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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1895
Page
2
A quoted passage describes standing behind a curtain at sunset with shadows on a track and a river ahead, contemplating a country governed by the people. The excerpt references L. L. 4A from 1890 and ends with a reflective tone on citizenship.
An editorial collage critiques Democratic rascality under Cleveland rule, urges Alliance unity, and argues the financial issue dominates industry recovery. It stresses conservative farmer influence, reform coalitions, and measured cooperation for national policy shifts.
A partisan broadside alleges a Democratic scheme to steal and sneak through an assignment regulation bill, blaming Democrats for fraudulent efficiency in the last legislature. It contends the bill never passed Senate but appears in print, and calls for exposing culprits and curbing party misdeeds.
A Raleigh Evening Press critique highlights multiple spelling and grammar errors in a recent Assembly notice. The piece mocks an act for a Grand United federation and notes mispellings such as Carolina with a Y, emphasizing broader editorial lapses.
A catalog titled A Complete Treatise On Spraying from P O Laws Mfg Co Catskill NY highlights pumps and spraying outfits. The Piedmont Region handbook covers Georgia South and North Carolina and Alabama from Southern Immigration and Improvement Co Atlanta GA. University of Wisconsin Bulletin No 8 offers agricultural papers and farm institute synopses. Milns Manufacturing Co Monmouth IL releases an illustrated stump and grub pulling machine book.
The Raleigh session of the Supreme Beery Beery Farmers Alliance adopts a resolution affirming support for all Alliance demands but insisting that no reform is possible until the money supply is expanded and banks are removed from government business. It critiques wealth distribution and condemns a legislative bill, warning of adverse effects and judicial challenges while urging patience until reform can occur.
Richmond Times urges Grover Cleveland for a third term claiming he saved the nation’s credit by stopping Treasury withdrawals. It argues Cleveland bankrupts law and coin silver, while comparing him to Benedict Arnold as the worst traitor, and condemns Parker’s bond dealings and robberies.
A Friday Observer report notes the assignment law failed to pass in the legislature. The Democratic push is described as a boom that backfired, with the plan fading from public view as officials grow weary of writs and mortgages tied to the bill.
Capt E R Cocke of Penrith Virginia argues prosperity hinges on agricultural sales revenue. He details 1877 wheat shipments from a 47 mile rail station with charges and net proceeds, illustrating price and charge effects as money tightens, and compares to 1844 sales with related costs.
After Congress adjourned, some regions show revived business activity and wage increases without strikes. Analysts call this an era of reconstruction or a calm after a storm, but warn it is only a temporary respite until the money question is settled and the circulating medium expanded.
The National Secretary issued charters for 130 new Alliances in the last 30 days with 37 in Pennsylvania this month. The Alliance operates as a business and fraternal political body in North Carolina New York and Pennsylvania. Sections report renewed interest and strong push for Alliance work.
The letter questions why Black residents avoid registering in North Carolina hotels while naming examples of registrations in Virginia and Richmond. It appeals to race and party loyalties, referencing Governor O Ferrall and local politics as context.
North Carolina Supreme Court rules that the March 13 1895 act to regulate assignments and conveyances does not invalidate mortgages given to secure business obligations. The Durham case Farthing v Carrington examined whether the act applies to such mortgages and the court, led by Chief Justice Faircloth, discusses the submission process and public interest, with dissents from Judge Avery.
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