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PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER COHSIDEBATIOHS iCPiJJTATBOLICYi' iwm .jtf&U, J. - ' , . j - , .. u tnn tiTrvffnmnf it n?v niMiniminuil TIT T CD DOUG AU ATIO PUAPI P C3 )-- h- RALEIGH, N. C, APRIL 30, 1889. I v ii ; ins "No 19 VoL 4. if II 'i if5 DIRECTORY OF FARMERS' OR GANIZATIONS. ICOBTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE. President S. B. Alexander, Charlotte, N. C. , , ' Vice-President T. Ivey, Ashpole, N.C. Secretary L. L. Polk, Raleigh N. C. Treasurer J. D. Allen, Falls, N. C- : Lecturer Dr. D. Reid Parker, Trinity College, N.C. t Assistant Lecturer D. D. Mclntyre, Laurinburg, N: C. Chaplain Rev. Carr Moore, lowns- ville, N. C. Door Keeper W. H. Tomhnson, Fay- etteville, N. C. Assistant Door Keeper R. T. Rush, Mt. Gilead, N. C. - Sergeant-at-Arms J. S. Holt, Chalk Level, N.C. State Business Agent W. A. Darderu EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CARO LINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. Elias Carr, Old Sparta, N. C, Chair man; Thaddeus Ivey, Ashpole, N. C; J. S. Johnston, Ruffin, N. C. THE NORTII CAROLINA FARMERS ASSOCIATION. President-rElias Carr, Old Sparta, Edgecombe county. B. F. Hester, Oxford, Secretary; S. Otho Wilson, Vineyard, and W. E. Ben bow, Oak Ridge, Assistant Secretaries. VIRGINIA STATE ALLIANCE. President G. T. Barbee, Bridgewatar, f Virginia. ' Vice-President T. B. Massey, Wash ington, Virginia. Secretary J. J. Silvey, Bridgewater, Virginia. Treasurer Isaiah Printz, Luray, Vir- m Lecturer G. H. Chrisman, Chrisman, -y Virginia. Virginia. Chaplain Wm. M. Rosser, Luray, Virginia. Door Keeper B. Frank Beahm, . Kim ball, Virginia. Asst. Door Keeper G. E. Brubaker, Luray, Virginia. Serg't-at-Arms C. H. Lillard, Wash ington, Virginia. State Business Agent S. P. A. Bru baker, of Luray, Virginia. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. E. T. Brumback, Jas. E. Compton and Geo. H. Chrisman. FARMERS MANUFACTURING THEIR PRODUCTS. - Oxford, N. C, April 17, '89. Mr. Editor In your issue of the ! Geo. E. Hunt, which expresses views rOTX the subject of farmers manufac rturing their own produce that seems to me to have the right ring. If Bro. Hunt and others who entertain simi lar views will take the trouble to look on the 6th page and the 4th column, they will see an advertisement to the Farmers Alliance of North Carolina and of the South, that the Granville County Farmers1 Alliance is doing in part, at least, what they desire. All things being equal and to our mutual advantasre. we are readv to suddIv SfovLr wants. .Let us have your orders x ours iraiernany, A. J. Dalby. DAMAGE BY FOREST FIRES. I Aurklian Springs, Halifax Co., N. C, April 18, 1889. Mr. Editor: Having had nothing to say from our Alliance, No. 897, in some time, and the brethren are be coming impatient, must say something or 1 may lose my omce. Our report will not be as encouraging as our last Jf7 lor we have had a good deal to con- tend with in the way of unworthy members. hfirfi wa; en thativ thof joined wnen we hrst organized who, seems, expected the earth, and be- 4.1 j:j j. t i i i v iusw wj.ey uiu noi, gei n, nave oecome lukewarm, and others have quit it, ft seems altogether as they do not attend y our meetings, but the majority of our fl members are as true as steel and are willing to help in every time of need, -every man that read the Alliance (Lv papers is a good Alliance man. We ' ire doing all we can for the Business Agency Fund. It must be raised. $ Wheat and oats are looking well 'j- and a much larger acreage growing than for some years, corn is being j planted, some have finished, guano is t not as extensively used as was last I jear. A good many farmers are 3 getting out of the old rut of farming . j and have commenced to diversify 7 their crops. It seems that last Friday ( was fire day, the woods in this whole (i section is burnt over and a good deal : j)i fence was destroyed. Mr. A. t? Brinkley's mill caught fire from the Q. engine on the same day but was luckily Vput out, only burning a portion of the top. I must close "by asking all of the brethren to let us all come together raise th eState Business Aeencv Fund. We will want something to wrap up cotton with this fall. Let us :e in time, buccess to the farmer. r raternally, Cor., A. S. F. A. M If - .V; If -S."