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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER : AUGUST 20, 1895. M PROSRESSIVE FABgR MRS. L. L. POLK, - Pbopmetor J. L. RAMSEY, - 17?' J W. DKNMAEK, - Busies M a B. R. W. S033 AMAN,-AssT Bus. M a R. Raleigh, N. C -SUBSCRIPTION- lle Subscribe One Teg.. . . . . .; "j me snbscriber &j f Mffi (hie oopy one year free, to the one sending Club of Ten. r invariable in J.ne. Money tocrrl8,li sent by registered lbttei sr money crder. Fue ctont ind rtampt. Advertising Rates quoted on application. To OorretvonaenU: -y - Write all ooammnlcationa, designed for pub lication, on one side of the paper only. We want Intelligent correspondents In every county in the Swvte. We want fact of value, results accomplished of value, experiences oi value, plainly and briefly told. One solid, demonstrated act, la worth a thousand theories. The editor is not responsible for the views of correspondents. RALEIGH. N. P., AUG. 20 1895" This paper enured at tecond-clat matter at the poti ujp.ee in luutvjrv, xv. v. The Progressive Farmer is the Official Organ of the N. C. Farmers' State Alliance Do you want your paper changed to another office t State the one at which you have been getting it. R" Our friends in writing to any oi our advertisers "will favor us by men tioning the fact that they saw the advertisement in Tub Progressive fST The date on your label tells you when your time ia out " I am standing now just behind the curtain, and in full glow of pie coming sunset Behind me are the shadows on the track, before me lies the dark valley and the river. When I mingle with its dark waters I want to cast one linger ing look upon a country whose govern ment is of the people, for the people, and by the people, L. L. Polk, July 1890. N. R. P. A. EDITORIAL NOTES Any person desiring to purchase or rent the Democratic party, or any por tion of same, will please apply to Col. A. B. Andrews, on the premises. Mr. Horr learned a great deal about the financial question during his ten days1 attendance of Coin's Financial School, and feels much better, even thoutrh Prof. Harvev did fl:g him every day. After all, the so called political fight in this State next year will simply be 'taking stock" by the Democrats. They will do that to find out whether or not they have enough material left to get up a decent funeral. England, France, Germany, India, Chin v, Africa, Japan, Holland and sev eral other countries are more densely populated than America, but this coun try contains more tarnation fools to the equare mile than any other country, the heathen lands not excepted. An exchange, commenting on the sa!e of the Highland Park College, which cost $200,000 and brought at forced sale 133,000, remarks that, at the present rate of depreciation in value Rothschild can buy the earth after awhile for ten cents. True as goapel. But you can't get "sound money" fools to believe it. The Democrats of Livingston county, Mo., met a few days ago and passed resolutions requesting Congressman U. S. Hall to resign his seat in Congress, he having voted for the goldbugs. A few years ago Hall was a member of the Alliance, but turned his back on the order, after leading members de clared in the St. Louis convention that a new party was essential to reform. As a regard for his treachery, he was elected to Congress. Now his own party turns its backtipon him. Truly the pathway of the Allianca traitor is a rugged one. We have several speci mens in this State, and they are found in nearly every Stite. Pitied by those they betrayed, and despised and dis trusted by those who are now asjocia ted with them, they are the deadest ducks in the backyard of tho gold bug palace. DISGUSTING The ideas and arguments cf men of reputed intelligence often amuse and disgust us. These men persistently in sis 5; that national legislation has nothing whatever to do with the fin ancial q-iestions now agitatiug the people of the United States, and profess to believe that the present c irditions of the farmer are due to his ovn man- they make you tired, brother Alliance man, or do you not hear them? Cot ton Plant. A MATTER FOR LUNATICS. At this date and timo only an e scaped inmate of a lunatic n.svlnm would sun pose the country was in danger from a -uuuttui currency or '-fiat" money v4, uui mai IS r nt- U j rnu at wat Uttle we have bam aiobe" P 19 water--" ENDOFTHE POLITICAL MACHINE For many years North Carolina has been dominated by a corrupt political machine. This machine has been dying by itches for some time. Tne last spasmodic breath was drawn at Bur lington last Friday. The corpse is not yet cold and it may be condemned as a nusiance before the funeral is pulled off, but the giant