THE PROGRESSIVE EARLIER : AUGUST 11, 1896.
A
A LETTER FROM ALEXANDER
COUNTY.
Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
Tayloesvillk, N. C.
Why not shoot at a mark? Why
not let the mark be one which by its
very nature will attract the attention
of the world? In a word, why not
hoist the flag of co operation?
I& ia etrange to me that people have
been at war with each other to long,
commercially, when a little time spent
thought would have shown
means justice,
in
them that co operation
liberty and equality.
I have no us 3 for any for any form
of State socialism, nor for any f cheme
whatever of compulsory co operation ;
and any plan which requires the indi
vidual to'invest all he has in the com
mon home, thus rendering it impossible
for him to withdraw from the same, I
call compulsory. I cannot stop here to
argue these points. But I earnestly
invite all who value liberty above
riches to study the following proposi
tion.
E ich community should as far as
is practicable produce all the articles
which are consumed by that com
munity. People who ship wool 2 000
miles to get it manufactured and then
buy it back again in ready made cloth
ing, and those who ship the hides and
then buy them back again in ready
made boots and shoes, allowing the
foreign manufacturer and dealer to fix
the prices both ways, is cn the direct
road to poverty and want. It matters
not how much or how little money
there may be in circulation, those who
follow this suicidal policy will never
have enough of it to buy half the ar
ticles needed for a comfortable living.
This mode of doing business suits the
wealthy manufacturer. It suits the
railway companies and it suits the local
merchant, for all these share in the
plunder, but the poor producer has no
recourse. He is the lamb to b3 shorn.
I have always alluded to the iniquity
of profit. If the merchant habitually
takes more than he gives in exchange,
he will in time absorb all the wealth of
the community. Also i the producer
habitually gives more than he receives
he toils without recDmpense, sinks in
the social scale and rears his children
to lives of vice and crime. Acd these
results will follow, whether he trades
at home or abroad, whether money be
plenty or scarce, whether the tariff be
high or low, or whether the money be
silver or gold or paper, and whether
the government treasury be full or
empty.
These two are the prime causes of
poverty and hard timis. The times
are never hard except for the laborer
and the farmer, and for the benefit of
these I write. Being one of these num
ber, I think I know of what I speak.
The remedy which I propose i that
we stop paying a profit on that which
we create ; that we combine to produce
the things which we consume, instead
of competing with each other; that the
fellow who produces nothing may be
benefited by competition ; that instead
of buying them abroad at rates fixed
by others, let a colony be formed of
those who are willing to exchange labor
or its product for equal labor, or the
product of equal labor. Let those who
are willing to give as good as they re
ceive come together in a single locality
so as to make mutual exchange pos
sible. Let these be artisans, skilled in
various industries.
Let all products be deposited in a
general warehouse in every county in
the State, so it will be convenient for
the paople to make these exchanges.
Let the price of each article be meas
ured by its costs in labor instead of by
the ignorance and the need of the pur
chaser. Lt each producer receive a
check or certificate for the amount and
price of his product, and let these
checks or certificates be receivable for
all commodities that may be ia the
store house.
Such would be what I would consider
sound money, honest money, always
good for the same amount of product,
of whatever kind
The Farmers' Alliance manufactur
ing exchange or co operation exchange
is founded on these lines at Hillsboro,
N. C, and it remains to be seen whether
enough people will put their shoulders
to this enterprise to make it one of the
largest and strongest manufacturing
plants in the South. I think they will,
If ytu favor co operation take hold
now and help push the work. They
have already established a tannery and
a shoe factory on the grounds, and
have under consideration the building
of a guano factory. They also expect
to manufacture harness in the near
future. Which is better, for you to
own the factory through co operation,
or be owned by the factory under our
present system?
We need to manufacture our raw
material as well as produce it, and our
association ia the medium through
which it can be done and give justice
to all.
If you know times are hard, and
have studied the cause of their being
hard, there is no use of telling you that
co operation is the only way by which
they can be bettered. So I ask you
act at once. Do something, if ever so
little. E ich one doing a little would
accomplish much. If you do your part
you may be certain others will do the
same, and by this means the principles
of co operation are carried out and
made a benefit to all.
