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RALEIGH, a, AUG. 14, 1888.
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THE ISSUE TO BE MET.
In the mighty and impending revo
lution let us get down to- the bottom
defects in our system, in order that
the new industrial edifice which we
propose to erect in the South shall rest
on. a solid foundation. We may league
the farmers of the South together in
Granges, in Alliances, in . Inter-State
Farmers' Associations, and we may
adopt solemn and high-sounding re
solves, but until we as a people come
.down to solid facts and look the situa
tion squarely in the face as sensible,
practical men, it will all be for naught.
"We should control our cotton crop,
worth to us $260,000,000 per annum'
and yet we have no more control over
its price, nor option as to when it
shall be sold, than the inhabitants of
Iceland: Why ? Simply because we
:buy everything we need and generally
on a credit, and are i forced -to sell at
such time and at such prices as our
creditors dictate. The policy of buy
ing meat, breads hay, guano, &c.r on
a credit and raising only one crop with
which to pay for it; 'and that, too, ma
country which possesses all the con
ditions for producing these things,
economically and successfully,-is the
supremest folly, i Thousands of trains
laden with the very articles which Ve
should produce come from Northern
States and pour them out in our
depots and go back empty. This is
what has become of the $8,000,000, 000
which we have received for our cotton
crop since the war. This is the trouble
with us as a people. :
And now to add to our embarrass-1
ment and to further augment -our
burthens the " Bagging Trust " "pro
poses to force us to pay to a few men"
xl ' " ' .1 ' srtn 'AAA. r r ri I
we enormous sum oi $z,uuu,uuu on
bagging. We can and should raiste
in the'South Atlantic and Gulf States
all the jute that would .be required to
wrap our., cotton and - to-;inake all the
bags WO; need: Its cultivation is as
simple -as possible and -the appliances
for manufacturing it are not costly.
I he Progressive Farmer a year ago
suggested1 that the cotton farmers of
the South should investigate and con
sider the expediency of manufacturing
our poorer grades of cotton into wrap
ping for pur stapleC' . 'Tfii'J cpulc.be
done, and we . believe w caa demon-'
strate that it can : be done advan
tageously. ml : ?
J This, among other great questions,
should engage the attention of farmers
all over the Souths33 If r we evesu(?-
ceed-if we ever tome1 up to the full
measure 'of the 'grand possibilities pf
thik God -favored section, we must de
vise ways and means by which we
can control pur cotton crpp; and to do
this we must raise our own supplies at
home.
MOORE COUNTY FARMERS.
North Carolinians, as a rule, know
too little of each other and of their
State We should travel and study
our State more and learn more of our
people, of their methods and systems.
We believe this, but were never more
impressed with its truth than on the
flying trip which we made to Carbon
ton last week. We travelled from
Sanford to that point, traversing the
whole way, the old Red Sand-stone
Belt, and we were greatly gratified to
find such a highly creditable system
of farming as beautifies and adorns
the hills all along the route. Mr. J.
D. Mclver and the Gilliams and Coles
and Wilcoxes, and others, would do
honor, as farmers, to any section of
our State. No one can ride along
that route without noting two things:
the good judgment and science dis
played in the system of horizontaUzing
their lands in cultivation, and the
good ploughing; two very essential
things in good farming.
The pic nic was a splendid succeeB
in every particular; a large crowd and
a magnificent dinner, ample to meet
all demands. Mr. D E. Mclver, whom
a large proportion of the good people
wanted to make State Auditor, and
Mr. Allen H Jones, a sprightly and
clever young "Tar Heel," and a good
talker, and the writer, made speeches.
-We met many warm-hearted. friends,
and among them several of our dear
old comrades. Long and pleasantly
will be remember the 'good people of
Carbonton and vicinity. '
THE BAGGING PROBLEM.
The , farmers are aroused! They
are unanimous in denouncing the out
rage ; attempted, . by the , Bagging
" Trust." They-may not be able to
meet it successfully this -season, but
they will prepare for a repetition if
'they are wise" and ' true to themselves.
