THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER M AKGH 25, isj.O
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X. L POLK, - - Editor.
X L. RAMSEY, - Associate Edit jr.
TV F. DALY, - Busikmb Mahagxb.
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BALEIGH, N. C., MAR. 25, 1890
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
It is my pleasure to announce to the
readers of The Progressive Farmer
that I have associated with me in the
editorial conduct of the paper, Mr. J.
L. Ramsey, of Iredell county. Also that
Mr. W. F. Daly, of Lenoir county, who
has been in the office for more than a
year,now assumes the business manage
ment of the paper. Both these young
gentlemen were reared on the farm
.and are both members of the Alliance.
Their fitness for the responsible duties
of their respective positions and their
fidelity to the interests of the people,
whom this paper represents, will be
attested by their work.
L. L. Polk.
Mr. D. H. Browder, who for more
than two years has been associated
with The Progressive Farmer as
business manager, and whose excellent
business ability has piloted the paper
through safely, has become associated
with Mr. Josephus Daniels in their
new enterprise, the Daily State Chron
icle. He takes with him the very best
wishes of The Progressive Farmer
and all its patrons for an abundi''
success.
GIVE US SOMETHING BETTER.
IT is easy to criticize. Any one can
offer objections. But it is often a
matter more difficult, even with the
critics, to offer suggestions that would
be an improvement on the matter criti
cized. Old father Noah for long years
endured the jeers and criticisms of the
wise men around him, bat he finally
succeeded and floated away trium
phantly and lett his critics to perish.
Prof. Morse stood around our capital
at Washington for years, begging
Congress for a small appropriation to
enable him to demonstrate that he
could establish telegraphic communi-
cation between that city and Balti-
more, ne was laugnea at ana nai-
culed by so-called wise men. But
these wise men are gone and forgotten
while the name of Morse is immortal,
We are led to these reflections by
the course of some of our latter day
critics. Since the introduction of the
sub-treasury plan by Senator Vance
in the U. S. Senate, quite a number
of papers throughout he country "of
high and low degree," have been free
ly exercising their gifts of criticism
of the bill, but not one of them so far
as we have seen, from the New York
Herald down, has ever ventured a
single suggestion as to a better plan
for the relief of the people and
country. Do not the farmers and the
the business interests of the country
need relief ?
Twenty-five years ago the farmers
owned half the wealth of this country
a
to-day they own only twenty-two
per cent, ot it. in ear ly two nund red
thousand busmess failures have oc-
curred within tnat time involving
nearly four billions of dollars. Dur-
ing that time farms under twenty
acres have decreased
over twenty per
cent., while fams of one thousand
i .
acres or more nave increased seven
hundred and seventy per cent. Dur
ing that time farm lands throughout
the whole country have decreased in
value over twenty per cent. Twenty
nve years ago our national debt was
$2,783,000,000. We have paid since
that time in principal, interest and
premiums on bonds, $3,578,000,000,
rm 1 t ll. XT V
juu. ju. iud Abu iLVbu ixovemDer we
still owed on that debt $1,693,000,000
At the price of cotton at that date we
could have paid the debt with 14 185 .
000. But now afteir having paid on
it the value of 71i5fionnn 4
vould
own an, pou,uuu bales to
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t ' " . . . I . . . trTfU T ia I THK PTTITOfR AT'55 IDEAL DOL-
pay it. Then if a farmer owed a debt
rf $90 he ftnnld nav it with one bale
of cotton, weighing 500 pounds. To
day if he owes $90 it takes two bales
of 500 pounds each to pay it. Then
he could have paid a debt of $100
with 80 bushels of wheat, to-day it
takes 130 bushels to pay it. Then he
could have paid a debt of $100 with
1-00 bushels of corn, to day it takes
200 bushels in North Carolina or 800
bushels in Kansas or Illinois. Then
we had plenty of money and prosper,
pus times; to-day money is scarce and
bankruptcy stares us in the face.
Thecorncrop of 1888 was less than
that of 1889 by 125; 192,000 bushels,
and yet it brought $79,542,760 more
money. The wheat crop of 1888 was
legs than that oM889 by 74,693,000
bushels, and yet it brought $42,756,
223 ,more money. The oat crop of
1888' was less than that of 1889 by
49,780,000 bushels and yet it brought
$23,643,232 more money.
