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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1897
Page
2
The item discusses railroads offering special rates for the Hillsboro Farmers’ State Alliance meeting on August 10, notes on post office classification, and urges delegates to attend and work for the order. It mentions subscription renewals, appeals for new readers, and critiques rival views, with a long aside on political commentary and local news tone.
A call urges broad attendance at the State Alliance meeting in Hillsboro on August 10. Emphasis on strong farmer representation, proper turnout despite sickness, and reviving the alliance to influence state politics, education, and curbing trusts. Encourages delegates, alternates, and nondelegates to attend, with reduced railroad and living costs.
A News and Observer reporter quotes a prominent lawyer saying fraud in the railroad lease inquiry will be proven without showing bribery or moral turpitude. He argues the directors knew better bids would arise and that the Southern bid was private and secretly agreed, suggesting the lease may be ultra vires and taxpayers’ property at stake. The piece also notes a separate Raleigh case involving a Henderson county trial for a blackmail suspect and veers into speculation about Charlie Ross and Alaska goldfields as public diversions.
The Treasury Secretary orders vast small denomination bills printed to move the crops. Demand for this money is rising earlier than usual this year. Critics note Mr. Gage lags in releasing financial measures, but the show is expected to draw crowds in every town.
In a National Bimetallist piece, critics debate the Dingley tariff and its promise to raise prices and bring prosperity. They question how higher prices can exist without more money in circulation and how increased employment aligns with claims of overproduction and improving prosperity.
A humorous piece mocks sensational journalism by claiming scientists found editors are ordinary mortals who eat and wear clothes. It notes editors eat when they can, once used a knife and fork, and asks subscribers for fifty cent dollars. Also warnings about fruit bleaching fumes making dried fruit poisonous.
A letter claims great universities fall under monopolists and money changers. It cites Brown University president Andrews resigning over free silver as proof and warns classrooms will spread supposed fallacies to lesser schools, urging citizens to defend education and keep the fountain pure.
The editorial urges support for the North Carolina school tax before the election, arguing longer, better schools benefit all and local taxation is the path to them. It defends hearing opposing views and emphasizes education as paramount to state policy, urging every man to help lengthen the school term. It then notes a Raleigh-Wilmington Messenger item on land and horse valuations, with county figures and quotes from a Chat ham Citizen correspondent, ending with a mention of Chatham land.
A tract near Pittsboro sold for 166 dollars in a mixed payment, tax value listed at 375 dollars. If Col Olds knows buyers at four dollars an acre, he can locate lots. Readers share farm notes, including a 7 pound beet, calls for shoe factory, and business advice. Raleigh items cover typhoid, Sunday trading crusades, land tax exemptions, and a Klondike ask. An Atlanta Constitution quip lampoons a Georgia elder's McKinley letter about groceries and rent.
The piece declares an initiative program claiming to simplify laws and government, curb violence and monopoly, widen rights, and secure equal justice. It contrasts with mining depth data and engineering feats, noting shafts in Lake Superior, European mines, and British depths, plus steel cables hoisting six tons at high speeds.
The Chatham Citizen argues Gov Russell Judge Clark and Josephus Daniels faced critics and railroads opposing reforms. It claims state papers attack the effort to empower the railroad commission and claims railroads deny excess charges, urging equal rights with no special privileges, while warning that critics fear credible arguments. The piece contends railroads profit from farmers and laborers and questions whether NC should mirror other states.
The excerpt argues that roads and railways should be government owned and funded by the nation with no private dividends. It asserts prices should be set by public officers and costs defrayed by the nation, condemns profit for travelers and goods, and notes existing commission-like rates for North Carolina travel in 1897 with regional ticket details.
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