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PROGRESSIVE r 1 ' xP THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTIIER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY. V. RALEIGH, N. C, AUGUST 18, 1891. Vol. 6. No. 26 LI A T3M11D THE NATIONAL FARMER.' ALLI ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL UNION. President I i. L. Polk, North Caro lina. Address, 314 D. St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Vice President B. II. Clover, Cam bridge, Kansas. Swretarv-Treasurer J. II. Turner, Georgia. Address, 239 North Capitol St., N. "W-, Washington. D. C. Lecturer J. II. Willetts, Kansas. EXECUTIVE BOARD. C. W. Mucune. Washington, D. C. Alonzo Wardall. Huron, South Da kota. J. F. Tillman, Palmetto, Tennessee. JUDICIARY. II. C. Demming, Chairman. Isaac MeCraeken, Ozone, Ark. A. E. Cole, Fowlerville, Mich. NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. The Presidents of all the State organ izations with Ij. L. Polk Kr-ojicio Chairman. SOUTH CAROLINA KAIBMElts' STATE ALLI ANCE. President-El ia.s Ce.rr, Old Sparta, N. C. Vice-President A. II. Hayes. Bird toAvn, N. C. Secretary W. S. Barnes Raleigh, N. C. Treasurer J. 1. Ail-n, Falls. N. C. Lecturer Thos. B. Long, Asbeville, N C. Assistant Lecture1: R. C. Hunter. Hunters ville. N. C. Chaplain--S. J. Yeaeh. Warsaw, N C. " Poor-Keo'o"r W. H. Tomlinson. Fa vet refill e. X. C. Assistant Poor-K.vper II. K. King. Peanut. N. C. Sergeant-at-Arms ,T. S. Holt. Chalk Level; X. C. Stnte Business Agent W. II. Worth. Italeigh. N. C. Trustee Business Agency Fund- W. A. Graham. Machpcton, N. C. KXEClTlVi: COMMITTKK 'F THE NoUTH Carolina farmers" state alliance. S. 1. Alexander. Charlotte, N. C. Chairman; .!. M. Mewbome, Kinston. N. C. ; J. S Johnston, Ruffin, N. C. STAT E A LLI a N E LE( i I S L ATI V F. COM M I IT EE . 1 J. Powell. Raleigh. N. C. : N. C. English. Trinitv College; J. J. Young. Polenta; II. A. "Forney, Newton, N. C. LETTER FROM MECKLENBURG. r Mr. Kditor: There are a class . -f in dividuals who a. re trying to injure tne Ai'k.m' X. L. i Oi J . . Our honored President treats such at tacks with the eontemptthey deserve; but knowing as I do that, they are prompted by antagonism to the prin ciples of the grand Order of which I am an humble member. I can't let them go unnoticed. They say that the whole movement is demagoguery pure and simple, for the advancement of the intercuts ot Folk and a few other lead ers. Every student ot history and the great social problems of life, knows that fuch talk is mere nonsense. No great socialistic movement, such as is now- convulsing this country from centre to circumference, ever started or continued in the interest of individ uals. They know that such upheavals of society always grow out of causes that affect the prosperity and happi ness of the masses. And where it ema nates from a class, as in this instance, it is proof conclusive that that class has suffered at the hands of society or government or both. The opponents of our great reform movement say that L. L. Polk has not been a success and hence is not lit to lead a movement involving the financial welfare of a nation. If money was the only- meas ure of merit, then we would have made a mistake in honoring Mr. Polk. Put thank God it is not. The farmers have arrived at that stage of self respect that they do not bow to every man who has made a million. We are not of the vulgar herd who bend the pregnant hinges of the knee, where thrift may follow fawning. We are not prone to defy that class of men whose regard for our welfare is ex prosed by one of their number in the comprehensive utterance. "The public be damned. We honor L. L. Polk for his pMVi-riy. Now I assert that Col. Pouk has been a success and a grand success. It is ea;y for a man with great wealth, or a man with a lucrative profession and working from and in the interest oi a great mouev centre, like Mr. Cleveland, to succeed, but for a man residing in the midst of an agri cultural community, without means and working from and for a state rent ing under the ban of government for rebellion, to attain the direct leader ship of four million of men, with an outside following of at least three mil iim more, it is a success so grand as to coii, i, Kind the wonder and admiration of every n Meeting man. Cincinnatus has b.eii honored through the ages be-cau- rail. ( from the plow to lead the Loman 1, v;.m... ;,gaint the invader, bhoulu av not. honor the man who has Ueea can.