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v THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER: JUNE 28. 1892 ' v TggfgOGRESSiyE FARMER. MRS. L. h. POLK, - Proprietor. J. L. RAMSEY, - Editor. f.W. DENMARK, - Business Manag'r. Raleigh, N. C. -SUBSCRIPTION ,in?le Subscriber. One J.... ........ 1 rive Subscribers, Yg............... M One copy oa year free, to the one sending Club if Tpn Cm.j ntxwtaWy in Advance. Money at our risk, if sent by registered letter or money order. Please don't tend stamps. Advertising Rates Quoted on application. To Correspondent : Write all communications, designed for pub lication, on one side of the paper only. We want intelligent correspondents in eery county in the State. We want facts of value, results accomplished of value, experiences of value, plainly and briefly told. One solid, demonstrated fact, is worth a thousand theories. All checks, drafts or money orders intended for this paper should be made payable to The Progressive Farmer. Address all correspondence Intended for this paper to Ths Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. C. RALEIGH, N. C, JUNE 28, 1S92 This paper entered an second-clas matter at the Port Ofice in Raleigh, N. C. Do you want your paper changed to mother office ? State the one at which 70U have been getting it. Do vou want your communication published i If so, give us your real name and your postoflice. In writing to anybody, always be rare to give the name of your postoflice, and sign your own came plainly. gpf" Our friends in writing to any of our advertisers will favor us by men tioning tho fact that they saw the advertisement ir- The Progressive Farmer The dar,e on your labei tells you when your time is out. N. R. P. A. EDITORIAL NOTES people want. They are going to have it, too. The politicians can use the ma chine and nominate men, but they c m"t elect them. Some people make a living by the sweat of somebody else's brow in this wonderful period. We return thanks for an invita tion to the exercises to be held at Guil ford Battle Ground on July 4th. The mortgages recorded in the little city of Parkersburg, W. Ya., amount to I3S5.000. Great prosperity there ! It is said that the present Con gress has not failed to have a quorum (at the races) during the entire session. Again we ask: Is it right, is it just, is it sensible to preach reform and then ask reform people to vote against reform? Every one of the delegates 10 Chicago from the State of Oregon were national bankers. That is what is ruin ing the country. An exchange states that if a man dreams the devil is after him it is a sign that he had better settle his sub scription bill. The Louisiana Legislature is try ing to elect the President of the State Alliance to the U. S. Senate to keep company with Peffer and Kyle. Now they call "hayseeders" ' ' pumpkin rollers. " That is right ; call them anything you please, but keep out of the way when they are rolling pumpkins. What sort of a man does the shy- locks fear for Congress? One that cannot be frightened, fooled nor bought. They do not fear a man who can be bought. The New York Herald says Mrs. Jefferson Davis and Mrs. Gen. Grant are both stopping at the same hotel in West Point, and thinks this sufficient to bury the bloody shirt. It is not the fault of our Creator. He blesses the country every year with good crops. As much is made as is needed. Then the politicians must be to blame for not choking off the shy locks. The voter who sticks to his party through thi:-k and thin is the main de pendence of corrupt politicians. This is intended for Democrats, Republi cans, People's party men and Prohibi tionists. When the Chicago platform was read Henry Watterson kicked against the tariff section and offered a substi tute, which was adopted. We would like to see the original plank offered by the committee. Senator Mills, of Texas, says: "A true Democrat will standby the party, no matter if the party is Tho honest neoDle of this , j. - v x country must fight against such doc trine as that in all parties. The smallest bird or insect is furnished by nature witn means to ae tA ifQAlf hv makincr battle or by tak- ing flight. But the - farmers of this country are expected to; trHmit to every injustice, every indignity --and not even be allowed to change their political views or deposit their votes where they will do tne most goou. Fellow-citizens, don't be slaves. God never intended that you should. Don't be hoodwinked by any party that has "tariff for revenue only " in its platform. That is too in definite, and any party that goes in on that plea will manage to need all of the tariff now in force for "revenue." The indebtedness of the world