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THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHSS CO SIDERATIGSS OF STATE POLICY. Vol. 5 RilliBIGH, N. C, AUGUST 19, 1890. No, 28 THE NATIONAL FARM. 5 AL LIANCE AND INDUSTRIAL UNION. President L. L. Polk, North Carolina. Address, 511 9th St., N. W, Washington, D. C. Vice-President B. H. Clover, Cam bridge, Kansas. Secretary J. H. Turner, Georgia. Ad dress, 511 9th St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Treasurer W. H. Hickman, Puxieo, Missouri. Lecturer Ben Terrell, Texas. tXKCUTIVE BOARD. 0. W. Macune, Washington, D. C. Aionzo Wardall, Huron, South Dakota. J. F. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee. JUDICIARY. R. C. Patty, Macon, Mississippi. Isaac McCracken, Ozone, Arkansas. Evan Jones, Dublin, Texas. N HTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE. President Elias Carr, Old Sparta, G. Vice-President A. H. Hayes, Bird- k wn, N. C. Secretary E. C. Beddingfield, Pwaleigh, tf. C. Treasurer J. D. Allen, Falls, N. C. Lecturer Thos. B. Long, Asheville, N. C. Assistant Lecturer R. B. Hunter, Char- ia;ce, N. C. Chaplain J. J. Scott, Alfordsville, N. C. Door Keeper W. H. Tomlinson, Fay--.ueville, N. C. Assistant Door Keeper H. E. King, reanut, N. C. .Sergeant-at-Arms J. S. Holt, Chalk ?.fvel, N. C. State Business Agent W. H. Worth. Raleigh, N. C. Trustee Business Agency Fund W. A. Graham, Machpelah, N. C. . XCUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CARO LINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. S. B. Alexander, Charlot-.e, N. C, .'h&ir aan; J. M. Mewborne, Kinston N. 1 ; J. S. J ohnston, Ruffin, N. C. LETTER FROM HILLIARDSTON. Mr. Editor: Though Gold Mine Alliance. No. 675, may be unkno vn to the reiders of these columns, we will ever be found in the foremost ranks in this grand ani glorious fight for liberty and justice to all. Never before has there been so much activity and determination among the farmers to organize and co-operate for united benefit. The farmers are certainly thinking deeply, and thinking will lead to action. There seem3 to be a settled conviction among them, irrespective of party, that there is something wrong, and when they have decided what that wrong is and from what quarter it comes, they will end it. But what a pity we should dabble in politic?, and are concerned because we claim our political welfare an ob ject. The work of the Alliance must be directed toward securing a just representation and treatment of agn cultural interests in the legislature and Congress, and due recognition of farmers in all public affairs without conflicting v'Xh the best interests of the entire public. Democrats and .Republicans cm unite wiih no other purpose in view but the welfare of the farmer and the whole people. It is distinctly non partizan. All those interested in the welfare of the farmer are welcome accessions to its ranks. Recognizing the fact that they number nearly one half of the population of this nation, the farmers simply ask that their rights shall be equally protected with all, and by orgauization and co-operation they intend, if possible, to secure this. For their condition no one is to blame but themselves. The remedy is simply organization and education, education that shall teach them to vote for ther own interests organization so that unitedly they may have power to compel organiza tion for their interests. But to day we are blindly led by those who care nothing for our welfare if they can only receive our ballots to pave their paths to power and wealth. The very worst corruptionists are elevated to power by your votes, and you struggle and writhe for years under the blows he recreantly deals you. Are your taxes high and your rich neighbor's light ? Your ballots can force him to bring forth his hidden treasures and bear a just portion of the burden. Do you grumble and growl under the reign of monopoly and trusts? You gave them the power to rob you. Are the blows unjust? Your ballots elected the law-makers; you set up the altar; if you are immolated thereon, who is to Olame but yourselves ? Nine millions of voters have the power to break every unjust law and trust and cal ring, and yet you toil and drudge and ft7$T ab0Ut the hard and feel that your homes are slipping slowly but surely from your grasp, and still you allow laws to be legis lated in favor of the classes and against the masses. By your consent the price of your cotton is fixed by New York gamblers; by your consent the railroads bleed you with high rates; by your consent your property is all taxed and the rich man's hidden. Who is to blame, the law makers or you ? Do we stride a blow at ny party ? Do we ask for anything but justice ? We condemn no man or party. We simply say we, the farm ers of this nation, that pay the greater portion of the taxes, will endeavor in the future, by thorough organization, to have something to say about the legislation of this