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J ' i 1 L Mi )!: ;L ' E THE 1NDUSTEIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OP OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY. RALEIG-H, N. C, NOVEMBER 8, 1892. No. 39 1 " I I SoNAL FARMBRSVALLX ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL pi ,T Mp,i H L. Louoks, .Huron, ;kotrAddress,V!on, 'C . Treasurer J. H. Pernor. 1 dd&9 Kort Bxpitol w5 Vv Washington, D. C. 4 'yacturt-i v. i EXECUTIVE BOARD. . r TKTn o Vi 1 1 r n D. C Jzo Wardall, Huron, ectn Pa- f f . ilU.TTUUl, riuiucw, JUDICIARY. 1 4 role. Michigan. 1 o-V7 Bock, Alabama. ; D. Davie, Kentucky. jiTIONAL LEGISLATIVE COMJ! iTES. it L Loucks, Chairman. ?V Macune, Wasbirscen, D, fenu Page, Brandon Va. ' J P. Featherstone, Fores; pt at- ft. F. Gwinn, White, Tennessee-, . CAROLINA FARMEllif STj$TE ALLI- i j 'ANCE. 0 resident Marion jouuer, """'m fee-President T. B. Lo:, Ashe-" fltt C. - ' ' ctarV'Treasurer W. S-, Barnes, Ser-C. W. Thompsf n Rich; iWam-Rev. Jno. Amms, Madi-lvir-pcr-R A. Henrf , Ulyay, Assistant Door-ivoeper ii S!.aniat-Ann-J. 8. Boit. Chalk 'SteBuSne3 Agent-W. II. Worth, fJeigh. N. C. U j rr Trustee Business Arnej ijunu v . , Graham, ilachpelah, 2. V- MKXTIVS CX)M3HTTEK O? SORTH "ABOLINA FARMER31 STATE ALLIANCE. r'hfirlotte. N. C. Airman; J. M. Mewborr, Kinston, C. : J. S. Johnston, Ruffir, W. U f ATS ALLIANCS JUDICIARY fO?X!tlTTEZ. ja-as Carr, A. Leazer, IJr. Cul areth, 21. G. Gregory, Win. tt. ConneU. TATS ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE SIITTEE. R. J. Powell, Raleigh, N.' C- :V.N- C &ghsh, Trinity College: J.lJ- oung. Polenta; H. A. Forney, Newton, N. C. VcaiiCarciicaRtrcT'jj Tc- 'Asodatica. Officers J. L. Ransey J President ; ifaricn Butler, .Vice-President; W. S. Barnes, Secretary, . i " PAPERS. i rrogressiTe Farmer, State Organ. Raleigh, N. O The Workineman's Helper, Finnacle, . C. 'frhman. Salisbury, N.C. farmers' Advocate, Country Life, Mercury, Pettier, AsrrlcultTiral Bee, Alliance Echo, Snecial Infftrmer. 1 arucro, is. u. Trirdty t'ollege, N. C. Hickory, N. C. vTiiitakers, N. C. (joldsoro. N. C. Moncnre, N. C. ' V.'aliirh. N. C. Carolina Dispatch, Hertford, N.C. tquested to keep the. list staiuling on the first page and add vi ' -trs, provided ikey are duly elected. Any paner fail nq to advocate the Ocala platform will !8 dropped from the list promptly. Our people can now see whe-i paper 3 are vwlished in their interest. THS. G00Dl)LD TIMES. But Things Have Changed and They Cheer no More. Warren County. N. C. Mr. Editor :T-There has been a time in the sweet bye and bjts vhcn one or more of the patriotic office-aeekers or their hirelings were advertised to ex plain to the masses the status of true blue Democracy, tha farmers would leave their wort, put ' oa the best clothes (if they had a choice) hitch up the wagon or burs v and travel ten or twelve miles to li-tea to the harangues of teaker. rj -y ould cheer and applauu 7n lou ay, ..ot bcauoe he saia anjtamg very smart or new, but they cheered nun because he had been a T'rntl or General in the bygone past and had tiroug and ample adjectives a hid command wherewith to consign the opposition to the immeasurable th -a1 vhleh the Bibb speaks. Si a11 without exception were feood Democrats then and believed vfoJL tullal for wrthly happineba to have unbounded faith in the Demo nic party its leaders. W-JSunot 80 n:;w- Things political na.e ehuied-very much indeed. The pres pi the Kumel over the masses Ma the liifailibie faith in the Demo cutic par;y of the day, is shaken from wnttr to circumference. If any one c.lL, 0 or curiosity to hear the stump fv,. i . , at ls once more rambling iinX s e S:ute on a fleeh pot hunt 2 J lb0 Prttext to enlighten the peo- ;fl:V uuau- liiii to perceive that the at- iihtf ut l.hese fea8ta of political en- to W;Iitlleat is nnw aurririnfylxT- small o- towa PPle, a handful o dudes doyr, aas ounterjumpers and a or Wo Strav Hnrlrioa is P-onfirall v Crowd thnf lort i any armers are present they uv.,fe. glOCriiV and molnnlTir. if. nan in i? m1their faces that they are not reiCTr'. Wlin tne speaker. They will- iW1 aiuit ruiiiufcca, Liieu Scu Tiay -ome hlWi yards and theSB J,i..e beca KtMtomed to do 5 Pl? four y?FwTiauce meet "Jfcfc. . Absence nf hi titr or.tv.n.1 these mvi III S-f and enthusi few t "'olen among the and the whole is a dull and dreary performance over which the shadow of defeat and dis aster seems to hover. Three veirs