The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-12
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EDITORIAL. T


1t ig announced that Gen. Leonard
Wood will succeed Gen. Brooke es
Governor General OF Cuba. Wood ap
pears to be a man in whom great
bravery, high character and SOUND
business ideas are combined, a rare
combination Of which we expect much.
We consider Wood one Of the greatest
OF American soldiers.
The price of paper, type and nearly
ell newspaper supplies have increased
wonderfully, and the Scotland Neck
Commonwealth ia probably correct in
the statement that newspaper work
and general printing are done at less
profit now than ever before in the
history OF the country. In u Ease,
certainly, eZprensas are steadily in
Cressing.
While advocating CO operative cot
ton factories, cooperative tobacco fac
tories, and cooperative creameries,
The Progressive Farmer is also hearth
IL in favor Of a cooperative paper
mill. The folio wing from the Winston
Sentinel meets our entire approval:
I'VE believe the most effective way to
tackle and down the paper trust is
that the newspapers all over country
form one or 6 number of stock com
Danies and 60 into the manufacture OF
paper themselves, supplying the pro
duct to stockholders at or about cost"
Gov. Roosevelt, late Colonel of the
Rough Riders, is camping on the
trail of the trusts. Recent dipatches
Say that ne has called to his assistance
college professors most profoundly
versed in the study Of the question,
and upon their advice and suggestion
will recommend remedial legislation
IN his message so far a he thinks New
York can rem:dy the evil. Il may be,
he thinks, that the State anu the ma
ton will have to act in conjunction.
IN that event, he will recommend that
Congress be asked by the State Legis
lature to pass an &c that will bring
about the desired result.
Il this cooperative move should re-
suit in growers becoming their own
manufacturers and the cotton growers,
build factories, the dairymen unite and
manufacture butter and cheese on the
cooperative plan, what will become
Of the cities7 There must then surely
follow an increase in price of land and
a movement of the more prosperous
people to the country. The local fac
tories will give employment to a larger
country population which in turn will
be able to support good schools and
churches. Country life will thus be,
come nor attractive than for many
years past during which there has been
a strong movement Of people from
country to city.
Miss Turner, OF the Greensboro
Normal, sacrifice her life in the per
form8nce OF a duty, end the people Of
the State should hold her memory in
grateful remembrance. She took more
chances with less hope Of reward than
Dewey at Manila or Echley at Santi-
ago, but her noble deed OF s~el.-secri
fee will occasion no more than passing
mention and will be forgotten by the
mCs5 Of rs before the earth has claimed
Its own" In the foregoing paragraph
the Durham Herald bestows praise
none too.high upon the heroine of the
State Normal. Had some soldier, fight
ing an opposing army, risked half so
much in an eff ort to destroy life his act
would have been everywhere ap-
plauded. How much greater praise
should be given her who risked all in
an effort to save life, without expect
ing or caring for the plaudits Of the
multitude. The world is slow to real.
Ia that ''peace hath her victories and
everyday life its heroes and heroines.
A good Chatham county brother
called last Monday evening and read
us a lecture for supporting the pre-
posed Constitutional amendment. On
Wednesday good brother from Gas
we'll called and earnestly requested Va
80 quit fighting the measure. Let us