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E INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUB PEOPLE PARAKOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY. 13 Vol. 5. RALEIGH, N. C, SEP TEMBER 2, 1890. No. 30 I THE NATIONAL FARMERS' 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, 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 j2.TR CAROLINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. President Elias Carr, Old Sparta, tf.C. Vice-President A. H. Hayes, Bird :own, N. C. Secretary E. C. Beddingfield, Raleigh, S. C. Treasurer J. D. Allen, Falls, N. C. Lecturer Thos. B. Long, Asheville, N. C. Assistant Lecturer R. B. Hunter, Huntersville, N. C. Chaplain S. J. Veach, Warsaw, N C. Door Keeper W. H. Tomlinson, Fay--rteville, 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, Weigh, N. C. Trustee Business Agency Fund W. A. Iraham, Machpelah, N. C. iFOUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CARO LINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. S. B. Alexander, Chariot e, N. C, Jhair jian; J. M. Mewborne, Kinston N. J.; J. S. Johnston, Ruffin. N. C. THE SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL D STRICT. Mr. Editor: For sometime I have been watching the course of the politi cal campaign in this district, and after a careful observation of the side chat, the court house rings, and the general maneuvering of the party gang, I' am led to believe that there will be an other de3perate effort made to pull the wool over the eyes of many farmers at the next ballot-box. After much expense, riding round and wirework ing, so much success has been made as to have a man nominated for Con gress who will not even promise to advocate our wishes at Washington. Now the question is, shall we support such a man ? I answer no. First, because I do not think such a position (not the man) is the wish of the ma jority of the voters in this district; second, because there will be a make believe that we must vote for the man that is nominated whether he is the choice or not. Let the Forsyth Alli ance tell it again that they vote for no man at the ballot box who will not support their interest. Then again, we hear them crying out for the salvation of the party. O! save the party, and if you farmers do not vote with your old par:y you will bring about a division and other rule will come in. This is a wonderful hobby horse to throw in the face of our farmers and good Alliance men; but in answer to this question I siy to our Alliance brethren that if the party is worth more to us than our farm interest, then let the Alliance go to grass and eat mullen, for that is about the result; if we still keep sacrificing our interests for party. Again, they tell us we must not take politics into the Alliance, or it will be scattered to the winds. Just so, and I contend that the Alliance does not go into politics until she takes sides with one or the other party, and for that reason do not sacrifice your every day interest for party sake. If the object of the Alliance is to carry one rotten party into office at the ex pense and in the igoorance of the other, then I say again let the miser able humbuging Alliance go to grass and eat mulles. But to our great consolation we know that such is not the disposition of our noble organiza tion. Its tendency is to bring the parties nearer together, to heal old wounds and sores, to bring on the time when we will Hot know a Demo crat from a Republican when there will be no Yankee or Rebel, no North or South, but one grand fraternal United States. This being the object of the Alliance, we would like to see a full corps of Alliance men go to the legislature and Congress. Therefore send us a man for this congressional district of the right stamp some able, good, honest, Christian farmer who will pledge himself to support our interests to the extent of his in fluence and not allow himself to be bribed, bou and sold by the money rings around Washington, and I do not think there will be a ay trouble to give him a seat there. Now to the brethren of the Alli ance: Will you vote for a man who will not even promise you to defend your wishes ? Will you vote against the very thing for which you were organized and are contending ? Will you be hooked and led by the nose by that wonderful party cry ? Will you ride the same old horse that has a very sleek back, a nice head and a good general appearance, but has thrown, kicked and trod upon you every time you mounted him ? Say, brother, will you be so puerile as to try him again ? I do not wish to be understood to be opposed to the nominee of this dis trict as a man, not a word of it; but I am opposed to voting for a man who will not promise to do anything for me. And I do not see how any other Alliance man can consistently. Think rf it, brethren. A refusal to support the Alliance platform is, to my