ago Dr. Sanderlin in the course of his speech delivered here on some day during the fair, highly com plimented the Alliance for its en deavors to bring about a better under standing among the farmers in matters relating to their interest. He said the farmers were diecriminated against and did not receive thsir share of the national prosperity. The politicians, he continued, after they bad accom plished their purpose by the farmer's vote, treated them like the white huntsman did his companion, a In dian, after the chase. In perverted language he offered him the buzzard three times but said turkey no time. The farmers think the Democratic politicians havn't changed since. Have they, Doctor?. A day or so after this Senator Vance spoke here to a large crowd of farmers He also commented upon the Alliance and counselled steadfast adherence to the principles of that organization. We were, he said, in the hands of gigantic trusts and monopolies which lower the price of what we have to sell our cot ton and tobacco and increase the price of what we have to buy ad libi tum. And, he added, these trusta and combines receive the fostering care of a government administered in the interest of the few to the detriment of the mai y Your homes, he 'continued, the happiness and wellbeing of your wives and children is at stake. All this brought about by the rapacious ness and th greed of combined capital It is for you to see to is at the poll3 that no man enters th6 halls of Con gress who will not make the interest of the masses your interest and his in terest. The Alliancemen applauded the Senator loudly for his speech. Some of the town people, non-AUiancemen, censured him by saying "he was off from his usual, way of speaking." A few months later, the Alliance m na tional meeting at St. Louis formulated the Sub-Treasury plan which, if en acted into law, would enable the farmers to keep their crops for a cer tain period out of the hands of the trusts described by. Senator Vance. Petitions with hundreds of thousands of signers praying for the enactment of the Sub-Treasury plan or something better to relieve the debtridden farm ers were sent to Congress. Back came the answer from Republicac s and Democrats alike that the Sub Treasury plan was a wildcat scheme and Senator Vance said it was impractical and he could not advocate it. As something better the Republicans promised the farmers high protective tariff; the Democrats tariff reform. The National Alliance at its next meeting in Ocala re indorsed the Sub-Treasury plan and adopted several other demands known as the Ocala platform, in which the abolition of the national banks of issue is the first and foremost plank. But like the Sub Treasury plan, tUe Ocala platform has not met with the ap proval of politicians of eitheir party, and Democrats and Republicans have vied with each other to misrepresent and ridicule every plan for relief that emanated from the people. That great leader of Democracy. Senator vanca, was solely re elected by the late Legis- ature on tne ucaia piatiorm pledging himself to advocate the demands as set forth therein. But what has he dona in furtherance of the measure? Nothing. Does he think it not worth while to keep faith with that mob (that is what a prominent railroad official and lead ing Democrat called the late Legisla- ure) that re-elected him? Now that mob has once more become the patriotic and intelligent farmers and are invited to come and hear the Democratic issue of tariff reform and the force bill discussed. They again have become the mainstay of good government and are asked to get the chesnuts out of the fire and vote for Cleveland and his henchmen who are singing in an undertone: " Grovr, great Grover, W"hn you get in Tke Reps core out And we get im th clover.' The Alliance has been and is now nonpartisan, but our Democratic friends may rest assured mat tne large majority of members will vote for that party that has taken up tho Alliance demands and inserted in its piatiorm. The majority of Alliancemen are Peo ple's party men and win vow ior Weaver and Field in spite of alt the calumny, slander and filth raked out of the dead past the organs and pop guns of Democracy can throw upon them. Quadrennial for the past 25 j ears turns up the issue of tariff reform in contradistinction of protection as the issues between the Democratic and Republican parties. These cure-all patent nostrums have been discussed until