-t to lead the people in their revolt against tiiose who have robbed us ot untold millions, and who have usurped more than regal powers over the mdusinal das- s. their future wel fare and ijappmes'sf Our enemies bather clurge Col. 1 one witn being adisorganizer because he has a kind word for those who in the Northwest have turned their backs upon the old parties, and resolved to work out their own salvation in their own way. When we reflect that the ne.v party of the Wet is made up chiefly of Republicans, and when ve remember how nobly Ij. L-. Folk worked to relieve some of the Western States from corrupt Republican rule, it would seem that every true Demo crat should applaud him. Col. Polk has, as he should, spoken kindly of our brethren of the West but ever as an officer of a non-partisan organization. What does it differ to a true evangelist of the gospel if some other man who is working for human souls in some other State or land is called Methodist or Paptist or Lutheran, while he is called Presbyterian? What does it matter to the South whether the man who is strong for the same great eni North or West is called 'Republican," "Peo ple's party,"' "Third party,"' or what not? Let us like our worthy President, be ever ready to grasp the outstretched hand of the man beyond Mason and Dixon's line, even though he did wear tiie blue whist we wore the gray in the time that tried men's souls. Col. Polk speaks in Charlotte on Aug. 215th. and as one of the committee of arrangements I ask all farmers and the public generally to come and we will furnish ample accommodation, line music, and. of course, line speak ing. W. (Jr. Stekle, Lecturer. THE SITUATION REVIEWED. Mr Eiutor: I have been calmly re viewing the situation since the meeting of the convention in Cincinnati. What I see I cannot describe, and what I hear is appalling. There is a hue and cry against a third party, and yet it seems that neither party is willing to join h:vmls with the producers for jus tice and equity. Party, and to serve ends at the expense of the toiling mil lions is. or seems to be, the sole aim of the two dominant parties. Party first, country second, and I like to have said the people third, but in italic and a big N I will say Xcrrr. A change must come, and come quickly. The situation demands it, the toiling millions demand it. They have asked for relief and have not been heeded; but the time is not far ahead when the demands of the labor unions will be both heard and heeded. The Third Party has been named, but it was some months old before it got its name. The Third Party told Ingalls to stay at home: the Third Party has been at work on McKinley. Sherman and Rend; the Third party had something to do with Wade Hampton, though it had no name; and our N ance, of North Carolina, felt it- weight, and many others will feel its weight in "'.?. There are some sore -heads now, and will add to that number if a change for the i et v-r d es i!! .t co'i)!1. The toiling millions of this country remind iiiv ,f iia- isr.ielites in Eg ; n ;n 1 .ond-age; they have labored to till the co!lVrs cf the plutocrat long enough, and now a Divine Providence has sen! a Moses (Polk) to lead them from the oppressors' power, and behold Aaron (Macune) is with him. Whoever he may be. let him always bear in mind the injunction of God" to Moses when the Ped Sea was in front of him, walled in on both sides by insurmountable harriers, with Pharoah's army in his rear: " Speak to the children of Israel that they go forward.' Forward should be upon every tongue. Polk, Livingston. Willets and others have done a good work in Alabama and Mi-sissippi. Oates, George, and the triuniveri who met at Port Worth, in Texas, the committee that has already manipulated and circulated falsehoods, such as sore-heads of the ass family only can or will do, should be walked over rough shod, and placed in a back seat at home and made to sit there. The people in the States in which they live should make them know that they nre not the men to attempt to lead. Bossism has been buried. They have ere this shown themselves to be traitors to the trust placed in them. They lent their aid in lending one million dollars to the Cotton Exposition in New Orleans: yet whn asked to aid the masses by secured loan, "uncon stitutional"" is the first thing you hear. They voted to lend money out of the Uniit d States Treasury when they knew it to be unconstitutional (so they say.) And these are the men. the Solons of America, who come forward and ask the people to be led by them. All your nerve, backbone and grit will be necessary to tide over and with stand the opposing forces in the next eighteen months. Therefore, those who have been placed on the watch tower. Polk, Livingston, Jones, and every