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S FARMER. KD PROPRIETOR. . jiociat Editor. 11 c. :uption- . O -i.fi it ear... Ix .-toatLs ; 0;:.a Year;?.. ) - a Vp,ir r i ; fce, to tie one sending Club .75 5.00 10.00 -V.j in Advance. If lit by registered letter ' ? i. x ena stamp?. -' -it? I on application. rttiOndenU: -.If? ions, designed for iabll r,r" thft raiHjr only. -rt correspondents in every We want facts of value, re- 1 r t vaJu e, experiences of value. told. One solid, aemonstratea . iMsatr.l tLeorles. or monfv orders Intended ould be nuule payab?e to TnE I A 'ondence Intended for this Ph. irsiivi! Farmer, Itaieign, ZIGII. N. C., FEB. 16, 1891. - .; r,-,i c gscond-cla matter at the ",-' -'-:;7 Farmer is the Official cf thz I u C. Fanners' State Alliance v. a -.rant your paper changed to c r:.?o ?, State the one at Avhicb r.vc torn getting it. vou want your communication :.?J! If so, give us your real and your postoffice. "-"ur . v. -riling to anybody, always be to zi vq the name of your postomce, : Vi your own nt.me plainly. TKr Enwids'iti-writing to -wiy of i.avHrtisers willayor u by men- ling the f it taat tney saw SsaenT in Thk Progressive The dato on your label tells you .11 n you retime is out. N. R. P. A. ' T- - 1. is V EDITORIAL NOTES. President Butic-r spent Wednes- 3ay in the city. He is in good spirits V"15ro. A. C. Shuford, of Catawba count y, spent Wednesday in the city. 'B:o. E. A. Thorne, of Halifax, i the citv Fridav. His faith is .... " .Ljn. . . ' -j The postoffice and telegraph busi ixs been consolidated in Spain. h t to be here. Imports irom all sections of the isxiic&tatnat the Alliance people : - - ltd and will stand together. Brol Peace, the energetic ,,J . " tf ' mi' .!! L; was 'in ice envy lnureuay. 'i'hcre is a powerful rattling of 'ry bcno3 on account of the St. Louis c tin g. The people are fully aroused, j Bro. IL Dundas, Jamestown, N. "-.. :' '3 that lie has increased the r c ty of his bone-meal manufactory " tl:at place. " t ' J. All aboard for St. Louis! Are i'.o'z ' w: The great labor conference . il I 3 a turning point in the history is managing this part of it remarkably well, and you should give it your pat ronagc. Every business agent in the State should take The Progressive Farmer. The Associated Press is a funny organization. It claims to furnish daily papers all the news the same day it occurs, yet at the last election seven tfifin counties in Illinois were carried by the People's party, and this great news association has not reporte 1 the fact yet. It should get a hump on itself. .The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says a war with Chili would have in sured Republican success in the next election. When political partie try to o-et up a war in order to perpetuate their existence, it is time to call a halt We have two parties in this country, whose leaders would do this if they could. Mrs. Van Norden, daughter of the late Isaac Bernstein, of the Louisi ana Lottery, was burned to death in the Hotel Royal fire last week. She had $30,000 worth of diamonds which were burned in the fire. A great deal of money is locked up in jewelry in this country. No wonder money is scarce among the masses. The New York Herald, speaking of the fire there in the Hotel Royal, says: "Most of the men now em ployed as inspectors of buildings in that city, are little politicians who know nothing and care nothing about the safety of buildings. They inspect hotels by working for D. B Hill and other politicians, in Harlem beer sa loons. The Workingman's Helper says: When you find a dozen souls playing a game of base ball in the shade of a dime, you car't avoid the conclusion that the Lilliputians are not yet ex tinct. Have you ever thought along this line, my brother? If not, light your lamp, put on your study cap and you may learn something that will do you good." The National Labor Conference will meet in St. Louis, February 22 J, 1892. All labor organizations will be represented. The Montgomery Adver tiser will then hear something "drap" that will be very apt to cause it to understand that this rule or ruin busi ness has played out and the country will be run on the wise and safe Ocala platform awhile. The people have de cided to have things to suit themselves, and let the bo.