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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-10-27
THE PLATFORM

We, the Silver men of Ormsby
county. in Convention assem- bled, re-
ntlilni the pied ges made to the people
of III" County when iii taking possess
ion of the County government, ~
promised a reduction ia the cost OF
maintaining the same,
Al that time the County was in deDt
and doing business on a script basis,
whereas, now it has surplus OF nearly
20: c03 ii the treasury.
We reaffirm our loyalty to the busi
ness principles which have brought
about this result and only ask the tax
/ payers TO Judge cur course in the flu
tire by what We have done in the past
| We endorse the principles OF fl e
| silver. antitrust and antiimpeiialism
! laid down in orr State platform.
! We pledge our legislative nominees
to support d bill allowing the people cl
! Carson TO vote on the subjec: of the
Municipal ownership OF water. bill
which was beaten in the last legisla
ture by the interference of outside
counties on a purely local issue and We
pledge the people Of OJmsby that the
Silver party will not give up the fight
Tor cheaper water rates until the
scheme of municipal ownership o
water is an accomplished fact.
!: This convention also endorses til,
plank relative to the raising of til,
valuation of taxes and a corresponding
lowering of rates in this State adopted
by the State convention in order tina
Nevada may stand better abroad ant
invite instead of repelling capital seek
ing investment, and pledge our leeisla
tive nominees to vote for these re
= forms.
We favor the election of..a Unite
, States Serator!by asdirect vote of til
people. and hold that all importan
t questions relaping to State interest
[, should be submitted to the people 70
their approval OF rejection.
We are in favor OF fostering tn
public schools and pledge our legisls
i've nominees, if cleo ed, to oppos
! any reduction of the interest on scho,
land contracts.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-10-27

A the Republican meeting at the
Opera House, Sam Plat, i'll his
s?c-,ii. took occasion to make soule
fu- :. tug exp-n e OF Bryan's mouth.
Tie APPEAL bzgs leave TO call Mr..
Plat 5 attention. 10 the size OF Daniel
Webster's mouth and also that OF
Abraham lincoln. Both their mouths
during their lives, were the subject
OF rilicnle, but YOU do not hear much
said sbout these features now. The
winged words Of el quence and the
SCUM seuse which came from those
mouths will live with the English
language. Candidly, Mr.. Plait
would you not gladly add two lnche:
to your own mouth if the size of il
could affect your utterances and make
them live IN tue memories OF maH-
kind as do those of Webster and Lii.
coin. Even four inches if necessary
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-10-27
THE TRUSTS

Mr.. Newlands, in his Speech IL
Congress June last, pays his corn'i'-
ments to the trusts. In ,h's >pe-ri'
he gives the names of over five bu:'-
dred trusts that are noE ilouris:,iaG
under the Republican :I:i'nisisa,;t':l
and most of which have sprung intu
existence during the IS: l'ir years
Their wateIed stock aggre gates
bilious of dollars. Sti!l Mr. Hanna
says there are no trusts. Mr.. New
lands names theii places OF buslne--.
and amount of stock, commoi, anu
preferred. 1t is against these cigar
tic combines OF wealth that BRYAN and
the Democratic party are battling to-
day Nevada is suffering from these
combines because size produces very
few Of the articles controlled BY the
trusts. 70 fight these people e'..-->r,:.-
lively vote the National. Ste and
County tickets straight.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-10-27
A DREADFUL PLOT

The latest canard of the Hanna
press is to make a skyrocket display
in the charge that Aguinaldo, the
rebel chief, some months ago wrote
letter to Bryan and sent it as reg
istered mail. From this they assume
that Bryan is in league with Agui-
naldo and the two are connecting a
plot to destroy the country.
The contents of the letter are not
known but it will be made public in a
few days. The contents of the epistle
will probably expose plan by which
Bryan and Aguinaldo were arranging
to combine their forces and capture
the Capitol at Washington with the
aid o. Coke army, and by captur-
ing Mckinley and secreting him in
the back shed of Bryan's farm in Ne
braska hold him as hostage until he
was ransemed by Mark Hanna. This
money would be used in the election
of Bryan. Part of the agreement 60
ing with the ransom was to be the
retirement of Mckinley from the cam.
paign. The awful plot probably fell
through by the refusal of Coke II
come in unless he was guaranteed It's
appointment of Secretary Of the Treas
ury and Dennis Kerney as Minis'e, O
the Interior.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-10-27

In his speech at the Opera House
on Wednesday evening, Trennore
Coffin paid gentlemanly and grace
tul tribute to the high character aud
legal ability of Judge Fitzgerald. 1t
was very neatly done and the APPEAL
accords him full credit for it.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-10-27


