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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-16
$3,G22.O25,O0O

This list includes the leather. To-
bacco. whlskey. steel, tin plate. Glu-
cOse, -four. pottery. cracker. asphalt.
copper and other important trusts. but
not the Standard Oil. sugar, cordage,
paper and others of large capital and
generally we'll known which obtained
their charters elsewhere OF prior to
March 4, 1897. 1t is simply a list of
New Jersey trust charters granted
since thai date and carefully copied
from the State records at and
includes but three of the hundreds OF
charters granted during the same per-
iod with a capitalization Of less than
$40, 600, 900.
1877
March %, Composite Type-Bar Com
pany, $40, 600, 600.
August 2, Glucose Sugar Refining Com
pany (cap. paid Sept. 10, 80, $40, 600, 900.
September q, Electric Vehicle Company,
$40, goo. 900.
MAY 10, 80, stock increased to s12,-
600, 900.
September %, American Mailing Com
pany ($1O, 600, 900 stock paid Oct. 49, $780,
OCO, 900.
November 90, Pacific Coast Company
($12, 525, 900 stock paid June 80, '99) $15,-
525, 900. =
December 81, Farm and Dairy Product
Company, So, 900, 600.
six charters)-Total for 1897, $780,
525 900.
1885,
January 8, American Fisheries Com
pany, $40, 900, 900.
January 25, Atlantic Snuff Company,
SIC, 600, 900.
= February 8, National Biscuit Company
$55 ,OOO, 600.
February 4, Pennsylvania Manufacture
ing, Light and Power Company, SIS, 900,
March 10, American Thread Company
$12, 900 900.
April 10, Anderson Safe Float Company
$15, 600, 900.
June q, Standard Distiling and Dis
tributing Company, $24, 900, 900.
September 6, American Indies Compan!
Capital stock paid to $50, 900, May 90, '99l
$18, O0O, 900.
September 8, Federal Steel Company
($30,0 900 stock paid Sept. 15), 5000 .00O, 900.
November q, International Silver Com
pan ($14, O26, 900 stock paid January Z
800, 500, 900 900.
November 90, Otis Elevator Company
81, OOO, 900.
December 5, American Linseed Com.
pany, $33, 500, 900.
December 10, Continental Tobacco Com
pany, $75, 900, 900. april 26, '99, capita
stock increased. May 6, so, stock paid L
1917, 900. 7OO), 500, O00, 900.
December IA, American Tin Plate Com
pany Oslo, 900 stock paid, Dec. 2O, $50,
O00, 900.
December. Is, American Pulley Compan,
$4,000, 600.
Us companies organized)-Total cap
italization for 1898, $575, 500, 900.
1885,
January 6, United Lighting and Heat
ing Company, SIP, 600, 900.
January IL, Pressed Steel Car Company
$25, 0OO, 900.
January 10, American Steel and Wir
Company (stock all paid Feb. 27), 500,
900, 900.
January IA, New York Auto Truck Com
pany, $40, 600, 900.
January 16, National Carbon Company
f10,0 0O, 900.
t 4
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-16
HE FOOLED THE SURGEONS.

All doctors told Renick Hamilton. of
West Jefferson, Ohio, after suffering is
months from Rectal Fistula, he would die
nuless a costly operation was performed;
but he cured himself with five boxes of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the surest Pile
cure on Earth, and the best Salve in the
World. % cents a box. Sold by all drug
fists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-16
STEVENSON AT WILMINGTON.
Speaks to an Enthusiastic Audience on Pro
blems Born of Spanish War.
nv the Associated Press.

Wilmington, Del, Oct. ia large and
enthusiastic crowd greeted Adlal r.
Stevenson, the Democratic candidate Tor
Vice-President tonight at the opera house
in this city. Prior to his speech tonight
he made one in the afternoon at Laurei,
which was practically on the same lines
as the one delivered tonight, which was
mainly devoted to the problems groWing
out OF the Spanish War.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-16
The "Old Ironside :"
(By the Associated PreSS.)

