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Ml THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY, a. 7ol. 5. RALEIGH, N. G, NOVEMBER 11, 1890. J- V i ' J I THE NATIONAL FARMERS' A c LIA-NCE AND INDUSTRIAL UNION. ure-snlr-nt L. L. Ilk, North Carolina, iddreis, oil 9th St., N. V., Washington, 0 C 'yice-rrehidnt B. H. Clover, Cain- .)r.,jc-e, Kansas. Secretary J. H. Turner, Georgia. Ad .s. 311 9th St., N. W., Washington, 0 C. Treasurer VV. H. Hickman, Puxieo, Missouri. Lecturer Ben Terrell, Texas. EXECUTIVE BOARD. j W. Macuue, Washington, D. C. Alonzo Wardall, Huron, South Dakota. F. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee. JUDICIARY. K. C. Patty, Macon, Mississippi. Isaac McCracken, Ozone, Arkansas, ivan Jones, Dublin, Texas. H5ETK CAROMSA FARMERS" STATE ALLIANCE. President Elias Carr, Old Sparta, M.O. v'i-'-President A. H. Hayes. Bird- N- - , , . . j.-cretarv E C. Beddingfield, Raleigh, C. Treasurer J. D. Allen, Falls, N. C. Lecturer- Thos. B. Long, Asheville, s c. Assistant Lecturer R. B. Hunter, HuutcrsvilK NT. C. Onaplam S. J. Veach, Warsaw, N U. r.. ..'r Keeper W. H. Tomlinsor., ay vdle, N. C. Assistant Boor Keeper H. E. King, 'eft nut, N. C. ., Serjeant-at-Arms J. S. Holt, Chalk veifN. C. State Business Agent W. H. Wort:.. oaleisrh, N. C. Trustee Business Agency Fund W. A. irhham, Mnehpeiah, N. C. . .iCUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH OAKO UNA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE. S. B. Alexander, Charlot'e, N. C, . J. M. Mewborue, Kinston N. ' J.S, ohnston. Rufrin, N. C. A CRY FROM NEW HANOVER COUNTY. Mr. Editor: I have read with njeasur?, from time to tim, articles upon the agriculture of North Caro lina, and have noted with satisfaction the interest you display in the welfare of the farmers and the development of the resources of the toil of this State. But there is one great hind rance to successful cultivation to which you have no allusion, which acts as a gigantij barrier in New Hanover county, and effectually cur tails the tilling of the soil by the ener getic but poor man. I mean the in discriminate grszngof cattle and hogs on other than their own land, a specie's of commission surely quite out of place in a thickly settled district such as the neighborhood within ten miles of Wilmington. I cannot conceive a greater embargo upon cultivation than the necessity of erecting a costly fence, not to restrain your own stock, but to keep the hogs and cattle of others off your land. To fence fifty acres will cost probably more than the price of the land added to the value of all the razor backed hogs within inihs, and yet the running at large of one lank hog obliges the cultivator to erect an expensive fence around all his tilled land if he wishes himself to gather his crop. This state of affairs here is surely now an anomaly. Yvhea the country was sparsely settled, your nearest neighbor many miles away, this interchange of graz ing might perhaps be convenient but now the system of all civilized coun tries ought to prevail that each man fence his own st ,ck. What is the result of the present system ? The man who ouys a fair-size 1 property is a prey to all the next door small holders of one to five acres, who choose to run droves of cattle and swine, unless he occurs enormous expense in fencing out .hese animals. Is this right ? Is it not a lack of common sense? Ought not every man to be protected by th law of the State in the enjoyment of what belongs to him, without the necessity of erecting a palisading? To my thinking the time has come when the intelligent farmers of New Hanover County Alliance should take the mat ter up and insist upon having a stock ' ft rv law. Let me mention one terrible result ? this communistic system of graz-IDg- Thousands of acres of good grass her age, tens of thousands of jaluaole young pines, and miles of nemg are annually destroyed by the ' setting of the woods on fire " bv the small holder. It matters not to" him w whom the herbage belongs, nor hom no injures, so long as a sweet is obtained from the young grass boots for his hogs and calves on :tW?'ilaDd' That no better bro U 1 8l0Ck:. CaQ be raised' Dor evident Ct improved is self" UCh bad blood is engen" aered by the trespass of cattle knock ing down and injuring fences. Many such cases are within my knowledge. We have only to look aiound and see both in North and South Carolina how far ah ad are the counties where a stock law prevails, ho v they have prospered since its introduction, ane. how very reluctant they would be to return to the old system. Mr. Editor, the fencing of stock by the owner should be the law of the State obligatory, not optional, and 1 now ask you to raise your powerful voice to induce the Alliance to bring it about. Failing in a State law let the New II mover Alliance resolve on and enforce a stock law in this county. Yours truly, A Settler. BIG IVY ALLIANCE Mr. Editor: Hiving never seen anything in any of the Alliance papers concern ng our lodge, I