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tf v . o r: - si- V THE v NOVEMBER 12, ..Li PROGRESSIVE "IT A DMIT L, L. POLK, : - - - - Editor. D. H. BKOWDER, Busrxiss Makagxb. ' Raleigh, N. C. " . SUBSCRIPTION: ClBgle Subscriber, One Year. . . . . . . ft! y Mentha. ... .1 1.25 .43 Viva ftiilrihrn. One Year 5.00 f ftax OnYer .' :. -10.00 One copy one year free, to the one sending Club r Ten. - Cash Invariably in Advance Money at our risk. If sent by registered letter or Honey order. Advertising Bates quoted on application. 'Co Correspondent : w Write all communications, designed for pabllca lion, on one side of the paper only. ' - . we want Intelligent '.correupondeEtB in every county in the State. We want facts of value, re mits accomplished of value, experiences' of valne. p'ainly and briefly told. One solid, demonstrated fnet, is worth a thousand theories. 4 -. Address all communication) to . ' - , Thi PnojBB3siVTs FaRxru Raleigh, N. C. ,, RALEIGH, N. C., NOV. 12, 1889. iTils paper entered at second-doss matte at the Post ,j Office in BaiHgh, J C. . ,s v .. ' The Progressive Fanner is the OSdal Organ of the N. C. Farmers' Association and N. C. State Farmers Alliance, and the Virginia State Farm ers' Alliance. -' Do you want your paper changed to .another office? State the one at which y.qu have been getting it. 'Do you want your communication pub lished? If so, give us your real name aad your postofSce. Our friends in writing to any of cur advertisers, will favor us by mention ing the fact that they saw the advertise- . m Tl . Eieilt in THE iTROOKESSIVE J? A It ME it. 27" The date on your label tells when your time is out. you . J. L. Ramsey is our authorized agent, to receive subscriptions and advertisements for The rnooBEssivE Farxir. . THE QUESTION WILL BE SET- y TLED AT ST. LOUIS. TT is expected that the Presidents of 1 the various State Alliances will meet in St. Louis on the 2nd prox. to consider the important matter of a permanent covering for our cotton in the future and the matter of a defi nite and fixed tare on the same. It is expected that the various Cotton Exchanges will also have representa tives present. "Whether they come or not, definite action will be had. In the call for this meeting the Sub ordinate Alliances were requested to advise their State President of their purpose to adhere to cotton bagging, or at least of their determined pur pose not to use jute, hereafter, so he can act authoritatively. We take it that our worthy President would feel fully warranted to act under the ex- pressions already given by the Al liance in North Carolina, but should any of the Alliances desire to com municate their views, Brother Carr would be glad to have them. Any " communications on the subject ad - dressed to this office will be given ' to him. . .... . AN OFFICIAL COOK AT A FOR- EIGN COURT. "TTTE have received a copy of a na V f tional cook book, published by the United States Government and issued under the great seal of the De partment of State. It is gotten up by Hon. F. H. Underwood, United States Consul at Glasgow, Scotland. The title of the work is: Cooking for Workingmen's Wives and Oat Meal Food. It embraces 36 pages and the government published 100,000 copies. For the edification of our readers we may say, that the great philanthropic purpose of our Consular cook in Scot land, seems to be. to show the wife of the workingman in his poverty-stricken country of America, how she may prepare a palatable meal for her hus band and four children for the sum of twenty-four cents. He even, goes so so, far as to tell us now to oo:i an egg. That our readers may 'judge, as to the merits of this production, we. quote recipes and cost for making three de licious dishes for these poor American worMngmen: , : Bice soup and baked haricot beans.-. One-hall pound rice, Ofd, ; " bone, Id. ; vegetables, Id. : one pound, beans, 14d. ; onions, -d. ; two ounces dripping, Ofd. ; salt and pepper to taste. Total cost, 5id. Bice soup, tripe andpotatoes. Sheep's bag, 2d.; one-half pound rice, Ofd.; vegetables, Id.; 3 pounds potatoes, 1-fcd.. Total cost, . 54d. Mulligatawny soup. A calf's head and feet, 4d.; pepper, salt, carrot and turmp, Id.; apple, Id.; onion, mario ram, thyme, curry powder and sugar, Id. Total cost, id. , Consul Underwood gets a salary of $3,000, and over $17,000 in fees are attached to his office, and yet one of the high functions of his position is to ascertain how to make a dish of. slops palatable to the poor dependent work ing people of his country. While the government i3 support ing these high-salaried official cooks abroad, to learn how. to make the de grading dependence of his people en- durable, would it not be well for a lot of the prominent officials at home, to devote a little of. their time to devis ing means and methods for eliminating those conditions