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3 THE PRO GrRESSIYE 19, 18b9. 2 t V: FARMER MARCH . t : - 1 "- ri i;"sL. POLK, " - -' - Editor. 2. H. BROWDER; Business Manager. Raleigh, N. C. 4 SUBSCRIPTION: JJfcc'gle Subscriber, Oue Year .- .V-... $ a " . Six Months.., 5 3tve Subscribers, . One Year 5.00 Ten " One Year ... 1000 One copy one year free, to the one seeding Club fTen. " Cash Invariably In Advance. iToney at oar rsk, if sent by registered letter or 2BOney order. Advertis'1" .ates qnoted on application. . To Correspondent : - " Write all communications, designed f r publica tion, on one side of the paper only. . We want intelligent correspondents in every county in the State. We want facts of valae, re mit accomplished of value, experiences of value, plainly and briefly told. One solid, demonstrated fact, is worth a thousand theories. Address all communications to The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. C. BALEIGH, N. C., MAR. 19, 1889. f This paper entered as second-clans matitr at the Tost Office in Haleigk,X. (?. .The Progressive Farmer is the Official Organ of the N. C. Farmers' Association and N. C. State Farmers' Alliance, and the Virginia State Fann ers' Alliance. Do you want your paper changed to another office? State the one at which you have been getting it. :.. Do you want your communication pub lished? If so, give us your real name and your postoffice. Our friends in writing to any of our advertisers, will favor us by mention ing the fact that they saw the advertise ment in The Progressive Farmer. f- The date on your label tells you when your time is out. LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD. r? there be any one trait among our 'people which distinguishes them, it is their love of " fair play." In the discussion of the Railroad Commission . bill in the Senate, Senators Thomas and Kerr, read from President Alex ' ander's address before the State Alli ance "garbled extracts," to show that lie opposed a Railroad Commission. This matter has gone into the papers , and The Progressive Farmer, desir ing only that President Alexander 'should be fairly, truthfully and . hon estly represented, quotes his exact and precise language in regard to railroads on that occasion and and takes it from its published address. If the enemies of a Railroad Commissiom can find - any words of comfort in it, they are welcome to it. "We commend it to these ' Senators. . They will find it excellent leading. The public will decide whether such a course is becoming the railroads and their representatives. Here is what he said: " Not only have the railroads and telegraphs forced a change in our agri culture, but they possess a power of tax. " ation and patronage dangerous to the liberties of the people. Ihey have cen tralized our government, and trusts com bines, pools and monopolies are their off spring. A friend, now past three. 3core years and ten, related to me the following incident: " When I was a young man I visited Boston. I carried a letter of intro duction to Mayor Quincy. He received -aae with that hospitality for which he was so distinguished, and invited me to a banquet given in honor of the completion of the first forty miles of railroad that entered Boston. In his speech at the banquet, Mayor Quincy "said: 1 We have completed forty miles of railroad, If we can build forty, we can build' eighty; if we . can build eighty we can',J)uild two hundred; if t we can build two hundred we can - Traild one to the lakes; if we can build one to the lakes we can build one. to " the Pacific Ocean. Give me the trans portation of the people and I will control them.' " s Prophetic, words. My friend has lived to see the prophecy of .this dis tinguished Bostonian fulfilled; Patroh- age, free transportation and money an nominate any candidate fir office . -aigher than the Legislature, or failing .to nominate, can defeat their opponent. What department , rof . tlie State, or "national government is free, from tlie 8u.ntoffr.ee transportation or tele- . graphic franks ? ."No man can serve lwo masters." It is ' belie vedt that 3om&- who " are elected" as representk- V irves of thebeople are retained as at torneys of the corporations;; Senator - Feck, of Kentucky, introduced a reso-- - lution in the; United States Senate f or r , bidding any Senator: to act jas attorney for a railroad in which . tJ& government is interested. !.It -passed,, but. the next' day was reconsidered and defeated, - mus giving iub saiicuon oi me unueu. ' ' States Senate to any of its members to . act as an attorney for corporations, fee.. It may be good for the. cdrpora- .. tions, but it is bad for the people. The . motto oi syndicates, trusts, comcmes, ' pools and monopolies is -"No legisla 1 : 5ion is good legislation." Hence their desire to retain members as attorneys ' to keep off legislation, or to shape it 30. as to render it harmless to their m .