The Progressive Farmer, March 13, 1900.
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MRS. L L. POLK, - Proprietor
CLARENCE H POE, - E litor
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Ralsigh, N. O.
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Silutatory Feb. 10t 1886.
3 IDITOIEBI-AuI-i-
BDITORIAL NOTES.
A good maxim to keep in mind dur
ing this year's campaign is this: It is
better for you to vota for what ycu
wank, even if you do not get it, then to
vota for what you do not want and
get it.
Tha Progressive Farmer has no
truer friends than its lady readers. A
Virginia lady has our thanks for four
new yearly subscribers eent last week.
And yet some of our strong, fceallby
men think it a task to work for one
new subscriber.
Durham county tobacco growers
met recently but co one reported the
meeting for The Progressive Farmer.
We learn that an organization was
effected by Electing the following effi
cers: T. J. Ho'loway, President; W.
T. Macgum, Vice-President; Robert
Hick?, Secretary and Treasurer.
A Franklin county brother, behind
with his subscription, sands us $1 and
says: I am well pleased with your
piper and will pay on the installment
plan." If your subscription has ex
pired, daar reader, and you can't tend
all just now, remember that we will
welcome a partial pay meet. Will you
ple&sa try the instalment plant
Exports of ascrteaUural products (for
1899) were $781 776,142. Of manufac
tured products wa exported in value
$339 592.U6, bdng larger than any pre
viou3 year, It is a noteworthy fact
that the only year in all our history
hietory when the products of our mm
ufactories 8"ld abroad exceeded thoae
bought were 1893 and 1899.
Tha po-tal savings bank bill eems to
hava had little attention from Congress
thus far Sach a bill waa introduced
very early in tha session. A bill for
this purpose before tha lass ee3ion of
Congress grew eo popular as toeeriouly
alarm the opponents of this reform, ita
pafaigabeicg demanded by more than
half a mil'.ioa petitioners, representing
every etata aai mojt o! tha territories
of tha Uaion.
After thi3 week an advertisement of
so called creaat separator that has
been running in our columns will ap
paarno longer. No5 that we think it
exactly a humbug, but we consider oth
era of is cta?s ir.fi i;tely superior and
ii ia cur purpoaa to protect our readers
by advertising only tha beat and mo3t
reliabla o! everything Whenever you
need anything look up cur advertising
columns Asd wh9n you wri:e to an
advertiser bo sura to tell him ycu read
hia ad. in Tne Progressive Farmer.
During a campaign year it rcq-rres
soma courao for
,J V ;
w.wamm uuy - oi i63 party, or la
-v v J ksiai v 1 . Ul 11 i
uma;a mat s parjy ever aid anything
it ahcu'd hava left undone or left un
dona any thin? ic should have dona. It
ia gratifying, therefore, to find one
pap?r, the V7iataa Smtinel, putting
aafla tho tomoorary insereafcs of its
parSy long enough co tell the refresh
in? truths contained in tha foilovim?
paragraph. Taa Santicel says: "When
tho legislature mi3t3 in Jjae it ehould
make soma efljrs to undo tho terrioie
kA(..' r I
J . , . ongnat
BJ'M"" ttJil tru ve tnought
as saa tim3 tiat ic was a worthless
mak??h:frf if not a dacion. Subsa
q iens events, or rather the lack of sub
sequent cvont3, have not changed hU
opmion. Has anybody heard o! a
stajrlo tra?t boiag suppressed or evea
mo'esled ia thj stighteat decree by
thi3 law! Tni is a seri.u? matter a,cd
will hava to bo confroatoi by tho
Democratic party in the coming cam
paign, unhai amin srringont law
agataH trun U pa?sed. Toe people
ore asking for braai aai th-y are net
content with receiving a stone. Lat
the Democratic lei3ia;or3 take ward
ing ani do something that moans
something to vardi relieving tha people
from the opprcsjions of tho trusts."
THE WARS.
At this writing we see no prospects
of early peace in tha Philippines, in the
Transvaal, or in Kjnucky.
As will be seen from our General
News columns, the 3oers as yet show
no signs of yielding. The defeat of
Oronja diminished their numbers, but
oot their courage, determination, or
patriotism. Tne British, on the other
hand, are equally datermined, and with
their vastly superior numbers and
equipment must inevitably win Kru-
ger, at the beginning of the war an-
neuueed that if E igland should win,
ic wculd dp so at a "cost that would
ssageer humanity." and already in
money and men sae ha3 paid f r vis
tjry many times over, and Krugtr
ani his men are yet unyielding.
