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y . - - THE PROGRESSIVE F&B&BE : OCTOBER 11. 1882. V ' MM "V i THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER. MRS. L. L. POLE, - Proprietor. J. L. RAMSEY, Editor. J.W. DENMARK, Brsnncss Manaq'r. Raleigh N. C. -SUBSCRIPTION give SnbecrlTjors. One Year.... ?ne co or, yeeorle send in Club VToney totirriek, J sent by rejristred letter or money orde. Faf yt mpj. Advertising Kates iuotl on application. To Currteiondenti : Write all cosimunicatlons, designed for pub- for !hi9 paftr sWd bmade payable to The -3l5SSSndetfce intended for this paper toTH Progressive Fahuek, Raleigh, N. C. BALKIQH. N C . OCT. 11, 1892. T?iw ixv;?- enirrr.d it? ccn-cia matter at t?i Port Otf.ce in RaUiyh, N. C. The Progressive Farmer is the Official Organ of the N. C. Farmers' State Alliance Do vou want your paper changed to another office ' State the one at which you have been getting it. Do you want your communication published ! If ao, give u? your real name and your postcffice In writing to an ybody, always be sure to give the nfU22e"of your postofilee, and sign your own name plainly. Our friends in writing to any of o iradvcr timers will favor us by men tioning the fact that they saw the advertisement ir. -Thv Progressive ?ars:ek gf- The iaie ua your label tells you ?7hen your :ime is out. N. R, P. A. EDITORIAL NOTES, How much longer will the pluto crats, which are largely found in cities, abuse the men who support them, The National Economist has changed its form, enlarged, and is mush improved by the change. We wish it continued success. The Wilmington Star, of recent date, had two tales about the egging of Gov. Buchannan in Tennessee. We must conclude that the Star is a comet now, as it has two tales. ling All thi3 lying, abu?o and wrang over politics is unnecessary. We like to see people work for their party,- be enthusiastic, but it is carried too far nowadays by all parties. Re form yourselves. We are pleased to note the great success of the Winston Sentinel under the management of Mr. Burbank. He is a worker, knows what journalism is and seems willing to treat every body with due respect. The box toed, cigarette smoking and beer guzzling politicions of North Carolina are down in the mouth. They see that the reform movement is now too far ahead to be overtaken. The great common people have been edu cated. It is reported that People's party men have refused to allow Democratic speakers a hearing at two or three points lately. We don't know that it is true, but if so, should be condemned. If you don't want to hear a speaker let him fire away without an audience. The wind bloweth, the water floweth, the farmer soweth, the sub scriber oweth, and the Lord knoweth that; we are in need of our dues. So, come a runnin' 'ere we go a gunnin'. We're not a funnin'. This thing of dunnin' gives us the everlastin' blues, says an exchange. A dispatch to tte Wilmington Messenger, states that a People's party man cut down and carried off a Cleve land and Carr flag or banner at Blount's Creek. That was a sorry job for anyone to engage in. We do not bank on flags to any great extent, but when people put them up the other ;party has no business to destroy them. John Wannamaker, the model 4 Sunday-school superintendent recently igave a check for $5,000 for a benevo lent purpose and the very next day reduced the wages o his sewing girls in his large wholesale establishment so that many of them only received fifty cents, per day. Who gave that $5,000 ? -Mr. Wanaamaker or the sewing girls? Bank directors are not elligible as. presidential electors. It has been discovered that two were nominated in Maryland. The National Demo cratic Executive Committee have been notified and will have to call, them down. This thing of nominating men connected with banks has been quite common; That accounts for some things. V Jerry Simps 3n opened the cam paign in his Kansas district Wednes day of this week with a big mass meet- ""V whijh ho and others spoke. Thpro was a procession of 1,200 deco rated farm wagons and, twenty-six loads of wheat, worth $600, the pro ceeds of which will be given to the campaign fund, says the American Enterprise. While the Democrats here are fighting the PeopleV party 'so bitterly, the National Committee are making some deals out West. In North Dakota on last Tuesday the National Com mittee announced that the Cleveland electors had been withdrawn, and ad vised Democrats to vote for Weaver. In Idaho the Cleveland electors have been taken down and the People's party electors wil- bo voted for. It is understood that other western States will do the same, On one side of the country the Democratic party are working for Weaver, on the other side they rotten egg him. " Consistency you are von daisy," as tho Dutchman said. As a good deal is being said about Gen. Weaver assessing the citi zens of Pulaski for the sum of $1,750 for the support of refugees, by order of General Dodge, wouldn't it be a good idea to send somebody to Cham bersburg. Pa , to find out what Con federate General assessed the citizens there to the amount of $200,000 for war purposes? Also to find out other cases of the same kind, and how many horses were rede by Confederate