which make this state viuungspoS31Diein this free and abun dant land? Gracious,! magnanimous J I ft. V)JL8 ana mercuui guverumo - - pandered to monopoly and forced the price of the dollar up and forced the price of labor and its products down, until, in this land of abundance and plenty," it must needs, publish, under the great seal of State, how a work ing man can be made to xelish a meal at a cost of six cents, with. calm con tentment and gratitude. Whither are we drifting ? POLITICAL RIGHTS OF THE FARMER. IF we claim that the great indus tries of the country are' out of balance and must be readjusted, some political Solon, will gravely inform us that this savors somewhat t of politics and hence the farmers must not con cern themselves about iti v If we say that the agricultural in terests are oppressed bjr unjust 'and discriminating legislation, we are"tbld that this can 6rily.be corrected by political" methods, Hence thev farmer should have nothing to -do with it. If we claim that the legislation of the country, State and National, is controlled by interests; and by; men that are devouring ouV substance" and destroying the spirit of our manhood, and that the farmers should be, repre sented more largely and more faith fully, and especially . in, our National Congress, we are calmly admonished that the farmers should riot ask for class legislation. : J If we show that all the great indus tries of the country are outstripping agriculture in the race of progress, and that it is due to the manipulations of corrupt and mercenary men who influence the policy and shap the systems by which this great inequality is produced, we are told, with a wave of the hand, that our relief is to be found in working harder and living closer. If we say we want a farmer for Governor, for Senator or for Con gress, we are told that the farmer must not go into politics. If we want any great economic or political reform, we are told that when the farmer begins to dabble in these great questions he will ruin everything. - What, then, are his political rights? What can he do and what should he do? According to this class of politi cal bosses and from their standpoint, the farmer should enjoy the glorious and exalte i privilege of paying his taxes and of voting as he is told. COTTON STALK FIBRE. IT will be remembered that early last spring an article appeared in this paper from Mr. S. M. Thomas, one of our energetic and enterprising farmers of Richmond county, advo cating the utility of cotton stalk fibre for the manufacture of bagging. We gave our views in several subsequent issues, coinciding with our friend in the opinion that at no distant day it would be demonstrated that this fibre could be substituted for jute and that it would cost less than any fibre that could be found. We saw at Atlanta, bagging and rope made of the fibre. It was of superior quality. A Georgia far mer has invented and patented a ma chine for gathering the entire fibre from the stalk. He claims that the stalks from one bale of cotton will make sufficient bagging to cover five bales. That it can be made for four cents a yard of two pounds weight. Any farmer can buy the castings and make his own mill for gathering the fibre at a cost not to exceed twenty dollars and that the -work can be done by one mule and on rainy days. Tne meeting at St. Louis will doubtless investigate it. WHAT ABOUT IT? THE " farmers of New" England have been told for years' that the prosperity of the agricultural inter ests of those States could only be. se cured by building up and fostering the manufacturing interests.1 " And, farmer like, they believed it, and for yearr and years those farmers voted an exorbitant tarff on themselves and their brother farmers throughout the country, to keep . their manufactures m a prosperous condition. nave- tne benefits been mutual and -reciprocal? Eight hundred and fifty one deserted farms in New Hampshire and hun dreds in the State of Vermont, must give the silent but eloquent answer. GAIN WISDOM WITH STRENGTH "TN.the great movement of the farm JL ers for reform, - thev must not forget that the stronger they grow the greater the temptation will be to overstep the bounds of prudence. -ana again, the stronger they grow the greater the temptation to the de- .' signing and the demagogical, to get mto our ran&s, that they , may the oetter carry out their selhsh schemes We warn the brethren again, that one traitor in our own ranks is more dan gerous ana more to De dread ed than a score oi open loes outside. Watch your door. Take no man into the order, whatever mav be his influence. unless you nave good reason to believe " z z. that he is with us at heart and in principle. Let us gain - wisdom with strengtn. X SYSTEMATIC RQEBERY. THE smallest, child in America who Has gone through, any of the simple arithmetics" .taught -ihj our schools