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0 V THE PKOGEESSIVE FARMEB, NOVEMBER 11, 1890. ( L L POLK, - - Editor. J L. RAMSEY, - Associate Editor. W. F. DALY, - Business Manager. Raleigh, N. C. -SUBSCRIPTION: ing Subscriber, One Year f i six MontLr Five .sabecrHvts, One Year 5.00 n ii ( mi1 " ear iU.uu One copy on-yenr free, to the one sending Club cInrarviM'j m Advance. u. at Ai,rrii? if BPnt bv reeifterefl letter or aity order. Plesst don I send etamjs. Adwlsisff Hat en q ioted on app i'- : 1 ,y Correspondents fact, is worth a lhoupand theories. A Mr-?? ail coinrnnriH'f-.uoTL- v The Proue-mve Karmek, U N- I- K" LEIGH, N C. NOV 11 190. "he Progressive Farmer is the O nciai Organ of the N. C. Farmers' State A uance. D. vou want your paper ebhre-l to another office? State the oi which yoi; nave been getting it. D vou want ynr communicati pub lisied? It so, give us your real name and vour rot office. On: friends in writing to any of our'advert'.sers, will favor its by mention ing the fa--t that they saw the advortie-tne-.t in Thk Proork?sivf: Karmfr. The date on w .en your time is out. !al-e; you A SMALL FAVOR ASKED. Will the judges, members of the State Senate and mem he or the Lower House who have refused to ac cept tree passes from the different railroad corporations in thy State be so kind as to drop us a postal card to liiat effect ? We would appreciate this little act of kindness very much. lu response to the above the folio w ing members of the Legislature and Senate have gone on record as bavin g refused railroad passes: R. W. Scott, Alamance county ; B. A. Wellons, Johnston county; J. D Parker, Perquimans county; E. 0. Beddingfield. Wake county; M. J. Ham, Wayne county; John Norwood Orange county ; N. Gibbon, Mecklen burg county; J. L. Anderson, Hert ford county; D. Alexander, Tyrrell county; A. Robinson, Duplin county: J no. S. Surratt, Davidson cmnty: J A Williams, Davidson county X THE RESULT. r IHE election is over. The result, X. was better than thy victorious party had expected. But the time has come when treachery to the in terests gi the people by any party, or ganizatioti or individual will be pun isned promptly. The pec pie of this countrv are desperately in evnest. Thev will no longer put up with non sense Old party fossils have lost their grip. The people want men; they want live issues; they are going to have them. Sectionalism has gov erned the action of the men in power in this country to a great extent for more than 25 years. After sectional ism came corruption. The result of this election is only a beginning. Who can foretell the end ? Notwithstanding the fact that party feeling ran high, particularly so in some localities, there was no blood shed. The work of the Alliance can be seen in this. The people are in a better condition mentally and morally than they have been for years. The only trouble was one or two rows in Northern cities where the influence of the Alliance cannot reach. li the people of this couutiy, par ticularly the farmers improve as rapidly in the next two or two years as they hive in the past, the effect will be wonderful. The people expect no man to be perfect, but they will no longer be slaves to party tyrants. For instance, men like John J Ingalls or Speaker Reed, will be hurled from high plac- s just as soon as ballots can do it. It is to be hoped that a great deal has been accomplished alreaty, but it will not do to stop. Hold your ground and continue to think and act. In making the politics of the countr) better you will better yourselves Watch as well a3 pray, and never lose sight of the fact that the primaries are the place to begin reforms. What ever you do don't allow a man to be elected to any position with the ex pectation of his doing his duty after he is elected, when he is not willing to do it before his election. A GIGANTIC SCHEME. rHERE -'is nothing new under X the sun ' is an old and true say ing. We learn from an exchange that nearly a dozen of the leading manufacturing firms of Detroit in co operation with other concerns in the laiger cities of Michigan have taken s.eps to form a gigantic a'diince of capital, having for its object the en. tire subjugation of organized labor. This combination will be of an en tirely secret character, and will ref late the wages of the respective em ployes, without reference to their right or demands The trust was formed Xr'".