octopus will no longer menace the welfare of our people. If the question were asked to day "who is the meanest man in the State?" the mind would instantly re vert to some one of the Directors of the North Carolina (?) Railroad. That is the way our people, regardless of class, feel about it. In leasing the railroad to the Southern Railroad Company at this time and at such a price, the board of directors have brought down the virtuous wrath of an outraged and in dignant populace. Twenty four years ago the S:ate leased the North Carolina railroad, extending from Charlotte to Gold boro. a distance of 223 mile3, to the Richmond and Danville. At that time our State was suffering from the consequences of the war, was poorly developed and the road itself was in a sorry condition. That company, now known as the Southern, has improved the road very greatly, the old rolling-stock was thrown away and new substituted. The Eection through which the road was built has been greatly improved and the R&D. ha3 built several short feeders, which, of course, that com pany and its successor should get full credit for. Tae North Carolina Rad connects several of the most important towns and cities in the State Goldsboro, Raleigh, Durham, Burlington, Greens boro, High Pjiut, Salisbury and Char lotte. It passes through the best agri cultural and manufacturing s3Ction of the State. It is worth three times as much today as it was when first leased, and yet the Directors only get 6 i per cent, on the original valuation for the next six y ears and 7 per cent, for the balance of the term of lease 93 years. This rental is equal to about $1,255 per mile. Tae road is the most valuable in the S ate, is easily worth $25,000 per mile. Other roads, no bei ter, are valued at $30,000, $40,000 and even more. Hence tho rent is only equal to a little more than one twentieth of its lowest estimated value. Now wouldn't you like to rent property at that rate? The original lease was for thirty years. It is yet six years before it would have expired. Why all this haste? Jt was all for the benefit of the Southern Railroad Company. Tnat Company knows the great and constantly increasing value of the road. They realized that the "machine" was rapidly going to decay, and that the party likely to be in power six years hence will not be made up of the same sort of material, and that the new crowd would either make them pay full value for the rental or take the road back and operate it, hence all this haste. The State Alliance had just passed a resolution against the probable hasty transaction, and some of its officials were getting ready to bring an injunc tion to prevent the untimely lease. But the Southern held the strings and fear ed delay. It pulled the strings and tho supple jumping jacks did the rest. The State loses $200,000 or $300,000 a year, doubtless more when we consider the constant appreciation in the value of the road. But the deed is done. The Southern hes made a fortune, the Scate has lost one. The Governor and ihe balance of the ' machine" favored the lease, consequently the "machine" will be held responsible. It is dead. That is the only consolation. So far as we know, everyone was willing for the Southern company to lease the road again. If leased at all the Southern was entitled to the first chance, and ought to have had the benefit of any special favors. But the lease, at th's time, at the price, is the greattss political scandal that has ever disgraced our State. SILVER AND WHEAT.N How can a fall in silver decrease tli6 price of wheat in the markets of Europe ? The ans wer is plain : The pre mium on gold ia the biiver using coun tries, caused by tho fall in the gold pneo ot ailver, has the c if ect of a bounty on exports to gold using nations. The value of au ounce of silver in Mexico, Argentine or India has not fallen. The ounce will purchase as much grain as ever. When silver was at a par with gold at a ratio of 15 1 to 1, wheat sold in London at 7 shillings a bushel which, converted into Mexican exchange, were worth about $171, eays the Philadelphia American. Tae 7 shillings that our fathers obtained for their wheat in 1873, converted into ex change on New York, were also worth about $1.71. Both the American and the Mexican farmers received the same amount, from which they had to pay the transportation and other charges. "To day, with silver depreciated fifty per cent, measured in gold, wheat sells in London at 5 shillings a bushel in gold, which, converted in Mexican exchange, are' worth about $1 50, and as transportation chargep, etc, have much fallen in the last twenty years, the Mexican farmer receives almost as much silver for a bushel of wheat as be did before it was this