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THE PROGRESSIVE" F&BMERl OCTOBER 20, 1887. L. L: POLK, ' - !: Editor. SUBSCRIPTION: . . . Q0 FOR ONE YEAR. $1.00 FOR 6 MONTHS In.taria.Uv in-Advance. . ' ; Special and Liberal Hates to Clubs. 'Subscriber will be notified two weeks before their time tspirea, aid it. they di-not renew, the paper will stopped promptly . ' ; Attire agents wanted fir every cdtmty,' city, town and Tillage in the State. Write for terms. Money at our risk, if sent by registered letter or money order. " " -Advertising Rates .quoted on, application. " On all business matters relating to the paper, Address ; ?. 3 'J.-' . Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. C. . . To Correspondents: : Write all. comnjnnfcations, designed .for publica Wrtn tin'niift sifl nT-the? naner onlv. " We want intelligent correspondents in every county in, the state e want jacis -oi vtuue, re sults flctfOtrtplishect of 'Value, experiences of value, plainly and briefly told. One solid, demonstrated fait, is -worth a' thousand theories.; ' Address all communications to x ' The Progressive-Farmer, Raleigh, N.: C. R ALEltrH, N. OCT. 20, 1887 This paper entered as second-elms matter at Vie-Post Office In BeUeigh, iV. C . 1 ' Xh'e Progressive .Farmer- is the Official Organ of the N. C. Farmers' Association and N. C. State Farmers' Alliance. PLEASE NOTICE. In writing to this office to change the address of a paper, our subscribers will do us a favor by stating the office at which the paper is received, as well as the one to which it is desired to be sent. Failure to do this puts us to a great deal of trouble and the necessity of going through a long list of names, involving not only much work, but much loss of time, when time is valuable. SUBSCRIBERS, READ THIS. Is there a Cross Mark on the margin of your paper ? We adopt this as the simp lest and easiest method of informing our patrons that their terms of subscription have expired, and that the paper will be stopped if Ave do not hear from you. So if you see the Cross Mark, let us hear from you. ON THE WING. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 10, 'S7. Atlanta merges into view this beau tiful morning under the soft, mellow glow of a glorious Indian summer morning, and all is stir and bustle. The crossings, avenues of travel, en trance to public and prominent build ings, balconies and every place where flags and bunting may be displayed, arc radiant with gorgeous colors. Hon. Sam Randall is here to formally open the Exposition, and his speech will be closely scrutinized by Free Traders and Protectionists alike. President Cleveland will arrive next Monday night, and Atlanta will greet him with its most charming smile and with " open arms " and in such a way as not even to excite the jealousy of his devoted wife The Exposition is a big thing, run hy a big people, and will be visited by the biggest crowd that ever crowded Georgia's pet city. But the hour has arrived and I must "hie me awav" to Shreveport, where we may possibly and most probably will do something more to advance the interests of the farmers of the South. The Progres sive Farmer and its readers shall hear from my trip and our work. westward 'bound. October 11, '87. Taking the train on the Georgia Pacific, we dash through a country resembling in all its characteristics that of Chatham and upper Moore, and we reach Birmingham at 10, at night. A two hours' rest allows us time to look around and see the '-"magic" town u under the gas light." Two things we learned they have an abundance, of liquor shops and. they know how to make you pay for a lunch at their "leading" restaurant. ' The hotels that it was our fortune, or misfortune to strike in all this section, understand thoroughly, the art of feeding light and charging heavy. At daylight we are skimming along over the vast and beautiful Mississippi 'country but tie gleeful and happy t plantation - songs of the old-time are heard no more, and thousands of nacres of those rich farms are given jover to Burmuda grass, on. which we were pleased to see hundreds of fine cattle and mafny herds of splendid Jerseys. . Yicksburg what memories gather round , the .parae ! Across, the Father of Waters " we are: in the wild- bottoms of -Louisiana and away we fly to Shreveport, twelve hundred and sixty-five miles from Raleigh.' f ' Shreveport, on the Red River, is an old town of about 15,000 population, and seems to enjoy a good trade and is evidently grooving. Here we meet. MaGune, Warren, Wilson , and others with whom , we spent pleasant hours in Atlanta at the Inter-States Convention and at once we " buckle down " to work. .. So nothing more for The Pro gressive Parmer until ,we shall have finished the task. . r - HOMEWARD BOUND ON THE TRAIN. ; - Before the Alliance "adjourned, we are forced to. tear away, for our, own State Fair, is on hand .and we must be there. Down the Red River, on