The Progressive Farmer, May 8, 1900
W - A. i,.
Published Weekly at Raleigh, N.C.
Mrs. L. L. Polk, - - Proprietor.
Clarence H. Poe, - - Editor.
Bkn-jamin Irby, I Corresponding
. Frank E.Emery, Editors.
J. W. Denmark, Business Manager.
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impartially the wrong condemn."
From CoL Polk's Salutatory, Feb.
10, 1SSG.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
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tion. That's all.
This year's Republican State plat
form, like that of 1898, with the ex
ception of attacks uxionT:he amend
ment and election law, fails to speak
out on State issues. It is perhaps
better to make no promises than to
make promises and break them, but
we think a political party should de
fine its position on every public ques
tion iti which the people are inter
ested. The next three months will wit-ne-ss
one of the most hard-fought
and, we fear, one of the most bitter
political campaigns in the history of
Nor Mi Carolina. The passions of
men will be aroused ; their prejudices
appealed to; rash things said, and
unjustifiable deeds done. In the
Very few people realize it per
haps not one voter in a hundred
knows it yet it is a fact that our
appropriation for maintaining and
enlarging our army and navy has so
increased within the past few years
that for this purpose we are now pay
ing out the magnificent sum of
$330,000 daily. For many years
Americans pointed to the impover
ishment of European peoples by the
heavy taxes levied to support stand
ing armies and boasted that America
carried no such burden. This can no
longer be truthfully said. As the
Saturday Evening Post of May 5th
points out :
"According to the last report of
the Secretary of War the army of
the United States consisted of 7,540
officers and 171,646 enlisted men. The
last Congress in what it supposed to
be a moment of generosity allowed
a little over $70,000,000 for war ex
penses, but those who knew the facts
understood perfectly that much
more money would be required, so
we nave not been very mucn sur
prised to find in the Urgency De
ficiency Bill of the present Congress
the somewhat respectable sum of
$45,951,949 for the support of the
army. This, mind you, is an addi
tion to $75,247,811 already allowed
for the current year. In other words,
we are paying about $330,000 a day,
or $1,375 an hour, or $229 . minute
for our present army organization
and its exxenses in the various parts
of the world. The curious feature in
the whole case is that the politicians
are trving to hide the fact that we
tire maintaining a large army, and if
we are to pursue our present plans
the size of it may have to be in
creased. Thus in the legislation that
is proposed there is the most pains
taking care to keep from any one the
idea that we are drifting toward the
enormous war expenses of a modern
power. At the same time, when we
add to these figures the one hundred
and forty -odd millions which we are
paying out for pensions, we exceed
the army expenses of any nation on
earth, with the possible exception of
Great Britain whose expenditures in
South Africa may form the greatest
total in the history of warfare."
Is it not time to consider whither
we are drifting?
STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
THE CULLOM BILL AGAIN.
The Republican State Convention
met in this city last Wednesday and
nominated the following ticket :
Governor Spencer B. Adams, of
Guilford countv.
Lieutenant Governor Claudius
Dockery, of Richmond.
Secretary of State James F. Par
rott, of Lenoir.
Stiito Tv.v.vm.or T. T. T
Gaston.
State Auditor Thoma
of Madison.
Attorney General Z. V. Walser,
of Davidson.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion X. C. English, of Randolph.
Chairman Corporation Commission
C. A. Reynolds, of Forsrth.
Jenirins, or
S. Rollin
We are glad to learn that the Wil
mington Cham - of Commerce has
passed resolutions heartily indorsing
Senate bill No. 1439, for enlarging
the powers of the Inter-State Com
merce Commission. The resolution
declares that power for the Commis
sion to "examine documents of pub
lie and quasi-public corporations and
require officers of such corporations
to testify are indispensably requisite
and necessary to clothe the Inter
State Commerce Commission with
plenary powers," for the reason that
Supreme Court decisions have lim
ited the powers of the commission to
a judicial determination of facts
relative to the inter-State freight
and passenger rates.
We notice that this bill, No. 1439
of the Cullom bill, by a majority of
one been unfavorably reported by
the Inter-State Commerce committee
of the Senate. The five Senators
who voted for the bill were Messrs.
Cullom, Chandler, Chilton, Allen and
Tillman, and those who vast votes in
the negative Messrs. Gear, Lindsay,
Aldrich, Elkins, Wolcott and Kean.
