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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1892
Page
4
The Wentworth County Alliance met January 14 with a large turnout despite poor roads. Reports from several Sub Alliances were missing due to muddy streets. A lengthy exchange covered plans to publish resolutions, a proposed cooperative store scheme, and loyalty to leaders and The Progressive Farmer.
The Wilson County Alliance backs Farmers' Alliance members to plant no more than one acre in five to the horse and to ban gunano. It argues for self sufficiency, cites over $200,000 yearly on guano, and warns fertilizer overuse exhausts soils. The note hopes the plan spreads across the belt.
A Wilson County Alliance meeting on January 14 1892 adopted resolutions urging members to plant no more than one acre in cotton per five horses and to avoid guano this year. They also asked the State Executive Committee to draft an insurance plan and to publish the resolutions in the Tus Progessioa Farmer.
A report lauds C W Macune speech at Tomlinson Hall Indianapolis during the late FPA session as a masterly, broad exposition of Alliance principles. It praises its clarity and benevolent tone, urges copies for all Sub Alliance Secretaries, and notes distribution plans via National Economist.
In Warren County North Carolina at a Smith Creek Alliance meeting resolutions unanimously adopted declare loyalty to the Ocala platform and the Sub Treasury plan. They urge publishing in The Progressive Farmer and trust National officers to victory in November.
A critical observer urges lawmakers to consider 1866 currency policy and its decade long contraction. It notes a $1906 million currency base and a burning of paper money, linking it to 57,620 business failures and $858 million in losses, arguing Congress either misleads or lacks legislative skill.
By order of the Martin County Farmers Alliance resolutions urge endorsement of National Alliance demands as stated at St. Louis Ocala and Indianapolis. They vow to oppose any candidate or party not aligned with these demands and to favor papers supporting their cause. Bowen’s loss is regretted but he is recommended to Forsyth county brethren. Copy sent to The Progressive Farmer.
The Caldwell County Alliance in Lenoir on January 14, 1592 adopted resolutions praising President Polis. They express support as long as he aligns with local needs, condemn press attacks, admire his character as a North Carolinian, and authorize the minutes to copy these resolutions to The Progressing Farmer. The resolutions were signed by E. F. Wakefield and A. V. Miller.
The January gathering of the Cleveland County Alliance approved actions on paying the county lecturer, elected Dr. L. N. Durham as delegate to a district meeting and then to the St. Louis conference, and passed a resolution urging members to channel trade through the business agency to secure its discounts. A liberal collection was taken for distressed brethren. J. H. Quinn, Lecturer, Cleveland County.
Farmers in Colusa county adopt night plowing using a steam plow with locomotive headlights to work eight miles an hour across level fields. The machine plows 160 acres daily at 12 cents per acre including wear, cheaper than daytime team plowing. Night crews pose coordination issues but offer timely harvest progress.
The first annual meeting of the Dorset Horn Sheep Breeding Association was held January 13 1892 at the Monongahela House Pittsburg with fifty nine members. Membership rose to ten dollars. funds were allotted to the Columbian Exposition. The secretary noted 1035 sheep admitted to record since June 23 1891 including 593 imported and 437 American bred. Officers were reelected and the next meeting set for January 1593 in New York.
Resolved statements endorse the Caro lines Watchman as the Alliance organ, support Ocala platform principles including the Sub Treasury, back National President L. L. Polk and National Editor Dr. C. W. Macune, urge reading the National Economist, pledge solidarity with Western Alliance at the ballot, and promote cooperative business via the State Agency. Signed L. M. McAister, Sec’y.
The author argues cotton has become tyrannical for farmers, enriching monopolists while starving growers. Recommends switching to peanuts or sweet potatoes with pork as a higher value per acre, needing lime fertilizer and less labor. Notes hog cholera as a hurdle, promising remedies to shift away from cotton toward diversified crops.
A North Carolina reader thanks Judge Walter Clark for a Progressive Farmer article arguing that telegraph and telephone monopolies should be controlled like the postal system. He claims many citizens endorse the judge's views and praises the Alliance's steady work in Warren. The letter closes with thanks and patriotic sentiment.
Pamuico County North Carolina March. A farmer's wife writes in support of the reform movement within the Alliance. She notes pride in being a member of Prospect Alliance No 1078 and condemns Crawford Alliance for marginalizing women. She argues laborers, including housewives, should join for mutual welfare. Mrs. J. F. Bersson.
Wilkes County Farmers Alliance in Liberty Grove on January 7 1892 petitions Congress to repeal internal revenue taxes on liquor and tobacco reduce tariffs, support free coinage of silver and Sub-Treasury plan, and publish resolutions in local papers. Alliance also affirms trust in Col L L Polk and orders copies sent to Progressive Farmer Wilkesboro News and Wilkesboro Chronicle and minutes.
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