sol diers, and how much grub eaten by them, that was paid for with vouchers of the Confederate Government. Gen tleman this war business was bad enough on both sides, Let the matter rest where it is. Let us forget those terrible days and talk about the present. PAYS NOWHERE. "While farmers in the South are complaining that the last year's cotton crop of nearly 9,000,000 bales the largest ever raised will leave them scarcely a dollar of profit, and brings thousand -3 of them in debt," exclaims the St. Louis Republic, "the Illinois State Board of Agriculture reports that eevc-n of the ten corn crops of the State between 18S3 and 1S9I were raised at a loss cf $80,000,000." The truth is farming pays the farmer nowhere in the United States. It is the men who farm the farmers that are prosperous. And j et some of our farmers are foolish enough to vote for a continuance of theso same condi tions. We admit that our Southern farmers hive pursued a bad by stem that many cf them are not systematical at all. But the North and West, where better systems are practiced, agricul ture is going down rapidly. Tho thrifty New England farmer is fast getting down toward the poorhouse. Farming pays the men who farm the farmer. GETTING TOGETHER. At last ! At lar t ! ! At last the Ameri can working man and the farmers are getting together. The professional and business men will divide after awhile and some will be found on the side of right and j ustice. In the cities of the Nortfi and West many mechanics, printers and busi ness men are boldly fighting in the ranks of the reform moments and will vote that away. It is now safe to say that thousands of the same classes in Southern towns and cities are quietly but earnestly "pulling for the shore." At least one third of the voters of many towns are People's party 'men. They see ruin without a change, and are too patriotic to be helping to hasten the end. Self-preservation is the first law of nature, and they propose to look out for themselves and let the politi cians do the same. Our friends in the reform movement should look after their friends in both tosvn and country, furnish them with reading matter, etc. WE PUT UP. A person who signs his name "For the Truth" writes the State Chronicle that he or she or it, wrote to the editor of this paper asking "in what letter. message or speech " Grover Cleveland said "the best financial system in the world should not be changed." He or she or it says he or she or it enclosed one red two cent stamp with Wash ington s picture on one side and some sticky substance on the other for a reply, which has not been received by he, she cr it. We may have received the letter, have no recollection of it nor the stamp. Cleveland used that or words of the same import either in one of his mes sages to Congress or in a special letter on the free coinage of sdver. We re member reading it at the lime. The words have been quo:ed against him time and again since, both by Demo crats and Republicans. If " For the Truth " will drop us a card giving his name and postoffice, also an accurate description of the stamp he has lost, one will be sent which he may -apply to hi3 conscience fund, 4 THEIR STYLE. Som8 of our exchanges are constant ly parading letters from ' prominent and patriotic citizens" who have " re nounced the Third party," giving their reasons, and declaring that only through the Democratic party can you see a glimpse of the promised land. These "prominent people" often turn out to be the weakest kind of cranks. A few, days ago there ap peared in the Washington Gazette a spread eagle letter frcm Mr. W. H. Marslender. He " renounced the Third party" at a fearful rate. His letter was full of big, high sounding words and sentences, calculated to frighten dyspeptics and kill the fruit in the bud. We do not charge that Mr. Mar- slender is a crank, but a correspondent of the Carolina Dispatch gives some facts about him that are of public in terest In the first place he says Mr. Marslender did not write the artiele, cannot write his own name, could not read the article after printed, knows nothing about governmental affairs. As to his political history, it is a long one. He was a Secessionist during the war, a Bourbon Democrat a little later, still liter a Prohibitionist, and recently a pronounced and rabid Peo ple's party man. The chances are that ho vill convert himself into a force bill or nightmare before the election. This is a sample of the very few that the egg party has reclaimed. The re forai party is getting the brains to a large degree. Look that way when you want to see a "prominent citi zen. THE PRICE OF COTTON. It is no longer a secret that the cot ton crop is short. The yield in nearly every State is considerably below the average, and the acreage has been re duced very much. While it is not safe to guess about such things, it; eloes look like the price will be better. It might be a good idea to hcld back part of your crop. Any way there is no neei to rush it on the market. If the dealers aro "short," as is alleged, there is but little elanger of a' fall and quite a good prospect of a gradual rise. JOURNALISTIC SAGACITY. The Wintcrset, Iowa. Review tells of a great journalist in that State. Somo years