Thit is to say;- the farmers raised
of., three crops 249,664,000. bushels
more in 1889 than in 1888 and the en
tire crop of 1889 sold for $145,949,
215 less than the entire crop of 1888.
From official statistics we learn that
Illinois lost on her corn crop of 1889
over eighteen millions of dollars.
Should we not seek to remedy this
condition of affairs? The farmers
think so. We offer a bill in Congress
that is safe for the government, safe
for the people and is just to all. The
principle is not experimental. It will
give us relief . It will restore activity
and energy and prosperity to the
country. It will be thoroughly and
intelligently discussed. We believe it
will commend itself to the good judg
ment and sanction of the people. At
all events it was endorsed by the large
body of representative men who met
in St. Louis, and they offered it to the
country as the best plan they could
devise. They expect it to be opposed
by some. They expect it to be criti
cized. They desire that it should be,
but in all fairness they have the right
to claim that it shall be done at least
by those who have read the bill and
have given some thought to its provis
ions. They ask that the most candid
and thorough investigation be had
the more the better.
But we shall insist in this matter
that the critics, when they reject this
plan shall give us a better one. Until
they are able to do this, they should
refrain from criticism.
We note that some of our contem
poraries are basing their criticisms on
mere conjecture, they have not even
read the bill. One of these days they
may feel ashamed of the position they
now take and in justice to themselves
they should at least procure a copy
of the bill and read it. We know
that the bill meets the approval of
some of the ablest minds of this
country, and we believe when it is
understood, that it will be overwhelm-
ingly endorsed by the American peo
pie. Oi one thing we may be as-
j mi r t 1 a i
sureu. a ne inciters mrougnout me
United States are in a desperate
financial condition and they want
they micst have relief. They offer this
pian in penect gooa iaitn ana woe
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oe to tnose wno wouia crusn tnis
measure Wltnout giving one mat IS
better. They demand that Congress
do something by which the country,
and especially the weilth-producers, 1
shall be unloaded
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of their now intol-
erable burthens,
and they must be
heard.
y GRAND ALLIANCE RALLY.
a a Hi ieei saie in saying tnat since
T T 1
the introduction of the Alliance
into our Dtate, tnere nave oeen more
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farmers' dinners, farmers' picnics and
farmer gatherings than ever before in
tne same perioa 01 time witnin our
history. And we feel equally safe in
saying that these social occasions have
contributed greatly to the fraternizing
and unifying of our people. But
numerous, pleasant and profitable as
W
have been these g-itherings, we be
lieve a grand Stae occasion, where
the farmers and their families of dif
ferent sections o the State could meet
has never been uggested
We believe such an occasion could
be made not only highly enjoyable
but productwe of great good. We
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suggest, therefore that the members
of the Alluiuce begin to consider the
matter, and as some one has to lead
off with a first suggestion. The Pro
gressive Farmer will venture to
Farmer
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make it.
Let it be held at Greensboro ho
A. A. 1 rrtT I nml a T
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Very cheap rates can be had on all
iweeu me zum ana outn or juiv.
I tne railroads and irom all points in
Jthe btate. Hxcursion trains can be
run irom unanotte, Marion, Wilkes-
boro, Mt. Airy, Clarksville, va.; Ox-
ford, Henderson, Goldsboro and Wil,-
mington. But should it be for one or
two davsr Jbrom twelve to t srentv
thousand people would attend,
Greensboro, we believe, would do all
in ner power to accommodate the
crowd and to aid in making it. in
-
every, respect, a great success. We
can nave good speecnes by men of our
own ana otner otates. we can
and other States,
have one of the finest bands in the
State, every man of which is a mem
ber of our order. If for more than
one day, a most attractive programme
can be arranged and hundreds of
families for twenty-five miles around
would come in their own conveyances.
What says the brotherhood What say
you, Alliance men of Guilford, Rock -
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inghaai, Stokes, Forsyth,. Davidson,
Randolph, Alamance and Caswell?
What say the brethren all along the
lines of the railroads of the State ?
Will the Guilford brethren appoint a
committee to make local arrange
ments? : Will Capt. Alexander or
some State officer look after the mat
ter of transportation ? Will the good
people of Greensboro join us and make
it a happy and grand occasion ? ( Will
the County Alliances of the twenty
seven counties through which the ex
cursion trains would run, talk the
matter over in their April meeting
and let The Progressive Farmer hear
from them? Shall we have the
Grand Alliance Rally ? Let us hear
from you, and if we decide to have it
we shall insist that ninety-four county
farmers must be in the grand proces
sion. 'V ALLIANCE GUANO.
