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THE If 'STR1AL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL . OTHER CONSIDERATION'S OF STATE POLICY. RATJ3IG-H, N. C., JTJLY 16, 1889. No. 23 Vol. 4. I r i DIRECTORY OF FARMERS' OR- , I - - - -11 ! GANIZATIUNo. JWRTH CAROLINA FARMEBS STATE ALLIANCE President-S. B. Alexander, Charlotte, NVice-President-T. Ivey, Ashpole .C. Secretary-L.L.Polk, Raleigh N. C. Treasurer-J. D. Allen Falls, N. C. Lecturer? Dr. D. Reid Parker, Trinity taniLecturer-D. D. Mclntyre, Laurinburg, N. C. ChapJairT-Rev. Carr Moore, Towns- oorkeeper-W. H. Tomlinson, Fay- Door Keeper-R. T. Rush, MgeaniS. S. Holt, Chalk State Business Agent W. A. Darden. 1XEOTJTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CARO LINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. EliasCarr, Old Sparta, N. C., Chair man; Thaddeus Ivey, Ashpole, N. U; J. . Johnston, Ruffin, N: C. ' THE NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS ASSOCIATION. President Elias- 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, VlV?ce-President T. B. Massey, Wash ington, Virginia. .- Secretary J. J. Silvey, Amissville, Virginia. : Treasurer Isaiah Pnntz, Luray, Vir- Lecturer G. H. Chrisman, Chrisman, Virginia. Asst. Lecturer J. S. Bradley, Luray, 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. Bramback, Jas. E. Compton and Geo. H. Chrisman. THE PAUPERS WHO ARE SUP PORTED BY FARMERS. I do not assert that all the paupers in our country are supported by the farmers; but the farmers being the actual source from which the largest proportion of taxes and tariffs are de rived, of course bear the greater part of the burdens. When the government goes into the manufacture of paupers on a very large scale, it is very natural that the farmers should feel that they are bear ing a very unsatisfactory relation to the government which forces them to thus support their manufactured ar ticle. . In imperial countries it has been pointed out that the kings and queens and their families, even when they contribute very little to the actual stability of the country, are properly the objects of support by the people, and are titled paupers, whether con tributors or non-contributors to the general welfare. As a people, we have also pointed out the enormous burdens of the peo ple of Europe in the support of vast armies, which each country is obliged to keep 'on a war footing, and who are really in the pauper class, being non producers so long as they remain in the armies. But none of these can be wholly classed as paupers, because to a greater or lesser degree they are useful in the offices they occupy or the protection afforded by them, from internal or external enemies. The great pauper class of the world are those pensioners on the different governments of the world, who do nothing except receive the bounty and spend it, giving nothing in return. The countries who have the most of this class are the greatest burdened class in the world; and the people, the farmers of the United States of America, are notably the hardest ground down people in this respect. They are supporting more of this class of paupers than all the other countries of the world combined. From June '88 to '89 the pensions paid by the government was $88, 400,000. From June '89 to '90 will be $105, 000,000. Now let us compare these with some of the figures of the down-trodden countries of Europe: Australia expends for her army of almost a quarter of a million only $50,000,000. J Germany for her army of half a million only $90,000,000. The pen- innnnny18 6 little Sum of $5,000,000. HoTdo these fi&ures compare with our $105,000,000 ? I think it might be a useful thing : r : : - I to place a few of these figures vividly before the people of tie United states. Why, England only pays to support her vast army $85,000,000, and this army supports her rule in all portions of the globe. This government pays twenty millions more than this for the support of pensioners, who spend their time in either reviling the gov ernment for its meanness in net giv ing them more, or in devising ways of getting their equally indigent relatives to emigrate hither to become objects of paupers in their turn. It seems to me that the idea of a republican form of government is essentially that no class should be supported at the government expense that no person, especially, who is able to do anything for his own sup port should be encouraged by the government to become a pauper. It is, also, an essential part of this form of government that the government shall give no one a pension who has already means of support. Farmers, do you realize that you are contributing one hundred millions of dollars or more annually to the support of government paupers ? Peo ple, who only laugh at you for what their clamor and skillful management have enabled them to abstract from your hard earned wages. Such is the simple state of things as they exist to day. J. B. Sterling, in Maryland Farmer. FORSYTH COUNTY ALLIANCE. Winston, N. C, July 6, '89. Mr. Editor: The Farmers' Alii ance of Forsyth county held its regu lar quarterly session in the Opera House, in Winston, July 5th, 1889, and opened promptly at 10 o'clock a. m. The forenoon was consumed by Lecturer Wilson, in a public speech, in which, among many other interesting topics, he vigorously ex posed the scandals of the banking sys tem. Altogether, it was clear, con vincing, creditable. At 1.15 o'clock the convention proper began, President in the chair. After the usual prelusory exercises, the Alliance proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year, which resulted as follows: President, A. W. Bevel; Vice-President, A. E. Pfaff; Secretary, C. A. Pratt; Treasurer, R. B. Flynt; Chaplain, T. J. Hine; Lec turer, V. A. Wilson; Assistant Lec turer, J. N. S. Doubt; Doorkeeper, J. C. Conrad; Assistant Doorkeeper, Henry Shouse; Sergant-at-Arms, D. T. Hine. All reported the grand brotherhood to be moving onward at a gratif yingly rapid rate. Among the many resolutions read and adopted were the following: Resolved, By the Farmers' Alliance of Forsyth county in convention as sembled, that, seeking as we do to establish justice and promote the gen eral welfare, we cannot as true and faithful citizens and worthy Alliance men entertain any spirit of hostility to any legitimate business, and that we deprecate and condemn any speech, by whomsoever uttered, that repre sents the Alliance as designing to op pose and overthrow the legitimate business of any person whatsoever- Resolved, That this be published in each of the county papers. Resolved, That we recommend Bros. S. A. Hauser and A. E. Pfaff as suit able and competent men as" organizers for Forsyth county, and Bro. V. A. Wilson for Yadkin and Davie coun ties. Resolved, That this Alliance tender its earnest thanks to Brown & Brown for the use of the hall. Upon motion, the Alliance ad journed to meet in . Pfaff town on the first Friday in October, 1889. John A. Dull, Cor. Sec'y. Knob Creek Alliance, No. 978, June 29, '89. Mr. Editor: As I have been elect ed Corresponding Secretary of our Lodge, I thought I would give you a few lines in regard to our society and what we are doing. We have a very large attendence each regular meeting. All are earnest and take an active part. Our lodge numbers about fifty members Each. has subscribed at last one dollar to the Business Agency Fund. We have adopted the cotton bag ging, resolve to use none other. Then will the farmers of N. C. join in one chorus to the song, "What has the Alliance done for me !' Let us stick together through thick and thin and a few years will tell that blssf ul tale, and we will see that we will ge thar. Much success to you and your v luable paper, The Progressive Farm r, and the Farmers' Alliance. Fraternally, W. W. Dickson, Cor. Sec. A FEW LINES FROM JUSTICE ALLIANCE, 1,063. Justice, Franklin Co., N. C, -J June 11, 1889. Mr. Editor: As I have been ap pointed Corresponding Secretary for our Alliance, I make this my first at tempt, but expect my letter will find its most suitable receptacle the waste basket. However, I will begin by giving you a shortt sketch of our Alliance. We were organized in July last by Bro. W. E. Barrow with eight members; we now number about sev enty, composed of hard-working fathers, kind-hoarted mothers, obedi ent sons and lovely daughters. We are a model Alliance in one respect, at least; that is, every man in it does his own work, and does not depend on hired labor or tenants for his sup port. At our last meeting 1 read be fore the Alliance the proposed consoli dation and constitution of '. the "Alli ance and Wheel," and was requested to make inquiry of you if it will incur any additional expense in reorgan izing, or would it necessitate a reor ganization of State and County lodges? And will it not necessitate a change of seals for the different Sub-Lodges? Please answer through The Progress ive Farmer. Will close by saying success to you and your valuable paper, and may you live long and prosper. Fraternally yours, J. O. B. Alford STANDING BY THEIR CON TRACT. Woodward Alliance, Beaufort Co. Mr. Editor: Whereas, the funda mental principles of the Farmers' Alliance are united action, co opera tion and combinatian against middle men, trusts, rings and monopolists; therefore be it Resolved, That we, this day, in Alli ance assembled, do individually and collectively, without abridging our personal liberties or restricting our private rights, pledge our