State and County President and Lecturer, should not fail to 44 speaJc to the children of Israel that they go for ward." A majority f the Democrats of North Carolina belong to the Alliance, and they hold that a majority have a right to rule; there they claim the right to demand and enforce those de mands. They are going into the town ship, county, State and National cau cuses and conventions, and they in tend to be heard and felt, They do not intend to disrupt the old parties, but through them achieve all the good they can. Put if the old parties still heed them not and force an independ ent action on the part of the labor unions, no blame can be attached to them They have tried both parties, and what has been the result? What no wa near Lvery bill or petition pigeon holed, unconstitutional all along the line; and still the crv conies 44 dis loyal to party." The producers of this country do not believe in, or do they intend to be loyal to party when party is not loyal to them. A majority of our representatives in both branches of our National Legislature, of both parties, are and have been disloyal to the people (when I say- people I mean a majority) and leagued with plutoc racy, combines, trusts, fcc., and never fail to strengthen the iron grip of Wall street, They whine "class legisla tion " every time a petition is presented for the relief of the producers and laborers, when scarcely anything has been done in Congress for the last twenty-five years but class legislation, except extravagant and useless ex penditure of money, (the funeral escort and burial expenses of Senator Hurst, for example) when any one who is not able to pay burial expenses save a great Senator or Congressman is buried at public expense, three dollars for a sap pine box is the price paid ; yet one hundred thousand dollars of the people's money is squandered in one burial. The name of every man who voted for this outrage should be under scored with a long black mark. This is constitutional. Yes, with a vengeance all right. The one hun dred thousand dollars is a small amount. Put let relief be asked in any shape for the living (I mean the toiling producers) and unconstitutional, im jnacticable, class legislation, is howled in stentorian tones. Yet thee men ask the people to stick to the old parties, when the old parties are (rushing them to death. Things should and must be changed. The party and party ser vants must belong to the people, and not the people to party and party ser vants. The party servants in oflice must adapt themselves to the needs and wishes of the people, and not the people to the wishes and ideas of their servants. No longer can it be said that this is the land of the free and the home of the brave. It is the land of the brave and the home of the op pressed. The' people are in bondage4 worse than the Israelites in Egypt. Theirs wa.s a decree of God, but the oppression here is the work of the devil, carried on by his tools in human shape. It was forty years before the Israelites reached the land, but the oppressed oi this country intend to "get there" in a shorter time titan that, "and don't" you forget it." If neither party will show its wis dom, then the people of both Demo cratic and Kepublioan parties who are in favor of justice to all will show theirs. One "party will not do any thing if t 1th ' other shares the creti W. tt. P. Lee for authority. This government is said to be by the people, but if vou will look at th Mvork-I m.gs ot Congress for tne last iwemy live years, you will sec ii has been by a set of notorious demagogues in the paid interest ol phit eraey, tru-w.sand combines, d do not, mean all, but a mijoriiy who have disgraced our Nati.-nol Capitol for the last twenty live yea-rs It bvh ooves ad win are in favor - i goo! .-.ud ecu ha. hie g.-eri'-meat to put their shoulders to the wheel and move the chariot of reform as t'a-t as possible, and if there is any truth in The Pro;im:ssivh Farvov.k and Xational Ju'otmiii, and I think it is about all truth) the pepe of this land are on a grand march for the news from the la-dung billows of the Atlan tic to the ebbing waters of the Pacific, and from the Northern Lakes to the Southern Gulf, tells of an onward march for liberty, relief and justice. The tariff as it now stands is an in cubus hideous in form upon the toiling consumers. The pension bill in its present shape is a burning shame and disgrace to any country; and the tariff and pension as they now exist are glaring, bare-faced and insolent rob bery, and any set of men who pretend to represent the interests of the people and perpetrate such outrages