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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
co TON MILL LABOR.

The Operatives average II I-2 Hours
Per ay Over vice as Many Men
, mployed as IN 90, hrIe About Half
as Many hIldren are + mployed
Mr.. w E EaIson, the fiji lent chief
CLERK of to, D 3partment or Labor Sta
IS Ics, who nas been busily engaged
or s~veral monJhs past gathering sa
IsEIcs for the commissioners annual
report, is nearly through with his
ROrk.
Interesting statistics relative to labor
-mploy ed IN North Carolina cotton
mills, have been obtained from ad
vance sheets Of the report
T g number of men employ ed in
N rth Car"Iire cotton mile D ,cember
1899 was IA 638 while in 1896 the mum
b.. t men thus employed vas only
6 822 The women EMPLOY ed last year
numbered Is 81, and IN 1896 D mum
bar of pomeu at work In cotton mills
was 10, 567. The most encouraging
figures r1,aEe to the chill I'm under IA
years Of age. Last year 3 3O8 childre"
we're employed in mills, while 10 1896
the lumber was 6 O46
The average wages paid mill opera
tives last year we're as folio Ws: Skilled
men 81 16 a daV and unskIiled sc cents /;
skilled women Is cents a day auh IN
skilled 46 censs; children under IA
ro,r. - o1o Of oo1to
Toe average numoer OF adults who
can read and write, according to the
figures Obtained for last gears report,
/ 80 per cent. In 1896 the number was
81 per cent The children credited
with being able to read ard write last
year is 50 par cent. {; while in 1896 the
number wss 66 per cent.
The hours of work range from ten to
twelve, with an average Of about
eleven and one-half hours a day No
cotton mill in North Carolina works
it's operatives less than eleven hours a
day. The knitting mills, as a rule,
work their operatives about ten hours
q day.-Raliegh Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
MORE THAN A BILLlON.DOLLAR
CONGRESS.

Elk Speaker Reeds famous retort ie
recalled by the figures from Washing
ton When some one tainted him that
the body over which he presided was a
billion dollar Congress, he replied that
the United States was a billion dollar
country. THIS Congress will go far be
yond these figures, possibly several
hundred millions hey ond. It Is. an
extraordinary sum of money, but it
shows how vastly the nation has grown
and how rapidly the expenses OF con
du 'tIng it have increased. One fact
gives some alarm, and that is that the
ratio of expense is growing more rap
idly than the ratio of population.
The century has changed since Thomas
Jefferson was ineuRureEed with scarce
ly any cost the to people t1r the cere
mony.
Toe amount of the entire matte nal
debt of j. ferson's time would not
run the Government two months now,
and the whole sum paid for the Louis
lana territory would last only a few
d Us over a week for ordinary expen.
sas But, then. today we have slmost
a hundred billion dollars of wealth -
Saturday Evening P1st.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
R RICO TARIFFS.
Three Reports submitted or the Ways
and Means Committees Bill

Three Reports submitted on the Ways
and Means Committees Bill
WASHINGTON, Fec S.-Three reports
on the OIL framed by the Ways and
Means Committee imposing duties
quIvalent to IS per cent. of the Amer
i IAN tariff on goods Impor ed into Por
60 Rico from the United s ates and
VICE verso, were submitted to the House
20 day The Repu0lI ans on the com
mittee, except M6Call, egreed to re
port in support of the bill, devoting a
considerable part Of their argument
to SUSTAINING the contention that the
clause of the constitution declaring
that ali duties, Imports AMI excist g
snail be uniform throughout the Uni
Ted States" is not applicable to our new
possessions, whicn, they cay, are not
United States territory within the
meaning of that declaration.
After citing many cases in support
of it's contention the report concludes:
First That upon reason and tuthor
ity the term U Ilted States at used in
the Constitution has reference only to
TIE States that cor etituEe the Federal
U ,ion and does not include Territories.
"Second-Tbat the power of Con
gress with TT aspect to legislation for
the Territories Ia plenary.
''Third-Cha under that power
Congress mey pr scribe d If rent rates
for duty for Porto Rico from those
prescribed FIR the United States"
The Democrats, together with Mr.,
NewIands took the contrary view in
the minority repors, and Mr. Mccall,
the dlss nting R publican prec ically
held with them He made a separate
re Drt. saying Uha5 he could lot sup
port the bill, because it did Dot follow
the rule Of uniformity prescribed by
the Constitution, q rule Whi' b In biz
opinion governs Congress In legislation
for territories Of the UlICed 8 etes
Mr.. Mccall denounced the policy to
which the bill would nit the gov
eminent
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13