would say .'J .24 sheets make I quirej", and with a litte calculation would tell you that there are 4 pages to each sheet, 24 times, 4 or 96 pages to each quire. T Blank books' are sold by the quire, and you will find on the back of each blank book figures rep resenting the number of quires in the book. These figures a long time ago did tell you the truth. But .examine your blank book now and see for yourself . Look at the figure on the back at the bottom. ' You find r" 6 ? Yes. Well, that '.means' 6.,qtire96 pages to the quire, or 576 pages. How many pages do you really jfind in. the book? You look and you, find only 432 or 460, or it may be as low down as 288 pages, and yet were you not told that there were six quired' inf that book,3 and did you nob . have youV'' at tention called to that figure ; 6 " on the back of the book,? and didn't the clerk who jsold ydu the book say 6 quires at so and so, per quire ? There arftjirauds and frauds ;aU over and through the land, and you must keep your eye open or be sold Out. : COUNTY.SECRETARIES PLEASE REPORT AT .ONCE. THE State Secretary, -was ordered by the State Alliance, to publish a directory, of the County Secre taries, County. Presidents and County Business Agents and State officers, with their postoffices, for the use of the order. The directory , will be of great value especially in our business relations. Please send to this office at once a report as follows, under seal: County, N. C. President, P. O Secretary, JDUDXUCSa ACUb, .,. t If either of these offices be vacant asked the County Alliance to fill it at its first meeting and report. Beport all changes promptly to this office. The above call was published to the ( coun ty Secretary s on the 10th of Septem ber and only about fifty of the Secre taries have responded. It is impor tant to our order that this directory should be published. We send xa marked copy of this paper to each of the tardy Secretaries and hope to have their prompt attention. EDITORIAL NOTES. AA The official programme for the Centennial exercises at Fayetteville announces as speakers Gov. Fowle, Senator Ransom and Senator t Vance. It will be a grand occasion for Fay etteville and for North Carolina. J Gov. Fowle has issued his proc lamation naming Thursday, the 28 th inst., as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. He asks the people not to forget to invoke the blessings of (?od on the poor and needy amongst us and to contribute liberally to the help less orphans. The. office of Bro. W. H. Worth, our State Business Agent, is one busy place, and the work is grow ing every day. We are glad note some handsome orders from the brethren for him to fill." Bro. Worth is working hard and his labors will be of vast benefit to the brethren, if they will only club their orders and send them to him. In 1867 the wheat crop of this country sold for $1,284,000,000. In 1887, twenty years later, when the acreage and the yield had been ' more than doubled, the crop sold for $1,2 04, 000,000, a decrease of $79,711,000 1 1 Is it due to over-production, as flip pant politicians assert ? .Can : there be over-production when there is de mand? Study the matter and see if the answer is not to be found in the following: 1-1867 our: volume' of currency allowed $52 per. capita, in 1887 it was less than $7 per capita,- This ispnetof the political questions which monopolists and their hirelings are afraid the people will investigate, hence thq bowl that ' "farmers ; must keep out of c politics." ;But they are gomgf .to "investigate t.these : matters and will not longer be-deceived and defrauded: y - ''. - 4C WT-fc lnn im I . Cf -. J L ..... Auianae Farmer that a goodlv ntimber of the Ga. Legislature are Alliance men and that they have been holding meet ings regularly every Tuesday might during the whole session, which 'have been, very enjoyable and ,whichvhave iieiu tuQ ureuireu togetner in love ana iiieuusxup. x , xi mey ventured, to " go it. During the sitting of our Legisla ture last winter we had over fortv members of the Alliance in that body J xl. 1U V" x - '' auu mey ueiu uut one meeting during the session and that was publicly an nounced from the clerk's desks in each House. We thought then and think now that they should have met and consulted together for tlmcom- tnon good and should have conferred togetner on tnose matters relating to the industrial interests of the State. .But we all . knew, that should such a course be taken, . some one woujd dis cover that treason was lurking stealthi ly in their shadows. , There is' sore disappointment in the outcome of the crops this ,, sea son in -all eastern North - Carolina. The excessive and continued rainfall during the months of June, July and August, cut off the cotton - crop, ac cording to the estimates of oar best farriaers, from -'one; third to one half. This means a ' continuance of hard times for at least another year to them. Many of them are in debt and hoped to pull through with this crop. They "worked hard and lived close and did alf they could' to raise their supplies. Now what is to be done? We would say to creditor and debtor do all you can to aid each other. Let debtors strain every point arid pay every cent possible. Let creditors be as ' lenient and ac commodating as possible, and Jet both resolve that they will join Hands and hearts and remove one of the great troubles by demanding that the voir ume of currency - shall be extended until the" producer- can get something like a just equivalent in price for his1 labor and its products. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES. The great mistake in connection with our agricultural colleges, is the, f Kfet that in many cases a classical 'pourse is a part "of their curriaulum. St is a fact that the law provides that tnis course 01 instruction should .not be forbidden in .the agricultural col leges; but this seems to us tov have been inserted to enable existing insti' tutions of learning to add the agricui-; ;tural branch to" their institutions should the' States so legislate. In other words it was not mandatory, but it was permissible. V An agricultural and mechanical college should be devoted to this specific object and no other. The country has sufficient classical colleges to supply advanced education, and these State and United States institu tions are designed for the masses and intended to provide . them such an education as will fit them for success in agricultural and the mechanical arts. When connected with classical studies, the students in agriculture and mechanics are always at a disad vantage, if they fail to join in the higher studies. We mean they are practically in a lower circle and are regarded in this light at the institu tion. Farming and mechanical labor are at a discount, and the impression becomes so powerful that the result is a classical course and the farmer and mechanic go out not to the farm and workshop to fill the already overcrowded professions. We have become so well satisfied that this is the result, that we are dis posed to advocate that the moneys supplied by the general government shall be devoted to the support of an institution which shall be agricultural and mechanical, and otherwise entire ly free from any connection with those classical and literary courses of study which are not necessary. In this connection it is proper to state that we would not even seem to underestimate the value of those liter ary and classical colleges which are an honor to our country. We merely say that in no sense are they intended to take the place of the agricultural colleges which were endowed by the government, and the farmers should see to it that the endowment is not made a curse to the agricultural' community instead of a blessing. It is in fact in danger of becoming a curse in that by joining with pro fessional studies, the latter are given the prominence' and the best element of the farming population are seduced from the farm and urged into other occupations. The agricultural col leges were intended to make intel ligent, progressive farmers; when joined with classic studies they take nine-tenths of the intelligent young men who attend them away from the farm, and put them into the profes-? sionai or ousiness pursuits in wmcn sooner or rlater they are sure to fail and : are thus rendered1 a burden' to themselves, to their families arid to iheir country,.; 'r . '"'. . V". " We call this bestowing a curse in stead of a blessing upon the farriier3. It is perverting' a- generous gif t :intp an evil of enormous magnitude. -Unless the education can be directed away from the professional ruts of the old-fashioned colleges,, the very' object contemplated . in their 'estab-.' lishment is defeeT was to have farmers sons to .come away from the college with a perfect knowledge r theoretically and practi-- caily of f arming, and a love' for the; occupation strengthened, intensified, so that it should be enthusiastically, accepted as their lifeork. ' What is the fact? They go to one of these pie-bald- mongrel institutions, where the smallest part of the studies are devoted to agriculture; where the very least possible practical acquaint' ance with the actual work of farming is afforded them; where every influ ence is against their ever making farming their life-work; where oppro brious terms are bestowed -upon farm ers; often by thbse who should know better; where every earnest endeavor is turned away. from; the farm; , where the college . farm becomes - a perfect burlesque upon the occupation, show ing the utter impossibility of ever making .farming a successful occupa tion. The consequence is as , stated above nine-tenths are induced to forsake their homes for .the ruinous