-ses take a rest, says the Alliance Monitor. cf t .. .11 ,,0 uovn in Tiii- Our Northern and Northwestern brethren are asking each other if the Southern Alliancemen will stand by them. Our people here are disposed to ask, 44 Will our Northern and West ern brethren stick r,!: 1 ., We cannot answer for any but our own people. Judging from the grit push and patriotism of our Northwest ern brethren we believe they will march to the mouth of the cannon. We are not willing to believe that the nresent good prices of grain in that sec tion, brought about by the shortage of j crops in Russia, will prevent them from carrying out their plans, for our Northwestern brethren are too intelir gent to be caught napping. Such pa pers as the Topeka Capital contend that the farmers are all contented now; that they will stop kicking. The people of the Northwest know that things may, and probably will be reversed next year. They know that a full crop in Europe means stagnation in prices for their products just as they have had before. They know that even now the speculators are reaping more profit from the advance in prices than the producers. So we are not willing to believe that they will be deceive again are being paid in the Northwest for the purpose of making the farmers 'feel good," and that the price of cot ton was made low for another purpose entirely. Will our Southern farmers stick? Who first declared their independence in i775 ? A hand fui of citizens in Meck lenburg county, North Carolina. Their number was small, but they kept- ''sticking," and reinforcements cam J OUu defeat. Now hero is a lesson for the members cf ."the: Alliance and the other soldiers of reform. The Alliance is right but it will not, cannot win unless we fight for the cause. Then , let us, let every reformer, every lover of right and enemy of wrong, buckle on the armor of truth and fight without ceasing. Yes, fight as long as wrong exists, and let every delayxand the ap pearance of every new wrong be a new inspiration to the soldiers of reform and perfect liberty. The Caucasian. WILL THEY BELIEVE IT? Overproduction and starvation all at the same time in the same country. Who can conceive such a state of affairs? Yet the people are asked to believe that such is the condition. OVERPRODUCTION , LACY. FAL- possible to carry the present plus of cotton as it is t POLITICAL PATRIOTS. c. this country. cv::-go - Bro. F. S. Blair, now of Guilford formerly a resident and lec fin tho First Congress-ional Dis v;ai in the city last week. Wo are glad to learn that Bro llllc Carr i.3 much better. He has been very tick with grip and pneumonia. He is now on the way to health again. - j. , . -r-. . -r-v m il XT IT T i-resiaens ueers, oi me iiew xors Life Insurance Company, resigned the r iny, r.na me uompany voted a 1 :;i of $25,000 per year to him V"- - -; r.ioncy was that? , IVv. Thomas Dixon, of New ., ; '.y.3 that , the man who prays : n and votes like a devil, ..III bo found with the devil when the rcat count is "made. True. And the people arose up in one iUy host and in the year 1892 went Louis and "declared that things lui bo changed.. From the Nine th Century, not yet published. B. Alexander, J. M. Mew 1 J. S. Johnston, the State Executive Committe of the co, were all here at tho vi tin-1-st week. They found every- '";." 2 in very good' shape. .Bro. Geo. Wilcox, of Carbonton 0 county, one of the staunch AUi :;:n cf that section, was in the cn Tuesday. He says the Alli :j getting in better spirits and will r.ii on the Ocala platform. Wo would like to see Prof. Mel- Lii SG Sc d with' his rain making : 1 s s t we are willing to bet that Ic s a trust will be formed and 1 raised so that only the upper v sirs 1 cm get any of the arti- iness Agent is no longer 7o have turned over the Progressive Farmer ; ? uollcaticn of all i r4 , oflicc. The , , ': till 3 ' " T and . Worth THE PAUPER MILL STILL GRINDING. Tliis business of making ten thousand paupers in order to make one million lire is an industry that still thrives. It is encouraged by many people and gets all the fostering care and protec tion from this govern m?nt that it needs. A woman in whose ears this refrain rang tottered down the stone steps into an eating house in the basement of 94 Park street Thursday night, says the New York World. A tattered black serge dress covered her wasted bodv and a thin shawl was thrown over her head. Shivering she sank into the ne i rest seat