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tp nHE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY. i , . i Vol. 5. RALEIGH, N. O., JULY 8, 1390. No. 22 i i j ' i THE NATIONAL, FARMERS' AL LIANCE AND INDUSTRIAL UNION. President L. L. Polk, North Carolina. Address, 511 9th St., N. V, Washington, D. C. Vice-President B. H. Clover, Cain oridge, Kansas. Secretary J. H. Turner, Georgia. Ad dress, 511 9th St, N. W., Washington, D. C. Treasurer W. H. Hickman, Puxico, Missouri. Lecturer Ben Terrell, Texas. EXECUTIVE BOARD. C. W. Macune, Washington, D. C. Alonzo Wardall, Huron, South Dakota. J. F. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee. JUDICIARY. R. C. Patty, Macon, Mississippi. Isaac McCracken, Ozone, Arkansas. Evan Jones, Dublin, Texas. N 3TH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE. President Elias Carr, Old Sparta, nC. Vice-President A. H. Hayes, Bird- :own, N. C. Secretary E. C. Beddingfield, Raleigh, T C Treasurer J. D. Allen, Falls, N. C. Lecturer Thos. B. Long, Asheville, N. C. Assistant Lecturer R. B. Hunter, Char lotte, N. C. Chaplain J. J. Scott, Alfordsville, S.C. Door Keeper W. H. Tomlinson, Fay stteville, N. C. Assistant Door Keeper H. E. King, Peanut, N. C. Sergeant-at-Arms J. S. Holt, Chalk Level, N. C. State Business Agent W. H. Worth, Raleigh, N. C. Trustee Business Agency Fund W. A. Graham, Machpelah, N. C. ECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CARO LINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. S. B. Alexander, Chariot' e, N. CM Chair jq an; J. M. Mewborne, KinstonN. C; J. S. Johnston, Ruffin, N. C. THE RAILROAD COMMISSION. A Georgia Brother Asks Some Pertinent Questions What the Com mission has Done for Georgia Fort Gaines, June 25, '90. Mr. Editor: In these days of railroad pools, combinations and un just discriminations, can you or any of your intelligent readers give a satis factory reason why your State has not realized the necessity for a railroad commission ? Most of the States have deemed it advisable, and the general government has long since considered such an absolute necessity. Railroads are built and run under charters from the people through leg islation. Their permit gives a forced right of way for the road through private lands over all protests of the private citizen. This arbitrary ap propriation of private property is not designed as a special favor to railroads but to the contrary, as an act for the public good. Railroads are common carriers and have chartered rights as such and are intended to benefit and not to oppress the people. Our State Constitution forbids pools ing or any manipulation that prevent competition, and the statutes prohibits discrimination and extortionate rates, and the commission has authority over all these matters. I would here state that the bill creating the Georgia commission, on its passage, raised a tempest (but in a teaaot) by the railroad officials, they asserting that the roads were running at as low rates as would escape bank ruptcy. These assertions were the result of defeat and excitement, and time has proven these fears groundless as will appear by the following extract from a report by Hon. F. N. Trammel, chairman of the Georgia railroad commission; given in response to in quiries from the State of Tex as. ColTrammell said: "The table of rates in 1879 and 1890, taking the Savannah division of the Central, as an example. Passenger transportation, 5 cents per mile, reduced to 3 cents per mile. Frights on a ten mile haul: Rates charged by the Central. Bacon 20, flour 2C, grain 15, co'.ton 25. Allowed by the commission: Bacon 8, flour 6, grain 5, cotton 10. 50 mile haul. Charged, bacon 22, flour 22. grain 18, cotl.on 30 Allowed. " 13 " in a " ia 100 mile haul. Charged, bacon 25, flour 25, gr!n 22, cotton Allowed, " 18, " 15, " 14, 43. 25. 140 mile haul. - Charged, bacon 28, flour 28, grain 23, cotton 40. Allowed, " 22, " 19, " f 29. 200 mile haul. Charged, bacon 4", flour 40, grain 85, cotton 35. Allowed, " 26, " 24, M 22, " 35. 250 mile haul. Charged, bacen 45, flur 45, grain 40, cotton 65 Allowed, " 80, " 25, " 12, 40. This immense reduction in freights and passenger rates have been accom plished without injury to the railroads. They have prospered while the people have been benefited. The market value of the stocks of our mosi im portant railroads has been steadily increasing as shown by the following comparative statement: 1879 is:o. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co., 78 20 . 