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- : ' PROGEBSSrV 1 LID THE IHDUSTKIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY. RALEIGH, N. C, APRIL 23, 1895. qol. 10. No. 11 TTIONAL FARMERS' ALLI T ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL UNION. President-J. iTwilletts, Topeka, KVi'ce-Pre3ident-H. C. Snavely, Leb- Sry-Treasr-Col.D. P. Dun can, Columbia, b. . EXECUTIVE BOARD. a t Loucks, Huron, S. D. ; Mann n I lirandon, Virginia; I. E. Dean, neWe fX New York; H. C. Dem B ! secretary. Harrisburg. Pennsyl ifSSto Butter, Raleigh, N. C. JUDICIARY. o a Southworth, Denver, Cojo. q W Beck, Alabama. H. D. Davie, Kentucky. lOBTB CAIOLISA.FAMEES, STATE ALLI- President-. M. Mewborne, Kinston, SSe-President-A. C. Bhuford, Now- t0&retoy-1STirer-W-a Bamoe, t?tureNr-Cyru3 Thompson, Rich ISS?ewardJ. T. B. Hoover, Elm City, S(jlain-Dr. T. T. Speight, Lewfa-""Door-keiper-Geo. T. Lane, Greens-iftaniDoor-keeper-Ja,. E. Lyon, DSeSn?atCirms-r. B. Hancock, GS2 Agent-W. H. Worth, Be1Bu1ine83 Agencv Fund-W. A- Graham, Machpelah, N. v. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. Marion Butler, Goldsboro, N. C. ; J. J, Long, Eoka, N. C; A. F. Hileman, Concord, N. C. STATE ALLIANCE JUDIOIABY COMMITTEE. r a nofootrillo N n ' Dr. J. F Harrell. Whiteville, N. C; John r:J 1ST O (iraaam, luugcnov. HoTXh Carolina Reform Press Association. Officers J. L. Ramsey,, President; darion Butler, Vice-Prestdent ; TV. S. Karnes, Secretary, PAPERS. HSSfiE Farmer 8tAte rjr&n' KKS8: 8: & Hickory, N.C. f?h7' Whltakers, N. C. JwiSm Beaver Dam. N. C. TSSSlist. Lumberton, N. C. ffiS Plow-Boy WadesbororN. C. SSlladT . Peanut, N. a Each of the above-named papers are requested to keep the list standing on (he first page and add others, provided ihev are duly elected. Any paper fail ing to advocate the Ocala platform will be dropped from the list promptly. Our people can now see what papers are nvblished in their interest. EDITORIAL SUGGESTIONS. The faimer who plants several crops this year, not too much of any one thing, manures and cultivates thor oughly, will be independent next fall. The late Hiram Smith declared that he believed he could reach the point where he could keep a cow on every acre of tillable land. He succeeded m keeping half that number. Orchards and the dairy go well to gether. Cows like apples, and fed judiciously they make a desirable change; and there is always enough to fall to the ground to furnish the supply. It is not everybody who can enjoy the privilege of working for the Roths childs. The American farmer is favored in that way, however. That interest and premium on those bonds must be paid. New England farmers have declared that by the administration of tubercu lin their cows have been ruined. They say that the compulsory use of the remedy in Massachusetts is an out rageous iD justice. Rotation in crops must be, but it is not all. Every crop takes out of the land certain properties, leaving the farm and the farmer just that much poorer. These must be supplied ; there can be no other way. A silo 22 feet deep and 12 feet square should feed a herd of 10 cows for six months. The corn should- not be cut 80 green that it will lose much of its feeding value, nor so late that its sue lence will have turned into dry fiber. Fifty head of trotting stock brought 3,500 at the Rue & Faulconer sale, Danville, Ky., on the 14th inst., an erage of $170 each. The 7-year old re Katie McGregor (2:30), by Robert McGregor (2:18i), brought the top Price- 250. Science benefits only "those who fPup with the procession." It has jjured the majority of farmers, per pPs, simply because the minority fol yit8 teachings and the rest do not. Qose who pursue the slow inaccurate, kshioned ways are left in the lurch, a&i science has done it. i i i ". LETTER FROM REV. JOHN AM MONS. The "Biblical Recorder" and the Legis lature. Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer. The Biblical Recorder is wonderfully exercised over the school question. In its issue of March 20th it said : "The school children are poorer for the work of this legislature." In its next issue it partly took it back, admitting that it "is not literally correct," but "practically so." Now, it seems to me that what is "practically," true is "lit erally" true, so that the Recorder's makeshift to get his foot out of it, only makes the matter worse. For a number of months the Re corder had put itself in line with the Reform movement, if it is to be judged by its utterances, but there was some thing the Recorder wanted that it did't get, and es soon as the legislature ad journs it begins to. pour out the vials of its wrath its animus is but little better than that of the News and Ob server. Now, why all this spleen? What did the legislature do to arouse the wrath of this religious journal to such a pitch that for a whole month it devotes al most its entire editorial space to bitter invectives against it, and most of them without a shadow of excuse. The legislature did everything