Notarial affirmation of Progressive Farmer circulation
T J Bashford and J W Denmark testify before Notary Public W T Womble that Edwards & Broughton kept the press-work accounts for The Progressive Farmer accurately for three years. The oath, dated February 26 1891, confirms the statements are correct to the best belief of the principals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards & Broughton
Raleigh
N. C
Progressive Farmer
T. J. Bashford
W. T. Womble
J. W. Denmark
Editorial notes on politics and tariffs and Cleaveland
The piece denounces drunkenness claims about a funeral train to California and criticizes Senator Edmunds resignation. It attacks free silver opponents, cites McKinley tariff damages, and praises Alliance aims for financial reform. It condemns tariff burdens on the South and urges reader subscription payment.
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Vance
California
The Trusts and Their Far Reaching Power
Hyco Virginia April 1 1891 an essay discusses the rise of trusts and combinations in the United States led by Standard Oil formed in 1874. It argues that concentrated capital crushes competition and expands state power to regulate monopolies. The tobacco trust is highlighted as a threat prompting calls for tax measures and boycotts to curb trusts and protect public welfare.
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Thomas B. Reed
Maine
New York Times
Tom Reed
Hyco
Adam Smith
Malthus
Ricardo
John Stewart Mill
Standard Oil
Tobacco Trust
Daniel
Tom Blackwell
Buck Blackwell
Durham
Resolutions and rally reports from Sassafras Alliance
A failed national funeral show and cost concerns spark disapproval of a congressional tradition. The document urges a burial site near Washington for on duty dead members and criticizes lavish trains. Local reports include Epior’s tour of Hertford County and Menola Alliance meetings with strong Farmers' Alliance and Laborers' Union activity.
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Congress
Rost
J. Corn
C. C. Henain
Sect
Mr. Epior
Hertford County
Menola Alliance
Funess
Farmers’ Alliance
Laborers’ Union
Menola
S. R. Brown
County Alliance
Progressive Farmer
Brother Matthews
Bethlehem Alliance
Ahoskie
Chowan
Gatesville
Alliance
H. C. Williams
H. J. Reed
James Bond
J. J. Eggleston
Words of Warning From the Alliance In Civil Liberty Battle
A provocative 1892 call to members to defend the Alliance against perceived enemies. The speaker warns of spies and bribery, urges unity and vigilance, and frames the coming political struggle as a fight for homes and liberty against elites and moneyed interests.
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Wall Street
Kansas
Erban
St. Louis
Ocala
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Edmunds
Vermont
Senate of
United States
New York Herald
Herald
Gen. Greely
New York
McKinley
Cleveland
Tuer Progressive Farmer
North Carolina
Benjamin Harrison
Mr. Harrison
Democratic Party
Mr. Cleveland
South
Brother
THE
Popgun
Earth
Sassafras
Blair
L. Hofler
J. S. Felton
Gates
Simpson Hudgins
Wm. Cannon
Belvidere
Josiah Michaelson
Hertford
Alliance Hall
Perquimans County Alliance
Edenton
Egypt
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