and feebly called for a cup offcoffeas she placed before her the last 2 cents in her possession. When the boy brought her the coffee she drew from her pocket a dry crust and tried to eat it, b it found it too hard and cold. The boy offered to soften the crust over the stove, and the woman handed it to him, with a sad smile. In a few moments it was returned, warm and soft. She tasted it and swallowed a sip of the coffee, then put the re it of it back in her pocket. Her hand stretched toward the coffee again, buc fell short upon the table in front of her. Her eyes closed and a convulsion shook her frame. Her head fell forward upon her breast, and her earthly troubles were over. The woman's clothes, though old were clean. Her face was f,Y without a trace of the dissinition whih surrounded Her, and the bijr blue eves. open and vacant, were as innocent as a child's. Her heavy dark brown hair was neatly coiled. Perhaps she had been making shirts at 15 cents a dozen. The man who em ployed her is wearing diamonds. His wife and daughters spend most; of their "me changing dresses. The pauper mm is still running. BOTH The People's Advocate, of Gaines ville, Texas, a People's party paper, was burned out a few days ago. The paper had just been founded, and but one issue was printed. The fire is gen erally accepted as the work of malicious old party politicians. The hose drivers found their harness tampered with, the fire plugs so firmly screwed down We do believe that good pri.ces-t that it was a long time before they Don't raise it this year. could be loosened, and thus an hour elapsed before the fire company could get to work. We have in the world about 1,500, 000,000 people.: From nine to ten mil lion bale3 of cotton are raised every season. Put the bales at 450 or 500 pounds each and that is probably above the average and we only have between two and three pounds to each human being. Besides this, much cot ton is burned up and wasted every ye ir. Much of it is made into roping and used otherwise. Wool is used to some extent in the manufacture of clothing, but the greater portion of the cloth is made of cotton. Hence the overproduction theory is as false as anything ever told. However, under present conditions our farmers must stop raising so much. Raise your own supplies, become as independent as you can. Reform will change tne conditions so that cotton raising will become profitable sometime. But for the present it will not do to raise it. S;op until the bottom rail gets on top. Notwithstanding the prospect of a re duction in the acreage, cotton futures for the noxt eight months or to the first of November, don't run above 7 cents; hence the man who plants expecting a rise will be left worse than even now. Jtr. tec ibl : nnj'. l t d a', ' I t iA i; HO I FOR ST. LOUIS. HAVE YOU HEARD OF IT ? THE TWO MARTYRS. McAllister, of Mississippi, and Hall, of Missouri, have issued a circular warning Allimcemen against the St. Louis Conference. Now what have these cranks got to do with the Alliance? Thev are no and they were successful. Call upthnJ longer members of its council. Thev -: . r r i n : ,1 i . . . spirit uj. iajui ouiiiwaais ituu usk m.i could not get in the Indianapolis meet wnetner or not one people oi tins seo- jng They have been designated as tion StOOd firm. Ask him if everKi traitors Thfiv nro n-.fhmo- hut. anaha place ne stopped at in this section waj 0n old political sores. They are en- not a hornet s nest. ' (Jail up the spirits of Grant, McLellan and other brave Union Generals and ask thehi about the sticking qualities of trie Southern people. The masses of the people in the South opposed war, but when it came they fell in the lat ditch. When we consider that our farmers are hot headed, impatient and as brave as lions, it is a wonder that they have stood oppression as long as they have. They have been organized several years, but they have taken no rash steps. They have waited and given the powers that bo all the time they could expect. But little relief has been given, uur people are not wining and cannot delay matters longer. Thev g"-q learning to love their" wives ant: chHi dren and country better than they do a few political bosses. They are tired m iking millionaires out of a few peo ple and paupers out of themselves and families. They are tired working and selling their toil below actual