- M D. ALLEN, TREASURER OF THE Mr. Allen was born in Wake county, N. C. June 16th. 1839. Has been on the farm all his life. He volunteered and served in the First Regiment, N. C State Troops, until his capture at the Battle of the Wilderness,, and re mained in prison at Point Lookout and home in June, 1865. Like thousands self stripped of all his property and sleeves and went to work. For seven laborer. By strict economy he was o which he has added from time to time. He now owns one thousan&Tacres of as good farming lands as may be- found in Wake county, and all V. paid for from the earnings of his farm. He has alwavs observed the safeit5Jsensi- ble rule of raising his farm supplies at clerk of a Baptist church and has always tt l l A - i ' xie uas ueeu a magistrate xor & long, Legislature in 1384-'85. He was among the first to join the Farmers' Alii ance. At the organization of the State Alliance, in October, 1887, he was unanimously chosen to the responsible position of Treasurer, and at its annual session in August, 1888, he was re elected without opposition.. Mr. Allen is one of the most amiable of gentlemen, is nignly and justly esteemed for his LETTER FROM COLUMBUS. Dey's Mill, Columbus Co, N. C, Bear Creek Alliance, No. 1,101. Mr. Editor: Having been request ed to write something concerning our Alliance for The Progressive Farmer, I will jot you a few lines. Our Alii ance was organized September, 1888, with nine members and strong oppo sition by the masses, bu; tune moves on, and with it opposition is disappeir ing. We are gradually growing and we now number thirty-three, with several applications for initiation at next meeting. While financially our Alliance is very weak, as a whole we are quite independent as to the mort gage system for supplies. We are a grain-growing Alliance and our mem bers have plenty of " Hog and Hominy " and some to spare. While we have not passed sentence on the commercial fertilizers, as many of our order has dont, we venture that there are none that has used les than we have; if so, they have used none. Several of our members have erected a " washboad factory." At first . it was thought by many to be rather a small thing, but they have proved to those who had doubts that it will pay, and that handsomely, too. We too often look too high for our pockets. We should learn not to "despise the day of small things.", As to the Busi. ness Agency, we have urged its im portance at nearly every meeting, and we were made glad on the 11th inst at our meeting, when, by a unanimous vote, the Alliance made a subscrip tion from its fund and some private sale will follow soon. .1 fear we have some in our order who are not good reasoners; they joined expecting to be benefitted as soon as initiated. To such we will say: You seed your wheat, plant your cotton and corn, cultivate and await the results. So it is with our order. We are planting (and we are not done yet) and culti- vanug, auu wnen our business Agency Fund reaches $150,000 or $200,000 we will begin to reap; and unlike the crops of corn, cotton. &c that, ia gathered only once a year. We will be reaping every time we make a rmr. chase, from a paper of pins up to a iwo nunarea norse-power steam en gine. We are anxious to hear from "Woolvenne" again. He says we ought to hear him growl. Now brother, I am perfectly willing that you growl, and would like for you to N, C FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE, Elmira thirteen months, reaching his of our Southern men, hq-'fpund him with indomitable pluck rolled ; up his years he. toiled as a tenant and field then enabled to buy a small piece of land home. Mr. Allen is a T)eacoii and been an active Sunday-school Worker.. '?:: "v V '- .i term 01 years ana. was a memoer oi tne an upright and patriotic citizen, and many good qualities. I come dovvii to the Old State and train some young' woolverines, as we cer- tainly ar- in need ot them, and I trust that " Old Fogy " is a young man, and that he will have many days yet to live and continue to give the read e ni -ri eis ui 1 UK X-KOGRESSIVE F ARMER a letter every week. As this is my first effort, I will close with my best wishes for the progress and welfare of the Farmers' Alliance. I am yours fraternally, John H. Moore, Sec'y. ORDER IN GASTON COUNTY. Catawba Creek AllIance, Gaston Co., N. C, April 22, '89. Mr. Editor: As we have not given you anything from this part of the Alliance fraternity, I shall now try to write you a few dots to let you know tnat we are alive and hopeful. We have on our roll sixty-six members, out nave demited thirty to another organization. This number includes most of the available material of this neighborhood. Everything is working harmoniously and all seem thoroughly mierestea in tne work of the Alliance. We have no grievances to interrupt me nousenoid. Uur membership is composed of the working men, the homey-handed sons of toil who are proud of their avocation and not a shamed to admit that they are farm