support and patronage to the local merchants in the town of Washington who agreed to sell to the Farmers' Alliance of Beaufort county general merchandise and hardware at a reduction of a cer tain per cent. Resolved, That we will constantly urge the importance of and call the attention of each and every mem ber to the above resolutions, and that we will turn a deaf ear to the beguil ing inducements presented by other business houses to tempt us to divert our trade to them, for in so doing we break down our own institutions. Resolved, That it shall be our chief end and aim to zealously and watch fully guard, protect and uphold all of our institutions, and that we will not countenance or give support to any organization, public or private, that by word or deed shall endeavor to damage or injure our calling as a body, and, in the words of the consti tution, "granting honesty of purpose and good intentions to others and pro tect the principles of the Alliance unto death." Tabernacle Alliance, No. 805, Eden, Randolph Co., N. C, July 4, '89. Mr. Editor: I see in a recent communication from " Wolverine " several good suggestions to the farm ers of the South how to make money. It would be very easy to make these suggestions applicable were it not for the fact that the industries he numer ates, save one, have been about ex hausted, at least in this neck of woods. W e have no sassafras to distill, the supply having been long since ex hausted by the colored brethren; penny royal about ditto. Even the pine knots have been so far utilized that we can't find enough to make tar to grease a wagon. The exception is the growth of mint, and subsequent manufacture of oil. He does, however, touch upon one thing that may be of great utility and profit. He intimates that "there are millions in it;" but he keeps the ar ticle a profund secret. That is all correct; we will not try to pump him, and I trust I am not intruding on his domain when I say that there is a plant pretty extensively grown in many localities in the South almost entirely for ornament, which yields a long, strong and durable fibre, which I think has been entirely overlooked by our cotton growers in their praise worthy endeavors to rid themselves of the jute trust, and as this idea is not patented, copy righted or registered, I give it to your readers for what it is worth. And since I see that some persons in the great big West are about to form a trust for a part of the product of this plant, it is as well to knbw that the trust can be beaten by every farmer in the South making his own castor oil He won't need as milch of it as he will of molasses, and thfcs the proposed trust might be made toltake their own medicine or do worse. iTie plant alluded to is the ricinus communis, usually known as palma christi, mole weed and castor bean. It is f aluable for fibre, for the oil pro duced from its fruit, and the pomace after extracting the oil is valuable for tha amount of nitrogen it contains,) anil would be profitable used as a con-j sti Juent of fertilizer, ft is a perfect; exogen. Let some of our wide-awake ratz give it a trial. It is certainly productive, easy to cultivate and prob ably would not be more expensive in' its Pinal manipulation than cotton. . I V Vaiito -Pvof Aitnolltr E. S. Lawrence. PROSPEROUS ALLIANGE. amestown Alliance, No. 1,415. Farmington, N. C, June 22, '89. IIr. Editor: As there has been nothing written from our Alliance, ano as I was elected Corresponding Secretary at our last meeting, I will tryiand give you a few dots. We organized last December with onljr five charter members; we now number forty. There are some work ing .men in our Alliance. Our farm ers are beginning to realize the neces sitytof making their home supplies, andj consequently, are raising more "hog and hominy" and more grass and: clover. I think every man in our Alliance who owns a foot of land will raise more or less clover and grass. We have in our Alliance a general wagon and blacksmith repair shop and a tobacco factory, which are patronized by Alliance men. We also have carpenters and brickmasons. So you see we can make our wagons, shoe our horses and manufacture our tobacco, all by Alliance' labor. Aojur las-t meeting we had up the question of the consolidation of the Alliance, Wheel and Union, but it was laid over until the next meeting. We also elected officers. I will close. Success to The Progressive Farmer and the Alliance. X. ENDORSEMENT OF THE CON SOLIDATION. Holly Springs, N. C, July 1, '89. Mr. Editor: As Corresponding Secretary of Enno Alliance, No. 175, I send you some resolutions passed by Enno Alliance, June 29th, 1889. Resolved, That we, the members of Enno Alliance, believing that it will be to the best for all concerned, en