silver will produce as much wheat as ever. The farmer in the United States, on the other hand, competing with the Mexican and India farmer mus!; also now sell his wheat in London for about 3 shillings, which, converted into exchange on New York, amounts to 73 cents. The American farmer receives only this amount less freight, insur ance charges, etc. "This great disadvantage under which the American farmer labors is very apparent, for it is well known that 73 c 3nts in gold, the proceeds of a bushel of wheat sold in London (netting our farmers only about fifty cents in gold), will not raise as much wheat as the proceeds of a bushel of wheat sold in London at $1 50 a bushel in silver (netting the Mexican farmer about $1 25). While an ouace of silver will purchase a bushel of wheat in silver using countries, the Englishman will pay more than the gold cost of an ounce of silver for wheat raised in the United Spates. The price of silver is a controlling factor in the supply of wheat, and the fall in silver has given a great impetus to the growth of wheat in silver using countries. The price of wheat can only rise per manently as silves rises, and our farm ers can only enjoy prosperity when the parity between gold and silver is re stored, for not until the bounty on ex ports from silver using to gold using countries be removtd; and until that time our farmers will labor under a crushing disadvantage. JOURNALISM AND SOCIALISM It is pretty safe to say that journal ism and socialism will not go hand in hand for a very lengthy period. The failure of the Coming Nation is a brilliant example. Mr. J. A. Waylacd, founder and editor of that paper, is a high type of the socialistic reformer He is smart, earnest and honest. He put the price of his paper at 10 cents a year and people rushed over each other to subscribe for it. The paper was easily worth a dollar a year would have been cheap at that. So long as the subscriptions came in by the hun dreds daily the paper was a success financially. The dreams of the social istswere coming true. Some people wondered why the other reform papers didn't reduce the price of their sheets looked upon them as collectors of usury. The result i3 known. The Coming Nation ia no more. A brief existence and then inevitable collapse. No paper can be conducted in an unbusiness like way. We would like to furnish this paper at 10. 25 or 50 cents a year. Id can't be dono. We notice that a few other papers are reducing their prices for subscription. They fiud it hard to make both ends meet and hope to greatly increase their number of patrons by making special c ff jrs. The result will come only too soon and the crash will be a little louder that is all. The publisher who puts his sub scription and advertising at a reason able notch and keeps his paper going is the true philanthropist. The publisher who reduces his prices and starves out his own business and that of his fellow workers, is an enemy to his own sue c S3 and the cause he represents. THE ALLIANCE GROWING. One ef the most encouraging signs of the times is the rapid growth of the Farmers' Alliance. From tho Farmers' Alliance sprung the reform movement that assumed organized shape at Omaha in July 1892, says the Southern Mercury. The movement has continued to grow ever sines the Omaha declaration of principles was issued, and it has had no firmer supporter than the Alliance. Now, when the reform movement is assuming force and prominence, and the party planted upon the Omaha de mands ii coming: into do wer every where, is the time when the Alliance should be thoroughly organized and ready and able to push the movement. The only thing needed now to insure the ultimate success in the nation of the reform movement is the continua tion of the campaign of education etarted by the Alliance. The Alliance is the very best organi zation for educational purposes that could be conceived. It brings the far mers and laboring men together in a social way and discussion of economic qu s.ions follows. PiiCUon leaLd8to investigation, and all that is needed to make Populists is investigation and study of the con ditions and reforms necessary to lift pX01!',? tne mire they fT -wu "ance everywhere and f of BtiU greater good. It is the father of reform, and should be continued as a teacher until the movement dominates the politics and policies of the nation. COL. JULIAN S. CARR ON SILVER, j Col Julian 8. Carr, President of the Blackwell Tobacco Company, Durham, N. C, also a farmer and large owner of real estate and interested in many in dustrial enterprises, a millionaire, and, at the same time, a gentleman in every sense of the word, was interviewed by the Reidsville Review recently. His views on the silver