ers and whose farms show that they are admired by their own ers. The young men have among them the spirit of rivalry, each try ing to surpass the other in the pos session of good stock and crops and fine farms. The negro problem don't disturb us up here. We cultivate our farms ourselves and are proud to be able to be independent. We have one member who has seven sons also, members of the Alliance and good farmers. Let the Southern men imi tate the example of these young men anu prosperity would smue on us more bountifully and fewer cries of hard times would echo through our hills and vales. I will close by saying that our little band is in full sympathy with the organization and hopefully await the accomplishment of the grand purpose of the organization. The emancipation of the tillers of the soil from the oppression of the unjust 3 "i ii L combinations of capi al. More amon. ours truly, - Amicus. TFor The Progressivb Fabkbr. ' ARISTOCRACY OF ACCUMU- LATED CAPITAL Ihrough an Urbanized, Centralized and $t::Dpminating Money Ppwtr, "Derriorte . tiz'tf Silvtr- 77e . Money, of the ln ip dustrial . Classes Dominates Jjtgisla lionf n Contracting. and Controlling t'-' ? " y j . j . t We Currency, i in ' the Interests of the :shfew Against the MdnyM thejtmfho ( n$nt Danger 'of our Civilizatidn and : trie Subversion of ' omT) Institutions " ,-' .... :.No.6 ;;.;v.vtl j By Maj. R. L. Eagland, of HycoVa. y' ! :t : MONEY-; s;r While many things' have been used a money---the medium of exchangeV domestic; : and . . national silver ' r and gdldi possessing in trinsia value-and convenient forms, long , ago became thevmost universal. 'Under the Jewish economy, silver is constantly referred toasj money. Abraham was rich "in sjtveband gold," and purchased a tpmb for Sai-ab, his wife, with " four hundred sheckels of - silver, current money with the merchant." Joseph was sold for " twenty pieces of silver,' and there was found in Benjamin's sack three hundred pieces of silver." The Eible says npthing about gold bein used as money, though much valued and extensively used as orna manents and for decoration of tem ples, alUrs and palaces. T ? The Lydians coined money nine hundred years B. C. Greece, about 100 years later; and Rome, not till 281 years B. C. Silver and gold passed as legal tender the first for over 3,000 years and the latter for 2,000 years. England ceased to coin sUver as legal tender in 1815, and the United States demonetized silver in 1 873, by a fraud in legislation. , The last act was an outrage on popular rights, aiid a; travesty upon justice, for: the United States to follow England's example in demonetizing white money, $q.Iong.; $he; satisfactory. ,and pppa lar circulating : medium The. "com- mencement of monometali$in in the United States was signalized by the most disastrous financial, crash and stringency of modern times. Every mint in Europe was f closed against silver in 1876, and most dis astrous results followed. Industrial extre:uity makes capital's. opportunity to cram its insatiate maw with ill-got ten treasure. Taus biar fortunes are made while the people groan. MONEY AND CIVILIZATION. The Israelites, at the height of their glory and prosperity, were abundantly supplied with money. The same may be said subsequently of Greece and Rome. The arts, sciences, learning and industries flourished then, as never before. " The history of the Roman Empire is a history of con quest and the accumulation of gold and silver" A careful historian esti mates the money of the Empire during the reign of Augustus at $1,800,000, 000, besides hundreds of millions ot gold and silver in ornaments, decora tions, etc. The same historian esti mates the gold and silver in the coun tries once comprising the Roman Em pire, after eight hundred years, as re duced to about $160,000,000, show ing a decrease of $1,660,000,000. " The loss of money was followed by extreme poverty, feudal slavery and barbarism. There was no power in the people to resist oppression, for they had no money. The wear and loss of the precious metals and the cessation of coinage, between the reign of Augustus and discovery of America, had nearly, extinguished civilization, and reduced the people of Europe to feudal serfdom. Bukle says Ro:ae fell because the rich contracted her currency for their own benefit, and thus impoverished the DeoDle and robbed them of their manhood. One of the clearest think ers of this age on this point asserts that " the dry-rot began by allowing the land to pass into the hands of the few, thus impoverishing the people." The political economy of any nation, based upon laws which hinder produc tion and promote or connive at the