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THE PBOflKESSIVE FARMER THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY. Dl.9. RALEIGH, N. C JANUARY 22, 1895. No. 49 ,-naiTfarmers' alli ance and industrial UNION. .dent-Marion Butler, Golds roro, president-J. L- Gilbert, Gali- tary-Treasurer Col.D. P. Dun : Columbia, S. C. 2ECUTIVE BOARD. t Loucks, Huron, S. D. ; Mann JfcraSSn. Virginia; I. B. Dean, lalls, New York; H. C. Dem .fgecretary, Harrisburg, Pennsyl- " JUDICIARY. 4 Southworth, Denver, Colo. W Beck, Alabama. ' p.' Davie Kentucky. 3 CAROLINA FARMERS' STATE ALU- esident-J. M. Mewborne, Kinston, 'President-A. C. Shuford, New- iVSxy-Treasurer-W. 8. Barnes, Iurer-Cyru3 Thompson, Rich- 3Wid-J. T. B. Hoover, Kim City, : 'aplain-Dr. T. T. Speight, Lewis- or'keeper Geo. T. Lane, Greens N. C. distant Door keeper Jai. E. Lyon, jam, N. C. rgeant at Arms J. R. Hancock, ,'nsboro, N. C. ite Business Agent W . H. Worth, igh, N. C. - TTT ' ustee Business Agency Fund W. rabam, Machpelah, N. C. A CTIVE OOilMITTEK OT THE NORTH tOLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE. irion Butler, Goldsboro, N. C; J. 3ng, Eoka, N. C. ; A. F. Hileman, rd, N. C. t ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. 0. Bradv, Gatesville, N. C. ; Dr. J. larrell. "Whiteville, N. C; John iam, Ridgeway, N. C. THOUGHTS FOR THE PEOPLE. N.C N. C. N.C. N.C. N.C. N. C. N.C. N. C. N. C. N.C. h Carolina Reform Press Association. 5cer3 J". L. Ramsey , President; ion Butler, Vice-President; W. S. us, Secretary, PAPERS. waive Farmer, State Organ, Raleigh, ss'ai, S?lUJi' iry. Hickory, er WhitAkers, 7ome. Beaver Dam, Jopnft, .Lnmoerton, Mn-le's Paper, Charlotte, TeaiJ ule, , Concord, Jiow-Boy. Wadesboro, )w Blade. Peanut, ich of the above-named papers are mtedto keep the list standing on frst page and add others, provided are duly elected. Any paper fail- - to advocate the Ocala platform will topped from the list promptly. Our M can now see what papers are - inhed in their interest. EDITORIAL SUGGESTIONS. irmicg must be made to pay as ih as possible for every bond issue 3 for more corn, wheat, hogs, etc. 1 Indiana the voter who is bribed sue the briber for $300, and he must 0 jail until it is paid. It is a good owls should not be confined more a is absolutely necessary unlees j are being fattened. Exercise is mportant thing. :you bave common hens, feed them I. You cannot get them to do as 1 as thoroughbred fowls, but it pays ike good care of them. fhile the doctors are settling dis 5d questions about tuberculosis, ners would better give their cows be3t hygienic care and surround . ouDg geese should not be retained, key seldom prove good mothers be 1 their second year, and the old will lay and hatch year after r until 10 or 12 years old. t the recent sale of the horses of kte duchess of Montrose the 3 year &ly None the Wieer brought $36, Twenty horses brought $138,000; 1 the sales made during the sum 'tte entire stud sold for $350,000. farmer need never worry about : of work to do. For hands and 3 there is steady employment the r around, if he will but see it, and are endless resources for making 3 '"tie money even during the hardest 1 fctike good fence posts, fell the ; 'bilQ in full leaf in the summer; , season as it fell, with leaves and ; Qche3 until fall, and then cut up Posts made in this way outlast those made from win ded trees. togreea, it is promised, will wrestle ; 1 the irrigation problem. There ast tracts of public land that are thle8 without water, but would ; exceedingly valuable withVt. If governmant will put watefc on . .;anda will greatly increasAits J I Ft " BY JAMES MURDOCK No. 3. Ten Dollars Reward for an Answer. PROPOSITIONS. First. Nothing but wealth should be taxed. Second. The government cannot create wealth. Third. The government creates money, therefore it is not wealth. Fourth, s nothing but wealth should be taxed, and as money is not wealth, therefore it should not be taxed, neither should it tax any one. A violation of these propositions have brought upon the civilized world poverty and distress amidst an abund ance such as the world never saw be fore. It has piled up a mountain of debts, and the interest from this gorges money to centres and shrinks values, paralyzes invested capital and labor, assists a few to control the price of the output of labor. It stands in the way of all reforms in Church and State ; it puts a muzzle on the minister's mouth and makes our rich churches "whitened sepulchers while inside they are filled with dead men's bones ;" it hides pov erty and crime; it is the support of the saloon and house of ill j fame; at its door lies nine tenths of all the misery and wretchedness of Civilization; it causes millions to starve amidst an abundance; it converts the blessings of God into a curse; it destroyed every ancient nation of note and it has its fangs deep in the vitals of every civil ized country, and it is the omen of all villainies and is known as the credit system. Labor produces wealth by tilling