has doubled in the last eighteen years, and one half the metalic money has been destroyed. If this is not doubling the indebtedness of the world by law we do not know what it is. The debt has naturally doubled once and has been doubled again by law. The prospect for the f vrmers and the laboring people in the cities to turn out and do the marching, torch bearing and hurrahing for the old parties d )es not look very flattering just now. IIov would it do for the old parties to mus ter the tramps? They make 'em and should give 'em employment. If anybody thinks The Progres sive Farmer is going to advise Alli ance or non-Alliance people to stay in any party or go into any party, as a rule, they will make a mistake. We simply propose to turn on all the light we can on all parties, good and bad light, and "you can do the rest." Hon. J. H. McDowell, President of the Tennessee State Alliance, has bid farewell to the Democratic party. He gives his reasons in a long card pub lisked in the Nashville Toiler. He says he has tried for years to get reforms through the party, but has utterly failed. He is forthe People's party. The silver plank of the Demo cratic platform, while professing to be for a change, is an ingenius dodge and an endorsement of the present silver laws. Read it and see if that is not true. There is no hint of any free coin age in it, though twenty nine State Democratic platforms have declared for free coinage. Think of the government donat ing to the railroads territory equal to nine States the size of Ohio and yet the people don't own a crosstie. We pay for the roads every six years and we never own them. They continue to rob us to pay interest and dividends on watered stock, says the Southern Alliance Farmer. Now the fun is on. Ve want to see the leading Democratic papers that have been clamoring for more money, tariff reform and free silver defend the Chicago platform and its nominees. In fact we want to see anybody who will attempt to defend the concern. They will be added to our museum if they will just come to this office. The handsome catalogue of Wake Forest College is just out. It contains many important facts about that great im titution, and shows that it is prospering to the satisfaction of all its friends. Thirty six young men gradu ated at the recent commencemnet probably the largest number that has gone out from any college in the State. The people have been studying their lesson in government affairs for four years and no amount of spread eagle oratory can drive them from their honest conclusions. This has been demonstrated on every stump in Georgia. The wealth-producers are not looking out for fine oratory or fancy words, but facts and figures, ays the Southern Alliance Farmer. Did you ever hear the story of the monkey and the two cats? By the time the monkey got the cheese divided there was none left for the cats. That reminds us of the tariff. There will be nothing left for the people in the two parties by the tiaae they get through with the tariff tussle if they continue as they have been going on for the last twenty years, says the Pioneer Ex ponent. There is a continual hubbub about appropriating money to increase our navy. In the meantime it is in creasing faster than is needed. It is only a few weeks since the cruiser Raleigh was iaunched at Norfolk. The warship Texas will be launched at Ports mouth, Ya., to-day. They are drop ping in the water at every navy yard. Why this clamor for more money for the navy ? Bro. W. S. McAllister, Secretary of Mecklenburg County Alliance, tells the Charlotte Neics that at least 50,000 Alliancemen in the State have pledged themselves not to vote for Cleveland. We expect the number is greater than that, besides many not members who have sworn that they will not vote for him again. Of course they will not swear to lies, and as they will not vote for Harrison it remains to be seen whether or not the Omaha convention will put up men and a platform that our people can consistently vote for We are by that convention like the others if it don't make a platform that means something and put pure nominees up, then don't vote lor it. Remember that a paper run at the cost of The Progressive Farmer cannot be published on credit. OUR POLICY. The Progressive Farmrer is an agri cultural paper. The welfare of the tillers of the soil is uppermost in our minds every day in the year. But at the same time the paper is not filled with patent medicine advertisements, cuts of horses, cattle, sheep, cabbages and tin sprinklers, as some of the al leged agricultural papers are. We do not begin editorials on stockraising and inject a paid advertisement of some excellent breed of ca tie