the Texas Pacific R. R., we speed our way to New Orleans. Looking' out over those magnificent sugar-cane plantations, stretching away as far as the eye could reach, witli the steam and smoko of huge sugar mills and re fineries on all sides, and happy negroes stripping, cutting and hauling the cane, wo for the first time appreciate the true sentiment of the old planta tion song "Away down upon the Swan6e River." New Orleans reached and we while away the six hours we are forced to spend here in looking at the, -sights. The old Exposition grounds are marked only by the fast decaying fence that encloses them, and Horticultural Hall, which is still occu pied and cared for. Many new and pretty and stylish residences are going up, but they all are modeled as to size, after the lordly old Southern mansions of slavery times. The Cot ton Exchange, the Custom House and St. Charles Hotel, are imposing and costly buildings, but we are not im pressed with the city as a desirable place of residence. Off we go for Atlanta. The one cent rate, or President Cleveland or the Exposition, or perhaps all com bined, fills and crowds the trains on all the roads, with thousands of people, even on the Sabbath day. Wonder if some of these good people never signed a petition to the Legislature to stop the carrying of freight on these roads on Sunday. But Atlanta is reached, and the crowd that is crowd ing the streets and hotels and board ing houses ! A thousand negroes fill the thoroughfares to gaze in wonder at the thronging thousands who are pouring in on every train. The Sal vation Army, with drum, brass horns and tambourine, the military and ac companying bands, the roar of vehicles on the paved streets, the din of ten thousand voices, the ringing of engine bells and the bellowing of whistles, makes Atlanta a Bedlam, and we im patiently await the hour when we shall take the track on the home stretch. "Train going North, on Tiedmont Air Line," rings out above the heavy hum at theMarkham House and we eibowur way to it and away we go. It may be all a notion, but we feel more comfortable now that we are seated in an elegant coach on this splendid road, and which is noted for the admirable manner in which it looks after the ease and comfort of its pat rons. Besides, we know 'that we have reached the land of good water, good victuals and living prices. But that Atlanta Exposition is a big thing, and where they are going to put the crowd that will be there, is the great and absorbing question with the manage ment but Atlanta has always been equal to any emergency. We were proud to hear so many complimentary remarks about North Carolina tobacco, which is exhibited by that young and enterprising tobac conist of Winston, Mr. B. F. Hanes, and of which we shall say more at an other time. L. L. P. Subscribe to Progressive Farmer. THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE. This body met" in 'Shreveport, La., on the 12th rinst., and was composed of delegates representing Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisi ana, Mississippi, . Missouri, North Car olina, Tennessee and Texas. . . It , was an able body of earnest, patriotic men, who were thoroughly: impressed with -the importance and magnitude of the great work they have undertaken the social, moral, intellectual and financial improvement of the farmers, of the South and of the country. . That the principles and purposes of the Alliance are adapted to the wants and necessi ties of the farmers, is evidenced' by the fact that such State organizations as the Farmers'.. Union... of Louisiana, the Agricultural Wheel, of Arkansas and Missouri, and the Farmers' Relief, of Mississippi, had-;. endorsed them, and that at the present session, the Agricultural Wheel, of Kentucky and Tennessee, came 'into the' order arid is now thoroughly affiliated with it. The Progressive Farmer will fur nish its readers from time to time, and as rapidly as possible, the official pro ceedings. We are enabled to give some mat ters which are of interest to our North Carolina farmers and brethren. The following, lookingto the development of a more perfect and efficient co-opc-ratiori business system, was adopted : l- Appreciating the supreme import ance and magnitude of this subject in its relation to the financial prosperity and industrial development of the States represented in this body, no less than to the industrial success, inde pendence and happiness of the great body of farmers of the South, we can not too strongly urge upon the mem bers and subordinate organizations of our Order, the absolute and indispen sible necessity for a well-digested and thoroughly organized co-operative bus iness system by and through which we may mitigate, if we may not entirely rid ourselves of unequal burthens and un just oppressions and evils, which are paralyzing the energies and absorbing the profits of our farming interests. We, therefore, earnestly commend