wish to wrrit-e a few lines, hoping that your courtesy will not deny me space in the columns of your noble paper. I wish to say just a few words concerning the state of affairs that now exists. The question is now distinctly pre sented whether the people of the United States are to govern them selves through representatives chosen by their unbiased suffrages, or whether the money of the speculative class is to control the election of Mich officers as dictate the policy of ue nation; whether the honest aad patriotic toilers of the land w ill rule, or brib ery, fraud and corruption Let us all go to work and not say what little we can do avails nothing; let no tiller of the soil s and agaast but come to the front. Every farmer should take some good paper aud school hiin3df and learn in full the oppression that he endures. The farmer who savs he Las not time to read a paper thvu is laboring to support the cause in which he is most interested, makes ac knowledgement at once that he has turned too much of his time over to the other iellow3. This" position is a grand mistake of the larmer. He should conduct his business so that he can have time to read, and by so doing he can post himself and thereby be able to c ?pe with the other fellows who are speculating at our ex penes. Can't we s: op class legislation ? The railroad monopoly is now so complete that they con.rol the price of farm products ooth here and m the West, and they only alio v the farmer of the West a price for their products barely sufficient to keep the wolf from the door, while they charge the consumer East all he can possibly pay. And while the Eastern larmer can only grow crops about six months in the year, the mortgage grows twelve and 13 never damaged by hail, cyclones nor grasshoppers. The agricultural industries of the country are confronted by active rail roads, national bnks and boss politi cians. The effect of this is to enhance the cost of everything the farmer has to buy. And on the other hand this industry is assisted by combinations of capital organized to come between the producer and the consumer, and they fix prices for both, and to lay tribute upon both the producer and the consumer. Now the best way to kill these men is to starve them to death. We may curse and swear aud abuse them, but so long as we teed them on our votes they live. Don't be a political fool, don't be a clam. Fraternally, R. J. Brown, President. NATIVE GRASSES. Th9 native wild grasses of any re gion are those whi;h have become most fully adapted to the soil and cli mate of that particular region. Such grasses are, however, as a rule, much inferior to the standard cultivated grass of agriculture. It is possible, however, that with careful cultivation and selection many of these wild grasses can be improved without ma terially decreasing their hardiness. The North Carolina Experiment Sta tion has been working on this line, and desires to enlarge its grass plan tation until it has growing every na tive species of grass that promises anything. The Station requests farm ers or others who notice native grasses of particular vigor, or which seem to be relished by stock to collect and send a few specimens to the Station at Raleigh for identification Send at the same time all the information that can be collected concerning the grass. State whether a few ounces of the seed can be collected, but do not col lect the seed until fully ripe, which can be determined by noticing whether the seeds are hard and dry and easily fall out of the husk when rubbed. Gerald McCarthy, Experiment Station NUTS TO CRACK AT THE FARM ER'S FIRESIDE. Press Opinions from Many Sources. In five States the farmers have de serted the old political parties and formed a new one on their own ac count, with regular tickets based on the Alliance platform, in the field. Climax Advocate. Do you endorse the principles o: the Alliance ? Then stand by them. A man may go wrong here and there, but the principles of our political faith a: e as firmly grounded as eternal truth. Western Advocate. There are some people in every community who are only happy when talking politics or wire pulling. If these people ever get to heaven and we hope they will how are they going to employ themselves? Mobile Beg inter. It is strange that men whose inter ests are identical with the farmers, and whose success depends upon the pros perity of the agricultural classes, should work so desperately hard to defeat the people in their struggle to better their condition. Western Ad vacate. Our people must not expect too much in the shape of relief by legisla tion. They must make agriculture a business. Business method a, untiriug energy, intelligent labor, intensive farming, varied products must sup plant the loose methods at proven; pre vailing. Montezuma Record. The South is in favor of free coin age and circulation of silver, and the West favors the free and unlimi ed production and circulation of agricul tural products. The South and West are united in