The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-12-04

So. And when some sincere anti
trust man presents a genuine antl
trust bill, the people should hold to
strict accountability those who
smother it with amendments, as has
too often been done.
The increasing number of thought
full letters received from practical
Tar Heel farmers is very gratifying
to US. Let the good work go on.
When you see "a subject discussed on
which you have had some experience
or about which you desire further
information, write us. We shall be
glad to hear from you, whether you
wish to tell your own experience or
ask for that of others.
Press dispatches announce that the
Russian government will on January
1st put on Il duty of so cents a bar
rel on -four for Siberia. The object
is to mOnOpolize the rapidly growing
trade for the Black Sea millers. It
will be a hard blow to the Pacific
coast miIlers, who have been build
ing up a big trade through VlGdivos-
took with Siberia, and may slightly
affect the price of American wheat.
The ship subsidy bill, if successful,
will be one of the most gigantic
steals ever pushed through an Ameri-
can Congress. Something over So
800, 900 annually will be presented, a
free gift, for the protection of
our ship building industry, already
able to compete successfully with
any other nation on earth. Doubt
less some Congressman Will feather
their nests literally, if the bill passes.
Sometime ago suit was brought by
the Seaboard Air Line excepting to an
order of the Corporation Commission,
fixing the rate t. be. charged for the
transportation of fertilizers and
establishing d minimum carload"
of ten tons. The Superior Court de
cided against the railroad. and, upon
appeal, the Supreme Court last week
sustained the Commission. This was
a case of considerable Importance to
fertilizer buying farmers.
At its meeting here this week the
State Board of Agriculture will
doubtless elect a State Veterinarian
to succeed DR.. Cooper Curtice, who
some weeks ago accepted a more
lucrative position with the Rhode
Island Agricultural College. The po-
sition is one of great Importance,
and an efficient man in it can make
himself worth many times his salary.
The work which DR.. Curtice SO we'll
nurtured and which promises to be
of so much value to our cattle inter
ests, should not be allowed to lag.
The fact that our Soldiers Home
at Raleigh is in want and that q large
number of insane persons are con
fined in our county juils deserves
the thoughtful consideration of
people. Economy is all right, but
the legislator that uses the cry of
economy to excuse his failure to
vote adequate appropriations for the
States charitable institutions be
comes a demagOgue rather than a
statesman. The Soldiers Home and
the insane asylums ought to have
more liberal support.
An esteemed contemporary pub
lished in this section of the State in
it's issue of last week gave a list of
agricultural papers that ought to be
read by Tar Heel farmers. The list
includes two New York papers, "a
Pennsylvania paper, Georgia paper
and a Virginia paper. After all,
would it not be we'll for North Caro-
lima papers to read a North Carolina
farm paper instead of sending to
Pennsylvania, Kamchatka, or Ken
lucky for farm papers unsuited to
North Carolina conditions and man
aged by men but little interested in
the development of u State?
Did you send US the names of some
of your neighbors last winter and
request us to send them sample
copies? If one of them failed to
subscribe, now that crops are being
sold and the farmers receiving some
ready money, call on him and solicit
his subscription. Perhaps he could
not easily spare the money last spring,
but can do so now. Try to get his