ago he advised the farmer to burn his corn not his pedal bunions, but his good yellow, Boies field corn, because the price was so lowland burn ing it would produce a scarcity; hence, tho price would advance, and hence the farmer would make money.. See? But the farmer who burned hi3 corn discovered the advance in price did not bene fin the fellow who had none to sell after the incineration. Great head, somewhere on that paper. This is a fair sample of journalism by great (?) journalists. They know just what tho trouble is, and they tell the dear peoplo. If they make too much they can reduce the quantity by fire. " Our farmers don't work, but they bring about an ' ' overproduction " There is an overproduc ion of fools and rascals, but not of farm products. THE CLINTON FIRE. A large portion of the business part of Clinton was burned Friday morn ing, the fire being discovered about four o'clock. It is thought that the fire originated in the Alliance store. Some believe that it was of incendiary origin, inspired by politicians, but so far as we know this is all guess work. It is possible that rats and matches started it. Fourteen business houses, the jail and one or more dwellings were destroyed. The office of the Clin ton Caucasian was destroyed and all the material, nothing but the subscrip tion books being saved. This is a great loss to Bro. Butler. He will have the heartfelt sympathy and substantial aid from the brotherhood all over the State. It is understood that there was but little if any insuraace on the property burned. The people of the State will regret the sad news that the plucky business men of Clinton have sus tained. The loss will probably reach $100,000. THAT CROWD. Well yes, it was literally a crowd. The street was filled from side to side for more than a square with footmen. The horsemen made a column more than four squares long. Then came the vehicles filled with human freight, buggies and wagons forming a train more than a mile in length. This was not the crowd. The crowd was at Brookside Park when the speaking was going on. ; There was the place to count, and there was a solid square acre of men not boys but the honest toilers of Wake and adjoining counties, of voters who mean to learn how to vote and vote their honest convictions ; men whose patriotism no man has a right to question; the men who have faced many dangers in war, with their sons, and the sons of their comrades who laid their lives on their country's altar in '61-65. Yes, they were here. Such a crowd has not been here before since Sherman's army left the city. But the crowd. How many were in the crowd that heard the speaking? Let's calculate a little. How many men standing as close together as they could pack could stand on a yard square? Some say four, some say three. Well, we'll say an average of three. How many square yards in a square acre? A square acre is seventy yards each way. This makes 4,900 square yard3. Now three men on each square yard would make 14,700 men the num ber that can stand without packing on one equ xre acre. By actual measure the space covered by the crowd that heard Gen. Weaver speak at Raleigh was a square acre. Now how many heard Gen. Weaver speak at Raleigh? We say at least 10.000. IT IS WELL. The news from Georgia is not en couraging to reformers, but was not a great surprise. The reform element got some members of the Legislature in counties where voting was properly done. How many, it is not yet known. Not over half of the votes of the State were polled. Why it is so, is not known, though it is believed that many wanted to vote the reform ticket, but staid at home for reasons not given. The Demo crats get tho State ticket, it is claimed, by voting negroes and counting. It is strange that the negroes would vote with a party, even for money, that has election laws that; for years has de prived them of the right of suffrage in Georgia. It is well. The Presidential election next month will probably be quite different. . BIG FUNDS. The New York World " exposes" a scheme by which the Republican man agers propose to spend one million del lars in New York and Nev Jersey to carry, those States for Harrison. Such funds for corruption imrposes are dis reputable and dangerous to a free gov ernment. But while the World is "ex posing" this si'heme under great big headlines, the World itself is raising the sum of $100,000 to b 3 a part of a fund to carry some middle States for Cleveland. Now don't you think the Republicans and the World are in the same boat? PIEDMONT ALLIANCE FAIR. This fair was held at Salisbury last week. The exhibits were very good. The display of ladies, fancy work, ets., was particularly cood. Some fine stock, among them Mr. J. M. Har rison's blooded horses and cattle, at tracted much attention. The races and. .ournaments were all that could be de sired. The business houses in Salisbury all closed for one day, and most of the people attended the fair. "WHITE PEOPLE MUST STAND TOGETHER." The Democratic papers of the South have been full of editorials with the above heading. Yet in recent elections in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida and Georgia the Democrats claim and ad mit that a majority of the negroes voted the