-, torests. Our laws were .made for a t: past era, and we have none upon our statute books that meet the era of : xfceam and electricity. " Some people believe that a Railroad Commission will adjust everything. The railroads are above the State, any iaw a state can pass may harrass them, but the total tax required by the "rail roads of "the people will "be as great with' the Commission as ' without it. The' National Government has tried' a Commission, and it has found 'that a half bred railroad attorney can drive a six-horse team through it, and so it will be with any commission law they pass. The railroads make no show ing of books, and manage their affairs in secret. How can it be otherwise ? The Knight of Labor, many of them railroad men, have given as one of their declarations that the National Government should own j every rail road and telegraph line. Many object to it upon the ground -that it would give, the politician too much patron age. If this patronage be dangerous to a government, it is more dangerous, in the hands of a syndicate, for it will control the government. But I see no need of the government having as much patronage then as now. Organ ize a transportation department and postoffice department by enlisting men for life or a term of years and not allow them to vote. The army and navy are so organized, and no one ever hears of trouble about patronage in either, or their interfering in any way with elections. With the control of railroads, tele graphs and the money system, it is impossible for syndicates, .trusts, com bines and monopolies to rob the people without owning the land as completely as the Barons of old who owned the. land and claimed the people as vassals. Our danger is m bemg reduced to poverty, and rendered helpless,' and the danger of the great army of rail road and telegraph employees is m being dependent; they may become servile. The great number of strikes made by them show they possess an uncommon manhood, but as the syndic cates, trusts, combines and monopolies increase in power, the struggle is ren dered more unequal." THE NEGRO EXODUS. LARGE numbers of the colored people are leaving this section of our State for the South and South west. At this season, after having contracted with the farmers to work with them during the year, it is a great wrong for them to disregard their contracts. But what care they for the obligation of a contract ? The Progressive Farmer hopes they may better their condition, and speaking for itself only, it is willing to see every one leave the State who desires to do so. We are far from being among the number who believe that the white race in North Carolina or elsewhere is dependent on the negro for any of the essential conditions of life. We are and have been infinitely more con cerned about the thousands of out own race the noble youngjmen, who have emigrated from our State. To day we have nearly 300,000 native North Carolinians, with their talents, energy, pluck and manhood, enriching and adorning other States and we have never read during a lifetime so much in our papers about this deplor able fact, as we have read within the past month in regard to a few hun dred negroes. A BANKRUPT PEOPLE. Startling Figures. . A S a people, we are rushing on 'J. wildly into commercial feudal ism. The rapid, congestion of wealth. the maddened rage for accumulating riches, the unscrupulous means em ployed and whose conceded respecta bility comes of their astounding grasp and audacity, the evident and alarming drift of American citizenship into two classes the extremely rich and the extremely poor should arouse every patriot to action. In vain do the peo ple plead for justice. In vain do they protest against the encroachments of corporate and moneyed power. In vain do they admonish their State and National Legislatures that impending ruin and bankruptcy stare us in the face as a nation. In vain are they struggling: nobly' and heroicallv aerainst the tide which is driving them irre sistably down into the degradation of commercial vassalage. This is strong language, but it is truth. "To rescue the agricultural and other industrial ' . - - - ...... interests from the impending ruin; to restore that healthful equilibrium be tween the great' industries of the country which is ' absolutely essential to a heaithtul growth and prosperity, to secure to the farmers of th'p.-lahd .some of , the . profits ,of their Xhaifd earnings, is the grand mission or the Farmers Alliance. . Their successful oe tne success ana tne giorv of Ameri- can institutions their failure will the wreck of American hope and American liberty. We are awaf e thai there be those who think that this great upheaval this grand revolution of thought among the farmers is " much ado about nothing." But they are men who take a superficial view of matters, or they are wilfully blind to the situation, and we commend A. -It 1. il 1 io au sucn, me real condition of our people. We would ask them to read the following facts and tell us if it is not lust cause for concern and alarm We have twenty-seven agricultural States in the Union. We select nino of the leading ones to show only one puaac ui mo viuuuiuou oi ineir iarm. ers. Read the figures and say there is no cause for alarm. The recorded mortgages on tarms in tnose otates are summed ,up in the following ap palling figures: In Ohio, $701,-000, 000; Indiana, $398,000,000; Illinois, $620,000,000; Wisconsin, $230,000, 000; Michigan,. .