paths which lead to a wasted, .uncom fortable, struggling existence in the overcrowded ranks of the toilers in city occupations. . We want the Agricultural Colleges devoted to agriculture pure and sam ple. We want the farmers sons taught to love the farm, to rejoice in farm work and farm life. We want them to : stand high above all these paltry professional dudes, who are dependent .. upon their wits for their miserable pittance to sustain life, and who know only enough to sneer upon their betters, in fact, we want the Agricultural Colleges to be devoted to agriculture. We wish to see the col lege farms models of all that is desir able and beautiful in country life, and eminent for their productiveness and pecuniary success. We are sure this cannot be when the greater amount of the money , re ceived is devoted to support professors 'who have nothing to do with agricul- culture, who perform the old round of duties in the teaching of dead . Ian-, guages,and living, non-entities. These things . are all right in their proper ;place; but the . money of an Agricui ftural College should not be squandered on them. That money belongs to the advancement of agriculture and it should be devoted7 to that with a singleness)f purpose. ! The field of agriculture is large enough to occupy all the work which the largest appropriation of the State or TJhited States will warrant. It is wrong to allow the appropriation to be diverted from, this ooject. Let us resolve that it shall not be misap plied. Maryland Farmer. ALLIANCE NOTES. Always give the name and number of your Alliance, your postoffice and your county, plainly, when you write to the President, Secretary, Trustee, Business Agent or Chairman of Executive . Com mittee of the State Alliance. - The Alliance wedding at the State Fair is said to have been an in teresting and impressive scene, and the high contracting parties have re ceived the congratulations of many distinguished men of the State. Bobesonian. President Evan Jones has ap pointed as Executive Committee of the National Farmers' and Laborers' Ui ion of America, J. H. McDowell, Nashville, Tenn., Chairman; G. L. Clark, Stephenville, Texas, and J. A. Tetts, Ruston, Louisiana. . A brother writing from Grade, Alexander county, N. C, reports Alli ance No. 1,046 as being in fine work ing order. The brethren are in har mony with each other and everything seems to work well. "We havn't been giving you the items from this part of the country, but we hope to keep you posted as to our doings here after." It looks to us like it will be ad visable to increase the weight of cot ton bagging to one and a half pounds per yard, thereby requiring twice the cotton to make it, and insuring the strength and weight to be sufficient to satisfy the cotton exchanges. We are of the opinion that the permanent use of cotton as covering for cotton is the best for cotton producers. Lumberton Bobesonian. M. H. Hawley, Secretary of Alii- ance No. 108, Moore county, says his lodge is moving steadily along. " We now number about forty, and among them are some of the very best men of this section Our motto is, 1 Never say die." And I don't think we will as long as Dr. A. J. Munroe, our worthy Lecturer, or John Vaughan and many others live to advocate its grand and noble purpose. -There is no reason why there should not be in every cotton produc ing State a cotton bagging factory. If jthe jute trust has got to be killed by the Southern farmers, let it be done y building up factories m our coun- try.;; ;ijetT.ne Alliances, wneels and tfnioris join hands in this matter and start the work. In Arkansas. Little ck would be a good place to estab. such a factory. Alliance Tocsin. . , .... .. , : The' Secretary of O wens' Alliance,' No. 1,489, Rowan county, writes as foUpwsr 'f it becomes my duty to in-orm-ypu of . the death, of Bro. . E. M. Oobleraged about 45 years. He died at Forest Hill, Cabarrus" county, on the 21st of September, ISfS 9, of ty. phoid fever. The brother had left the county of Rowan about six weeks previous to his death, where he was in full fellowship with the above Alli- ance. ... ; . . '.' ;; ".' For the information of our pat rons, who prefer to make remittances to. this office in postage starrips, we will inform them that by simply rub bing the gummed side of the sheet of stamps over the hair of the head they will prevent them from sticking to gether, when folded and placed in the envelope. ' By this simple observ ance you will save us a great deal of annoyance, and yourself, probably, somecasi. t Bro. E. H. Ray, . President of oiony 1111 Alliance, ; W ake county, enclosing a club of nine subscribers. . -- w savs that thev . had a roval time at their " picnic on, the 29th ult. and a splendid, speech from Bro. D. . r. Meachum. His Alliance is in good trim, thoroughly alive to the great work-in hand and is greatlv BtrmTT by the solid talk of Br K Bro. Ry will accept our thanks for his kind labors on Sest of our 6rder. - n Secretory A. J. Moorefield , Dan River Alliance, No. 728 rL? ingham county, says: "I am diri to say that we have adopted the a of Incorporation passed by the 1 Legislature. , We are not growing merically but those who joined f0?S?' good of the brotherhood are grol6 in faith. Those who connected tWg just throat curiosity and I am sorry to there were several have fallen until now we have only true Aliian men at Our meetings. 