Demooratic ticket. Had they not done so the People's party would have carried all the States, ex cept Florida. Now hasn't the Demo cratic party brought " negro suprem acy" on in those States? They admit that they have. They have got the negroes on their side. Only a few Georgia negroes voted the People's party ticket. A majority of the negroes in North Carolina will probably vote the Democratic ticket next month. Some will vote with the People's party, some with the Republicans, but the Democrats will get a big share with money and whiskey. Now which is the negro party ? - GENERAL NOTES. The People's party m Wake county is in good trim, ana getting oetter. Dr. C. G. Leo, of Caswell county, is the Weaver Elector in the 5 th Con gressional District. Mr. A. B. Coltrane, of Glenola, writes that the People's party hopes to carry Randolph county. Mr. W J. Bishop, of Warren county, writes that the People's party is a big thing in Warren, notwithstanding newspaper reports to the contrary. . Mr. J. W. Aldridge, of Pamlico county, writes that false reports are out about the People's party in that county. It is very much alive and growing. m. m We earnestly hope every one of you will pay up and renew at once, and get all your neighbor to do likewise. This will help us to keep the paper in the family, and also to continue battling for the cause of the oppressed. Look at the table on Rarontv. - , .,, ... ana ic will tell you what you owe, and send it m at once and oblige. For some weeks letters and postal cards, purporting to have been written by the Chairmen of the People's party in Rowan and Iredell counties, have flooded the mails in the country ad jacent to Salisbury and Statesville. These have been sent to Alliancemen and People's party men of more or less prominence. With the letters railroad tickets were enclosed, or at least what looks like tickfts. In each case the party receiving the letters, card3 or tickets wra requested to go to Salis bury or Statesville (some one place and some another) to receive their share of a "handsome campaign fund." These letters were signed "R Y. Beard" in some cases and "M. O. Parkes " in others, which is not the in -itials of either of the Chairmen of Ex ecutive Committees in Rowan or Ire dell. Here is a copy of one of the letters, the printed head being as follows: ALLI A.NCE REFORM. Headquarters of People's party. Salisbury, N. C Neely Block, Up stairs, Sept. 27, '92. Dear Sir : Piease meet me in Salis" bury next Friday, Sept. 30, (come on 3 o'clock train and return same night.) Campiign fund to distribute, and other business of importance. Fraternall; , R. Y. Beard. Strictly private, as ticket is enclosed. R. Y. B. A POSTAL CARD. ' Salisbury," N. C, Sept. 30, '92. Sir: Conference hero postponed to Monday evening, Oct. 3d. Come if possible R. Y. B. THE TICKET. FORM NO 3765 G. Seri il No 17; 91, 92, 91. N. C. DIVISION Associated Rail Ways. Fall and Winter seison. ONE FIRST CLASS PASSAGE FROM Sta&e&ville TO Salisbury And RETURN to STATION named. W Subject to printed ridts. Limited as ppr Cancellation O punch. SEP,, CT., NOV., DEC, JAN., FEB. . . , Agent. It seems that the object was to get the parties receiving the letters to go and get "their share of the campaign funds." Whether anybody bit at the bait or not we can't say. The object may be to put People's party men to trouble, to have a joke on them, to disgust them. In the days of the Revolution there were Tories and traitors among patriots in America. There are Tories to day political tories. When rotten eggs f ail they resort to other schemes, bom of hell. The great industrial classes in this country are learning. They will get their eyes open some tiaae. ... IT CANNOT BE DENIED. While many of our people so earnest ly oppose social equality, they seem to forget that Grover Cleveland has prac ticed it. If you are really, opposed to it there is not much consistency in op posing and then voting for him. That he did do it cannot be denied. While Governor of New York he signed a bill for mixed schools. While President of the United States he . invited Fred Douglas to a reception, and he and wife were present. The Washington Post of June 16th, 1886, the leading Democratic paper in Washington City, on the day of the reception, contained a full account. The following is an extract: "The guests included all who are identified with the social, political and office life of the Capitol. To name them would be an endless task. In the throng were Prince Leopold, of Brazil ; Justices Harlan and Bradley ; Senators Sherman, Logan Cameron, Pugh, Cockerel, Harrison, Call, Plumb, Teller, Cullum, Aldrich and Kenna; Rev. Dr. Sunderland, with whom the President had more than a mere word in passing; General Farns worth, of Al bany; Librarian Spofford, General Van Vliet, Dr. Chappell, Fred. Douglas and wife, ex Mayor Berret, lien, snenaan, Colonel Bonaparte, Commodore Schley and Mr. Archibald Forbes, who was with his betrothed, Miss Meigs, and her father, General Meigs." GROVER'S DENIAL Col. Cleveland writes a letter to Mr. Clark Howell, of Atlanta, about the reports that calamity orators are cir culating on him. In this he states that Tom Watson is telling "that Mrs. Cleveland refused to attend the unveil ing of the statute of Robert E. Lee, be cause she feared she would there meet Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Jeffer son Davis. 