to the early and favorable consideration of State, County end Subordinate Al liances, and to the individual members of our ordei, the following outline of a general plan, to be perfected and developed in detail, as the necessities and local conditions of the several States in which it is adopted, may re quire, but confirming as nearly as practicable to the general plan, to the end that, ultimately and at the earliest practicable time, we may bring togeth er and direct our business methods, business resources and business inter ests under one general and harmoni ous plan of co-operation through a National Agency of the National Al liance. " We recommend to the various State and subordinate organizations of the N. F. A. & C. U. of A. the plan adopted by the State Alliance of Tex as, at its regular session Aug. 12th, 1887, at Waco, and known as the Farmers' Alliance Exchange, of Tex as, as a general guide for the organiza tion of such business agencies, said plan to be furnished at the earliest practicable time, to the Secretaries of the various State organizations by the Secretary of the National Alliance. " We recommend that the Business Agents of such State organizations as l may desire to create a JS ationai Agen cy shall meet in the city of Dallas, Texas, on the second Tuesday in Feb ruary, 1888, and organize themselves into a National Business Directory, and shall have power to elect a Na tional Business Agent, provided the Business Directory and the National Business Agent shall exist no longer under this organization than the next regular meeting of the National Al liance. il The National Business Directory shall have power to locate the office, define the duties and fix the salary of the said National Business Agent, pro vided he is paid from the fund of the respective State Treasuries represent ed in the Business Directory, subject to the approval of the President and Ex ecutive Committee of their respective State organizations. " Within six months after his elec tion, it shall be the duty ef the said National Business Agent to visit the several State Business Agencies, who constitute the National Business Direc tory and aid in perfecting and devel oping the system to aid in negotiat ing purchases and sales' of commodi ties and products, and such other bus iness. as may require! his experience and services. . mcrii "Prudence and , experience show that it is impossible, to succeed in bus iness enterprises if 'the plans, methods and purposes of sucfi business be made public; therefore, we recommend to the various State arid subordinate or ganizations, that if any member shall divulge any; of the private business plans, prices or. private business ar rangements of jho .order, such of fending number shall be promptly ex pelled from the order." It will be seen that the plan of the Business System, as operated in the State of Texas, will be furnished, un der these instructions, to the secretaries of the State organizations, to be con sidered and adopted as far as it may apply to the- respective States. As soorf as received, the State " secretaries w'ill furnish it to the County and Sub ordinate Alliances for their considera tion. Under this' system, the State 4-lliance of Texas lias established it's Business Exchange and it is now in full operation. But. our people must remember that it has taken . years of thought and labor and the expenditure of considerable money to accomplish this work, and while we may be greatly benefited by the experience of our Texas brethren, and our efforts greatly facilitated, yet it will take time to organize our State and get our sys tem in. good working order. The election of officers for the ensu ing year resulted as follows : President, C. W. Macune, Texas. fir-cf V7," "Po'f T. T. "PVIl- xr n Vice-Pres't for Ala., 1. P. .bone. Vice-Pres't for Ark., W. H. Moore. Vice-Pres't for Fla., Oswald Wilson. Yice-Pres't for Ky., S. B. Irwin. Vice-Pres't for La., Linn Tanner. Vice-Pres't for Miss., R. T. Love. Vice-Pres't for Mo., A. B. Johnson. Vice-Prest for N.C., S.B. Alexander. Vice-Pres't for Tenn., I. H. Mc Dowell. Vice-Pres't for Tex.,M. D. K. Taylor. E. B. Warren, Texas, Secretary A. E. Gardner, Tenn., Treasurer. Rev. J. C. Jones, La., Chaplaip. Ben. Terrell, Tex., Lecturer. J. A. Tetts, La., Asst. Lecturer. Newt. Gresham, Ala., Door Keeper. H.C.Brown, Ky., Asst. Door Keeper. T. E. Groom, Miss., Serg't-at-Arms. The full official proceedings will reach us, we hope, at an early day, when they will will be given to our order in this State through, these columns. The next annual meeting of the Alliance will be held at Meridian, Mississippi. We found, as had been represented, that the kindest feeling existed be tween the business men and the Alli ance, and that there was now no clash or conflict between them. When the people shall realize that the farmers of the country are simply trying to at tend to their own business, and to take