to defeat
the bill. 1T is a Henry George
scheme" said the the corpora lion lob
byists. DO you want to adopt the
single tex and be done with it9" they
demanded. But the legislature was
perverse; it's members might not I'm
derstand the Henry George philosophy,
they conceded, but here was a scheme
of taxation which did not admit Of
lodging and, which was quite as i'm
portant, did not admit of the corpora
tons shouldering the tax on the con
sumner. So the bill was passed. Then
the corporations began N attack upon
Gov. Roosevelt to keep him from sign
ing the bill. BOSS" Tom Plat, who
is at the head of the United States Elk
press company, which shifts the inter
nal-revenue tax on to the shoulders of
the patrons of the company, said,
You'll kill the r publican party; :"
another corporation lobbyist said,
You'll drive ali the rich men out of
the state-and wherell we be then9"
Bat Roosevelt replied in substance:
THE spirit of the Ford bill is right.
There is a defect in it in that it does
not provide for the equitable fixing of
taxation in the several cities Under
the bill as passed local authorities levy
the taxes; a state commission should
do the work, in justice to all. l am
willing to call a special session and
have such an amendment, and per-
haps others which may be needed,
made" Accordingly, the legislature
will convene in special session ne xt
Monday. But a the governor has only
until May 81 to sign or veto the meas
ure, he has served notice that if there
is any skulduggery done by which the
new or amended bill is not in his hands
by or before that date, he will sign the
Ford bill just as it stands. Which
gives the people hope that this bit of
honest tax legislation will stand. One
R publican organ pathetically remarks
that the relations between Mr.. Platt
and the governor are strained"
Texas means to down the trusts so
far al that state is concerned, il legis
lation can do it. The new anti trust
law as finally adopted surpasses any
other yet adopted by any state in the
far reaching character of it's provis-
ions. It absolutely debars any pool or
trust from doing business in the state,
as it clearly specifie that goods bought
from any trust or corporation which
may prove to be a trust need not be
paid for. 1t also provides that no cor
poration a fix q price on it's goods
and force merchants to sell at such a
price. 1t provides further that pool.
ing is strictly prohibited, and that any
corporation giving away it's goods
with a view Of crushing competition
shall be adjudged a member of a trust
and shall be debsrred from doing bust
ness in the state. But Texas will dis
cover it lie only at the opening of the
game, and the other side is composed
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-30

Referring to the negroes OF Nof'D
Carolina as a race we do not hesIta~
to say, as our belief, that none W0ui'
be more prompt to condemn apu
promptly punish those guilty Of ''
uncomfortable crime where clrcum
stances of guilt were even approx,
mately clear, were the trial OF suOD
cases left to them alone. Our oosefYa
ton has been that when charged #l'D
with the duty of ~arresting. trying "
Furnishing the members of their Wv.
race for crime, they are more eos"
and more relenting and severe 'pa -.
are white people in dealing with WIZ"
violators. R Aleigh Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-30
WHAT TEE INITIA TIVE AND REF'
RRENDUM ARE.

