North Carolina Newspapers

6 THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER: JANUARY 5. 1892 ZEKE BILKINS. : If lit He is Still an Anxious Enquirer Christ mas Over and He Feels Better. 44 Hello! Mr. Devil." D. "Why, howdy, Mr. Bilkins. Glad to hear from you." B. 4 'You ought ter bo. In these times a feller don't knov whether he will be heard from or not. When I go ter bed at night I expect ter wake up in the mornin' an' hear the Sheriff Bellin" my property, bat I reckin' no body would buy it anyway." D. 44 Did you have a pleasant time Christmas, Mr. Bilkins?' B 44 Well, not any too pleasant. I sorter felt like it was Christmas an' I sorter didn't. Where is the editor?" D. 4 4 I'll hitch you on to him " R. 44 All right, Mr. Bilking" -B. i4I wanter know erbout that bomb proof business that you were talkin' about before Christmas. Has Dr. Kingsbury explained how he kept out of the Avar?" R 4 4 No, he is as silent as the grave on that score." B. 44 Well, I reckin that is natural for him to be that er way. A man who was never in the war don't like fer his military record to be dragged eround fer the public to gaze on." R. 44 Yon are right. There are a good many men who prate about other people's 4 war records ' who never seen a battle themselves. They either be longed to the 'home guard,' suttlers camps, taught school or filled pulpits." B. 44 1 hear that a good number of the Alliance are fallfn' from grace. They don't believe in the Ocala plat form an' the polerticians have made them believe that there is no hope of anything through the Alliance. Is it true?" R. 'I have heard a great deal of this myself, but see but little. Those who are falling from grace never have been anything. They either joined the Order for personal reasons and have failed to get what they expected, or else they think more of politics than they do of their families." B 4 4 Just what I told Betsey. I told her that a man would be a man no matter what turns up. She sed that all the men ought ter be wimmiu until thing3 are reformed anyway, fer the men are not brave enough to carry out reforms. They get old partyism in their blood an' than the devil can lead them erbout like he would little lambs." R. 44 Are the farmers sticking to their text out your way ?" B. " Sticking ! Good gracious man ; they are stickin' like bark to a hickory tree, They are like a 'possum; if you shake their feet all loose from the limb they will wrap their tail eround the limb an' stay there right on. Six cent cotton ain't calculated to make a man that is anything give up his work posted on financial matters, and there for reform. I reckin real prosperous bY produce division in the Alliance prosperous times would sorter make them careless like, but things are workin' the other way no w. of reform This makes us see the need plainer than ever before. Betsy thinks we ought to declare our independence right away." R. 44 As usual Mrs. Bilkins is right. There is no use in our people waiting until there is no way out of thodifil culty at all," B. 4 'Hurrah? fer independence. Me an Betsy are independent from Janu ary 1st, 1891, till death. Good bye." THE PRICE OF COTTON. Absurd as it seems, there are people who are trying to create the impression 3. ThaFwe f ully endorse the Sub that the low price of cotton is caused Treasury plan and the Ocala demands, by the Alliance. 4. That- a copy of these resolutions First. It is caused by the immense crop raised year before last. Naturally the price went down. But for 1891 the crop was very muuu suort. nowever, the speculators and mill men, no doubt seeing thig opportunity to get most of the crop of 1891 at rediculously low figures, have taken the advantage and hence the low price. This is no new game. It has been worked before and 13 being worked in every line of trade, The speculators here have gotten the thing systemized and nothing but governmental Interference can ever re- claim the people. If it is right to pass laws to punish crime, to build penitentiaries and jails A rrotfct soeift - w v - t , ty from the ravages of highway rob- bers, sneak thieves, forgers, etc., then it is right to build warehouses to store them from imposition of all kinds and from bold, speculative robbery. Deny this successfully if you please. But we don't include legitimate speculation by any means. Any man has a right to buy a horse for $100 and sell him for more if somebody else is willing to pay more. Any man has a right to buy cotton or grain, or any thing, hold it until demand makes it worth more. But this combining of capital, this speculation in farm products, as now carried must be stopped, even if the National Govern ment does it a3 outlined in the Sub Treasury plan. This is a good plan. Nothing better has been offered. Cast your vote in that direction in 1892. STATE BANKS. The National Economist calls atten tion and sounds a note of warning against the pk.n about to bo adopted to side-track the Alliance, It says: Senators have beaten any former record in the