It is interesting to note who these
opponents of the bill are. There are :
Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, gen
eral counsel of the D. & R. G. Rail-
way ; Senator Gear, of Io ra, father-
in-law of J. W. Blythe, general so
licitor of the C. B. & Q. Railway
System ; Senator Lindsay, of Ken
tucky, counsel for the L. & N. Rail
way ; benator Julians, ot West Vir
ginia, Vice-President of the West
Virginia Central & Pittsburg Rail
way ; Senator Kean, of New Jersey,
closely allied as a capitalist with the
Pennsylvania Railway ; Senator Ald
sich, of Rhode Island, closely allied
with the railway and corporation in
terests of his section.
But consideration of the Cullom
bill has not been indefinitely post
poned. It can be called up at any
time, and we trust that the North
Carolina delegation will see that it is
not buried at the dictates of a half
dozen railroad attorneys.
That the passage of the Cullom
bill or some similar measure is an
absolute necessity is shown by the
indisputable statement of the Inter
State Commerce Commission itself
that "any railroad company can
charge for its service whatever it
pleases without any real power in
this Commission, or any other tri
bunal or court to limit the amount
of such charge for the fiiture when
complaint is made by an aggrieved
j shipper."
The Inter-State Commerce Com
mission was formed as an outgrowth
of the Alliance movement for the
purpose of protecting the public
from excessive charges by the com-
i mon carriers ot the countrv. The
Supreme Court has decider! that it
wasn't given the power to prescribe
rates. The plain duty of Congress
therefore is to give it this power and
every voter should demand that his
representatives in Congress work for
Senate Bill 14:59.
THIS WEEK'S PAPEH.
The Progressive Farmer this year.
There are few farmers who cannot
profit by some of Mrs. Mount's sug
gestions. We publish this week the resolu
tions adopted by the Populist State
Convention in session here April 17.
Owing to the kindness of our cor
respondents in furnishing so many
excellent articles for our General
Corresxondence department, we have
not until now been able to find space
for the resolutions. And we hope
that our correspondents will continue
their good work. This week Mr. D.
P. Meacham presents a well-written
argument against the amendment,
incidentally exposing a few of the
unjust features of the election law
now in force.
In our Thinkers department, in
an article on "The Independent
RANGE CATTLE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Voter," Mr. D. L. Gore compresses
much political wisdom in a very
little space. We heartily endorse his
article.
Finally, we invite attention to our
notes on "Things Every Farmer
Needs
e v,
Read them ; they
may be the means of saving you a
snug sum of money.
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
Corporation Commissioner J. A.
midst of the tumult, it will be a dim- Francks, of Swain.
cult thing to do, yet we shall to Commissioner of Agriculture Ab-
the best of our ability endeavor to ! nor Alevjimler. of Terrell
keep Tiie Progressive Farmer in the
path marked out by Col. Polk
"serving no master, ruled by no fac
tion , defending right fearlessly, con
demning wrong impartially."
The Progressive Farmer has ear
nestly advocated the erection of
farmers' co-operative cotton factor
ies. We notice that one such is soon
1 w if
Commissioner of Labor Tlios. S.
Malloy, of Rockingham.
Electors A. H. Price, of Rowan,
and J. C. McCrary, of Davidson.
Delegates to the National Conven
tion are Jeter C. Pritchard, James
E. Boyd, E. C. Duncan and Chas.
McNamee.
The personnel of the convention
- . - .... 1 -till , i -a . . . -
e established m tins State. The i was unuounteaiv the best m the lns-
nanie of the new mill is the "Linn j tory of the party. The Raleigh Post
Mills," of China Grove, Rowan j says :
county. Work on the mill will be- j " The convention was a lily-white
gin immediately. It is owned and I affair. Less than 40 of the 240 dele-
In this issue Prof. W. F. Massey
presents an admirable summing-up
of the advantages and possibilities of
the Southern cow pea. The cow pea
grows more popular every year, but
our farmers do not yet appreciate it
as they should.
Under the head, "A Battle to Be
Ref ought, " a correspondent com
ments on our recent editorial with
this title. We wish to emphasize
one of his statements : It is this :
"This year, of all the years of late,
is the o:,rs wherein to plant corn, po
tatoes, wheat, and seed North Caro
lina hillsides to grazing grasses."