everybody has become sick and -r m m il - 1 II nauseated. II it is ine remeay tor au the ill j that beset people, if tariff for revenue or what is more, free trade, is possible it may come as soon through the Rffnnhlican as the Democratic partv. but nrobablv never will be en acted by either of them. With the in crease of manufacturing enterprises in the various brances of industry in' the South, and the consequent demand for labor more or less skilled, the sentiment f protection is gaining ground. The fnanufacturer of cotton and iron goods m Georgia "'and Alabama are to-day as much in favor of a protective tariff f or meir goods as the Yankee oroxner in Massachusetts or Pcnnsvlvania, and the same votes that; killed the free coinage bill will ha rpadr to give the dead blow to any tariff reform measure mat may come before Cone: roes. The choRt. rf rload fnrrj. bill has been conjured to the surface to become a great issue of Democracy. Surely if the Republican party had been deter mined to pass the Lodge bill they could have done so in spite of all the Demo crats could do. The Republicans well knew that it is a rare occurrence for one party to have the President and a majority in both houses of Congress. This failure to pass the Lodge election bill when it was opportune, leaves room for suspicion that the whole affair is nothing but a put up job by leaders of both parties to maintain the balance of power a solid South and a solid North. The race issue has been J and will be for some time to come a potent f dctor in Southern politics, and if it should prove possible to keep the color line intact by means of the force bill scare and threatened negro domi nation, there would be no chance for any other political party to gain con siderable ground. The People's party men have been accused of sacridcmg their honor and self -respect by going into political conventions ana sit to gether with negroes. Mr. Cleveland when President, appointed scores of negroes to well paying offices and scores or good Democrats went on their bonds, sat in the same office and divided the spoils with the negroes. Did Mr. Cleveland or the bondsmen of his appointees loose any honor or self- respect? Where, let us ask, was the honor of hundreds of good Democrate wno voted for Cheatham, the negro, in Preference to Mr. Mewborne, when the itter was a candidate for Congress in this district? Is it because he was a member of the Alliance? That the Democrats may hold high, low, jack and game at the polls, the in genious Mr. Kitchen proposes that all men with white faces and straight hair who insist on "Clinging to the fallacies of the People's party and cannot be convinced, oy arguments, that it is to their interest to vote for Clevland and tariff reform should be put in the peni tentiary or the ineane asylum. I Why ? Well, when Mr. Kitchen finds out that all the institutions of the kind named would not begin to hold a small frac tion of the crowd, he will perhaps sug gest to have them hung and be done with forever. But don't do that, Mr. Kitchen, please. Wait until the next Democratic Congress is in power to Ea3s a b ederal election law, or force ill, after your own heart, to warrant such extraordinary proceedings. In the meanwhile we are going to vote for Weaver and Field and people's Congressmen in eoite of all the cheap and second-hand arguments and bu 1- doz?r8 rhetoric that Messrs. Bell, Kitchen and Beddingfield are peddling out in the State. It really seams we huve reason to fear that before wo are dene with our Democratic friends, we, like our brothers in Alabama, will wish for some law to insure us that our votes are counted, honestly counted, for the men we voted. X. TREATMENT OF MANURES. Experiments Showing tha Value of the Liquid Manure Commonly Wasted. With the object of calling the atten tion of farmers to the loss resulting from the waste of manure from barn yards and theloss of urine, so univer sal, the Iowa Experiment Station com posted the different manures from several stables in the spring, mixing the heavy and wet with dry straw so as to prepare tho whole for application, and when rains came causing a sedi ment to flow from the heaps. This was dipped into barrels and applied "to one of the corn-fields; the rows were care fully marked and received the same cultivation as did the remainder of the field. The rows that had the liquid manure sprinkled xver them yielded 82 03 bushels an acre. The same num