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THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OP OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY. Vol 5 RALEIGH, N. O., DECEMBER 2, 1890, No. 40 i I -2 NATIONAL FARMERS' AL LIANCE AND INDUSTRIAL UNION. President X. L. Polk, North Carolina, address, 511 9th St., N. fl7.f Washington, D C Vice-President B. H. Clover, Cain ride Kansas. Secretary J. H. Turner, Georgia. Ad iress, 511 9th St, N. W., Washington, 0 C Treasurer W. H. Hickman, Puxico, Lecturer Ben Terrell, Texas. EXECUTIVE BOARD. 0. W. Macune, Washington, D. C. Aionzo Wardall, Huron, South Dakota. ; F. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee. JUDICIART. R. C. Patty, Macon, Mississippi, saac McCracken, Ozone, Arkansas. Svan Jones, Dublin, Texas. CETH CAROLINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIAKOr. President Elias Carr, Old Sparta, ST.C. Tice-President A. H. Hayes, Bird- :.)',vn, N. C. Secretary E. C. Beddingfield, Raleigh, S.C. Treasurer J. D. Allen, Falls, N. C. Lecturer Thos. B. Long, Asheville, tf. C. Assistant Lecturer R. B. Hunter, Hunters villa, N. C. Chaplain S. J. Veach, Warsaw, N 0. Door Keeper W. H. Tomlinson, Fay--sville, N. C. Assistant Door Keeper H. E. King, i'eanut, N. C. Sergeant-at-Arms J. S. Holt, Chalk i.vel.'N.C. State Business Agent W. H. Worth, ftaleigh, N. C. Trustee Business Agency Fuud W. A. Graham, Machpelah, N. C. S0OTIVE COMMITTEE OT THE NORTH CARO LINA farmers' state alliance. a. B. Alexander, Charlotte, N. C, Ohair-nan; J. M. Mew borne, Kinston N. J. S. Johnston. Ruffin. N. C. STATE ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. R. J. Powell, Raleigh, N. C; N. C. English, Trinity College ; J. J. Young, Polenta; John Graham, Ridge way. THE SITUATION IN YANCEY COUNTY. Paint Gap, N. C. Mr. Editor: Through The Pro sbessive Farmer, the people's friend, and which we can so fully and freely endorse, as a fearless and uncomprom ising exponent and defender of true Alliance doctrine, we wish to express our hopes and wishes for your success in the most wonderful and patriotic movement of this wonderful age of revolution, and which pretends to be, perhaps, the greatest and far reaching in some respects than ever before, has swept accross this sin stricken and waring earth. We have made a united and unani mous resolve to sland firmly by our State organ (the people's friend) as the best educator in the true Alliance doctrine of any publication in circula tion, and that we will do all in our power to sustain and support its circu lation, and to this point we earnestly solicit all the brethren in fraternal love. Dear brethren, the final succesi of our glorious cause depends, in a great measure, to the circulation of such literature as The Progressive Farmer and National Economist. We claim our victory in Yancey, in the late election, to a considerable extent, to the teachings as these organs. As our National President, at Ashe ville, in his wonderful lecture to the State Convention instructed us, " we put out our men and stood by them." We put out a full Alliance ticket in the county, representative included, and carried it victoriously through. The enemy, old parties, marshalled all their available torces, which con. sisted principally in falsehoods, whis key and money. On election day the contest was heavy, more so than we anticipated, for it was a death strug glea struggle whether old party bossism and court house rings and caucuses should live and rule, as for the last quarter of a century, or the true Alliance principles have the sway. After the smoke of battle cleared aay, lo! many wounded, dead and dying were found upon the battle bell Sorrowful to tell ! Deserters from the Alliance ranks, who had solemnly pledged to deal with all questions in a strictly non partisan spirit, were found upon the battle ground of the vanquished foe; some ?ead, othtrs crippled for life, which jndeed, is a sad lesson to the weak kneed in the Alliance and from which a 1 should take warning, for we mean victory for the Alliance and death to Plutocracy. Down with traitors, no difference who they are or from where they come. We planted the Alliance flag high on the enemie's battlement with shouts t victory for Yancey as the only county in the old Rip Van Winkle btate that stuck to true Alliance doc trine in spite of warning notes from some of our State and other officials to, the contrary. We stand now, where in the distance, though in full view of Wall street, which we intend to charge also as soon as reinforce ments and a full consolidation of our lines can be accomplished, for we can read " the handwriting on the wall " and know the victory is ours. Mone, Tekel, Upharsin is no longer in a mysterious hand, requiring a Daniel to interpret, but can be read by all who are not numbered with deserters and enemies to our cause. It is a painful duty to read the shameful apostacy of some we once recognized as brethren, but the parable and warn ing Him who spake as never man spake, places them where they belong. 