Bankers and Farmers Debate Money Power and Gold Basis
In a crowded meeting a farmer grills a banker on national banknotes silver gold and lawful money. The banker defends the gold standard while an editor and minister challenge the system noting bonds profits and interest. Witnesses recount how bank notes are created and funded, arguing the system burdens workers and promotes debt without real wealth backing.
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New York
United States
Washington
Chemical National Bank of New York
Capital
India
National Bank Credit
E. Gerry Brown
Man's Portion and Change in National Policy
A political tract argues that workers deserve abundance from labor and that misaligned economics deprives laborers. It envisions ample corn, meat, dairy, coffee, sugar, and liquor stored in households, urging a national policy shift as the path to plenty and calling readers to vote for change.
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Po Fey
Mercury
Power of Wealth and the Cooperative Commonweal
Debs offers a sweeping critique of the money power as the era’s root evil, arguing wealth concentration corrupts government and society. He calls for a radical industrial and social overhaul toward a cooperative commonwealth, replacing wage slavery with cooperative production and distribution, backed by direct registration and proportional representation.
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Tillman
Earth
Paradise
Co-Operative Commonwealth
Etara
Vanderbilt Castle at Biltmore Near Agheyilio N C
The Vanderbilt estate near Agheyilio North Carolina is nearing completion of a mansion to be known as Biltmore castle. The 30 000 acre property could be divided into thirty four Central Park sized plots. The mansion sits on a former peak cleared of its summit.
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Vanderbilt Castle
George W. Vanderbilt
Agheyilio
N. C
Biltmore Castle
Central Park
New York
Mr. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Biltmord Station
Chicago Express
Rogues and honesty riff from Woonsocket page
Quotes recount a discussion about honesty and happiness among rogues. Happy Nozane and Willey debate whether rogues are happier when unknown, while the reporter critiques terms like cheap money and sound money in a clipped, fragmentary newspaper voice.
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Nozane
Willey
Shalley
Woonsocket
R. 1
Debates Over U S Bond Redemptions and Coin Standards
A historical analysis contends there was no law authorizing the Treasury to issue bonds to buy gold for redemption. It argues bonds redeemable in coin meant silver or gold, cites 1870 and 1875 acts, and notes senators debated gold payments with resolutions by Stanley Matthews. The piece critiques Treasury officials for redefining coin and criticizes $22 million in bonds aimed to sustain a gold reserve amid silver abundance.
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Treaaury
A. D
Secretary of
Treasury
United States
Agsistant
City of
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Carlisle
United States Senate
John Sherman
Senate
House of Representatives
Congressal Record
Stanley Mathews
Why Populists Question Finance and Party Understanding
The text questions why voters struggle to understand finance and party principles while Populists claim clarity. It compares Democrats and Republicans to Populists, asks why old parties avoid direct questions, critiques gold standard and legal tender, and queries religious views on usury and money in politics.
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Farme
Democrata
Popullata
Popullar
Democrat
Lincoln
Kingdom of Heaven
Parting of the Ways in American Politics
A political release urges lawmakers to abandon party loyalty for honest conviction. It cites Senators Gorman Teller and West, Congressman Cockrell, and others who renounce gold standard alignment and threaten to oppose party platforms. The message promotes severing lifelong party ties to uphold principles over expediency.
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United States
Gorman Gays
Cleveland
Chicago
West
Cockrell
Texis
Teller
Colorado
Fils
St. Louis
Tunde
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