in caucus, notwithstanding the Recorder's "note of warning," men went into the caucus "opposed to a proposition and came out in favor of it"; 'mnbyno means connected with the Assembly successfully worked for not a few meas ures, and all they had to do was to get the votes of a majority of a caucus." Such are o few specimens of the Re carder's charges. Now, every member of the legislature knows that these charges are false, not to say malicious. If the legislature was so obsequious why did not the Recorder get in its job? But what was it that the Recorder wanted? If the Recorder knew better what the int3rests of the State and its people demanded than the people's representatives, it ought to have thrown itself into the breach and prevented all this ruin, and not wait till it was too late, and then cry out, iItold you so" But what did the Recorder want? Take its editorials since the adjourn ment of the legislature and he that runs may read. Had the legislature withdrawn all appropriations from the University and other institutions of higher learning the Recorder would, no doubt, have lauded us to the sky, but inasmuch as we did not do that, we did nothing worthy of the Recorder's approval. The legislature did reduce appropri ations where they were not for the general good of the State, but the body was not composed of destructives; it was not its work to pull down and de stroy x but to build up and strengthen. Thousands of dollars had been spent by the State to build up the University and other State schools, and had we acted in a manner to cripple and destroy these institutions, we would have been entitled to the distinction of idiots. The University question was not S9ttled as I thought it ought to be. .1 desired to see the University what its name indicates, but so long as it looks to the State for support from its treas ury, the means to meet its annual ex penses, it will never ds3 above what it is simply a college, and nothing more. What does the Recorder hope to gain by its course? Will unjust criticiem of the legislature help its cause? Will misrepresentation aid the truth? Men sometimes hurt their cause by attempt ing too much. John, Ammons. The foreign demand for American bred trotters is increasing. Even in Belgium there is some demand and it is extending. A SUGGESTION. Correspondence of the Progressive Ft-rmer. Boomer, Wilkes Co., N. C. I am not a subscriber to The Pro gressive Farmer myself, but my- father is, and I live with him and read it reg ularly ; therefore, you will please allow me space to make a suggestion, if it is not cut of place. I read an article writteii by Prof . J. A. Holmes on the nymazife question, in which he requests people to send sam ples to the Experiment! Station for ex amination. That is a )very good sug gestion and I have taken advantage of the chance of having some minerals tested free and I trSst many others will do likewise. Ndw, Mr. Editor, I suggest that when people send samples of minerals to the station, and Mr. Holmes finds it to bh valuable, that he report it to all the newspapers in the city of Raleigh and let them publish it if they will. I do not think any edi tor would refuse to publish, it, for it would be but a matter of news, and they like to publish such. I do not think it would cost the station any thing and it would, no doubt, be of interest to some. It might cause some one to look after such things where, no doubt, they might not think of going or finding such things. There is no doubt but that we have minerals of all kinds in this mountain section, and as valuable, perhaps, as can be found anywhere, but we do not know all of them nor their value. We have'gold, silver and copper that we know of, and various other kinds that we do not know. Now, Mr. Editor, I want to say that we cannot do without The Progres sive Farmer at our house, although father's subscription is out ; but you will please continue to send it; we will send you the money before long and probably one or two other subscribers. I cannot write an article worth pub lishing, but I endorse the motto of The Progressive Farmer and its many correspondents. I am tired of so much class legislation and think it time that every farmer should begin to study something about the government as well as how to improve his lands or his stock. This is my first letter for the press, and if ycu think it worthy of publica tion you can publish it; if not, jutst throw it in the waste basket. Long live The Progressive Farmer and its fearless editor. Yours very truly, G. 8. Ferguson. Short rotation of cro s and clean till age practically do away with the old weed problem. The clover, for instance, is so heavy the first year that it hardly gets a foothold, and then we do not wait until it runs out and the pests in, but turn it right over and put in a crop. STRONG BACKING. The Richmond Star says: "The free silver advocates have the strongest known authorities to the Christian world and the American citizens in maintaining their position