But if our correspondent thinks
a 1 i m i .
c unrolled exclusively by farmers; all ! "tes were negroes Senator Pritch- ! TlmT' onr rnnu Population has less
from in and around China Grove. lirtl succeeded better than was ex j manhood than ten years ago, and
For its erection, $50,000 has been i Pted in keeping the negro in the I tllat thcy wiU flhietly submit to the
subscribed, and as s. vHK. backirronnd. The attend:. levies or the new bagging and tie
are in successful operation it is m-o- large for a Republican convention.
i -cil t i iTi:'ve.is tin ("inif j 4- i-.4-. ! and tlipiv wpti1 tihp'o wliifo imn i.o I greedy
1 - " - ' l'J Ull I HI iv ItJ - ------- ..i.vv im 11 iV
j trusts, as well as the numerous other
combinations, without at-
Press dispatches of last Friday
l.ie btate Liection B nird
Yar-o;no
h..roa;-h lat night to consider
oVV i; n to the election board an-
1 lor New Hanover countv.
p ,r
Ch.ii:-
r-icd
We
V I.
i)th
;::n
I'M"
and
.:di-.
minions mot the inii'i-.
Les at Rookimrham b-.st.
heard the contention of
It was at his suLTirestio'i
that this m;vtin.: f election board
ent ; than the party has ever mustered j tempting to protect themselves by
together before." j the only weapon within their reach
The platform adopted, which will ' ianization lie is, in our opinion,
be published in full in next week's I serionsl-v mistaken. Rjpu-ts from
a ii parts ot the State show that
tbe Alliance i holding its own and
that the prospects are bright for a
thorough reorganization as soon as
the excitement of the State cam-
rcaihrms tin
Progre si ve Fanner.
Republican Nati n-tl platform
endorses Pr
and
sident MeKinlo
ministration,
amendment an
tire bitterly dc
The delegate
s ai-
j. ne proxosod sixitrajre
1 the new election law
i u?iced.
t the Nati'-nul C n-
After fifty years of agitation for
the construction of an inter-oceanic
canal, to be cut some where along
the narrow strip that binds North
and South America, the perseverance
of its promoters has been rewarded
by the accomplishment of something
tangible. On last Tuesday afternoon,
after the most stormy debate of the
present session of Cougress, the
House by the overwhelming vote of
225 to 35 passed the Nicaraguan
canal bill. Much excitement reigned
through the day and several times
bitter words were used. The excite
ment reached its climax in a highly
dramatic scene between Mr. Hepburn
and Mr. Cannon when the former
used the word "lie" and "liar," as
he denounced the distinguished chair
man of the appropriation committee
for "attempting to dishonor him."
The bill, briefly stated, authorizes
the President to acquire from the
States of Costa Rica and Nicaragua
for and in behalf of the United
States, control of such portion of
territory now .belonging to them as
may be necessary on which to "ex
cavate, construct and protect a
canal of such depth and capacity as
will be sufficient for the movements
! of ships of the greatest tonnage and
j draft now in use, from a point near
Greytown, on the Caribbean Sea, via
j Lake Nicaragua, to Breto, on the
; Pacific Ocean ; and such sum as may
I be necessary to secure such control
i
i is appropriated, out of any money m
I the Treasury not otherwise appro
priated." The sum of 810,000,000 is
; appropriated for the construction of
' the canal, and the Secretary of War
is further authorized to enter into
a contract or contracts for materials
and work that may be "deemed
necessary for the proper excavation,
construction, comjdetion and defense
of the canal, to be paid for as appro- j
priations may from time to time be
hereafter made, not to exceed in the
aggregate 14 0,000, 000."
The joint resolution for a constitu
tional amendment to disqualify
polygamists for election as Senators
and Represcnatatives and prohibit
ing polygamy and polygamous cohab
itation belween the sexes has been
re-referred to a committee and will
probably never be heard of again.
Congress will adjourn early in
June.
Among the items of sundry civil
bill reported from the committee on
appropriations last week were the
following for North Carolina : For
completion of Winston postoffice,
$25,000 ; for United States fish com
missioner Edenton, 3,480 ; for North
Carolina lighthouse district, $25,000 ;
for improving water-way from
sounds of North Carolina to Norfolk,
$200,000 ; for one superintendent for
coasts of North Carolina and Vir
ginia, $1,S00. Also a provision for
lighting the Cape Fear river in North
Carolina.
The Senate Friday passed the
army re-organization bill, a measure
of considerable importance ; the
fortuicatiiiis apiiropriati on bill,
carry v;0:)0,000 and the bill appro
priating $:S0,000 for a public building
for Durham, this State.
