The Great Changes In Farming Then And Now
An examination of shifts in farming from early Canadian and American rural life to modern agriculture. The piece contrasts self sufficient, barter based farming with today’s global market integration, mortgage pressures, and reliance on specialized goods and services. It notes decreased local cash needs and increased dependence on external supply chains and monetary transactions.
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Marming
Canada
States
Sini
Russia
Great Britain
London
Chicago
Toronto Stock Exchange
United States
Delta
Feria
Profesor Koviney Welch
Canadian Farmer Bonds and Tax Hurdles Cited
A Toronto Empire passage notes the recurring burden on Canadian farmers to pay annual taxes with money borrowed, often forcing sacrifices of livestock to raise funds. The commentary links tax pressure to farm finances and rural resilience.
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Toronto
Awakened Canadian Farmers Question Tariff Burden
Cor. Toronto Globe notes farmers learned during current trade economics that on coarse grains and products sent to the United States they pay the duty, a burden endured for thirteen years under the McKinley tariff, and that home manufacturers have contributed to their economic strain.
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United States
Cor
Toronto Globe
Resolutions Adopted by State Grange of Mlinois
The Mlinois State Grange resolution opposes public officials accepting railway favors and calls for full property value taxation with debts deducted. It supports government control of railroads telegraphs and telephones and criminalizing option and futures deals. It urges free postal delivery, a world congress at Chicago for international dispute settlement, reform of mutual insurance to cover churches schools and grange halls.
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Minola Grangers
Mlinois
Congress of All Nations
Chicago
Peffer Seeks Unified Rail Transport Reform
Senator Peffer advocates centralizing all transportation under one head. He cites over 1,200 railroad lines with separate managements, arguing a single system would equalize charges and reduce service costs. He urges a unified plan to streamline operations and benefit the public.
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Peffer
Important Interests in Agriculture and Policy Debate
The Grange Master Rhone warns that postwar monetary policy imperils farmers and the agricultural sector. He argues policy fosters distress, bankruptcy, and loss of homesteads, underscoring severe unrest within the farming community.
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Rhone
Farmers favor popular election of president and senators
Farmers organizations including Grange Alliance and Association hold conventions and pass resolutions urging that president and United States senators be elected by popular vote.
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Farmers
United States
Grange, Alliance and Association
Pennsylvania Grange praised for intelligence and integrity
An editorial lauds the Pennsylvania Grange as a record eminently creditable to the state’s husbandry. The Populist Hand Book by the Populist Party is available for delivery from the Vincent publisher, price 60 cents.
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Eee Eee
Pennsylvania Grange
Pennsylvania
The
Vincents
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