mind, an acknowledgment that there is something behind the curtain. Enthusiast. HOW THEY SQUIRMED. Mr. Editor: A large delegation met in Raleigh on the 20th of August for the purpose of holding the State Democratic Convention. Some of the counties in the State were not represented. It is safe to say that four-fifths of the delegates present were not farmers and of course were an ti- Alliance men. Col. Harry Skin ner, of Pitt county, intended to intro. duce resolutions favoring the Sub Treasury bill. This was known and the anti Alliance delegates set to work to defeat his scheme. Of course the antis could have voted down the resolution but they did not want to go on record as having voted against the bill. They knew that they would not vote the sentiment of the people they came to represent. By a motion, which was carried, they worked the game so that ail resolutions were to go to the committee on resolutions without being read or debated. Col. Skinner got up and charged that the objest of that motion was to prevent the introduction of the Su ) Treasury matter; that it was a plan to prevent any arguments for or against the bill in that convention ; that the lawyers present were afraid to meet the argu ments in favor of the bill, and that they ought to be ashamed to oppose a thing and not be able to present plausible arguments against it." Col. Skinner is one of the ablest lawyers in the State, and may be said to be the father of the Sub Treasury scheme. More than two years ago he wrote an article for The Progressive Farmer in which he gave an outline. His article was not noticed by the pres3 of this State, but was widely read and copied. Beyond a doubt Col. Skinner's suggestion was the foundation of the bill. It was com mented on by some of our State pa pers after it appeared in Belford's Magazine. By ingenius sulrming the conven tien dodged a discussion of the bill Wednesday. Hal it not been an " off year " in p clitics the farmers would have been in that convention to a considerable extent. The dodg ing game would not have worked and there would have been some fun. This is one of a few instances where the " sqirmers " have had things their own way this year. Two years from now a trick of this kind will be a flat failure. The day of dodging is nearly over. In two years from now the Alliance delegates to the State conven tion will carry the politicians around in their vest pockets. A Delegate. LINCOLN COUNTY CONVENTION Harden, N. C. Mr. Editor: Our County Conven tion has just passed off, and we are so proud of our success that I cannot help informing your many readers, through your columns, though the Alliance of this, old Lincoln county, does not number more than one third of the voters of the county, we carried every candidate that we wanted. So, brethren, do not be discouraged if you have not a majority of your coun ties. Stand solid and you will be sur prised how outsiders will fall in line with you. I am an old voter of thirty odd years, and 1 can say that I never saw such an interest taken in a con vention here before. The farmers and laborers are determined to rule and their enemies will have to step down and out ere long. M. S. Hovis, Pres't. NUTS TO CRACK AT THE FARM ER'S FIRESIDE. Press Opinions from Many Sources. Lawyers are the predominating power in the legislative and congres sionil affairs of the country. Lawyers, then, are responsible for the policy that obtains. Farmers of late are finding a good deal of fault with the prevailing policy. Kentucky Union. Farmers are desperately " hard up," but Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review, under the date of July 25th, says in its heading that the " Tone, of the business world is prosperous, money easy and collections good." All of which goes to prove, what many have suspicioned, that the calling of the farmer is not looked upon as " business." Kentucky Union. Fifteen bushels of wheat, the average product of one acre will bring $7.50 borrow that much money at 2 per cent, for one year and it will take over 3- bushels to pay the interest. Carry a bushel of wheat one year and it will require at the usual rates of interest over of it for interest. And yet we are reminded of prosperity. Home Rule. The labor press ia doing more for the nation, for civilization, for general advancement than any other earthly means. It is elevating the people the grandest of missions. It is sow ing the seed which will result in the grandest of earthly harvests. It is exposing long existing wrong, and advocating the principle's of justice. Alliance Sentinel. Don't waste your time and wind arguing about what some old party paper says Ben Clover or other leaders have said. When the People's party leaders want to talk, they have plenty of friendly papers to talk through, and if the people will take the friendly papers they will find out what the leaders do