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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
A TIMELY WARMING.

The Progressive Farmer has pub
lished a number of articles warning
our farmers against the evils sure to
come as a result of q wholesale
slaughter of the birds. Insect pests
on fruit trees and truck crops are in
creasing just in proportion as the
number Of birds decrease. A note
of alarm that is by NJ means I'M
founded is contained in the follow
ing letter written by Mr.. E. E.
Reynolds, of Catawba county, to a
Northern farm paper. Read it and
think about it:
THE woods and fields IRE overrun
with Northern bird hunters and
dogs. Many farmers sell to city
spOrtsmen the exclusive privilege of
roaming over their lands with dog
and gun, shooting and killing every
bird they can find on the premises
for the pitiful sum of five cents per
acre. Other farmers sell the right
to hunt birds on their farms for their
land tax receipt. In this way hun
dreds of thousands of acres of farm
ing lands are secured by Northern
sportsmen for bird hunting purposes.
The robin, every farmers best friend,
appears to be the special victim Of
these hunters. At the present rate
of destruction | believe this valuable
bird will become practically extinct
in the South within a very few years.
With the rapid determination of in
~sect-eating birds, d steady increase
in the number and destructiveness
of insect pests is noticeable. If
some means are not soon taken to
prevent the wholesale slaughter of
birds the fruit industry in North
Carolina will be destroyed"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
ALLIANCE NOTES.

We hope that our Mecklenburg
readers will work earnestly to make
Bro. Parker's visit to their county a
splendid success Mecklenburg is
one Of the most prosperous counties
in the State, and with its good farm
ers, good schools, and good roads,
ought to be thickly dotted with live
Sub Alliances. And the indications
are that this will soon be the case.
III the last issue of the Southport
Standard, the editor says: There
is a strong probability that the
Farmers Alliance will be re-Organ-
lied in Brunswick county" We do
not know that the State Alliance
officials have given Brunswick any
special attention as yet; there seems
to have been no Alliance work by
persons outside the county. But the
intelligent farmers in that county,
as elsewhere, are awaking to the
need of organization and realize that
of all farmers associations the
Alliance has by all odds the finest
plan of organization, the nobIest pur,
poses, and can be made of most bene-
fit to the individual member.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
A REFORM.

The movement for the establish
Inent of Il refOrmatory for youthful
criminals is gaining strength every
day. The reformatory is n of the
things bound to. come as the poll
.ticians would say, i" is now only a
question of majority. EARLY in Au-
gust, the State Alliance unanimously
endorsed the movement later in the
same month, the State Press Asso-
citation gave the idea its hearty ap-
prOyal; last month the State Re-
formatory Association was organized
by representatives of practically all
the religious denominations and fra
ternal orders in the State, and last
week the North Carolina Presbyte-
rian Synod cordially endorsed the
~reformatory. With things moving
IN this way, it is believed that the
legislature will also have to join the
procession and endorse the move.
ment-a cOnsumation deYoutly to be
wished.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20