- a!! communication, denlerc-i p-ibiica lot,, on one side of the paper orjly. We want intelligent correspon.ki.r- :i: every conn Yin the Statet We want ac', of va.ue, re saits:ocomp!ished of value, expenuLttf of value. in New York less than four weeks ag, and since that time has spread with lightning rapidity through Buf falo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany, Massillon, O., Zanesville, Columbus and Springfield which cities are stir r ng inemselves in the same direction. A liU-nber of the largest manufactur i:,g compani-s and corporations of Pitts ourg have followed suit, includ ing Carnegie's rolling mills and steel works, the Westinghousc company arid all the large firms doing business below Pittsburg on the Alleghany river. Toe Colt Arms company, the Yale Lock company and the Broome Elevator works in Connecticut have all a shire in this immense combina tion, and it is the intention of the promoters to extend the system from end to end of the United States. The avowed object is to crush the labor organization', aiid to decimate the various trades unions of the country by refusing in a body t ) employ unicn labor. It is claimed that by thorough ly conoerttd action and the refusal to acknowledge collective effort on the part of the employes that the poer of labor as a body can easily be broken by taking one city or district at a time, and utterly paralyzing the workers by a contribution of capital sufficient to starve the laboring class into a submission to the terms of the capitalistic league. They will ihen refuse to acknowledge any prote-vT, or petition which is not personal or in dividual. The scale of wages wii: be fixed by the league, as will ail oiti-.jr important matters as to hours, eic. Should the employes of one firm da maud as a body any change or ameli oration of their condition such a;t;oii is to be viewed in the light of a strike. Work is to be suspended, and th firm thus involved, together with all other firms engaged in a similar business, shall close down uatil the dissatisfied workers shall have sub mitted to the terms dictated by the league. MINNESOTA MORTGAGES. SOME six months ago the Great West, St. Paul, Minn , alleged that 700 mortgagfs had been fore closed in one county in that State in the past twelve months. Many of the papers made light of the statement. Since that the Great West went to the trouble of getting the exact figures and published them in the last issue of the paper. They find that the county has bonds outstanding for rail road facilities to the amount of $300, 000. The total number of real estate mort urates that have been recorded since the county was orginized is 13, S 1 9 . Of this nu ml :e r 7 , 2 7 2 h a ve been satisfied or foreclosed, leav.ng G,547 still in force. The total mortgage in debtedutss since the county was or ganiztd has been $7,132,003,08. Of this amount, $3,494,981.86 have been paid up or foreclosed. This leaves the vast sum of $3,637,081,22 unpaid. The county has a population of about 30,000 people. It has 02 townships So each township has an average o; 106 mortgages amounting to $58 662. The Gitnt West finds that the a vera ire price oi wheat in the county for .he past twelve months has been about 50 een s per bushel. Now how lonjj: will ii tike these people to pay these deb.s with 50 cent wheat ? That is not all. Neatly all the personal property in the coumy is under chattel mortgages. On the reil estate mortgages above they have to pay $360,000 annually in interest. Add to this the $140,000 annual interest on the railroad bonds and other indebtedness and the total sum for interest is $500,000 each year. The above are facts. There is no guesswork about it. Cin there be any further doubt about the sincerity of the Northwestern farmers in the great Alliance movement ? The his tory of this one county is j ist a s imple of the awful condition of things in that fertile region. Yet everybody except the farmers and laborers are prosper ing as they never did before. How long will this republic last at this rate ? GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS. SOME people scorn the idea of the government owning and operating all transportation lines. Like most things, there is two sides to the ques : ion. In 18S9 the railroads of Russia paid the government a net surplus of $77, 500,000. Taking this as a basis, the railroads in the United States would pay all the State and national taxes. India has 16,000 miles of government railroads, magnificent depots and iron telegraph poles. The poor working people of India average only 7 cents per day. The railroad fare is only one seventeenta of a cent per mile. So they can ride 119 miles for the price of a days labor. The average price per day for labor in the United States is about $1.50. There is a wide difference between 7 cents and $1.50, yet the American laborer can ouly ride about 50 miles for a days woik. The ciizen oi India can ride 69 miles further for the price of a days work than the American citizen. We need pissenger and freight charges put down on an equal footing with other charges. If it can be done by means of a railroad commission, all right; if not, then