before we finish it ; neither do we write edi torials on poultry -raising and wind up by declaring that somebody sells the best liver pills ever on the market. In writing this we mean no reflec tion upon the work of first-class agri cultural journals. They are filling their places, but there are other duties to be performed. The people must be edu cated. Then they will be able to cope with the problems of agriculture. The best paper in the world is no advantage to the uneducated. The people need facts and figures ; also, they must be educated politically. We know that the country is full of incapable farm ers, men who manage their farms bad ly, but it does them no good to tell t hem where and how to get fine breeds of cattle unless they are educated. It is absurd to advise the farmers to be economical. They are already the most economical class on earth, and anybody who says anything else mis represents them. Everyr other elas:;, as a class, spends twice as much for clothing, for food as the farmers. Every other class spends twice or more than twice as much for luxuries. It is silly in anyone to advise the farmers to raise more of the various crops when they can't get cost of pro duction for what they now make It is silly to say that the farmers do not work, for history shows nothing ap proaching the progress of the Ameri can people in the past twenty or thirty years. The farmers are the foundation stone, hence they have wrorked. The greatest work an agricultural journal can do at this time is to urge education, show the evils of existing legislation, expose corruption, teach the people on economic questions and condemn hypocracy. We defy any one to controvert this position success fully. THE OMAHA CONVENTION. f This notable gathbQnjillivene in the city of Omaha, Neb., on next Monday, July 4th, and an immense crowd of delegates and visitors are ex pected. But all will be accommodated, as Omaha has about sixtyT hotels, large and small. It is said that every Southern and Western State will be represented and many sections of the middle and New England States. The blue and the gray boys will meet and commemo rate the nation's anniversary by clasp ing hands and putting in motion the machinery of a new and powerful party, which shall have inscribed on its banner "Equal rights to all and special privileges to none," something that the world never saw before on a party banner. We await the result of this Conven tion with much interest. If it makes any serious mistakes the hopes of thou sands will be dashed to the ground. If wisdom predominates the entire world will watch, with constantly increasing interest, every movement made. If conservatism prevails the political un certainty in this country in the next few months will be greater than at any former period. We wait and watch If this conven tion fails to show that it knows what is needed and that it cannot give the prop er remedy, this paper will stand ready to help bury its name and work. On the other hand, if it shows that intelli gence, honesty and patriotism pre vailed, then we are ready to spread the news that deliverance is at hand The people of the WeLt and South ought to know that their interests ore identical that what will hurt or bene fit one section will do the same for the other. But at the same time, there are peculiar conditions that might affect the people of both sections differently. For that reason there should be but few planks in the platform. There is one thing that nine-tenths of the voters from Maine to California c an agree upon and that is financial re form. President Polk often said be fore his death that financial reform was the first thing needed, and had he lived would have worked to that end. In the rocky hills of Massachusetts the farmer and the laborer, and even the business man, want financial reform. Under the shadow of the Rocky Moun tains that is the cry. In the cotton and corn fields of the South financial reform is the watchword. Hence the Omaha convention could not do better than to make a special financial plank and then stop. That of course would include .free coinage of silver, and any thing else nee ded along that line. The tariff question, and many other things of greater and less importance needs attention, but if the right kind of a President and Congress can be elected, such matters can be attended to. Both the dominant parties have put themselves in a position to be defeated. Their records, their present platforms, and their nominees are sufficient to make them fall by force of the right eous indignation of the American peo ple. If the new party makes no se rious mistakes it will have a walk over ; if it does the need of a new one will