D spatohes from the Philippines in
dicace that the rebellion against Amer
icaa aucaority has taken a new lease of
life. Already our leaders in the islaDds
are calling i or re inf orcamants. Agui
aldo and his followers are evidently
preparing for an active campaign dur
the tne next four months. The Amer
ioan people, whether justly or unjust
ly we cannot say, are much prejudiced
against Oaneral Otis, and his recall
would be a source of joy to most of
Americans who have watched the trend
of events.
The Kentucky situation is unusually
threatening as we write this. We had
hoped for a peaceful settlement of the
trouole over there, but the outlook is
not at ail bright. In the Legislature
last week a Senator Triplett introduced
a resolution appropriating $100,000 for
the purposa cf equipping a State mintia
and recovering tne arms and munitions
of war which Gov. Taylor had removed
to L mdon Ky. Oa Thursday the 8 n
ate killed the measure, fourDemccratic
flenatorj opposiog it. Oa Friday, how
ever, ic was reconsidered and passed.
Ihi means trouole.
Tee Legislature has also appropri
ated $100 000 for the purpose of tracing
up and convicting the murderer or
murderers of Gotbaland the prospects
of securing a part of this heavy appro
priation ia causing much wrong-doing.
Prominent people are being arrested
oa the flimsies; pretexts and it seems
than an attempt ia being made to
manufacture evidence against the
whole Republican administration. So
much prejudice cxi3ts that justice can
be done no man by bis political oppo.
nents. v erily, iantucsj s plight is a
sad one.
The above was written Saturday.
Later ce8 from Kentucky strengthens
cur belier. that serious troubla is im
pending. As we go to press Taylor
holds the Executive B Hiding sur
rounded by troope. Secretary of State
Powers and Capt. Jno. W. Davis were
arrtsted Saturday night, charged with
bein acceesjries co the G ebel assassi
nation. Judge Field on Saturday de
ii d that the legislature alono has
auh,nty to settle contested election
cases. Triig i3 a victory for the D mo
crats. Tte Ropuoiicar.8 arp-31. Muco
txciDern.at prevails throughout Kan
tucky.
P2R CAPITA CIRCULATION.
For the firat time in our iiatory,
says tic Uui:ei States Investor, "thf
total amount of money in escalation
in tne U iced States is in exce- of
$2 000 000 000." There ia $493 424 155
mo'eia circulation today than was in
1897, over f3J0.0C0.000 of this increase
teing in gold. In 1873 the per capita
circulation was only $21.36; to day it
125 98; in 1873 she per capita circulation
waa made up as fellows: gold, $3 24;
silver, 0.15; paper, $17 97. In lt98 it
was md uo as follows: gold, $12 42;
silver, $8 56; piper $4.38. Ic is plain
that noc ouly tha quantity but the in
trinsic qualisy of our circulation has
remarkably imtrved. We now hare
aiar6erCifl5u""on par capita than any
considerable nation, save France. Tee
wu.Mv,Uvu uuuuu, ociva cirauu?. mo
fnna mora n a no hnn LP- ml.
uacions mac nave tne largest per capita I
ara among tr e least prosperous cf all.
the 8craits Stlament having $62 05
and Stam $42 68 which in light of the
.auj; mac prosp-rouj lagland has enly
$16 98, would indicate thai; the prophet
ol;J predictions upoa the I
y ia uus auogsinsr to De trus-
ted.
j-naaoovo paragraph wa clip from
. -v-v.. u6uiC8,
Uadoub;edly, ara accurate, and the
editor's comment as well.
Oaa of the
firs;;
greai, principles or haanca that lit
vue oerican peooio nave yet to grasp
iepends upon proper I
a.ssrioution or our money tupply as
upon the coinage of large amounts. I
.. ... m I
pruu.em nave to solve lb
,aJ Ul ui,JU
uJ'uu,U)ff tJ S"6 proporiy distno I
i. i . .. i
Tao farmsr not only wan;a the
c4airaa auiJUas OC lerSlliZSr lor h S I
i . . . i
crcp, bus he waats is properly scat
terd. He cannot hope for eucceas if
he, in maauring a fiald of ona hundred
rows of c:rn, puts three fourths of his
fertilizer supply upon ten rows and
distributes tha other one-fourth in the
remaiuing ninety rows.