by some other means. BROAD GUAGE PATRIOTISM. V TnrTtini l -t a. l a. r JLy suppressed discussion of our Sub Treisury bill, and that we canriot get those who oppose it to come out n a fair and manly way and d iscuss it t e fore the people, the measure is gain ing strength every day. The Sub Treasury plan has not been- so strong and popular since its introduction into the Senate by benator Vance, as it is it this very hour. Many of the brainiest business men and of the 1 gal profession throughout the coun try are coming forward and support ing it. All the bosh about its uncon s .ltutionality is being exposed and the people are beginning to see the hidden hand that is manipulating the opposition to this great measure of re form. Among the many sensible things thit are being said of it, we find the following from Major A. O. Bacon, of Georgia, in response to a letter, urging him to become a can didate for the United States Senate He says he is not a candidate, nor will he be, but he says some things which we quote below and commend to the earnest attention of the Alii ance of North Carolina: With you I share the earnest hope that the man selected to the position of Senator may be one prepared by capacity and conviction of purpose to stand in that high place as the cham pion of the agriculturalists in their present effort to lift from themselves the burden of uniust federal laws in force, and to secure :he additional leg islation which they deem necessary to insure their increased prosperity. No man would contend that the farmer's interest is the only interest to be con sidered in the selection of a Senator. Other interests are entitled to f-qu 1 consideration. But this time this is the farmers fight. In this contest all other issues ire subordinated, and the single recognized issue is, whether the man to be selected will, or will not, stand in the Senate to dght for the farmers, offensively and defensively, on the line of battle which they them selves have marked out. It i3 a clean cut issue, and those who are not with them squarely on that line are against them. For those who refuse to stand ou the particular line marked out by the timers, the only escape from the charge of hostility to the relief which they seok, lies in the vainglorious assumption that their wisdom exceeds the combined wisdom of the whole agricultural class, and that they kno better what the farmers need than do the farmers themselves. For 1 00 yea-s the farmers of Georgia in the majority in every legislature with-out exception vhich il;ia as sembled in the state have elected United Spates Senators on all kinds f issues, and in the nteresLs of various classes and industries. But never once in that time have they put forward and elected a Senator purely upon m issue for the particular henfit ot the agricultural interest After having oorne for a generation the evils cf the most iniquitous and discriminating Federal legislation, after having looke 1 long and in v&in for relief from many conflicting and unsuccessful legislative schemes and devices of other0, they have themselves finally formulated and agr. ed upon a plan which they say and believe will give them tne neede i re lief, and to the country. They, with their dependents, constitute a very large majority of the people of Geor gia and own much the larger portion of ail the property within its limits The success of their industry is the foundation of all prosperity, and is ab solutely vital to the continued existence of every other business in the State. Surely under such circumstances there can be no more reasonable demand than that which the farmers now make, that the Senator to be this time elected, while he will represent the interests of all classes, shall be peculiarly and particularly the representative and champion on the floor of the senate of the particular legislation whi:h they have themselves devised, and the enact meat of which they demand in their behalf. It matters little who that man may be, provided he have integrity of chat -acter beyond question here or elsewhere; fidelity and constancy of purpose to honor him by their choice, and capacity for the high and respon sible duties with which by their favor they clothe him. Weighed in the balance against such an issue, the question of the personal political fortune of any one man is as insignificant as is fate of the vain and gaudy buttetfly when compared with the full value of the farmers' crop. The world's progress has never yet stopped on account of the loss of the service of any one man. In the needs of the time there has always been found some one to bend the bow of Achilles. THE CAUSES. A LL of the papers are saying just what caused the great Democratic upheaval throughout the country. None of them are entirely correct, but they