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THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY.
RALEIGH, In. G, NOVEMBER 24, 1891
Vol. 6.
No. 40
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THE NATIONAL FARMERS' ALLI
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.
President L. L. Polk, North Caro
lina. Address 314 D. St., N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
Vice President B. II. Clover, Cam
bridge, Kansas.
Secretarv-Treasurer J . H. Turner,
Georgia Address, 239 North Capitol
St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
Lecturer J. II. Willetts, Kansas.
executive board.
O. W. Maeime. Washington, D. C.
Alonzo Wardall. Huron. South Da
kota. J. F. Tillman. Palmetto, Tennessee
JUDICIARY.
H. C. Demmuig, Chairman.
Isaac MeCracken. Ozone. Ark.
A. E. Cole, Fowlerville, Mich.
NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
The Presidents of all the State organ
izations with L. L. Polk Ex-ojfLcio
hai;:nan.
SOKTtI CAROLINA FAIMKRS' STATE ALLI
ANCE. President Marion Bailer, Clinton,
N. C.
Vice-President T. B. Long, Ashe-
vi le, N. C.
Secret-try -Treasurer W. S. Barnes,
Italeigii. v C.
Lecturer J. S. Bell, Brasstown, N.C.
Steward C. C. Wright, Glass, N. C.
Chaplain Rev. E. Pope, Chalk
Level, N. C.
Door-Keeper W. H. Tomlinson,
r ayetteville, jN. C.
Assistant Door-Koeper II. K. Kin
Serg"ant-at-Airns -J. S. Holt, Chalk
Level, N. C.
State Business Agent W. H. Worth,
tialeigh, N. C.
Trustee Business Agency Fund W.
v. Graham, Machpelah, N. C.
HSXECUTIVa OOMLMITTEK OF TFIE NORTH
OA HULL'S A FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE.
S. B. Alexander, Charlotte, N. C,
Chairman; J. 11. Mewborne, Kinston,
N. C. : J. 3. Johnston, Ruffin, N. C.
sTATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
El iaa Carr, A. Leazer, N. M. Cul
breth, M. G. Gregory, Wm. C. Council.
STATS ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE COJOI1TTEE.
II. J. Powell, Raleigh, N. C. ; N. C.
English, Trinity College: J. J. Young,
Polenta; H. A.'Forney, Newton, N. C.
North Carolina Reform Press Association.
Officer J. L. Ramsey. President;
Marion Butler. Vice-President : W. S.
Barnes, Secretary.
PAPERS.
Progressive Farmer, State Ors;an, Raleigh, X. C.
Caucasian.
V IlUlOIl,
Wilson, N. C.
Srtlirl)iiry, N. C
Tarboro, N. C '.
Asheville, N. ('.
Goldslxiro, N. ( .
Trinity 'ollene. N. C
Hickory, N. C.
Whitakers N. V.
(ioldsboro, N. V.
Whitoville, N.
Tayloroville, X. C.
Rural Home,
Watchman,
Farmers' Advocate,
Mountain Home Journal,
Alliance Sentinel,
Country Life,
Mercury,
Rattler.
Agricultural Bee,
Colambiis Weekly Xevrs,
Tylor6ville Index,
Each of the above-named papers are
requested to keep the list standing on
the first patje. and add others, provided
they are duly elected. Any paper fail
ing to advocate the Ocala platform will
be dropped from thelist promptly. Our
people 'an now see what papers are
miblished in their interest.
A DEBT-CONTRACTING DOLLAR
MUST BE MADE A DEBT
PAYING DOLLAR.
Mr. Editor:- Every dollar, whether
gold, silver or paper, issued hy the
government, must be made a debt
paying dollar legal tender for all
deb s.
To issu.3 a debt contracting dollar
and deprive it of the power (legal ten
der) to pay debts, is a fraud upon the
debtor. Every debt contracting dollar
that is not a debt-paying dollar, ii a
dishonest d l!ar It is a cunningly de
vised scheme of the creditor class, those
who live off of their incomes, to deprive
the dollar of the leg il tender clause so
they can corner the creditor class and
squeeze them when the inevitable panic
comes under our credit financial sys
tem. A corporation issuing its note
and refusing to receive it for the debt
contracted is dishonest.