many interests and in mauy wars, and it will not be long be fore their united efforts will succeed. Dallas XW8. . If the firmer had the privilege o: putting his cotton and wheal in a sau place and drawing 80 per cent, of its value at 2 per cent, interest per an num, if the buyer ouhi not pay him its value; the buyer would be pvuy apt to pay a good price at once and be done with it, wouldn't he? South era Alliance Farmer. No farmer, r,o matter how wealthy, influential and seemingly independ ent can afford to hold himself aloof from the general movement which is now manifest in agricultural communi ties io unite the farmers and secure for themselves a better recognition of their interests in the halls of legisla tion. Wichita rpubh'c. Suppose the grand jury should in quire by what authority the Vander bilts watere i Central sto k to the amount of $48,000,000, forcing the public who use the road to pay divi dends upon this bogus extra capital ? A Vanderbilt might pass his autumn at Sing Sing, instead of Newport, if this inquiry were faithfully pushed. Texas Sf tings. The reports received at this office from the Alliances in different prts of the county indicate that the work is in a very healthy state. But few Alliances are at a standstill, while most of them are taking in new mm bers at nearly every meeting. The only ones who are dropping out are suff-necked old party men who have never been in sympathy with the movement. W stern Advocate. The railroad Rystem a3 at present managed is unjust. Its enormous bonded debt at fictitious valuations is absorbing the substance of the people in the interest of millionaires. The general government should own and operate the railroads and- telegraphs and furnish transportation at cost, the same as mail facilities are now fur nished, and that our legis ature shall enact a freight rates no higher than those now in force in Iowa. Voice. Every dollar you use carries with it the curse of interest. As interest is suance from banks is our only means of getting money, how can it be otherwise ? The price of all corn modities therefore must be regulated in some degree to correspond with the amount of interest paid. Govern mental issue of money would there fore prove a two fold benefit, by re ducing the rate of usage and appre ciating the value of commodities. Western Advocate. The Meteorolgical Division of the Experiment Station in Bulletin 72, gives a list of the destructive torn a does cccurring in North Carolina for the sixty five years from 1826 to 1890. The total number recorded eighty four. The greatest number in any one year was fifteen in 1884. The month of greatest frequency wis April, fifteen occurring in that month. The greatest number recorded in a single day of the various years was seve", occurring on February 19th. T ;e prevailing direction of storm mov-men- has been northeast. From pas-r exp rience3 we may expect tornado- s an i storms to occur more general! in tb Ofnrral portion of the State, in the month of April, and between three and five o'clock p. m. During the pist twelve years, however, storms and tornadoes have occurred every year and in every month. A com forting it-flection ! RESOLUTIONS. Red House Alliance, No 761. Mr. Editor: At a meeting to day the followiug preamble and resolu tiona were unanimously adopted: W-kreas Senator Z. B. Vance, stated in a public speech at Yancey ville on the 18 Ji that he would risk the constitutionality of the Sub Treas ury bill if the farmers would risk the practicability of the same; therefore Resolved, That we withdraw our opposition to him in consideration of his agreement to support the Sub Treasury bill as above expressed. Resolved, That a copy of these reso lutions be sent to The Pkogkessivk Farmkr, the Milton Advertiser, and the Caswell News w th request to publish. E T. Daniel, Pres J. E Jordan, Sec'v. DISCRIMINATION IN CHICKEN BUYING- A Sister Comes to the Front With Some Stern Facto Sell Ac cording to Weight. Mr. Editor: The farmers are daily making their appeals to Congress, the Legislature through The Progres sive Farmer as a medium, sol rnakf my appeal as a representative of farmers' wives. There is a clrcken dt.r who travels through our coun 'Ty, who regulates the price of poultry ar.d -'-.g?, payRK different prices to diii'eT ri. ii pe-.