The Scotland County Farmers
Protective Association seems to be
progressing nicely. A meeting will
be held at Hasty today. The officers
of the new Association are; Presi-
dent, D. Stuart; ice President, d.
T.. Harden; Secretary Treasurer, E,
F. Murray.
The great advantages of Western
North Carolina as an apple growing
region are rapidly securing recogni-
ton. The last exhibit of apples sent
by Mr. Bruner to Paris has taken
two silver medals. Thus III North
Carolina apple exhibit has taken
fourteen prizes.
With the jute bagging trust pre-
pairing to levy additional tribute and
the cotton seed oil men entering into
a combine to lower prices of cotton
seed, what does that ex-Allianceman
in your neighborhood think of try
ing again the club with which we
knocked out iute bagging a decade
ago?
1t is impossible to get copies of
The Progressive Farmer to persons
whose Mares have been sent US for
sample copies as soon as to those
who's enames are on our regular sub
scription lis. We must attend to our
paying subscribers first. Let the
sample copy man send IS his sub
scription, however, and he will al
ways get his paper promptly.
The Charlotte Observer says +:
THE South will not command that
measure of public respect which it
is due until it ceases to accept unques-
tioningly whatever may be offered
it in the way of platform and can
didates." We hope the Observer
will not cease preaching such sound
doctrine when its party again gets
around to its way of thinking.
So long as human love is believed
to have a spiritual side for those who
know it in it's fullest, the story of
the Poet Browning and his wife, and
of their perfect union and COM
munion, will be of interest. Clara
B. L~aughlin, of The Interior, who
has during the past few months
written so cleverly regarding the
loves of various authors, gives a sec
ond installment of the Browning
Love Story in the December Delinea,
tor. Mrs. Browning's father never
forgave her marriage, never saw her
again, never opened any of her let
tiers to him but neither severed
family ties nor frail health wereable
to mar the bliss of her perfect union
with Robert Browning.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
Editorial.
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There was never a better time to
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
). THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATION

- THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATION
Al INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARA
HOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Z STATE POLICY, is the motto of The
Progressive Farmer, and upon this
platform il shall rise or fall. Serving
no master, ruled by no faction, cir
subscribed by no selfish or narrow
3olicy, its aim will be to foster and
promote the best interests of the
whole people of the State. 1t will be
Srue to the instincts, traditions and
aistory of the Anglo-Saxon race. On
al matters relating specially to the
great interests it represents, 1T will
speak with no uncertain voice, but
will f~earlessly the right defend and
Gmpartially the wrong condemn. =
From Col. Folks Salutatory, Feb.
10. 1886
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
BUYING COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS.

Did YOU know that North Caro-
lima farmers pay out So, 900, 600 each
year for fertilizers, 50, 900, 900 of
which represent cost of manufacture
and sale. and that 81, 1000, 900 of the
last named sum might be saved to
them by intelligent home mixing
and cooperation in buying? Better
talk with your neighbors now and
lay plans for home mixing next
spring. 1t IS not too early to do so.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20

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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-02

cent of their value, at from to 6
per cent interest. Four years ago
the prevailing rate was and per
cent, and loans were much more fire.
quently made at the latter rate than
the former. Mr.. Bryan is a young
man Of ability, young man of
promise; and while / respect his
powers of oratory, should not care
to be a member of a firm in which
he managed the finances. | don't be-
lieve that Mr.. Bryan will be elected.
l should regard his election as a
great calamity.
$50 far as Imperialism Is con-
cerned, l don't think that many of
us are worried over the situation in
that regard. I wonder whether these
anti-imperialists believe that we
should have allowed Spain to have
sunk the Texas after sinking the
Maine-destroyi three or four
hundred more of our sailors-before
declaring war. l have supreme
contempt for the fellow that thinks
more of his dollars than of the ma
tional honor, or fears that his COW
ardly carcass might come in contact
with foreign lead in case that he
should be drafted and sent TO the
Philippines"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-02
COLONEL MORTON, DEMOCRAT,
is AFRAID OF BRYAN

Colonel Morton of Fargo, S. d., an
old-time Democrat, is out against
Bryan. He was once on General
Sherman's staff during the civil war
and few years ago was chairman
of the Democratic State Committee
of Minnesota. He is now one of the
leading farmers Of South Dakota.
He says: IL note that the Demo-
cratic press throughout the country
is claiming the many Democrats
who voted against Bryan in 1896 are
lined up for the free-silver advocate
now / don't know how it may be
elsewhere, but il is not true in this
section. have been a Democrat all
my life, but the free-silver heresy
drove meas IL did thousands of
other lifelong Democrats-to the
support of Mckinley. The farmers
of the West cannot afford to have
a change in our financial conditions,
and with the election of Bryan and
a Democratic Congress-of course
/ mean both houses of Congress be-
ing Democratic--a change would be
inevitable. That II would be suici-
dial for our people Of the Northwest
TO hazard even a remote chance of
change Is evidenced by the fact
that to-day our farmers can borrow
on their rich acres from 40 to so per
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-02

