The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-08


of the Inter State Commerce Com
mission. This vast sum of wages Inc
salaries represents 6O4 per cent. of the
total operating expenses OF railroads,
and about 40 per cen Of their gross
earnings. The net earnings OF the
Southern Railway alone for June
were $500, 1913 70, a gain of $1O6 1875
over the same month last year. The
earnings of this one company for the
past twelve months have been $780,
$50 70, an increase over the previous
twelve months of 81, OBS SIT IS.
Have you three neighbors who do not
now take The Progressive Farmers Ii
so, this is for you. We will send The
Progressive Farmer to any address
every week from now till January 1,
1900, for only 40 cents; to any three
persons every week during that time
for only 81. And to any person send
ing US three new subscribers at this
rate we will send free a copy OF Glea-
sons Horse Book, a valuable work
which no horse owner should be with
out; or a copy of Pilgrims Progress,
the famous standard religious work;
or a COPY of Samantha at Saratoga"
the famous funny book, guaranteed
to cure the blues in it's worst form.
Each one Of these works should be IN
every farmers book case. Why not
secure them free and t the same time
make a number Of your neighbors
happier by the weekly visits Of The
Progressive Farmer9
The current number Of the South
ern Farm Magazine contains a por
trait Of Prof. j. A. Holmes, OF the mi
versity, with a very readable sketch of
his life. Prof. Holmes, as readers
know, is the most energetic and enthu
siastic advocate of good roads in the
State Of North CaroIiDa. The good
roads movement in this State is max
ing very substantial progress and to
find what it has already accomplished
one has only to compare the condition
Of roads and public sentiment a decade
ago with the condition Of our roads to
day and the interest our people now
take in the caUse Of better highways.
To-day twency-three counties are SAID
to be working their roads wholly or in
part by taxation. And for what has
been accomplished for several years
past, Prof. Holmes deserves much OF
the credit. Moreover, as the good
roads forces are now beginning to ap-
preciate the value Of organization and
united effort, we confidently expect
even greater things from Prof. Holmes
and his S sistants in the near future.
We do not endorse the sentiment set
forth in the following paragraph from,
a clipping which we copied OF page 8
Of last weeks issue: the man who
lives that wey,s with plenty Of meat
for his home use and a good supply to
turn into cash, doesn't have to bother
his head much about what the trusts
and combines are doing" This spirit,
however, is rife in the land. II you
happen to be in fairly comfortable Cir
cumstances, do not worry about
trusts and combines; do not udy
public questions; do not consider the
fact that your neig : boris welfare should
concern you somewhat; do not take
into consideration the Truth ina al
though you may be fairly comtortaO e
thisyear, the trusts may nexU year sa.z3
meat as their prey do not take any
thought tor the safety of American IL
situations or honCoty in politics - il
short, be like the dog, which, # ne has
enough to satisfy his hunger az Cne
meal cares for nothing else This is a
dangerous doctrine and one which no
thinking man should for a moment
encourage. Raise your own meat, but
do not forget that there are higher du-
ties than mere meat raising or money
getting.
We wish to impress upon our sub
scsi0ers the a~dvig9bility OF taking ad
vantage Of our Cffer to send Tae Pro
gTessive Farmer q year and a 81 so
copy Of The Lives OF D 5 Inguished
North Carolinians" for only 50. TIE
Lives of Distinguished North Caro-
linians" is a WORK of permanent value
and will be as interesting to your
children or grandchildren years from
now as 1t Is 20 you TO day. It should
be in the library of every patriotic,
b m 10 ing North C%arolinian. The
Fl teen men, sketches of whose lives
1t contains, are as follows: Davie,
Macon, Murphy, CASTOR, Badger,
Swain, Rufin, Bragg, Graham,
Moore. PeGtjgrew. Fender Ram.