For the benefit of people who have
vague and unsatisfactory ideas as to
the nature of the initiative and referen
dunn we give below the substance Of
the constitutional amendment adopted
by the people of South Dakota at the
1898 election.
The amendment provides that when
five per cent. Of the voters petition the
legislature to pass a law, the legisla.
ture must submit it to a vote of the
people, and if a majority of the people
voting on the law vote for it, it be
comes a law, but il the majority vote
against it it becomes null and void.
The law may be drawn by any person
and petition circulated by any person.
This is called the Initiative.
It will be noticed that in this par
ticuIar instance five per cent. Of the
voters may require a law submitted to
the people for ratification or rejection.
To US it seems that not less than ten
per cent. of the people should have this
power. Now as tt the Referendum:
When the legislature on its own mo
ton passes a law, then such law shall
not go in force until a certain length
Of time after its passage. If before
that date five per cent. Of the voters Of
the state petition that such law be sub.
mitted to a vote Of the people, then
the law will not go in force until voted
on by the people, and if at such cleo
ton a msjority vote against the law it
will be void and of no effect, but if a
majority vote for it, it will be valid
and binding. This is called the R fer
endum.
Certain laws which must necessarily
go into immediate effect are excepted
from the referendum.
The new charter of San Francisco
also provides for the initiative and re
ferendum. Speaking Of this fact, the
editor Of American Monthly Review
of Reviews very truthfully says:
Some of the wise men of the 1st'
will shake their heads gravely and tell
us that they disapprove of all this.
o le or two newspapers, particularly,
seem to exist for the purpose in part
Of sneering at all such propositions.
But sneers hurt nobody, and the men
that are wise in their own conceit are
usually incapable Of learning about
anything that has happened within
their Own lifetime. People who are
really wise will be delighted that San
Francisco ba, decided to try these ex
periments Of the referendum and the
initiative, because 1t will give us all an
opportunity to look on and to take note
of the way those new methods OF gov
eminent will in a big town work. If
they work we'll, the wiseacres and the
men who sit in the seats OF the scorn
full may be assured that we shall adopt
those same methods IN many another
American city. The people are ready
to learn"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-30

The trustees of the A. & ID. College
seem to think the agricultural branch
of the college too expensive, consider,
ing the number of students taking that
course And OF course the way to in
crease the number OF students is to
cripple that department as much as
possiblel Bah!
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-30

The mau who has nothing to Ooas'"
but his ilIustrious ancestry, 10 HH
potato-the only good belonging 'oHD
is underground.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-30

"The Alliance at Albemarle Is ~"
ing it's own and we are hoping w. "a
general rally throughout WasnlD
county," writes Bro. W. B. BrIckn
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Question of Jurisdiction.

CHADRoN, Neb.. May Sc. Lang
horne, first lieutenant and adjutant Of
the First United States cavalry, located
at Fort Robinson, has been served with
a citation to appear before the district
court of Dawes county May 30, to an
swer to the charge of contempt of court
The serving of the writ is the result of
an interesting legal question which has
been raised as to which has the suprem-
acy-the civil or military authorities.
Judge William V. Allen, ex-United
States senator from Nebraska, who is
relieving Judge MISSIONER as presiding
officer of the Dawes county district
court this week, claims that the civil
authorities take precedence and he is
sued the cit;-.ion upon Lieutenant Lang
horne.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Dreyfus Revision Inau,ry.

PARIS, May 4.-Slowly but steadily
the net is closing around the French
general staff in the Dreyfus revision in
quiry. Another anti-Dreyfus argument
has received it's death blow. General
Zurlinden, while testifying before the
court of cessation, attached great i'm
portance to the closing sentence of the
bordereau, 81 am starting for the ma
neuvres'' as proving the guilt of Drey-
fus and the innocence of Esterhazy.
1t has now been proved that this Motif
cation was actually dated May IL.
Therefore Dreyfus could not have writ
ten 81 am starting for the maneuvres'
in the following August.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Word from Yorktown Party.

MANILA, May 3.-The first authentic
information regarding Lieutenant j. G.
Gilmore and his party of IA men from
the United States gunboat Yorktown,
who were captured by the Filipinos OH
April IL, was received yesterday at the
hands of Major Arguelles of the staff Of
General Luna. 1t is in the form of a
list of the missing men and is signed by
Lieutenant Gilmore The lieutenant
reports that he and his party have been
brought across the mountains from Ba-
Ter, where they We're captured.
General Hale started yesterday with
the Iowa and South Dakota regiments.
squad of cavalry and two guns of the
Utah battery from Calumpit in north
easterly direction, to cooperate with
the Macabebes, who have asked the
Americans to arm them IN order that
they might fight the Tagals. The Mac
abebes have already organized a COM
pany of bolomen to guard the town.
They are bringing Tagal prisoners to
General Macarthur.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Kills His Enemy.

