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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1895
Page
2
The speaker stands behind a curtain facing dark waters and a river. They reflect on a country where a man governs and appeals to the people as a fading sunset backdrop sets a somber mood.
Editorial notes discuss nominees for Ohio governor on the Populist ticket and Democratic hush on silver. Nods to Atlantic Hotel price cuts, Chicago financial debate, a planned Dallas arena for a Corbett Fitzsimmons bout, and Mars God discoveries. Encouragements for State Alliance picnic at Cary, August 15, with speakers likely. Critique of Wall Street and pressure on Georgia to align coinage policy.
The article cites the U S Supreme Court ruling that telegraphs fall under federal power to establish the post, noting evolution from horse to telegraph. It adds a Japan cholera update: seventeen cities infected and 4376 deaths recently recorded.
The Atlanta Journal asserts Southern Democrats favoring free silver may join the Populists. It argues the national Democratic convention will declare for sound money, while Populists will push free coinage as in 1892. The piece warns silver Democrats that the Democratic party won’t act for silver.
A daily ballot by the New York Mercury shows 9 830 votes for free silver to 519 against by last Saturday night, with 2 500 yes from New York and 129 no, echoing Chicago and Wilmington Star figures on regional sentiment.
A News and Observer piece discusses Judge Ewart fining and imprisoning editor Robinson for contempt of court. It defends judges’ motives, urges restraint from partisan attacks, and argues editors should publish facts and valid criticisms without assuming bad motives.
A Chicago firm funds Prof Garner to study monkey talk in Africa. The professor believes monkeys communicate as humans. The piece playfully links this to political process with a jab at election registrars and judges.
Harvey argues banks should remain pure deposit and discount institutions rather than currency issuers. He asserts confidence alone cannot replace money and warns against removing money from the banking system. He cites 1878 legislation increasing exchange value of property as support.
A heated editorial argues whites have stolen America from Native peoples and accuses government agents and financiers of oppression. It extols the Indian as a noble figure, denounces greed, and urges readers to resist financial control with the motto be free or die.
A thoughtful Arena paper by Hon. Walter Clark argues America lags behind progressive reforms. It contrasts UK and European practices such as initiative referendum rail and telegraph state control with American corporate greed.
A New York Herald report notes 447 700 tickets sold for day trips from New York by rail and steamship. Clerks, professionals, and workers fled to Coney Island, the Hudson, and country homesteads, as managers guarantee smooth departures via piers and four track railways.
The St Louis Republic lauds Mexico’s 10 to 15 year push in public works noting 8000 miles of rail, improved Veracruz Tampico navigation, and a drainage canal to connect Mexico City with distant mountains. The piece cites Eads’ officers aiding harbors and promises canal completion next year amid overall modernization.
The article argues a semi-government canal project from Tampico to Tuxpam via the Panuco River lagoon will boost Mexico’s economy. It highlights growing rail dividends, reduced postage rates, and the need for treasury notes to supplement silver as the country modernizes and expands trade.
The piece argues Charlotte is beset by thieves and is a goldbug town with many leading citizens supporting silver opposition. It cites burglaries, a $95,000 theft by Holland, and alleged bias by the Charlotte News and local officials. It notes a bond dispute and questions justice for a convict sent to Albany.
Report lists J. H. Armandy, a First National Bank figure in Kansas, arrested for counterfeit money. King B. Anderson, later in Kansas City, is suspected of suicide. Union Bank of Denver closed after bond losses. creditors attach Blesland-Parcels-Jordan in St. Louis for about 89 000. Geo A Raney of Boydton Va, and Geo A Yost of New York tied to sound money schemes. Dime Savings bank thief John W Walden fled with 20 000 sound dollars. Last year bank embezzlements totaled 1 395 000. West Asheville Improvement Co faces receiver. Jacksonville Fla treasurer Robert 26t accused of misappropriating 10 707 sound dollars. Standard Wagon Co and Davis Co suffer big sound-dollar losses in Cincinnati.
The railroad workforce on June 30, 1894 numbered 779 6084, down 10.76 percent from 1893 due to reduced traffic and cost cutting. Trackmen and laborers show the largest declines, with administration and maintenance also shrinking. A new table compares average daily pay in 1802, 1883, and 15% for various classes.
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