(By the ASSOCIATED PreSS.)
Washington, Oct. 13.-The Naval Board
appointed to examine the old frigate Con-
stitutiOn, has reported to the Navy De-
partment that it will cost about 4OO, 900
to place that vessel in condition, such as
is contemplated by the Boston Patriotic
society, which is raising a fund for the
rehabilitation of "Old IrOnsides."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-16

Grand total..... So, 622, O25, 600 $191, 1852, 500
123 companies organized during this
period from March A, 1897, to October 1,
1900, all excepting American Chicle Com
pany June 2, '99), American Sash and
Door Company and Casein Company Of
America, having capitalization Of ten mil
lions or mOre.)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-16

The vocalist who expects to make a
on the stage trusts to chants.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-16

(sa3, 001, 200 capital paid May 49,, s25,0oo,-
900.
March "a, The Carnegie Company, $780,
600, 600.
March %. American Sheet Steel Com
pany, (49 million stock paid May 49,, S52,-
900, 900.
April 3, Interoceanic Canal Company.
500, 000, 600.
April 80, Cosmopolitan Power Company,
$40, 900, 600.
May 3, siegel-Cooper Company, s24. ooo,-
900.
May 3. National Asphalt Company.
SIS, 600, 900.
august -, increased capital to- s22.-
900, 600.
May 3, American Bridge Company Gin
creased capitaD. $4,000 600.
June 2, National Sugar Refining Com
pany of New Jersey, $40, 900, 900.
July 10, National Telephone and Tele-
graph Company. ST, 600, 900.
July q, Crucible Steel Company of
America, $50, 00O, 900.
September /, American Timber Invest
ment Company, $40, 600, 900.
16 companies)-Total for 1900 to Octo-
Der /, $G66, 900, OCO.
RECAPITULATION.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-11
The Thinkers.
GOOD ADVICE:

When a farmer sells cotton this
fall for less than ten cents he is be-
ing robbed. The crop is very short,
and unless there are unjust comb
nations of manufacturers and brok-
ers against the farmers the price will
be a fair one. The Commissioners
of Agriculture of the Cotton States,
in convention at Raleigh last week,
advised the farmers not to rush all
their cotton on the market at one
time, but to distribute it's marketing
throughout the entire year. This
advice is good, Over and over again
have our farmers seen the price Of
cotton advance by leaps and bounds
after 1t had left their hands and be-
come the property of spectators
and manufacturers. IF cotton re-
ceipts during one or two months of
the fall are as full as in former years,
the price will go below what the size
of the crop warrants, while de-
creased sales during the fall months
will keep up the price.-Statesville
Mascot.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-11

fiammatory liquor. There was no
in material development
because there was no incentive, No
man would toll to improve land or
house when there was no guarantee
that his labor would bless himself or.
his family" sd ;
We have quoted this at length, be-
cause it is the story of practically
every test of Socialism that has ever
been made, And the student Of hu-
man m. nature knows that the very
same traits that prevented all prog
.ress under Frankish Socialism,
would act in identically the same
manner with twentieth century
Socialism. .
The remedy is not Socialism,
Rather let us have free and unre-
stricted competition, abolish all laws
of special privilege and private mo-
nopoly, and give full play to the
ability and energy of the individual.
This is our hope.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-11
FOR YOUNG

1t is gratifying to note that The
Citizens article regarding the need
Of a State reformatory for young
criminals has struck a responsive
chord. The movement was endorsed
by the State Press Association, in
session here last week, and if the
members of that body enter heartily
into advocacy of the movement the
result will be a sentiment that will
end in the establishment Of the in
stitution. Commenting on The Citi-
zen's article the Concord Tribune
says:
eve truly hope that every paper
in the State will take up the question
OF a reformatory and keep contin-
ually pounding away until something
is done. AS to the need of such an
institution it seems hardly necessary
to speak. There are, to be sure,
many needs we have but this is one
that is pressing and demands the at
tention OF the people. For years we
have had the question of a reforma-
tory up for discussion and now it
ought to be settled. The legislature
at its meeting in January should
take steps to establish a reforma-
tory, and every paper and every citi-
zen of the State should talk reforma-
tory until we get it."-Asheville
Citizen.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-11
THE R E ASSOCIATION.