G. M. Kimbrough, of Muncie, Ind,
general manager of the Indiana Bridge
Company, one of the leading manufac-
turing institutions of the state: "Bry-
ans insincerity. Believe in letting
well enough alone"
Judge H. H. Trimble, one time
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Iowa: Favors sound money, believes
in expansion and says that there is
nothing to Bryan but talk.
While Governor Roosevelt was
speaking at Victor, Colo, and the in
terruptions, boots and shouts for
Bryan were frequent, a tall, brown
faced man arose, walked to the plat
form, faced the audience, raised his
hand for silence, and said: -Four
years ago / voted for Bryan. / have
been champion of silver for long
time. | believed in the doctrine, but
| tell you now / am done with it all.
This year vote for Mckinley and have
done with you towards and ours"
There was not hiss, jeer or shout in
derision. The man, in reply to the
Governors question, said his name was
Foulke. that he lived at Victor; and
then left the hall.
William Crotty, Burlington, Kan,
farmer and stock raiser: organs cleo
ton would be disastrous to the business
interests"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-02
AFRO-AMERICANS
FOR McKINL EY

The undersigned members OF the
National Afro-American Press Asso-
citation very much regret that the i'm
preston has gone abroad, from the ac-
ton of the association, that the asso-
citation is unfriendly to the admins
tration of President Mckinley. This
is not true. 1t has been the uniform
policy of the association not to COM
NIT itself to any partisan Endorsement
as an organization.
The undersigned members OF the as
ISOLATION, who constitute more than
hve-sixths of the membership present,
unreservedly indorse the foreign and
domestic policy OF the national Repub-
lican administration, and believe that
the best interests Of the country at
large, and the Afro-American people
in particular, will be served by con-
sistent support of Mckinley and
Roosevelt in the coming election
Cyrus Field Adams, The Appeal,
Chicago, III.
T. Thomas Fortune, The Age, New
York City.
w. II. Steward, American Baptist,
Louisville, Ky.
George L. Knox, The Freeman, In
dianapolis, Ind.
John C. Dancy, A. NJ. E. z. Review,
Charlotte, N. c.
D. R. wilkins, The Conservator.
Chicago, Ill.
J. w. Wheeler, The Palladium, ST.
Louis, Mo.
l. B. Scott, s. w. Christian Advo-
cate, New Orleans. La.
w. A. Pledger, Age, Atlanta, Ga.
]. II. Deveaux, Tribune, Savannah,
Ga.
j. Chavis, Express, Dallas, Tex.
G. II. Handy, The Afro-American,
St Louis, Mo.
T. T. Allen, The Forum, Houston.
Tex.
L. T. Fox, Preacher-Safeguard. Kos
ciusko, Miss.
]. r. Marshall, The Bee, Paducah,
KY.
R. R. Wright. College Journal, sa-
vannah, Ga,
Recorder, indianapolis, Ind
Christian Recorder, Philadelphia,
Pa.
H. T. Healing, A. NJ. E. Church Re-
view, Philadelphia. Pa.
James Lewis, Republican Courier,
New Orleans, La.
j. @. Adams, The Appeal, st. Paul,
Mimi.
]. p. Green, The Bee, Washington,
d. G.
w. " Penn, The Appeal, Louisville,
Ky.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-02
ANOTHER COLORADO
PAPER IN LINE