. we can . mate bagging of the .straw
of our long-leaf . pineL Wecan make
bagging of jute ' grown1 in our own
fields. We i can; mae "bagging, of Our
poor grades of cpttoh.v," We can sub
stitute wire:;for ties. ,;Will the. Alli
ance, or the Inter-State Farmers? Asso
ciation, Or both1, take"; hold of this im
portant matterandgolVe'th'eprobiem?
Jt canjbe done.. - It ought ,to be done.
DO YOU. WANT TO KNOW?
There, are thousands Tand tens of
thousands of our people, in and out of
the Alliance, who will be eager to
know the proceedings" of ' thO State
Alliance in its session this week. The
quickest; surest and cheapest way to
get it, and get it correctly, will be to
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and. take The Progressive ' Fabmis
for one year. It will contain" the
official report of the proceedings, .- Da
this at once, if you would have your
name entered in time. ' . .
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ALLIANCE "AT THE CAP;-
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The Farmers; fitate. Alliance will
meet -to:day in .,-MetopoHten.iHalI,
President Alexander; presiding. It is
meet and. proper that, its first annual
session should- be held at the Capitol
of our State.-- Advocating those great
principles of "equity and, justice upon
which our government f is founded
representing that class pf our citizens
which constitutes three-fourths, of bur
population, it ' is proper ' that all their
declarations relatingT.tb the common
interests of a common people, should,
be proclaimed -jfrora the- Capitol and
center of :rour :; State.' It will be a
splendidLbody of patriotic,-; conserva
tive gentlemen, and Tnii Progressive
Farmed v bidB. them welcome, V thrice
welcome- to the" City of Oaks- ! i
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THE FRUIT FAIR.
Will open to-morrow in the new
store building of Messrs. W. C. & A.
B. Stronach, on. Fayetteville St., and
only a few steps from the entrance to
Metripolitan Hal where the meeting
of the State Alliance is to be held.
Members and visitors to the Alliance
will have a fine opportunity and with
out inconvenience to inspect this su
perb exhibition of our fruits.
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FARMERS' POLITICS SEASON
ABLE READING.
The office seeker is abroad in the
land. He tells the people that he de
sires to execute their will. He asks
them to tell him what they want, and
common honesty as well as the best
interests of the country demands that
the people -make known their wants.
The Farmers' National Alliance at its
session at Shreveport, La., last year,
set forth some 'demands on behalf of
the farmers, from which we make the
following extracts: They make up a
strong platform. Head them.
We demand ihe repeal of the pres
ent National Banking System.
We demand that the Department of
Agriculture be made one of the de
partments of State; that it shall be in
creased in scope and efficiency, and in
connection therewith, there shall be
established a Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics.
We demand the enactment of laws
to compel corporations to Dav their
employes according to contract, in law-
iui money ior their services, and the
giving to mechanics and laborers a
first lien upon the- products of their
laoor to-tne extentof theipf ull wages.
V: That; the laws relating to the sup
pression of the transmission - of im
moral, profane -of ; obscene - literature
through the mails, be made more
stringent, and 'be extended "so as . to
suppress- the transmission of such
literature by any pubhc carrier.-' -
We demand ihatUhe United States
Government -.purchase, by right of
eminent domain, I the telephone and
telegraph lines, and operate them as
adjuncts fo the United States postal
service. .
That mview of the fact that the
delegates to this body represent a ma
jority of the cotton producers of the
cotton belt Of America, which belt pro
duces over tworthirds of the cotton of
the whole worl, and in view of the
further fact that. two-thirds of the cot
ton in the cotton belt is demanded and
used for export to a foreign power.
which fixes the price on every pound
Qi our cotton; and in view of the fact
that the said nower is debarred from
returning to this country a single yard
oi manufactured cotton, thereby mak
ing said power interested in crowding
down to the lowest figure the price of
cotton. !We hereby demand tnat tne
United States Govemmont adopt a
speedy system of reduction, of the im
port duty on manufactured cottons, in
such a .way. as to . do justice to this, the
greatest" of all classes of producers.