44 Central, T9 121. From the foregoing it is plain that ruin and bankruptcy did not follow, neither did it cause cessation in rail road building in the State, but on the contrary ever since we have had a railroad building boom (that I attrib ute mainly as caused by commission.) But there are times when the people know and appreciate the ad vantages that would result from specal acts; but from causes unsatisfactory, the law-makers are sometimes slow to heed the expressed wishes . of the people, an I slower still to act. Their tardiness may result from sundry causes negligence, secret opposition to the measure, based on (presumed) superior intelligence, which in other words mean, " that fellow feeling which makes us wonderous kind." Experience has taught us that these doubtiDg Thomases ever avail them selves of free asess over the roads and then free return and re return passes are inducements for Thomas to about divide the legislative time be tween the railroads, the legislative halls and his home and neighborhood. In conclusion, brother commoner, if you are not receiving justice at the hands of your railroads, and really desire reformation, and- want a com. mission, see to it that you do, so far from electing a fellow feeling repre sentative, that heis not even nomi nated. I believe you elect members this fall. If so, every iover of the people and their prosperity should search diligently for your truest men and elect them on the measure that the people want)' Then and not until then can North Carolina have a rail road commission. Keep Trammell's answer to Texas as a standing advertisement, and in every issue of The Progressive Far mer point your finger to it and say commoner of North Carolina, look here! and request all papers that are on tb,e same line to do likewise. If there is a paper in your State that is not on this line I would like to know.it and learn the reasons why he is not. All this is prompted by a fel low feeling of Georgian. JUST BEGUN. The work of reformers has just be gun. The man that has not fie cour age to proceed can easily fall back into the ranks of the party he left. They will be hailed with joy. There aie millions in the farmers and labor ers organization now ready for the battle. How many of them understand the cause of and the remedy for the evils of which they justly complain ! One fourth ? Hardly that many. The people must be educated on the great questions espe:ially the money ques tion. Let them once understand how they are robbed and how they can prevent it, and the movement of the tillers and toilers will never stop until good times better times than even the most hopeful ever dreamed of are brought about. Fail to educate and the tidal wave that is passing over the country will subside and the vicious sy3tem will rob and plunder as usual. Now we want every farmer to take some good progressive labor paper one that advocates their interests. We ask old workers to continue in the work and enlist new ones by spreading good papers over the land. Ckb urne. Texas Tribune. FERTILIZERS FOR CORN. Results of experiments conducted by the N. C. Experiment Station in the counties of Bladen, Chatham, Gates and Macon in 1889 show that cotton 3eed meal without exception in both large and small applications in creased the yield materially and proved remunerative. This was also the case when combined with other ingredients. Acid phosphate alone in all cases except one increased the yield but slightly and proved unre munerative; this was also the result when combined with kainit. Acid phosphate and cotton seed meal did better. Kainit alone was generally unsatisfactory. The complete fertilizer in proportion of 200 lbs. of acid phos phate, 100 of meal and 50 of kainit per acre in the main proved satisfac tory. The season on the whole was favorable for corn, but as will be re membered was not an average one H. B. Battle. & NUTS TO CRACK AT THE FARM ER'S FIRESIDE. Press Opinions from Many Sources. The Farmers' and Laborers' Union Journal says : " The National issue is not between protection and free trade but between plutocracy and poverty." England is not only investing three dollars in"the United States to one in Canada, Australia or India, but would be glad to make it five. St. Louis Republican. It is one of the easiest things in the world to get into debt, but debt is one of the hardest masters to serve and one of the most difficult to escape. Wilmington Messenger. Vote and work for the righi man in office ; subscribe, and induce others to subscribe for the right papers ; and iajustice to the farmers will find no foothold in America. Alabama Farmer. Congress is too busy legislating for the classes to do anything for the masses That is why nothing is heard of the people's one cent postage prom ised in the Chicago platform. N. Y. World. The Alliance and all fraternal organ izations were never more prosperous than to-day. The order is embracing all states and increasing in thorough ness and effectiveness. BatesviUe ( Ark.) Union Journal. The party caucus, which meets always in secret, is used too often as an excuse for the betrayal of the people's rights. Down with caucus rule. See what the caucus did in the silver matter. Missouri World. The Farmers' Alliance will make its little splurge and sink into obscur ity, says the New York Sun. All the same, while the little splurge lists it will make things mighty interesting for some people. Kansas Farmer. Pigs