in advocacy of the coinage of silver and gold at a ratio of 16 to 1. Those authorities are the Bible and Constitution of the United States. A shekel of silver in Bible days was of the value of 50 cents, while a shekel of gold measured tD the value of $8. Notwithstanding such great author ities the gold gamblers and their organs hold the faithful prophets of true bi metallism as ignorant, vicious and dis honest. But the cry of "Stop, thief I ' will not throw the intelligent from the scent and it will not be long ere these gold sharks will be made to disgorge some of the hundreds of millions they have secured through the means of legislation stolen ae unquestionably and as brazenly as ever a hen house was robbed." IS THE CONVERSION REAL ? The following editorial paragraphs from a recent issue of the Atlanta Con stitution seem to indicate a full conver sion to the Alliance system of finance. At any rate the "calamity howler" who can get ahead of it ought to have a premium : "Scratch a goldbug and you'll find a full-fledged tory. An American currency system is what the people of this country want. We want to get hold of a goldbug editor who will tell the truth and stick to facts. There are plenty of tories in this country who are anxious to see the United States abandon the Monroe doc trine. 1 The British bankers are already in complete control of our treasury. How long before the British politicians will have control of our legislative ma chinery ? Governor McKinley is more in favor of protection now than ever. He wants to be protected against the silver ele ment in the Republican party. The cuckoos in the South will have to get John Sherman to carry on their goldbug campaign. John was a gold bug before Mr. Cleveland was heard of. It is to be observed that some of the cuckoo organs in Georgia have thrown off all disguise. They are no longer bimettalists." They are in favor ; of the British gold standard, and they solemnly reproduce the fallacious argu ments that are invented by the organs of Wall street." I The Constitution is just now gettifcg to the point some of us passed two ox three years ago. COUNTY GOVERNMENT LAW. The Measure Passed by the Recent Legis lature. Section l. That chapter seventeen (17) of the first volume of the Code en titled "Counties, County Commission ers and County Government" be and the same and all amendments thereto are amended as follows: By striking out the words "justices of the peace," with the concurrence of a majority of the justices of the peace sitting with them," "and by a majority of the jus tices of the peace" wherever the same may occur. Sec. 2. By striking out in subsection 10 of section 707 all of the same after the word "provided." Sec 3. Subsection twenty-eight (28) of section 707 is hereby repealed and the following inserted in lieu thereof, viz: To qualify and induct into efnee at the meeting of the board on the first Monday in the month next succeeding their election or appointment the fol lowing named county officers, to wit : Clerk of the Superior Court, Clerk of the Inferior Court, sheriff, coroner, treasurer, register of deeds, surveyor and constable; and to take and approve the official bonds of said officers, which the board shall cause to be registered in the office of the register of deeds. The original bonds shall be deposited with the Clerk of the Superior Court, except the bond of the said clerk, which shall be deposited with the register of deeds for safe keeping. Provided, however, that if the said board shall declare the' official bonds of any of said county officers to be insufficient or shall decline to receive the same the said officer may appeal to the Superior Court Judge riding, the district in which said county is, or to the resident judge of said district, as he may elect, who shall hear said appeal in chambers at any place in said district which he shall designate within ten days after notice by him of the same ; and if upon the hearing of said appeal the judge shall be of the opinion that the said bond i sufficient, he shall issue an or der to 'the said board"6f commissioners to induct the said officer into office, or that he shall be retained in office as the case may be ; but, if upon the hear- ing of said appeal the judge shall be of the opinion that the bond is insufficient, he shall give the appellant ten' days in which to file before him an additional bond, and if the appellant shall within the said ten days file before the said judge a good and sufficient bond in the opinion of said judge he shall so declare and issue his order to said board, direct ing and requiring them t induct the appellant into office or retain him, as the case may be; but if in the opinion of the said judge both the original and the additional bonds are insufficient, he shall declare the said office vacant and notify the said commissioners, who shall notify the Clerk of the Superior Court, who shall appoint to fill the vacancy, except in the case of the Clerk of the Superior Court, which