cost. They know that they have been do ceived time and again. They see thkt their property i3 rapidly slipping out of their hands. They know that they have far greater grievances now than the colonies had more than a hundred years ago. They know that manhood and patriotism mast exert itself. They are going to practice what they prtaca and vote as they pray. Yes, our North western brethren can depend on us. The following Alliance delegates have been elected to go to St. Louis to the greet labor conference on the 22d. They are all able, conservative and have the good of the country at heart : Fourth District, E. C. Beddingfield, Wake county; Fifth, Rev. P. H. Massey, Durham county; Seventh, A. C. Shuford, Catawba county; Second, Rev. J. T. B. Hoover, Wilson county; First, J. F. Brinson, Pamlico county; Third, W. C. Wilcox, Moore county ; Sixth, J. F. Johnston, Pender county; Eigth, H. M. Kent, Caldwell county; titled to nothing but svmpathv and the Ninth, J. C. Brown, McDowell county; prayers ot good and true citizens, ouitwat laige, ficMucuiiiiaiiun uci. What are they, anyhow? A SUBTERFUGE. Beyond a doubt efforts are being made to side traok the silver question. A recent Washington dispatch says: ' It-would be an acceptable expedient to both parties, for Mr. Harrison would not have to veto a free coinage bill and the Democratic leaders would avoid a HOW IT IS DYING. In December we sent to each Sub- Secretary a proposition to be read in his Alliance, offering to send The Pro gressive Farmer one year in clubs as follows : Five subscribers and less than 10, in a club, at 95 cents each; 10 and split on a free coinage issue." under 15, at 85 cents each; 15 and under I It can be seen from this that a part 20, 80 cents each ; 23 and under 25 at of the leaders of both parties fear the 75 cents each; 25 and over at 70 cents I money power. "Mr. Harrison would each. Remember, if anyone owes us not have to veto the bill." 'The Demo anything on back subscription, he is critic leaders could thereby avoid a I lot entitled to membership in one of split." It don t make any difference ese clubs until his arrearages are I whether Mr. Harrison's course is en- lorsefl.-T Daf tV is not to be considered. The for- a tunes cf Mr, Harrison and his party and the fortunes of the Democratic party should not be in the way of leg islation that is needed- through the medium of ,fi tracts, it would not be pract: the burden of its weight woi most entirely upon the trade contracts for future delivery vve- -iW it may be almost certainly afU mei! that cotton would have mid year, below 5 cents per pound as it did at) intervals before the war when tAieln. ent system of contracts was unknp I Now, does any sensible personW pose that the cotton or future buytt have been paying the difference b j tween five cents and what cotton actually been selling at? Would Jh great philanthropists (?) pay from t to $8 on each bale of cotton just for tQ I purpose of keeping it up? Lastl HM not least, would these rascals deal in futures oppose these !b against dealing in futures if it wc3P x profit to themselves? No This is the dry est rot we have sec "-'at sometime, we nope uapt. Ai;.iru will get his bill through. We are under obligations to lowing brethren for clubs sent iii i last report H. B. Koonce, W. J. Williams, Chas. E. Fuller, A. W. Hoffman, W. A. Pemberton, J. H. Garrison, J. F. Brinson, L. Sellers, J. R. Gay, J. C. Garrett, L. O. Lazenby, Club of 15 5 iftv; 2b S'L 2513 10 4 1313 9 7 it t 9 2 62 61 6 0 3 3 We onlv name in thi3 list those &&J!i ing three or more names, but the man brethren and friends who have sent t j their renewals have our thanks alst f Bro Lane look out, Bro. Williams i j up with you, and says he has anotbe j list most ready. Bro. Pember ton's j is all the way from California. W want to make this list a whole coiU"-. long every week. What are you doii to help us, reader? 