This State keeps its cattle under,
two systems. The old Fence Law
which is a free range for all live
stock and farmers must fence their
fields is one system. The "No Fence"
or Stock Law system where owners
of stock must enclose their property
and not allow it to roam at large is
the other system.
The former system prevails in the
mountain counties except Henderson
and Buncombe and small tracts
(town?) in Jacdvson, Haywood, Macon
and Transylvania. All the coast
counties, except New Hanover, are
free range, as is all the Coastal Plain
cojunties Northeast and Southwest of
Raleigh, except Halifax and Edge
combe on the North, Greene and
parts of Lenoir and Wayne, part of
Cumberland and (Harnett?), Robeson
and parts of Richmond, and the new
county of Scotland. Three towns of
Bladen county have the stock law.
Part of Chatham and Montgomery,
are of the free range territory. See
State Department of Agriculture
map, to which acknowledgement is
made.
In general terms one may say the
mountains and coastal plains are free
range territories and the piedmont
and uplands are stock law counties
dividing the State into two pretty
nearly equal areas In addition to
this and affecting numbers, distribu
tion, and values of cattle the United
States Quarantine Line follows the
Southern boundary of the State to
the Summit of the Blue Ridge and
follows that line approximately
across the State. South and East of
this line the country is more or less
infected with cattle Ticks (Boophilus
bo vis, Curtice). Here there are nu-1
merous and expensive outbreaks of
Texas fever every year around cities
and county seats where ticky cattle
are brought together with those
raised on tick free land, it may be on
adjoining farms.
There has been a more active de
demand for cattle during the past
three or four years than usual.
Prices have been higher than has
been?known for years before. Many
cattle and sheep are known to have
been shipped out of this State to be
fed in Virginia and as far off as
Pennsylvania. It is thought that
shipments to market in Richmond
and Norfolk have been more than
usually active on account of higher
prices. There has been some move
ment of cattle from South Carolina
and Georgia. How large this has
been we do not know, but would like
to know as Avell as we think we know
it will be stopped by the United
States quarantine law when it is
fully enforced.
What effect has all this on the cat
tle, or x)eox)le of North Carolina, or
readers of The Progressive Farmtr?
Well, we may, xerhaps, be xardoned
if we admit a belief that it has a
great deal to do with all those named
and if any reader has only one heifer,
or one worksteer and he keeps in
formed by following The Progressive
Farmer he will see the information j
gathered result in additional price j
enough on the one animal, if sold, to j
Xay once or twice, x)elhax)s many I
times, for The Progressive Farmer, j
Supxose one has ii herd of fifty, will
it iay,to keei) informed? j
There is a scarcity of cattle. Fewer !
cattle are now living in this country j
than for quite a number of years and !
they have been decreasing in num- !
bers ; but there are more peoile i
than ever before and the demand for i
cattle for meat is increasing as well j
as for all the parts of cattle used in !
trade and the arts. Moreover, there j
is now before Congres a law to regu- j
late the manufacturers and sellers of !
xa,oc xiiu.nju.tt; mat an effort
strong enough to bring the 0V
xc Lll every np: .
borhood whpirA fb
" ""vovj O-IlCi-
to breed something nu
ter, than what has gone out
A few good sires can be
a are
0rH
Purr.., .
early at comparatively nioder ,
prices . Co-oxeration between nei
bors will do it at least possible
to each farm and in this Wa t 1
common stock now on hand can
spared to go on to provide part 0f
if not all the money needed to
into one or two better animals f J
wider use. Thus will an era of
ress, improvement and profit k
established and the next ctoi
stock to be sent out will grade hi
and bring more money. f
yon,
Here is the opportunity for
larmer reauer. .look un ti,ft o. ,
and if you know what you want bir
not where to find it we will help y0
by your writing here what it Vt!I
, - L you
need.
If the numbers of cattle listed
taxes are not less than for l
for
farmers are better off than they ere
thought to be ; and paying heed to
these words will make dollars in
ting the stock to be raised up to !
higher standard, where it will com
mand more when sent to market
whilst it will enable holders of stock
to see and apx)reciate the situatiot
and to ask and obtain more for wfo
is to be sold. A x'fsent gain
CATrn-pol aIIu rc An frli f 4-r.
vviui wugiiv tu injure you?
subscription to this paper in which
you will find other things to yohi
own advantage.