are too mean, too base, too vile, to herd with the common damned, but should howl out their misery separate and alone through all eternity in a place of tor meat more hideous than was ever pic tured by the arch fiend himself. There fore speak to the children ot Israel that thev go forward. Poanoke FROM THE WEST. Mk. Editor : I will give you a few lines from Shooting Creek Sub-Alliance, No. .1,710, Clay county. While I can not say that our lodge is on a 4 'big boom," I can say that we are standing firm by the demands made by the National Farmers' Alliance. Pro. J. S. Pell, Lecturer for the Oth District, spoke at Hayesville the 31 st of July to a good and attentive crowd. I'lTtell you the Pell rattled and the Alliance demands were presented to the people in that simple and plain light which means "equal rights to all and special privileges to none." After discussing several measures, he emphasized the fact that farmers must get more com mon tense with their farming system. Improve and cultivate lest, land and get up a rivalry between farmers and see who can raise the most wheat or corn on an acre. A good idea. I want to say that Pro. Pell is doing a grand and noble work for our Order in West ern North Carolina. Nov, brethren, let us take courage and be united in this great work of reformation. We have not entered this work for a day nor for a week, but we intend to weary Unele 'Sam"' until the agricultural in dustries are placed on an equal basis with all other industries of the coun try. Never before in the history of our country were the farmers yo well i informed and never before were they so well organized. We have discov ered the disease, now will we apply the remedy I say we will. Let us stand with an unbroken front to the enemy and pr. sent our demands, and the "law-makers" will be like the un just judge. Lest by our continued coming Yve weary them they will grant this much needed relief, which is right and honest in the sight of God. Jno. L. Purch, Sec'y. ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT ELI AS CARR TO THE STATE ALLIANCE, At Morehead City, N. C, Aug. n, 1S91. Since last addressing you, as Presi dent of the State Alliance, it has been my great pleasure to watch the heal thy growth of our Order, and the r ipid development of the principles we have inculcated. On the 20th ot April, 1887, the first Subordinate Alliance was or ganised at Ashpole in liobeson county, .lust a year later there were 72S Sub Alliances. During the second year the growth was such that April 20th, 1880, hero were 1,054 Sub-Alliances. April 20th, 1800, there was a still further gain, so the number was 2,062. On our last anniversary, the ground being effectually covered by the thorough organization of every county, it was not a matter of surprise that the in crease was less, showing a total num ber of 2,221 subordinate organizations vitha membership of 100,000. To the reports of the Executive Com mittee?, Secretary, Treasurer, State Lecturer. Business Agent and Trustee 1 respectfully refer you. asking a care ful consideration at your hands. I suggest that the position of the As sistant Lecturer be abolished, as there is not the necessity for this office since the new plan of lecturing has become in use in our State. The State Lecturer should be a brother of the highest executive ability who should have control of the lecture system in the State. I suggest also that the ollice of Tntw irer be abolished and that the office of Secretary be made Secretary-Tre isurer. A year ago, after my election to this oflice, a proposition was made to in crease the President's salary, which I opposed then but said I would recom mend it a year hence, which I now do. I think that the salary should be sufli cient to enable the President to give his constant services to the Order. I find that there are uite a number of appli cations for aid from members of the Alliance and most of them meritori ous, and I suggest that some plan be devised to meet thesji applications. Tlio unprecedented political upheaval of last November was the natural out come of tire doctrines taught by the Alliance, and despite the protests of our enemies, we can take unto ourselves the credit of that more than gloriom on slaught. Truly it was a great work, ; ud well may wo feel honored since it as a moi-t salutary lesson to the givod . :5 capital, the rottenness of govern aeut and the raving-; of poiil ie il dema gogues. Put though lee future seems bright there is much yet to be U u. . .