ber of rows, husked for comparison, growing beside them yielded 59.06 bushels per acre. The manure from which the liquid seeped was common to most Iowa farms and was made from feeding corn with a little bran and oilmeal. F'rom ten barrels of liquid applied the increase was within a fraction at the rale of twenty-three bushels of corn an acre as payment for the work. Another effect from the liquid ma nure is mentioned as very striking. Tho corn field had spots where the crops suffered from drought, or bac teria, or soil conditions that caused a withering of the lower leaves and pro duced yellow coloring on the higher leaves. One of these affected spots lay contiguous to the rows sprinkled with the liquid manure. The disease, what ever it was, stopped at the first row where the liquid was applied. On one side was an affected foliage, on the other a dark, green, healthy, vigorous foliage. It was evident that the extra nutrition of the corn growing on liquid manure enabled it to resist what affected that growing in the next rows. At the Ohio station a cement floor and cistern designed to save this valu able fertilizer was put into the main barn, and the liquid manure from tnirty cows was collected from Decem ber 25th, 1890, to May 1st, 1891. The cows were well bedded with straw, which of course absorbed much of the liquid, so that the amount saved repre sents what would otherwise have gone to waste. Chemical analysis showed this to contain fertilizing materials worth forty seven dollars, as fertilizers are sold in Ohio. At this rat the sav ing in six months, the time cows are usually stalled, would amount to $70. and would be at least 20 per cent, per annum on tne necessary cost of the floor and cistern. - The date of the label on this paper shows when your stibscription was mit. Is yours outf Thm renew, please. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR. To the Trade Greztinq: Unionists of America, Fellow Workmen: Pursuant to custom and our laws, you are hereby i notified that the Twelfth Annual Con vention of the American Federation of Labor will be held in the Common Council Chambers, (Independence Hall), Philadelphia, Pa., at ten o'clock in the morning of December 12th, 1892, and continue in session each succeed ing day, until the business before the convention shall be concluded. Never in the history of the labor movement of America have important events followed -on the heels of each other as have been witnessed within the past few months, nor at any time have the fortitude, courage and sin cerity of the wage-workers been more thoroughly tested. The power of con centrated and corporate wealth has been exerted to aegree never before attempted to overawe, intimidate and crush the toiler. Private standing armies, brought in to fasten injustice upon labor at Homestead ; the militia of . the State at Buffalo; the standing army of the United States at Coeur d'-Jene, are fresh incidents in the memories of all; as well as tho viola tion of faith at Tenne see and in other parts throughout our country. The efforts of the organized wage workers to seek amelioration in the condition of the wealth-producer3 of our country by gradual evolutionary methods and to keep pace with the de velopment and progress of improved machinery and the concentration of wealth not met in a spirit of fairness, but opposed and antagonized as if our movement were destructive rather than constructive, that we were ene mies instead of the friends of the people. Every element and force at the com mand of the capitalist class is being utilized and strained in order to humili- fiie, defeat and destroy our unions. The hope is entertained that when our unions have been crushed out of exist etice the workers will prove more docile and slave like to their employers their masters. ' In such trying time3, and under such circumstances, it becomes our duty to demonstrate t) the world that there is sufficient manly courage within the breasts of the toilers to declare their unalterable and inalienable, right to struggle on fearlessly in the contest for better conditions. ' In the face of the opposition now made, let us but falter and we are lost for all time. On the other hand, if we manifest cur knowl edge 3 s to the host course to pursue. to defend, protect and advance our rights and interests, as well as the earnest ness and manliness to proclaim and retain them, we shall secure a corre sponding degree of respect