1 mid' up. ii other, lieip worK up a club of 65 in your Alliance. Let every brother "see all his neighbors and secure thr names and hand them in to your Secretary at r.ext meeting. IN THE SAME BOAT. DO YOUR EARS BURN? Tho party pres have been tellin; thrilling stories about how the Allianc3 is dying in the Northwest on account of the good prices of grain in that sec tion. They say that tho people ar3 feeling so good that they are willing to stay at home and attend to other than Alliance matters. The real truth is, the farmers of the Northwest are not as rich as the papers say they are. The famine in Russia has raised prices some, but the farmers are not reaping near all the benefits. The speculators are "in it," though. However, at tho recent meeting of the Nebraska State Alliance 1,200 delegates and members gathered at Lincoln. That don't loot ike the organization was aymg last. BUCKLE ON YOUR ARMOR AND FIGHT. PARTIES ARE SIBLE. RESPON- There have been over 70,000 business failures during the past six years. This includes only those recorded. It does not include the hundreds of thousands who have lost their homes the great est of all failures. TWO WONDERFUL PLATFORMS. If on may judge by what our Con gressmen Bay, the platform of the Dem ocratic party can bo summed up jri tw- worda, " Somo tariff," and the pla tforni cf tho Republican party in three wordi "Soma rncro tariff." The Lyceirru We sometimes hear it said that "Right will win." This is not neces sarily so by any means, almost every day we see wrong, tyranny and op pression trample right, truth and justice under foot. But there are con ditions under which right will always win. What are they? When right is ably and as persistently championed and backed by as many supporters as wrong, it will always win. In fact right will often win when backed by less ability and persistency and in ferior numbers, but when the pre ponderance is too great, right goes down. A man's cause mav be lust and yet he may go down because he has The hungry man in the city and the hungry .man in the country have the same grievances, says the Cincinnati Herald. The city laborer working half time for a pittance is in the same boat with the farmer whose products don't pay the cost of nroduction. The merchant JT fleeced by the real estate shark, the loan shark, the trust shark, the ran road shark, and through them is driven into bankruptcy, is a victim of the same evils that are transform. ng the mort gaged farmers into tenants. The man who lives by speculation ; by collecting dividends on watered stock ; by absorb- We have a long list of those who owe us on back subscriptions, and some times we look over it and are surprised at the large number of good men we recognize there- And as hard times pinch us for debts we owe and we think how much easier it would be for 1,000 men to pay us $1 each than it is for us to lose $1,000, we can't help thinking hard thoughts. Pay up, brethren and friends, and come in a club for another year. A STUNNER. MONKEYS AND POLI riCIANS. jf The Charlestown. W. Va , FarM Advocate gets off some good anose sible things. Here is an illustration showing how gome politician gc caught: f"' Monkies are said to : bo TTSii1'" I making a hole in a cocoanut jus enough for Mr. Monkey to get his .. ; in, and then inserting a lump of m t The animal discovers the sugar ij hiding place, thrusts his hand l t ; J grabs it. The aperture not bein I enougniorninito wituuraw xjiau l fist, he is so much encumbered U prize he desires to secure, that hu j ture becomes an easy matter. Sd j 13 with a politician. Some boss mlf s A fat nffii'e in a political cocpiAui and our office-hunting friend getifUold of it, and he would rather go tf. the devil than let go;'and thus fa Is a prey to the designer of the plot. Moiikies and men can be caught in thej;amfi tra.n. i PLANT LESS COTTpji-f, ll i I 1 in', The ColumbU Cotton Plant, which! ing the products of honest toil without I is a very sensible paper and ought yo rendering an , equivalent, are the ene 1 be and is an authority on cotton plant- mies of all living in city or country I ing, believes with U3 that the over who ask for nothing except what they I production stuff is mere rot, but th? ffs can earn by honest effort. Stand to- that the only solution of the matt'-' n The Columbia, S. C, Cotton organ of the State Alliance, h?j say about the necessity for a r in the acreage : The convention ' of cotton which met by appointment k in Augusta, recommended a rl of 20 per cent, in the area plari We trust that this recommfj will be' adopted by every farnul utter nonsence to talk or to thi ine prooaDimy oi your neign ing less wnuo you piani an mcre than you did last yeaiv yuij way lu reacn l with himself not to plan j c&nt. as many acres a3 he yyefcur. .tt-iry pian mat pro camereni; line is