Even so our financial system ia suffer
ing from a congestion of the life blood
of commerce into a few centree. By
spfcial privileges and franchises
granted them the classes have absorbed
millions that should be in circulation
among the masses. The national
bankers, tor instance, with the interest
they gat on the bonds they hold and
the further intarest on money issued
with the3a identical bonds as a basis;
the Standard Oil Company, by special
privileges already making 80 per cent,
upon stock well watered, further in
crease tha price of oil becausa it can do
so and is responsible to no ona for tha
exercise of tee powers granted it; and
Andrew Care eia'a sted company mk
ing $40 000,000 this year upon an origi
nal capital of. only $25,000,000.
We can never nave cqiality cf
wealth. Nor is it to ba desired, for
naturally men differ in needs and in
capacity. But the aim of govern
ment would ba to give not cqiality of
wealth or power, but equality of oppor
tunity in the struggle for wealth or
power. We need not more money eo
badly as a system that will prevent
unfair distribution of the present eup
ply. . it
PARTISAN MATTER.
The Progressive Farmer being a con
tisan paper, we refer persons with par
tisan communications, party notices,
etc , to party organs We are espe
cially anxious to keep up in our G,n
eral Correspondence department a full
and untrammelled discussion of all
public or political qutstions, but in
each case want a discussion cf the
merits of tha measure, and not of the
merits of tha party advocating or op
posing the measure. One of the great
purposes of Tne Progressive Farmer,
as of the Alliance, is to 4 'educate the
people in tha science of economic gov
ernment in a strictly non partisan
ppirit." And regardles of your position
on expansion, free sLver, trusts, the
tariff, free schools, the Constitutional
amendment, the election law, or any
other Stare or National question of a
public nature, we invite you to present
your opinions tb rough our columns.
But if you wish to convinca some man
that you are right and he wrong on
any one of these questions in short,
if you wish to ' educate1' him, you can
do so only by a candid straightforward
discussion of the question itself from
your standpoint without any abuse or
sweeping charges against his political
party.
PROGRESS OF EDUCATION,
The meeting of the National Eiuca
tionsl Association held in Chicago last
week was well attended and the indi
cations are that it did much goo J. Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler was one of the
leading spirits of the body and cot for
many days have we seen a mora grati
fying collection cf figures than his
summarization of the expenditures
made for school purpossa. Very rap
illy is the world ccming to feci as the
lata John Raskin felt when he wrote:
"There i3 only one cure for public dia
trees, a-id that is public education to
make mm thought u', merciful, end
j jet." And so, as the New York Out
look remarks, thera is no more hopeful
in of the times tfcan tha prcsrses of
education as exhibited in Dr. Bacler'd
statement given herewith:
"During the century education has
definitely become a Ssate function, not
as a dole, but as a duty. C jnsr qusntlr,
the public expenditure for education
has become enormous. In the United
States it amounts annually to $200,000,
000 'or the com n on schools alone, or
$2 67 per capita of population. This
sum is about one tenth of tha total
wealth of Indiana or of Michigan as
determined by the census of 1890. In
Great Britain and Ireland the total
public expenditure on account of edu
cation is over $88,000,000, or $2 20 per
capita. In Ffanca it ia about $58 000,-
uuu, or f i oo per capita la the Uvr
-
man Empire ic is over $108,000 000, or
more than $2 per capita. Ihese four
great nations, therefore, the leaders of
;ha world's civilization at this time.
with a total doi ulation of nearlv tn
V
hundred and ten million, are spending
annually for education a sum consid
erably graatar than $450 000 000 Tha
annual ex Denditure of tne United 3tatM
for common schools is nuitP m ial tn
iUd HUB Uiai OI
the expenditures of
Great Britain, Franco, and G rmany
combined upon their powerful navies.
is oearlv four-fifths of th tnhai An
nual expenditure of the armed cimca
of Franca and (4 .
nua armtas. It is a sum greatar by
j w--.
expenditures of the Uaited azia
lernmenc ia ibou. rnis e-xnondnura
for common Bonaola has nAritr 0AhiA
r
since 1870. and durin tnat ri hRa
prnwn frnm ft 7K rn 9 R7
v-,n-
population, and from $15 20 to $18 86
for ecn pupil enrolled,"
This will be a year cf intense political
excitement and we caution Alliance
man not to 185 party orator foci them
with fairy tales and cause them to neg
lect more important mattezs.
