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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER : FEBRUARY 4, 1896. M PROGRESSIVE FARMER MRS. L. L. POLK, - Proprietor. J. Li. RAMSEY. - Editor. J. W. DENMARK. - Business M'o'r. R. W. SOSSAMAN.-Ass'tBus. M'g'r. Raleigh, N. C. SUBSCRIPTION Single Subscriber. CheYew I 1.25 " SIX Months. ........... .76 five Subscribers, One Year .. . -, . 6.00 ten " OneYeu 10.00 One copy one yer free, to tie one sending Club t r Ten. Ca Invariably in Advane. Money &t onr ries. If sent by registered letter ar money order. Fleate don't tend ttamtt. Advertising Rtes Quoted on application. To Correspondent!: Write all coKxmnnlc&tlons, designed for pub lication, on one side of the paper only. We want intelligent correspondents in every county in the State. We want fact of value, results accomplished of value, experiences of value, plainly and briefly told. One solid, demonstrated fact. Is worth a thousand theories. The editor is cot responsible for the views of correspondents. RALEIGH, N. P., FEB. 4, 1896. Thit paper entered a teemii-clatt matter at the Pott Office in Raleigh, N. C. 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. SF" Our friends in writing to any of our advertisers will favor us by men tioning the fact that they saw the advertisement in Ths Progressive Farmer. 7 The date on your label telle you when your time is out. " I am standing now just behind the curtain, and in full glow of the coming tunset. Behind me are the shadows on the track, before me lies the dark valley und 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 tth, 1890. N. R, F. A. EDITORIAL NOTES. If it takes 1362,000,000 in bonds to keep up the gold standard policy a year and a half, how many bonds will be re quired to keep it going ten years? Moving our offices and fixing up things interfered with the get up of this paper; but it ha3 a great deal of read able matter in it, and our friends will understand the situation, we are sure. An exchange asks "where will Presi dent Cleveland stand in the light of history?" Can't tell you, pard. It is likely that he will stand quite clcs3 to, and either to the right or left of his Satanic Majesty. According to Dun and Bradstreets' reports, "business is still waiting." We wonder if it is waiting for the re peal of the Sherman law? That was the trouble some three years ago. That was repealed and it is still waiting. Somebody should inform Mr. Business, as he evidently does not read the papers. The Montgomery, Ala , Advertiser, a cheap John goldbug daily, raises a great cry about the political combine that turned "Jarvis and Ransom" out of the U. S. Senate and put in "Phicket and Butler." That shows the great knowledge of the single standard sheets. The Advertis3r only got two of the names right j 'ist half a single standard, so to speak. We want letters for publication from the people of the State giving their views as to the best course to pursue in political affairs this year. We want to get the concensus of opinion from a non partisan standpoint, and not let ters in the interest of any particular party. Members of any political party are invited to express their opinions through our columns, and all will be treated with impartial courtesy. SORRY MAIL DELIVERY. We have had numerous complaints from subscribers at Morrisville, Wake county, and at offices off the railroad in that vicinity, as to the semi occa sional manner in which The Progres sive Farmer is delivered. Mistakes will occur now and then in handling mail, as well as in other things, but we see no reasonable cause for such a state of affairs as exi3t at Morrisville. We have been told that the Morrisville postmaster i3 above reproach ; that he is not guilty of neglect or anything else. We hope such is the case, but the mail irregularities continue. Some body is responsible Who is it? We hope the matter will be remedied. Morrisville is not the only postoffice from which we get complaints. The fault is not in mailing the papers, for some subscribers get their papers and others do not ; some get them promptly, while others get them after they are two or three weeks old. If there isn't a change we are going to pickajury and find somebody guilty of iuegli p.ntlv and corniDtlv" faihnsr to deliver o i - . - w-- this paper. 1 RESPONSIBILITY OF CORPORATIONS. We are antagonistic to corporations only when they adopt methods detri mental to the public. In other words, we believe that corporations, large or small, have just as many privileges as the individual citizen, and no more When they attempt to go beyond the limit, then we begin to kick. On the other hand we are opposed to individ viduals getting an advantage over any corporation. We believe this is often done in courts, especially in damage cases. It is reported that relatives of the victims of the recent disaster at the Cumnock coal mine in Chatham county will sue the owners of the mines for heavy damages. That was an awful catastrophe. Thirty nine souls were ushered into eternity in the space of a few moments. If the mine owners were criminally careless in the management of the property they should pay for it, and, if clearly proven, the pay should not all be measured in mere money. Money will not compen sate twenty five widows and several times that many orphans for the less they sustained. But were the mine owners guilty ? That