$350,000,q00; Min nesota, $175,000,000; Iowa, $351, 000,000; Nebraska, $140,000,000; Kansas, $200,000,000; Missouri, $237, 000,000; Texas, $110;000,000. Total: Three billions five hundred and thirty-two millions dollars! This, in just one third of the agricultural States. The interest for one year at six per cent, on this mortgaged debt of those farm ers is two hundred and eleven millioiis nine hundred and twenty thousand dol lars ! Almost enough to cover the entire cotton crop of the South. Esti mate the "mortgaged indebtedness on the farms of the remaining eighteen States to equal that of the above named nine States and it would amount to enough to pay for all the railroads in this vast country ! Whither are we drifting ? Is there ho cause for concern among the farmers ? Is there a farmer or patriot in whatever sphere ' he may live, who does not bid God -speed to the noble j -end heroic men of the Farmers Alii . ance, who are earnestly seeking and striving to avert the direful calamity which must ensue, if this state of. things is not remedied ? Let every man who belongs to our order renew with each day of his life his undying allegiance to the cause. Let every patriot identify himself with u$ in this, great task .of disenthralling the ener gies and industries of the country. j . K OUR LEGISLATURE. THE "Farmer Legislature" has adjourned, and its record has passed into history. It has been the subject, of course, of unjust criticism in many instances, but in the main its course was marked by conservatism and sound judgment. Especially and emphatically may this be said of the lower House, than whom The Pro.: gressive Farmer has not seen a better body of men in that end of the capiv tol since the war, and our people would act wisely if they would return them two years hence. They now have that experience which they, so much needed, at the beginning and which would so greatly aid them in their honest and patriotic effort to serve the people efficiently and wisely. While there were as noble and as true men in the Senate and as fearless and as faithful friends to the people' as ever sat in that body, yet, unfortu nately, they were handicapped by com binations and influences which ren dered them almost powerless. It ;is generally conceded that had the Sen ate 'acquiesced in the measures and action of the House generally, that tio Legislature for the past twenty years would have so well merited the plaudit of the people: "Well done good and faithful servants." Our esteemed contemporary, the Wilmington Messenger says: " In some quarters much was ex pected, and in others much more feared from the action of this Gen eral Assembly. While all that was hoped for may not have been accom plished, happily the fears of none were realized. From the first it was seen that it was a very conservative Legislature, as we announced it would be as soon as its complexion was as certained. "As the friend of the farming peo ple, we are quite willing to have the Legislature of 1888-89 go into his tory as the Farmer Legislature, for upon the whole we deem it the best and the wisest body of men we have thus assembled in North Carolina since the close of the war." LEGISLATIVE ECHOES. npWENTY ALLIANCES and one JL County Alliance in the Second Senatorial District memorialized the Legislature for a flailroad Commis- sion. i neir representatives. Alexan der, Marsh, Coffield, Makely, McCot ter and Senator Lucas voted for it. Senator Stubbs voted against it. x orty-two subordinate and" two County Alliances asked for it in the Seventh District. Representatives Cooke, Clifton, Phillips and Bass voted for it. ; Senator King voted aaainst it. Twenty-six Subordinate, and one County in the l3th: District: : Renre- sentatives Lyons and Galld way - f oUd f of it. Senator Bennett voted against ft. Twenty-six Subordinate and the county Alliance of Sampson asked for it. Representative Stevens voted for : t. Senator Kerr voted :again$t :,it... . Forty-one Subordinate and tfo County Alliances in the 20th District asked for it. Representatives- Nichols, Cheek and Yancey' voted for it; Sen atorsHughesand Long voted against it . Thirty -one Subordinate and one county Alliance in the 2 2d District asked .for it. Representatives T?A- Wards, Scott and Wilson voted Jor jt. nator Crawiord voted aaainst it. The County and ten Subordinates of Rdckingham asked for it. . Represent- atiyes Hopkins and. Walker voted forjit. Senator Moore voted against it, 1ftt TS. . i' I 1 - 1 liuy-iive ouuoruinate and one Couhty Alliance asked for it in the 25th District. Senator White voted against it. : TwV County and twelve Subordinate Alliances in the 28th District asked for it-4 