-IT- 1.1 !! J. 1- .
e woliiu iiku lo near from ant
reader who knows any facts abou:
the increased activity in cattle either
West or East. Every one who can
add to the general stock of informa
j-'K,, "K i,, . ,i. .,
nun win in us nuip nie liiuusnr in
cattle and be adding to the materia
prosperity of the State through the
individual gain. F. E. E.
THE PEOGSESSIVE FARMER'S STATE
PLATFORM.
We believe that the next Legisla
ture should give us, and that candi
dates for the Legislature should rV
pledged to, these reforms :
Four months public schools.
A law to jrevent the removal of
cases by corporations from State tc
Federal courts.
A statute making agricuZto's
common school study.
A reformatory for young criminals.
A fair election law, providing for
equal rexresentation of each factior
uxon boards of election judges an.
registrars.
A law making it illegal to empl
children under fifteen years of a?
in any cotton mill, except whore tlif
child so em i VI o ved attends school f'?
j
at least three months in each year.
Lower jn'iced school books.
A graduated tax upon the gri
earnings of railroads, one-half of tli
Xroceeds to be devoted to
schools. The schedule to to? tha:
contained in the original hill v
ered by the Joint Finance Committ
of the last Legislature, viz
Less than 1,000 )cr mile
(gross earn'gs) annually,
As much as $1,000 xer mile
or less than $1,500
$1,500 xer mile or less than
$2,000 .
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the ilv
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The
very fact that the
' toe dominant )arty is
te c aisider objections to
mis.
i called
old that the Kt.-it
I at State oxxmse, t;
ig'-rcstions,". is proof
eu ig:j of the need for a better law.
vention were instructed to vc-te for
McKi nley for President ond Sonat r
Pritchard f r Vice-President first,
last and all the time."
Ail counties, except three, wero
ropro-ented. The exact number or
neirro delegates was IS. Senator
Pritchard. Attorney-General Wulser.
Spoil :-er B. Adams and others ad
dressed the convention.
Ga.,
ive
pai;.:n has blown over.
Prof. F. J. Ziicrriam, of Battle Hill ! The price of xaer is now nearly 50
who makes money trucking Per eent- lnSJier tnan a oar "nd
. , no other article used in newsnaper
our readers some nomts worth ; i, , -, i -. - .l
, j i ma&iir.j mis oeen reuaceu m.iirice.
remembering on the subject of bean i Excuses beinir increased, we must
impress upon subscribers the neces
sity of renewing xrc-mptly. If the
culture.
We trust that every farmer and
farmer's wife will read Mrs. Mount's
Mistakes and Possibilities of Rural
lire on page 4. It is
be
date on your label is 90 or '98 xlease
Xay ux and renew at once. Send at
any rate a part of the amount due
tf'2,000 to $2,500.
$2,500 to $:j,ooo.
3,000 to $3,500.
$3,500 to $4,000.
$4,000 to $4,500.
$4,500 to $5,000.
$5,000 to $5,500.
$5,500 to $6,000.
$t3,000 or more. .
A just newspa'per libel law.
butterine and oleoma r marine, v.-hi eh. ! To-i..i -v, o"!ts to he $
if passed, will )ut the stile of those ! srran fast, eiviliKino' and Christie
articles on an honest basis so they j ing nation on the globe, holds In'i
will be sold for what they are. Tills
will at once advance the demand f or
and xrice of butter. These condi
tions point to advancing prices.
We have recently been lookin
around a little to see what Nortli
Carolina has in hand for stook with
which to meet her xart of this in
creasing demand for stock. If we
have looked far enough the supposed
brisk advance in irice and sales of
cattle had not reduced numbers very
much ux to the time taxes were
listed in 1S9S. The lists may !e
showing a diminution for 1899 and
fewer animals may be recorded this
year. Should these records show
fewer cattle and sheep, it will To
true, as reported in some sections
that everything salable had b. n
purchased and either driven or
hauled away, and THAT THE BEST
as a jiossession and is endcavorin? :
secure the South African liel,u
In India, it Ls estimated.
famine sufferers need help: a"
England has sent, in subscript1''
125,000 to aid the Indian tre
In South Africa, where, the
York Times savs, "at most a
tion of 300,000 is directly invoK
the outcome of the South 11
war," England is spending
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rno.n nnrl rlesfrof frce T0TCrs'
mitted in thy name !
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keeps in the middle of the r
nilKt lfT-o if of lrnf onCC
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