raised on clover are becoming very profitable, for people are begin ning to appreciate the difference be tween the meat of pigs raised on a diet of corn, and those which are fed with clover and grass. Western farmer. The freight rates between points in the State are almost prohibitory. The Free Press is strongly in favor of a State railway commission so that such discriminations can be be remedied, in a large measure at least, if not en tirely. Kinston Free Press. Away with the foolish idea that farmers in their unions should not meddle with politics. It is the rotten partisan political slop of whisi farm ers should steer clear, for such does in deed and in truth polute all who get mixed up in them. Laborers' Tribune. As an evidence that the American manufacturers can't get along with out more protection, the American plow which costs the American farmer $18, is sold in South America for $9. Nine dollars is the tribute the Ameri can firmer pays the manufacturer on that plow. Wilmington Star. The Vermont Republican Sta'e Convention, the other day, passed resolutions deploring " the present dependent and depressed condition of the agricultural interests." They took no steps, however, to relieve the unfortunate class referred to; nor, in deed, was anything of the kind pro posed. The Wilmington Star says: "A New York importer figures it up that under the McKinley tariff $8,000,000 worth of crockery will cost the Ameri can people $21,000,000. Well, what of this ? Should the American peo pie object to paying a little $13,000, 000 to boom our " infant " crockery shops ? A floating item says "a Leaven worth, Kansas, man proposes to wager any sum between $10,000 and $50, 000 that within thirty days he can walk from Leavenworth to Junction City and never take his foot; off mort gaged ground except when crossing a public road or railroad. Isn't this the effect of high tariff and monopoly? Practice and theory must go to gether. Theory without practice to test it, to verify it, to correct it, is idle speculation ; but practice without theory to animate it is mere mechan ism. In every art and business theory is the soul and practice the body. The soul, without the body in which to dwell, is indeed, only a ghost ; but the body, without a soul, is only a corpse. New York Ledger. The Solid South, of Conyers, Ga., speaking of the work of the Farmers' Alliance says : The . Farmers' Alli ance has a mighty work before it, and if this work is not accomplished, if this task is not performed, then the Alliance will have fallen very short of the purpose of its organization. The organization is not alone for the pur pose of making farm life more social and pleasant ; not solely for the pur pose of bettering the financial condi tion of the farmers, but it reaches out further and takes in a broader la-itude. It is not only a great educator, but, is destined to be the great reform of ti e nineteenth century. The Alliance ot Georgia has already saved the farming class millions of dollars, but half the work has not been accomplished. The work is just opening up and now is the time to gird your armor on and go to war bravely and determinedly. Remember also, that great victories are not won in an hour or great revo lut'ons produced in a day. Patience, time and persistence are required to bring about all great reforms. NEW YORK LETTER. Some Facts for Farmers. (From our regular correspendeut.) Farmers' Alliance Exchange, 335 Broadway, New York, June 23, 1890. How many farmers know that on nearly every tool we use on the farm we are forced to pay from 10 to 33 per cent, pn fit in order that the man ufacturer can sell agricultural imple ments in free-trade Europe. In other words, the farmer in Europe buys his American-made plows, harvesters, hatchets, etc., from 10 to 33 per cent, cheaper than the American farmer. Then the American farmer is taxed again to protect the manufacturer from the pauper labor of free trade Europe-t These manufacturers, who have a arge export trade, are very close and secret especially in regard to terms and price. I have seen suffi cient in the short time our Exchange has been in operation to demonstrate that nearly all lines of American manufactured goods are furnished to the foreign consumer cheaper than to the American. Why is this and how can we remedy it ? These questions are vital to every farmer in the United States. We hear upon every hand the expression "that the Alli ance is becoming a power' in politics." It is, and will the farmers reap any benefit therefrom ? I admit that the farmer is like the drowning man and will grasp at any straw, whether it offers him permanent relief or not, and I feel qaite sure that professional politicians, who seek office as a busi ness, will try to use the order to pro mote their person il ends. I think our reforms will come not so much from putting men in office as demand ing legislation for our benefit. I think every man should act upon his own judgment and throw