the soil, developing the mine, converting the raw material into finished products to supply the want? of man, and we have an abundance of skilled labor and raw material and the machinery to convert the raw material into useful forms and millions of idle labor ready to build more factories, open more mines and a billion dollars of idle money ready to employ them to de velop more mines, supply more raw material and produce more of the necessaries and luxuries of life. And with this abundance to supply the wants of all, why are millions out of employ meni and suffering f or the necee saries of life? There is not the money in the channels of trade to make ex changes and employ labor. Why is the money out of the channels of trade? We farmed out our medium of ex change to corporations and permitted them to tax commerce for its use twice that of the accumulative power of labor, and the interest from this has been loaned and re loaned, piling up a mountain of debt, and the interest from this has congested money to cen tres, shrunk values, decreased the con sumptive power of the people, entailed production, forced mills to suspend operation, thrown millions out of em ployment and increased poverty and crime. Why does interest congest money to centres? Because of the ina bility of the farmers to price their pro duce at a rate that will force money from the centres to the channels of trade. What is the remedy? Estab lish an economical system that the farmers can price their produce and prohibit interest on money by national enactment. It is interest on money that piled up a mountain of debt on real estate and gave the creditors the ability to corner money, fix its value as an exchange, and they are engaged in squeezing more of the necessaries and luxuries of life into their fixed in comes. The issue before the American peo ple is this: Shall we establish a system that will assist the farmers to price their produce and force money to per form its function of making exchanges without taxing commerce, or shall we continue the present ruinous credit system? To advocate more money to relieve our distress when we cannot get what we have is nonsense. What the nation needs is a system that will assist the farmers to price their pro duce and make our exchanges in equity, and this will force the money locked up into the channels of trade, and as we need more, let the govern ment issue more and put it into circu lation without taxing commerce. The issuing of more money, the un limited coinage of silver will not break the corner on gold, and it will not as sist the farmers to price their produce. The political struggle is to place labor and capital where they can control prices and secure their share according merit, and until they have done this they are the hewers of wood and draw ers of water for the class that live on their fixed incomes. When labor and capital invested in the farm, mine and factory can stop shrinkage of values by fixing prices, panics and strikes will be unknown. By co-operation and fixing prices there will be sufficient money in the channels of trade, and every dol lar deposited guaranteed, and transact ing our business on a cash basis, there can be no panics and the sub treasuries and postal banks furnishes the remedy. PREMIUM ON GOLD. Shrinkages in value following the panic of 1891 up to the time Harrison went out of power, was 16 per cent., and the shrinkages in values since the fourth of March, 1893, is not less than 16 per cent. The products of the farm that sold for $1,000 in 1890, now sells for $680. Had gold gone to a premium of 22 per cent, in 1890, the products of labor would command as mr.ny dollars to day as in 1890, instead of 32 per cent, less. REDEMPTION SHRINKS VALUES. The redemption of all other forms of money in gold increases their value in the same ratio that gold increases in value. A premium on gold of 32 per cent, would increase the price of farm products 32 per cent, and the people could pay 32 per cent, more taxes than now with a given amount of labor. Those bond gold bearing debts would pay this premium and they could pay their taxes with 32 per cent, less of the products of labor. Gold going to a premium of 32 per cent means that other forms of money has shrunk in value 32 per cent., an-V not that gold has increased it value Those ouQf debt would receive 32 per cent, more for their products of labor and pay 32 per cent., more on salaries with a given amount of the products of labor. A PREMIUM ON GOLD A BLESSING. A premium of 100 per cent, on gold would advance prices 100 percent. The products of labor sold to pay the eight hundred million dollars of taxes now would pay this and leave eight hundred millions dollars to expend for the neces saries of life. Gold and all fixed in comes on 66 per cent, more valuable than the products of the farm, for a premium on gold of 200 per cent, would advance the price of labor and products so as to restore prosperity; and this would force every dollar of idle money into