To create three or four kinds of
money, ail contracting private debts,
and bat one of these four, and that the
scarce kind, a debt-paying dollar, is to
enable the creditor 'class to corner the
scarce kind (gold) and command a
premium for exchanging it for money
not a leg: d tender. Every dollar issued
by the government and deprived of the
legal tender clause is a deliberate at
tempt to rob the people. It is the de
liberate intention of the creditor class
of the world to make gold the only
legal tender for private debts. Every
dollar contracted by the industrial
cla?s is private. Nearly all these debts
are contracted in other kinds of money
than gold.
It requires no great foresight to see
when the panic comes the creditor
class would have a corner on gold and
fix their own premium. They would
force the debtor to pay two dollars for
one. They could send two bushels of
cern or wheat pay the debt of one.
The whole question, in a nutshell, shall
every debt contracting dollar be made
a debt-paying dollar?
Every dollar that has not the legal
tender clause is dishonest money, and
is intended as such. Th advocates of
this kind of money are dishonest
Secretary Windom recommended the
issuing: of silver certificates based on
silver bullion. To reconcile the creditor
class, he recommended they be de
prived of the power (legal tender) to
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pay private debts. xVs these certificates
would havo entercnl into commerce
and contracted private debts in every
business avenue, it is easy to see the
hold this artificial class has upon the
throats of our legislators. This recom
mendation was brought by the influ
ence of a small minority insignificant
in numbers, but holding the ballanc
of power between the two politic-v
parties is invincible. If this minority
was organized into an independent
political party, it would not make a
ripple on the body politic. They are
too astute to commit this blunder. The
titan battle of civilization is to be fought
between this class and the people. The
creditor class has billions of dollars of
their promise to pay loaned to the in
dustrial class. These promises to pay
did not cost them more than ono fourth
of one per cent, to one per cent.
Through this hellish system of loan
ing tneir credit, they have wealth pro
ducers in debt to them one hundred
and fifty billion dollars throughout the
civilized world, and this debt i doubl
ing every twenty to twenty-live years
This is more than twice the value of
all the assessed wealth of the United
State in 1890. This class did not pro
duce one dollar of this immense debt.
It was all piled up by loaning out their
credit.
The industrial classes of the United
States are thinking, thinking as they
never did before. They are rapidly
coming to the conclusion that it tins
creditor class could become so im
mensely rich by loaning their credit to
the industrial classes, they too could
become rich by issuing their credit
making it a legal teuder and put it into
circulation by paying a portion of the
expenses of the government, bearing
no interest bearing notes to suck the
money out of the channels of trade
The industrial class are determined to
relieve themselves of this immense
burden. They know the ten billions,
with the immense interest, could have
been secure ! to the people.
This creditor class is a drone in the
bee hive of industry. It is a huge
leach sucking the life blood out of the
industrial class. It is the deadly foe
of every industry. The whole produc
ing class and middlemen must be
united against them. This creditor
class must be destroyed, root and
branch, ere our industries can flourish.
Every industry is vitally interested in
its destruction and the establishment
of a financial system that will relieve
them from paying tribute. Remove
this shackle from the hand of industry
and this mighty giant will bound for
ward in the industrial race producing
double the amount in a decade to be
distributed among the wealth pro
ducers or employed in the developing
our lattent resources.
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE LEGAL TEN
DER CLAUSE.
Previous to the decision of the Su
preme Court settling the constitution
ality of the legal tender clause in the
United States notes, the self-constitu
tuted constitutional lawyers declared
the clause to be unconstitutional.
When they made this declaration
they looked wise as owls. Their decla
ration was intended to be received as
final. We are the expounders of the
Constitution. When Sir Oracle speaks
let the industrial class hold their
tongues. Did they give any reason?
No, not one. It was expected that the
industrial class would accept their as
sertion as a fact. These expounders
of the Constitution assorted that the
people had the constitutional power
to issue a debt-contracting currency,
form a corporation outside of the chan
nels of trade, loan it to this corpora
tion for 1 ptr cent, to be loaned to
the people, secured by first class real
estate, plastering the country all over
with mortgages, but thev did not pos
sess the constitutional right to make
this money a debt (legal tender) pay
ing currency. It is self evident that the
constitutional right to issue a debt-
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contracting dollar carried with it the
constitutional right to make it a debt
paying dollar (legal tender) and so tle
Supreme Court decided. The self con
stituted constitutional lawyer are
treating the Sub-Treasury bill in the
same way and with as little sense.
