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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1893
Page
4
A. S. Warner of the American Bimetallic League declares a conspiracy to erase silver and enforce a gold standard. He urges voters to reject candidates who oppose bimetallic coinage and to elect leaders who will restore the constitutional money standard with both metals and government issued paper money.
The Macon County Farmers' Alliance met with Cowe's Sub Alliance on October 12 1893. Delegates expressed strong resolve and unity despite small numbers, commending Senator Vance for his stance on silver. The group adjourned to meet Smith's Bridge Sub Alliance in January 1894.
The piece cites John Arnold Keyes and Senator Ingalls predicting Populist presidential success in 1896. It notes Cleveland opposing Utah, Arizona, New Mexico statehood for free silver reasons and mocks Chicago riots contrasted with aldermanic riots. Includes quotes from multiple papers.
The 13th annual report of the State Horticultural Society is a 68 page pamphlet packed with papers by Carolinians on topics like Historical Sketch of the Society Wine Grapes in Eastern North Carolina Grape and Peach Growing in the Thermal Belt Analysis of North Carolina Wines Profits of Truck Farming and more The society relies on membership fees for income and invites new members to obtain a copy by sending 25 cents to Secretary Prof Gerald McCarthy Raleigh NC.
The Richmond Star attributes broad economic distress to a supposed lack of confidence, arguing it stems from money-lenders and bank failures rather than workers. It discusses tariff finance, banking failures, and silver as debated by Southern senators, critiquing the Times and calling for accountability.
The article surveys international farming developments from Dorset Horn sheep in Scotland to New Zealand dairying and frozen mutton exports from Australia and New Zealand. It notes potato variety Giant Sans Pareille in France, Indian agricultural improvements, and droughts in Britain and India, plus veterinary and livestock export details and a political jab from Missouri World.
A compilation of quotes from reform and farmer papers arguing for silver coinage and anti-bank sentiment. It cites opinions from Farmers' Voice Farmers' Alliance Southern Mercury and Dakota Ruralist and notes attacks on Cleveland and Carlisle.
The Times reports some Southern banks have refused silver, a claim the writer disputes. He argues that few people are banked in the South and that bankers are broadly bi metalists, yet notes this does not determine the public's will or the nation’s stance on money.
Resolutions from Smith's Bridge Alliance No. 1851 endorse Zeb Vance for the fight for free coinage of silver. They pledge a majority of local people will support him and request publication. Signed by J. N. Brappy president and B. H. Camper secretary.
A fragmentary political narrative portrays a factional dispute over economic policy. Figures like William A Petter and Z B Vance clash over landing silver or gold fish to satisfy popular demands, with Sherman Cheney and Allen arguing for liberty and broad labor interests amid a gold bug critique. The text references Miss Laurie T Waits and Walter Q Gresham as contextual figures.
The Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union at Memphis on November 15 adopted demands for a government issued national currency with no banking corporation control, free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1, postal savings banks, land reform, government ownership of railroads and telegraphs, and income tax, aiming at direct payments to the people and cheaper public finance.
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