6 Bro. J. H. Scroggs, of Vini AlUance No. 835, Iredell county "We .take three copies of The GBESSIVE FaBMKR ;: in . Our Ali; which. ha; been of more benefit tn! inan. anytmng we have-yettlone r hope that every "Alliance man county will take itbe fore long. Piease bouu us a leciurer we need one badly. Theharvest trulv ;the laborers are few. I appeal unto our otaie uectureivjin numoie representa tive of the West, as the crv wprt from Macedonia, to come up and hem Bro. Ji G. Layton, of White Lake Alliance, No. 983, renewing his subscription to The Pkogressiti Fabmeb says: "Would that all my brethren and sisters of the order were blessed with the opportunity of read ing The Progbessive Farmer. It would enthuse them to a more vigor ous prosecution of the work before us. I admit the times are hard and money tight, butthe prize in the near fa. ture should stimulate us all to emulate the examples of our fath. ers of 1776. Economy, prudence and perseverance would certainly enablem any of us to read our organ; it is an improvement to any household to read and study it care fully. My dear brother, is the busi. ness agency, fund a failure? My lodge never will number over 35 or 40, owing to the locality of the being between two rivers, but we have responded every time we have been called on. Now we have an efficient business agent and all things are now ready; we therefore want to commence reaping the reward of our labors. 1 ou cannot name any swind ling machine, from first to last, but what we have been impatient to get to our meeting to pass resolutions to put it down. We are doing all we can to roll the ball. Bro. John T"W.- Downing,-of Laie Alliance, No. 738, of Bladen county, writes as follows: We were organ., izea aoout one year ago and we nave been coming slow but sure and we are now beginning to see day break. We have about forty members and we have paid in some to the State business agency fund and there is more on the way. We have been op. pressed and distressed and robbed by the monopolists and the high tarif until we were obliged to do someting, and the organization of the Farmers' Alliance will, by and by, bring us out from under the burdens that we have so long labored under and which were about to crush us to the earth. The farmer and the laborer is the back bone of the world and should not be 450 sorely oppressed. ' We can save ourselves by being united and by no other means. The monopolists had some items published in some papers to try to discourage us; for instance such as saying that the merchants of Liverpool would not buy our cotton covered with cotton bagging, which is absolutely false. So do not be dis couraged but stand to the rack, and in less than twelve months we will be free and will be reaping the benefits of our.labor. . Bro. J. B. Freeman writes as fol lows: " October 22d was a gala day for . Green' Mountain, Tin Henderson county, in the land of-the sky. Six Sub-Alliances met, with their baskets filled with the luxuries of our moun tain section. The people came from the ' towns, villages, mountains and mountain gorges, until two thousand , people stood on . the ground. The stand was decorated with beautiful flowers, . and such, fine pake 9 as none but bur own fair Alliance sisters can' inake, together with apples, turnips, potatoes, etc., . and 1. last but not least, we had pumpkins, one 01 which . weighed 142 pounds. After singing and. prayer, ?ol. T. B. Long, our State Lecturer, was introduced. And, oh; shall I attempt to describe the eager, attentive audience as the elegant speaker told of the great de liverance that has come the poor, op pressed, cast down, dejected farmers, for the space of one hour. We believe we have "the right man in the rigW place. Then dinner, with hand stat ing, pleasant faces and fraternal greet ing, were in order. We forgot Demo crats, Republicans, Baptists, Metho dists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, stock law, etc., and resolved ourselves into a committee of the whole for tw transaction of important business per taining to the farmer. We simpij meant business. After dinner Bob Vance, in his easy and elegan style, held the people spell bound wr an hour, ; and we were made to w that our lines had fallen in pleasas places. Much good was done.
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