The substance is the necessaries and
luxuries of life money is the sign of
the substance and bonds and debts are
the sign of the pign. The substance
must be sold to get the sign, and the
sign pays tius debt. The substance is
what we want and we have no need of
the sign but to exchange the substance
and pay debts
These self-const tuted constitutional
lawyers assert that it is constitutional
to loan to corporations money on the
sign of the sign, but it i unconstitu
tional to loan money to the people on
the substance that mutt be sold to gt
the s:a to pa.v the subst..mce. It X
self evident that if -it is constitutional
to loan money to corporations on the
sign of the sign, it is constitutional to
loan money to the producers on th-i
substance that must be sold to get the
money to pay the bond The substance
is the wealth, and money and bonds
are only signs of the wealth, and would
b worthless if it was not for the pro
ducts of labor. These are stubborn
facts, and there is not a lawyer who has
given this question ten minutes' thought
but what knows it, all their assertions
to the contrary, notwithstanding.
Mill, Vance, Sherman and the whole
herd know the Sub Treasury plan is
constitutional. They knew it when
they asserted to the contrary. We
will pay any lawyer one hundred dol
lars each who will answer the above
hiiow how it is constitutional to loan
currency ro banks on the sign of the
sign, and unconstitutional to loan
money to the wealth-producers on the
substance that must he sold to get the
sign to pay the sign of the sign.
We could as well offer one thousand
dollars, and it would be perfectly safe.
Dear reader, there is not a lawyer
that has a thimble full of brains that
will make the attempt;. The friends of
the Sub Treasury have all the argu
ments. The other side gives no t-olid
reasons, because they have none to
give. The time has passed when a
suffering people are going to accept the
assertion of any man unaccompanied
with a reason. Our whole financial
system is founded on rank injustice
and must be destroyed, root and
branch, and in its place established an
i dustrial system controlled by tin
people from which are eliminated all
distrust, and from whi -h no panic can
arise A svstem where every transac
tion is cash and every dollar deposited
is guaranteed, there can be no panics.
WE NEED A LARGER VOLUME OF MONEY
THAN ANY OTHER NATION.
The volume of money transacting the
business of other countries is no stand
ard by which to fix ours. Our civiliza
tion is higher, our wants greater, our
population to territory more extended,
we have more improvements to make,
our undeveloped resources are greater,
we have more papers, books, schools
and churches and railroads. The as
piration of our people are higher and
our laborers vant luxuries as well as
the necessaries of life
We must gratify all. We have the
raw material and the skilled labor to
produce it. We need enough of the
sign of the substance to do our business
on a cash basis without the interven
tion of banks of issue and the creditor
class. Labor must have steady em
ployment. To do this we must have
sufficient volume to give them employ
ment. The money to transact the business
of this country on a cah bat-is must be
determined by actual experience. Who
is to decide this? The people. This
must be a government of the people,
for the people, and by the people, in
practice as well as in theory. The
people have solved every question &o
far presented for solution. They mut
10,418,
be trusted to solve this. This is De
mocracy. Plutocracy would deprive
them oC this privilege. The road will
be plain as wo tra vel it. Suppose we
have a surplus. A surplus of money
is no more than a surplus of anything
cdse. Who ever heard of airy one com
plaining because they bad a surplus?
The shoe is on the other foot We can
get along Detter with a surplus than
with . deficiency. If there is a surplus
it will make new fields and open them
up. giving employment to the idle
millions.
The resources of this country are not,
half developed, neither are our wants
half supplied It is better to trust the
people to determine their wants and
how to supply them than to leave it to
be
determined by a class wnose in
terest consists in robbing them. The
intelligence of thia nation will solve
piest'on aright.
The intelligence and good swjse o
our business men will determine tue
amount of money actually needed to
transact the business of the country on
a cash basis. Th- finance of the coun
try must be in the hands of friends of
the people, and not in the hands of
their enemies.
From the coming financial system
will be eliminated all the elements of
distrust. Under the industrial financial
system there will be no panics, labor
will have steady employment at re
munerative wages. We will soon get
out of debt and keep out of debt. Labor
and capital combined produces all
wealth. Being the first to receive it,
they will hold it after the deith and
burial of this devilfish, the artificial
money power. James Murdoch.
BLIND PARTISANSHIP.
Editor Tribune: The following dia
logue will show the difference between
an Allianeman who thinks, and a
Democrat that lets the political boss do
his thinking:
Democrat. When you fellows bor
row money from government and give
a mortgage on your land to secure it,
should you fail to pay when the mort
gage is due, who would own the land?
Allianeeman If the borrower failed
to pay his note at maturity the gov
ernmeiit would foreclose and if no one
bid the amount of the mortgage with
accrued interest, the land would belong
to the government
De 1 1 n icrat. That's w 1 ; 1 1 I thou gh t ;
now what would the government do
with all the land when it got it?