New YORK, May 4.-Alexander Mas.
terton, director of the Farmers Loan
and Trust company and u years of age,
was shot and killed yesterday by James
Neale Plumb in the Burlington hotel on
West Thirtieth street. Masterton was
shot five times and died within an hour
or two. The murder was premeditated,
as evidenced by voluminous statement
written in advance by Plumb and given
out after his arrest. At present the
real motive for the crime is unknown.
Plumb, in his statement, entitled,
"Why I, j. Neale Plumb, shot Alex
ander Masterton," declared that he had
been actuated to do the shooting be.
cause of a systematic bounding Of him
by Masterton. Plumb declared further
that -Lasterton had not only ruined him
financially, but had attempted to
ALLEVIATE the affections of his wife and
children and to cause his social down
fall.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Hot Discussion over Lynching.

P1rTsBuRa, May 3.-One of the hottest
discussions ever heard in the Pittsburg
presbytery took place at the meeting
of that body yesterday, during which
Rev. A. ID. Garlic, pastor of the Taber-
nacle Presbyterian church, declared
that lynching under certain conditions
was Unsuitable and declared that under
certain circumstances, owing to the
slow process of southern law, he would
cheerfully pull the rope. Finally, a mild
substitute, condemning mob law, with
out specifying any particular section of
the country, was adopted.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Big Oil Tanks Ablaze.

MoRGANTowN, w. Va. May A
severe electrical storm passed over this
section yesterday doing much damage
to property. A tank containing $4,000
worth of oil belonging to West Virginia
producers at the Standard Oil compa-
ny's plant. took fire from stroke Of
lightning and at last reports was fast
being consumed The burning tank is
in the center of group of 25, all in
close proximity to it. One hundred
men are fighting the fire to prevent a
spread. 1t is estimated that $2,00OO0O
worth of property is in danger. A
dozen dwellings in the town and
county We're struck aud badly damaged.
Great quantities of hail fell during the
storm and riddled the fruit orchards
and wheat fields.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Thinks End Is in Sight.

WASHINGTON. May 3.-President Nc.
Kinley talked with his official callers
before the cabinet meeting yesterday
about the prospects of peace in the
Philippines. 1t is believed that some
advices from General Otis have been
received, enlarging upon the PROPOSE
tions which were submitted by the Fill
Pine delegation. which have not yet
been made public, and which give the
officials additional information con-
corning the situation. The president
expressed the opinion that the end was
in sight and said he believed the Fill
pinos will not hold out much longer.
He regards the conditions as most hope
full. The fact that negotiations for
peace are in progress has stopped all
talk OF calling out the $4,000 additional
volunteers.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
Shooting Grows Out of Strike.

BUFFALO, May 3.-William H. Ken
nedy, relative of James Kennedy, one
of the grain contractors, was shot in
the right breast and badly injured, and
and an unknown man was shot in the
left breast and will probably die. The
shooting occurred at the foot of Main
street and is said to have been done by
a man named Skinner, who, with about
20 others, is under arrest. The trouble
was caused by the grain shoveler's
strike
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
SAM0ANS ACCEPT TRUCE
Germans, However, Refuse to
Sign Proclamation.
HosTIL1T1Es ARE SUSPENDED.

Mataafa Accepts an Armistice, But Per-
verseness of Herr Rose Still Stands In
the Way of a Satisfactory Settlements of
the TROUBLE. In the Islands-No Word
From Admiral Kautz.
AP1A, Samoa, April 27.-Via Auck-
land, N. a., May 4.-Mataafa, the rebel
chieftain, has accepted an armistice.
The Germans, however, declined to
sign the proclamation.
WASHINGTON, May 4.-Since the re-
ceipt by the navy department. of the
dispatch announcing that he had re-
ceived instructions notifying him of the
appointment of the Samoan commits
sion and of the desire of the president
that the status quo should be mann
tanned, nothing has been heard from
Rear Admiral Kaut.;. The news that
Mataafa has accepted an armistice,
though the Germans failed to sign the
proclamation, has consequently not
been officially confirmed.
There is no doubt, however, of the
correctness Of that feature Of the mes
sage relative to the suspension of hostil-
tiles, as it was the desire of the three
governments during the investigation
to be made by the commission that
peace and order should exist in the ISL
ands.
In view of this we'll known desire
some surprise is expressed at the re-.
ported refusal of Herr Rose to sign the
proclamation unless it contained ex-
pressions which he regarded as injur-
ing Germany's cause.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
TROOPS AT WARDNER.
Work Of Massing Regulars at
Scene of Trouble Progressing.
MARTIAL LAW NOT YET DECLARED