4 The dog returning to his vomit and the sow to her wallowing in the mire' History repeats itself; prophecy re peats itself. The parable of our great leader strikes deep at the root of ail these things; and yet, strange to tell, many are still blinded and will not see their own interests. Dear brethren, let me again call your attention to our State organ, The Progressive Farmer, and if you are not a subscriber, delay no longer but send up your name at once, call ing for the 4th of November, and then real the letter from a New York capitalist to a friend, diverging the plan to subdue or kill out " the incon venient multitude." And then the speech of Senator George, on Nov. 11th, on the Indian Appropriation bill and see if it is not unmistakably plain where we are drifting. Sold out to American plutocracy, sold to English money lords, sold to Romanism and the devil ! Oh consistency, thou art a jewel, in deed, but where shall we find thee when our representatives cry "uncon stitutional;" when the suffering farmer asks for relief, while they can give the whisky ring warehouse to store away the fire of death, loan centennial and State fairs millions of money; give Romanism hundreds of thousands to gull the poor Indian into something teniold worse than his own native creed. It is all the people's money, and yet they cry " unconstitutional." S. J. Westall. HOW TO MANAGE COLORED FARM LABOR. It looks as if Col. Albert H. Cox, the Atlanta lawyer, who farms in Morgan coanty, had pretty well solved the difficult problem of successfully managing colored farm labor. His plan is original, and has panned out well for himself. He handles his plantation as well as he speaks, and that is saying a good deal. He took a large farm as a debt that he could not save otherwise. It was rather run down, and a season or two under the old system left him in a bad fix. Shifty and pluckful, he went to thinking. His trouble was unreliable labor. He could not sell or abandon. He must devise a way to use the col ored help profitably. And he did. He solved the problem. He made good crops. He brought up his land. He did so well, he bought more land He has 2,000 broad acres now, that blossom in crops. The clarion talker has become a practical farmer, and a growing stock raiser. Here is his plan. Simple and solid it is, and one wonders some sharp fellow did not hit on it before. He contracts for good monthly wages, $8 $10 and $12 per month and feed. He only pavs half in cash, reserving the other ha f until the end of the year. The $8 hand, for in stance, gets $4 a month down, and waits until the year is up for the other $4. The $4 and his feed run him. The debt of the master to him grows $4 monthly, and as six months is $24, getting bigger and holding him faster every month. When harvest comes, and the risky time is at hand to lose him, from the offer of larger temporary wages, he is tied fast, because if he leaves, he, under the contract, forfeits his accumulated and growing half of his earned and earnable wages. He does not leave. His interest in things is a tremendous stimulus and clamp. That $48 at the end holds him like a vice. It makes the hand steady, industrious, reliable, immovably clutched. It gives the farmer a worker he can depend on, and that improves. This plan is good sense itself, square business, and has worked like a charm. There are sqme other things about Cox's farming that will do to tell, but they will have to wait until next time. 1. W. Avery, in Southern Cultivator I NUTS TO CRACK AT THE FARM ER'S FIRESIDE. Press Opinions from Many Sources. It is ab,out time for Colonel Elliott F. Shepard to call out his 100,000 men and crush the rebellion in he Republican party. Mobile Register. It is an illegal 4 trust,' founded on a violation of the United State constitu tion, but too rich to be controlled by law. It is the outgrowth of foul treason at Washington during the war At present there is too much salary and too little harmony in the World's Fair commission. The country will overlook the big salaries, but it will have no patience with squabbling. Mobile Register. The Farmers' Alliance is causing a great deal of anxiety among the o d political frauds who have been robbing the people for he last twenty years. Liooks ominous, don t it, old Boodlers I Pacific Union. The time has come whpn ignorance of the questions that are before the people by those who have an oppor tunity to inform themselves, is not a sufficient excuse for neglect of duty. Western Advocate. The farmers of the United States have rebelled against the Wall Stree policy and the two old parties have marshaled their entire forces to whip them oack into subjection, but they don't whip worth a cent. Wheel If the Alliance places a man in a position of trust and he advises them to do just as the professional politicians do, is it any evidence that he is work ing in their interest, or is it evidence he is