The Boulder County (Colo.)
Herald has decided to support
the Mckinley administration.
The Herald left the Republican
party in 1896. 1t says:
"On the issue of imperial
ISM which is a misnomer, the
Herald believes in standing by
the present administration. It
believes in the light of events
that the administration is pur-
suing the proper course. It
looks upon the cry of imperial
ism as a foolish play upon
words which should not be in
dorsed at the polls. The Herald
has the highest admiration for
Mr.. Bryan. IT believes him to
be sincere, but it also believes
him to be in error in this In
stance. Further than that the
cry of free silver still has an eff
feet upon the business interests
of the East similar to the shak-
ing of a red rag at a. bull. The
fear of 1t would so brighten bust
ness interests as to cause finan-
cial collapse equal to, IL not
greater in extent to, that Of
$685."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-02
TORE rIICHIGAN MEN
RALLY TO REPUBLICANS

N. w. Newhouse. editor Stanton
Clipper, Stanton. Is for expansion.
w. e. Lear, Grand Ledge, Silver
Republican, 1896. He has a boy in
the Philippines.
John Simpson, Grand Ledge. Says
times are good enough for him.
Thos. Wade, Fennville. Money
question.
William Truax, Wayland. Ex-
pansion.
David F. Hunton, Grand Haven.
Tired Of 16 to /.
L. E. Bostwick, Union City, Mich,
formerly state senator: "A man who
accepted a commission in the late
war should stand by the results OF
that war"
A. r. Barrett, Union City, Mich,
formerly an officer in the twenty
second Michigan volunteers: "A ma
ton to be vigorous and strong must
expand, and the flag should not
cease to float over territory which
rightfully belongs to the United
States"
Curtis Morrell, Union City, Mich.
organs ideas in regard to finance,
IL carried out, would paralyze indus
tries, and the country would suffer
untold misery in getting to another
monetary basis"
M. e. Blair, Union City, Mich
When any man, or set of men, pro-
pose to pull down the stars and
stripes from any land that comes to
us by purchase or otherwise, he nor
they can have my vote. / believe
in letting well enough alone. We
are, in a financial way, all right,
and / will vote to continue existing
conditions"
John Cooper, Union City, Mich,
lifelong Democrat: Mckinley will
administer the affairs OF the govern
ment in satisfactory manner In
the future as in the past, and it is
extremely bad policy to make a
change at this time"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-02

Professor Ferris S. Fitch, Pontiac
Mich, formerly chairman OF Demo
cratic county committee, and founder
of the Post: Organism is revolving
to me. The maintenance of the honor
and credit of the nation is as incum-
bent on every citizen to-day as in
1896, when Democrats who preferred
the integrity of the old Democratic
party and the welfare of our common
country were compelled to vote for
Mckinley"
G. ]. McClintock, ex-mayor, Laings-
burg, Mich: Prosperity.
William Johnston, hardware mer-
chant and Populist, Leslie, Mich: LET
we'll enough alone"
James Nesbitt, Schoolcraft. Pros
perity.
DR.. S. B. Snyder, Fulton. Pros
perity.
r. H. Buckhout. Kalamazoo.
Quibbling Of Bryan.
Benjamin F. Rowe, Kalamazoo.
Expansion.
Hon. James Powers, SCOTS. Ex-
pansion.
Frank ]. Milliman, SCOTS. Ex-
pansion.
C. ]. Daniels, jeweler, Athens,
Mich.
John Broad, Harbor Springs
Good times.
DR.. s. S. c. Phippen, Owosso. Is
against free silver.
Chas. Hamper, Owosso, chairman
Democratic-Silver Committee Shia-
wassee County. Left the party be-
cause they endorsed Democratic
platform OF 1896.
G. H. Hudson, merchant, Mar
cellus.
Henry Allen, Vicksburg.
Bird Williams, Vicksburg.
Jay Williams. Vicksburg.
Fred Prolo, Vicksburg.
Philip Prolo, Vicksburg.
George Smith, old soldies, Mar
shall.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-02

