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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1893
Page
2
Subscription details for The Progressive Farmer urge readers to send payments in advance and address correspondence to the editor. A Raleigh date and pleas for universal county correspondents accompany a quotation from L. L. Polk and a reminder to mention seeing ads locally. The notice emphasizes public ownership of government and asks readers to provide post office names and signatures.
The Arbuckle coffee mills in Brooklyn shut down, 800 workers lose jobs while the coffee trust suffers. Secretary Barnes asks for cash remittances in registered letters or money orders due to bank distrust. Belligerent rhetoric targets Grover Cleveland and tariff reform, criticizing the Sherman law repeal and urging patience. Davidson county advertises 665 tax sales as farms and lots face seizure. Wake county education official to screen applicants for A and M College on the 19th at the Raleigh courthouse. The Baltimore Sun and New York papers debate reforms, while a Wall Street presidency and Congress are blamed for financial weakness.
The piece presents Cleveland's extra session message, arguing it favors a gold standard and harms most Americans. It warns of endless panics, declining farm prices, and societal regression if silver is removed. It condemns internal revenue costs and tariff lineage, urging repeal of the bounty and criticizing press editorials.
United States law originally provided a sugar bounty of 2 cents per pound for beets sorghum cane or pure maple sap with 90 degree testing. The 1892 Commissioner’s report references the bounty system and its potential misuse under the 1890 act, outlining the framework for payments from non appropriated Treasury funds during 1891 to 1905.
The piece critiques the wealth concentrated in banks and corporations in the Northeast while noting bank failures, factory closures, and scarce small currency. It laments Sherman Act tensions and argues a few months of crisis could push Congress to repeal or ease money constraints, mentioning silver dollars as useful.
State Alliance members choose J. M. Mewborne of Lenoir as President and Col. J. S. Bridges of Catawba as Vice President. Reelected officers include W. S. Barnes Secretary Treasurer and W. H. Worth State Business Agent. Ex President Butler joins the Executive Committee after two terms. Delegates from seventy eight counties represented. next issue to publish President Butler’s address.
The Baltimore Sun editorial condemns sensationalism and dishonest journalism. It argues many proprietors care only for money and claim large newspapers are controlled by millionaires, influencing political abuses. It notes some papers remain enterprising and newsy though often sensationalism taints the field.
The State Alliance in session assembled resolves to thank the Editor and Business Manager of THE Progressive Farmer for their support and generous coverage of the Farmers' Alliance business. It urges brethren to subscribe and broaden circulation for the benefit of the Business Agency and the Order.
A summary of editorials from the Prosperity Howler mocking populist platformism and praising Congress and Col John Robinson. It notes wheat price rises, farm instruments, and improved trade in Eugletown amid a general tone of satirical support for the Democrats. The piece includes references to the Greensboro State Alliance and Farmer Institutes.
The Richmond Dispatch questions the purpose of a state platform amid debates on binding nature and duration. It argues platforms are contingent on circumstances and should reflect the national convention, asserting Virginia Democrats remain bound by the 1892 platform until a new convention. The piece cites authority of the national platform while acknowledging potential errors.
Figures from late 19th century reports reveal North Carolina paid 2 383 656.85 in internal taxes for year ending June 30 1892 and a total state tax of gy 365 707.38 to date. Sugar bounty paid 7 500 with a lender tied to a 7 000 000 loan. National bank notes in circulation show large retirements and dramatic net contraction. Gold stock and export losses are tracked, with six year totals and per-year averages. The piece also notes world coinage trends, mint production, and a lodge report from Johnston County.
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