'I-Grover says "that is en tirely a new fabrication," but doesn't sa whether it is a true fabrication or not. Then he says V there are some others which I do not definitely re call." The above quotations are the sub stance of his denial as published in the Charlotte Observer. Tho the papers that have pUbn u ' slanders "if they ha uviivji m tii. i,tus.e pleasure in Q licity to those denials " j .-x. , . . . ei uumgic, out ms "denials eM very thing we have wan. time. Perhaps the most serb,?.8? on the list is the one that Z urea. Douglas and wife to h" rp'PAnt.lnnfl Vi-nrl j, Pubs w. . i lcu, is as wl record of the two last biiu0n Congresses, but has a white have published that char !' 5 Mr. Cleveland, and will be fai to publish two whole para-rapf10 his signature. Such denials' curiosities. The facts are that I nial is an acknowledgment truth. Here it is: " of m "Such misrepresentation k i ing and exceedingly monotonous I one staiemenu wnien 1 have n kind above referred to, has-n ?th in if. u:lnta,m ,4. i '!U ' tfllfs same courtesies so far as public Sf ms and matters of tht r ; ceptions concerneL which were exreprWvi other officials of the same grn Ti of course, , was his due as a matt ft official decency and etiquette a-5 1 should have been ashamed to treatv otherwise. 11151 "If in your judgment you thirV well to make the denial above rrfeii to, you are at liberty to do so in 1 way yoh think best. ' "Very truly yours, " Grover Cleveland - No w if Grover will come out and deny (?) signing the bill for mi.W school while Governor of New York, ia tame way, wo will be ready to let the case go to the jury. OCTOBER COUNTY MEETINGS The October county Alliance meeting will soon bo held throughout the Sraie most of th( m next week. As usual during a heated campaign the atten dance and interest will not b? ashr as at other meetings. But the brethren should lay aside politics, no Luatte? what kind they advocate, long enough to attend to :hese important tieethn There will be business of iaiportincein each county that should be attended to without delay. One thing ia tL plan tor relief adopted by the last State Alliance, ac once to get fund necessary order that the Steps should be taken up and forward tie to carry it out. In matter be before m readers, we again publish the j.lacs suggested, as follows: Sec. 1. This plan shall b? kno vnaj tho Co operative Relief Association of the N. C. Farmers' State Al.iuncp.and every member of the Banners' A liance in good standing shall be a bn fHarr of this relief association. Pi-omd, that a majority of his iuo -Alliance shall endorso and conform to the re quirements and make application for enrollment on the books to be kept by the State Secretary. SfcC 2. Each SubAlliance ratifyirg this plan shall furnish it Secretary, w be immediately forwarded to the State Secretary, the bum of 10 cents quarter ly, for each male memler m good standing; said 10 cents to bf taken frcm the treasury of said Suo-Alliance. Sec. 3. The Committee on the Sosd of the Order of each Sub-Alliance dull estimate and m ake s worn statement of the a tual loss sustained by acy bene ficiary and send duplica e of same to the Secretary of the State Alliance, Sec. 4. The Secretary Treasurer, oa receipt of such statement, named in section 3, shall forward 50 per cent of the amount estimated in said statement to said beneficiary of any money or j moneys in hand belonging to paid fund Sec. 5. Any Sub Alliance failing1 pay the 10 cents per capita within tie quarter shall stand suspended, and ssj f loss sustained in said Sub Alliance u ing suspension shall not be paid us said Alliance is restored by yayosj of all dues. Sec. 6. Where any loss sustained covered in whole or in part by fif other insurance, no part of it shall paid by this Association, and not two hundred dollars shall be paidj any loss. Provided, also, no loss caSj by gross negligence shall be pid. Sec. 7. The management cf this sociation shall be under thesupervP of the President, Secretary-Treigj and Executive Committee of the Alliance, who shall make neces arrangements not herein provide securing safety of the fund and the accomplishment, as nearly a3 pos1 of the object herein set forth. YOU MUST READ. t j . d i The Penyn&ula Farmer gires thM lowing true advice about the nec for Alliance literature: . "Now there are some thicfi want to Sav to vrm ahmit AlliaDCJ other reform books. You need t j you, cannot get along satisi without them. It is true the re newspaper is indispensable to Allianceman who wants to keJ with thetimes, but you cannot aJ the time to hunt nvpr the files - -A - . . ' t 1 ' paper for two or three years find in what particular copy point or articlo nr statement apr.'t, that you wish to refer to. tney nandy (a hundred or two oi v to carry around with you want something to refer to when. mg an argument, and every AU; with all his acquaintances, make c-; verts of them -and see they stay in verted. " . TllE Puonnr-qTTTP' "Pawmttr wi'l worth $5 from now unttt the elects but only costs 23 cents. V J V 7 v
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