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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-10-27
Qtfisia! Court os State Funds
State If Ne.-=.la. !
f'nfI.;.y Il G.lnsby,

fnI:i.y 4 Grmshy.
.;ei,.hoi,t Sat:ier, Eugene Howell and w d
I"s.ts ia!; .iu'y sworn, several'y say that
hey arc members of the Board of Ex-
.n.iners Of The State Of Nevada; that on
h" l5:ti day Of C.:ober 1900, they
after having ascertsincd from the books
If tie State Controller the amount of
money which should be in the Treasury
made an official examination and count
u me money in the State Treasury Of
Nevada, and found the same correct as
follows:
S1aS, 7O2H
Paid Coin Vouchers MT
returned to Controller l3,765.76
Total $l5O,46s.3O
State School Fund Securities
Irretleemable Nevada State School
Bonds $3SO,nCOOO
Nevada State Bonds 262,6OOGO
United States Bonds 7s5,O0GOL
Total $l,57S,O6S
Reinhold Sadler,
Eugene How>r,
w. d. Jones.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 18Th day of October, A. D. 1900.
aEALl J. DOANE, Notary
Public. Ormshv County, Nevada.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-10-27

Fresh Eastern oysters just received at
Tyrrell's. Only 80 cents a can.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-03

souarely presented shall the people
of North Carolina leave their chill
dren uneducated or shall they lay a
reasonable and just and equitable
tax upon the wealth which is so
freely made out of US and which has
hitherto escaped all taxation, yet
which is able to bear it, for the pur-
pose of supporting a modern system
of education for the lasting benefit
and welfare of the State.
"Mr. Mebane broke the ice | n
making this recommendation to the
legislature. 1t considered the mat
ter, but the voice of the people had.
not been heard and the voice OF h
corporations to be affected was OF
course ready to respond in opposi-
ton. When the next legislature
meets the people may have discussed
the matter and made their decision.
The fate of our public school system
and of higher education is for the
people to decide. Shall we have an
effective system or shall it lingtr l n
a comatose condition."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-03

AS yet a 3 per cent. tax may be
too heavy-we haven't investigated
the matter fully enough to say it
would not be-but we are convinced
that a tax such as that proposed
above would be fair and just.
From Judge Clark's speech we
make these extracts:
In a recent publication by Prof.
Raper [ e that he states that there
are nor illiterate whites in North
Carolina, than in the rest of the
original thirteen States combined. I
have not verified his figures but 1
presume he is correct. At any rate
it is very certain that in the most
essential particular of public educa-
ton, North Carolina, to our shame
be it said, is at about the tail end of
the procession. How can the State
progress and develop till this is
changed, for the strength and power
of a free State rest securely ONLY
upon the intelligence and patriotism
of it's masses.
eff North Carolina has been short
in the craftsmanship and patriotism
which should give her people a good
and effective system of public schools.
she has no less played the part of a
step-mother in complying with her
constitutional obligations to provide
for higher education. Her entire
annual appropriation for higher edu-
cation as represented by this insti-
tuition, the A. & M. College and the
University combined is Just about
$780, 0O, less than 3 cents per CAPITA
upon u population, and is lust
about the same sum we are taxed bv
one great corporation doing business
in this State to pay the salary of its
President-while our little sister
State of South Carolina gives S12O.-
900, Virginia $14O, 900 and some of
our sister States give half a million
annually for higher education. No
wonder that the latter have Univer-
stiles with 5000 students each and
that these States r increasing rap
idly IN population and in wealth.
eve constantly hear that we have
not the means and especially as to
higher education it is pointed out
that 1t is only commanded as far as
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-03
WORK FOR COUNTY ALLIANCES.