-Uvd, when I view t.hedajgers, 'Thieh even at the present time surroua 1 us. I think I may h pardoned for saying that the work seems scarcely yet be gun. We are assailed on every hand by demagogues, chieily those in office, whose sole object is to perpetuate their power and it matters little by what means they effect their purpose. Some times we see them masquerading as friends of the farmer, but in reality employed by soulless corporations to sow the seeds of discontent among us. And, sometimes they are the hirelings of the great trunk liiuvs which like a gigantic octopus are slowly but surely absorbing and paralyzing what little blood and energy is now left unto us. We have nothing with which to fight this redoutable combination save hon est hearts, willing hands and that spirit of independence which has ever characterized the husbandman from the time of Cincinnatus even unto our own. I think, then, I do not miss the mark when I say that, as a class, we are patient and walling, much abused and never murmering, yet when Ave are aroused, as I now trust you all are, the act bears more than ordinary signifi cance. But what meets this our last resort, if our energies be not united, if we be not a unic in our actions ? Shall we profit by the experience of the past? The road to defeat, the road to A-ietory lies equally plain before you. The choice is of vital importance some thing must be done. It is no longer a matter of condition relief must come. Our condition is such that delay would be fatal among us and the consequences of opinion is that relief must come through the legitimate and peaceful channels of legislation. We hae held up to the scorn and contempt of honest men the existence of trusts, combines and corporations, but of Avhat benefit has this exposure been to us ? The work of robbing still goes on. Why is this ? Why fiaA e we accomplished so little ? The answer is an open secret it is because the vast majority of the producing class are as yet untaught, uneducated, deaf to the appeals of reason and experience callous to the cry of those Avho preach the import ance of thorough organization. Is it not strange that so many of our fellow men utterly ignore the very first law, the law of self preservetioti, and the fact that a complete and thorough or ganization is the only safe means Avhereby Ave can be assured of our rights C On cAery hand avo hear boasts of our great progress and our civiliza tion, but since good government, 44 the government of the people, for the peo ple and by the people," the "secret of all happiness has not kept pace Avith the other sciences. We see great rea sons for asserting that this boasted civilization is not shared in by- the Avorking man Avho here, as the world over, is the pith, the marrow, the back bone of the country. And, how is he to share therein handicapped as he is in the race of life, in the severe strug gle for existence ? Handicapped by his own ignorance, Avhich he so unfortu nately evinces when he asserts his op position to that bill, which now in nny- thing but a spirit of fairness is being discussed throughout the country 1 mean, of course, the Sub-Treasury- and touching this I do not think il amiss to say that avo are not wedded to that particular phraseology whick now characterizes the bill. We do not pray for the passage of this bill unaltered and undiscussed for that would deprive us of the opinions and experiences of others, but Ave are attached, yea, even committed to the principles involved, and are convinced that only after a full and free discussion can Ave arrive at a satisfactory solution of the sub ject. There is precedent sufficient of governments loaning money to the citizen with and Avithout security, and thus is established the power to loan, which is indeed all sufficient, liie kind of security does not enter into the case, the government can select what it con siders ample and best calculated to re lieve the wants of the people. It is unaccountable, indeed 1 can not under stand how a man dependent upon the sweat of his brow for his daily breud can oppose the principles involved in this plan. The very fact of the intense hatred .which the monopolists and their hirelings throughout the country bear not only the bill but its authors should convince the laboring man that its pas sage would produce not only a radical change, but that that change Avould most probably operate to his lxmelit since it is so bitterly opposed by the ultra monied clashes. Our quarrel, let me say here, is not with the State, which has ever been, mindful of our necessities, but with the National Gov ernment, and particularly those branches of it Avhich are responsible for the present iniquitous protectiA-e system and the demonetization