nation. M. E. Felt, Cor. Sec'y. LETTER FROM PERSON COUNTY Bethel Hill, N. C. Mr. Editor: As nothing from our corner is published in your valuable paper, I will try to give you a few items. Alliance No. 633 has never been a very Urge boiy, but we have a few true and tried mem1 ers who havs re solved to stand by the order to the last ditch. We have seen good of the Alliance in other ways than financially, especi ally have we noticed this when there was so much sickness and so many deaths. The Alliance brethren have always been among the first to lend a hand of help and drop a tear of sym pathy for the distress d. We have paid $30 to the business agency fund. We buy all our guano and mos!i of our supplies throngh our sub agent at rock bottom prices. Our pet object, if we have one, is to build up Bethel Hill Institute. This school is conducted by our worthy Chaplain, Rev. J. A. Beam and his accomplished wife and thei assistants. The school received a large patronage from the surrounding country as well as from a distance. Its favorable location adds materially to the convenience of all the Alliance brethren in both Stat-s. This school was incorporited by the Legislature for two miles, and no spirits is sold within six miles of the Institute. It is situated four mile3 from the junc tion of the A. & D. road and the L & D. road, thu giving easy access from east, west, north md south. The principal and the brethren of the neighborhood have put board so low that the boys and girls of our Alli ance brethren can get a good business education or be prepared to enter any of our colleges at a very low cosf.. The Alliance and the school have had a very decided effect on the com munity for good, and we hope, under good management, for greater good in the future. Fraternally, S. C. Humphries. A NEW DAIRY INDUSTRY. Three years ago, recognizing the valuable propeities in milk for chil dren and invalids, Mr. Karl Kron, a former well-known journalist., decided on the inauguration of a uew depar ture in dairying at Milwaukee, Wis , for the speciil benefit of that class of its population, and by repeated ex periments has secured a product from his cows which, if properly prepared, he claims is equivalent to mother's milk. By a simple" apparatus, the milk, diluted according to the age of the infant, is freed and is kept free of all disease germs, and keeps sweet for weeks. This apparatus consists of a boiler, bottle frame, stopples, manu factured from especially pure natural rubber, bottles and glass pistons. In order to turn out an excellent article, he has erected commodious buildings, especially adapted for the purposes and keeps his cows Jerseys and other noted bieeds in an airy, well lighted apartment always open to visitors. The cows are fed aretully compounded rations of cracked grain and hay, and are curried from day to day to keep them in a cleanly and healthy condition. In speaking of his establishment, Mr. Korn says: " I suppose it is the only one of its kind in this country, although it would be a blessing to the multitude ofinfants and others to have one in every large city. The majority of our physicians take a lively interest in it. I am willing to give any information to responsible parties, who perhaps would .like to establish similar institutions in other cities. My patrons, numbered by the hundreds, gladly pay ten cents for one bottle of milk containing one quart, while common dirty slop milk is sold at four to six cents a quart." larm, Field and Stockman. NUTS TO CRACK AT THE FARM ER'S FIRESIDE. Press Opinions from Many Sources. One of the Farmers' Alliances out in Kansas has resolved t: patronize only those papers that tell the truth. There ought now to be a big decline in the circulation of some of the Kn sas papers. Mobile Register. The farmers and liboring men wid probably learn after a few more years of toil and starvation, that one of the impossible things in this world is to obtain the repeal of bad laws through the parties that enacted them. Col or ado Workman. Crops grow in fields suitable for their culture, in .ike manner trusts form in atmosphere inviting to their grow;h. Tell me not they are too young for destruction. It h easier to drown a gosling than it is to choke a gander to death. Eye- Opener. Mr. Hayseed to Preedelivery " Say, Pard, how long 'erfore you bring our letters out to our doors ?" Freedelivery "Free delivery is for cities not for country people." Mr. Hayseed "Yes, but don't I help pay the taxes to pay your salary ?" AVi ance Quarterly. If the g. o. p. can get the people to imagine they are happy, they will have made a fine point against the up heaval of the laboring . class. But it will be rather hard to convince the "corn burners " of Kansas, and the poor miners of Pennsylvania that they are happy. Eye Opener. England loans Irish farmers $50, 000,000 at 3! per cent, interest. The New York Sun must regard the Eng lish as very wicked Socialists. The funds should