should be clearly proven beyond a doubt. Sometimes these awful things occur in an unac countable way. Some months ago the Station Agent at Garysburg, N. C , killed a man. Tne Agent was tried for his life and acquitted. We don't know whether the verdict of the jury was correct or not, and do not propose to discuss that feature. Later on the family of the man who was killed sued the railroad company for 120,000 damages and got $12,000. Yet it is said that the diffi culty was not about business connec ted with the railroad at all. We can't see how the railroad company should be held responsible for the act of its employee in a case like that. If the matter is correctlv reported, a mer chant is liable to damages if one of his clerks meets a man on the street, en gages in a quarrel and kills the man. Likewise a hand employed by a farmer or any other employer. We can't see through such business. In a good many instances we believe that railroad employees get damages for injuries or death sustained while in tne service oi tne raitroaa wnen they are not justly entitled to dam ages. If a clerk falls down stairs in a store and breaks his arm he does not think of tuing his employer. If he is killed his relatives never sue the merchant. If a farmer hires a hand and the horses run away and dash his brain3 out, or if he i3 kicked by a mule, there is no suit for damages. If railroad companies run their trains at a recklees speed, or if they allow bridges to become rotten and a train plunges through, or are in any way guilty of gross negligence, then em ployees or passengers should make them pay damages. All the facts should be brought out in unimpeach able testimony. We should be just to others when we demand jistice of them. OFFICES MOVED. The offices of The Progressive Farmer have been moved a little lower down Fayetteville street, and to the opposite side of the street from where they were located. The location now is northest corner of Fayetteville and Hargett streets, second floor, over the Raleigh Savings Bank. The entrance is on Fayetteville street. Strangers can enquire the way to the Raleigh Savings Bank and be directed to it, as the bank has been in its present quar ters for some time, and then easily find our office. The present location is a much better one than we had. Oar printing room at the old office was far from satisfac tory. Here we have the neatest and most comfortable newspaper office in the city. The latchstring hangs out side, and our patrons and everybody are always welcome. We want to add that there is not a grain of truth in the rumors to the ef fect that this paper will ba moved to Hillsboro. We are here to stay. WHAT WILL YOU DO? Ths silver convention, which met in Washington last week, will have the ef fect of putting both the old parties on guard in the matter of finances. That convention declared it would vote for either party that put on a bimetallist for the presdency, but it also gave these parties to understand that they would put out their own man if neither of them would act, says the Progres sive Reformer. What will these parties do? Will they attempt to fight out this financial question within their respective par ties, or will they work for a charge by whatever may seem to be the most effective means. When the Democratic and Republi can conventions meet there will be heavy fighting between the two fac tions in each of these parties, and it is hard to say which will win, but it is erenerallv believed that in both the single gold standard element will pre dominate. If this be the case what will the other factions do? Will they go on voting as heretofore, or will they fall in with the silver sentiment and vote there? As sensible peopla what is right. If there was nowhere for this element to go and make any strength it would be different, but as it is they can go into a camp more naturally their home, and in so doing gain what they desire. Already we hear leaders in the old party saying, it must be fought out in the old party. This is party laph, and should be abandoned. What would wo think of an army of soldiers who were starving and who wou!d not fall in with a brotherly army that had plenty of rations. We are daily meeting up with men who say they they are for bimetallism, but yet they say they must stick to the party. If they don't nominate a bimetallist we will vote for the single standard. Tnis is poor judgment. THE SECRET LIES IN ORGANI ZATION. Editor Progressive Farmer: Let me hear you explain this in The Progressive Farmer. Yours, F. E. E. "The fee of a lawyer to day for a service rendered is double or quadruple what it was 40 years ago. A visit from the doctor is much more expensive now than it was then. The general run of wages is higher now than then and taxes hIso have soared. But the farmer's produco is in the dumps and his real estate has fallen in value, with out a corresponding tumble in his taxes. Why is it? Have you ever tiled to think it out?