We were unable to attend the an
nual meeting of the North Carolina
Press Association in Asheville last
week, but the brethren managed
very we'll without US. In fact, they
seem to have done better work than
at any meeting we have attended.
And we are sure that the list of
newly elected officers compares favor
ably with any similar list in the his
tory of the Association. Col. w. S.
Pearson's address, as we read it in
the Charlotte Observer, is a gem.
We are glad to see that the editors
are getting tired of paying tribute to
the paper trust and took steps look
ing to the erection of an antitrust
paper mill.
One of the brethren who attended
says the distinguishing sentiment of
this meeting was the desire for in
dependence in journalism-"a senti-
ment," he says, 'in favor of lifting
journalism to a higher plane than
that of trucking to the designing
politicians and instead of calling a
man dishonest for scratching a.
scoundrel's name off his ticket, COM
mend him for his honesty and
patriotism And this independent
journalism, he correctly adds, means
the dawn of a better day for both
press and people, for "when the spirit
of independence takes hold of editors
as it should our State will have bet
ter papers and the political atmo-
sphere will be purer."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-11
FoR BETTER SCHOOLS.

The article on our first page frooa
The Progressive Farmer entitled
ssThe Shame of ft," should make us
blush. In the face of hard times
and the intense competition of this
age, it is not always pleasant toInen-
ton any thing that costs money to
procure. But while we dress and
live as we do strangers would ha9dly
Shrink US so poor as we feel when He'
speak of education. just turn to the
article and read North Carolina
per capita expenditure for education,
for children in the schools, four dol
lars and thfrty-four cents; North
Dakotas th1rty-one dollars. Pub
lie schools are one thing of which a
correct estimate can be- given
ln7dollars and cents. According to
these figures, North Dakota buys
more than seven times as much edu.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-11
THREE EXCELLENT ADDRESSES.

We publish three excellent ad-
dresses in this issue. DIR. Magruder,
on page 1, points out the costly mis-
takes in the present methods of fer
tflizer buying. And having correctly
diagnosed the case, he with equal &C
curacy points out the remedy.
On page 4 we give in abridged
form Hon. r. II. Battles mastery
grafton on Vance. Perhaps you
haven time to read along biog Apply,
but you cannot afford to pass over
this epitome of the career of North
.Carolina's best loved son We do
not think so thorough a review of
his life work has over been given
in so little space.
On page 6 the reader will find in
the shape Of an address by President
Winston one Of the most thoughtful
studies in North Carolina agricul-
tural conditions that we have heard
or read. DR.. Winston is a man of
great energy and of decided opinions,
and while we do not agree with him
on all matters, we consider him the
ablest college president in the State
and realize that the agricultural and
other classes w him their thanks
for his wise management Of the A.
& M. College, which has resulted in
the great prosperity of that institu-
ton. And this we say, though DR..
Winston seems to forget sometimes
that North Carolina can find posi-
tions for a hundred educated we'll
equipped farmers for each cotton
mill manager OF electrical engineer
needed. This, we insist, is true,
though we believe with DIR. Winston
that our State possesses marvellous
advantages for manufacturing; that
this increase in manufacturing is
O the benefit of both farm
and manufacturing classes. and
that young men better qualified for
other work should not be kept on the
farm. The last-named subject vel
shall discuss more fully in a later
issue of The Progressive Farmer.
But 1.-The five things needed" named
Oy DR.. Winston in conclusion consti-
5ute what is in opinion the finest
platform for farmers that has vet
been proposed. Study it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-11

E, A London dispatch last week said:
s'Cotton has not been SO scarce since
before since the days of the Ameri-
can civil war. The purchasers r
chiefly employers having large CON
tracts on hand. It is hoped that the
situation may be saved by the arri-
val of the new crop from America
toward the end of the month" 1t is
unnecessary for us to point the moral
of this.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-11
WHIPPING THE YELLOW BLOoDED "a.
II INTO LINE, wig