I see no reason why the laboring
people should not go into this organ
izition when they can enter at a very
small cost a well established organs
co operative business and by adding to
its numbers increase its field of useful
ness. J. L. Lfflkr.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
I have just read with pleasure your
report of the great lawyers conven
tion at Chicago, and want to say to
you I wss much pleased with it. You
are right when you say the Populist
who will vote that ticket will buy a
gold brick made of blue mud and
painted yellow. We have some of the
mongrel herd in our land who are say
ing, "We must unite on Bryant,"
claiming that ho is a good silver man.
They say the same of Mr. Sewell This
is enough to cause our forefathers to
rise from the grave. I claim that there
ia Dot a true friend of silver to bs
found to day among the leaders of
either of the old parties, and I this by
three credible witnesses: (1) their
platforms for the last twenty years;
(2) their Congressional records; (3)
their actions in their recent conren
tionsi. Ol the two, the Republican
party is the most honest and f air. They
make an open and fair fight, while the
other is dodging behind every refuge
of lies it can find not only are they
guilty of telling falsehoods, but have
resorted to theft as well. How does
the platform enunciated at Chicago
compare with their platforms for the
past ten years? Anyone not knowing
better, would never suppose that they
had been written by the same party.
No, sir, the Populist party can never
be caught in no such mongrel trap as
they had set at Chicago. They will
never be a tail to anyone's kite. If
we don't have a hand in steeriug the
vessel we don't ride, that's all. We
have already accomplished a part of
our great work as a party, which was
to uncover the treachery of the old
parties and to drive them out into an
open field fight. This we have accom
plished in part. The goldbugs had
uncovered one win of their forces,
but the other they are making a great
effort to keep concealed for the pres
ent ; but they are not fooling any of
the old and true Populists, for we know
their tricks, which are to keep our
forces divided until they can slip in
another man and fasten the cords
tighter if possible. Then they will say
the Populists ratified the gold stan
dard and that will ba the end of the mat
ter. I, for one, will never ratify it. I
set cut to fight them to the last ditch
and will never turn back. The gold
gentrals had planned wisely. Tnoy
expect to make use of the Democrat
party in this fight to keep the silver
forces divided until they get McKinley
in and then they will have no more
use for it. You will never hear of the
Democrat party any more as now or
ganiz?d. They, as a party, are now
in their last fight. The great ques
tion for the American people to decide
is which shall control, the people or
the dollar. That is the great issue now
for them to decide. I for one expect
to die on the side of humanity, and I
know that when I fall I shall have
many brave comrados at my my side.
What I want to say to you is, bo of
good cheer, for the victory is ours
sooner or later. You and many others
have already accomplished a noble
work for the cause, although it has not
been appreciated aa it should have
been. Yet the people are getting their
eyes opened from day to day. So let's
sow the good seed and the fruit will
come in God's own good time and way,
and although" the sowers may go forth
weeping, they shall cma again rejoic
ing, bringing sheaves with them If
we expect the hand of the Lord to bo
cur helper, we mu3t stand on the side
of truth and justice, leaving ourselves
out of the scene entirely. I know it is
a hard thing for somo men to do, for
we see it every day and on every side,
even in our own party. But we must
trust them as the Lord did Peter: Tell
them to get behind.
I want you to tell Bro. Butler to keep
a keen eye on the professional silver
bugs at St. Louis, for they will bo there
in their best attire. They want us to
swallow their Nebraska bug and then
they will swallow us, and then I would
like for you to tell me, where will the
Populist party be? They can neither
kick nor squeal, but I have all confi
dence in our leaders; they will do the
right thing. We must have Maj.
Guthrie for our standard-nearer and
we will carry the old North State by
a big majority, although we we have
two goldbugs to fight.
Yours for truth and principle,
J. P. Alexander.
HOME GOVERNMENT.