of sil ver. The demand for the increase in the circulation of this metal Avill. if unheeded, only intensify the conditions wdiich even now the American laborer finds almost intolerable. I wll not touch upon the circumstances of that great Avrong. the demonetization of sil ver, which Avas perpetrated upon the people of these United States because you are all no doubt acquainted with the details, but 1 do not think it oat of place to add that it is now generally belieA'ed that the' passage of that act in 187;) was one element of a great con spiracy to turn oer the finances of this country to the banker and specu lator. Grant himse kne w not he had signed such a bill, and since no S mator or Congressman could be found who wouM tell aught of its pa-sa.g"; the suspicious of the people have been con firmed. Such action i the part of Congress is inexplicable in the light of the prog- i ress 01 trw nineteenth century, a stam Upon ti'." nag'-sof its eivtl'z uion w 1 ;.. a as one turns them back over the past twenty-live years he finds them deep dyed with the toil and sweat of poverty stricken millions. The existing national bank law is the shape the robbejy as sumedI say robbery because the gov ernment delegates to a class, the bank ers, the power of contracting and ex panding the currency, thereby conferr ing upon them the unnatural preroga tive of fixing the price of the necessa ries of life. The pernicious effects of this system can but be realized Avhen Ave reflect that within a few short years the Aast majority of the Avealth of this country has passed into the hands of less than fiA-e thousand men. Is not something radically Avrong with a sys tem of finance under which Avithin twenty years the prudent laborers of this country hare lost more than one half of their entire holdings? And, that too in the face of the facts that the country is one of inexhaustible re sources and the government at peace Avith all the Avorld. Our ciArilization has an under current of fearful threat, a moral plague has struck society through .to its very core. Honor and charity are slowly being eliminated from man's make-up faith no longer exists be tween capitalist and laborer, and a vulgar materialism is stalking through out our broad land. The Avhole cotm try seems to be swiftly drifting to some fearful crisis, and how can it be other wise since all questions are merged into the problems of labor and capital, and men enjoying the highest honors of the republic openly assert that 4 "purity in politics is an irridescent dream V The lust for gold Avhich burns in the veins of the politician has made our era as melancholy as it is Avonderful. The reign of luxury Avhich bears effeminacy and Avhich Avas the ruin of Pome is with us. May the purity of heart of the American laborer saA'e us from the un timely fate of the once greatest Avork of the children of men. I touch upon these features of our social and politi cal life, not because they are unknown to you, but because we can not hope for success till every producer in tlaa land is acquainted Avith the shortcom ings of that system Avhich has forced him in a position but a shade removed from that occupied by the Grecian helot of old. Education, the power to think, the capacity to draw a conclu sion from a premise, are the practical lessons that should be taught the hard Avorked, ill paid and unfortunate mem bers of this great Order. Tire ballot Avith which this man is armed is a terrrible engine of destruction as Avell as the only hope Avhich at the present time makes life Avorth living. In the hands of the ignorant the lives and liberties of the citizens are endangered, but in the hands of the enlightened it is the destroyer of oligarchy, the pre server and buhvark of our freedom, and the nation's peace and happiness. Until a larger element in a republic is honest and enlightened it is a republic only in name. Men who hae 110 honor to uphold are entrusted Avith the -power I ana responsibilities ot the most digni fled offices. Theyr have nothing to rec ommend them saA'e their Avorluly pos sessions. These they haA'e wrung" from the producers and these do the;.' laA ishly expend in the passage of laws Avhich s ill further arm them with the power of binding the laborer hand and foot. Matters grow from bad to worse and at last we awake to realize that the monster we have created is oligarchy, oligarchy in its most terrible form. Our law makers for years past have been losing sighD of the main point which is that a republic is a form of government wherein the laws a -e made looking to the Avelfare of a majority of its citizens. If this