not be obscured, for the country is in a deplorable condition, and rapidly getting worse. VIOLATING THE LAW. The Moncure Echo states that a number of prominent Democrats held a meeting in Pittsboro on Saturday, June 18th. It further states that it was a secret meeting and nothing has been divulged. We thought enough had been said about violating the law in this way to put a stop to it. But here are the very crowd that have been tearing their hair holding a secret political meeting, and, though we are not sure, yet it is probable that they "lapped their tongues" at each other and made other signs too numerous to mention. If we hear of any more secret political meetings we will be compelled to call out the military and have the entire kettle of fish before some of Gov. Holt's many notaries public. MISREPRE SENTED. There seems to ba a never dieing de sire on the part of some people to mis represent the St. Louis platform and the People's party, as well as the Alli ance. They say the St. Louis platform has not been officially endorsed by the National Alliance. That is true. The People's party has not been officially endorsed and is not likely to be. But the members of the Alliance can en dorse the St. Loui- platform as Alli ancemen if they see proper do so and as citizens they can endorse the People's party if they want to The national meeting of the Alliance at Ocala suggested the St. Louis Con ference and each congressional district in the Union, in which the Alliance is organized, sent a delegate. The mem bers of the Alliance, therefore, feel a deep interest in what was done. We notice that the Kinston Free Press says the National Alliance went back on the Constitution in calling the St. Louis Conference. The delegates to the National Alliance, feeling that it tt.h thfir rint.v roRolvfi t.hft nrnh em of the relief needed by their constituents, wisely decided that if the two domi nant parties refused to give proper aid, that as citizens the people must take decided steps to get it, and suggested the conference. Nearly every labor organization had representatives in the meeting. The St. Louis platform does not suit everybody, though it is a good one. It has the advantage of any other political platform made in years, in that there is something in it. It is in language that can be understood to mean something. If the Omaha Convention will adopt the first two planks finance and land and put good, pure men on their ticket, they will win by a large odds. THE AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY. The school book trust was formed about two years ago. Several large firms combined for the purpose, as they allege, of giving the public the benefit of a reduction in the price of school books by cutting down expen ses, etc. That such a trust would be formed for the purpose of lowering the price of books is too absurd for any sensible person to believe. Perhaps most peo ple have learned by this time that the statement was false. Now it is rt ported that a trust has been formed in school furniture, desks and other material. The negro who steals a chicken must go to the peni tentiary, but the rich rogue that steals the earnings of the people in thousand dollar lumps is not molested. THE HONEST DOLLAR. Already the papers are beginning to apologize for Mr. Cleveland. They say he is for an " honest dollar," etc. All of us want honest dollars. Honest people want honest money. We sup pose when the bankers bought up the trade dollars of 1878 at 85 cents, and were paid 100 cents by the government an "honest dollar" was in demand. The banks got an honest dollar, but they get it dishonestly. Grover Cleve land and his friends want all the "hon est dollars" they can get, and they don't care how much dishonesty is re quired to get them. Now we want to see some of the popgun newspapers deny this, and defend Cleveland and his gang of Wall street boodlers. Tie Progressive Fanner from now until Hot. 15th for Forty Cents. Make up your Clubs. GROVER CLEVELAND. Mr. Cleveland was nominated for President at Chicago by the Demo cratic convention. The vote stood: Cleveland, 616; Hill, 112. He filled the Presidential chair from 18S-4 to 1888 ; was again the nominee, but was beaten by Harrison. Mr. Cleveland is styled a "self made "man. He rose from an humble legal attorney to the highest office in the gift of the people. But unfortunately he made himself out of the filth of Wall street, New York, which filth is the greatest monument to corrupt legislation, broken fortunes, broken hearts and a wellnigh ruined country. He was raised up in th it atmosphere, breathed its hellish odors every day of his life. Even while President of the United States