of both our friends and enemies, and a greater share of success will attend our efforts. At no time shall we have a better op portunity to show these characteristics than at the coming convention of the American Federation of Labor. We therefore urgently impress upon the minds of all trade unionists entitled to representation to send their full quota of delegates to counsel and advise with us upon such action best calculated to prove the work of improved conditions and final emancipation. The memories of heroism and true nobility engendered by the historic grounds upon which we shall meet, In dependence Hall, will beyond doubt inspire us to greater efforts than ever before. The representation in the convention will be upon the following basis: .In ternational and National Unions with less than 4,000 members, one delegate; for 4,000 members or more, two dele- tea; for 8,000 members or more, three elegates; for 16 000 members or more, four delegates; for 32,000 members or more, five delegates ; and soon. Local, Trade or Federal Labor Unions, State Federations, Central Labor Unions, Trades Assemblies or Trades Councils, one delegate each. All organizations, to be entitled to representation, must have a certificate of affiliation (char ter) at least thirty days before the date upon which the convention is about to be held. Any delegate representing a union must be a member of the union, and if not a craftsman of the trade union which sends him, the union must give the reason why uch delegate was chosen. Delegate? must be elected at least two weeks before the time of holding the convention, and thenanv-s of delegates for warded to the secretary immediately. The per capita or delegate tax must be paid in full to entitle organizations to representation. (See Article IX, Constitution, A. F. of L ) Since the Constitution requires the Secretary to furnish the Committee on Credentials at the convention with a statement of the financial standing of each affiliated body, organizations will, see the neces sity cf settling their accounts previous to the convention, and thus aid in the facilitation of the work. When the delegates are selected, sec retaries of unions will please notify this office, giving the names and ad dresses of the delegates. The committee of arrangements have secured hotel accommodations for dele gates at the Girard House, corner Ninth and Chestnut streets, at $2. 50 per day, and at the Washington House, at $2 00 per day. The headquarters of the Executive Council will be at the Girard House. The trade unions of Philadelphia have appointed a reception committee, the members of which will be at the railroad stations at the times delegates will notify them of their contemplated arrival and routes of travel. Delegates desirous of being received by the re ception committee should notify Mr. EL L. Mind3, 658 N. 11th street, Phila delphia, Pa Credentials for delegates are herein enclosed. Again urging unions to be fully rep resented at the convention, we have the honor to subscribe ourselves, - - Yours fraternally. Samuel Gompers, Pres't American Federation of Labor. Chris Evans, Secretary. P. J. McGuire, First Vice President, Wm. A. Carney, Second Vice Presi dent, John B. Lennon, Treasurer Executive Council. N. B Bring this call to the notice of your unions. BREEDING MATCHED HORSES. There are few men, even among those actively engaged in the horse breeding industry, who fully realize the long and expensive searches that are made by horse dealers and by the agents of wealthy men to secure well matched pairs of horses for carriage driving. It is not essential in a great number of these cases that the horses be fast trotters, but it is of the first im portance that the pair match well, and after this that they move with a stylish, high stepping and high-spirited gait. Such horses, matched, are worth very much more than double their price when sold alone, owing to the difficulty that is experienced in attempting to cater to this desire on tho part of wealthy people to indulge their fancy in an attractive pair of carriage horses. The following of the well recognized principles of breeding will go far to ward securing well matched pairs. If one could use breeding mares, of an established standard of form and color, such as ha been secured in the breed ing of the Hackney Coach, French Coach and -he Cleveland Bay, and could make use also of stallions that had been thus bred, he could