not doing his duty ? The Monitor. , In the Supreme Court at Topeka last Saturday there were seven cases between railroad companies and pri vate individuals. Six were decideo in favor of the corporations and the other was dismissed. Western Advo. cate. Wo sorely need a new party a party of progress, of ideas, of lofty objects. Unless such a one is established the time will not bo long in coming when imperialism will step in, and the republic be no more. Building Trades Record. That New York World interview was the greatest mistake of my life. The people didn't care how often 1 plagarized Massilon, but they have more respect for the decalogue and golden rule than I thought. J. J. Ingalls. The shock from the great political earthquake was felt throughout the nation. The people staggard some with supprise, others in dismay. To account for this political phenomenon is the question of the hour. Banner of Liberty. Major McKinley is doubtless a great man but as a statesman he is rather belated. The procession to which he belongs has passed by. High protection has been weighed in the balance and found wanting wanting the earth. The Secretary of the Treasury knocked the life out of the silver bill by issuing silver notes only of the $500 or $1,000 variety. This is to prevent the money from getting into circulation. Can t the American peo pie put ahead on this rascality ? Exchange. We notice that nine men out of ten who are accusing the farmers of being rebels are men who never did a year s honest work in their lives, and the most of those who tell how extra va gant the farmers are, would literally starve to death on the fare that half the farmers of Kansas are compelled subsist up jn. Western Advocate. Farmers1 Voice: Corporation at torneys, party bosses, subsidized news papers, high salaried officials fellows who like fat jobs where there is light work and heavy pay professional robbers of public treasuries, and piratical riff raff who make a trade of politics, have been doing all the effec tive political thinking that has been done in this country during the last twenty years That Jews will succeed in farming is almost certain. They are indus trious and ingenious. They possess what most American farmers lack the trading faculty. A farmer to succeed must be a good merchant. He must study the wants of the market and endeavor to supply them. Jews always keep themselves informed about prices and the value of everything that is bought and sold. The Atchison Champion is authority for the statement that since the election men have been sent out for the purpose of buying or in some way securing the votes of the newly elected legisla I tors for Ingalls. They will not find these men their prey on their so called hunting expedition. The people's men are not for sale, but if their should be found one in the ranks willing to betray the trust of the poeple, they would be decapitated politicallv, and stamped as the most infamous of traitors. Farmers may read reform papers and listen to reform speeches forever and a day afterwards, but unless they vote right it will avail them nothing. The ballot box is where it counts. The ballot is what will knock old shylock sky western crooked and give you relief, or it will kill your own hops and aspirations. The ballot never fails to hit either your friends or your enemies. Then vote right. If your interest is with labor vote for labor s candidates, but if with old shylock, then vote for henchmen and your vote will be right. Wheel. Who can adopt Senator Ingall's assertion that the great inventions are the cause of so much inequality and injustice? If such things increase poverty, crime and misery they are certainly a curse to humanity. But people can never be mad a to believe that the cultivation of intellectual power and the development of thought and individuality necessarily bring such a train of evils. The time is past when John J. Ingalls, with all his statesmanship (?) can convince the people that legislation has nothing to do with the present distress. Western Advocate. LETTER FROM CRAVEN. Thurman, N. C. Mb. Editor: Having closely watched the columns ot my much prized weekly paper, The Progressive Farmed, for some time, and never having seen any correspondence from our Alliance, (Riverdaie Alliance, No. 1,303), 1 thought I would try and let you know taat we are alive, up and doing as well as thinking in our sec tion of Craven county. Nearly all wish in our limit who are eligible are mem iZi-v&e&s-- g madwAexfjm&jw& do not intend to rest contented until we have made all those eligible and good Alliance men who are not already with us in this great work of throw ing off the chains which now bind us. I have noticed that much has been said in your paper in regard to our Congressmen and the government not striving to assist the farmers. I for one do not believe in waiting for the "old line politicians" to do anything for us; we must do for ouselves or it will never bo done, and the farmers