say. When they do speak it is in no uncertain tone. Non Con. If the name of Phil Chew does not already stink in the nostrils of the farmers of Missouri it doe3 in those of a vast number of them and the day is not distant when it will in those of every one. His aim is power, his ob ject, self assertion and gain; loyalty to human effort is a thing as unknown to him as is loyalt;o the F. & L. U , which he is at present doing his very utmost to destroy. Rural World. Men will often make charges which they know to be false, and when the party thus charged brands the asser tion as a lie, they say, " I believe you if you say it is untrue;" but that does not undo the harm. They tell it, knowing it to be false, and knowing the party on whom it is tola can so prove it; but they know that a lie outruns the truth, even in the face of a just contradiction. Alliance Farmer. The Union Bee (Humansville, Mo ) says: "The drouth, now prevailing in thi3 county and Kansas, is not en couraging to the tax ridden farmer, for the interest on his mortgage must be paid. If the Kansas farmer has no protected corn to burn next winter, he may sit by the light of a buffalo chip fire, read his Bible and bless Senator Ingalls for the tide of pros perity which Western farmers now enjoy under the wholesome laws which he has urged through Congress. The bond owners are now happy; they have won the fight, and the bonds they now hold are payable, principle, interest and premium, in gold only. It would be interesting to know ju3t how many millions it took to force this bill through Congress. Men in these days of corruption and trickery do not change their avowed beliefs and betray their constituencies with out a consideration. It will now be in order to placate those whom they have so wickedly betray ed.-Econom'st. Why not the farmers take a hand in politics ? Are they not subject to all laws enacted by our law makers ? Every farmer should vote, and vote intelligently, too; and for them to vote solidly, looking to' the best interests of all, "equally. We say for the farm ers to vote intelligently is to vote solidly, because are not all laws equally applicable to all farmers ? Then if they would be successful in having their interests rightly- represented, they must vote solidly for men who are able and who will advocate their interests under any circumstances when it becomes necessary. Ex. The old money hen sets on monop oly eggs and is continually hatching out trusts, combines and corporations. The business of our so called states men seems to be to care for the old hen, nd occasionally to appoint a committee of Senators and Represen tatives to chase one of the brood to where it roosts and rob it, but they are very careful never to harm it They do this only when compelled to do so, in order to appease the clamor of the people, who are being robbed by this foul brood. The thing to do is to kill the old money hen and break up the hatchery, and this is the mis sion of organized labor. California Newspaper. PROCLAMATION For a County Thanksgiving Day by the Alliance. , Whereas, It is the duty of all man kind to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty Go J, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and whereas, by virtue of authority vested in me at the last, meeting of the County Alliance, I hereby appoint the 12th of September as a day of thanksgiving and prayer by the Sub-Alliances of Ashe county. Each and every member is most earnestly invoked to assemble in their places of divine worship on said day tor the purpose of acknowledging our gratitude and thankfulness for the prospects of such a bountiful harvest and earnestly to implore a c ontinua tion of divine blessings. Given under my hand the 20 th day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hun dred and ninety. Jas. H. Exum, Pres't Ashe Co. Alliance. THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. The following telegram was re ceived by President Clover ani for warded to us too late for our last is sue: Greenville, S. C, July 23, 1890. Hon. B. II Clover, President Kansas Stute Alliance, Cambridge., Knnsa-'-: The F. rmers' State ALiance of South Crolita now ia session at Greenville, S. C, sends greetings and extends the riht hand of fraternal friendship to our brbren of Kansas and the entire north west. E T. Stackiiouse, Pres't S. F. A. of S. C. If peace is better than war; if love is better than hate; if friendship is better than enmity; if union is better than disunion, then should every loy al, loving heart rejoice over this mes sage of peace and good will flashed over the wires from South Cirolina to Kansas. That real union which our armies could not win; that reunion which policies could not force, has come at last, spontaneously and fervently through the blessed instrumentality of our beloved order. Long and bitter have been the years of estrangement