Ida, the three-yesr-oId daughter of
barren Forest, Of Vanceboro was burn.
ed Sunday by Der clothes catching
from q fire she was building. She died
yesterday.
Wadesboro Messenger: News OF q
very romantic marriage was made
public here this week. The contract
ing parties we're Mi.a r ,salind Nc
London, DAUGHTER OF D. J W. Nc
Tendon! of this place. and Mr.. Colt
R~edfearn, son of Hon. D A Rsdfearn,
OF ChesteIfi4ld county 8 O. The mar
riage occurred on the 10Th day of Au-
gust, 1898 in Chesterf I'D county, s O.
Il v. J l. Bennett, of Union county,
this Safe, performed the ceremony
At the time of the marriage Miss Nc
Lnndon was Is years old and Mr. Red
fearn about 90. Mr.. Hugh Jackson, OF
Chesterfield, was the only witness to
the marriage. It was agreed between
the young couple that the marriage
should be kept secret until they hal
both finished their education This
contract was fsi5nfully kept until a
feW days ago, when news Of the effair
got out in some way. Mrs r dfesrn,
who is an unusually bright and at
CracGive young lady, ia now in school
at the BaptIs University 10 r leigh.
1t is not exactly a case of famine,
but the public institutions Of Clifford
and of the State are bordering on it
for want OF funds which come through
ne sheriffs of the counties Snerlf
G inner, of GuIlford. says IKE are
C mug in very slowly and he is cramp
ed for funds. The amount received
each day is ii Insignificant and people are
IN a far lay to gtt into trouble, for
the Law is very plain. But what is the
matterR Commercial repairs, trade
papers-all the metropolitan papers
claim t ere never has been such q
boom of prosperity. But somehow the
people are unable to pay their taxes
or at LEAST are not doing il. The City
tax collector is in the some boat. Are
the people examining their money
do Wn IN their s,ockIngs, waiting for a
panicQ No, the truth is the moneyed
men, through combines and trusts, are
q lee zln the country, sIppinR every
IT o of life from it. You may let Con
gress and the President ADOPT Is 60 1
QUO as sure as ate no permanent good
will be done until the trusts are caughI
Oy. the throat and throttled This L.
5ne root OF the trouble aud it Is expand
lug every day Greensboro Record.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
BULLBR BEATEN AGAIN.
Reports Of His Third Retreat Before
the Beers Official y Confirmed

reports OF His Third Retreat Before
the Beers Official y Confirmed
LONDON, F-b IO.-BulIer's third at.
tempt TO reach L IDS smith failed and
the British hav again retired sputh of
the IdRela river. A dispatch from the
Boer HFhasRer at L 4dysmith. Feb
ruary 8 reached LONDON last evening
announcing that the retirement oc
c lrred Thursday morning. II quiries
at the War Office and in the House of
OOmm1n in the course OF the evening
only drew out the assurance that the
government had received no news, and
at midnight the Off % thoially intima
ted that it had received nothing con
drmlng or contradictiopg the report of
Buffers withdrawal. Just before the
House of Commons &C burned, Mr..
b AIfour stated that BaIer was not
pressing his advance from the position
be occupied Wednesday, and a little
later Lattan's special dispatch from
British headquarters at Springfield
Bridge reached London, convey ing the
first defnite announcement from the
British eide that the troops had been
Withdrawn Springfield Bridge is s1uth
of Little TuR ella River.
Thus the British people are called
upon for the third time to face a Sc
rlous check to British arms in Natal,
and the relief of L9dysmIrh is again
inde faitely postponed. The war in
Natal now seems to be at q deadlock.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
ENGLISH OWNED LAND PAYING
TAKES.

