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The Farmer and His Times in Gold and Riches Decline
A long critical essay contrasts past and present American farmers, lambasting wealth concentration, gold standard policy, and silver coinage. It argues that gold and financial systems, Wall Street, and tariffs degrade farmers while production rises and prices fall, with statistics on crop yields and value through 1881 to 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bdward Everett
Laxington
Concord
Trath
de Tocquevilly
Washington
Nature
Loyee
Mount Vernon
Jefferson
Monticello
Clay
Ashland
Webster
Marshfield
Jackson
Hermitage
Hoda
Kdge
Pvery Logy
Puole
Alame
New York
Rif
Brest Supe
Wall Street
Silwr
Orien
Providencn
Beta
Bert
Bastos
Austria
Germany
Belgium
Wright