care of their own interests, and that they propose to do so by proper and legitimate methods, we opine that here, as in Texas, the Alliance will be recognized as the one thing the farm ers have needed for these long years. OUR PROBLEM. We give space today to an ably written article which we find in the Torhoro Southerner touching some of the grave problems in government and political economy which confront us. Whatever we may think of his premises and conclusions on the matters dis cussed, on one thing all thinking men will agree they are matters of grave import and should be pondered and discussed among our people seriously and dispassionately. Again, we give it a place in our columns the more readily since we, like the Southerner, want to stimulate and encourage in vestigation into those questions of direct and immediate concern to our people questions of domestic concern, in which the social, moral, intellectual and financial well-being of our people, is involved. We would have our people to turn their backs upon the dead issues of the past and turn their faces towards the real, liv lng issues of We U-r,nU the immediate future. have less pf 1S68-69 and more.of of 1888-89. We are '-not livino- tv nor will our children live, in " GS and ro If :we -could,-'wo .would blot forever from the fair name of our dear 'old State, that foul stigmabut as that cannot be, -..we would advert to it simply as a danger signal, warninn. those who. are to follow usr against its danger. We want to hear less of dead and impracticable issues, and more of those ' things . which are real grievances. We want more' of a live aggressive .and progressive policv which will relieve us of dead weight, and which" will ' infuse into the'wholo of our industrial-system, new life, new blood, new thought, new energy tui,l new. aspiration.'. We need less of po litical clap-trap and glory and more of sound statesmanship and dollars. The South works for political glor'v anil our neighbor Yankee works ' for dol lars, and there is where they have outstripped us. ' r FARMERS' INSTITUTE IN ROCK I INGHAM COUNTY. A Farmers' Institute will be held in the town of Wentwortht Rockingham county, on the 3d and 4th davs of November. We learn that a most in teresting programme has been ar ranged for the occasion, and that a number of able speakers and essayists are invited and will be present. We are gratified to note this onward step in that grand old county and we hope every farmer in the county will attend. Let the young men and young ladies turn out in full force and let every body contribute something towards the success of this first Institue in Rockingham. It will do good and all will be benefited. We hope it will be ourp'rivilege to attend. INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND ED UCATION. The New York papers announce that the city has taken the step of in troducing Manual Instruction in the Public Schools of the great Metrop olis. Now let the friends of our A. & M. College take new, courage, and even let the authorities of our Common Schools be looking into the question. The following is a concise statement of the movement: " It is generally felt that the Board of Education has done a good and wise thing in deciding to introduce manual training in the public schools. The system will be established on an experimental basis, with the idea of making it permanent if the results justify such a step. A test will he made in six schools for boys and six schools for girls. Instruction will he given in carpenter work, or the use of wood-working tools, for boys; model ing in clay for boys and girls; con struction work in paper, pasteboard and other suitable material, for boys and girls; sewing for girls; cooking for girls. The test of the plan, it estimated, will cost $13,000. Manual training has proved a great success in the schools of Baltimore, St. Louis, Boston, and other cities east and west, to say nothing of the wonderful things which have been accomplished under the system in the schools oi r ram. Belerium and German v. It hi long since passed the experimental stage m all these countries." SOUTHERN FARMERS, GROW OATS. It is with no hesitation that we rec ommend our planters to grow their own oats. Prepare the land well, sow in October two bushels per acre of gen uine red rust-proof oats, scatter broad cast with the oats 450 pounds of a mixture of two parts of cotton seed meal and one part of acid phosphate, harrow them both in and open well your drains. In the spring you may confidently expect an excellent yield. If this crop be gathered by a reaper, or better, a self-binder, the time ami expense of harvest will be small. soon as the oats are removed sow the lands in solid peas and it will be in ex cellent order for the fall planting j cane, or for a spring crop of cotton o corn. Director W. C. Stubbs, Louis iana Experiment Station.
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