Third Party Talk Sparks Debate on Labor and Wealth
A Kansas agitator attacks old line parties and profi ts of capital. He argues labor rights require independent political action and cites Wall Street influence, greenbacks and monetary policy since 1861. He recalls Alliance meets in 1889 1890 and questions relief promised by Republicans and Democrats.
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Entron Kansas Agitator
Congress
Wall Street
National Alliance
St. Louie
Ocala
Florida
Republican Party
Democrata
Gold’s Grip Warns People Amid Prideful Want
G Wurre of Hickory Grove Georgia decries the love of gold as a binding force on the public, arguing wealth obsession harms virtue and freedom and calls for restraint and plain living.
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G. W. Wurre
Hickory Grove
Great Mining Enterprise in Colorado Promises Profits
A bold 1891 prospectus extols the Atlantic Pacific Railway Tunnel Co as a major Colorado venture. It claims 700,000 shares with $5 par value, 200,000 shares for sale, and more than 60 miles of tunnel driven. Investors are promised 8 percent bonds and 1.25 percent cash interest, with expected mine yields in gold silver copper and lead and steady dividend growth as tunnels and veins are developed. The firm asserts fully paid properties, no taxes against shares, and joint ownership rights in ore, rail rights, and tunnels with rapid share issuance and yearly interest remittance.
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Puy Land
Colorado
General Railway
Clear Creek
Summit
Atlantic-Pacific Railway Tunnel Co
Easit
Rocky Mountains
Denver
Colo
Thik Ce 1
Boots
Win Tn
Poe
West End
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Sherman
Money of Nations
Mammon
Indiana
Fremoriat Publishing Co
Dearbornst
Chicago
Reading
Anarene
Adrian
Sony F. Mowe
Su. Maurier
Southern Ruenker CO
Richmond
SS Club
Rs Ates
Cheveland Bay
Engiliish Shire
I.T. Conway
The
Atlantic-Pacific Railway Tunnel Company
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