We demand such a revision of .the
tariff as will lay the heaviest- burdens
on the' luxuries ana tne nguiesi on ine
TvvRRftnVa of life. and. as will"; reduce
the, incomes f rom imports to j.a strictly
revenue; basis. - . 1
,That us a remedy against the unjust
accumulation.', and encroachment of
capital, we "demand a "graduated
come takv: : " -"
That as bpon the intelligence if the
people depends the stabilityjaid purpe
tuity of joue own free Governments we
demand vioc J tne mas&es A, wen jregu
.lated system ry of j industrial and agr?
irlt.nfa.l AlriAn'tinn . .
'That we oppose the continued influx
of pauper labor1 frohr.'the monarchies
of Euronk whose "artarchicT views and
"communistic '-doelnnes are breeding
discontent and disloyalty to law, order,
peace and good gpverpment and by
an overDius oi- wortniess laoor. reauc
I ing our ownjaboring. classes to starva
tiuu, we LuereiurtJ uuiiiauu xuum otiiii
fluent laws to Drevent this country be
ing further used as an' asylum for the
communists and -Dauners ' of other
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We demand that the Constitutions,
both State and JNational,-- be so am
ended as to provide for the election of
United States Senators by direct vote
of the people.
DURHAM AND INTER-STATES
FARMERS' CONVENTION.
The citizens of Durham, ever alive
to the best interests of their town and
State, a spirit which has made it one
of the leading manufacturing cities of
the South, in response to a call pub
lished in their' daily papers, met to
consider the question of tendering an
invitation to the Inter-States Farmers'
Convention, which will be in session
in this city during next week, to visit
them and accept their hospitalities.
The meeting was largely attended and
the invitation most heartily extended,
as the following correspondence will
show :
Durham, C., Aug. 10, '88.
L. L. Polk, Pres't Farmers' Inter
State Association, Raleigh, N. C :
Dear Sir We, the undersigned,
have been appointed a committee
on the part of our citizens to ex
tend through you a most cordial in
vitation to the gentlemen who will be
in attendance, as delegates, upon the
farmers' Inter-State Association,
which assembles m Raleigh on Tues
day, August 21st. to visit our enter
prising town. Durham will be erlad
to see you, one and all, and we promise
you a royal welcome. Please be kind
enough ta intimate your acceptance of
this invitation, and oblige.
Very respectfully yours,
J. S. Carr,
G. W. Watts,
Henry A. Reams, ;
J. B. Whitaker, Jr.,"
E. C. Hackney.
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RALEiGHrN. G.rAug. 10, '88.
Messrs. J.rS. Cabr, :GW. Watts
a.nd othersCommittee, Durham.
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Gentlemen: Yourtesteemed favor,
extending through me to the Inter
State Farmers' Association - which
meets 7in this city on the' 21st hist:, a
wiuiai mvitauon 10 visit your enter
prising town, has just been received.
I beg to assure ytfU'-thatfit will giro
me sincere pleasure to convey to that
body at;the, earliest practicable mo
ment this kind ; proffer of your gener
ous hospitality, arid 'f feel assured that
the members will mbst cheerfully and
readily accept if- ' 4 Ui-
Thankirigy-ouand through yoiithe
good people hbm vou renreshnt. fnr
this renewed and timely manifestation
of : that "public spirit;;whichhas so
prominently characterized -your town
from its birth, and for the opportunity
thuskindly. afforded our distinguished
visitors .to witness the achievements of
real North Carolina pluck, nush and
energy, I am, gentlemen, with senti
ments oi very high regard,
- ?;.Your obedient servant,!1
r -L. L. Polk, Pres;t, &c
Sparta Alliance, in Edgecombe
countj endorses and adopts the reso-.
lutiohs of Cocoa Alliance arid Temper
ance Hall Grange, denouncing the
Bagging Trust' We hope every farm
ers organization in the : South will
take a determined stand against this
lniamous outrage. ;.