be loaned to English lords at 1 per cent. that would be our plan, and would, of course, avoid all socialism. Iowa Tribune. It has .long been rumored that President Harrison will veto a free coinage silver bill if he gets a chance. This is either an effort to bulldoze congress on the part of the gold wor shiper, or it shows that the president is totally unworthy his office and ought to be impeached. Iowa Iribune. Some very scientific wire pulling was done at the court house on Satur day vrhen the g. o. p. funeral was in progress. Have your fun, gentlemen, and make the mosi fly we have no objection ; but we'll whisper to your palm leaf auricles that you are wasting valuable time the persimmon patch is on the other road. The Weeky Union. The old money hen sets on mnop oly eggs and is continually hatching out trusts, combines and corporations. The business of our so-called statesmen seems to be to care for the old hen, and occasionally to appoint a commit tee of Senators and Representatives to chase one of the brood to where it roosts and robs, but they ire very careful never to harm it. The Newspaper. Adolph Buch, the St. Louis beer kin j, i3 at the head of an establish ment which employs 3,000 men, and he receives a salary of $50,000 a year. How many poor laboring men who are complaining of hard times, and whose families are suffering for the neces sities of life are contributing to pay that kingly salary. - California Prohi bition is July 3. The ass in lions skin Senator Vest, announced on the floor of the Senate that Cleveland had changed fronts and now strongly favored free coinage of silver. Silver Democrats say that Cleveland will soon publish his reasons for this change of front. H s con tinual hob nobbing with Wall street are the ears that stick out and betray the fraud. Ark. Dispatch. The reform press is ignored and sneered at by some of the partisan papers. They do not want their read ers to know what a terrible power the reform press has become among the farmers and laborers of this country; but it is of no use, they may as well give up; the reform press is ahead, for truth and justice (their motto) will al ways come to the front. Ex. It may be worth something to cer tain gentlemen in this city and county to learn just at this time, that not one man will be nominated by the TJ. L. party in this county for office who is not a well known and well established Union Labor man. The U. L. party does not propose to take up ;any man for office who has not already been measured by the purest rules in our platform. Labors Tribune. The following is the opinion of the Baltimore Frte Press as to the condition of the farmers of this country : " Is it to be wondered at that he kicks ? We trow not. The Farmers' Alliance is but an echo of the sentiments ot the American far:uer. Every party has neglected, or worked against his interest in the past. To day he s-- it. He notices that the laborer i? get ting the meed of hi3 desir s, tnd wishes to j un with him in seeming equal benefits for himself. In ibis :;e is emphatically right, and havii g grasped the out-streiched hand of tbe workingman, he meaES to, and will be a'de, oy tha, asaistaace, ti grasp and control, as he should do, the destinies of the country. Our national hanks were instituted by the influence- of men making the most plausible pretenses of benefit to the people. They urged a sound, saf and staple currency, but behind this ostentatious plea was a devilish Scheie of servitude This was only the siren song to lure people to destruction. Our railroad land grants were made through the loftiest pretentions of benefit to the people. It was a hellish scheme for personal aggrandizement ; its fruits, land monopoly, landlordism, transportation monopoly, is a con spiracy against production and com merce, a severe bio v at human liberty, a plot to make devils grin a ghastly grin and make angels weep. Indian apolis Leader. WORK FOR A RAILROAD COM X MISSION. Ft. Gaines, Ga., July 30, '90. Mr. Editor: The railroad is a public necessity an educator a citi zen, and in the main is built and equipped by private funds. But at the same time is a franchised monopo ly, and have the right of eminent do main over its right of way, conse quently the right of the roads and of the public are hard to define, and that both should receive justice the de cision should be by competent jurists on franchise. Hence the obsolute necessity for a railroad commission. If your people will elect a General Assembly tint can rqueez-3 the water from railroad (and other) stocks, and elect a Governor that will appoint competent commission, the roads will prosper, and railroad build iDg re ceive an impetus now not thought of and the people will be benefited. Try it and see. Georgian. TO MAKE BREEDING PROFIT ABLE. I believe the trotting strain comes closer to a general purpose horse than any other strain of blood in existence, and I advise you as farmers to breed in that