question are given as follows : "1. I favor the immediate repeal of the law demonetizing silver, and the immediate restoration of silver to the position cceupied by it before the pas sage of that law. This will make sil ver, as well as gold, money of final payment. Money will then be easier and trade will revive, debts and taxes will be easier to pay. "2. I favor the continued coinage of silver at the present ratio as long as the country needs more money and as long as we can keep a silver dollar equal to a gold dollar. We are now floating nearly $600,000,000 of silver, and we can fl at fully twice as much, if the Government will make it legal tender in all sums for all debts, both public and private. "3. If other nations will jVm up, all right, but we are a big enough country to supply ourselves with all the gold and silver we need. "4 Gold tends to rise in value, if us3d exclusively, while silver tends to fall. If both are us d together they will balance each other, and the result ant will be more stable than either component. "I realizo that many good men, whe s j opinions are entitled to respect and consideration, d ff ?r with me touching this important question, still, after a careful study of all the conditions, I shall abide as a friend of the white metal the people's money.'' It is real refrt shing to read such doc trine from such a source. Col. Carr has as much right to be a grasping gold bug as any other rich man. But he isa't. He knows how to manage his business affairs so as to make money, but he knows the value of a dollar, knows that a dollar i3 only worth 100 cents, and is honest enough to admit thut one dollar is worth as much as another. He is not engaged in the business of building up his own fortune by making paupers out of ten thousand of his neighbors. He doesn't claim that the way to make money plentiful is to quit coining and printing it Last, but not least, Col. Carr is not looking around to buy up the property of his less fortunate fellow citizens at one third or one half its value with ap predated gold dollars, as many wealthy men are doing. Col. Carr was almost as poor as any of us thirty years ago, lut went into the tobacco business, and, by manufac turing a superior grade of smoking to bacco, has built up a trade that extends to every corner of the earth. Prosper ing as he did, he has not felt the stings of contraction nor experienced the trials of attempting to do a hundred dollars worth of business with thirty dollars in cash, as nine hundred and ninety nine of cur citizc-ns are forced to do business now, hence he is not a typical calamity howler, and may be exusad when the balance of us howl. He has not studied every phase of the financial question, but he is right on the silver question. H s patriotic utterances show that his heart is on the right side. Long live Col. Carr. NOT THE FlslNSTANCS. An exchange tells the following, which is of frequent occurence in banking circles. I know a banker who is a church member. To the same church belongs a friend of mine not so well fixed an old man who was badly shot to pieces in the civil war and has been having a hard time to get along ever since. The old soldier was the sexton of the chu cb, earning a little pittance in tbat way. At one time there came to be $30 due to' him for his service? in that capacity. The money to pay such ex peLses was deposited in his fellow Christian's bank. He wanted it and needed it; but the proper committee had not passed upon his claim and or dered it paid ; so the banker could not pay over the money. But he was ac commodating. He would loan the old soldier $10 out of the funds he had oa hand from the very money the church had deposited to pay this debt and take a note for thirty days. The banker church member drew a note for $10 50 and when it was signed the sexton got $10 In a few days the a count was audited, and the poor man got his $30. He paid the banker the $10 50 ; or at the rate of 15 per cent a month or 180 per cent a year fox the ussofhis own money; and then he told the banker and brother in the church jusj what he thought of him, giving him to understand that high way robbery was a respectable busi ness compared with this fifty-cent gouge. Tae only defence the banker attempted to make was to say that the bank had to have a "system" to do businss on, and that such charges were a part of the system. MEETING OF STATE ALLIANCE. About the Usual Number of Counties Rep resented The Meeting Was Profit able and Harmonious v The ninth annual session of the State Alliance convened at Cary, August 13 th. Nearly all the cfficersweie pres ent and about seventy counties re ported. Some sixty delegates were on the ground at roll call and others came