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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1895
Page
2
The text appears as a fragmented old advertisement request asking if the reader wants a paper change to a nearby office. It mentions informing advertisers they saw the ad in THs PROGRESSIVE FARMER and notes the date on a label indicates when time is out.
A reflective scene places Tam just behind a curtain as the sunset glows. Shadows loom on the track behind, while the dark river lies ahead, suggesting a mood of transition and ambiguity for a country and its people.
The column criticizes political dullness and frequent party realignments while urging financial reform and voter caution. It notes New York City’s ten thousand saloons as a target for temperance efforts, mocks prosperity forecasts, and comments on editors, currency demonetization debates, and quirky local anecdotes about officials and travel.
Ninth annual North Carolina State Alliance meeting will be held in Cary this week with new officers and committees to be elected. The note calls for active, working officials and warns against inaction. A shoe factory project is promised to save members money, and a grand picnic with dinner is planned for Thursday featuring orator J C Sibley of Pennsylvania and others.
A North Carolina jurist recalled a Washington tale of a middle aged man speaking to Congressman Stanley about funding a wire from Washington to Baltimore. He said Morse urged the project and warned not to be skeptical of new ideas as some seeming fools may hold ideas worth millions.
The article notes rising union strength among coal miners and other workers. It cites the New York tailors strike as a model, reports a Pittsburgh agreement boosting wages for about 100,000 miners across Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois, and argues organization, not voluntary generosity, sustains wage levels. It warns that a broader economic trend masks fragile prosperity.
The article examines rising rail capital as of June 30 1894. totals include 10 796 473 813 in capital with 62 951 per mile. It lists stock figures 4 834 075 659 common 730 491 493 preferred and funded debt 5 365 83 019, plus current liabilities 605 815 135. Dividends averaged 5.41 percent on paying stock while interest stood at 14.17 percent and noninterest issues totaled 764 300 000.
The Tulare County News calls the Alliance to renew work as the busy season ends. Sub-Alliances should reconvene, reorganize, and align with wealth producers to push reform for better industrial conditions. Farmers show awakening to their plight and seek remedies before ruin.
Nebraska farmer H T Chandler, now near the Federal cemetery, farms Gatling farm east of town and grows diverse crops. He raises potatoes, cabbage, beets, onions, beans, peas, melons, cucumbers, peanuts and experiments with sugar beet. He also breeds fine chickens and Poland China pigs, signaling potential sugar factories and industry growth in North Carolina.
The new Morganton asylum for the deaf and dumb keeps pupils separated from the blind in Raleigh. Prof. E. McK Goodwin leads a skilled staff at Morganton with a plan to admit up to 180 pupils this session, out of a 200 capacity. Board and tuition are free, clothing only borne by families.
The St Louis Republic argues the ongoing fall in prices for wheat and cotton reflects factors like new lands in cultivation rather than a deficient money supply. It notes that depreciation in horse value stems from the use of mechanical methods.
The speaker argues that falling prices worsen debt, deter enterprise, and that restoring free silver coinage would mitigate these harms. If silver money could have prevented the evils, it should be restored quickly to balance money with production and ease liquidity crises from excessive debt and scarce cash.
The Farmers' Voice warns that European money lenders hold global leverage with vast cash reserves. It argues US independence from European financial methods, condemning Rothschilds and similar creditors as exploitative. It urges replacing international finance with domestic exchange, even via chips as a medium.
A column defends fiat money arguing there is no intrinsic value in money and that government authority and legal decree define money. It cites Aristotle, Britannica, Henry Clay, John Stuart Mill, Ackerman, and Buckle to support the view that money is a legal construct rather than a material wealth form.
The South Carolina State apt holds a Columbia assembly on August 2 while Arkansas State Alliance plans a Little Rock gather on the 20th instant. A Cary Thuredg picnic is touted as a grand success and members are urged to bring dinner items. The Polk Alliance reports rapid growth in this city with new Raine members nearly each meeting and stock purchases nearing $100 at a shoe factory. Mecklenburg County Alliance membership has nearly doubled in three months with varying results in other counties. Dues and payments are discussed amid mixed reports of progress and decline.
The Southern Railway Company extends the limit and will sell tickets at a reduced rate to Cary for the great picnic on Thursday. Tickets are one and one third for the round trip at any station on its system for delegates of the gate Alliance. Other roads may follow, but none confirmed yet.
A dying whist player talks with a minister about life and salvation as he recalls joining the American Whist Players League. He requests one last three-hand deal with trump cards to aid his partner, then passes away as the clock strikes two, his remarks framed by card terminology.
Raleigh prepares for a new tobacco season with three large warehous es and a hopeful outlook. Mersrs Meadow Co of Swisburg and other licensed buyers will be on the market, first sales slated at Capitol Warehouse on the 24th and 23rd with strong farmer participation expected. The paper notes depreciated gold dollars and promotes Coin's Financial School.
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