introduction of bills dur ing the first week of Congress, and they are still pouring in. Senator Harris, of Tennessee, has introduced one to abolish the national tax on State banks of issue. This is a subject that now demands more than a passing notice. It is one of the most seductive sidetracks yet prepared for the Alliance by the wily politician. The hope is to be able to agitate many Alliancemen into the support of that measure by accepting their cry of more money and presenting that as the quickest way. Never was hope more delusive. Wild cat banking is a long step backward in material progress. Money issued by State banks is not a legal tender and cannot be made so. It cannot, there fore, be made to be of material assist ance in raising general prices in times of depression. It simply adds to the vojunie of personal paper, such as checks, drafts, bills of exchange, etc. When State bank money passes current it will for all practical purposes increase volume of local money, but it is entirely under the control of the capitalists that issue it, and, therefore, instead of being a relief from present conditions, may Avell be regarded as a potent means of intensifying them, because the trouble, the curse of the day, is fluctuations in local prices on account of violent con tractions and infla ions of the lo-'al volume of money. The general prices nor the gross volume of money do not fluctuate near so much. With a local issue in the control of local banks, local scarcity could be prolonged until local speculators bought all the local products find local inflation could be vigorously pushed during the season in which local producers were compelled to make pur chases of commodities the most freely. Nothing more would be necessary to completely enslave local producers to local capital ists. The people are aroused to a determined opposition to banks of issue, National or State, and of the two, State banks of issue are the worst. The isue of the leal money of the country under this system of government is a monopoly per se, and as such is the f miction of government, and should not be delegated to any citizen or sea of citizens, because like all other true monopolies- it carries with it the power to levy tribute at will, and that is in compatible with liberty. The tine po sition on this question is, that the Gen eral Government should alone issue the money, and thit it should be .supplied in necessary volume to do the business of the country, and that the volume be regulated by the amount of business to b transacted at all seasons and at all timo. mis state oanu side tracic was pre sm"d two years ago as a rival of the Sab Treasury plan, and it has been vigorously pushed m some of the South- ern states by rue proiessionai ponti- eians. not because thev believed in it or thought it a good thing for the peo ple, or had anv hopes of securing it, but because they believed the argu ments in favor of it could be so plausi bly presented as to catch some A Hi ancemen who are perhaps not we 1 ranks. JJut the Alliance scJiool master has been abroad in the land, and his name is suo-ireasurv, ana prediction is here freely made that this hide-track will grow rusty ere it is marked by a single Alliance shoe. RESOLUTIONS. Union Alliance, No. 1223. Whereas, We, the members of Union Alliance do feel the need of a reform of government ; therefore be it Resolved. That we do set forth our declaration of intention to support no man for public office unless he puts himself squarely upon the Alliance de mands. 2. That he shall be a true and tried fiiiancenian irom tne soxe oi ms root, 1)6 6ent to The Progressive Iarmer Vf" puoucauon. ine economist, anu OuVAlTi, nV aiTinm out tney are pure Alliance grit. P. B. Pike, Sec'y. HELP WANTED. Chapel Hill Alliance, No. 1227. Mr. EDITOR: Dear hrpthrpn nf t.ViA Alliance. lose t wo head of horses this last summer by disease, I ask the Alliance to help 7?1 "tfcl mia wu e very thankful XSM doK and the other cost me ninety-five dol- Brethren, I have a wife and ten ,to reTfor- , I had forty-five 1 . 1, had to sell it to cet aeot. Brethren, please heln If it is only a little, it will Eelpme a great aeal. ours truly. I C. M IIolcomb, Sec'y 1227 MORE PRESS COMMENTS. Brief Extracts From a Few Papers Giving Their Opinions of President ' Polk's Message. Everybody should read the very able and interesting address of President L L. Polk, which we print to-day. Cotton Plant, Whatever may happen Col. Polk can certainly be depended upon to do the proper thing at the proper time. The State has no more honorable or true son, and the people will trust him in all things. Central Times. We read with much interest and pleasure the excellent address of Presi dent Polk. It was a well considered, carefully-studied and forcible presenta tion of the condition of affairs of the country, pointing out the evils that afflict it. Farmers' Advocate, Tarboro. Every man who has the least bit of patriotism in his heart should read President Polk's address to the Alii ance