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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1894
Page
2
The notice outlines subscription options including one year and six months with advance payment. It notes the need to specify delivery office and name, urges readers to mention seen ads to advertisers, and warns about time on label. A quoted patriotic passage by L. L. Polk is included.
A compilation of brief notes from North Carolina newspapers. Mentions Pitt County Alliance and Bethel Alliance meeting in April, Raleigh Daily Press debut and editor E A Womble, Elwood S. Peffer visiting Raleigh, Wilmington Morning Star’s long run, a New York libel law vote, a forthcoming financial speech by a Western state Attorney General, critiques of the President and silver legislation, violent Johnstown crime speculation, and plans by Progressive Farmer and Wentworth meeting for April politics.
A Richmond Times critique argues overproduction of gold and silver demonetization, condemns England and Wall Street influence, and accuses President Cleveland and allies of betraying free silver. It urges Americans to reject gold standard and defend silver as the people’s money.
A week of frosts cripples Southern fruit, early strawberries, tobacco, and trucking from Norfolk to Florida. some crop loss but gardens and replanting offer recovery. wheat harmed but not ruined. cotton mill workers misread labor Bureau action, misattributing motives. The second note accuses Cleveland of acting as a puppet to speculative interests in seignorage policy.
Bro W A Graham will be with Davie County Alliance on April 14 but cannot be with Forsyth on April 16. Bro J T B Hoover, Assistant Lecturer State Alliance, will be with Forsyth County Alliance on April 14 instead of the 16th as previously published for Graham.
In a heated exchange, critics accuse The Charlotte Observer of selectively publishing remarks and labeling them lame while claiming the paper backs out of a supposed scheme. They cite The Progressive Farmer and local papers to argue party rifts, with weather and political blame fueling cross announcements.
The Raleigh Procrres LIVE FARMER reports eggs from North Carolina hens carrying inscriptions such as Prepare ye the end is near Hell is Near. A Lincoln county egg mirrors the message while Caswell News notes Sam Knott finding an egg 124 inches long and a hen laying an egg in Mrs Knott’s Sunday shoes, in a Jasper, New York reference.
In Morehead North Carolina a whale chase unfolds as boats and harpoons pursue four large whales in Bogue Sound. The largest, 55 feet long, dives and resurfaces after eight bomb shots and a tense pursuit eight miles offshore. Fourteen casks of oil and whalebone are recovered as the hunt ends with the whale dead and towed ashore. A separate note attacks bimetallist papers and Grover Cleveland over free coinage rhetoric.
An exhortation urges county and sub secretaries to report and furnish full revised lists to the State Secretary. It notes gaps in reporting, warns that members drop from active lists, and calls for prompt action at county and sub meetings. The Philadelphia Record is cited for rival free bread and clothing racket coverage against the coal trust.
The bill H. R. 4956 directs the Treasury to issue silver certificates equal to the seigniorage of bullion bought under the 1890 act. It provides silver certificates for government expenditures and mandates seigniorage be coined into standard silver dollars as fast as possible. The remainder of the bullion purchased under the 1890 act is to be handled accordingly.
A legislative proposal authorizes coinage of bullion into standard silver dollars and Treasury redemption of notes, with cancelled notes destroyed as coinage proceeds. Separate editorial notes warn parties to delay campaigning to avoid harming the nation, urging restraint and a long campaign avoidance.
The platform advocates free coinage of silver and gold without discrimination or minting charges. The article notes the platform’s strict execution and describes the current state of rural politics and national conditions as of the present day.
California forms a sixty member Alliance while Crawford Iowa reorganizes after a year. The Iowa Farmers' State Alliance reports growing organizer applications, and the Iowa State Alliance Exchange resumes on a solid basis. Willitts plans fifty state appointments as alliances surge 400 percent since last November. Georgia appoints and reshuffles, while Kansas and Iowa leaders emphasize renewed vigor and press support. An upcoming Wake County meeting in Rolesville April 13-14 invites delegates and public attendance with speakers J T B Hoover and Col Harry Skinner mentioned.
President explains opposition to bill 4956 and silver purchase repeal impact. Cites 1890-93 silver bullion purchases and Treasury notes, arguing further legislation would hurt confidence, delay recovery, and threaten financial stability amid post repeal improvement. Notes past purchases totaling 168 million ounces and 356,000 treasury notes in circulation.
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