dorse the proposed consolidation of the Alliance, Wheel, &c. Resolved, That this Alliance heartily endorse the action of the Birmingham Convention and are determined to stand by it. Now, Mr. Editor, we do not pass many resolutions, but we are ever ready to do anything that will ad vance the farmers' cause. I like very much what "Old Fogy" has to say about paying the Alliance dues yearly in advance. It seems to me that The Progress ive Farmer gets better, if possible, with every issue. Success to The Progressive Farmer. Yours truly, J. R. Boothe, Sec'y. ORGANIZER'S REFORT. Boone, Watauga Co., N. C, June 27, 1889. Mr. Editor: It is with some de gree of pleasure I forward you my monthly report as County Organizer for Watauga county. I received my appointment first week in June, and since have organized three Alliances, as follows: Pine Run, with A. B. Cook, President, and L. H. Michael, Secretary, with 10 members. Meat Camp, with Wm. H. Norris, Presi dent, and L. A. Greene, Secretary, with six members. Deep Gap, with A. J. Moretz, President, and John Moretz, Secretary, with 18 members. These are all in the east end of the county. I will go to the west end to organize in a short time. We now have five Sub-Alliances in the county, and will organize a County Alliance in July. Hope to be ready to send a delegate to the State Alliance. The objects of the Alliance are new to our people, and they are a little slow to become members, asking more time to investigate, but they will make good members. Respectfully, J. W. Thomas, County Organizer. 4 EX-CONFEDERATE ORGANIZA TION IN JACKSON COUNTY. Webster, N. C, July 5th, '89. . Mr. Editor: Please give me spacej in your valuable paper for the foilow ing: On the Fourth of July, in Jack son county, pursuant to a calL by; Julian S. Carr, President, the ex-Con federate veterans of Jackson county came together to formulate plans fori organizing an association, After, forming a line of about one hundred and twenty-five old soldiers, they were marched to a beautiful grove in the suburbs of the town, by Capt. J. W. Fisher, at which place they were greeted by a large crowd of ladies and gentlemen." The Declaration of Inde pendence was then read by Prof. W. H. H. Hughes, an old Confederate soldier, which was followed by a splendid address from J. J. Harker, a young lawyer of Jackson county. He was followed by several gentlemen in short but very appropriate addresses. Among the number were the follow ing: Hon. D. L. Love, Capt. J. W. Terrell and Hon. L. J. Smith. Imme diately after the. speaking and the organization, the large company par took of a nice dinner which was served by the fair and noble daughters of the county. There was nothing to mar the pleasure of the occasion and all were well pleased. Your3 truly, A. B. C. GETTING RID OF POOR MA TERIAL. Spilqna, Johnston Co., N. C, June 19, '89. Mr. Editor: You will please allow me space for a few lines as it has been a long time since you heard from me. Our Alliance, Spinola, No. 611, is yet alive, and we are witness ing the most progressive period of our existence. Our number has been re duced from thirty-nine to twenty-four, some dimitted and some expelled, but our body is now composed of as good Alliance men and ladies as there are in the State. Our Alliance has been at a standstill for some time. Several of our members have slept their time out, and for want of faith and cour age have fallen safely into the hands of speculators and are eagerly looking forward to the day when showers of wealth will fill their homes without any effort on their part. We held our last meeting on the 2 2d instant, and it being time for our annual election of officers, we elected, with few exceptions, our former in cumbents, thus showing them our ap preciation of their faithful services in the past. This Alliance is hard down on high prices. We have made arrangements to buy our supplies together in large quantities from a merchant who has proved a friend to us in time of need, thereby saving a large per cent, of what we have been paying for the same articles in the past. I will close for this time, but, in conclusion, 1' must say that we do heartily endorse the action of the national meeting held in Birmingham, Ala., May 15th, in adopting cotton cloth as a covering for our cotton in the future. Fraternally, B. S. FROM BLADEN COUNTY. Willis Cbeek, June 28, '89. Mb. Editor: As it has been along time since I have seen anything in your paper from Alliance No. 361, or from this portion of Bladen county, I have concluded to write a short letter to let you and our other brethren know that although we nave but little to say, we are yet in the land of the living. We have on our roll now thirty-one male And seventeen female members. We' have