vacancy shall be filled by the resident judge. The judgment of the Superior Court Judge shall be final. The appeal and the finding and judg ment of the Superior Court Judge shall be recorded on the minutes of the board of commissioners. Sec. 4. That section seven hundred and sixteen (716) is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof, viz: There shall be elected in each county of the State, at the general elec tiontobeheld in the year one thousand eight 'hundred and ninetysix (1896) and every two years thereafter, by. the duly qualified electors thereof, three persons to be chosen from the body of the county, who shall be styled the board of commissioners of the county of , and shall hold their office for two years from the date of their quali fication and until their successors shall be elected and qualified : and they shall be qualified by taking the oath of office before the Clerk of the Superior Court or some judge or justice of the peace, and the register of deeds shall be ex officio clerk of the board of commission ers. Sec 5. That whenever as many as five electors of the county makeaffi davit before the Clerk of the Superior Court at any time after the election of the county commissioners, that they verily believe that the business of the county, if left entirely in the hands of the three commissioners elected by the people, will be improperly managed; that then, upon petition of two hundred electors of said county, one half of whom shall be free holders, and so cer tified by the Clerk of the Superior Court, made to the Judge of the dis trict or the Judge presiding therein, it j shall be the duty of said Judge to ap point two honest and discreet citizens of said county who shall be of a politi cal party different from that of a ma jority of commissioners, who shall, from their appointment and qualifica tion, by taking the oath required for county commisioners, be members of said board of county commissioners, in every respect as fully as if elected by the people, and shall continue in office until the election and qualification of the successors of said board of county commissioners, and that no money shall be paid upon the order of said board, or official bonds acccepted, nor shall any debt be incurred except upon the concurrence of as many as four of said board. That all motions concern ing financial matters shall be taken upon an aye and no vote and recorded upon the minutes. Sec 6. That section seven hundred and seventeen (717) be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 7. That section (719) seven hun dred and nineteen be and the same is hereby amended by striking out "jus tices of the peace" and inserting in lieu thereof, "the Clerk of the Superior Court." Sec. 8. That all laws and clauses of laws inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Sec 9. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. We doubt if there need be any such thing as a worn out farm. Free fer tilization and thorough cultivation have made productive even the long abandoned wheat fields of New Eng land. They now yield as bounteous crops as do those of the "fertile West." GREATEST TRUST ON EARTH. Congressman DeWitt Warner's Re form club pamphlet on the sugar trust is one of the best pieces of political writing seen in many years. He sums up the situation of the trust and the people thus : "With the Spreckels in control of Hawaii and the Havemeyers extend ing their plantations in Cuba, the trust dictates to every branch of sugar production and distribution in the TTnit-.rl PlfnfAfl tj trine iindai ita win tr every 0M concernedexcept tho8 who consume sugar. From its office at 118 Wall street, cable messages fly daily to its agents in Cuba, fixing the price of raw sugar there ; to San Fran cisco announcing Cuba's parity, at which arriving in Hawaii sugars are to be valued, telling her planters what in view of Cuban and Hawaiian prices the trust condescends to offer for American sugar; and to its rep resentatives all over the world, giving the limit based on Cuban parity at which they can pick up Austrian, Javan, Phillipine, Brazilian and other sugars, when these are temporarily depressed in prices. In an adjoining room the quotations at or above which the subservient dealers throughout the country are permitted to sell sugars are daily settled, and through the four great sugar brokers who stand neare st the throne these aie pa seed to forty others who wait the sugar trust's nod at New York and telegraphed to the waiting hundreds in other cities in the land. These in turn so promptly notify their patron?, the thousands of whole sale grocers of the country, that before their doors are opened all danger of any purchaser getting his sugar below trust pi ices is over for the day. By discount from his bill or periodical remittance, as the case may be, each faithful wholesaler is promptly and liberally paid for his loyalty, and whenever in the crisis of legislation one hears the bugle call of the trust he instantly