Cruel and wicked has been the po litical scheming to perpetuate sec tional strife. Fierce and revengeful has been the temper which designing leaders, both North and South of Mason and Dix on's line have striven to keep alive. But the long night of hatred is past. The morning of a better day has dawned. The masses of the people have trusted leaders who have betrayed them. Homelessness threatens the great army of toilers. In the pres ence of this, great danger men's hearts are touched and the holy sentiment of brotherhood ha3 sprung up under the pressure of a common woe. The spell of the evil enchanter is broken; never again will men sd long follow in blind worship, leiders whose gospel is hatred and selfishness. The great Gallilean has conquered. Peace and good will have won the victory. Kansas gave warm, loving welcome to an invited and honored guest, our National President, L. L. Polk. South Carolina has responded with this heartfelt greeting. Kansas never takes a back seat or a backward step when that step is to wards a higher plane of sentiment and action. Topeka Advocate The Secretary of the Treasury, who under the new silver bill is the Grand Mogul of American finances, is buy ing silver at 15 cents premium, but says he will issue notes only of the $500 and $1,000 denominations. How very convenient ! Now wlien you subscribe for the Liaht and we cannot make the change, you will tell us to take the bill and give you .creaijtor five hundred years-'' subscription, and the poor miner of 'Colorado who has worked a week for ten dollars bullion must hold.it till he ge-s five hundred or sell it to a money king who can get $11.5? for the poor man s $10 00. Again we say, how very convenient for the money king. Electric Light. NEW INDUSTRIES. Enterprises of Various Kinds to be Put in Operation and Things Likely to be Done at an Early Day Rip Van Winkle Cannot Stay in the Old North State. Manufatcurere' Record. New Berne A steam laundry will, it is stated, be erected. Goldsboro- F. H. Bain contemplates starting a b'oom factory. Monroe It is stated that two brick yards have been established. Hilhboro R. E. Lyon will, it is stated, open granite quarry. Greensbiro It is stated that an oil well will be sunk near Greenboro. Burlington The Aurora Cotton Mill will, it is reported, be enlarged Littleton W. A. Johnston is re ported as erecting a canning factory. Wilmington The city is develop ing rock quarries to pave the streets. Winston Northern parties are re ported as to build large brick works. Price's Store Breen& Freeley will, it is reported, devebp silver and iron mines. , Ninety-Six A cotton gin and two cotton-seed oil mills are reported as being erected. Durham Tha establishment of a co operativeeiron foundry and machinn shop is contemplated. Swain County C. E. Graham, Natt Atkinson and J. M. Thrash have, it is reported, purchased the Whittier tim ber lands of 70,000 acres. Salisbury Peacock & Barrier, of China Grove, will, it is reported, re move their spool head and shuttle block factory to Salisbury. Haw River Thomas M Holt has awarded contract for the erection of the 50 barrel roller fl jur mill men tioned in last issue. Oxford The election reported last week to consider the issuance of $50, 000 of bonds for the c instruction of water works will be held Septem ber 8. Monroe The city will hold an elec tion to decide uoon the issuance of 4. $25,000 of bonds to improve streets and erect the electric light plant re cently mentioned. Raleigh J. H. Wiggin, of New York, lately reported as having pur chased the Jones & Powell Ice Fac tory, has organized the Raleigh Plate Ice Co. to operate it. Cine Creek Nathan Stafford and G. W. Sylvester, of Clover Orchard, and W. P. Beall have incorporated the Cane Creek Quarry Co. with a capital stock of $6,000. Salem The city will probably amend its charter authorizing the issuance of $40,000 to $50,000 of bonds for paving streets. H. E. Ives, mayor, can give information. Greensboro T. C. Worth, E. P. Wharton, J. C Worth and others have incorporated the Worth Wharton Real Estate & Investment Co. with a capital stock of $150,000. Charlotte The stock company men tioned in last issue as organized by W- E. Holt, J. S. Spencer and J. C. Smith has been incorporated as the Queen City Shoe Co, to manufacture shoes, harness and saddles. The capi tal stock is $50,000. "YOU ARE A CRANK." It was not the words so much as the tone and manner in which they were spoken, that caused us to feel hurt. The words were addressed to a representative of the Farmer by a would-be agricultural aristocrat who had been asked to subscribe for this paper. The "would-be" aforesaid designated the farmers' movement as the ' sore-head party," and the Farmer man a crank and a liar, simply be cause he had offered to pay one dollar for every article in support of the farmer's bills, found in a certain paper. We