-p.c-, the piicec defending on the knowledge ot t e seller as to their worth, and giving in exchange inferior goods sometimes money. (In justice to this dealer I will sy that he does oetto by us than the most of thr-m). The prices range from 10 cen;s to 25 cen-R, 25 ceu.s being the highest price paid for a groi chicken, regardless of s ze. Indeed that seems to be the fixed price of a grown chicken at the South even in flush times. The uncertainty of the price of chickens is a source of injustice to us, the dealer generally get-in g the best end of the bargain, as be knows by experience what they will bring in market. I have just weighed two young chicken', one a fifteen cnt chicken and the other one for which I could get about twenty cents. The former weighed l-1- lbs.; the latter 4 lbs., a difference of three pounds and a difference in price cf five cents. If a farmer carries pigs to market, would they be sold proportionately ? Now about turkeys ? My neighbor carries them to market and he gets 75 cents apiece sometimes more. Now any two of my large Cochin hens would weigh as much as one of his turkeys, that is an average turkey, and it would seem absurd for me to demand more than 50 cents for the pair. I sent some to town last spring and I know any one of them would have weighed six or seven pounds and I received 20 cents apiece for them If they ever pay fancy prices, it has not fallen to my lot to receive them. It is claimed that turkeys are superior oirds to chickens; that their flesh is more delicate, etc. If it is so I fail to see it, and I have heard many others say the same. I think they acquired their reputation more by size than anything else. Now as to eggs A merchant with whom I trade has told me several times that the eggs I carry him are considerably larger than the average, and that eggs should be sold by weight. I have seen it stated that ten average eggs will weigh a pound, and if that is true I am sure that many dozens will each weigh two pounds, or nearly so. With the present way ot selling and uuying there is no encouragement to a woman to go to the expense of buying im proved breeds for the sake of selling eggs. I suppose this all seems little to make so much ado about, but it means many pounds of poultry and eggs to us. With the depredations of dogs, opossums, minks, foxes and hawks, we are obliged to be put to trouble and expense to have enough to use and to spare to the epicures of towns, and we ought to have what they are worth. I say aud repeat it, let them be sold by weight. Will you allow me space for this, so I can get the view3 of others ? I NEW INDUSTRIFS. Enterprises of Virions Iinl.s to be r i in Operation and Thiny Likely to h D ne at an Early Day Rip Va Winkle Cannot Stay in th Old Xo th S'ate. Dlaiiufiitcurere Record. j Columbia J. S. Meekings contem plates the erection of a s idngle iijiil. G 'hien The Golden Valley Mining Co. will, it is reported, erect two saw mills. Old Fort O. H. Blocker contem plates the establishment of a bung factory. Weld on The Great Falls Manu facturing Co. has increased its capital stock to $1,000,000. Greenvilk) A $75,000 planing miil is being erected. Hon. A M. Scales can give information. Milton W. B. Lewis & Co., of Danville, Va., will remove their to bacco works to Milton. King's Mountain- The King's Moun tain Gold Mining Co. will, it is re ported, put in a separator at its gold mines. Montgomery The Moratock Mm mg Co. has purchased, it is reported, j the John amilton gold mile for j $600,00,0. Charlotte The Elliott Furniture j Co. has increased its capital stock and j will double the capacity of its furni ture factory. Winston- The Winston Salem Land, & Investment Co., reported in last is sue, has an authorized capital stock ot $600,000. Durham Mr. Puryear, of Chapel Hill, will, it is state:!, erect a factory in Durham for the manufacture of his patent bed springs. Winston A trict of 4 00 acres of land near Winaton has been purchased by parties who will organize a stock coojpany to improve it. Greensboro ft is stated that n stock company has been organized and. is developing a kaolin mine near Greensboro aud will manufacture delf ware. Durham A Pennsylvania company is in correspondence with the Durham Conso idat d Lind & Improvement Co, relative to moving its manufactory to Durham. King's Mountain The Gaston Min ing Co, of Virginia, is reported as purchasing ihe Yellow Ridge, Allison and Costner river iron mines of Mr. Vantine for $30,000. Halifax T. L. Emry, S. P. Mitchell and W. H. Cuthbert have incorporat ed 'die Carolina Construction Co. for the purpose of developing the water-power of Roanoke river along the Great Falls in Halifax and Northampton counties for manufacturing purposes. SHILOH ALLIANCE, NO. 307. Mr Editor: As I have not seen anything in the columns of your most 11. r a t excellent paper irorn our finance, j will attempt to write you a short letter. First, I must say I am truly glad that, in spite cf all oppositions, the Farmers' Alliance is marching right mande(J by lenders and that no hgiti on to success. All she needs is for mate busmes3 ean SUCcesfudy con- every true ana tionest-hearted citizen who loves his country, to put his - shoulder to the wheel and push like a man, ana tne time is not rar in tne future when the honest yeomanry of the country will have a voice that will be heard. Now, brethren, if ever there was a time since we have been a free people wnen your vote at the ballot box was needed, it is now that time. Yes, just look, he is going right into poli tics. Well, why n Jt ? We have been depending on the big politician for many years to do something for us; has he done it? Yes. Well what has he done ? Answer: He has almost