The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-20

EDITORIAL T

DON'T forget the adjourned meeting
OF Wake County Alliance at The Pro
gressive Farmer ofoe, Saturday, Feb.
Fuary gath. Come.
The Raleigh Post states that the Con
stitution requires registrars to qualify
before entering upon the discharge Of
their duties. We accept the correction
Sill we do not know why Senator
Franks amendments were objection
able.
President Graham, of the State ALI
snce, has appointed the following dele
gates to the National Pure Food and
Drug Congress, to be held at Wash
ington, D G., March 9TH: Hon s B
Alexander, Ohsrlostei Capt. w. B
Fleming, RidgewsY. Alternates: ].
w. Wharton, Greensboro; J.. A Fisher,
Salisbury.
Our readers will and our Congress
ional summary in this issue of unusual
interest. The passage of tn gold
standard bill by the Senate last week
Is an event Of no small Importance to a
people already suffering from a con
gastion Of the circulating medium and
a ]protracted attack from those fnan
cisl leeches, national banks.
Bro. Parker, returning from his
Duplin trip last week, called to see Us
and gave US a good report from old
Duplin. The farmers down there have
tha right spirit and the Alliance put
look ia bright. Despite the bad weather,
Bro Parker re organized several subs
snd revived several others. We ex-
pect a full report from him for
next issue.
A correspondent asks for informa-
ton in regard to a 1Fm that pretends
TO teach m ,Rnetic healing, personal
magnetism, hypnotism. mesmerism,
suggestive therapeutics, e. We know
nothing Of the particular concern to
which she refers; but nine-tenths, and
almost ten.tenths, of such concerns
are, in our opinion, frauds of the first
water. With vague and indefinite,
but high sounding terms they confuse
persons not highly educated and de-
cei7e many. The secret of their sue
cess is that there is a grain Of truth in
their statements. A lie, half truth,
is ever the blacklist and most SUCCESS
fuI Of lice. It is always safe to let such
concerns severely alone.
On readers will be pleased to learn
that we have made arrangements with
Mr.. Gerald Mccarthy, State Botanist
ard Entomologist, for promptly an
swaring all inquiries in regard to plant
diseases, Identification and economic
value OF plants and insects, etc. Mr..
MCCARTHY is known throughout the
country al an authority on all such
matters. We have this week from his
pen a very timely. practical and we'll
written article, Paris Green and other
Insecticides" We expect other letters
from him in the near future. We
trust that our readers will avail them.
selves Of the opportunities offered by
the arrangement we have made.
Here are q few stubborn facts that
are more eloquent than a volume of
anti trust speeches. We CLEAN them
from the New York World: LESS
than a year ago every workman in
the country could buy oil for his
lamps at 8 cents a gallon in cans
The Stan lard Oil Company has since
successively raised the price to IL cents,
and it now sends out Al a valentine to
consumers a card announcing the ad
dillon OF another cent per gallon on
February IA This is an advances OF
CENTS a gallon, or 62b per cent, IN
less than a year. The Standard Oil
Company lass year paid 80 per cant.
dividends on 3 largely fictitious capt.
al 3stion of 500 600 600. With such
profits is has certsi2lY no excuse for
Increasing the price Of lie c1mnod5tv
D. 62t per cent" We commend this
TO the brethren who have defended
trE5ts because they reduceQH prices.