at the Indianapolis convention. It is one of the grandest appeals to the best thought and loftiest ideas of American citizenship that we have ever read. Waycross (Ga.) Herald. We wish we could present to our readers the eloquent, true and patriotic address of President Polk. It is worthy of the man and the place he holds in the hearts of the great conservative element of his countrymen, and it should be read by every citizen of the United States. It is a true, concise and unprejudiced presentation of the evil that surrounds us, of the burdens that rests so heavily upon the shoul ders of the producers and the remedies that should be resorted to. It . is in strange contrast to the vile attacks, calumny and threats made by the par tisan press of the country and is em balmed in words that could alone ema nate from a true patriot's heart devoted to the best interests of his people. Rattler, Whitaker, N C. HOW TO PLANT TEA SEEDS. Mr. Editor: In answer to many in quiries, I would say that the tea seeds we have sent out should be planted at once and covered twro to three inches in a light dry soil. When they grow in spring, it will be necessary to shade them the first season from the heat of the sun, which can be done by sticking something around, so as to ward off the sunlight. Fraternallv, W. F. Massey. NUTS TO CRACK Around Your Fireside Cream Reform Press. of the The boss of hades and the usurers of earth ave consolidated against organ ized labor Southern Mercury. History furnishes abundant proof of the fact that every government that has failed, by law, to foster and protect agriculture, has gone down. Southern Mercury. Office holding, where there are any emoluments, is as much confined to classes in this country, as in England or Russia, but there is a change cool lug oVr .ihe dreams of the people. Southern Mercury. The government has warehouse's in which is stored silver and gold bullion. Imported and exported goods, whiskey and bankers" bonds, and yet it is 44 un constitutional " to store the products of the soil. Nashville To iter. St. Louis (Mo.) Journal of Agricul ture: Bradstreet puts r;h; failures of the last nine months at S 88G. an in crease over the corresponding rime last ear of 1,23 Sand representing increased liabilities of $46.209, 5ti0. "These are only business failures. Texas Farm and Ranch: Can it be truly called a government by the peo pie when any law They mny sec lit to enact, may be declared nuli and void if it conflicts with the preconceived opinions of learned judges who died more than 100 years ago ? National View (Washington, D. C): The national banks must go, because government money is more stable' and convenient, and because by this system money is farmed out for private gain, and as a means of distribution is unre liable, unstable and unsafe. Did you ever think about how ad justable the Constitution of the United States is? It can expand for the national banker, the railroad magnate for the exposition boomer, and then it can contract to shut out the farmer just as easy. Nashville Toiler. The interest the people are taking in economic questions will, at least, pre vent John Sherman and Wall street from getting any more bills through Congress, like the demonetization and the funding bill. At least, such bills will not go through on the sly. South ern Mercury. Which is the better plan, to allow the volume of money in ciNiulation to be dictated by the demands of business and the needs of the masses, or to have it dictated by combinations which never let it increase to an extent that would make money lending (their busi ness) unprofitable? Nashville Toiler. Intelligence has always ruled in this country, whether right or wrong ; and while the farmers in the past have furnished the most votes, they still have them, and have attained that in telligence through organization that is demanding pop liar rights, and they are going io have them. Southern Mercury. St. Louis (Mo.) Journal of Agricul ture: The fifty-second Congress which convened last Monday, should increase the volume of money, reduce taxation, prohibit grain gambling, and should pass a dozen other good bills in the in terest of the people. The truth is, that party leaders, with an eye only to party success, care very little what the people need. Montgomery (Ala.) Alliance Herald: Canibals eat their victims. The mod ern and cultured canibal i3 not so reckless as to put his victim out of his misery, by decapitating him. He pre fers for charity's sake, to employ him at some productive industry, and by the aid of law appropriate the fruits of his toil to his own comfort, except enough to furnish food for to-morrow's work. The National Council changed the word 4 'loan," in the Sub-Treasury de mand, to 4 issue," and the word 44 in iteresf'to 44 tax." The difference be tween the proposition now and the national banking system is, that the latter is a monopoly for the rich who can spare $50,000. They are made agents to handle the people's money, retailing it out at