siy it all the same. Perhaps the New York World is about correct in the following: " This result is due to the conduct of the majority of the present House. The people have fittingly rebuked the partnership with monopoly and plu tocracy into which the Republican party has forced the government. They have rebelled against the ad ditional burden of taxes with which they have been loaded for the benefit of the contributors to Republican campaign funds. They have uttered a protest agtiast the Republican at tempt to maintain their power in the Senate by the creation of rotten bor ouh States. They denounce the ex travagance of a Congress which has brought the Treasury face to face with a ruinous deficiencv. They hive given an adverse verdict on Mr. Heed's arbitrary denial of the rights of the minority ana nis destruction oi iu deliberative character of the House. WILL THEY PASS TH S AROUND? IT will be remembered that the op position papers of the country. some weeks ago, published with great gusto a bogus telegram staling that S. B Erwin, President of the Ken tucky Slate Al iance, had repudiated the Sub Treasury bill and was out and out against it. This piper gave it no attention because it did not believe it. We knew Bro. Erwin to be a true, zealous and sturdy Alliance man and that in due time he would speak for himself. His only objection to the bill seems to be that it does not go far enough. Bro. Erwin speaks for him self ttarough the columns of his paper, the Kentucky State Union. Will the papers that gave circulation to this falsehood correct it by publishing the following from the pen ot Bro. Er .vin? Many thanks to you gentlemen for your complimentaiy letters, but neither myself nor the Kentucky State Union is fighting the Sub-Treasury. The principle is right and must prevail. The present b 11 before Congress we do not favor because it does not reach far enough. As we have said before, in our congressional district composed of thirteen counties we would be en titled to but one warehouse. If the Sub Treasury bill will be so amended as to reach the men that need it the class that need it is the weilth pro uucers, though they may be worth but a few hundred dollars. We iully en iorse the demands of the St. Louis platfoim as agreed to by the Knights of L-ibor and Unions. It is our pur pose to lelieve the oppressed, and that should be our aim. Let no one think tor a moment that we are di vided on the Sub Treasury principle. Tfiis is the leading lea'.u'e of our ordt. ). We must have cheap money. We -aa only gel it through a Sub Tr tisury. Tr:ere is not an organiza lion on earth that is rroie unked on one priuciple than the Union on the Sub Tieasury princ p'e. The detii's is what we are d-scusirig; consequent iy let the discussion go ou, we wili by and by get a bill iiiar wili reach the case. SENATOR VANCE AND THc AL- L I -:J. NCE. IN -h. I'fj:, of the 30.1: nit, is a jp ;ii of th"! speech made in Dal las ieertl!y by Senator Vance, in which he is ip;.ted to have said, touching the Sub Tivas a v bill: uHe wrote to Mr. Car and told him he cju.1 not. support n, and then it was he dtclared that the assaults bgan to be made upon him, but he declared that the Alliance as a bodv was not goiDg back oa him, and said that every candidate for the legislature except three were pledged to ritn. He said that as far as the Sub Treasury bill was concerned the Alliarci was not agreed upon it, and that he de manded that the jury be agreed bef ore they hang him for not supporting it. He said if he voted for it and it was not constitutional, the devil would get him, not them, as he had taken an oath to support the constitution." The Progressive Farmer had hoped that tne Senator would so modify his views on this great measure as that good and true Alliance men could consistently give him their support. But he persists in declaring the bill unconstitutional. In short, Senator Vance cannot and will K i support that measure, and yet he claims that "eveiy candidate for the .egislature except three are pledged to him." Senator Vance makes the isue clear the Alliance must abandon titis measure or it must abandon him. What answer will the Alliance of North Carolina make to this proposition ? As the official organ of the order in our State, Tue Progressive Farmer would be basely recroant and treacher ous to its high trust if it faltered in the discharge of its sacred duty. It cannot and will not support any man for Senator who thus hces himself in antagonism to a measure which lies so near the heart of this Lrreat oider. We will not abandon the Sub Tre;sury plan, but we intend to do all in our power to secure legislation that will bring the relief to our oppressed peo I pie contemplated in this bill. So fat as this paper is concerned, it will not give up this measure foranyman. 