Representatives McDonald and Littleton voted for it. Senator Means votefl. against it. Thirtv Alliances in the 34th District asked for it. Representatives Hoi- for-it. Senator Barber voted against it initl'i jk-M-m nm a. uAav v w-a. m.v- on i .oavai. onH SonaTnr "nmprwfirfl One County and eleven Subordi nates in the 35 th District asked for it. Representatives Hoffman and New land votedfor it. Senators Blaif and Briggs voted against it.' Thirteen Subordinate Alliances and the County Alliance in Halifax asked for it. Representative Taylor voted forit. Senator Emry voted against it. Fund was to be, '.expended strictly tn Notices from at least three hundred the interest of Agriculture and by which additional Alliances we're; received from $8,000 to $10,000 would have after the bill had been defeated, en- been saved to the college, was passed dorsing the action of the State Alii- in the House by an almost unanimous ance. We doubt not that every Alii- vote. and was promptly sent to the ance in the State would today endorse Senate. It was referred to the Corn it. But what is the Alliance, that its mittee on Agriculture. The friends demands "or wishes should be" re- spected ? We suspect that this disre- gard of their wishes will teach them a most valuable and greatly neeaed lesson. A question: Who knows the. senti ments of the people best, the few Sen ators who defeated this bill, or the many Representatives who voted for i.i . . r . l "1 r 11 it and the tens of thousands of Alh ance men who asked for it? LpJOTHER RAILROAD VICTORY. WHEN the Railroad Commission' bill was defeated in the Senate, the people were astounded. It was known that the Legislature came to Raleigh prepared to. enact such a measure. The House passed it readily I and . with an overwhelming majority, When it reached the Senate, not with- standing the almost universal senti- ment which favored it throughout the State and in utter contempt for the 60,000 Alliance men in the State whose memorials had been presented demanding, it, it was voted dowm Many of the Senators whose action was a surprise to the people, claimed that the bill was arbitrary that it was expensive, &c. Capt. Cooke then introduced in the House a bill requiring the Commis sioner of the Labor Bureau to collect railrofl.H statist.! r.H fn-r tho in-Pm-mntirm of the General Assembly statistics of crrpat o-PTiPral train This Mil W1H have been of incalculable benefit to the State and it did not cost the State anything. It reached the Senate, and of course the railroad officials and at torneys were on hand. Senator Turner, of Iredell, moved it be made the special order for 9 o'clock that evening (Fridav). Senator Kerr moved to postpone to 12 o'clock the next day ( the last day of the session). Senators Le Grand and Turner protested that if the motion of Senator Kerr pre vailed it would be equivalent to the de feat of the bill. Upon a call of the ayes and noes it was found that it was a tie vote and jjieutenani-governor Holt in the chair, cast the deciding vote tn Th wn r.am ,m tho fnl. lowing day and Senator Kerr moved We are gratified to see that the A1U to lay it on the table, and called the ance men. are patronizing their own and the bill was I Ayes BankB, (Rep.) Barber, (Dem.) Bennett, (Dem.) Blair, (Dem.) Briggs, (Dem.) Brown, (Rep.) rtgft&tfcEi) FanS Hashes, (Dem.) Kerr, (Dem.) King, (Dem.) Lein bacb. (Ren.) Lone. (Dem.) Lnsk. (Rep.) Means, (Dem.) Kice, (Kep.) Tnomas, (Kep.) Turner or ua- tawba, (Dem.) Waiters, (Kep.) White, (Dem.) Wlm berly. (Rep.) 12 Dem., 13 Rep. Total 25. Noes Campbell, Farthing, Leeper, Le Grand, Lncas. Moore. Payne, Pou. Reid, Robinson, Sills, Smith. Stubbs. Toms. Turner of Iredell, Williams of Cumberland, Williams of Pitt. Total 17 all Democrats. Thus again the " solid Republican vote with the aid of a few Democrats" held the railroad fort against the peo- rlo anrl in rfafiAnr.A vf tVmr fiarnpst. best interests. Thus again, the cor- porate power asserted its supremacy over the people. thev clip these votes and file them away. They will come in nicely in the future. Letters and resolutions are pouring into our office from ail sections of the State and could some of these Sena- tors see them " their hair would stand on end." Tlie people will yei be'heard. There are men among them on whom , , 0 .11 they can Tely, and nereaiter tney win find them. i Doubtless all of them hope, as some Of them asserted, that thev "could go ' home and talk to the people and they changing counsels as to plans, is get will be all right." -. ting up a communion of feeling and Thank God for the belief that the - V - - day has come when the people will do more of their own thinkrriff and will not be cajoled' deceived ' and hum . .