LONDON Feb. 10 -Captain Walker
Congrove, W receIv~u the Victoria
Cross for gallantry, in endeavoring to
save the British guns at Colenso,
writes: II never saw a Beer all d8y,
and | do not think any one else did
Thousands of bullets pattered and
shells burst all over the place, but the
Beers we're invisible"
The Transvaal special war tax of two
shillings and elk pence per acre fleets
3 600, 900 acres Of English owned land,
a part of which is not worth more than
the tax.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
For Free Coinage.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9-B>th Senate
and House neId brief Ct ssIons toisy in
order 70 give opportunity for members
t attend the funeral of General
LsWton.
In the Senate the Financial bill was
submitted. Mr.. JONES Of Arkansas
cf9red an amendment providing for
tree coinage of silver as a substitute
for the bill. None of the Senate be-
ing ready to speak on the bill, it was
laid asiOe and the calendar was taken
40. After the passage of a few unim
portant bills the Senate adjourned.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
General News.
STANDS ouRs To KeEP

Commissioners Say We Must Hold the
Philippines he United states Can
not scape the Re possibility to the
FiIipinos and Wankind for Government
Of the @rchipelago.
WASHINGTON F8O. 1O.-Tht fret vol.
ume OF the Philippine com omissions
report has been submitted TO Congress.
Toe conclusions reached are as follows:
1 The United Ssa,es cannot with
draw from the Philippines. We are
there, and duty binds US to remain.
There is no escape from our respot g.
bility to the FIlipinos and to mankind
for the government of the archipelago
and the amelioratIOn of the condition
Of it's inhabitants.
2 The FIlipinos are wholly unpre-
pared for independence, and if indepen
dence were given to them they could
not maintain it.
Under the third head is included a
copy OF Admiral Dewey's letter to Sen
ator Lodge. WhIch was read in the
Senate the other day denying Agui
Doldo's claim that he was promised in
dependence.
4 Taere being no Philippine nation,
but only a collection of off PEG
pie. there is no general public opinion
lon in the archipelago but the men of
property and education, who alone in
Terest themselves in public affairs, in
general recognize as indispensable
American authority, guidance eno pro
lection.
5 Congress should at the earliest
practical time provide for the Philip
pines the form Of government herein
recommended, or another equally lib
eral and benz fcial.
6 Pending any action on the part
of Congress, the omission recon-.
mends that the president put in oper-
alton this scheme of civil government
in SUCH parts of the archipelago as are
at peace.
z. SJf4r as the ii ancas of the Phil,
Ippines permit, public education should
oe promptly Ell raOlIshed, and when es-
a Olished made free to all.
s. The creates care should be taken
In the selection OF tmciaIs for admin
Istration. They 81 ould be men of the
highest character and fitness, and D r.
tIsan politics should be entirely separa
Ted from the government Of the Philip
piL es
The commission is unable TO find any
means of sssimIlating the tariff of the
Philippines with That Of c = Uni d
5 ates, saying thar the differences are
fundamental and irreconcilable and
hat SO long as the existing chasm re
mains between the economic and social
conditions of the Philippines and those
of the United States 80 long it remains
ImpractIcable to identify tceir tariffs.
They therefore re commend that for the
present at least n attempt be made to
readjust the tariff tn our basis.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
CaFery Would Turn Loose.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 Senator CAT
frey of L suIslana, in a discusei m Il
Philippin' question in the Senate today
broke new ground in developing his
position as an anti expansioDist. Wit
characteristic courage of conviction
he advocated:
Turn the Filipinos loose as soon as
we can get rid of them That would
be infinitely better for them and inf.
nitely better for US
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13

Regarding the L ,uIsiana Repnbli.
can Convention held last week, dis
patches say: THE convention was
unique in the history of the State A
mai Drlty of delegates we're white men
and there was a noticeable absence of
that wrangling and in harmony which
has generally characterized Lous lana
Ventions
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
Allen Charges Perfdy