What this eountrv needs is a home
government. We, as a nation are get
ting too far away from home ideas
We want to mix too much interna
tional in our government. Let us get
back to first; principles to plain, home
spun government again. We have
mixed in so much foreign ideas and
foreign practices that we have lost
i .
sight of the plain home government
established by the fathers. We are
imitating aristocracies and monarchies
in our customs and mixing them in our
government. Our money grabbers go
to KuroDe every year and take on
foreign airs imbibe foreign ideas and
customs. These nabobs like aristoc
racv and snobbery, and they come
-
home and try to engraft it on our gov
ernment stock.
The masses of the people are getting
disgusted with this foreigu business
and this international tomfoolery. The
masses are coiner to sit down on the
idea of adopting monarchical and aris
tocrat i; ideas as gods to be worshipped.
Tne masses are going to pull down
these golden calves, and, like Moses,
they will lift up the sign of plain, hon
est American customs and governmt nt.
The ruin of the country has been the
adoption of the fiaancial ideas of these
monarchical countries these aristo
cratic ce?epoc!s of rottenness. Let us
get back to plain American principles
of government, plain American ideas
of economy, plain American Christian
ity, and reinstate the old time govern
ment of Washington, Jefferson, Jack
son and Lincolc
FOR REFORM.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
AUBCRN, N. C
I write this article and if you eeo
proper to publish it you can do so,
and if not you can lay it aside.
Now, what I want to say is this, in
regard the present condition of things.
It is time for us who profess to be Pop
ulists to bein to open our eyes in re
gard to politics. Tncugh I want every
body to understand that I am no poli
tician, whatever. But I think it is
time for every voter in North Carolina,
both white and colored, and also in the
United States to begin to consider this
matter and see what is the difference
between a man who comes out plainly
aad declares himself in favor of a gold
standard and one who is nominated on
a free silver plank taken from another
party's platform by a gcli standard
party, who have been advocating free
silver for lo, these many years and yet,
have been doing everything in their
power with the co operation of another
party, just as much opposed to free sil
ver as it was, to help them out. I say
what is the d.ff irence between the two?
You had just as well vote for the devil
himself as to vote for his agent, they
are both working to accomplish the
same end.
Now, brother Aliianceman and
Populist and anybody who favors re
form, can we e.ff jrd to endorse the ac
tions of either of the old parties, who
have done everything they peseibly
could to break down the Alliance and
to uproot and demolish the third party
as they called it, by calling it all sorts
of ugly names and calling those who
belong to i old black negroes and old
low down Republicans, and every
thing else but gentlemen. I don't see
for my life how such people can have
the courage to coma up to one of these
old stinking Populists and ask him to
support one of this same gang, who a
few years ago wouldn't scarcely speak
to an old Pop. Yes, I do Bee what is
the matter, they have found out that
they can't change the principles cf the
old Pops, and they are more than glad
to get their help now, for tbey ee
where th6y can use every one of them
to a good advantage for themselves if
not for the Pops. I would be almost
afraid to vote for one of my neighbors
whom I see almost every day for any
office, if one or both the old parties en
dorsed him, for I should expect I was
voting for a goldbug or a straddlebug
or a some other kind of a buir that
doesn't hum the tune of Home Sweet
Ilome. Now, what I expect to adhere
to from now on is principle and not
party. I want men to fill offices who
have some reepect for humanity, aud
who are looking. forward to a time and
place where they can do the greatest
amount of good to the largest number
of people and not spend ail their time
in trying to secure every dollar they
can regardlets of pledge or promise.
Now, Mr. Editor, it the Democrats
are so much in favor of a free silver
standard why is it that they want to
make the election of officers and let us
do the endorsing? Why not let us do
the choosing and they do the endorsing ?
I tell you gentlemen, there is a trick
behind the curtain somewhere. We
should watch as well as pray. I don't
suppose any of us have been praying
as much as we should have done, but
I hope we will put our trust in God for
reform and not depend so much on our
own strength. I hate to hear a man
get down on his knees and ask God to
give us Godfearing, God-loving and
God -serving men to rule and reign over
our country and then go to the polls
and vote for a man whom he knows is
not that kind of a man. He certainly
fAnnnt exnect his Dravers to be an
swered. I like to see people practice
what they preach as near as possible.