line, and in so doing you breed for a purpose, and should you fail to get a trotter you are bound to get a general purpose horse, and he cm be utilized better than any other c ass. If fortune shou'd f ivor you and the trotter should come, he will pay for a good many general purpose horses. Let the farmer who contemplates breeding select with the greatest of care his brood mare, as here lies the most vital point if he wants success. She should re standard and fashion ably bred, good color, from 15 to 16 hands high, sound, young, well made and of good disposition. If you are in possession of such an animal so much the batter, but if not visit some breeder's sale where you have confi dence that the horses sold are as rep resented and buy one. If you have to pay five times what she might be worth for farm service, don't consider it extravagant, as it will be the best investment you ever made, and it doesn't cost any more to raise a good horse than it does a poor one. By having her fashionably bred your colts will be more saleable. Let this mare be your starting point and build up your 3:ock farm in this way. Because you have a good family horse and she has proven kind, and the ladies are able to drive her about, and she is a good roadster, don't think you have the proper brood mare un T it . t 1 T I less sne has tne oreeaing. l nave never heard of a good family mare being a great producer. Go to the breeder who has been a success, and get some of his successful blood, and you have the embryo of future suc cess. The mare should, have your best box stall, and moderate use will be beneficial to her. Study her blood lines carefully so that you may be able to properly select the best cross, as there is a great deal in the nicking of the blood, as shown in the history of all our successful sires. Hamble- tonian with all his greatness would not have had the fame had he been deprived of the American Star cross. His son, George Wilkes, would riot have been as phenomenal, had it not been for the matrons by Mambrino Patchen. C. S. Burr. NEW INDUSTRIES. Enterprises of Various Kinds to be '"-' in Operation and Things Likely to b D. ne at an Early Day Rip Van Winkle Cannot Stay in th" Old Xotth Suite. Manufatcurers' Record. Madison The erection of a wood working factory is prejected. Wilkesborough Sinoak & Ha'ckett hare, it is reported, s-arted a brick yard. South Washington A. B. Croom is erecting a grist mill and cotton gin at Croom Bridge. Long Creek Wiufial i Larkins con templates adding a light siw mill to his gin and grist mill. Burgaw E. M. Johnston is erect ii;g a saw mill on Peggus Island, and may add a planing mill and dry kiln Greensboro Ross & Willis, lately mentioned, will, it is reported, add flour mill machinery to their gt4st mill Marion M. H. Roberts, of A ugus ta, Ga., contemplates erecting the woodworking factory reported in last issue. J Washington E. T. S'ewart will rebuild his machine sh)p recently re ported as burned, erecting -L building 124x27 feet j Tarboro Reuben Foster, ot 530 Light s'.reet, Baltimore, Md., has pur chased the 200 acres of land men tioned in last issue, j Wilmington Th? Wilmington Cot ton Mills Co., recently mentioned, is reported as erecting an additional buildiDg 70x100 feet Weld on Thd Roanoke Navigation & Water Power Co. is reported as erecting a grain elevator with a ca pacity of 12,50 J bushels. Raleigh J. N. Wiggins, of New York, ha?, i- is reported, purchased the Jones & Powell ice factory; will improve and operate same. Durham it is stated that the Dur ham Fertilizer Factory has com menced work on it 3 fertilizer factory previously reported as to be rebuilt Charlo te A. T. Schmidt, T. S. Biffy and D. A. Tomkins have incor ated the A. T. Schmidt Co. to con struct oil mills, etc. The capital stock is $12,000. North Carolina Contract for the construction of the lighthouse on Dia mond Shoal, off Cape Hatteras, his been awarded to Anderson & Barr, ot Jersey City, N. J , at $485,000. Weldon The Weldon Brick & Land Improvement Co. has been organized with W. E. Daniel as presi dent, and J. T. Gooch, secretary, to build brick woiks. The capital scock is $10,000. LETTER FROM ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. Douglas, N. C Mr. Editor:- -Brother W. R. Lind say, writing in The Progressive Far mer of July 29th, 1890, entertaii.s great fears for the sue. ess of the -Alliance cause, Specially in this Sr.ate. I think Bro. Lindsay's apprehension will very likely never be realized. There are but two parties in this country Democrats and Republicans. Nearly all citizens belong to either one or the other. Who are the Alli ance men ? They are citizens belong ing to one or the other of these great parties, and our Alliance battles must be fought through these parties. In referring to them I do not mean to exalt or crush either. The Democrats of this, the Fifth Congressional district, hava united in giving the Farmers' Alliance their choice as a candidate lor uongre&s, and you will find that all Democrats and a great many Republican?, irre spective of avocition, lawyers, doctors, merchants and manufacturers will work as hard for the honorable elec tion of " Uncle Baldy " as the Alii- rTt 1 r ance can. vv nat more can we asK r How is it about State affairs ? All men, except, perhaps, those that are being directly benefited, Democrats and Republicans, lawyers, doctors, merchants, manufacturers, iarmers unite in saying that our demands of the legislature are honorable, just and fair and should become laws, and are ready to support nominees in their re . 