steps into line, ready to bombard his congressman with tele grams or fight him with ballots at short range until the sugar trust cause is triumphant. "Such is the grandest trade organ ization the world has ever seen. "The sugar trust dictates the tribute that shall be rendered it by the Ameri can people. "The wholesale grocer is rewarded by whatever largess the trust thinks necessary to insure their loyalty. "And the public? The public fce damned' and it is." To make grafting wax we recommend the following which we find in print: Take resin four parts by weight; bees wax, two parts; tallow, one part. JMelt together and pour into a pail of cold water. Then grease the hands and Dull the same as molasses candy is pulled until it is nearly white, and make into balls. When ready to use. nut into warm water, pull out and wraparound the graft. CREAM OF THE PRESS. Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and Patriotic Paragraphs from Reform Papers They are Worth the Price cf One Paper a Whole Year. The strike through the ballot box cannot be "blacklisted." New York Voice. A banker mistakes an ability to practice usury for a knowledge of finances. Southern Mercury. Not more money alone, but more money with justice, will solve the financial problem. Ottawa Journal. "I conceive the establishment of a national bank dangerous to the safety and welfare of the Republic "Henry Clay. Coming back to the original question what has become of the old-fashioned lunatic who talked about overproduo tion? Topeka Advocate. It has come to be regarded as a great virtue for a Congressman to leave Congress a poor man. It is unusual, anyhow. The Newspaper. "The issuing power should be taken from the banks, and restored to tfcfc government and the people to whom it properly belongs." Thomas Jeffar8on. Debts are increasing,. both national and private, but the dollars with vh"ch to pay the debts are decreasing, tinder democratic and republican financier ing. People's Advocate. V Thft wnrlH Vina loo rnoH Vi rnr f r imoiiS wealth, but not to how to equitabl aistriDute it, wnicn is tne prooiem o the economic revolution of the im mediate future. Farmers' Tribute. fvArra urt tin Atl f oVi smi11 loan a nil the currency that is used by the peo ple, whether it be gold, silver or pa per, and it should be made a legal tender for all debts, public and private." Peter Cooper. With the banks controling 94 per cent of the business and drawing inter est on four times the amount of actual money in circulation, how long will it be until they own the earth? The only reason they don't foreclose now is that people willwork harder and pay taxes better when.there is a shadow of a title to spur them to greater effort. Chicago Express. . Hetty Green is epigramatic. Ste knows how to reach a point in a direct way. In a big law suit in which she is engaged, one of the lawyers remarked that "there was no use in saying any thing more," whereupon Hetty said: "Let us have more money and less wind." Carry that sentiment ' to Con gress, Hetty, j st 8S soon as it sits, again. Farmers Voice. The new constitution of New York: State forbids members of the legisla ture from riding on free railroad' passes. Chauncey Depew proposes ,that members of the legislature dodge the issue by voting themselves mileage tickets. Why is this famous railroad president so anxious that law-makers shall ride on his road without paying,, for the privilege? Chicago Sentinel. The reform press will please take notice that the Associated Press story to the effect that the Massachusetts. Legislature has adopted a resolution in favor of silver 16 to 1 is a "fake" from beginning to end. The Legislature has taken no action whatever on the mat ter. The intelligence of that body on the money question is very limited. . The members as a rule are all old -party "cuckoos," and there are 16 of them who know not the meaning of the -word "ratio" to one who does- have a. glimmering uncertainty about it; -Brockton, Mass., Diamond. It is of little use to clear a potato field of weeds after they have grown ao high as the potatoes. The time to check-: them and to hasten the crop is when: they first appear above ground. Also,, with a surface often broken and stirred, decayed matter is exposed to oxygen, and plant food is more rapidly der veloped. . ALFALFA. Too much praise cannot be given to this excellent grass ; it is very nutritious and animals are fond of it. It has o tap root and stands a drouth better than any other forage plant that I ever cultivated. It yields enormously in good seasons, and in dry ones more than double that of clover or timothy I have never used it as a pasture, and can't say whether it will stand as muchi tramping as blue grass. For hay it may be cut three times in good seasons, and at each cutting will yield twice as- mnrth as timnth v nr nla-voi- T TrsT? J vw.v A II U Ui W. recommend all Who nrvnnv IJoVif nnr sandy farms to give it a trial. ft- s . -V v
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