-v . . - . . bugged as they have been. LEGISLATIVE CHIPS. A .BILL, was passed .'allowing the people of Harnett countySto vote on the question of moving trie court house and jail from Lillington ta Dunn. - . , At least 100.000 farmers and tax- payers voted for CoL. T.; M. Holt for Lieutenant-Governor, and: of these at least 50,000 were Alliance men. These were his c0nstituents,ahd he should have remembered them when he cast his vote to kill the Cooke : bill. He stood hi quite a different position from those who said; "My -county don't want it." But his course on the Rail- road Commission is consistent, to say the least of it. He opposed it with all his power two years ago. bpeaxer Leazar vigilant, faithful, clear-headed, courteous, obliging, lm- partial and thoroughly versed in par- liamentary law made one of the best pressing omcers that ever graced his position, and he takes home with him the univers rospect and esteem of all the officers and numbers of his Mouse, Thew.mieinbers' q7the BAard pi Affncuiture are yv . s. .aDeuaru -a. . - , - i . A . Leazar, J.'F. Payne,C.'D. Smith and W. E. Stevens. The Trustees of the A. & M". College are S. B. Alexander, R. Barringer, H. E. Fries; W. S. Primrose and Elias Carr-appointed by Gov. Fowle. .: . . The bill to consolidate the Depart ment of Agriculture and the-A. & M. College, and by: which the Farmers' of the measure used every effort to have it reported, but in vain.' It was strangled and Killed oy the action oj me committee. Even Commissioner Kob- inson worked day and night against it. We will' refer to this again in the. future. Senators White, Bennett and others claimed when the Commission bill was J ; . il. A J- j. T 3 pending that it was too broad in its5 powers and indicated clearly that the Massachusetts, bill would suit them. Yet when the Cooke bill was pre sented to them they promptly voted it down. The truth is (and the people will not forget it) the solid Republican vote, aided by a few Democrats, held the railroad fort against the people, and. they would have voted against any' measure affecting the roads in any degree. Senators Kerr.' Blair and Thomas had much to say about "manufactured sentiment." The plain English of their insinuations was that the 60,000 Alii ance men of the State who asked for a Commission had no minds, of their own- they could be pulled and turned about by one or two men. We agree with them that it is a manufactured sentiment and that it is manufactured by just such votes as were cast by them. - ON. THE RIGHT ROAD. f.RANY:WE County Alliance is VJT not rhaMhg much noise about It, n0 count jr. m the State perhaps is domS mlf'li? tf mhm the genuiiie progress. Their warehouse has been a success from the day it opened, and it is managed by compe tent, active, prudent men. Their smoking and plug factory, now nearly ready for work, will be as complete in a11 its appointments as any establish ment of the kind in the State and we predict for it a splendid success. Bro. Dalby and his zealous and efficient aids are pushing the work, and soon our bre.thrjen from the Virginia line to the f rontief s of Indian Territory will enjoy the bright golden leaf, planted, cultivated, cured, sold and manufactured by Alliance farmers. waicuuuaco im'3 Why should not the tanners manage fVAii. -Verti-k oTAno frnm tVo -nlant-hoH , . i .i to the pipes and mouths OI the COn- sumrs ? You are on the right road, brethren. f oilow it, turning neitner to the right nor left, and success will crown your efforts. HARMONY. HON. W. J. NORTHEN, Presi dent of the State Agricultural Society of Georgia, is one of the largest and best farmers in the South, one of Alliance man whose wise counsel is worth7 f our attention. Among SOI?e of the ma?y ood things he has Cultivator the following: "The harmony and good feeling that has prevailed among tne members of the Alliance, in this State, i won- derf ul and a matter of congratulation The Order seems brought together in great sympathy of interest and equal sympathy of regard. The man wha is Ai. ..iii -Ml::: i auie to care lormxixBen i vuaywg himself about the-interests of his Uss fortunate neighbors; and, by co-oper- l.. mv ..... k 1 atmg with them m purchases and ex I . m . .X... . a communion oi interests, mat is not only helpful to the. financial condition oi tne country,, out greauy neipiui jn I .1.. . T . 11,1 .11 our social interests, . it is.wew to?aweu together in- unity. . s A simple, tender of sympathy has saved, many a man from disaster, as it .tended to. ne?ve his strength for the conflict and) fen courage his, hopes . for success. ?t ffo know j that mothers ;. feel an interesttin j our business ; that thev. are watching its developments with concern; that I they are ready and willing and able to aid with . their counsel and material suggestions, carries great strength to the man who moves slowly under the burdens of life. It is pleasant to mingle with the people, as they grow more and more in sympathy of feeling; more and more united in. purpose; more and more determined, through mutual help, to succeed. Let this beautiful harmony prevail to the end An organization composed of 100. 000 men, chafing under the disasters in their business; smarting under real and imaginary evils common to them all, and yet in perfect harmony, out lining the policy to be pursued and the remedies to be applied for relief, is a spectacle, in human affairs, as won derful as it is unusual and attractive. 