contributed fifty five dollars to the Business Agency Fund, fifty of which has been for warded to Bro. Graham. I have hoped to be able to add something to the five dollars yet in my hand?, but have despaired all hopes until fall when I expect to get a liberal sub subscription. Our Alliance is not growing any now, as about all of the material is worked up, there being four other Alliances near us. At our last meeting the following brethren were elected and installed as officers for this year: President, T. B. Dun ham; Vice-President, C. T. Melvin; Secretary, A. McA. Council; Treas urer, A. G. Davis; Lecturer, C. T. Davis; Assistant Lecturer, J.C. Burk; Chaplain, A. W. Kinlaw; Door Keep er, F. D. Devane; Assistant Door Keeper, J. Y. Jones: Sergeant-at-arms, Joe Davis; Business Agent, J. R. Dunam. Dommittee, A. W. Kinlaw, R. L. Melvin and B. R. Devane. The seasons have been cool and dry m this section, consequently the oat crop is almost a failure. Corn is looking well, but is irregular on ac count of so much replanting. The cotton crop is late but we are having good seasons and it is growing fine. Crops are generally clean and in geod condition; altogether I think the out look for harvest is good. We would be more than glad to have Bro. Tracy or some other good lecturer in Bladen for a while. For fear you may tire with me, I will close for this time. Wishing you and The Pro gressive Farmer the success which you so richly deserve, I am Yours Fraternally, A. McA. Council. DOWN ON TRUSTS. Arco, N. C, July 1st, '89. Col. Polk. Bear Sir: It seems that no one of our Alliance at Areola can pluck up courage enough to write a line to The Progressive Farmer. We have here a very good member ship and the meetings are all well at tended. We desire, above all things, that the jute bagging shall go and never return. We want cotton bag ging for cotton and cotton' bagging for guano. And, in fact, we are in favor of and will labor for the break ing up of all trusts of every kind. We may go slow, but let's go very sure, and when we strike let us burst the bottom root. Success to The Pro gressive Farmer. Fraternally, R. L. Tharrignton. Hillside Alliance, No. 13, Robeson Co., N. C, June 22, '89. W. A. Darden, State Business Agent, Raleigh : Dear Sir: The following resolu tion was passed at our last meeting, with the request that a copy be for warded to you and that you have it published in The Progressive Farmer, to-wit: Resolved, That the Business Agent of North Carolina be requested to confer with some of the best guano manufacturing companies in reference to sacking their guano in substantial cotton fabrics, and that all Sub-Alliances be requested to corporate in this movement. Fraternally, R. T. McElyea, Sec'y. .. A MAD BUZZARD ATTACK A MULE. Owen Woolfolk, employed as engi neer on the ferryboat V. Owen, run ning between Paducah, Ky., and Brooklyn, 111., relates a story of his desperate encounter with a mad buz zard a few days ago. Mr. Woolfolk says he was accompanied by 'Squire Sidener, and was driving along the road on the Illinois side of the river, between Strington and the ferry land ding, in the afternoon, when a mad buzzard made a violent attack upon the mule which was drawing the buggy. The animal plunged and kicked, and it was with difficulty that they restrained the animal from run ning away. After leaving the mule the bird turned its attention to the occupants of the buggy, and made re peated assaults, and it was only by vigorous application of the whip and an old sack which happened to be in the buggy that they were enabled to defend themselves and finally kill the mad bird. There have been quite a number of rabid dogs killed in that vicinity re cently, and it is supposed that the bird received hydrophobia by partak ing of the carcasses of the deceased animals. Mr. Owen says it was the most desperate battle he ever engaged in, and that he does not care to re peat it. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. BEEF TRUST. At a meeting of the representatives of the American Meat Co. and the American Cattle trust held in New York on the 18th, a contract for a term of years was signed by the con trolling powers of the two drganiza tions by which the meat company will handle the entire product of the cattle trust. Senator Dorsey said the two organizations had been consolidated, adding: " We have effected a traffic agreement, which practically makes the American Meat Co. the agent of the American Cattle trust." Ex. In building dwelling houses fann ers should plan not only for beauty and symmetry, but for the convenience of the family. Many a farmer's wife has been compelled to lead a life of toil and drudgery by the needles3 neglect of her husband to make the home convenient.