Aiiianceman. Sell it to some Ameri
can citizen who w anted a home, on easy
terms, and thus continue the money in
circulation to develop the country, pay
debts and bless humanity.
Democrat. Well, I don't want any
of your paternal government in mine,
and I think the Democratic party is
good enough t or me.
Aiiianceman. I have answered your
questions. Now, I want to ak you a
few questions, which I hope you will
answer a candidly as I have yours. I
believe your little farm is under mart
gage, is it not?
Democrat. Yes, I am under mort
gage. Aiiianceman. Who holds the mort
gage on your land, Bro. Democrat ?
Democrat. Well, it's some kind of
British American concern.
Aiiianceman. How much interest
do you pay the British noblemen?
Democrat. Well, they said it would
he 10 per cent., but I find they work
it so as to get about 12 per cent.
Aiiianceman. That is 10 per cent,
more than you would pay under the
Alliance plan. Now, when this British
concern forecloses, which it i sure to
do if the present system continues, for
statistics show that farmers only make
3 per cent., it is therefore morady cer
tain that he cannot; pay 12, or even 10
percent., and live, who will own your
land!
Democrat. Why,
pany, of course.
the Trust Com-
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Aiiianceman. What will the Trust
Company do with them?
Democrat. They will rent it out and
make it pay interest on the money
they have invested in it, of course
A Ilia nceman. This is what I thought,
and under your old party system you
have free Americans, and their chil
dren, whom our fathers redeemed from
under the British yoke with their blocd,
and seven years of suffering, serving
English Ixirds as tenants on the very
home that their labor had made I
don't want any English lords or Ameri
can nobles to rob me and my children
of the fruit of our toil. The Alliance
is good enough for me. Now there is
one other question I want to ask you,
brother Democrat. You said the in
terest amounted to 12 per cent, that
you are paying to the British Trust
Company, and this makes $120 per an
num you are giving of the hard earn
nigs of youief and children, for the
use of $1,000 Now, suppose you could
borrow $1,000 frr.m the government,
that is all the people of the Republic,
at 2 per cent, and pay off the British
chap; this would save you one hundred
dollars in intere t, which would pay
off the mortgage in ten years, besides
having the satisfaction of knowing
that what interest you paid the gov
ernment v. ent into a common fund in
which you are equally interested with
every other citizen of the Republic.
Do you not think this would be better
than the present system?
Democrat Well, it does look like it
would be better, but our big men say
it won't do, and they know better than
you and me about such things, and
then l'm"afraid it's a Republican trick
to break up the Democratic party.
Aiiianceman. If you prefer slavery
under English lords, inside the Demo
cratic party, to freedom and prosperity
outside the party, you are at liberty to
make the choice, but let me warn you
that your children will curse you as a
blind xartisan fool, and the men you
are now blindly following will hold you
in contempt after they nave used you
as long as they need you.
Now, Mr. Editor, this is not an over
drawn picture, but just such conversa
tions occur frequently. Let the good
work of education go on.
ALLIA NCEMAN
UNJUST TAXATION.
Wiikreas, The General Assembly of
North Carolina at its last session did
enact a law to unjustly tax that class
of the poor Laboring people of our
country who pursue the vocation of
catching oysters during the winter for
support. Said tax being $2.50 annually
on each person who may engage in the
taking or catching of oysters, and for
every boat thus employed masuring
twenty feet or less an annual tax of
$1.50 and said tax to be increased ac
cording to length, and the Clerk of the
Superior Court to receive in addition
to the above twenty-five cents for each
license issued ; and whereas, there was
no necessity for such a law, except for
the purpose of creating more officers
and to take from the laborer and his
family the fruits of his honest toil for
the benefit of others. Therefore
Resolved, That we hereby express
our disapproval of such legislation as
against the many of the laboring clas3
and favorable to the few ; and censure
those in our county who aided and
abetted in the procurement of such a
law, as being in opposition to the
rights and liberties of the poor laboring
people of our county.
2d, That these resolutions be sent to
The Progressive Farmer for publica
tion. W. M. King, Sec'y.
E. F. Carraway, Pres't.
Bro. R. S. Williams writes us that
they had Bros. Mas.-ey and Schofield
to address them at Madison recently.
They were much pleased and greatly
benefited.
OUR PROGRESS.
Weekly Record of Manufacturing and
Other Eenterprises Started Rip Van
Winkle no Longer in the Old
North State.