The County Alliance meetings to
be held this month are of vast i'm
portance. Every Sub. should be rep
resented by a full delegation and lay
members of the Order, wherever
convenient, should attend and en-
courage the good work. Great care
should be exercised in the selection
of officers. Elect no man who would
be a drawback or stumbling-block
in the reorganization of the Order in
your county. Give the question full
consideration before going to the
meeting and be prepared to work for
the best men.
By no means the least important
position to be filed is that of dele
gate to the State Alliance. See that
a broad-minded, enthusiastic bust
ness Allianceman, a man in whom
the people have full confidence and
who would have influence in getting
old members back into the Order and
building up the waste places is named
for this important task.
AS Progressive Farmer readers
know, the last State Alliance adj
journed to meeting at the usual time
this year-the second Thursday in
August, the fact that this would be
only a few days after the close of a
heated campaign not being thought
of. Since then, however, numbers
of Alliancemen have declared in IA
vor of pOstpOning the State meeting.
1t is urged that in this way dele
gates will have more time for con
sidering Alliance matters and dis
cussing plans for reorganization
Alliances will have recovered from
the shock of the campaign and dele
gates will have a safe idea of condi-
tiOns as they are; they will also
have had time to confer with eligible
outsiders and learn the prospects of
reorganization in their respective
counties-in short, that political ex-
element will be over and that bet
ter work can be done by and for all
concerned. This view of the case
being presented by many Alliance
men, the Executive Committee has
recommended that County Alliances
vote upon the question and inform
the State officers of their decision.
To effect this postponement in a
constitutional manner it is only nee
essary that a majority of the County
Alliances to-
1. Instruct their delegates not to
go to HillsbOrO August 18th.
2. Ask President Graham to call a
meeting of the State Alliance at
some later date.
Do not fail to have the matter
brought up at your county meeting.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-03
THE CIRCUIT BILL A
ton.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
II. Nominating conventions will
soon be held and I have mislaid my
copy Of The Progressive Farmer Civ
ing the names of the congressman
who refused to support the Tawney
resolution asking for information
as to the ingredients of oleomargar-
inc. Will you please tell us how
the North Carolina congressman
voted? 2. When is the CIRCUIT bill
to be voted on? H.
Rowan Co., N. G..
1. Of the North Carolina delega-
ton, the following members voted
to table the Tawney resolution: At
water, Linney Small, Thomas, White /;
against tabling, Bethany, Crawford,
Kluttz not voting, Kitchin.
2. Secretary Knight, of the Ma
tional Dairy Union, sends us the
following statement:
"The circuit bill, will be voted upon
December 9Th by the House of Rep
resentatives, three days after the
assembling of Congress for the short
session. This bill provides for an
increase of the tax on oleomargarine
colored to resemble butter, from
two to ten cents per pound. Such
oleomargarine cannot be lawfully
sold in thirty-two leading States.
but 81, 900, 900 pounds were illegally
sold therein last year, hence the de-
mand for National legislation. The
bill reduces the tax on that oleomar-
garine made in it's natural white
color, from two cents to one-fourth
cent per pound, so the workingman
may have the mixture if he wants it.
and does not need to take it if he
doesn't. Over 200 of the 356 Con
gressmen r said to favor the pass
age of the bill"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-03
HOW WE MAY LIFT NORTH CAROLINA
OUT OF THE MIRE OF ILLITERACY.

In the remarkable address which
Judge Walter Clark delivered to the
graduating class at the State Normal
Collegefor Young Women, at Green's
boro, last year, a simple and effective
plan was pointed out whereby we
may comply with our constitutional
obligations in respect to public edu-
cation and thereby lift the State out
of it's deplorable condition of illit-
eracy.
The Progressive Farmer does not
believe that railroads or any other
property should bear more than
their Just share of taxation. We do
believe that railroads and all prop
erty should make full return for
special privileges granted them. Our
State taxes ~Gelegraphs and telephones
upon their gross earnings. Either
this is unjust or the plan advocated
by Judge Clark and Prof. Mebane is
not unjust. The benefits the people
derive from railroads r great, but
the benefits railroad owner derive
from the people are also worthy of
consideration. Fourteen States in
the Union levy a tax upon the gross
earnings of railroads. A proposition
to levy a similar tax in this State
was approved by the Finance Com
mittee of the General Assembly of
1899 and passed the House of Repre-
sentatives at that time. Had it
passed the Senate it would have
brought into the State Treasury
1923, 524.35 annually, as shown by
these figures:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-03
WHAT COL. POLK THOUGHT OF IT.

CHANGING over a copy Of The Pro
gressive Farmer of Feb. 28th, 1888, a
few days ago, we found the follow
ing editorial written by Col. Polk
that is so thoroughly in line with
the doctrine we have been preaching
for some months that we quote it
herewith:
eve do not believe that public
morality has 50 degenerated that it
is necessary to the success of a can
didate or of a party that the oppos-
ing candidate or party should be
villifed, abused, maligned and SLAM
dered. Especially is it repugnant to
common decency, as we'll as to a sense
of common justice, to prowl around
the back yards and gather up the
rags and filth Of generations past with
which to blacken the character of a
candidate. Let the press and the
good men of all parties discOunten-
ance and discourage the disgusting
habit of personal abuse and black
guardism among our politicians and
select a high moral type of manhood
to fill public positions"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-03
INDIRECT TAXATION.