In the push and hurrah, the ADJ.
Using and the din Of campaign -
there is one feature that strikes ' .
onlooker as full of humor. THAI
the work of the various COL.
bureaus" After the speakers q
spellbinders and the hand sboh.
have done their work the Solo
bureau gets the voter aside q,
tells him just how the election
going to result. He is inforn,,
emphatically that the whole connt,
is on the side of the Administrat;os
or that the great American ponnl.,
is ready to rise in mass to nroto,
against the policy of the Cove,
ment. He learns from a MINI,
"claim bureau" that the State win
re-elect it's present Governor nv ,
majority of 100, 900, while the rival
dreamer informs him, 'sconfdo,
tally" that a deep, swift unde,
current of opposition to the CIV
ernor is going to play havoc with tbs
plans of that official.
ALI this seems very humorous, brt
it has also it's serious aspect. This
thing of claiming certain victory has
come to be considered an important
part of practical politics. 1t may b
laid down as a general rule that
other things being equal, the paru
which makes the biggest claims will
win. This fact does not speak well
either for our patriotism or our man
hood. On the other hand, it show,
that an immense amount of yellow
blood courses through the veins d
the voting populace. It shows that
a very considerable portion of v6ter
will sacrifice principle rather than
run the risk Of voting with The
losing side.
Support that man and you Lose
your VOTE" says the spellbinder and
he goes on to explain that the canli
date in question is going to be de-
feated. This so-called Gloss of
vote seems a terrible caIamityfG
many voters. Of course this is t
most absurd of ideas, for he has not
only ''lost his vote in failing toa
press with it his wish as to The
choice of an official, but has made
a weapon against his own party bel
has used it, not to carry out his de-
sire, but to suppress it.
What we need is more good red
blood, blood that makes a mar stand
and fight and vote for his cOnVlSI
tions, even if he knows the majOrltE
is against him. We need voters VINO
are willing to fight for a time on ts
losing side with the hope Of ACHIEVING
ultimate victory, men who are VIII
ing to spend time and strength al'
ballots in agitation to bring a caus
before the nation.-Leonidas Hup
bard, Jr., in Saturday Evening row
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-11
Editorial.


The prosperity of our North Caro-
lima schools and colleges now begin
ming new sessions augurs we'll for
the future of the State. The long
hoped-for educational awakening is
here.
Both the Democratic and the Re
publican candidates for Vice-Presi-
dent in 1896 are dead. Both seem to
have been good honest business men,
but neither was entitled to the ap-
p~eI1ation great"
See that your member in the legis-
Iature is pledged to the support of
the improvements in our fertilizer
laws demanded by the Commissioners
of Agriculture. Alliances might
very properly take action in this
matter.
What of Alliance reorganization
in your county or in your neighbor-
hood? Talk the matter over with
your neighbors, educate and agitate.
And don't forget that Secretary Par
ker. or The Progressive Farmer, will
be glad to give you any information
or advice to the best of our ability.
Write US.
Bro. T. B.. Parker, Secretary of the
Tobacco Growers Association, is
. sending out copies of his excellent
address to tobacco growers, published
in The Progressive Farmer several
weeks ago. He says that reports in
dictate that there will not be over go
per cent. of a crop of bright tobacco
in this State this season. This, it
occurs to US, is an excellent time for
the Tobacco Association to show it's
power.
The Reformatory is coming. Pub
lc sentiment demands it. And nat
urally we are a little proud that two
influential organizations of which
a writer is a m~ember-the North
Carolina Farmers Alliance and the
North Carolina Press Association
are leading in, the fight for this much
needed institution. Within a month
both have adopted resolutions calling
upon the next legislature to stoD the
herding of young offenders with the
hardened criminals-of the State.
A good Davidson county brother
writes Us a letter protesting against
d statement that Hon. G.. B. Az
cock is a heightened Christian gen
tIeman," and we hereby record his
protest, And we are momentarilv
expecting some other brother To
jump on us for saying that DR.,
thompson has conducted his office
In a far more b~usiness-like hammer
than any of his predecessors" and
that Mr.. Aycock's opponent was n
christian gentleman" etc. We
shall be glad to record the protests
OF any brother who disagrees with
US, but we cannot publish long par
t1san letters in such connection. OF
course, we do not consider these can
dldates responsible for all the mis-
conduct of their respective parties.
We speak of them as individuals
only.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-11