ruined us, financially that is what he has done. Now, brothers, how much longer are you going to be deceived by ttrs set of of well I will not call them any bad names, for they a-e oad enough already. Now, brethren, let me tell you what some of us Alliance people over here in Randolph are not going to do any more: We are not going to sup port any man who will not stand by the demands of the Farmers' Alliance. Now I know we are getting to a very nice point, but I tell you something must be done for the laboring classes, and the big politician will not do it. and you need not depend upon him any longer, for he has promised and promised time and again and has done nothing for our b-inefit yet, but right to the xeverse. I ask you, in the name of high heaven, are you going to put No', great if you i'.e not thought on li'is sunjevt, it is high time vou were be- gmnii'g to think. Inform ourselves, read t'u- Ecor.om 'zi and Tin. Progres sive, r ahmer aud whatever o:h r g :d literature you can get, and 1c prnared to wte inte 3'gentlv, us be time is come when we must aot as in telligent beings and not b turned abour, by eveiy little whdll, as we have been in time past. S and firm, brettiren; gj slow but solid; be fau'a ful to your obbgatiens and, don't for get to ask the blessings ot the higher power to assist us in this combat It we will do ttiis in right manner, we will surely succeed, for I believe the Lord is on our side; and if the Lord is for u, who can be against us ? Much success to vou, Mr. Editor, in your noble work ami to the Alli ance in general, I am, Faith f ' y yours, B. S. M , Secy. FROM THE BEAUFORT COUN i Y ALLIANCE. Mr. Editor:- - in response to an order of this Alliance, made at the July meeting, by which I was in structed to prepare and report at the next regular meeting, resolutions ex press ng the views of this Alliance on Federal taxation and other financial matters as ibt y affect the interests of agriculture and labor, ). beg leave to :'; Dort as follows: Wuereas, It is a notorious fact 1 .bat farmers and farm laborers receive less compensation for the labor, care and at ention bestowed, by them, on their business than any other class of pe.pie in the United States; and wh n as, this result is caused by the fin-r: bd sys em and management of the same, of the United States Gov ernment, and csp cialiy by that unjust a?; l oppressive tax known as the pro tectivt. ;ar if, whereby farmers and farm !ab..r,.-rs are compelled to pay not only their jus:, share of revenue nedea rjr .ne support or the Viu'-Sr-ment, but are a's o c ..-impel led to pay, annual! v, in addi; on thereto, many hundreds of millions of dollars to masufac-urers and other monopolists to increase their already overgrown profits and wealth. Th -refore, Resolved, That we demand such financial reform, by said government, as will remove the unjust burdens now resting on all persons engaged in agricultural pursuits, and that we especially demand the reduction and modification of the protective tariff so that u equal rigtits to all and special privileges to none" may e the rule m taxation a ad in all other matters of legislation. Resolved, We demand the f ee and unlimited coinage of silver and the repeal of the United St-tes tax on State bank currency, so that each State may provide for the creation of a sufficient amount of currenc fi r its own people, which currency will not be subject to manipulation, by Unaed States officers, in the intere-t of spec ulat rs and monopolists. f Resolve(i, We demand of the next Legislature of North Carohna a r?. duction in the legal rate of in ten believing, as we do, tha;, the rate fixed bv law larelv controls the rale dft. ducted on borrowed capital at 8 per 1 rpni ?,w,w. That th above demand are just and fair to all and if the same are faithfully carried out, farmers and laborers will aain become prosperous, contented and happy, without resort ing to any extraordinary, special or class legislation, all of which we con demn as wrong in principle and of more than doubtful utility. R. W. Wharton, Committee. Geo. E. Lewis, Sec'y. THEN AND NOW. last fall potatoes were fifteen cents, per bushel, and they told you it was overproduction; and before another crop is raised the same potatoes are worth $1,50 per bushel; also last fall corn wai worth fifteen cents per bushel, and now, before another crop is raised, it ii worth foity cents. In the name of God, farmers, do you believe them when they tell you it is overproduc ;ion ? The fa :t is, when ;he farmers have anything to sell it is overproduc tion, and when their products go into the hands of combines, it is under production. Now what are you going to do? Are you going to vote with, the party that made all these inequali ties possible, or vote with the people who claim to help you? Let them have a chance. God knows they can't make things any worse than they are. Leader, Grafton, Nebraska. oe fide rev in tiu-m av lorijjf-v ?
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