-N. Y. Farmer." The above request and clipping was handed to us one day last week by a highly esteemed subscriber. We be lieve this State of affiirs has been brought about partly by organization. The lawyers are organized. They keep up their fees in that way. Where wage earners are thoroughly organized they are getting better wages than the same skill could command years ago. But the unorganized ones, such as clerks, farm hands, etc., are not so well paid as they once were. Except in a few highly favored localities the value of farm property has declined greatly without a corresponding de cline in taxes and other things. From our standpoint we may argu9 that all this is due to bad laws and contraction of the currency. That theory is correct, but the root of the evil lies in the failure of the farmers and wage earners to organize and stay so. If the other classes were not or ganized probably this course would not be necessary. Many organiza tions are feared by legislators and yet they only number a few. This is because they mean business. They stand together regardles of party. The moment farmers organize thoroughly, throw partisanship to the winds, as was the intention of the Alliance, and let the politicians understand that they mean business and never expect to wear a party collar again, they will get all they can reasonably ask and the whole country will be benefitted. The remedy for most of our troubles is in organization to meet organization. Then the revolution will be a peaceful one and will end in a very short time. Organized farmers should not make war on anybody else unless there are wrongs to be righted, and then the fight should be vigorous and decisive. PERSONAL AND PERTINENT. Hon. Thomas Settle, Congressman from the 5 th District, was here a short while last week. Bro. L. J. Darke, of Chatham county, called to see us last Friday. He is one of the true blue Alliancemen in that county. Sheriff John A. Sims, of Cabarrus, was here last week. Bro. Sims is an excellent official and a substancial friend of The Progressive Farmer. Col. A. Thcmas, a prominent citizen of Nash county, was in the city Fri day and Saturday. He left yesterday to visit relatives in Davie and Iredell counties. OUR ?5.oo OFFER. It seems we are not only puzzled ourselves but that we have succeeded in puzzling all The Progressive Farmer readers. Last month we of fered a reward of $5 to the person who would send us before the 1st of Feb ruary the best plan by which delin quent subscribers could be induced to pay up their subscription, and up to date we have received only four plans. As we wane a majority of readers to enter this contest we have decided to extend the time to March 1st. Now let everybody whose brain is fertile with ideas devise a plan for us and send it in before the 1st of March. A few minutes thought may secure you a $5 bilL Give us your plan. AN ADDRESS From the Chairman of the People's Party State Executive Committee. A SQUARE FIGHT FOR PRINCIPLE. Co operation on and for principle, but not for spoils. Co operation last year was for principle on State issues. The coming fight is a Presidential one, and we must co operate for principle on National issues. The issue must be drawn equarely between the people and the British gold conspiracy. Let patriots unite for the restoration of American liberty and prosperity. To the members of the People's Party and all other voters in North Caro Una who are opposed to the single gold standard: Tne National Executive Committee of the People's party, in its session in Sc. Louis on January 17th, passed resolution inviting all who are opposed to the single gold standard and to the present conditions created by the bad legislation of the two old parties to join them on the 221 day of July, next, in a grand convention of patriots in St. Louis to nominate a candidate for Presi dent and Vice President, who would stand for the principles of true Democ racy, as represented by Thomas Jeffer son and Andrew Jackson, and for the principles of true Republicanism, as represented by Abraham Lincoln a ticket that would command the en thusiastic support of every patriot in America. The conference of the silver forces held in Washington on January 221, the following week, accepted the invi tation of the People's party committee, and still other forces are expected to accept the invitation and meet with us at St. Louis on the day named. This movement augurs well. It shows that patriotism and wisdom have both com bined to deliver the people; it means that the voters of parties who are op posed to present conditions will have a chance to unite and nominate and vote for the same candidate for President in the coming campaign. It means more than this it means that the people's candidate can be elected in spite of the money power and a hireling press and the politicians. The line of battle has already been drawn. In the coming fight every voter must be on one side or the other. He must line himself up with the gold combine, with trusts, monopolies and British tories, or he must line himself up witn tne people in support or tne candidate who will be nominated at St. Louis on July 221. The Democratic wing of the gold party and the Republican wing of the gold party will nominate candidates who belong to the British gold trust and who stand for the same evils that now curse humanity. No Congress will ever be able to give the people re lief and good government until an American patriot is put into the White House. The President's power of veto and his command of tremendous pat ronage will either be used for the peo pie or against the people. Therefore, in the coming campaign no patriot can vote for a goldbug for President, or for any candidate for the Presidency who is not unconditionally and unequivo cally and avowedly pledged