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"E call the attention of our read
ers to the circular letter from
Bro. Worth on the -th page of this
issue, giving analysis of the Alliance
Guano. Please note the difference
between Nos. 5 and 6. It will be
seen that each test has a different re
sult. But this is the same with all
guanos. The ingredients are never
thoroughly mixed. The result would
not be the same even if the samples
were taken from the same bag. It
will be een that only one analysis
falls below the guarantee .and the total
average is 83 cents in value above the
guarantee. No other brand has been
tested so severely, and it is with pleas
ure that we note that " our " brand
has come through safely. We hope
it will prove beneficial to all crops.
THE
PRESS AND THE SUB
TREASURY BILL.
MOST of the papers throughout
the country have had something
to say about the Sub-Treasury plan.
We notice that the Statesville Land
mark says that there is nothing wrong
about the bill or plan except that it
"is impracticable." Our friend evi
dently has not read The Progressive
Farmer very closely or he would not
have rendered this decision. We re
spectfully invite his attention and
others, too, for that matter,
to an article in this issue
by "Old Fogy" re-produced
from the Washington Post. That
does not cover all the ground, but it
contains food for thought, and to
some extent as far as itgoe3 proves
that it is practicable. At any rate
nobody has proved anything to the
contrary.
The New York Herald of a recent
date contained a loner editorial and
r..vLtfs in sure "Miller,
ance. rne neraia preienv. - rn.r
had hardly heard of the AlTi-iee be
fore, and intimates that a good deal
of the avowed strength of the Alliance
is mythical, and plainly says that the
bill introduced in the Senate by Sen
ator Vance is absurd, to say the least
of it.
But the Herald gets down to busi-
ness in the closing paragraph which is
as follows:
"We do not suppose the present Con-
nav much attention to these
vagaries. But the American people
arfl R1lffif,ipntiv intfilliVftnt to draw
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ten cents a bushel and wheat below
seventy cents the increasing numbers
of the debtor class will not long be
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content to stop snort in tne career on
which Congress and the Supreme
Court have launched the countrv. You
cannot go on preaching and enacting
State socialism forever in any country,
and least of all in the United States,
without making an inconvenient mul
titude of converts, who will reduce
the doctrine to practice in their own
way.'
The Herald may be right about the
present Congress not paying much at
tention to the "vagaries" but in the
sweet after while when the farmers
refuse to recognize the "vagaries" of
the present Congress, provided they
f a V Ta7 'j
refuse 10 ajjora tne ascea tor relief is
when the Herald aod some other peo
pie will hear something drop.
The iarmers have been taxed for
years to build government buildings
for postal business and other things in
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every city in ne unuea estates, at a
cost of from $75,000 to 500.000
each and have not complained about
the "vagaries
ea congress, t
it is plain that it makes all diffArenei
I in the world whose ox is cotaH
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uut an mis is iun ior ns. Ave
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"hay-seeders," as some of the enemy
I are pleased to call, us, are going to
I have some fun one of these days, and
some o I those who are " taking their
laugh before they proceed to rub'fhe
bull s nose in the dirt " may conclude
that they did wisely. ;
While the Alliance con finorl it.a nri-
rations to the South, the TTmM wia
calm and serene.
nut it is getting
I uncomfortablv and "ine.nTnr.1.TitlT-
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infOTltTM1ftWtlTT "
near and so the Herald heo-ina tn irink
The fact that the States of New Joj-
sey, mow iorj ana iuicnigan are
xt tr' !-. , .
organizing is probably the sole causa
of all the trouble. " Five hundred
organizers wanted to organize the
State of Michigan ! " That don't
sound very soothing to those pluto
crats. Really we " hay-seeders" seem
too much in earnest in this thing. We
ought to quarrel . amongst ourselves
and disorganize, if we wish such peo-
1 pie as the Herald to applaud.
THE PLUTOCRAT'S IDEAL
LAR.
W
E are told " that a dollar will
buy more now than ever ;be
fore." We are -sorry that it 1 true.
We know that , as the purchasing
power of the dollar increases, the
chances for getting the dollar . de
creases. This may sound like an Old Fogy
idea, but to prove the proposition and
show you how our Plutocrats want
the purchasing power of the dollar, I
introduce the following from the N.