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8-AImost i'm.
medlately after the Senate con vened
today discussion Of the Finance meae-
ure was ret umed. Mr.. Allen (Neb }
concluded his speech, charging the
REPUBLICAN party with breaking faith
with the people On bi metRliem.
H9 said that not wlthstaDding the
promises made by the Republican party
and the fact that it had a majority in
both branches of Congress, it had not
done by legislation or otherwise one
thing to restore silver to it's former
position as standard money. In the
closing hours OF the century a great
political party had been guilty by tal 9
pretenses and gross fraud of obtaining
the votes Of the people.
He declared that willis the bimetalic
commission sent abroad had acte3 in
good faith, he had no doubt that it's
efforts were systematically dlscEedited
Oy the Administration at home.
Mr.. Cockrel followed. Referring to
the proposition in the House bill to
fix the standard in gold, he declared:
such unqualified, unblus 1lng repu.
diatlon of Legislative obligations Das
not been proposed in the history Of the
coun Gry. 1t was in plain violation #
che Cont titution which provided that
each State shall make gold and silver
coin as legal tender, not gold or silver
coin"
In discussing the Senate substitute,
Mr.. Oockrell asserted that the legal
tender quality Of the standard silver
dollar was taken away a osOIusely ss TO
Treasury notes and the greenbscks
les legal tender quality was nulllfed
a~bsolutery.
He criticised sharply the power yes
ted in the Secretary Of the Treasury to
iesue bonds of the United States in or
der to maintain the gold reserve or the
parity OF the several kinds of money.
He maintained that the bill contained
the initial movement for the perpetra
ton OF the national debt. For the
next thirty years the United States
would be lied down Dy a debt OF more
tnan a b. lion Of dollars with no op
ton of extInguishing that deOE and no
possibility even at the end OF the thirty
years period of pay ing th9 debt.
In conclusion, Mr. Oockrell de-
clared there was no justification or FL
tenuation for sucn a proceeding, and
The it eImply placed the financial at
fairs of the country in the hands Of
the banks.
The following bills and resolutions
we're passed:
Authorizing the construction Of a
railroad bridge acros Fi9nlng Creek,
EdgpcOmOe county, N @ withdraw
il 100 100 square feet of land in Homo
lula from the pubic dominion for a
ce metery ard mausoieum OF the royal
family of Hawaii; granting first class
life saving medal OF Lieutenant E. b.
Garter, . 8 N, for saving two lives
at Norfolk VI IN 1898
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
Wake Co.,, N. O.

The discussion Of the Philippine
Question in the Senate last week
Drought out the reading of a letter
from Admiral D.wey say ing that he
nsd never, directly or indirectly,
promised independence to the Flipinoe,
nor treated Aguinaldo as as ally, Eek
cept so far as to make use of him and
mis- soldiers to assist in operations
against the Spsnierds."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13

The Census Bureau gives out the in
formation that the population of the
q 5Ited States, as likely to be disclos' d
by the n.xs ce. sus, lie 70 coo OOO The
last census, ten years ago, gave the
population at SO. 900, 900.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
of Special Interest to Tar Beels.

In the Il use the E ecElon Committee
having the case of Pearson vs Craw
ford under consideration has reported
in favor OF seating Pearson by q vote
of s to 8, one Republ an-Driscoll-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13

Avarice is the vice of declining year g
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
THE GROW OF CHURCHES
IN 1899

Beginning with the prominent de
nominations, the Bap'isss have gained
13l, 465 members, the Catholics2 9 791.
the CongregatIonelists 10 $50. the
L'ltherans SO 678, the Mathodlsts 1872
1876. the PresOy terians 80 239, the Pro.
testant Episcopallans 81 844, the Re
formed Episcopalisns Is O56. the Uoi
6sEians 5 900 and the UulversaIists
3 169 The total membership of these
orovjrotjo, D-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13
State News.
,.T TAR BELLS ARB DOING

tine state Press-DrOps # TurpentinF
a-oJng of Rice from the East Clusters
!, 4TapesA and Tobacco Stems from the
~Eorth-stAlks Of Corn and Grains of
vheat from the West-PeanutB
.,d CottonS Seed from the South
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-21
RARE GRACE AND SKILL ATTAINED
BY PRA0IGD SWNDLERS OF MOVLLE.