and laborers will still continue to sink lower and lower, while the money monopolists rise higher. Why not go to work like other business men and crowd our organization to its ut most so that we shall be able to elect our State Senators and Representa tives as well as our Congressmen from our own ranks, and have men who will work for themselves, which means for us, the farmers, and not for the lawyer, manufacturers. Wall street speculators and the money mo nopolists. I think if our State Exec utive Committee would only send out men through our State and awaken our sleepy Alliance men to a sense of duty, we would soon be much stronger than we are to-day and better able to cope with any monopolistic ring that wishes to take our franchise from us, as is very forcibly illustrated in stray letter which appeared in your issue of November 4th, entitled "Go to War." That letter should arouse the indignation of every farmer and laborer in this country, and copies of it should be circulated broadcast throughout the land until its contents become the chief topic of conversation by the fireside of every farmer s and laborer's home in America. Its mean ing, if I understand it correctly, is: that the money monopolists wish to pass a bill through Congress to do away with the salaries of the Congress men, and if that be done no man can represent his people in Congress unless he belongs to the money ring. Should this happen, the farmers and laborers are ruined forever. So let us all, as Alliance men, work with more zeal and determination that we may not be trodden under foot by those people, but that we may say " in union there is strength." We are all rejoicing over the success of the Alliance, in the recent election, although there is a dark cloud over Craven county, but we are determined to drive that away before the election of 1892 and then we are going to be the winners in the race. Wishing success to The Progres sive Farmer, I am, Yours respectfully, J. H Smith. 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. EManufatcurers Record. Elizabeth City N. R. Zimmerman is reported as to erect a lime kiln. Wilmington The Wilmington Cot ton Mills will put in additional ma chinery. Raleigh Ellington, Royster & Co. will erect a saw mill, as reported in last issue. Lexington A. A. Springs is erect ing the plug tobacco factory men tioned last week. Alma The Alma Lumber Co. will double the capacity of its lumber mill, as stated in last issue. Win3ton T. J. & N. S. Wilson are enlarging their tobacco factory, as reported in last issue. Asheville C. R. Kopp and G. A. Litchenberger will, it is reported, start a patent medicine factory. Bryson City Mr. Willhyde is re ported as having removed his German county saw mill to Bryson City. Cedar Falls O. R. Fox, J. W. Tip pett, J. A. Henson and others have erected a saw mill and shuttle-block factory. Hendersonville The city has is sued $15,000 of bonds for the pur pose of extending its system of water works and constructing a sewerage system. Morganton S. D. Dunavant, Z. T. Copening, W. H. Roberts, of Augusta, Ga., and others hav6 organized the Morganton Real Estate Co., to deal in real estate, &c. Shelby The Shelby Land, Loan & Improvement Co. is reported as hav ing purchased 137 acres of land be tween 3helby and Cleveland Springs, and is to improve the same. Raleigh The North Side Land Co. has been organized with J. A. Jones, -? res&3if S M .i Haw kinsif.e JPrea ideat, and T. P. Jerman, Jr., Secre tary, to develop the Briggs and Worn ble tracts of land near Raleigh. Oxford A northern company is negotiating for the erection of a $20,000 planing mill and sash, door and blind factory in South Oxford. The Oxford Land, Improvement & Manufacturing Co. can give inform a tion. Union county W. A. Dietrick, of Boston. Mass.. is President of the American Mining & Manufacturing Co., recently organized to purchase and develop the old Hem by gold mine. This company has, it is stated, erected a Wise well mill and added a concentration plant to the mines. Murphy The Murphy improve ment Co. has been incorporated with B. N. Duke, president; A. B. Andrews vice president, and T. H Martin, Sec retary. The 'property of this company consists of four hundred acres of land in and around Murphy, which it will improve. The capital stock is $500, 000. , Weidon It is stated that the Great Falls Manufacturing & Improve ment Company, has increased its cap ital stock to $2,000,000, to construct a cannal, and has made arrangements for the establishment of a grist mill, cotton mill, cotton seed oil mill and peanut mill at its woter -power near Weidon. RICHLANDS ALLIANCE. Mr. Editor: It ha been nearly a year since we have seen anything in your valuable paper from old Rich lands, No. 1,977. I hope it will not be intruding upon your time to ask a short space in that paper I prize aoove all others (The Progressive Farmer) to inform you that we are still moving. We were organized about one year ago with fifteen