their own prices. The change would give into the hands of the people the direct control of tl e financial system at actual cost of issu ance. Nashville Toiler. SUB-TREASURY LOANS. A Government Scheme in Russia that Satisfies the Farmers. Consul General Crawford, at St. Petersburg, has transmitted to the Department of State a report upon the details and workings of a system now in practice in Russia (resembling cer tain plans incorporated in the platform of the Farmers' Alliance of this coun try) of making advances on farmers' groin stored in warehouses or de livered to officials of the railways of the country. The salient points of the system, briefly stated, are as follows : The advance on grain may be made" by any railway company on account of the Imperial Bank of Russia, authorized by the ministry of finance. They must not exceed 60 per cent, of the value of the grain at the nearest market place, except in cases of loans for six weeks or less, when 80 per cent, advance may be obtained. The usual interest is 6 per cent., payable in advance, with further small charges on account of a sinking fund and commissions to rail roads. The loans range from six months to one year, and, if not repaid at their expiration, the grain is sold by the railroad company at auction. Grain may also be sold in danger of deteriora tion or if it is feared that the value will not cover the loan and expenses of storage. The railroad companies bear the entire responsibility for the loans by the bank and are required to meet their liabilities within seven days of settlement of a lo in or auction sale of grain. In calculating the percentage of advance the cost of transportation to the point of destination is charged as part of the loan. No distinction is made bet een farmers and middlemen in making advances, the loan being made only on the grain. In conclusion, the Consul General says: This scheme went into effect on June 14 26, 1SS8, and at the present day it is generally adopted throughout tbecoun try, and business is carried on under it on a very large scale. I should also add that the scheme gives great satis faction to the farmers, many of whom deelar.-s that it has been an essential feature of successful fanning in Russia. Wash ington Fast. HISTORY REPEATS 1 1 SELF. During the time of Cato and Pompey, of Cicero and Julius Ceasar, the Roman Republic was in many ways similar to oui s of to day. It was an age of liberty, intellectual culture, material progress and civilization The highest office was open to the humblest citizen, but those with the biggest purses obtained the prize. Men were given distinction becjxuse of their wealth, rather than on account of merit. They laid much stress upon constitutional methods in conducting the affairs of State, but took care to observe them only for party advantage. The government wan run on the schedule to make money for those in power. Profes sions of patriotism and correct princi pies of human conduct were unreal and never practiced in private or public life. Every one was possessed with an inordinate desire to make money by any means, lawful or un lawful, Extravagance in living, dinner parties, building palaces, castles, villas by the sea, vast retinues of servants was the order of the day and indulged in by the rich. To obtain money with out work, to be spent in rounds of pleasure and riotous living, was the chief occupation of the wealthy class. Money, money, more money, was the cry of all, from the highest to the lowest citizen. Men would spend their fortunes to be elected to the highest offices, and in a few years would be come immensely rich. The govern ment was thus under the control of the rich and become a plutocracy, by the freedom granted the citizens under the constitution. The land had, and was passing into the hands of monop olists and the old agricultural popula tion was crowding into the towns to live in idleness and want. The very rich and the very poor, some living sumptuously and others starving, were all here with equal rights, but experi enceing an unequal distribution of the profits of labor. Out of these conditions grew dis content and revolutions, and marked the beginning of the decay of the Roman Republic. Are not the present time and existing conditions under our government al most an exact counterpart of the Roman Republic in the times of Cato and Pompey, of Cicero and Julius Ceasar? Are not existing conditions cign3 of decay of the American Repub lie? What is the remedy? What is best to be done to stop decay, restore healthy action, and save the Republic? These are questions that should receive the consideration of every lover of liberty, and promote an earnest desire to contribute to the restoration of the government to its original purpose. The best and only remedy is a return to a strict observance of the Constitu tion in fact, and a higher standard of morals in private and public life. Nothing else can save the Republic from transformation and decay. Every other expedient will be but an accelerat ing force to hasten the end. 44 When the control of reason is once removed, the catastrophe is no longer distant, and then nations like all or ganized creations, all forms of life ' j from the meanest flower to the highest V. . i-Zi-.. i A-1 1. 