unequal distribution of the proceeds of wealth accruing from labor, is as false as it is dangerous. So long as the production of gold and silver keptpace with the increase of population, and afforded a sufficient supply of money for the necessities of trade, commerce and industry, the country prospered. But, from 1810 to 1850, population grew faster than the coinage, and the consequence was, money. Decame stringent; "reaction, stagnation and depression followed the inadequate supply of money in all parts of the world." The balance of trade in this country was soon against us, ;f6fcing.auditioriai "stringency,, bv the exportation of gold and silver, to liquidate that balance, and thus added to the stringency,1" and distress of our , r. f MONEY AND PROSPERITY ; , 5 Then came the ' discovery of gold audi sil ver , on . the Pacific I slope, and soon afterward gold in Australia, and at a time " when civilization was at a standstill and the wheels of progress flogged for want -of money.' The average annual product of the mines of , the world, in 185.0, hwas$4 0,0 00, 000-p-now $200,000,000, five timesj creators now Lthan fortv1 veara tl C ' ' ' J J O Enough ; to vitalize? ?and revive all of our industriesy&lifri turned intolegiti: mate channels'.. aVhfvA rrr t". . But - for, the .demonetizing l oh Bilver in Europe and the United States, the currencyiof the -world t would bV far more adequate . to. the wants of the people than itl i s -under inonOihetalism The financial legislation of the United States and of European iayor'of 'the c reditor f cUss--the a holders T 6f and strivers after accumulated wealtbin the treatment of ; silver? has J checked industrial progress and "lowered the price and income from labor; causing industry, and enterprise to languish by enhancing the value of money and securities in contracting the circulating medium. The volume of currency now in the United States is entirely inadequate to the necessities of the people less than 35 per cent, of what it was in 1865.1 -It was then $46.37. Now only $17.29 per capita. Any Wonder, then, this money stricture has throt tled industry . to swell the profits of capitalists ? A little more contract ing and tightening of the financial rope, and tne goose wnicm nas laid golden iBggs :will have all :a the life squeezed out. of her (?) si& r 1 niSTORY IS AGAIN REPEATING ITSELF. As the money and wealth of the i nation s centra into the hands of the few. - The first act in the progress 6acA;- ivard was by England's ceasing to coin silver in 181o. J5ut what else could we expect of an aristocratic Parlia- ment, unrestrained by popular repre- sentation, but to obey the behests of the money power ? The purchasing power of gold is increased, as money becomes scarce and the products of labor cheap, in the ratio of constric tion in tne circulation, Jkngland is largely a creditor country, of debts payable in gold, and any change which entails a rise in the price of commoui ties generally; that is to say, a dimi nution of the purchasing power of gold, would be to her disadvantage." Money scarce makes money dear DEAR MONEY MAKES LABOR AND PRO DUCTS CHEAP. A Unancial policy wnicn enricnes a few favored drones, at the expense of the great hive of humanity, is as criminal as it is suicidal. In thisage of advanced civilization, the people will not long tolerate legislative favor itism to preferred classes. The leaven of universal freedom and the spirit of equal justice, national, State and mu nicipal. to all classes, creeds and call ings, are working all over the world. permeating and elevating all ranks and conditions of mankind; and they will ere long cease to tolerate the sem blance of favoritism and nepotism, high or low. The people of the United States, as nowhere else, see the situation and are setting about ; to . rectify some very unequal, unjust and impolitic past legislation. They see clearly, that the medium of circulation should be made to keep pace with the increase of population, and the necessities of the people; that silver should be re stored to its former standing as money ; and as a nation we should be financially, as politically, independent of Europe, to promote our commer cial and industrial interests and stand ing. SUMMARIZING THE MONEY QUESTION. 