to the free and unlimited coinage of silver and on a platform which pledges the candidate and binds the party to independent ac tion on this question. He must not only be friendly to silver, but he must represent the people on this great and vital question. The people will not again be deceived by fair promises or equivocal platform declarations. The issue between the single gold standard and the free coinage of silver must be made too plain for doubt or misinter pretation. The people's danger is not in fighting an open enemy. The danger is in a doubtful candidate, with false promises on a straddling platform, who has been secretly pledged to the money trust. Now, it is the duty of patriots in every State, the patriots of all parties in every State, to line up against the common enemy, against both gold parties, as outlined above. Let those in North Carolina who are opposed to the gold combine lose no time in get ting together and lining up for the greatest struggle we have ever had for American liberty and prosperity. The People's party in North Carolina en dorses and stands ready to take the same patriotic action that has been taken between the reform forces in the nation, that is, we are ready to. co op erate with individuals or anv Dartv hat will turn its back upon the gold combine and make a common fight for an American system of finance and for American principles in all government al affairs. In the last campaign in North Caro lina we co-operated with the Republi can party to secure an honest election law and home rule in county govern ment affairs. That was co operation on principle for great and vital issues, and a large portion of the people en dorsed the fight that was made for the principles of good State government. If it had not been a co-operation in A Page From PTTnfoYQ In It The leading publication devoted to newspaper ad vertis 1 nillorw Ifln ing m this country, had afull page of advice, etc., given this Daoer free XT ing, we think we are a little ahead nowever. of charge in the issue of January 22. As T3t,4-.-- TT- PRINTERS' INK. Good Advice Cheerfully Given, , 'Office of The Progressive Farmer, Largest Circulation of any Paper in the South Atlantic States. The Organ of the Stat9 Alliance of North Carolina. Eest advertising Medium in North Caro lina. The Only Agricultural Paper in the State. Raleigh, N, C, Jan. 7, 1W.H) Editor (f Printers' Ink: I have been reading your journal quite a while and I find that it has bten of great aid to me in the business management of The Progressive Farmer. Dojou think a page, or a half-page advertisement in its columns will pay us? I notice that you carry no advertisements for Southe; n journals. is it because the advertising patronage that could be drawn South would not justify such expenditure? Please give mean answer with your advice at your earliest convenience. Yours Very truly, R. W. SOSSAMAX. Assistant Business Manager. On the letter -head of The Progressive Farmer the largest circulation of any paper in the Suth Atlantic States is claimed. This cannot have been put forth in good faith, because there are several Georgia and Virginia papers known to have a much greater issue, and these are counted among the South Atlantic States. The Progressive Farmer is truthful in claiming to be the only agricultural paper in North Carolina; and, according to the Amer ican Newspaper Directory, no other paper in that State has a larger circu lation. Whether a page advertisement in Printers' Ink could be relied upon to produce profitable results for a paper entitled to no higher advertising rates than The Progressive Farmer may be doubted. Tne pages of Printers' Ink are most profitably used by pub lications having circulations of the very largest, and qualities such as recom mend them to an advertiser to a degree that is out of the ordinary. The rail There are papers other than MER issued in towns other than Raleigh, and in States other than North Carolina, who can absorb much wisdom from the good advice here given. All such should promptly address Printers7 Ink," 10 Spruce St., New York. principle for a great issue the people would not have endorsed it at the polls. But, we have now before us a Presi dential campaign and the great over shadowing issues that present them selves for solution are national ones, and among these the greatest and by all odds the most momentous to our future liberty and prosperity is the financial question. We have proposed to co-operate again on principle, that is, we have proposed to co-operate, making the resolution passed by the Silver Con vention at Raleigh on September 25 th last the basis of co-operation. A large majority of the voters of North Carolina are opposed to the single gold standard. A large majority of the voters of North Carolina endorse the resolution passed by that Silver Convention, and we invite all those who favor these great principles, who are opposed to the single gold standard and who are for the money of the Con stitution, to co operate with us to give the 11 electoral votes of North Caro lina to a candidate who is an American patriot and who will fight to the bitter death the infamous British gold con epiracy. The people are tired of goldbugs, they are more tired of straddle bugs, they are still more tired, if possible, of humbugs and hypocrites. They want to see the issue drawn squarely between the people