he stood by the men who, more than all others, are responsible for the wretched condition of this country to day. He stubbornly stood against the free coinage of silver, and other finan cial legislation that would have bene fited the country at large. When the gamblers of Wall street were about to go under at one time during his ad ministration, Cleveland used his influ ence and sent many millions of dollars from the U. S. Treasury for their use until they could recover their foothold. He is a strong friend to the banking fraternity at all times. Cleveland has been a persistent ad vocate of tariff reform, but as we all kno v that the tariff will never be re formed until real reformers are put to the front, his nomination will not cause any enthusiasm on that line. He is noted for his firm, unyielding dispo sition, but it is a notable fact that he never was stubborn in advocacy of anything for the good of the country, but always so against anything that would benefit the people. He has more brains than Harrison. Bat their views on public matters are the same, except on the tariff question. They are as two eggs. As leaders of their respective parties you cannot dis cover any material difference. They are for the Wall street gang first, last and all the time. Both of them have shown by their public acts that they have adopted Jay Gould's motto "the people be damned." LETTER FROM BRO. PAUL VAN DERVOORT. He Was One or Col. Polk's Staunch Friends. Walla Walla, Washington. The Progressive Farmer Raleigh, N. C The sad news of the untimely death of our great leader, Col. L. L. Polk, overwhelms us with grief. We can not fill his place. I nevar knew a no bler man. When all is written and said he will be known and cherished as a brave, true, unselfish patriot, who loved hi3 country better than himself and gave his life for the cause, laying his precious heart on the altar of our hopes. He was my choice for President. His devoted loyalty to our common coun try, his fealty to the flag of our nation, his desire to unite the blue and the gray in bonds of fraternal union, won my heart, and when I came to know him I never loved man better or truer. His heroic life is a lesson for us. Not a heart or hearthstone in an Alliance household or in the People's party but will cherish his sacred memory. He fell in the harness and gave his life for us. He was to have been my guest in Cmaha, and only a few days ago he wrote: "I gladly accept your invita tion if you will treat me as one of the family." I wrote him "yes" with all my heart, aud our household indeed will miss his coming. I am heavy with grief, my eyes are full of tears, and I cannot believe it. Only yesterday his golden letters cheerd my way. Only yesterday I read his loyal words to a great audience and heard the cheers of the faithful in their far off lands. Who shall replace him ? No one in our hearts. His memory will be a se cret incense to us, and we will remem ber his brave words, his earnest hopes and gird on our armor anew, and march forward in a determined effort to win victory for the c luee he gave his life to advance. To his brothers of the Alliance the loss is like tht falling of all the great trees of a mighty forest. To his fami ly how dark and gloomy must be their lot3. Our love for him cannot console them, but we pray that in the bright celestial city where his pure white soul has wafted "its way, he will look down upon us and witness our efforts to glo rify the cause and save the nation he so loved that he gave up his life for it. Fraternally, Paul Vakdekvoort. Bro. Paul Vatdervoort, writer of the above, and author of the resolu tions adopted by the blue and the gray cavalry, is a native of Ohio, born in 1846, received a common school educa tion. In 1862 he enlisted in the 68th Illinois infantry, afterwards in compa ny M, 16th Illinois, served in Knox ville campaigns, was taken prisoner and served in Southarn prisons as fol lows: In Anderson ville, six mouths; Belle Island, three months and one month each at Millen, Savannah and Bristol. He served two years and nine months before he was 19 years old. In politics since the war he has ta ken active part for the Republican party, up to 1888, making speeches all over the North In the G. A. R. he has served, first, as commander of Ne braska; Senior Vice Commander in Chief of the United States in 1878, and 1882 elected Commander in-Chief of the Grand Army of the United States, I inAiiiifinff A nuin L. -T - x rades the largest gam in histoV, H Order; also organized in lm ll lnh man's Relief Corns. Anvn;11 G. A. R. and at their RQJ;I to it v. xx. xv. meir second a honorary member for life of R. C, ! then at Detroit it LX Clara Barton and Paul Vanrt V&te should be carried on the roils f as the only honorary mpm 0r Last fall Mr. V. stumped the c of Kansas and Nebraska for th soldier in the land as their str champion, and the only one eWV ted Commander-in-Chief who ts in the ranks, carried a musk sabre. " 1 ; JUNE. 23KD, !892. A H If 1 A A 1 a. monument 10 me threat Leader h-c nuuuscia &iiu mends orial and Relief . . " A OIK V. Association, meeting was called to order bv v Marion Butler, President of theV Allionfo onrl T T "Tin.