place for7 Don't you know there's for
tune waiting for YOU IN American
Aha haven't the money 70 get
there, said the driver; ira go there in q
minute Il had the money"
oh. 80 ons You're clever enough TO
make money anywhere"
''Ah. ne. sor. not here. IL we'd seen me
makin TOUR parts OF the one egg this
The sentence ended in q sigh a, the re-
rembrance OF the cruel practice OF vulgar
fractions on the breakfast. ''wfii you
como ever II Wen Pot up the money!
Indeed will sor"
Thea wen do II. Wen pay your fare
over and the fne Of sieooo for iinpcrtias
contract labor. and then we'll form com
pany to manage you. and we'll all act
rich. IL won't be necessary 20 pay tho
fine. either. because you're an artist ara
not laborer. You would be the most
artistic bunko man In America. and peo-
pie would come from all over the country
TO let you swindle them"
'I'm afraid Il would take me good
while 10 learn the ways, sor."
Don't you bother about the ways. use
your own ways-there are no ways Ia
America TO touch shen.r
Just at this point the village was
reached. OF the three hours for which
the use OF the car had been promised
about half an hour had passed That's
all can show yea. gentlemen" said the
driver.
or course sensible travellers would hays
insisted on seeing more. or at least ON
going further. but on these Amusement
sat They merely got down from The car
and paid the driver the ten Shiiingr witch
he had asked, instead az the seven which
they had promised. but he was not saiis-
fed One of them paid the full amount.
and he begged for ssnme OF the other
gentIeman's money. for luck, II was
sternly refused. and the travellers went on
their way. In moment ONE OF Them
awoke from his trance and said. He has
gone OF with that bottle of whisky"
II was here that the driver made his
only mistake. Instead OF driving fast and
far into the country. he had stopped Mt
the postof,ice. and there. with his chin
fallen upon his chest. he was made 20 give
up the whisky. lie was only slightly con-
soled with a shilling of ''the other gwn-
tlenans money"
THAT was careless OF all three Of VA"
he said Go on, now, and IN fave the
whisky down 10 the boat for YOU
Even this last hone was taken from him
and the whisky. too. But he had done
we'll and he bore no malice. ''Goodhy TO
ycx,' he said, and "a pleasant voyage"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-21

Conversation Oasutdc the House
where an Arrival Was Expected.

The stork-w Well. are you ready
The babel suppose 80. syawns,i let
'cr go: but It's all such dreadful bore.
Stork--Whst7
Babc--Thls going into new and un-
familiar household; formin. new family
tiex, and having 20 be kissed
stork-The family relations may be de-
lightfus.
Bahe- They may. but one never knows
There " the uncertainty. Hy the way,
where are YOU going TO take meg
sfork- There ts new family IN the
BRONX
nahe--The Rronx9 IIorrorH'
Sfork-Then | have on my list AN APP
plication from a Fifth avrnue family.
Isabe-Thats better. Are they sxein-
fiyeT
siork-~semi. They want girl.
Habe~-But am not a giri.
stork- Sure enough ! had forgotten
lsshe-Those who have come back tell
me people in the world do not always
get what they want.
stork--w When they do not they Kick.
Hshe-.i.et 'em. N this family 81 Fifth
avenue IL respectable can seq no reason
why ! should mol incorporate myself m
one OF the household. Are there other
kidx7
atofk seven.
babe Jimmy Grown up7
Ttork--Aii but one. shes girl snd 10.
Babe Fancy.
storh--yes. h's ten years aimee their
family ply sicisn called GA me. Was
quite shocked when i received this mt
order
Bshs-- Naturally: but one can never
tell
siarh~No But here we are. ynu
might sen a bit isst 90 shsw tina, yea
have arrived.
fiabe--Ail right here geesi You don't
shlnk yaAlii epnsr back
stefk~i should hope not
Babe Say. I'm gtad I'm not twsns.
Htork g. Probably yuHf pnw IA will be
glad too. YsuA better ysii ssnea more
white / ring the deer boil. Hope yoatl
IKE yosr new place So iohg The HmAfi
Set
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-21

Lewiston. Me-. man has a esii9nr
watch chain trade y p~ass stones Each
az she nine stonss - carved on eaeh side
In = different dey.ee. - that there ara
eighteen different aesians The stones arr
,ssnea with harR ~ gala. tbs whole rek
sBs rs,1A and Rases chain.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-21
It's Not What We Say, But
What We Do,

mas MADE and
hundreds OF satisfied