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
AGRICULTURE.
The 8 Sate Board of Agriculture did
some good work at its meeting in this
city last week, the best, perhaps, be
ing the appointment of a committee to
investigate tha cause of therisa in price
of fertilizes. Tais committee is com
posedofMr. S L Pittereon. Oommi
sioner of Agriculture ; D e. B. W. K1
gore, Scata Oaemiss, and Messrs. J.
Bryan G:imes, W. A Graham and J
S. Cunningham. Col. Grima3, to use
a slang expression, seems to have "put
the dead wood" on the fertilizer trust
in a speech wmeh he delivered before
the B.-.ard. Wa are indebted to the
R ilei.?h dailiaa for tha following report
o the speech, which will ba read with
interest by all who buy fertilisers:
"Mr. Grimes then tated that ho ba
lieved the dep artment should go further
in ita investigation of tha causae that
lead to the risa in prica of fertilizers
and did not believe the present high
prices mada by the Fertilizer Trust
was justified by tha advance in raw
material.
Ha stated that almost all large
dealers and manufacturers contracted
for their goods in advance, especially
for raw material, which he said he wa8
reliably informed was almost always
bought, probably a year in advance,
and that a very large part of the goods
cow being sold was made from raw
material bought cheap. He showed a
contract for tobacco fertiliz3r, bought
of a small and financially weak con
cern, unable co carry large holdings or
buy much in advance, in which they
sold goods this year several dollars a
ton cheaper than the same goods are
sold by tho trust. Ho was informed
that ic was now almost impossible for
independent dealers to buy chemicals
for fertilizers unless tha independent
manufacturer agreed to sell at trust
prices.
" While the department is powerless
to aid the farmer in buyiDg at lower
prices it can make an honest investiga
tion and lat tha people know where to
placa the responsibility.'
'Ho believed that phosphates were
high because they were controlled by
combinations though the Fertilizer
Commission claimed that it had here
tofore been 'unbusiness like1 parties
who knew little of the actual cost acd
selling worth. He showed a letter
from cce of the largest fertilizer con
cerns in America c Hiring high grade,
14 per cent acid phosphate at seaboard
for Docember, 1899, delivery in 2,000
ion ivia 6i u.3J pjr rj-. ii"
letter that offered citrate soda for
February delivery at $1 85 and cheaper
for future delivery this is one of the
main sources of ammonia and is j ist
a slight fraction higher than prices
ruled for 1899
''Cottonseed meal and tankage are
admitted to be sc ma higher. He pie
sented circulars from the American
representatives of the German Kali
Works, eff jring potash goods, deliver
ed at Washington, a3 foliowg;
Feb. V9. Feb. 1900.
Muriate potash 81 per cent 1.84 $1 9j
Sulphate potobh 90 per ceiit 2 u& 2.12
K-Jnlt ia per cent.. 9 55 I0.0J
"In tha face of theso figures he
clamed that the present great rise was
uDiu3t and extortionate and it wes
ridiculous to contend that the present
pricea were due to natural conditions
and rise ia Drica of raw chemicals. He
wanted absolute jusiea done the fer
til'zfr companies, but be thought it
their duty to protect farmers from im
position and enlighten them as to the
trua situation, if pos3ible, and help
them if they could."
Tae annual report of Coaimia3ioer
Patterson showed that the total Rles
of fertilizars from Djembar 1, 1898, to
March 1, 1899, ware $18 216 11, and the
sales from Daoamhar 9, 1899, to Match
2, 1900, were $19 778 04, an increase of
over 35 per cent, considering the diffar
enca in the tax rate.
The Board will ask the Goneral As
sembly to increase the toe age tax on
fertilizers from 20 cents to 25 cent per
ton. The fast legislature reduced the
tonnage tax from 25 csnta to 20 cents.
It was stated thai; the reduction had
done the farmers no good, as the fer
til z r companies hava arbitrarily in
creased the prices of their products.
OUST BLANKETS IN M INNESOTA
Th? New York Farmer commenting
on a ' new idea in agriculture" eeems
to have let out an indication that its
usually alert editor has been wool
gathering on one point in practical
agr. culture which has received con
sideraola attention in the East along
tne wnoie lengtn or tn Alleghany
Mountains.