members. SiDce then we have increased our number to seventy five, and more to be in itiated at the next meeting. We have saved a goodly number of shill ings this season by operating our own cane mill. Our manager's last report was very satisfactory, having stated that enough syrup had already been worked - to pay for the mill and all expenses. We think this doing well, as we reduced the price from eight to five cents per gallon. We also run the only cotton gin operated in our town, which is turning out from the press about ten bales a day. Our farmers are generally pleased with the yield of their crops; a good many older farmers think the crops will more than double that of last year. Still the' same old cry, "over-produc tion," is ringing in the cotton markets, when the farmer arrives with & bale of cotton ; and thua we have to lake from eight to nine cents for the hard earnings of our summer's toil. We wonder if any of those fellows who cry " over production " so often ever tried the plow handles during tho months of June and July 1 I am par- suaded to think they would soon be crying "too much over production of heat in this place for me. and i shall return to the citv, where I can rest in the shade, sing my old tune and swindle tarmers all my days for a living." lo such an one we would sav go. thou art joined to thy idol; but we . ' will remember you when the Sub- Treasury becomes a law. We farm- ers win do our own bidding If such hendish principles go on, the perpet rators will some day reach that coun try in which there is over production of heat. He will then look afar off and see the poor farmer in peace and plenty. It will be useless then to cry tor water to cool their parching tongues, lor there will then, as now, be a great gulf between them, and the farmer can only say we warned you in yonder world. But the lost per petrator will request an angel to be sent to his many brethren in Wall street, to warn them, lest they should also inherit over production of heat. The farmer need only say, they will not believe, though an angel be sent, for they have th Farmers' Alliance; let tnem believe m its principles and cease attempting to buy officials from supporting the bub Treasury plan, and a l will be well with them. I have read and heard so much about the unconstitutionality of the Sub-Treasury plan of late, that I am reminded of a remark made by one colored boy to another a short while since. George and Julius went to tho boss man," as they called him, to borrow his buggy to go to preaching, but the boss man 's buggy was already loaned out. " Dat's de way 'tis; allers when we wants to go anywhere all de bugg'es loned out." " But," says George to Julius, " an idea des-.Br-.sr struck wa kin git a buggy from de widow, three or four milles up de road, but it is right con veniently out of de way." It is, brethren of the Alliance, when we farmers most need our cause looked after in the legislative halls; our offi cials are all "loned out," so to speak, and when we want the Sub Treasury plan, it is always right conveniently unconstitutional. Success to you, Mr. Editor, the Alliance and its noble work. Fraternally yours, H. B. Koonce, Sec'y. TO BEAT THE EXPRESS. Another new thing under the sun. Pneumatic tubes for sending small packages a short distance have some time been in use. But it is now pro posed to send packages in this manrier from New York to Philadelphia. By the time the Columbia Fair opens we may thus be operating between Cin cinnati and Chicago, and between St. Louis and Chicago. It is intended to supercede both the mail and express for light packages between neighbor ing cities, by means of a double pneu matic tube. S. B. Leake, of Philadelphia, is the inventor of the new project and hopes to have it in working order soon. He expects that a speed of four miles per minute can be attained with all kinds of small articles. Mr. Leake-claims that he will hare branches and stations on the line between New York and Philadelphia, all under the control of the operator. Newark, Paterson, Trenton, New Brunswick and other towns are to be reached by a switch ing system which he claims will work with ease. He also claims that he has discovered a method by which the effects of friction will be largely over come, and that inertia has been over come to such an extent that instantan eous stops can be made in the tube at any point without injury to the pack age. The vehicle is to be a little car with wheels, ths bearings of which will be in a journal of asaes'.os and plumbago. A block system is proposed as on the large railroads to prevent accidents, an indicator telling at just what point she carrier is at a given time. A test line is to be established between Jer sey City and Newark at an early date. This will over a distance of eight miles. "The world do move." Constant nagging wears away the spirit of the best farm team, precisely as it wears out the patience of mjn and women subjected to its painful influence. V