L Manufacturers' Record
Oxford John Bullock is reported as
to erect another saw mill.
South River Foard & Lindsay have,
it is stated, put roller process machinery
in their fl' air mill.
Tarboro C. II. Sterling will, it is re
ported, put in his ice factory another
10 ton ice machine.
New Berne P. L. Thomas, of Dur
ham, will, it is stated, establish a cigar
factory in New Berne,
Bryson City An electric light plant
will be erected. For further informa
tion address B. B. Lake.
Wilmington The Palmetto Bre ing
Co., of Charleston. S. C, is reported as
to establish bottling works at Wil
mington. Burgaw R. M. Croom has, it is
stated, erected a turpentine distillery
and contemplates the erection of a
cotton gin.
New Berne -W. II. Francks and S.
F. Ra sherry, of Washington, are re
ported as to erect machine shop. in
New Berne.
New Btrne W. H . Boll, of Bratich
ville, N. J., has, it is stated, purchased
and will operate the pine straw factory
of Peter Mallett and will erect a saw
mill.
Washington The Atlantic Coast
Line (office, Wilmington) Js reported
as to erect a grain elevator at Wil
mington, the site for which has been
selected.
New Berne William Ellis, chair
man, wiil receive proposals until Nov.
lGth for the water works recently men
tioned, also for electric street railway
and Eewerage
Salem G. E. Nissen & Co. have
erected new wagon works, consisting
of two-stery building, 137x200 feet,
with engine bouse, etc. The capacity
is 200 wagons monthly.
Statesville J. J dot.t, P. C. Carlton,
W. W. Walton and others have incor
porated the Barium Hotel & Improve
ne3. t Co for the purpose of placing on
the mark t the waters of the Barium
springs, etc. The capital stock is
$100,000.
Danburv The Carolina Iron, IMmin
& Investment Co., Limited, has com
pleted its organization with W. B.
V.7 ill is, of Greensboro, President; Clem
ent Manly, of Winston, Vice-President,
and G. E. Bred rick, of Greensboro,
Secretary. The object of this company
is the development of the magnetic
iron mines near D 'in bury. The capital
stcck is $1,000,000.
CLEVELAND STILL IN LINE.
Mr. Editor: The reform movement
wras never stronger in Cleveland county
than it is to-day. We have some
doubting Thomases, but most of our
membership is composed of material
as firm as the rocks of Gibraltar. An
attack upon the Alliance or its officers
only strengthens their faith in the
principles of the Order.
I would like to call the attention of
the brotherhood to a system of Alli
ance unions which we have adopted in
this county, as there is nothing of the
kind elsewhere in the State, to my
knowledge. We have divided the Sub
Alliances into four sections, known as
the Northwestern, Northeastern, South
eastern and Southwestern Unions.
These Unions meet once every quarter
with open doors, but close each meet
ing with a short private session. Queries
pertaining to Alliance principles are
freely discussed, and the public is in
vited to attend and participate in these
deliberations. The Northwestern Union
was organized nearly one year ago, and
has proved to be a grand auxiliary to
the Alliance work. Its last meeting
was held at Double Shoals, Oct. 2d.
The ladies of the community showed
their appreciation for the cause by the
abundance of dinner which they pro
vided. After serving dinner and sup
per, plenty still remained.
The Southeastern Union was organ
ized at Elbethel, Oct. 21th, under most
flattering auspices. Its next meeting
will be held at Grover, Dec. 12th.
The Northwestern Union was organ
ized at Belwood, Oct. 31st, and was
well attended. This Union will be
heard from in the future.
The Southwestern Union was organ
ized at Boiling Springs, Oct. 7th. All
pronounced this meeting a complete
buccess. Most excellent music was
trained class. After completing the
organization, the following queries
were ably discussed : 1. The object of
Union meetings. 2. What is the great
est evil from which our country is
suffering? 3. Is it the duty of Alliance
men to stand by the demands of the
Order? ,
Judging from the amount of dinner
that was taken up after all had eaten,
there must have been enough for thrice
the number.
After dinner, your humble scribe
talked awhile on the principles of our
Order, and was followed by that true
and tried Aiiianceman and State Sena
tor. Dr. L. N. Durham.
The next meeting of this division will
be at Patterson's Springs, January 7th,
1892.
Brethren, try this plan; it will pay
you.
Cleveland extends a hand of frater
nal greeting, and bids you God speed
in this noble cause.
Fraternally,
J. H. Quinn, Co. Lect'r.