This mean 3 breaking the capillaries
and maintaining a light mulch of loesa
soil in cultivated fields. Thus tha
water is retained for u te of crops which
would other wise be evaporated and te
duca the soil to a dry, hard, often
cracked condition, totally unfit for
plant roots to live in. This saved
water. of ten enables oce to carry a crop
over quite a severe drought acd insure
a good yield. It is often worth more
than an application of the highest
i erade of chemical macure in this sec-
ti n of the S uth Atlantic Slope oi me
AUeshany Mountains.
For years we hove practiced, and
advocated at farmer's meetiogs, start
ing cultivators immediately after every
rain when the ground begins to dry so
no harm vill result from working on
it. The aim is to stir the soil before,
or as soon as, a cru3S bagins to form
whirth hanoens on many soi s soon
after a rain, even of only a light
flhnwar. The lifiht broadcast weeders
of which Breed's Weedar waa the origi
nal, are very useful for this work.
They cover a larze area quickly, while
their work is sufficient to accomplish
the object.
Wita capillary evaporation going on
from a crusty soil and tho prevailing
westerly wind in a bright sunshine
tnna nf water mav be lifted from an
acre of corn or potatoes in an incredi
bly short time water which if left by
applying the blanket of loose soil may
be made to pass through the crop
nour soing it acd leaving its load of
food and blessing the thoughtfulness of
the cultivators. F. E E,
MONET VS. LI AN HOOD.
Hen. Chas. H. Me bane, State Super
intendect of Public Instruction, a few
days ago received the following letter:
Hunting don, Teen , Feb. 28 1900.
My Dear ib: At the Memphis
meeting of the Southern Educational
Association last December, a reeolu
tion was introduced which recom
mended that the various Southern
States be advised to enact laws prohib
iting all schools acd colleges from con
ferring degrees, which have oot more
or less productive ecdowment. I
should be pleased to have your opin
ion upon two points:
1st. Do you think that tha degree
conferring power ought to be deter
mined by the absence or presence of
endowment!
2 ad, Please state what1, in your opin
ion, should be tha extent of such en
dowment, if any, to be required in
your State. Please state your reasons
for your opinion at whatever length
you may see proper, with the under -standing
that they may ba used along
with others in an article which I am
preparing. I enclose stamped envelope
for reply and would ba grateful to you
for an early and full response.
Tours very truly,
J. A. Baber.
MB ME BANK'S REPLY.
To this letter Mr. Mtbane made the
following reply;
Ralsigh. N. O., March 2, 1900.
Prof. J. A. Baber Huntington, Tenn.:
Dear Sir: In reply to the question:
"Do you think that the degree-conferring
power ought to be determined by
tha absence or presence of endowment t"
will say that I have no patience what
ever with the idea that an endowment
of one thousand dollars or of ten mil
lion dollars ehall have anything to do
with conferring degrees. I believe in
merit acd scholarship for college de
gree?. I also believe that merit acd
echolarship cac and will sfand the test
of the world without hiding behind ec
dowments acd the strocg arm of the
law.
This endowment schema would tend
to destroy mititutsons that may be
weak in dollars and cants, yet may ba
very strong in building no&le charac
ter acd a strong manhood.
ouen a law wouia tena to maee a
geat scramble for money. Many in
stitutions would call, but few would
enter into the gates of the wealthy,
hence would ba cast into outer dark
nee?, so far as endowments are con
cerned.
It U now rumored that cur highly
endowed institutions have their free
dom of speech somewhat hampered.
Then what will it ba when only in
stitutiona that have the money of the
wealthy acd of these who wih to con
trol public thought can confer degrees!
It is true, of course, that poor people
can and do give money to colleges, but
how feeble are their gifts in compari-
soc with the Isrga dooatior s.
Did you ever see the picture in a col
lege hall of a man or a woman who
cast two mites into the endowment
fund! I never did.
I hava said enough.
Yours truly,
0. H. Mebanb,
Supt. Pub. Icstruct'c of N. O.
In communities having the largest
number of well conducted farms the
Alliances are the best attended and
most highly appreciated.
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS.
8cate Democratic, Raleigh. April 11.
Scate Republican, Raleigh, May 2
State Populist, Raleigh, April 18.
National Democratic, Kansas City.
July 4.
National Rapublican, Philadelphia,
June 19.
Regular Populist National Convec
tion, Sioux Falls. S. D., May 9.
Middle of the-Road Populist National
Convention, Cincinnati, O., May 9.
