Fisk's Advice to Texas and Other Southern States
An article by A C Fisk urges Texas and the South to diversify crops, argue silver restoration as key to cotton prices, and warnings about gold standard manipulation. It links cotton and wheat prices to silver coinage, outlines national losses, and champions sugar bounty improvements for Southern farmers, with extended calculations on potential beet sugar industry benefits. It criticizes demonetization and urges political action based on silver restoration to revive farm prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Belt
New Yorker
Farmers’ Review
Jast
South
Denver
Col
John E. Hollingsworth
Austin
Tex
Texas
Old World
America
United States
Europe
John Sherman
Congress
A. J. Warner
London
Bank of England
New York
India
Liverpool
China
Gold Trust
England
France
Germany
East
A. C. Fisk
Halifax County Alliance Meeting 1893 Officers Elected
Halifax County Alliance met July 13 1893 in Halifax and elected officers for the coming year. Three Sub Alliances attended after two quarters absent. Resolutions urged Congress to keep the Sherman Act with free silver. A rally at Aulander August 3 1893 was planned with Thomas E Watson and Harry Skinner among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Borror
Halifax County Alliance
Halifax
Congress
Bertie County Alliance
Democratic Press Divided Over Cleveland Message
Editorials from Democratic papers nationwide react to President Cleveland's annual message urging repeal of the Sherman act and a return to silver policy. Reactions vary from support for immediate repeal to criticism of the approach, with discussions on gold monometalism, tariff reform, and party alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Reform Press Association
Kera
J. DL. Ramsey
N Butler
Farmer
Baeleh
Hickory
N. C
Whitakers
N.C. Goldsboro
N. C. Hertford
N.C
Beaver Dam
Charlotte
Vesteat
Ocala
Cleveland
Wilmington Messenger
John Sherman
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate
Congress
Atlanta Constitution
Patriot Vance and the gold bugs in Congress
A reader lauds Hon. Z B Vance as honest and patriotic while attacking gold bug influence in Congress. The letter cites Vance’s stance against Wall Street and brims with distrust of bankers, predicting a confrontation on August 7, 1893, and opposing wealth producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Borror
Senator Vance
Congress
Hon. B. Vance
J. P. Caldwell
Democratic Party
Brimstone
Wall Street
Brimstone and
Brimstone lake-State
Judas
Benedict Arnold
White House
Honoring L L Polk Plea by Mrs Marion Todd
Mrs Marion Todd of Michigan issues a call to all honest men and women to honor L L Polk by following his example and carrying forward his burden toward emancipation. She criticizes the rich, the poor, the pulpiteers, and newspapers while urging action for the welfare of the human race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Todd
Michigan
L. L. Polk
S@m
Francisco Fairplay
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National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
H. L. Loucks
Huron
Ith Dakota
Jee
Marion Butler
Goldso
Rotary
D. P. Dun_ Columbia
L. Loucks
Judiciary
Southworth
Colo
W. Beck
Alabama
Davie
Kentucky
Saolina
Alli“Soe
Esident
J. M. Mewborne
Kinston
Ice
Bridges
Cuba
Ite
W. H. Worth
W. “Yaham
Machpelah
Va Committee OF the
North Sa Partners’ State Alliance
Arion Butler
Goldsboro, N. C
J. At . Hoks
A. F. Hileman
Cord, N.C
Alliance Judiciary Committee
M. Cuibreth
Whiteville
N Brady
Gatesville
Johnham
Ridgeway, N. C
Exchange
North Carolina
Wall
Fisk
Southern
Bertie County
Windsor
Alliance
Progressive Farmer
A. J. Coss
Sec’y
Halifax County Meeting
Tar Progressive Farmer
Atlanta Journal
New Orleans
Richmond Times
New York Times
Chicago Daily News
Raleigh News and Observer
Louisville
Times
Charlotte Observer
Chicago
Z. B. Vance
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