count quite confidently on producing what was desired. But the average breeder has no such facilities at hand. He must use such mares as he has, or can readily obtain, but even under such circumstances there is an intelligent way to proceed. i A weil-shaped mare may be bred for two years in succession to a sire whose prepotency has been shown to be so strong that his offsprings, as a rule, strongly resemble nim in form and color; or what would be fctill better, two mares of as great similarity as possible may bs bred the same year to such a sire, and the chances will strong ly favor the securing of a well mated pair. If one is breeding horses as a part of his farm operations it is not difficult to secure mares that be&r a close resemblance to each other, while, if a person is limited to the use of only one mare, he may, as suggested, breed for two years in succession to the same sire, or may arrange with a neighbor, having a mare somewhat similar to" his own, to breed both the same season to such a sire with a view to the increased profit to both if a well matched pair be thus obtained. A French Coach, or a Cleveland Bay sire possessing fine style and spirit, is preferable, for there is a strength of breeding in the case of such sires that makes the handing down of their own characteristics to their offspring quite certain, even when the dams are not altogether similar to them in form and color. These two breeds are specially noted as possessing such form, spirit and good " action l as to make them Earticularly desirable as carriage orses Good results in breeding for matched pairs may come when well built trotting bred stallions are used, but the past breeding of such animals usually makes the chance of uniform ity of form and color in the offspring decidedly remote Attempting to secure such uniformity can certainly result in no logs, if the attempt be made as suggested, while it may result in a quick sale and a largely, increased profit. Webb Donnell, in American Agriculturist. EXPERIMENTS IN FEEDING PIGS Last winter we conducted an experi ment with a view- of ascertaining whether it would be profitable to feed Eigs ear corn, worth $12 per ton, mid ling8 at $14, and oil meal at the rate of $30 when bought in,100 pound lots, and $216 by the ton. The entire litter of one sow, six thrifty pigs, were selected for the ex periment. They were eighty-five days old at the beginning of the trial and their average weight was 75 pounds. All the different feeds that were fed during thetrial were carefully weighed by myself and the pigs were weighed at the same hour every two weeksin order to note the gain in weight and the cost of a pound of gain with their advancement in age, and weight. The feed they received previous to the ex periment was the same as that fed during the trial. During the first two weeks, Trom November 12 to November 56, 1891. it took 247 pounds of ear corn, 98i pounds middlings and 12 pounds oil meal to make 58 pounds of gain. - Reckoning these feeds at their respective prices, we have a cost of $2 36 for 85 pounds increase, or at a cost of $2.78 per hundred pounds of gain. It took on the average of 4 22 pounds of feed for one pound of gain. The second fortnight, beginning No vember 26 and ending December 10, they consumed 264 pounds ear corn, 1SS pounds middlings and 15 pounds oil meal, which produced 104 pounds of gain. The cost of ; the feed for the weeks was $2 77, or an average of $2.67 for every one hundred pounds of gain. The amount of food consumed for one pound of gain was 4 01 pounds. The third period, frOTi December 10 to December 24, it required 295 pounds ear corn, 252 pounds middlings to make 150 pounds of gain, the oil meal being eliminated from the ration. The cost of the feed -for this period -was $3 .53, or an average cost of $2 36 per hun dred pounds of increase. They used in this period 3 78 pounds of feed for one of gain. The next two weeks, from December 24, 1891, to January, 1892, they con sumed 32SJ pounds ear corn and 371 pounds middlings, which produced 120 pounds gain. The cost of the feed for thesj two two weeks was $3 87, or an average cost of $3.22 per hundred pounds of gain. In this period it took five pounds of feed for one of gain. From January 7 to January 19 they consumed 540 pounds ear corn, which made 53 pounds gain. Tne middlings were discontinued on account of the cold weather. The cos t of the corn for the twelve days was $3.24, or