OF MUTTER Ha
Under this head J
H M
or
given considerable information ;n
Degmcer in aairying. ue diaeUi
uuiLig u iuug-ciu wuui ana real!
the absurdity cf "a man, who denQ
the so called 'general purpose' co
the dairymen, to publish a small
eral purpose' book " Neverthtle8, J
has given us a readable lilttle ba (
value to the beginner and cot wiJ
its suggestions to others.
Under the heading "Beware I
Fraud?," Mr. Monrad says: "I have
f erred to the tin can separator (?j J)
the dilution cf milk. I have h
warned my readers against all i
patent lightning churns, in which j?j
said more butter may be obtaiced !l
remains only to warn them agaiuu
old, old fraud which reappears uQy
new names, rnis is the guiDe
process (Qiinesa patent in Nev y
law), Blacs: pepsia, Richard's Ba,
Bannet, etc."
Bui Mr. Monrad'8 interrogation
tin can separators was what attract
our atention to this heading in his
book. Bee next week's paper for
ther particulars on this subject.
f.ee,
UAJ. GUTHRIE SATS HE WILL
WIN.
Mai. Wm. A Guthrie was in
last week and waa interviewed by tl
News ana uoserver reporter in regi
to the American Tobacco Compel
recent acts. Msj Guttrie eaiii:
4 Til win my fight with the Tobact
Trust.
"I have the law on my side ia t
fight, and the folks are with m tec
And even if there should come to m
euch a thing as a Federal j adge e
ping in ana aieeoiving a nortn Car,
Una corporation, still the books andac
counts of the concern would have to
made public, and thereby the worl-
would gain something.
"The 'trust' which holds a mij
4 1.1 l U- 1 T ! ii rt
does not seem to be willing to truatt':
present legislature of North Carolia
to deal with the B ackwell Company
affairs, although the company
created solely by the legislative poi.f
of this State, and the Trust attoroeJ
in their bill of complaint go so far tl
to charge openly that our State bvil
ness corporations generally are c
safe in the present legislature's ha: J
Whether the legislators will bids
posed to resent this charge is a mfe
for their own consideration ua the)
re3actatives of the people. Tin I
of the people of North Carolina J
thair present representatives in ti
1
tgiQtavuio to uiiuiiDJlilj KUO tea;
why the Tobacco Trust seeks the aid
a Federal court to extinguish a tol?
worth Carolina business cornorati:
acd to transfer its DroD?rtv to if
American Tobacco Company, cfc:
tered by the State of New Jersey, whic
State Mr. Bryan has so well charact;
izad as the 'Robber's Rocss' of tfceL
tion. Tne case brought against m
in many reppacts unprecedented,
an V Wftll-road 1 A wcor nill oiidt!ir r
and when the pleadings ara all in, I
will present soma very importaaiqii
tionS Of CnmnrftHnn law n n H tha riV'
rtf ft ft O tn frt Hoal nrit-V, ifn
tions ; and whether or not any court
equity, State or Federal, can by i
junction prevent a citizen from a
ciaing his right of peciticn
guaranteed by both the
GonssituJCi
of the Uaited S sates and the Con a
tion of North Carolina. 1 1
"Ic would eeam that tha Tobaxa f
Trust doaa no5 exactly relish the Co:
stitutional right of petition, nor do
suppose it has any very great respel
for that section of our State Ooneti;l
tion which has baea handed dowa
us from the old Bill of Rights as a
damental principle of government
viz. : 'Monopolies are contrary to t
genius of
a free 8tate, and ought m
wed.' The only thing lackirg
to be allowed
now to make the monopoly cf the - i
bacco Trust in North Carolina ccs i
A, 11
piece is to get undisputed title to p
Bull factory property at Durham.
a citiz3c of the State, I am only tryitf
to prevent this, acd this is the
acd froct of my effeooirg for whicb1
am called into a Ccurt ol Equity, co
mocly kcowc among lawyers es
'Court of Conscience, ' to answer."
RALEIGH MARKET.
RlTTiau "M n XWn-rM 10.
New cotton 9i to j
Receipts, 27 bales.
Chickens 20 J
Eggs m$
Butter. 20 P
Pork 61
Lard, countrv 81
Geee 35
i
Ducks 20 0
Turkeys, lb. grcsa 8
Hides, dry 12 W
Tallow 4
Corn . . . ,
Oa's
Peas i...
A, B. C
55
40 0
85 $
60
$30
Sweet Potatoes
Irish Potatoes, bbl
i
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