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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1893
Page
2
An 1893 Raleigh Progressive Farmer request notes subscription terms and payment options, urging readers to write on one side for publication. It includes advertising mentions, a plea for intelligent correspondents, and quotes from politicians about government by the people.
The Hickory Mercury notes a defunct Alliance in Catawba county reorganizing with ten members and prospects for growth. It critiques the tariff issue, cites The Atlanta Constitution, and mocks politicians while urging reform and subscriber prompt payment.
Opinion piece arguing for free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, opposing repeal of the Sherman act and warning against compromise. It links silver prices to farmer welfare, notes silver mines also produce gold, and condemns partisan actions and recent crises. Mentions Jude Spier Whitaker, Iredell Superior Court, and recent disasters in Georgia, New York, and Chicago with fatalities.
The New York Herald is accused of serving plutocrats as it argues for Congress to fund aid for the unemployed. The piece favors free coinage to boost circulation, claims millions out of work across cities, and argues relief should come from monetary expansion rather than public works. It criticizes government charity and praises the repeal of the Sherman law, noting shifting loyalties among party leaders.
A Forsyth county Alliance man cites a nonpartisan ex-president as saying Butler’s presidency shows the Alliance cannot thrive. The piece questions why Democratic candidates now hesitate to propose remedies after twenty years of study, urging renewed reform efforts, subscriptions, and mobilization across towns and fields amid broader economic concerns and banker warned debt.
The Exchanges report bank conditions across New Orleans Memphis Mobile Galveston Raleigh Charleston Savannah with Mobile the sole city claiming sufficient funds to move crops. The Progressive Farmer denounces calamity howling and credits the Alliance and People’s party, attacks Cleveland as cowardly for wartime substitutions, and criticizes his lieutenants as idle in summer resorts while Congress considers repeal.
The piece cites The Arena urging currency expansion and opposition to English policy, warning of financial collapse and India and Australia as warnings. It notes Sheriff Jenkins of Chatham County visiting the office, praising Alliance ties, and references Pittsboro Record on local Populist officials elected by a 700 vote majority and a potential Western shift.
Notice to postmasters about delayed newspaper delivery. Subscribing offices are accused of destroying or refusing to deliver papers. If not stopped, reporters threaten involving Washington postal authorities and Albany penitentiary. Also remarks on Democrats Republicans Populists and a satirical remark about a blushing maid.
An Alliance picnic at Thomasville drew a huge crowd with floats wagons carts phaetons buggies and many attendees. Our reporter fell ill on air and could not complete last week's report, noting the exceptionally large turnout.
A long procession of mules and cattle and a large crowd at the Orphanage grounds heard Hon. N A Dunning speak for three hours on the currency issue. The event featured Pilgrim Band and a string band, with singing by orphans, and closed with a well received dinner. The Richmond Times backs Sherman repeal if debts are paid, while praising John Sherman as an able financier per the Charlotte Observer.
A historical excerpt compares government fiat to intrinsic value and bemoans reliance on national strength to defend sound money. The dialogue cites John C Calhoun and Grover Cleveland, framing concerns over monetary parity and printed value versus metals.
A Civic query echoes through readers as Grover Cleveland and opponents debate whether government decisions should rest with the people or be led by leaders. The reference to the McKinley tariff salutes the political debate ahead of the next campaign.
Opinion piece argues Congress cannot be bought by patronage and gold interests. It notes senators, both old guarding integrity and new populists, resist payoffs while Wall Street and England fear loss. Reports bank closings, mortgage strain, and hopes for quick currency measures amid political maneuvering.
An old political ditty predicts post adjournment cheer with lines about goldbugs silver and greenbacks, Quakers, and farmer hopes. The lyric imagines Grover Cleveland and tariff repeal as causes of joy, with fiddles and a festive mood after Congress ends.
A fragment from The Prosperity Howler lampoons party lines and figures. It mocks farmers calls for gold, notes editorials on Cleveland and Vance, and cites alliances urging free coinage at 16 to 1. It mentions the North Carolina and Virginia alliances and laments political inconsistencies.
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