an aver age cost of $6.11 per hundred pounds, of gain. It required 10.19 pounds of corn for one pound increase. It '3 noticeable by the preceding figures that the cost of producing a pound of live weight increased . very rapidly during the latter part cf the trial. This was due to the cold weather we had at that time, being the coldest period we experienced last winter. The pigs were fed three times a day all they would eat clean ; corn at night and in the morning; middlings and oil meal at noon, mixed in enough water to make them thoroughly wet. On finding that the co3t of producing a. pound of gain exceeded the market price, wo immediately sold them at $3 55 per hundred to the local stock buyers. V During the 68 da s they were on trial thty gained 512 pound3. or an average f 1J25 pounds each day. The average cost of the 512 pounds gain wa3 $3 08 per hundred. That .'ef 0 U3 48 cents per hundred pounds for the time and trouble spnt in caring for them. The average daily gain for the first two weeks was 2.01 pounds each; for the second, 1.123 pounds'?-" for the third, L 79 pounds; for the fourth, 1.43 pounds, and the last 12 days, .74 pounds. The result of this experiment, like many others, tends to show us the more feed we can get the pig to con sume, digest and assimilate each day, the cheaper the cost of production. In the third period, when their gain was over If pounds eich day, the highest during the trial, the cost of producing a pound of gain was the lowest. Q. W. K'ndlin, in Wisconsin Farmer. RESOLUTIONS. The following resolutions of-swjct were adopted by Cherokee couiiSy' (Texas) Alliance, July 5th, 1892: v..t Whereas,. The lie ws of the death of L. L. Polk has, saddened the hearts of t all Alliancemen because of tho love, amounting almost to reverence, in which he was held for his sterling, manly and Christian character, and for his high qualificitions as a great leader; the therefore be it, by this County Alliance Resolved, That we submissively but sorrowfully bow to tho will of God in taking away our beloved brother and President. 2. That we endeavor to emulatJo tho virtues and patriotism of our deceased brother, and especially that broad love manifested by him for his fellow-man. 3. That we offer our sincere sym pathy to the bereaved family of Bro. Polk, and assure them that onlyr their, loss of husband and f atht r is greater than ours of brother and leader. 4. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to Bro Polk's family, and that a copy be sent to The Progressive Farmer, of Raleigh, N. C, for publica tion; also that these resolutions Jbe spread on a separate page of the min utes ot this County Alliance. y Wm. A. Caveness. OUR COLORED POPULATION. The census office has issued a bulletin on the subject of the colored population of the United States in 1890. The bul letin shown that the total colored popu lation i3 7,638,360. Of this number 7,470,010 are persons of African de scent, 107,475 are Chinese. 2,039 are Japanese and 58,806 are civilized In dians. Considering persons.of African descent, it i3 seen that there ha3 been an increase during the decade from 1880 to 1890 of 889,217, or 13 51 per cent., as against an increase during the decade from 1870 to 1880 of 1,700, 784, or 34 85, per cent. The bulletin tays: "The abnormal increase of the colored population of the South during the de cade ending in 1880 led to the popular belief that the negroes were increasing at a much greater rate than tho white population. jThe present census has shown, however, that the high rate t of increase in the colored population, as shown by the census of 1SS9, wa3 apparent only, and was due to the im perfect enumeration of 1870 in the Southern States. "There has been an increase in the number of Chinese in the United States during the decade from 1SS0 to 1830 of only 2,010, or 1 91 per cent., the num ber returned in 1880 being 105.465 and the number returned in 1S90 being 107 465. The Chinese increased 65.83 per cent, from 1870 to 18S0 and 80.91 percent, from lp0to 1870. 'In 18S0 the p'aneso in the United States numbered only 148, while in 1890 they numbered 2,039.,-. In 1870 there were only . 55 Japanese returned under that census. ' 'The ciyilized Indians haye decreased during the past tenyears7,C01, or 11.45 per cent,, the number returned in 18S0 being 66,407. as against 58.800 returned in 1890." Ex. V 10 i 7. ' .
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