in later. The body was a thoroughly repres3n tative one, and worked day and night and as steadily as if serving a task master. President Mewborne called the meet ing to order in a large hall furnished for the occasion. He introduced Mayor Angier, who delivered a brief address of welcome and made the visitois feel at home at once. Indeed the hospit able citizens of Cary had already ac complished that before the meeting opened. Bro. J. W. Denmark responded to the Major's address of welcome in an eloquent epeech, predicting the future industrial greatness of Cary as a manufacturing town. inuring me atteruuou bchbiuu arrosi - dent Mewborne dslivered his address, During the afternoon session Presi which appears elsewhere in this issue. The Secretary and Business Agent read reports. At night the annual election of officers was held and resulted as fol lows : President, Dr. Cyrus Thompson, of Onslow j Vice-President, John Graham, of Ridge way ; Lecturer, J. T. B. Hoover, of Wilson. W. S. Barnes, of Raleigh, was re elected Secretary. O iher officers elected were: Dr. V, N. Seawell, of Moore, Steward; Rev. P. H. Masse'y, of Durham, Chaplain ; George T. Lane, of Guilford, Door-keeper; James E Lyon, of Durham, Assistant Door keeyer; A. D K Wallace, of Ruther ford, Seargant-at Arms ; T. Ivey, of Wake, Business Agent ; N. C. English, of Randolph, and Jas. M. Mewborne, of Lenoir, members of the Executive Committee, in place of Marion Butler (time expired) and J J. Long, deceas ?d ; Dr. J. E Person, of Wayne, delegate to the National Alliance; J. W. Den mark, of Wake, alternate to National Alliance. Tne above brethren are well known to the public and the members of the Order. They need no commendation at our hands. President Thompson is a pioneer Allianceman. He has been in the front ranks all the while blazing out the way. He is a brilliant speaker, fluent writerand honest to the core. The banner will not trail in the dust so long as he is President. The. same can be said of all the other officers. Just before the adjournment of the State Alliance the following letter was received and read in the meeting : "Cary, N. C , Aug 14. 1895. "To the Honorable President and Delegates of the North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance, in Conven tion Assembled: 4 1, as mayor of the town of Cary, at the request of many of our citizens, de sire to express our appreciation of the manner in which your members have deported themselves while in our midst, and of the most favorable impressions made while here ; and to assure you of the warm feelings which we have for you as an organization. And fully re alizing that your mission is not fully and completely accomplished, we trust and believe that you will have a most wholesome influence in shaping the destiny of North Carolina in the future. Taerefore, be it Resolved t 1. That we extend to the North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance, in convention now assembled in our town, our most heartfelt gratitude and profound appreciation of your meeting in annual session in Cary. 2 That many mutual ties of friend ship have been formed, which we hope will never be rendered asunder, and that you will find it convenient to come this way again. 3 That we most earnestly invite, and hope that you will, in the near future, es ablish whatever manufacturing and industrial enterprises you may con template, in the town of Cary. And we also hope that you will make this your headquarters, and move your main offices here in cur town. Wishing you God speed fur all your righteous undertakings, and may your number increase until you have en j rolled as members every farmer, and , evtry man and every woman in North j Carolina who desires the best welfare j of the whole of mankind, j Respectfully and gratefuilv. Jonathan C. Angieii. Mayor of the town of Cary, N. C. We append herewith a few resolu tions adopted. Other matter will ap pear next week and from time to time thereafter. Whebeas, there are reasons to believe that the directors of the North Caro lina Railroad are seriously considering the advisability of leasing the said road for a long period of time; and Whereas, in the opinion of this body no greater calamity couldr befall- our beloved State than to put this, with one exception, the only railroad of any importance remaining in the hands of j its original stockholders, under thp ' trol of a foreign corporation- nHC0Q whereas, there yet remain years before the exniratinr, U8 8H - . . . r VFi tllfi on wwdi KiviuK amnio time Pres- 4 pcuyio ui uuriu Carolina for thei a cision at the ballot box Now hi -.ae Resolved, by the North q3 Farmers' State Alliance. amS0111 Cary, that we protest against lease of this road before