be true there is'one government inaptly called a republic. The majority of the citizens of the States are agriculturists, and tiie tariff Avhich seems to be th ? supreme law of the land protects only the manufac turer. If we Avere exclusively a manu facturing people there Avould be justice in existing conditions, but since only one man. avo may say, out of live thou sand is a m inu'acturer, .1 very little consideration Avill show that four thou sand nine hundred and ninety-nine are taxed for the benefit of the one. Pur suing this principle to its greatest ex treme you should find the Avealth of the country centerel in the hands of a few, and such is actually the case. I repeat that eighty per cent, of the entire wealth of the country ii either con trolled or OAvned byr combinations num bering not more than 85.O00 souls. Does not this State of affairs smack mightily of the fudal system of the middle ages One of the greatest men America ever produced, Abraham Lin coln, saw this picture when he said : 4 'You can fool all the people part of the time, a part of the people all the tinie, but you can't fool all the people all the time." He used these Avords in condemnation of the trusts and com bines which were already establishing thems?h'es and Avhich he foresaAv would surely sop the life blood of the republic. He is not yet wholly a prophet for he predicted the do wnfall of the State if such cancerous growth were allowed to exist. Time may yet prove him a prophet indeed. Sinee th. very foundation of society it has been the province of the bread-eatcr-s to solve the political and social problems of the day. It seems, how ever, th it they are now powerless in the face of the c -npIicat oas gro wing out of their own meflicitie'. That pre rogative novr falls to you. the bread irintid's, in whose tact, judgment and moderation 1 have the m-M. implicit confidence. In conclusion, then, I beg- ieiveto txpress to you my sincere thanks and appreciation for the honor tnd eowtesy Avhich have ver be 11 bestowed upon ire. by y-.n ill, individually and sever ally, both as a. private citizen and m my official capacity. With best w Lshos, then, and Avif h well grounded hopes for the future success of the Alliance, with heartfelt sympathy for the worthy struggling men and women whose shoulders bear the great responsibility, and with the firm belief that justice will at last prevail, I herewith, return to you the scepter of authority. QHEAP MONEY. ?vlu. Editor: I notice in the columns of the Landmark- something about government money or cheap money. It says if the gOAernment made stacks of money it Avouldivt do the people any gaod, because the government Avould not make the people a present of it. Not a bit of it. We wish to ask Joe a question: How does Wall street, New York, get it and the railroads: You old Democrats and Republican leaders need not think you have all the sense. Farmers have just as much sense as you haA'o to prove what I have said. I refer you to brothers Polk and Ramsey, editor and associate editor of The Pro c; r essia'e Farm er. I will close Avith the best Avishes to The Progressive Farmer. Yours fraternally, J. W. Post, FairvieAV Alliance, No. .W. A CORRECTION. Maplton, N. C. Mr. Editor: Please make the fol lowing correction in the article from Cool Springs Alliance, No. 1,208. pub lished in The Progressive Farmer of July 7th, relative to the valuation of the property in Murfreesboro town ship. The article referred to stated that the property of the township Avas valued at less than $400,000. should haA'e been less than -f 500, 000. The exact amount for lSjij is $184,578 Avhich Avas increased by last assessment (this .sum mer several thousands of dollars. There Avas no disposition on the part of the Alliance or any member thereof to wrong any one, and Ave have the manliness and courage to corr-ct a mistake Avhen Ave make one, and as the author of the communication got his information from me, I deem it my Christian duty to correct it as soon as I satisfied myself of the mistake. The way the thing occurred Avastlns: One day during the late sitting of our asses sors, s mie one asked what was' the amount of the assessed property of the township. I asked one of the members of the board to call olf the footing of the different columns and I would tell him, and he says now he made a mis take and called off the Avrong lines, and that is just the Avay the thing oc curred. The figures giA'en now are olfi -cial, having been obtained from Mr. G. A. Brown, our register of deeds within the last few days. Respectf ully, A. M. Da r dex. Lecturer Cool Spring Alliance. r