The evils of indirect taxation are
neatly and truthfully set forth II
the current issue of 1.-THE Science u
Government as follows:
"To ascertain your county's share
of the great national tax for the neAS
year multiply the population 0y
and the result will be the tax IN aoi-
lars. Such a tax levied direct wouLu
raise a howl that would not fall ~
bring results, but collected indlrec'.
ly as it is the people pay little OF ~
attention to it, though it IS JUST a.
much a burden as though it was GU
lected by a levy on property dlrVos,
The only difference is the ouFu'I
falls upon the people in propor'lpn
to what they consume, not 10
amount of their property. we %;s
in mind a bachelor here IN Lno
county who is worth seventy
thousand dollars, who pays
national taxes than a certain WIZ
we have in mind who makes hel
ing sewing, and who has noO
thousand dollars worth Of propei"'
Now that hot weather anu
politics tempt you away from reg
lar meetings of your ub-Aln0 Are
are you still doing your duty aon
you standing the test as true o-der
and true members of the
should? Weighed in the DaL@ gallant,
are you and your Sub. found '"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-03
.. THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATION

1.-THE INDUSTRIAL n EDUCATION
Al INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARA
MOUNT TO L OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
OF STATE POLICY, is the motto of The
Progressive Farmer, and upon this
platform it shall rise or fall. Serving
no master, ruled by no faction, cir
cumscribed by no selfish or narrow
policy, its aim will be to foster and
promote the best interests of the
whole people of the State. 1t will be
true to the instincts, traditions and
history of the Anglo-Saxon ace On
all matters relating specially to the
great interests it represents, it will
speak with no uncertain voice, but
will fearlessly the right defend and
impartially the wrong condemn. >
From Col. Folks SalutatOry, Feb.
10, 1886.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-03
NORTH CAROLINA FARMING.

A special to the News and Obser-
yer from Concord says that Cabarrus
has just harvested the largest wheat
crop that perhaps she has ever
raised, and the hum of the threshing
machine is heard ali over the county.
The wheat shocked in the fields has
sprOuted, much of it, and is growing.
In some instances it is a hand high
high on top of the sheaf. Grass has
grown in the crops until it is
alarming.
The News. reports that in Transyl-
vania the fruit crop bids fair to ex-
coed anything the county has had
in years. Every peach tree is loaded,
and there is a sufficient crop of ap-
pies on nearly all trees to make them
fine for marketing.
There T many evidences of a
general realization of the benefits of
improved farm machinery among
our farmers. The Mercury re-
ports that in Catawba county alone
about 100 h~arvesters have been sold
this season.
A few weeks ago we quoted APP
prOvingly an item from the Chad
bourn Messenger telling of the pro
gress of Columbus county farmers,
shown by the decadence of the one
crop system and the growth of diver
sifed farming. The same good news
comes from Northampton. The
ROanOke-ChOwan Times of last week
says: LESS than five years ago cot
ton wa the only money crop of this
section now large shipments of pea
nuts, COW peas, meat and live stock
are made. Last season was the first
time we ever knew cow peas to be
shipped from this section this year
shipments of field peas have been
large and frequent while the re-
ceipts Of the products OF Western
farms have grown less"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-03
Editorial.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

A great and successful convention
of East Tennessee farmers was held
recently. Texas is to have such a
convention this week. North Caro-
lima -?
A very interesting program, which
will be published later in The Pro
gressive Farmer, has been arranged
for the second annual meeting of
the Cotton States Association of
Commissioners of Agriculture, which
will be held at Raleigh, August % to
September 1. Practical subjects will
be discussed and the meeting prom
ises to do much good.
A newspaper correspondent last
week reported: From Ridgeway
1000 crates of cultivated blackber-
ries are now being shipped daily.
The crop is found profitable, much
more so than grapes" This fact
may impress upon some readers the
Importance of an industry to which
The Progressive Farmer has more
than once referred.
The present editor has now con-
trolled the editorial pOlity of The
Progressive Farmer for a year. We
are deeply grateful to our friends in
all parts of the State who have
stood by us, increased the circula-
ton of the paper, and encouraged
US. Our object is still to give the
people "a fearless, unmuzzled and
unprecedented farm and family
paper"
The heavy rains of the past two
weeks have done much damage to
farming interests in all parts of the
State. Much unhOused wheat has
been ruined, sprouting in the shock.
Early peaches are rotting badly.
Grass has grown with alarming ra-
pidity and the farmers find much
work before them to "catch up" 1t
Is a good time, however, to read
again that suggestive article 1.-The
Brickbat Crop in last weeks Pro
gressive Farmer, and remember that
this crop, caused by blowing when
too wet, is far more dangerous than
grass.
On another page appears an ad-
dress delivered before the Union
Springs On v Farmers Club, about
a dozen years ago, by a member of
The Progressive Farmer editorial
staff. The farm needs are as urgent
to-day as they were at the time this
address was written and delivered.
Many readers will have freshly in
mind the lack of definite infOrma-
ton they had at hand when the
census man called on them. They
will recall how glad they would
have been to have been able to
give positively accurate replies to
many of the questions. This ad-
dress may be helpful to some of YOU
IN pointing out how to secure accu-
rate information as to the business
you are engaged in and whether it is
paying you to continne it.