22 Porter, the Su jeriutendent of Census, evidently is not as smart as he thought he was. The New York Wurld says that two months ago the Census Bureau gave an estimate of the population of the country, from the returns received, indicating a total of 64,211,264. The official figures now put forth reduce thi3 nearly 2,000,000. As a depopulator Porter beats war and pestilence. WE WANT A COMPLE t E LIST. rjHE PROGRESSIVE FARMER 1 desires a correct list of all mem bers-elect of the Senate and House of Representatives. Will some brother or friend in each county ana feenato rial district in the State send us at once the names and postoffice address of each member of the House ana that of the Sena or ? State, also whether they are members of the Alliance. HAVE YOU HEARD FROM KAN y SAS? WHO is Polk, anyhow? Say Mr. Crawford, have you evei heard of him ? We put down the triumph of the party in Kansas as the most significant political action that has occurred in the history of our country, and it was precipitated and inspired by the bitter sectional speech of Senator Ingalls, in the Senate last February. The movement was organ ized only in May last and it is a re markable fa ;t that not a prominent politician was connected with it. It was literally a mighty uprising of the in dustrial classes to assert their man hood and they did it gloriously. They elected their entire State ticket six Congressman out of seven and carried the legislature almost solidly. It is said that on joint ballot in their Gen eral Assembly there is a clear ma jority of 28 against Senator Ingalls. And thus endeth the first lesson ! EDITORIAL NOTES. I. A. Pettersen, of Florida, sends remittance, but fai's to give name of his postoffice. It is sail that it cost the gov ernment a million dollars to make the McKinley bill a law, and a wretched law it is. " We didn't know the thing was loaded; so says Ingalls, Crawford & Co , but it was loaded all the same, at bth ends, with concentrated politi cal dynamite. We have about twenty letter? on rile with no postoffice given What shall we do with them ? Will the writers abuse us if they do not hear from them ? The People's Economist is a new Alliance paper that will make its ap pearai.ee at Thomasville, Ga., on the 9th of November. Hambleton & Massey, editors and proprietors. Mr. E. P. Hauser, of Kinston. teacher of vocal 'and instrumental music, has set the popular poem, " I Think I Thunk a Lie," to music and offers it for sale at a reasonable price. The American Federation of Labor will meet at Detroit, Michigan, on the 8th of December. Delegates will be invited from all of the various labor organizations throughout the country. We have received two letters in the past two weeks containincr monev, out not a scratch, ot a pen in dicating from whim thy came, nor for what. They are awaiting recogni tion and further orders One of ou! exchanges came with burned edges last week. It was the Mobile, Ala., Register. The paper was scorched in the depot which was burned in the great fire there week before last. Some of it was burned entirely up A The Argonaut, which has been published at Nashville for sometime, has been moved to Rocky Mount, and has become an eight pae paper. It is one of the most enterprising jour nals in the State and we wish it con tinued prosperity. Our thanks are due the Bu Id ing Committee of Trinity College for an invitation to attend the laying of of the corner stone of the main build ing at Durham on Tuesday, the 11th inst. The address wili be by Hon. R. B. Vance, of Buncombe county. The New York World says that the " expbded fallacies of Free Trade" seem to have made terrible havoc in the Republican ranks. One or two more such "explosions" and nothing will be left of the G. O. P. except its owners the 14,500 mill owners. The North Carolina Intelligencer, a large and handsome paper, has re cently been enlarged and is now printed on new type of its own. Mr. T. R Jernigan, editor and proprietor, deserves much praise for getting out such an excellent paper, it being only five months old. The Atlanta Journal is a great paper, it :avors me election oi vjen. Gordon to the U. S. Senate. This it has a right to do. But we earnestly protest against the way it is doing in .trying to bring odium upon certain Uliance leaders in order to elect Gen. Gordon. This it has no right to do. 22 Mr. T. C. Williams, of this city, has purchased the interest of Mr. A. L Ferreil in the Raleigh Visitor and has taken charge. We wish Mr. Perrell the most abundant success in all his undertakings, an 1 trust that Mr. Williams will reap rich reward for his labor in the newspaper fieid. 