-.-. J. Dunn the body proceeded in ize the Polk Memorial and IMiof v uuiiiuu wiui nie lonowingpian- Jicouncu, xiictl; huh Association 'T be known as the Polk Mpmr.V xioouiiauuu, ciiiu is organized fr the purpose of raising funds for Pri ing a monument to the memory of L. Polk, and for the relief of U fan as far as may be thought proper. Even this Association shall thereby beco a member thereof. 2. That the following be elected ' Board of Trustees for this A?so 'hrb S. B. Alexander, B F. Gradv V B. Branch, A. II. A. Williams V,v uarr, j. i. itamsey, a. j. Dal by W J. Peele, N. B. Broughton, J. a Ik Kins, it j. league, i. t. Jones, R and J. J. Thomas and the Pre4fS. and officers of this State Alliance It? the President of each County Alliance and the President of each Statp A'ii ance and such other persons as he mav trustees (twelve) shall constitute s quorum for the transaction of lusines at a call of the President of the X f Farmers' State Alliance, who and hi successor in office shall be the Presiden: or tne lioara or Trustees. o tu4- a I ri i t o. xiiaii tne lunowiijg namea person: thi$ Association: E. McK. Goodwin N. B. Broughton, S. O. Wilson, E. J Powell and W. S. Barnes. 4. That H. W. Ayer be elected Sec retary Treasurer, and the Commeim and Farmers' Bank shall be the custo dian of said fund. It shall be the duty of the Board o: Trustees to manage and control tht funds which shall be collected, choos the monument and determine the cor thereof and make the apportionmcn: between tne sum to be expended there on and the sum to be expended for the benefit of the family ; and make, alter and amend the rules and regulation prescribed for the government of the Executive Committee and fill any va cancy occuring therein, and from time to time they may meet and adopt such resolutions and measures as in their judgment will promote objects herein expressed, and they shall continue ir office until their successors arc sp pointed by the members of this Asso ciation. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to take the bond of such officers as may be required to give bond, to take steps for the immediate collection of the funds, to examine the books of secretary and assist the sec retary-treasurer in the work pre scribed for him, to elect his successor and execute all duties which, maybe herein and hereafter prescribed for them and report to the Board of Trus tees as often as required. Th-y shall determine the compensation of the secretary treasurer and have power to draw on the funds for all in cidental expenses for the purposes herein expressed. The Secretary and treasurer shall be a bonded rdlicer and his bond shall be determined and free time to time increased the IJoari of Trustees on the recommendation of the Executive Committee. Marion Butler, Pres't. J. J. Dunn, Sec'y Polk Memorial and Relief Association of North Carolina. NOTICE. The Board of Trustees of Polk Mem orial Association is hereby called to meet at Greensboro on the morning w. t.hft ftpninrl Tnpsrlnv in AnirUSt tit' o'clock, it being the first day of &e annual meeting of the State Alliance. Marion Butler, President Board Trustees. AN APPEAL, FROM THE EXECU TIVE COMMITTEE. In pursuance of the above, we ap peal to every labor organization, State, district, county and subordinate in America, add to all persons who are willing to aid us in doing honor to one of the noblest of America's citizen who proved himself a friend to the op pressed of all c1 asses, to secure ana tor ward funds to the secretary treasurer of this association. We feel tnat re formers everywhere will be glad to aw us in erecting a monument to tne memory of Leonidas L. Polk, sucna. marks the resting place of no privaw American citizen, and also in placing his wife and daughters in a position that they may be always above wani. All funds should be sent to the secretary-treasurer of the Polk Memorial and Relief Association. ... n By order of the executive commas N. B. Broughton, Cbm n. W. S. Barnes, Secy. Tie PiwessivG Farmer now until Nov. 15th flr IWf A mass-meeting was held intw of Raleigh, N. C, June 2:1J, 7; Cents Make up your Clubs. J s V V
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