FINALLY, I am opposed to Mr..
Bryan, as hold him directly re-
sponsible for the death of every
one of the brave American sol
diers slain in the Philippines.
1t is the encouragement held out
to the rebels by Mr.. Bryan and
others of his ilk that keeps up
the struggle there. The war was
over, but the sympathy and
promises held out by Mr.. Bryan
have caused the fighting to break
out afresh, and it will from this
time until concluded be fraught
with more disaster to our boys,
for they have slowly and surely
been teaching their adversaries
how to fight. For each man who
falls there, be he inspired by the
sense of duty or the love of war,
Mr.. Bryan is responsible. The
thought of electing such a man
as this to the presidency is utter
ly repugnant."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-02
LEADING COAST BANKER
DECLARES FOR MCKINLEY

I. W. Hellman, President of
the Nevada Bank of San Fran
cisco and Farmers &c Merchants
Bank of Los Angeles: "I am a
lifelong Democrat, but I shall
not vote for Mr.. Bryan for Presi-
dent. The 10 to / idea
If put into practice, would upset
all values. Everybody would be
injured; the mechanic and labor
er as we'll as the banker and mer-
chant. America is today a cred
itor country and will continue
to be so unless we change our
monetary system. Let the ratio
of 16 to be adopted and it will
drive out what gold there is here.
Our securities will be sent back
from abroad to be sold here in
immense sums. One crisis would
follow another. Manufacturing
interests would be greatly in
jured; labor, which is now in
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-02

good demand, would suffer.
Another objection to Bryan Is
that he is not Democrat.
"I am a moderate expansion
list. Without expansion I be-
Heve that this country would
stand still, just as any large cor
poration does which does not ex-
pand and keep up with the times.
I believe in holding on to every
foot of land that the American
flag flies over, and would not
give up one bit of it.
California has been much ben
Gifted by this expansion. Our
trade has grown and is growing
continually by reason of the poll
icy of the present administra-
ton. I believe that this trade
will keep on expanding if Mr..
Mckinley is reelected. 1t would
be lost if Mr.. Bryan were
elected"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-02
SILVER REPUBLICANS
RETURN TO THE FOLD

Col. A. w. Hogle; Capt. A.
Med. Brooks, Teller candidate for
sheriff in 1899; Senator Thomas,
William E. Bates, L. A. Lang,
w. s. Mayfreed and two hun
dred other Silver Republicans of
Denver have organized a
straight-out Republican club and
will support the administration
of President Mckinley. Their
reasons are:
"The Silver Republican party
cannot live beyond the present
campaign. The Democrats now
use its friends, not to advance
the cause of bimetallism but sim
ply and only to elect Democrats
to Office, and in Arapahoe county
to elect a ticket that is not cred
liable TO any party. We, there
fore, hereby unite to form a re-
united Republican club in Ara
pahoe county 20 assist In the cleo
.tion of the Republican ticket this
fall"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-02
GENERAL LEW WALLACE
OUT FOR MCKINLEY

General Lew Wallace, of Craw-
louisville, Ind, who has fire.
quently criticised the Republican
administration, has declared in
favor of re-electing President
Mckinley. he says:
1T shall vote for Mr.. McKin-
ley, and shall vote for the en-
tire Republican ticket. I shall
vote for Mr.. Mckinley because
the thought Of the election of Mr..
Bryan is abhorrent to me for sew
eral reasons. In the first place,
hold the man insincere, for no
candidate can take nominations
from three parties without in
tending to fool some one in case
of his election.
SIN the next place, Mr.. Bryan's
financial policy is one which, if
put in effect, would bring disas-
ter and ruin on the country.
Free silver is a menace to the
business interests of the country.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-02
Ven WHO have DESERTED BRYAN FOR MCKINLEY
WAYNE McVEAGH
CANNOT SUPPORT BRYAN

Wayne McVeagh, whom Presi-
dent Cleveland appointed minis
ter to Italy, has decided to sup
port Mckinley and Roosevelt.
His reasons are given below:
"The controlling reason is
the unwillingness I feel to in
trust the government of the
country to the men who now
represent and control the Dem
ocratic organization, standing as
they do upon the Chicago plat
form of 1896. I fully appreciate
the disturbances of having two
great political parties to either Of
which the destinies of this great
and growing republic can be