2 Forty two per cent, of the peo ple of Maryland live in the city of Baltimore. In other words, the popu lation of Baltimore is 434,000; popu lat.inn nutsidft t.ViA rif a(c nr, vuw vjr, UVU,UUU T) . timore has a large trade oius;( that State, but this is evidence too great a number of our pecvfJ i"v in cities. They must live an j ' country people foot the bill. U- 22 We hope that every c0 t Secretary of the Alliar ce in the s- will send us the name, party t;u.v e long to, etc., of each State sVnJrt and member of the Legislature el-c-i at once. State whether or not V"'-1 belong to the Alliance. This !s portant, and we hope to get a pro--response. t'- The carriers for the ( -harlot Xeivs have had bad luck la:elv Tu i e -.' AU'6h weeks ago one of them was kn f r rm a fToin fta it. ruccail r. oc 1... ! iiuui vi w jccvvi t ieieif J"- pole and died in a few hours l week ago another fell through an e'e vator shaft and was nearly kiV Last Wednesday another or,e-j-. Orr was passing an engine ho1 just as the fire alarm sounded and V reel horses dashed over him bevv-'a could get out of the way. Ji w badly bruised, but not dange.i.- TTatit ia tViia fnr q ctntA The Alliance will have 3.S men, i.tis ;r Congress, besides 12 to 15, who ae pledged to their demands ( )-.r he;. approximate estimate from returns re ceived up to this writing, shows t': following: Georgia, 6; North ('.--, Una, 5; Mississippi, 2; AlaUm. ; South Carolina, 2; Virginia, 1. Tts nessee, 3; Kentucky, 1; Florida, ; Kansas, 6; Nebraska, 2; South I'tkota 2; Iowa, 1; Minnesota, 1; WisconsiE 1. We electtwo Governors -Wil; of Kansas, and Loucks, of South lh kota. A REQUEST. When you take up this rapt; please cast your eye up to the lahe! c: the paper which bears your f.-an.e You will see some figures on this !a; and they mean something. Will yo: not kindly study them for a minute or longer if necessary, at least loc enough to learn from them what thfv mean. If you find them thus: 11 NOVr. 1890, or anv date before this, v,-- are reminded that the time has kx pired for which you have paid for the paper, and you are most earnestly re quested to keep us waiting lor y.ur tenewal just as short a time as possi ble. It takes money and a great ha'. of it to ruu this paper, and out of tne amount you pay there is but a meaner mi'.e left alter you have received you: fifty-two papers. You have much to be thankful for. Providence has smiled upon you and abiir1'.-.'. bi.-ssed vour labors. We have waitei patiently for the harvest. Now vre ass you tn ail Kindness to serjd ;n your renewal at once. FINANCIAL REFORM. Col. oik Writes of His Trip Through the West. Special Cor. Statu Chronicle Y ar polite no e kindly asking to give you a brief sketch of my trip Yesr, received. My reception every where and on all occasions was exceed ingly gratifying. The partisan press and speakers gieeted me with the usual flood tide of slander and vituper tion, while the people exteniea tie warm riiiht hand of cordial welcome and good fellowship. In Kansas, M s souri, Illinois and Ohio, I met large and enthusiastic crowds, and they ;vinced the deepest and most earnest ntere3t in the great movement for re form. " Financial Refokm " is the ogan in the North vest. They re gard all other issues as of minor im portance and will press this out q:u-3 ;ion to the tront until relief comes. They stand squarely and firmly on ihe Suo Treasury bill, and legard it as ihe measure that must lead to the re ief of the great industrial interests ot the countrv. The members of ou: 1 rdrr in the great West frel deep)' u e bsolute necessity of locsdrjg hac'.s ith the Deoole of the South in tt'-S effort to oreak the shackles of corrupt money power and henceforth te " hloody shirt " will be powerless :n arraying them on sectional hce--They sincerely and honestly dts::? unity and fraternity between the peo pie of the sections. This is the S-r-and grand work to be accomph5 - through this great organization Vx1 strife and excitement runs high. J1 masses of the people are iebe.: against boss rule and the fight there, as in localities South, is between t:e people who make and constitute t:e par ies and the leaders who have hi erto ruled the .parties. The man blind who does not see in this rnu uprising of the people, a revolution a. industrial and economic thought ws:c wid go resistlessly forward to grea. changes and reforms. I was gratis to find that there is a growing coi tion among the different farmers or ganizations that all should consoU'-a- and unite all their efforts, errJj' and powers to the end that t:-e mands of the times shall be met. order throughout the whole cou-; i IS 1U UlitJI bpUlb HUU uctn-i firmly united than ever before :c -history. Yours hurriedly, 3 L. L. Polk- The Farmers' Alliance have oru ized a meat packing company at Mo. Capital stock $10,000 in s--of $5 each. ! 1
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