Y. Tribune:
la Siam you can get good board for
forty-six cents ..a week, and this in
cludes washing, . the use of, two ser
vants to run errands, tickets to shows,
three Rhaves and all the cierars voucan
smoke. This sounds delightful until
you learn that it is almost impossible
to earn ;iorty-nve. cents a weeK m 1
Siam:
JOURNALISTIC.
What , the Knights of the
Quill .are
' Doing. ' 0
The Newton 'Enterprise is just recov
erinc from the ?nrrje.
Mr. Wm. M. Brown, of the Raleigh
Evening Visitor, in the issue of the
18th inst., announces that he has as
sociated with him in the management
of the paper, Mr. A. L. Ferrell,.of
this city. The Visitor hasbeen.in
existence eleven years, which is much
longer than daily papers usually Hve
in tnis btate. lne paper is to oe en-1
largea ana improved in every respect,
ana as it now nas no evening paper to
contend with, it doubtless will be a
success, me enterprise nas our oest
mi - 1 a I
wisnes.
Mr. W. E. Christian, the gifted
editor of the Charlotte Democrat, has
accepted a position with a Philadelphia
paper. The Democrat will still be
published by Mr. J. P. Strong.
Mr. Phil. A. Peatros3, late of the
Madison Leader, has withdrawn from
that paper and has began the publica
tion of a 28-column paper called the
News.
taken
Bro. Peatrosi has also lately
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in a partner, Miss Moine r.
Hejrffie,
of Madison. We wish hira
unbounded success, both in his matri-
monial venture and newspaper enter
prise. lne Wilson Mirror nas enterea on
a new volume. It is one of the most
interes.inp; papers that comes to this
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office. Probably no newspaper man
in the State will ever excel Bro. Blount
in hisj perpetual flow of choice Ian-
guage.
Another editor has discarded single
blessedness notwithstanding hard
times. Uol no. U. Tipton, 01 tne
. reei-'dboro t ilriot, was married to
Miss M. Josie Burke, one of Salis
bury's young ladies, on the 17th inst.
If he be as kind to this, his life part
ner, as ne ne nas oeen to tne reading
public, she need never complain.
The Greensboro Patriot and Win
ston iSentmet contemplates issuing
daily editions shortly.
The Toisnot Rural Home, Bethel
Voice, Jonesboro Leader and Golds
boro Progress have suspended publica
tion
R. B. Hunter, State Alliance Lec
turer, has withdrawn from the edi
torial staff of the Mecklenburg Times.
The Wilmine-ton Messenaer is cettinf?
out a 26 page
sent out soon,
good one.
o . - 0-0
edition which will be
jno douot it will ne a
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The Statesville Landmark announces
"officially" that all hands may be on
the lookout for a special trade edition
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
Our thanks
are due Bro. J. R.
Smith, of Martin
county, for a club
of 5 subscribers.
Among those who have favored
us with clubs of subscribers since last
issue, we are indebted to Bro. J. "W.
Birkhead, of Rileys Store, N. C, for
club of 15 subscribers.
Onward march ! is the word
now. Michigan iarmers are callinc
tor out) organizers to spread the Alli
w. o
ance gospel in that State. The reports
irom ail sections are gratifying. :
A letter from Col. L. L. Polk,
written at Atlanta on the 20thjnst..
intornis t us that he has about con.
r.mrip.rl hist wnrt thora a-nA -----.-.--. rl
to sta,rt t0 Arkansas andMissourfthat
night. '
Bro. Jno. W. Rice, a subscriber
11 Till
at Luraville, la., sent us a subscriber
I last, wfiftk anH 1
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w - " -v vwuvg uio Adjudx itn
lows: "l give away my paper as soon
as I read it. It is aggressive and pro
gressive." J3ro. Rice is setting a good
example.
1 -ww
Cabarrus county is hard to head
off. Dr. J. S. Lafferty, Secretary of
the Countv Alliance mailed Vi
cents per capita tax for the National
I A III . .
-auiance to our state Secretary on the
10th inst. This was the first response
to tne can.
JJon t fail to read the column
under the head of " Nuts for Farmers
to Crack." These short, sharp, spicy
tspax-s are me cream ot tne reform
press, and will be prepared especinllv
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aui tu reauers ot i'tttt. Knonwiroc
Farmer every week.