the channels of trade. Money that has laid idle for the last three years has increased in value 32 per cent. As the premium on gold advances the value of all kinds of property ad vance and the value of other forms of money advance in value, and holders of money make haste to invest. When money is increasing in value, holders horde money. When money is decreas ing in value they invest. CONTRACTION OF VALUES AND NOT IN FLATION TRUSTS In 1865, when gold was worth 66 per cent, less than now, and it commanded a premium ; the people were out of debt and every industry run on full time. As we approached a gold basis times grew harder and values shrunk and the money passed from the pockets of the people into the vaults of the banks and real estate holders were compelled to mortgage their property to get it. Shrinkages of values proceeded the piling up of a mountain of debt. The creditors have a corner on gold, and as long as redemption is maintained values will continue to shrink. No nation was ever hurt by inflation of values, but shrinkages of values always brought hard times. WHAT GROVER SAYS. Grover says he will maintain gold redemption at all hazards. Yes, Grover, you were elected for that purpose, and you have forced 16 per cent, more of the products of the farm into England's fixed incomes. By redemption you have cheapenened cotton $15 on the bale and 35 cents on every bushel of wheat. The dominating class of Eng land are under everlasting obligation to you, as you have assisted them .to increase the value of their credits two billions, two hundred and forty mil lion dollars since you went into office. Every time the money devil of Eng land gives the screw a turn and squeezes more of our exportation farm products into their gold dollars. You give the government screw a turn and squeeze more of the farm and the prod ucts of labor into every dollar and com pel the people to give more of their products to pay taxes. You are doing England valiant service, and when you go out of power she will make you several times a millionaire. During your term, and up to the present time, you have forced $264,000,000 more of the products of labor into the taxes paid by the people of the United States. The system of redeeming our kind of money in another was concocted in Hades and transplanted to earth, and it has made a pandemonium of a gar den of Eden. This redemption system has caused more woe, made more pau pers and criminals, broken more hearts, made more prostitutes, crushed more aspirations ; it is the father of lies, the incubator of all meannfss, it has damned more souls, committed more perjury, it has made a hell of heaven, banished God from earth and set up the devil's kingdom, it has debauched our elections, established the reigning political thieves, it has brought the cause of Christ into disrepute and shut the minister's mouth, and it is the quintesence of all that is mean. It is upheld by knaves, endorsed by fools and it must be uprooted by patriots and sent to Hades to keep company with its author. Each black walnut tree planted upon rough, uhtillable ground will soon be worth more than the whole acre upon which it was planted. A small area of trees will begin to add at once to the value of the farm and the value will increase with each year's growih. THE BOARDOF EDUCATION. CorrespondeDce of the Progressive Farmer. Four Oaks, N. C. From the best information the writer can gain, the masses of the people are in favor of abolishing the County Board of Education, and empower the County Board of Commissioners to do the business assigned to the Board of Elucation. Also abolish the office of County Superintendent of Public In struction, ond- leJufche legislature ap point a board of threeexaminers for each county to grant cirtificates to teachers. It is estimated that this plan will save the educational funds at least $20,000 a year. Let the legisla ture consider this matter. E. D. Snead. This is the way the veteran John H Wallace puts things in the Horse Re view: "There now seems to be but one course open to the breeders of this country, and that is to form district organizations or combine with organi zations already in existence ad take an open, unmistakable and unequivo cal stand against all forms of gambling at their meetings, open stakes for young things and offer purees for classified horses. At the annual meet ings employ a capable and experienced judge who knows the rules and will enforce them, and, above all, keep clear of the man who may have 'an ax to grind.' Incompetent or dishonest judging is generally the initial of dis aster to the association, and the one is just as fatal as the other." THE ALLIANCE MOVEMENT. OFFICIAL VOTE OF NORTH CARO LINA. The vote of the State by Counties in 1892 for Governor, and for Treasurer in 1894, was as follows : 1892 1894 Correspondence of tte Progressive Farmer. Salem. N. C. I don't like to grumble or find fault, but would like to see the Alliance move forward It seems to me that there is danger