Bankers on the Defensive in National Currency Clash
J. R. Sovereign attacks national bankers over a proposed boycott of their notes, recounting Treasury and bank arguments, urging a nationwide boycott to extinguish the national banking system. He links banks to debt, calls for organizing reform forces to fight for honest dollars and end bank control.
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Lyman J. Gage
Journal
United States Treasury
Chicago
Corporation
J. J. P. Odell
Union National Bank
First National Bank of Chicago
John Mitchell
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
National Bank Nates
Sovereign
Lake Michigan
Charles L Hutchingon
Corn Exchange Bank
Old Guard
J. R Soverzien
Master Workman
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Washington, D. C
Nash County Farmers Alliance Elects Officers and Debates Role
The Nash County Farmers Alliance held its last regular meeting in Nashville on the 11th ultimo. W A Moore was elected President and elected officers include M N Bissett as VP C H Baines as Secretary and Treasurer Rev L A Lloyd as Lecturer N Collins as Steward Rev Thomas H Matthews as Chaplain 8 B Sykes as Door keeper M W Collins as Assistant Door keeper G M D Langley as Sergeant at Arms and W B Carter P A May and Gideon Coggin as Executive Committee Moore was named State Alliance delegate. The group adjourned after installing officers and plans a future meeting at Elm Grove Baptist church. The author compares current meetings with past settings, noting political shifts and affirming the Alliance’s continued presence.
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Nash County Farmers Alliance
Nashville
W. A.moore
M. N. Bissett
C. H Baines
L A. Lloyd
N. Collins
Thomas H. Matthews
Alliance
C. H. Bainss
Dream of the Press and Reform Pointers on Money
A compilation of reform pamphlet excerpts mocks gold standard proponents and traces public debate over currency, wages, and economic policy. It cites voices from various papers urging action, criticizing Rockefeller, tariff, and mortgage foreclosures while advocating labor interests and state alliance meetings.
Progressives Advocate Sub Treasury and Beet Thinnings
A letter from J.S DeBreriz in the Progressive Farmer urges Alliance support for a Sub-Treasury system and government price setting for produce. The piece notes beet thinning as valuable feed for sows and pigs, detailing stages from early greens to tender mid growth and benefits for feeding pigs.
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Alliance
Sub-Treasury
Liverpool
J.S DeBreriz
To Be or Not to Be in Progressive Farmer Tone
A political appeal urges readers to resist strikes and oppression, urging four more years of prosperity and justice under belief that God is with the righteous. The writer urges unity, boldness, and continued fight for right, echoing Shakespearean phrasing. The piece promotes perseverance and spreading truth as taught in the Progressive.
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State Alliance
North Carolina
H. M
Demand agenda for a people-centered monetary reform and reforms
Demands call for a national currency issued by the people, free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1, increased per capita circulating money, a graduated income tax, limited government revenue, postal savings banks, land reform reclaiming alien and corporate holdings, government control of railroads and telegraphs, and direct election of United States Senators by district voting. The platform emphasizes government ownership of essential services and preventing monopolies.
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Sa le
United States
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