The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-27

EDITORIAL NOTEs

If it is right 10 impose q tax OF 2 Ger
cent. on the gross earning OF tAle
graphs and telephones, as the State
nov does, why is it unjust to require
railroads to make some return for the
privileges and franchis g granted them
by the Ssate3 Who q explains
The future historian must record as
Z OF the worlds gold-n deeds tins
admirable exhibition of bravery and
courage by the B Iers under G n
CroDj3 lesi week. Such heroIsm Jhe
world rarely sees Indeed the sturdy
farmers of the Trensvaal closely ap
preached the courage SHOWN by Olo
Leonidss and his three hundred at the
world famous pass Of Tnermopylae.
3 .itRin never fought g b~Bver fue than
that with which she Ia o clntendIng
Capt J J. Thomas reports that by
the storage arrangements made by
Wake County A;lianClmen n cotton
growers last fall many thousand dol
lars have already been saved and there
is now enough held by the storage
company on account of the farm~rs To
realize at present prices &C les SO 600
over prices prevailing at time OF sTor
age. This is an excellent ar wing
Put this where you a fnd &c mex
fall.
Under resolution passed by Tobacco
Convention January 8sn, President
Grimes has appointed the fol owInE
Interstate Committee" to confel
with and endeevor TO s cure the or
g~anization and CO operation OF gr wers
In oSh5r SAFES: r A P. Cooley, Nash
vile, n. Q J 10 8 birmingham, IN
ningham, N Q R R Govt n, E q
Falkland, N. c.; J. V Price, E i
ReldsVille, N. c.; Capt. T L Lev.
Ysncey Vile, n o. IL Is hop. d that all
counties in this State will be facElvely
organized by AprIl 15t.
In the outset Of the campaign let Us
urge upon the pain dlsinterested voter
IL each political party the necessity of
attending his party primary Go and
use all your influence &C elect the best
men 50 the nominating conventions
Leave these matters TO your township
boss, let a Gig Ie name the delegaU TO
the convention tha5 Is TO selecs can
didata5. and you have no right to C ,n
plain OF the unsavOry record Of can
didRtes or the downward course OF
politics generally. Purify the source
OF political power and purer politics
Will Be assured
One Of the meet interesting letters
we have published this year is that of
Mr., s. G.. Satter white on page 6 It's
justice and Importance command the
thoughtful consideration Of all per sons
interested in the welfare of the tobacco
grower. KEEP out of p 1litlcs" is good
edVics es long as politics SHOWS no dis
position to interfere with you. But
il the enemies OF the tobacco grower
use politics and political me 4sures to
keep him down, then it becomes the
tobacco growers DUTY to hIms If and
lis children to study the questions
Affecting his interest, and regardless of
the interest OF any party, his own OF
his neighbours, TO act as his CONSCIENCE
and bis Judgment dictate. Suc1 is our
opinion. II this be treason, make the
most OF it.
A very remarkable plan is that out
lined by Maj. W A Guthrie in our
General Correspondence department
o. this issue. Our to oacco growing
friends especially should CAREFUL,
ponder it. We have not been able to
give the plan a very critical examina-
tion, but our impression at this time is
decidedly favorable. Maj. Guthrie's
letter should be read in connection
with the advertisement else where IN
this issue announcing that application
will be made to the @ eneral Assembly,
at it's June sesf ion, to charter the Dur
ham Anti Trust Toba- co Company
with q capital not exceeding twenty
&ye million dollars, 20 be divided into
rRhares Of the par value of ten dollars