'As the home interests of the people over-ride all other considerations, and to emancipate themselves and pos terity from financial servitude is vital and indispensable to permanent relief, the farmer and the mass of bread winners should unite, as one man, to labor unceasingly for its accomplish ment. TO DESTROY CATERPILLARS. Rockingham, N. C, April 1 7, 1 1889. Mr. Editor: Please tell the readers of The Progressive Farmer that kerosene oil,. will effectually destroy caterpillars m fruit trees. Apply with a mop made' by tying old cloth or waste cotton around a broom handle or other stick of suitable length. Any worm touched by the oil will die in thirty seconds. ALLIANCE WAREHOUSE AT , jf.:';. HIGH POINT, N. C. ' J - . ' '-The Rich Fork Farmers' Alliance of i Davidson called .a meeting and were joined by, the Alliances of Ran dolph and - Guilford, and decided to open and run the Anchor Brick 'Ware house as a Farmers Alliance Ware house, haying perfected all the neces sary arrangements, they secured the services of T. A. Miles as Manager, who has been running the same house as te i Anchor for some time and has,. hj hard work and patient endurance ajdeld considerably in building up the Hight -Point" market. The Alliance -Warehouse opened here on the 14th oflMarch. The fanners seem confi dent,5 of success, and are determined tn- build up a first-class fine tobacco mar ker Jiers. The lands of Davidson,. Guil6rd! and Randolph are finely; adapjted to the growth of fine yellow tobacco, and the prices realized on this jrnarket has greatly encouraged them to push on and enlarge their crops. The demand here is good. The inanufacturers of - leaf and order meh are paying outside figures for alt grades here. Every advantage and all' the facilities looked for can be found here for manufacturing tobacco. We have a growing town, and besides the to bacco interest here, other manu factories are going ahead. Manufac turing establishments are going up in every direction; buildings are, going up, both business and residences, col leges,? schools and churches. In fact everything necessary, with the energy and pluck combined, is here for a city in the near, future." W. - SENSIBLE VIEWS. Gksat Mabsh Alliance, No. 136, ' ; ! April 16, 1880. Mr.! Editor: As there has not beea anything written from this Alliance m some time I will endeavor to. write something and let the brethren know .we are still alive and kicking; Al though we have said nothing for so long a time, I can assure you, we have not been asleep. - I think that it may be encouraging to the brethren, as Un certainly is to us, to know that we have managed to give our Trade Agent a financial standing. Such as will enable him to purchase the bulk. of our supplies for this year from wholesales at cash prices, thus saving to us a considerable per cent. Then we have agreed to purchase as little as possible this year, which will be another saving to us. Thus by little savings, here and there, we hope to better our condition. So let us all, to meet a bad crop in the fall (should it be the case), practice close economy in the spring and summer. If we, as farmers, expect to prosper, we must try to make farming pay, and this is what every farmer desires. There is certainly a cause why farming in North Carolina, and I may say the whole South, does not pay better, and one cause I think is this; farmers pay too little attention to the raising of manure. The farmers should raise all the manure possible on the farm, and buy just as little commercial ma nures as he can get along with. The money paid out by the farmers for commercial fertilizers is fearful to contemplate, and this money goes so far away that it can never get back Just think of it, the farmers pay yearly thousands of dollars to the manufacture of fertilizers, and what do these concerns buy of the f armersf Nothing! We must raise more ma nure on the farm and buy less guano. Then here is another heavy drain from the farm. Everything we use, farming utensils, cooking stoves and kitchen utensils, sewing machines,' clothes and hundreds of articles too numerous to j name, are made hun dreds of miles away from our farms, and we have to pay cash for them (freight added) while the manufac turer of these goods and wares buy nothing scarcely from us in return. This is a enough in itself to keep the farmers poor. We must get these factories near us, so we can sell the products of our farms to the laborers employed in them. We are enriching the Northern manufacturers, and the truck farms around them, while we grow poorer year after year. Breth ren, we must have manufactories established, for all we need from a sewing machine down to a repairing link, right here in our midst, so that we will have a market for everything we can raise, or tne cry of hard times will never cease in oiir beautiful Southland. These, I think brethren, are tne main causes wny we remain poor and "hard up," Dont yoia. think so too ? Yours fraternalh, - Novice..
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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