While we are all subject to be led
astray by the false doctrines of this
world, we should ever try to retain
enough integrity, patriotism and man
hood in our hearts that we may be able
at all times to abhor all evils that may
confront us. We should beware of
those who come to us in sheep's cloth
ing for they will, if tested prove to be
false teachers as they have done in the
past
Well, I guess I havo written enough
of my foolishness for this time though
I haven't said all could say. but will
stop by congratulating Rjv. D. H.
Tuttle for his timly remarks that get
so close to the most of us. Also wish
ing The Progressive Farmer an ex
tensive circulation. And I must also
commend j )r Bilkins for holding so
tight to his party, as we suppose it is
because his daddy did. I remain in
favor of reform from principle and not
from party, and what 1 say unto one
I say unto all, watch.
Yours in sympathy,
M. T. Wilder.
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NATIONAL ALLIANCE DEMANDS.
Adopted at Washington, D. C, February
6, 1896.
Whereas, The Declaration of Inde
pendence, as a basis for a 11 publican
form of Government that might be
progressive and perpetual, states:
"That all men are created equal;
that they are endowed with certain in
alienable rights ; that among these are
life, liberty and the pursuit cf happi
ness; tnat to secure these rights, gov
ernments are instituted among men,
deriving their just powers from the
governed."
We hold, therefore, that to restore
and preserve these rights under a
Republican form of government, pri
vate monopolies of public necessities
for speculative purposes, wnether of
the means of production, distribution
or exchange, should be prohibited, and
whenever any such public necessity or
utility becomes a monopoly in private
hand, the people of the municipality,
state or union, as the case may be.
shall appropriate the same by right of
eminent domain, paying a just value
therefor, and operate them for, and in
the interest of, the whole people.
finance.
We demand a national currency,
safe, sound and flx ble; issued by the
general government only ; a full legal
teuder for all debts and receivable for
all dues, and an equitable and efficient
means of distribution of this currency,
directly to the people, at the minimum
of expense and without the interven
tion of banking corporations and in
sufficient volume to transact the busi
nefs of the country on a cash basis.
(a) We demand the free and unlim
ited coine.go of silver and gold at the
legal ratio of fti to 1.
(6) We demand a graduated income
tax.
(c) That our national legislation shall
be so framed in the future as not to
build up one industry at theexperee
of another.
(d) We believe that the money of the
country should be kept as much as
poesible in the hands of the people,
and hence we demand that all National
and State revenues shall bo limited to
the necessary expenses of the govern
ment economically and honestly ad
ministered.
(e) We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the govern
ment for the safe deposit of savings
of the people, and to facilitate exchange.
() We are unalterably ODDOsrd to
the issue, by the United States, of in
terest bearing bonds, and demand the
payment of all coin obligations of the
United States, as provided bv existing
laws, in either gold or silver coin, at
the option of the government and not
at the option of the creditor.
transportation.
(a) The government shall purchase
or construct and operate a sufficient
mileage of railroads to effectually con
trol all rates of transportation on a
just and equitable basis.
(o) I he telpgraph and telephone,
ike the postoffice system, being a ne
cessity for the transmission of intelli
gence, should be owned and operated
by the government in the interest of
the people.
LAND.
We demand that no land shall be
held by corporations for SDeculative
purposes or by railroads in excess of
their needs as carriers, and all lands
now owned by aliors should be re
claimed by the government and held
for actual settlers otly.
EXECTION OF UNITED STATE3 SENATORS.
We demand the election of United
States Senators by a direct vote of the
people. That each State shall be di
vided into two districts of nearly equal
voting population, and that Senators
from each shall be elected bv the
people of the district.
district legislation.
Relying upon the good, common
sense of the American people, and be
lieving that a majority of them, when
uninfluenced by party prejudice, will
vote right on all questions submitted to
tnem on their merit: and. further, to
effectually annihilate the pernicious
lobby in legislation, we demand direct
legislation by means of the initiative
and referendum.
R. A. South worth.
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