off the party yoke, refusing to aecept for gi anted everything told them by those who make a business of politics. Speculation is the great evil that has fastened itself upon the commerce of this country and demands a tribu e from every consumer and producer upon every article he uses. I am quite sure that the different Alliance Exchanges will exert a very strong influence in regulating abuses and do more than anything towards giving the farmer full value for his produce. Every farmer should give his hearty and earnest aid because he and his family will be beneficiaries. Oswald Wilson. KILL THE COTTON AND TO BACCO MOTHS- The cotton caterpillar, boll worm and tobacco worm together cost the farmers of the South over $60,000,000 annually. These three pests are the larval form of three spscies of moth?. These moths hide during the day and fly during the early hours of the night and again very early in the morning. They may be caught in lantern traps or poisoned by baits, and thus be prevented from laying the eggs which produce the worms. These moths are very fond of sweets. A bait made up of one quart of mo lasses, one quart of vinegar and a tablespoonful of Paris green or white arsenic, to which a gill of whiskey may be added, will make a good bait. Place a portion of the bait in a shal low pan or dish and place floating on the liquid a few strips of wood. The moths will alight on the strips and sip the liquid. The pins containing the liquid may be placed on stakes through the field one dish for every three or four acres will be sufficient. A simple lantern trap made by setting a torch lamp in a pan containing some water on which is a layer of kerosene will attract and destroy many moths. Light the torch at dark and keep burning Hhree or four hours from June to last of August as long as moths are killed.- -Gerald McCarthy, N. C. Experiment Station. NEW INDUSTRIES. Enterprises of Various Kinds to be Put in Operation and Things Likely to be Djne at an Early Day Rip Van Winkle Cannot Stay in the Old North State. Manufacturers' Record. Bargaw J. W. Cowan contem plates erecting a rice mill. Madison Sink & Mine erected a saw mil), as lately reported. Golds ')oro It is probable that a crnning factory will be erected. Cary The North Carolina Plow Co , mentioned in last issue, has en larged its factory. Lincolnton New machinery will, it is reported, be put in the Laoora tory Cotton Mills. Lowesville Thomas McCord and others have leased the mineral land of L. G. Robinson, and will probably de velop M -.. Holly Mr. Demorest, of Maine, has been making arrangements, it is reported, to start a spoke and handle factory. Oxford A trunk factory is pro jected. The Oxford Land, Improve ment and Manufacturing Co. can give information. Mr.. Airy The Ararat Cotton Milk Co. is reported as being organized with a capital stock of $30,000 to erect a cotton mill. Monroe Contract for the erection of the building for the Monroe Cotton Mills was awarded to J. E. McAllister, of Ga3tonia, as lately stated. Durham The West End Land Co. has been incorporated by H. A. Ed mundson, J. M. Carington and others. The capital stock is $80,000. Durham W. A. Guthrie and others are forming the company lately men tioned to develop a coal mine in Orange county near Durham. Flat Rock The Mount Airy Gran ite Co., mentioned in last issue, has in creased its capital stock and will de velop the property referred to. Rutherford ton The Idler Gold Alining Co. has been it corpo rated with a capital stock of$l,000,000to operate the Idler gold mines lately mentioned. Salisbury The Salisbury Land and Improvement Co., lately referred to as organized, will, it is stated, im prove the Connely Springs property. Durham E C. Hackney, A. E. Lloyd, S. R. Carrington and others are endeavoring do organize a $10, 000 stok company to establish a wagon factory. Rocky Mount The Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Co. (office, Wilming ton) coatemplates, it is rumored, mov ing its machine shops from Wilming ton to Rocky Mount. Charlotte The Charlotte Electric Light Co., previously reported as to put in another engine, will, it is stated, increase the capacity of their plant by adding a new arc dynamo. Kinston W. C. Fields is president, and J. F. Taylor, secretary, of the Orion Knitting Mills, which will oper ate the knitting factory referred to ia last issue. The capital stock is $10,000. Oxford T. W. Winston, of Selma, has, it is stated, closed contract with the Oxford Land, Improvement and Manufacturing Co. for the removal of the knitting mill, lately mentioned, to Oxford. Winston The city has votad the issuance of the $200,000 of bonds lately referred to for the construction of a sewerage system and purchase of waterworks. The mayor can give particulars. Durham The $100,000 stock com pany reported in last issue as organ ized to erect a cotton factory has been incorporated as the Commonwealth Cotton Manufacturing Co. by J. S. Carr, B. L. Duke, S. F. Tomlinson