and the common enemy. In the coming campaign the people will have an opportunity to vote for an electoral ticket that is sound upon this great question. They will have an op portunity to vote for a 8tate ticket and for Congressmen and for a whole ticket that is equally sound and reliable from top to bottom. The fight will be drawn square in the nation from ocean to ocean. The fight will be drawn square in North Carolina from the mountains to the sea. Let every patriot prepare for the struggle, in which our homes, your firesides your liberty and pros perity are all at stake. Marion Butler, Chm'n People's Party State Ex Com. We are indebted to Mr. O. W. Black- nail, of Kittrell, N. C, for a copy of his handsome strawberry catalogue. Mr. Blacknall has made a great success in growing the standard varieties, and those who buy plants' from him may depend on getting the best Write him for a copy of his catalogue. Pat ronize home industry as far as possi ble, and get varieties suited to our climate. Printers' Ink. ' . . i i i ii i ij i vj i n i fnr ft nflCfl nf ftrivArtia- illiUWIM A.lin on this game. We fully appreciate it road is the most economical way of traveling, but no man thinks of build ing a railroad between his own house and the spring in the hollow, because the possible traffic is not sufficient to warrant the outlay. Still The Pro gressive Farmer is a good paper far beyond the overoge is the organ of the State Al tnoe cf North Carolina, is possibly the best advertising medium in that Scate, and, as Mr. Sossaman correctly remarks, Printers' Ink does not carry many advertisements for Southern journal?, because there arc not many newspapers in the South that are of sufficient consequence to war rant, on their part, the considerable expenditure requisite for advertising in Printers! Ink. Because such jour nals are so rare, it is barely poesiblo that The Progressive Farmer would be made so conspicuous by such an an nouncement that profits might result which would be found considerably in excess of the outlay. Printers' Ink's advice to The Progressive Farmer, however, would be to use a small ad vertisement under the head of "Class Publications," let us say under the sub head of "Agriculture," or it might be under the State heading "North Caro lina." The Advertisement might read about as follows : HE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, published at Raleigh, has the largest circulation of any paper printed between Richmond and Atlanta, is the Organ cf the State Allian' e of North Carolina, and is the only Agricultural paper in the Stat-'. Such an advertisement, set in solid pearl, as shown in the copy, without any display, is accepted by Printers' Ink at the nominal price of 25 cents a line each issue, making the cost per week $1 25, $16 25 per quarter, or $6. for every issue for a whole year. An order from The Progressive Farmer for such an advertisement would be very thankfully received bv the busi ness manager of Printers' Ink. THE PROGRESSIVE FAR SILVER WINS IN THE SENATE.' The United States Senate took a vote on the silver bill Saturday, resulting in a victory for silver, as was expected. It now goes to the House for concur rence, but it will hardly pass. If it does the President will veto it, of course. The bill provides that the mints of the United States shall be open to the coinage of silver and that silver dol lars of 412 grains troy, of standard silver, shall be coined upon the same terms and subject to the same limita tions as regulate the coinage and legal tender quality of gold. It also directs the coinage of that portion of the sil ver bullion in the Treasury that repre sents the seigniorage, such silver dol lars to be used in the payment of the current expenses of the government. It forbids the issue of national bank notes of denominations less than $10 ; and it directs the redemption of green backs and of the Treasury notes issued under the act of July U, 1890, in stand ard silver dollars or in gold coin, at the option of the Treasury Department, and their reissue as under existing law. WE WERE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT CLASS OF WOMEN. The Progressive Farmer notes that at the conclusion of Senator Butlers 178th speech he was "the recipient of many handsome boquets, which goes to show that the ladies of Washington enjoy hearing the truth told as well as anybody else." The Farmer should not lay too much stress on this. Sym pathetic women often send boquets to persons whose vocation is even more confining than is Senator Butler's. Asheville Citizen. HALIFAX COUNTY MEETING. Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer. Aurelian Springs, N. C, We held our county meeting second Monday in January. Oar meeting was small but what we had was good grit. Two of our best Sabs was not repre sented. We were very sorry to miss the brethren and hope they will not do so any more. We have delayed our report to State Sesretary on these ac counts, and do hope they will respond. $23 was paid in for the shoe factory and we are waiting by request for $25 more so as to send all at once. Bro. Barnes must have forgotten, our time is out. This writer got a club of ten subscribers for the Alliance Weekly and Bro. Barnes didn't forget The Progressive Farmer. Good Luck to you Mr. Editor. W. M. Martin, Bec'y. , ,.-T
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