RESOLUTIONS THAT RING.
iThe follbwirig resolutions are to the
point and are commended to the con
sideration of the brotherhood every
where : :c:;f
' Whereas, -A trust has been formed
to extort exhorbitant" prices on cotton
bagging; . therefore we, the members
of Macklin Spnner Alliance. No. 56
". in Wake county, do hereby resolve to
: use no more cotton bagging until the
present quoted prices be reduced, but
.will ruse some other material instead.
Resolved further, That ; we ask the
.co-operation of , all Alliances, Granges,
-and . .all , other, .farmer organizations
throughout the South in resisting: this
.oppression, and that- these resolutions
De; puDiisnea in -he . .trogressive
Farmer.
T. A. Council,
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" K . v B. Olive " "
C. E. McNamard,
. . W. H. H.. Jones,
. Committee.
Aug. 9, 1888.
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APIC NIC AT FOR EST VI LLE.
On the 2d inst... Forestville and
Neuse - Farmers' .Alliances, jointly,
gave a pic nic which was much en
joyed by all who attended. The day
was very warm, but everybody seemed
to enjoy it, any .way. The lemonade
stand was frequently visited, where
ice and lemonade were plentiful. The
arrangement was splendid; every plan
was executed in the most admirable
manner. The farmers manifested
much more interest than is customary
with them.
: We were honored by the presence
of Mr. A. D. Jones, who made quite
an interesting and enthusiastic speech.
After Mr. J ones, Mr. A. C. Green
occupied the stand for a short while,
and he also made quite an interesting
speech. Both Mr. Jones and Mr.
Green are practical men, and they
gave the farmers good wholesome ad
vice, explaining their condition, &c.
After the conclusion of the speeches,
quite an agreeable announcement to
all was then made. It was that the
barbecue was ready. Numerous bas
kets were then brought up, filled with
everything nice that could be desired
on such an occasion. This part the
ladies did so well perform. Some of
the ladies were then asked to assist
the committee in arranging the table,
which was judiciously done. Never
was there more perfect order on such
an occasion; everything passed off as
pleasantly as could have been desired.
After everybody had done justice
to the splendidly prepared dinner, the
programme for the day was complete,
and all were left to suggest the way
they would spend the remainder of
the day.
The young folks spent the afternoon
in social chats, strolling around in the
shade of the massive oak trees, &c.
The farmers spent the time in discuss
ing the condition of their crops, farms,
.&c, and .every group spiced their con
versation with politics, a tODic that a
discussed by nearly everybody. G.
Raleigh, Nl C.,r August 6, '88.
Editor Farmer :--I see from the
two last issues of your paper, that the
manufacturers of baeeriner have formed
a ring and put r up the price of bag
ging ior no other1 purpose but to
pocket all the farmers make. Now, sir,
I think it is time to call a halt. I am
proud" to see that the Alliance and the
Grange, of other counties have said
they will not use a yard unless they
come aown. l nope you will bring it
before the State Alliance in-such a
way, that - they " will take the . nroper
teps, also at the meeting of , the cot
ton . totates. I hope there- will be a
resolution by State and Interstate
that, we will not use a yard, but wrap
with: arivthirie: that will hold it to-
getheif. 'I think we have time, and if
proper steps is taKen tne cotton - fac
tories of the South can and will make
a coarse cloth for the purpose, thereby
using: mora, cotton , . at home, therebv
encouraginWhome manufacturers, and
if that be, so tHe bagging factories have
done us a 'favor when they did not in
tend it. Now, sir, I will speak for No.
31 -that we will stand by any rule that
will advance the farmers of the South.
I for one will use Alamance nlaids or
anything else that ' will hold it, and let
me. ring Jfcnow that there trap failed,
and that we are still free men.
Every person keeping poultry should
an . accurate account with his
stock, placing all the expenditures in
curred and the amount of the receipts
on the proper sides of the sheet: The
osses should,-of course, be charged to
he expense account."
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