ahead. The farmers and la borers have been imposed upon, more or less, for several years in various ways, some of which I desire to call attention to. In the time of the civil war, the poor, North and South,; had the fight ing to do. Their work at home was stopped and the Southern men got but little pay for fighting, while the rich that owned the slaves were making their money just the same as before, only faster, by buying bonds at one half their price of par. I am told that we owe a war debt. I - think that the rich that stayed at home, or never f ough, ought to pay it, and stop taxing the poor so much to pay interest and big salaries. I am in favor of a gov ernment of, for and by the people. May God grant, that this may soon be the way of the United States, as the laboring class has been bo much op pressed. I cannot understand why our lead ers want our dues in the Alliance in creased before money gets more plen tiful. There are some that say they would join us but cannot spare the money for dues. I hope our next national meeting will change the high dues. I do not like to see people who fav.or us shut out in this way. It seems tome if the Alliance fails we have seen nothing of hard times to what it will be then. I think the shoe factory a good thing if owned and run by the Alli ancemen. I will close for the present, wishing the Alliance great success and hoping that The Progressive Farmer will continue truthful, and soon get to every home and be read by every la borer. Yours for reform, James IL Farabow. 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Wilson - 2032 406 1733 1703 i Yadkin 1044 1234 502 1515 Yancey 917 601 1006 857 i Total 135519 94684 126221 147257 126221 Worth's majority, 21036 Tickets thrown out. In 1892, Wyatt P. Exum, Populist, for Governor, received 47,840 votes, and James M. Templeton, Prohibition ists, received 2,457 votes. CREAM OF THE PRESS. Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and Patriotic Paragraphs from Reform Papers They are Worth the Price of One Paper a Whole Year. Democratic simplicity: The public debt increased thirty two millions dur- lg December. Holton Tribune. Trusts, combines and pooling games Debs behind the bars is a better man Haven't heard of any farmers and A candidate for the "gold cure is not, ury. New York Voice. Now and then an old timer sticks his head out of the cyclone cellar, where he has been for months, and luaks "tariff." Topeka Advocate. Bonds mean bondage, only another ignorance prevails. Chicago Express. Grover's currency scheme is the iddv humbue. All of his other hum- m t bugs, too numerous to mention, could stand in its shadow. Southern Mercury. Mr. Carlisle's money that pas?es cur rent in 'Yurup" appears to be going over to that country. Suppose the government give us more money good in America. Southern Mercury. Plans well laid means work half done. This means that the best farm work of the year can be done in Janu ary planning the work of the year. Western Pl67tqT&& The salary of H. O. Havemeyer, President of the Sugar Trust, is $100, 000 per year. Its size is probably pro portioned to the influence h can wield in Federal legislative chambers. Mis sisstppi Leader. If the ears of all the people who are tired out with hearing the tariff dis cussed were stopped with wool it would make the article so scarce that twenty- five cents a pound would be cheap for the remainder. Texas Farm and Ranch. Will the country ever get tired of the New York bank pombine? Will the people in their disgust ever unite to turn down the political agents of these leeches who control the Demo cratic and Republican machines. Brockton Diamond. The proposed banking system will work all right until the day of redemp tion. When the big bankers call on the little ones to redeem bills in gold, then the trouble will begin. Then will the people and the little bankers realize that specie basis is a fraud and a delu sion. Monte Vista (Cal ) Journal. IMPROVE YOUR STOCK. It has been well said that the male is half the herd. And yet how few of us practice on the side of improvement by making this smallest and least ex pensive half the best that will increase the value of our growing stock. The head of a small flock of sheep, when of a standard excellence, costs but a trifle more than a mere scrub, when the dif ference in the value of the progeny is considered. The difference arises from the prepotency of the thoroughbred male derived from generations of well- fed and well bred ancestors. The same true of neat stock, of horses, of ine. It is often the case that the 3t cross from a thoroughbred eiro The second and third cross In a line of such breeding as this fat- Those who ance the gain in breeding. It would be preferable to feed natives well than to grade up and lose the benefit of it by poor feeding. But let the advance be in both breeding and feeding, and good results will follow. Frank E. Emery, Agriculturist, N. C, Experiment Station,
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