E
cro. Macune rather put hi3
iooi in u wnen ne recommended the
passage of the "lard bill" in Con-
Yh . .1 1 . -!-- aT-
bBst at the time. The best of men
will make mistakes. . We hope this
matter will be adjusted irr a manner
satisfactory to all.
Bro. Beddingfield, State Secre
tary, asks us to say that he has about
150 orders on file for new Constitu-
tions and Rituals, but owing to press
of work at headquarters in Washing
ton thev have not been able to furnish
them as fast as needed, but they will
be sent at the earliest moment possi-
ble '
, Bro. A. H. Hayes, of Birdtown,
Swain county, Vice-President of the
State Alliance, sent us a club of six
subscribers last week for which we
return thanks. He says that the
order is getting along finely in his
county, and they "are asking nobody's
pardon for going ahead with a work
"a" ."vw w w x&.v.
We invite attention to the ad-
yerrtisement of Mr. Edward Fasnach,
manufacturer of all kinds of seals.
Also to the advertisement of Dr. Jno.
F. Foard, of Olin, N. C. We have
never tried Dr. Foard's medicine, but
we know him personally and feel sure
that he would not offer an inferior
article of any kind for sale
If you
need medicine send for his.
r
e hope our brethren will read
the report of the proceedings of the
meeting at Atlanta last week on the
oaerp-inp; question, w e are in ior a
fight and should prepare at once for
the fray. The Alliance is not going
10 surrender the great advantage
gained in the desultory fight last year.
Arrangements will be made with
manufacturers soon and be sure and
send jn vour orders early.
,. From a private note to the
editor of The Progressive Farmer
last week, from Bro. W. H. Ragsdale,
Secretary of Lone Star Alliance, No
589, Granville county, we extract the
following: "Three articles in The
Progressive Farmer were read at our
last meeting and they thoroughly
aroused the members. The paper is
evidently the life of the order in our
St of " Krn KflcrHrlalAS Ifit.t.fir will n
State." Bro. Ragsdale s letter will be
published next week.
"Fifty-two dollars per year" is
a pretty steep price for a weekly pa
per. But some of our too partial
friends rate The Progressive Farmer
at that price. Anyway they say that
" every issue is worth the cost for a
whole year." Well, we can t help
filling it up every week with valuable
reading matter, and if our friends
persist in subscribing themselves and
getting their neighbors to do the same,
they must not blame us for feeling
good 6ver it
AN
OPEN LETTER FROM "OLD
FOGY."
I desire to extend to the brother
nood my tnanKs tor tne very many
kind expressions of confidence and
esteem, not only m personal letters,
but those addressed to The Progres
bive Farmer as well.
I shall always try to merit your con
fidence, and if I can serve you in giv-
ing you facts or information, I will
gladly do so. I assure you that it
gives me greater pleasure to write for
your good, tnan it can possioiy give
VOU to read my hastily-written arti
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cles. I was selected by our National
President, Bro. Polk, to act as his
private secretary, and the press of
letters and other duties force both he
and I to keep close to our desks for
16 to 18 hours daily.
IT! ail
I have instructed Bro. Ramsey,
r a jl
our very emcient junior eaitor, 10
have my nom de plume , to only one
article each week, though 1 may
frequently impose more than one on
7: .
The brotherhood will thereiore
understand that it is impossible for
me to visit their meetings, although I
know of nothing that would give me
greater pleasure.
1 am fraternally yours,
D. H. Rittenhotjse,
Panacea Springs, N, C.
AMONG THE ALLIANCES.
What the Organization is Doing
Throughout the Country.
Tennessee has 92 counties organ
ized with 2,588 subordinate lodges.
A $20,000 flour mill will be erected
by the Alliance ot She toy county,
Missouri.
The Knights of Labor of New York
I L JLl V J I 1 1 f I t UO 1 - IM K S A. Wafc a,W
. te Wal rate of interest fixed at
five per cent.
The State Business Agency of In
diana is organized and incorporated
with a capital of $250,000.
The Minnesota Alliance have re
vised their constitution so as to ex
elude all persons not farmers.
An Alliance store is to be opened
Roll a Plain. All goods will be
sold at a profit of 7 per cent.
Woodson Countv (Kan.) Alliance
has organized a Co-operative Associa
tion with a capital of $50,000.
Graham county (Kan.) has organized
a County Exchange and expects to be
ready for business the hrst of April.