11 nnn foxfire Sue i I inevitahly recurring stages of growth and transformation and decay. 44 The life of a nation, like the life of a man, may be prolonged in honor into the fulness of its time, or it may perish prematurely for want of guidance by violence of internal disorders. And thus the history of national revolutions is to statesmanship what the pathology of disease is to the area of medicine. The physician cannot arrest the com ing of age. Where disease has laid hold upon the constitution he cannot expel it. But he may check the prog ress of the evil if he can recognize the symptoms in time. He can save life at the cost of an unsound limb. He can tell us how to preserve our health when we have it ; he can warn us of the condition under which particular disorders will have us at disadvantage. And so with nations : amidst the end less variety of cicumstance there are constant phenomena which give notice of approaching danger ;there are courses of action which have uniformly pro duced the same results ; and the wise politicians .are those who have learned from experience the real tendencies of things, unmisled by superficial differ ences, who can shun the rock where others have been wrecked, or from foresight of what is coming can be cool when the peril is upon them " - CONGRATULATIONS. Forsyth Co. , N. C. We congratulate Col. L. L. Polk on his re-election as our chief officer for the next twelve months. We fully en dorse his past course and will stand by him. Passed unanimously by Cedar Grove Alliance. Fraternally, A. W. Bevel, Lecturer. NOTICE. All persons who bought Alliance official guano the past season whose notes are due will please make pay ment ?d once. We must meet: all our dues promptly to get best terms and prices. Fraternallv-, W. H. Worth, S. B. A. BRO. P. H. MASSE Y'S APPOINT MENTS. Stoney Creek (near Bob Sheals") Jan. 18. 11 a. m. Fairfield Alliance, Jan. 19, 11 a. m. Chesnut Ridge, Jan. 20, 11 a. m. White Cross, Jan. 21, 11 a. m. Orange Church Alliance, Jan. 22, 11 a. m. APPOINTMENTS Of N. M. Culbreth, District Lecturer for the sixth congressional district and S. Otho Wilson, representing the State business agency. These brethren will address the members of the Order at the following times and places: -Mecklenburg county, Charlotte, Jan uary 19, 1892. Union county, Monroe, January 20. Anson county, Wadesboro. Jan. 21. Richmond county, Rockingham, Jan. 22. Robeson county, Lumberton, Jan. 23. Columbus county, White ville. Jan 25. Brunswick county, Lock wood's Follv, Jan. 27. Pender county, Burgaw, Jan. 28. These meetings will be for the bene fit of the members only, and every Alliance member that can possibly be present should do so, as matters of im portance to the Order will be discussed. THE "MUSICIANS' GUIDE. Every music teacher, student or music lover should have this volume. It contains 212 pages of valuable musi cal information, with full description of over -10,000 pieces of muic and music books, biographical sketches of over 150 compor ers, with portraits and other illustration". Also a choice selection of new vocal and instrumental mu.sic and other attractive features. Upon receipt of eight two cent stamps, to prepay postage, we will mail free, a copy of The Musicians Guide, also a sample copy of Bminard's Musical World, containing $ 2 00 worth of new music and inte? sting reading matter. Address The S. Biiaixard's Sons Co , Chicago, 111. to any oue who will sell mm n - i m i m i Htt 1 0UCCIE3 SUBSCRIPTION ORDER. Publishers The Progressive Farmer, Enclosed find $ in tions for one year, to be sent as follows Name. Total amount sent, P.O. tW Be sure to fill the blanks nlainly. writing there can be no mistake. 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Jones, of Catawba Alli ance No. 1,357, died on the 19 th of Nov. 1891, aged 51 years. The Progressive Farmer fifteen months for one dollar. Read "owr big offer " on second page. Tn the family are more often the result of disordered digestianlhasi most people know. PH I A will keep peace in ILLS fzh?$s?& . -w 4 niMitlnn. II 1- I ordered Liver, Contlptlon, and ; all Billon and J ervou jivr. orlslnc from tneie rf ill triicrorisr. fncc cents a uu.vt Kra York Deoot. 1.61 Canal St. 42 w - a Many of our subscribers have been carried through the summer. Crops are now being gathered and sold. If you are due anything, send it right in, for ice are needing money, bad. Money in Cabbage and Celery. 'Blood will tell." Good crops cannot be grown with poor strains of seed. For sixteen year3 Tillinghast'sPuget Sound Cabbage Cauliflower and Celery Seeds have been gaining in popularity. The most extensive growers all over the Union now consider them the best in the world. 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