1 -H spective parties wno win worK ior their enactment into laws. What more can we ask? Our re lief must come partly through legis lation; it can not come through an honest administration of the law. How is it about county affairs ? In this, Rockingham, county, I am in formed that there are twenty seven democratic candidates for the nomina tion of sheriff and twenty four are memberd of the Alliance and three arc not. On the Rppublican side I pie-un;e there are equally as many an i in the same rat o. The same is nearly the case with all the county offices, and right here is whore the trouble comes. Less than half of either of tne greU political parties in the country belong to tbe Alliance and these majorities want recognition in the distribution of rffices, and it is nothing but fair, honorable and just that ti.ey should have it. They do not want to see All the . ffices gobbled up by their pp.rty friends in the Alli ance, and if the members of tht Alii, ance will is cheerfully support honor able men of their parlies who are, not members of the Alliance ior some of the county office?, I am sure they will find all their party friends rs.dy and ntuusiastic in their suppor; for their nominees who will work f.or the relief tL.e Allianc- demands. I have not wri.ten fhis to cast one obstacle in the way of any aspirant to anv office I do not consider this an issue of " honest men versus rogues," but a struggle of the people aud labor against undesirable legislation and capital. Our cause is the cause of justice, equity and humanity which is the cause of us all. Every citizen en dorses our couse and is in sympathy with our cause. R. P. Henry. ORGANIZER'S REPORT. Boomer, N'. C. Mr. Editor: As organizer of Wilkes county, I will submit my re port for the past month through our most excellent organ, Tiie Progres sive Farmer- In connection with Bro Thos. B. Long, our able md effi cient State Lecturer and Organizer, I have organized nine lodges in our coucty with about one hundred and twenty five members. The order is certainly much revived in our county. Bro. Long has done a grand and noble work in the Alliance cause in the i4 State of Wilkes." He effected organ zations at points where there was a great deal of opposition and where no other man but Tom. Long c u'd. He made a most excellent spe ch at our county meeting which met at Moravian Falls Academy. All i he Alliances in the county were rep resented and quite a number of people -vere there who did not bel .n to the order. All were exceedingly well plea-sad with his speech and went to their homes with renewed energy, de termined to be more earnestly engaged ia the work of emancipating the toiling masses of America from the clutches of proud monopoly. We hav some as true Alliance men in old Wilkes as in any county in North Carol na. A majori y of our brethren are true, energetic men and are determined to staLd by the cuse to the last, notwithstanding some are weak kneed. Some con nected themselves with the order ex pecting to get rich in a v ry short time without any effort whatever on their part. Such men are of but lit tle benefit to any organ za'.ion and should be expelled as soon as possible. We would still earnestly urge the brethren to read our State and Na tional organ, The Progressive Far mer and National Economist, a it is the only way to educate the masses, in the science of economical govern, ment. Long live the Alliance and its grand principles. Fraternally, V. McGuinnis. GRAND RALLY OF DAVIt) ON COUNTY ALLIANCE AND BASKET PICNIC, To be Held at the Orphanage, Near Thomasville, N. C , on Aug ust 27th, 1890 PROGRAMME. Procession of members of the Alli ance from the railroad depot in Thom asville to the Alliance headquarters at the, Orphanage at 10:30 o'clock a. 111. Addresses by Hon. Sid. B. Alex ander, of Meckleaburg county, E. C Beddingfield, State Secretary, Raleigh; D. Keid Parker, District Lecturer of Raldoiph county, Dr. John F. Crow- ell. Trinity College, and others. Music by Pilgrim Cornet Ban I and the Orphans. Everybody invited to come. Members of the Alliance are re quested to bring baskets well ailed wi n provisions. Every one is earnest ly requested to bring or send a con- nbuaon to the orphans. H. C. Thomas, Sfc'y. W. A. Lindsey, Chm'n Com. on Arrangements.
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