1 Every man seems lending himself for the common weal; the agreed policy seems' intended to comprehend the general good, and together, all together the members of the Order are living for their fellows and not simply for themselves.'"." ' ; ' There will' be many occasions for friction and disagreement, as vexed questions come up to be settled. The way "out of our troubles i3 not smooth and easy; much wisdom, much counsel and much patience will be needed if we come safely throgh. Individual opinions should give way before the wisdom of general counsel; individual preferences should be swallowed up in the common- good; individual in terests and personal aggrandizement should yield before the great public concern The success of the Order and the final recovery of the country depends upon the unity of action and harmony of feeling among the mem bers of the Alliance. We are together to work out the greatest problem of the times success ful agriculture at the South. Its solu tion demands careful investigation, earnest thought and wise and con certed action. If, in dissensions, we lose sight of , these high and important interests over matters, of minor con sideration, and in the bickerings of strife lose sight of the great ends for which we have united, it would have been better if we had never begun an enterprise of such splendid promise, to end in such speedy decay. The ques tion with us is, not who is the man, but what is the remedy ; not the honor of adherents but the relief of the peo ple; not the pushing of pet measures by intrigue and machinery, but the broad comprehension of the needs of the country and thefree, expenditure and sacrifice of, -ourselves to meet them. No dissensions must come amongst us ; as brethren of the same Order, living for the same purposes and industrious ly working for the same ends, our suc cess must depend upon unity and harmony in all our counsels and in all our actions. W. J. Nokthen. ARE THESE HIS OWN WORDS ? Senator Kerr's Rejoinder to Capt. Alex ander's Denial. He Says He " Can Prove It" Senator Kerr and Captain Alexander at Great Variance. Special to the Charlotte Chronicle. Raleigh, March 12. Your repor ter called upon Senator Kerr and asked him if he had read the article published in the Chronicle containing Capt. Alexander denial as to his being opposed to a Railroad Commis sion. . "Yes, my attention was called to the article, and while it did not state in exact terms what I said, I made my mind up not to- go into any contro versy m regard to the matter. " But, Senator, does not the denial put you in rather a bad light ? " " Yes, it does, and I reckon I should explain it." "How did you get the notion that Mr. Alexander was opposed to a rail road commission 1 "" " Why, I got it from his speech de livered at the Convention of the State Farmers' Alliance,, nela in Raleigh last August. Senator Kerr producing the speech from the drawer in his desk, read the following speech against the Railroad Commission: WHAT ALEXANDER DID SAY. "Some people believe a Railroad Com mission will adjust everything. The Railroads are above the State, and any law a State can pass , may harrass them, but the total tax required by the rail roads of the people, will be as great with the Commission as without it. The National Government has tried a Commission, and it has been found that a half-bred railroad attorney can drive a six-horse team through it, and so it will be with any Commission that law they can pass." Mr. Kerr, after reading the extract, said: "After reading the extract to the Senatorsy I said: ' If you gentlemen of the Farmers' Alliance of North Car olina take JJiis. advice, given you by the great captain of your organiza tion and-stop following third-rate lieu tenants, under1 the blessings of uoa 1v4 will see out" State go forward on (:. - vi t If Mr. ; Alexander1 desires to go into a. controversy on this matter, 1 hate other facts that will ' show him up even more than this speech. 1 caha produce proof from, one of the most prominent citizens of Charlotte, and from one of our-State officers, of conversations he had with them, that will settle t the matter so far as his having been opposed to a. Railroad Commission is concerned." The 'above clipping . is from the Charlotte Chronicle. The extract taken from my address delivered before the State Alliance' is garbled, and if Sen ator JCerr had read, more of it he would have informed the Senate what my position in regard to the transpor tation problem is. He would have read that I suggested to the Alliance that the solution of this question was for the General Government to own every foot of railroad in the United States, and I further suggested how the transportation department should be organized so that the politicians would have less patronage than they do now. While this is a step beyond a
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