doomed t fment disappointment of uai iarmer, Gisappointme.i aster to the country at larm Let each individual f P Ai&bze that there is no monev bf ctual if s, for him, in anv aero nhriCj5j oer cf& gether against your common foe. THE SUB-TREASURY. reach of the people at present is'f duction of the acreage. Read W says: A W. We are coin c: to accent fyrr -ial i, in any acre abo'v: of what he planted last ve'; and ..... i iiKe an intelligent busn-ss mail GOOD'MONEX. The Sub Treasury plan is bound to be heard in Congress. All efforts to kill it have been futile, and it stands to dav the most intelligent exponent of firmr'.m'.ji rofnrm KvirrV.f their theory be correct , 12 cents for it. Under the ror auopuon, says ine iauo?iai ucono- might sit down every ot thus get as mucn tor on nd hoQi art rv,iV, oVirvi it monfiv . . - m. a mi . . I aVLa OV-f illUU t kjj- J the solution of the money Kxetplion. see so i;ttift nf it thntanvauthoritalire with regard to price of cotton, MP?sed statements about thi.T stuff called wej mist. It looks like it is bound to be heard as we now get for two." vill re- hen if if o- Oyeorv wft ear and ir's labor SOME VERY D in political organiza iom, too. Some weeks ago a Democratic convention in Texas declared that a man who be- The bills introduced lieved m the Sub Treasury should not Alexander and others be admitted to a Democratic conven- j ulation in futures tion. Another convention has .lust deal of nrmroV.a;,v :ot. f m yongressman prevent spec- ' j j Acaieu a goou Aim ""CS WUU VHC1A tVA monpv nrp Aiwavu intestincr. ifom- eroys Advanced ThouM one oil the C best publications in the country, fciys: Every dollar that is ty la v declared to be full legal tender ft its face vhlue is a good dollar. Every dollar thit is not a full legal-tender for a dollar of " debt, dues or taxes, anyw&ere ir thes United States, is not & good dollar ,-. Gold coins are full legal tender at : their face value only when the pins are full weight, theifore the gold dol- V lar is not a perfect dollar. Silver Uol- lars, once a legal tender for anv and all debts, is now a legal-tender to an been held and the Sub-Treasurv wing This ff AdioS L j ucwl"' " , t-g-ieuuer w cava ir. mnai- ;n fi1flip n nrtorm i . . firftr . , , , i , c , . .v.v... kJX.-, " " - ucvuio verv rich n-.AAff har v mined tne ciean, iresn. ensn and nttmtUi rpi i Tk,rtT.,-rt I - " - 13 I. J- x , , . vvvr. Livy urguiiizeu a new i;niiL-i-iauo party called the "Jeffersonian Demo cratic party." Yes, the Sub-Treasury nonsense (?) is bound to be heard. It is one of the best things in the world. i or i tarmersofthoSoTaiid West. Power- uiny , wadded, greasy ancl1 bul- I ful efforts are betde to defeat the iuttodt thejJ k bills in Washingin order tocreate f W f-t. lit. VI, ui CVI I ictW right trorld without end. Yes, thrico armec is ho whoso caus's iiiu. us mo weapons , vant go which -justice givco'hi is just,-but il 1 -I. c.,i WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? Let every Allianceman in North Carolina work now. Let him see all his neighbors and induce them to sub scribe at once for The Progressive sentiment asramst the bills the cotton have. and srrain tyipJ are fendins: out all sorts The law Creates monnv nnl v of stories. list Thursday, Hubbard, PWose--legal-tender for deot. not the manhood and the courage to T Farmer. Get' their names .and" hand btanu and ' persistently - fight, ."for tho tixeni to your secretary at next meet ing, i There "' i.3 scarcely anv Alliance in thr Pt just, 2nd in 23 tub- 0 c A r.'IT, ft f 'n r . r-r I "i v4i. cnts each for c::o year. Price & Co. New York, cotton men, sent out thefollow nig: "It has developed that much of the advance e- the past revyaays ma ati durt to tne reaiiyafrcn on the Part bf the fgrn opera? -"'- u .. T 1 1 . A . 1 - xors wno; weier largely mxerestea in the cotton .market upon their hold in; -j. .TLtf rca.cn cscirned .'for. .their action'iwas ,tho--. r;cncral apprehension that the-! rjiti-option till, now; before vrould I :ec:::o a lavf.i .fchould m puver to purchase, thtp-elorc cxii mis grab, talk, twaddle and Mm auouc UongresA aiming to givefrJi'iey uuuorm purchasing power, urwsre partisan rot. 7 When the law create ;SUCl. i5 a clmcctibo im- adulation 'ijnonai Lhegov4.r:::n. fits its crf. lit or . ' " ). A V . J . A V- . J; Hi
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