Union Miners Threaten to Do Away With
the One Company Before Others Arrive.
Town Is Terrorized by Wild Rumors.
Another Victim of the Mob Suceumbs to
His Wounds.
WARDNER, Ida, May 3.-Shortly
after the arrival yesterday Of company
M, Twenty fourth infantry, Captain
Bachelor commanding, report was
spread among the inhabitants Of the
place that the union miners from Can
yon Creek had started down to Ward
ner for the purpose of wiping out the
company of regular troops before rein
fOrcements could arrive. Sixty nom
union men armed with rifles immedi-
ately rusned down the road from
Wardner to the railroad station, one
and half miles distant, for the pur-
pose of stopping the union men. The
report is not credited here and was
probably occasioned by the suspension
of Geographic communication between
Wardner and Wallace.
Quite number of union men left
yesterday on the trains going in both
directions. But two arrests have been
made and these are both out on bail.
Martial law has not yet been declared,
but it is expected it will be today.
Coroner France will commence the in
quest as soon as the witnesses can be
subpoenaed.
James Cheyne, shot in the hip by the
mob Saturday, died in Spokane, where
he had been taken for treatment.
Other troops will arrive today.
The presence of the soldiers has eased
the situation remarkably and the peo-
pie are gradually regaining slight con-
fidence, but it is felt that peace cannot
be assured until 500 troops are quar-
tered here. Captain Bachelor and his
gallant rs soldiers, assisted by 100
townsmen, who are under arms, would
give such resistance as would annihi-
late any ordinary force, but should the
1900 men up Canyon Creek arrive fully
armed. the little guard now here could
hardly hope to cope with them.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
FARLEY IS FRUITLESS.
Second Conference Closes
Without Peaceful Results.
LAwToN CAPTURES VILLAGES.

Sixteen Hundred Filipinos Are Scattered
by the Americans-Otis Reports He Has
List of Captives Held by the Enemy.
I Six Are Soldiers and Eight Belong to
i Yorktown Party.
MANILA, May 3.-The second confer
ence. held this morning between Cen
eral Otis and the Filipino emissaries,
Colonel Manned Arguelles and Lieuten-
ant Jose Bernal, terminated without
any definite results.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-The following
cablegraln was received by the war de-
partment:
MANILA, May 2.-Adjutant General,
Washington: General Lawton's column
passing westward from Norzagara
captured Balinag and villages in vicin-
ity yesterday, Scattering and pursuing
1000 insurgent troops. His only cas-
ualties, two wounded; insurgent loss,
several killed; large number wounded
and captured. Number is not stated.
Have opened communication with Law
ton via Malolos by means of Hale's
troops and detachments from city.
List of prisoners i'll hands of insur-
gents just received, shows Lieutenant
Gilmore and seven enlisted men (navy)
lost from Yorktown and six enlisted
men (army), three Of the six wrong
fully arrested in January before hostil-
tiles commenced, all reported to be do
ing we'll. Besides the above, two men
i'll hands of insurgents, South and Cap
tain Rockefeller, still unaccounted for.
OrTc
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-05
sampson,s suuadron Arrives.

New YORK, May 3.-Rear Admiral
SIMPSONS squadron Of three battleships
and two armored cruisers dropped an
Choir off Tompkinsville yesterday after
a 10 weeks cruise in the West Indies.
The flagship New York, the Brooklyn,
Indiana, Texas and Massachusetts
are riding at anchor off the Staten ISL
and shore. They will remain there for
some time and visitors to the ships will
be welcomed. One by one they will be
placed in dry dock at the Brooklyn
navy yard to have their bottoms scraped
preparatory to the summer evolutions
off the New England coast. The start
on this cruise will be made early in
June.