its fliihJ:3 to the people of North Carolina i upon the rights of freemen. ge Kesolveaj!, that a copy of thesa refln nf Nnrth Carolina, and f vW u.vw ' v w - - vv Llin I -w- Ttsv of the North Carolina Railroad bah! whom Wfirfl formfirlv tv.o. L ulQ0f tho honored heads of this uraer, and to Chas D. Mclver, State proxy for Carolina, and who holds in trus ? the whole people of North Carolina I Vhis resolution, so far as it r0i0' . nam road was drawn and passed under a mi nrehension. The Stat a - . - - , i, . i i ; have since learned, represents the Stw! m v i-' JA V DO in a 8tocKnolders' mpntinff x,, i7 voice or authority in a directors' meet iug. xiie leoao wnicn was consum mated at Burlington on last Fridatl was made in a directors' meeting rV 1 or8i meeting and had n th ftttpnd said mpfitint? D authont ? JUUJ.VC1 WOO UUI UICHHliL HT, Thia -J: rec to C. Thompson President N. C. F S a Sec'y Treas. N C. F. S A August 17th, 1895 Resolved 3, that tne thanks of thi Order are hereby tendered to The Pea. grkssive Farmer, News and Observer and all other papers within our State who are opposing this lease, and that they are requested to publish these rer olutions. C. Thompson, John Graham J. T. B. Hoover, W. A. Graham, ' J M. Mewborse E. E Moye, Committee. Whereas, The Progressive Farmer hap, for a number of years, been a fear less, ever watchful, faithful and un terrified champion of the Farmers' Al liance and defender of the people's rights and liberties ; and Whereas, considering the quantity and quality of matter contained and the cost of its preparation The Progres sive Farmer is better and as cheap for Alliancemen as any other paper; therefore Resolved, that we the State Alliance of North Carolina do. cheerfully rein dorse and adopt The Progressive Farmer as the Official Organ of the Farmers' Alliance of North Carolina. Resolved further, that we tho mem bers of this body do each pledge hts personal efforts to increase the sub scription list of the paper and endeavor to place the same in every home possi ble in our respective counties. SOME MORE FUN. The amount of fun stored away in Democratic sub-treasuries is astooM ing. After going to the extreme end of goldbugdom and accepting and practicing the theories of John Sher man, the party casts all that to the four winds of Wall street and goes back to thrash over old straw. Secretly a convention of free coinage Demo crats was worked up and was held in Washington last week. Doubtless secrecy was necessary to keep from feeling the lash of the British whip. Like the hero in the "Adventures of Master Headstrong," they retrace their steps after going miles out of the way and having unlimited trouble. But "Master Headstrong" did not succeed and his followers will be side tracked by G rover Sherman before another year rolls around. This aggregation of jokers and s:da show performers adopted the f ollowicg platform last week : 'Duty to the people requires that the party of the people continue the battle for bi metallism until its efforts are crowned with euccees; therefore, be it Resolved,. That the Democratic party in national convention assembled should demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold into primary or redemption money at the ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the action or approval of any other nation 2 That it should declare its irrevoc able opposition to the substitution fcr a metallic money of panic breeding corporation credit currency, based n a single metal, the supply of which so limited that ic can be cornered ft any time by a few banking institution in Europe and America. 3 That it shoma declare its opposi tion to the policy and pn c ice of ur rendering to the holders of the oblig tions of the United Stares the optw reservt d by the law to the govern' of redetmiug such obligations ineiiW silver coin or gold coin. 4 That it saouid declare its pP tion to i be issuing of interest benricg bearing bonds of. che Uuited Scat J; time of peace, and especially to pir the treasury of the govern rn' 5 u"'r3 the control of any sndicate of b?rhy and toe issuance of bonds ro r;eso)a -7 the- m fk for the pw - r m "r u. v.- v - - . , v the policy d wita trold to maiotam gold monometallism. rce With a view to secure the adhere to and re adoption of, the Democrsj financial policy above fes fortti oy lm.cratic National uonveiuw - "L'pr nun or a canaiaate ior . --.y weil known to be in hearty f,Jmvt0!S. therewith, we hereby pledged our tual c j operation, and urgently mend to our Democratic breenre all the States to at once begm 6 orously and systematically Prt "p, the work of a thorouab organ zj b0 and to tb's end, the aPVUfr I plan of organization herewith si ted is recommended.