and others. HOW THE POLITICIANS SQUIRM Mr. Editor: Since Elias Carr dropped his little 1 bomb" upon the placid waters of the political lake, it has looked like a surging sea in the midst of a storm. Col. H. C. Jones led off and all the political papers have chimed in until the whole band is now in play, and the chorus is: " Keep the Alliance out of politics or the country is ruined." Being no prophet, of course I can't tell how this will be, but I think there is just now danger to the Alliance, whose motto should be: "Keep the politicians out of the Alliance." Of course every politician is in favor of the farmer. The farmers know this because he tells them so every two years, and although when in the legis- lature he temporarily seems to forget his summer campaign promises, he is now ready to tell us how his pet scheme for our relief failed to pass be cause of some unfaithful member who happened to have too many railroad passes in his pocket. I do no; advocate a third, or if you please a fourth party. There is nr, need of this, but the farmers ajcl laborers cm rule this State, and hey should not grumble at class legislation if they fail to do so. Let th jm go to the township conventions ar4d see tna Alliance men are sen', to the county and district convention. This is the way to shape things tlnis year, and at tho same time control both Congres sional and legislative nominations. No man can be elected without the vote o the Alliance, but we must be in the field early und late' or the " ward politician " will run the machine " as he has done for so long a time. In union the-, is strength." I The Alliatice in Guilford is wide awake on all things. Moss of the fsubs' buy their supplies through our State Agent. ! Preparations are being made for the grand rally, July 23 and 24, and a large crowd is expected. B. NO WAR IN SIGHT YET. Mr. Editor: Prof. Chas. L. Coon, a young teacher of Denver, N. C, misrs a great cry this week in the Lincoln Courier. " He heard a man say there was more cause for war now than in 1860," and charges the Alii ance with having this man's views, and then leaves the reading public to find out as best they can whether this particu7ar man belongs to the Alliance or not. He does not even say whether this man is of the white race or a3 black as some of the charges he makes against Speaker Reed farther on in his article. His whole fears seem to be for the safety of the Democratic party. I would like to say, for his consolation, that if all the advice which is gratui tously given the Alliance was taken it would " bust " not only the Demo cratic party but the government itself. War ! This war cry must be out side the Alliance. We have never suielled gunpowder at any meeting we have attended. Who are the insti gators of war? Not the farmer. W by ? Because he would have all the fighting to do. Did you ever notice a little ace dog wtien a row with big dogs was brew ing ? He does about all the barking. Where is he when the real fight comes on ? If you will look under the house you are sure to see him at a s.ife dis tance and not saying a word. The party lash will not drive the farmer longer unless it is composed of solid matter. The Alliance is not antagonistic to either party, but some politicians may expect to hear "some thing drap " in the near future. There must be a change, not so much of parties as of leaders. Our Alliance, (Hill's Chapel, No. 852.) is moving slowly but surely. We number about 50 members. We initiated five to-day, June 7th. We are a unit on the demands of the Na tional and State Alliances. The Progressive Farmer is read by most of our members and we think it one of the best papers in the United States. Everybody seems in good cheer here except the professed poli ticians. They are for some cause very sad. Wishing The Progressive Farmer continued success, I remain yours, J. Will McIntosh. GRAPES AND THE BLACK ROT. The black rot in grapes is here in North Carolina, and it behooves our grape growers to be on the alert to stop its ravages. From whit I see of it this spring I am of the opinion that this fungus will never be as destruc tive here as it has been in the moun tains of Virginia and elsewhere. This is owing to the fact that dry, hot weather is apt to come here about the time it begins to develop. I have seen marks of it on a few vines, but in every instance this year the vege tative portion on the leaf has been checked before making spores, and unless very wet weather comes it is probable that the fruit will not be attacked. Only one or two vines at the N. C. Agricultural Experiment Station have been attacked, and no effort has been made to check it as the design is to study this season its pro gress. It is now well known that in the Bordeaux Mixture and Eau Celeste we have the means for checking it. Directions for these mixtures will be found in the annual report of the Station. W. F. Massey, Horticulturist i
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