The Farmers' Alliance of Kansas,
is thinking of turning Senator Ingalls
nnt. of the United States Senate.
Surely this ought to convince all doubt
gress. nut ne tnougnt it was toi
ing lhomases that the Alliance is a
great organization, and has grand and
Ll - . ,
uuuie oojects.
The Newton Enterprise says: " The
Sub-Alliances report that outsiders
are tumbling over each other in their
rush to get into the order."
A Farmers' Alliance was organized
at pilgrims last week with 21 mem
bers on the roll. This makes 31 Alli
ances in Davidson county. Lexington
Dispatch.
The Farmers' and Laborers' Union
have organized a stock company for
the purpose of conducting a mill and
grain elevator near Olmstead, Logan
county, Ky. The capital stock is
$20,000. t ...
The Alliance Sentinel (Lansing,
Mich.) notes that five hundred good
men are wanted to organize the Alli
ance in Michigan. It notes the for
mation of Alliances and their increase
of membership. But a few weeks ago
the Sentinel . accepted the Alliance
truths and adopted its purposes as. a
platform to support, at the time there
not being a member of the order re
siding in the State.
The Wichita Association of Con
gregational churches, at their meeting
in Wichita last week, adopted the fol
lowing resolutions: Resolved, That
we notice with interest and sympathy
the movement on the pirt of farmers
and other manual laborers to secure
equitable division of the fruits of their
toil. We wish them success in their
efforts, and look forward with hope
to the coming of the time when the
brotherhood of men shall be a con
trolling force in society.
THE KIND OF CANDIDATES WE
WANT.
" President Livingston, of the Geor
gia State Farmers' Alliance, is a can
didate for Governor 01 that btate. tie
says that ail candidates for Congress
will be required to pledge themselves
to putting crops in bond, the govern
ment advancing 80 per cent, of their
value; the government to control rail
roads, telegrapn lines, and to ad
vocate the other demands of the Alli
iance. These demands should be
made of the candidates in this State."
Alliance Tribune.
This applies to North Carolina, and
other States, too. But how will it
turn out? There are plenty of can
didates who will pledge their support
to the above and other measures. But
we have had enough of this "pledging
business " already. The " standing
candidates" always come out of their
shell in the spring preceding an elec
tion and " pledge " anything you ask.
Well, we send tbem to legislate for us
and at the eleventh hour they discover
that the aforesaid measures are uncon
stitutional or a majority were against
them. Then they come home and
"pledge " some more and shake your
handuntil you are tired and agree to
get there the nt'Xt lime-
Now this has one on long enough.
We d on't need men to represent us
who are so well up in the pledging
business. We want men who have
not made so many promises; men who
will not promise to do so much and
do nothing; men whose records show
that all they have done has been done
well. These are the men we need,
whether they be farmers or belong to
some other occupations.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BAILY
COTTON SEED QUESTION.
Raleigh, N. C, May 20,' 1890.
Mr. Editor : Our attention has
just been called to an article signed
" Justice" in your issue of February
25th, 1890, and we ask you to insert
the following reply:
The Baily Cotton Co., of Raleigh,
N. C, had nothing whatever to do
with the " Zephyr " cotton seed busi
ness. They hive never owned or
sold a single seed of the "Zephyr" or
" Peterkin " cotton.
We have never sold the Bailey seed
at $200 per bushel.
Th-J okra leaf cotton has seen
s
known in Georgia for a number oi
years, and its cultivation discontinued
because it did not yield as mucn, auu
the staple was no better than that ot
the common cotton. The oKra iea
cotton is known in lexas ana oluc.
States as the " hickory cotton, and
has proved to be unprofitable for the
reasons stated above. The leaves of
the so called okra cotton and the
Bailey are similar; but the yield of
the Bailey 13 larger and the stapie
much longer than that of the okra.
The leaves of the Sea Island, reter
kin, Allen Long staple, and common
cotton are alike; and yet all admit
that ' they are separate and distinct
varieties, and that the lint of each
commands a different price.
As we have had advertisements in
the News and Observer and State Chron
icle, of Raleigh, and in the Atlanta
Constitution and very many of the
prominent papers of the south, we are
surprised that you .should not have
seen any of them.
We have sworn statements from the
best men in Harnett county proving
the origin and good qualities of tne
Bailey cotton, and will be pleased to
show them to any one interested.
Respectfully,
Bailey Cotton Co.,-
- W. H. Bragg, Prop'r.