don't object, in fact we rather like to have a real man call us a craek, but draw the line at a hide bound, fossilized political chump. This par ticularly chronic specimen of the genus " blatherskite " insinuites that the representative of the Farmer is a prevaricator. Wmle he cannot that he has never uttered &Jsiet he wishes to place-tl?Tollo wing on Tecord as hi--Kge8t.lie: The man led him a liar is a perfect gen- Why are we proud of being called a crank ? Well, about all the reform ers in all ages hive been cranks, but we need not go back further than our times to find the names of such men as John Brown, William Lloyd, Gar rison, Wendell Phillips, John B. Dough, "Land Bill" Allen, Peter Cooper and hundreds of others cranks of the first water. The first was hanged through the cowardice of the political bosses; the second and third were hooted and jeered at, pelted with rotten eggs and dragged through the streets with ropes about their necks, by a mob of howling fools. Wendell Phillips died and his party represented in Congress, refused to contribute one dollar toward erect ing a suitable monument to his mem ory, but left it to a pack of ki labor cranks." No man who has given a moment's thought to the signs of the times, will deny that the tendency is toward monopoly, centralization and the sup pression of thought. Everywhere we hear of hard times, starvation, un paid interest and taxes, low prices and poor waLri. Every where wealth producers aro deman ling redress for their grievances and relief from the burden of unjust taxes and discrim ination. Taey have grown tired of " free trade " and " high tariff" pap; they know that farmers are becoming bankrupt every day in "h gh tariff" America and " free trade ' Britain alike, and they have learned that the "tariff" is not a factjr in their tioubles. They have been fooled, wheedled and bamboozled for the pist twenty years by a discussion that is utterly nonsensical. During that t me men, women and babes have starved; farmers have struggled with taxes and mortgages; produce is so lov that it cannot be shipped to mar ket at a profit; tiaasportauon i3 so high that western fiimers burn corn, while Pennsylvania miners eat coal or nothicg. Meantime the Shylocks, the land thieves, the corporate monopolists, the banks and bondholders, the "trusts" and politicians are getting in their wo: k Pennsylvania Farmer. FARMERS TO THE FRONT. The Farmer Knows His Rights, and Unless all Signs Fail, Will Maintain Them. In. all ages of the world, nations have been strong in the proportion that agriculture was prosperous and carried on under the substantial con dition of proprietorship. The rural homestead has always been the altar of patriotism and every public virtue, and when this characteristic was lost anarchy and disintegration has fol lowed. A rural citizenship has always been the prey to design ng men, who coveted their substance without emu lating their homely virtues. Know ing but little of the cunning ways of those versed in statecraft, depending solely upon honest toil tor bread, and removed from those populous centers that breed all manner of vic, they have been victims of vicious greed, aud by degrees have surrendered the birthright secured and defended by their sturdy arm and resolute patriot ism, and have sink into servility Their downfall has presaged that of their country. But these were ancient times To repeat itself history must deal vith re peated conditions. In these days and in this country the farmer i3 a different man. He knows his rights aad, unless all signs fail, will maintain them. He may be slow to realize the necessity for doing something, and this tardiness may have be in construed as silent conseat on his pirt t? drift with the tide if he sinks with the ship. Bat when he hang3 his coat on the fence and goes to work in earest, he is always equal to the emergency, and those who th:nk otherwise, deceive themselves. When the country needs saving, and others refuse to do it, an immense hos of farmers', accustomed to hard work will be found ready. They have simply been steerage pas sengers on the ship of Stite, trusting to the officers and crew to carry them safely. If they find that the officers are drunken and the crew disorderly and mutinous, they will not hesitate to man the tiller and the yardy. They may do some rough unscientific work at the start, but what they lack in skill, they may make up in main strength and -awkwardness. And tnats whatj5JejiiaUer- with many oiaers wuo nave let toe interest of the people look out for itself, while they gave their whole attention to Uparty expediency as affecting their tenure of office lexas farm and Ranch. --- Eight thousand miners in Belgium have struck, and a3 the- Sosialis leaders are fomenting discontent, it is expected that the movement will spread.
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