cation annually as North o.
buys. The first thing to be don oa
North Carolina is to providu y
money with which to make Sci. 'e'
Surely after the campaign va :
just had, followed by such an u'@
whelming majority, our Legisls1Ie
will not hesitate to levy a ta~ ~
will very materially increase ''
public schools.-Fremont @
Visitor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-11

The party in this State to whid
such a signal victory has come rel
Gently carries into the years just BE-
before it very sacred obligations
Its honor is pledged in platform aD'
solemn asseverations from the stump
by thousands of voices to provtds u
creased and ample means for the OsT
ter education of the children OF u'
State. To be faithless to this pledSs
must not be thought of fora mln""
It would be a disgrace to the 90"
greater far than any that has n8@
tofore fallen to it's history, TO aSg
with it. The party should be d.
tered and hanged until dead WS
votings thousands of the State
should fail in this high PRONE
No legislation before us is OF 50
Importance as a wisely ~rOuSD
school law. Like other States =.
have had many poor laws u
poorest laws that so far have
put on our statute books have ~
lis SCHOOL laws. The reason f0T
nerhapg1 is the fact that our pew
have never felt enough Interest," y,
the cause Of education to give
subject the study needed to aS ot :
wise legislation on the suO'0''
Ld,n,ber Bridge News (DemC
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-11

Mr.. Stephen Bonsal, whose nl n
rafion on the subject has Oeen tbs
tafasd at first band writes - 1.Tbs
August Review of Reviews Oh ole s
Chinese Revolution" HIS "' Of
a clear and, exhaustive ac0o ID
the various reform moVehle = and
China, and especially Of the 1 rise ritD
growth of the Boxers, togeOn event
a review of the complex anu mA4eaqer
full career Of the Empress
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-11

TRIP
X THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATION

IL ~
AZ. INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARA
1woUNF TO ALL. 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, it's 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 race. On
all matters relating specially to the
great interests it represents, it will
speak with no uncertain voice, but
VIII f~earlessly the right defend and
lmpartially the wrong condemn
From Col. Folks Salutatory, Feb.
10. 1886
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-11

The strength of a republican form
OF government lies in the virtue and
intelligence of the people, and it is
the business of the Alliance to edu-
the farmers of the country.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-11

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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09
Sarcasm From the Pulpit.

"Bruddren and sistahs," sternly
said good old Parson Woolimon
after the collection had been
taken up upon a recent Sabbath
morning. "before the hat was
done parsed I expounded tie
request dat de congregation
contribute accawdin to deir MEANS
and 1 sho expectorated datyo' alb
would chip in magnanimousff!'
But now, npon examinin de collecy
ton, I finds that de concocted
amount contributed by de whole
posse ob yo' am only the signif,
cant and pusillanimous of sixtya
free cents. And at dis junction.
dar amt no. casion for yo' all to
look at Bruddsr. Cromer what
done eircumambulated de hat
around, in no such auspicious
manner, for, in de fust place;
Brudder Cromer amt dat kind
of 8 man, and, in the second
place, I done watched him like 9
hawk all de time muhself. No,
sixty-free cents was all dat was
flung in, and I dess wants to say,
dat, in my humble opinion, in-.
stead OBJ contributin accawdin to-
yo' means, yo' all contributed
accawdin to yo' meanness. De
choir will now favor us wild deir
regular melodiousness. ."-Iiarper's
Bazaar.