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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1893
Page
2
A message urges writers to include post office details and signatures for letters to advertisers. The piece quotes L. L. Polk about government by and for the people, set against a sunset scene with shadows, track, valley, and river as a backdrop.
Editorial notes attack North Carolina politicians under Elias and Simmons Seaside Alliance in Pender county, mock tariff talk, and rail at prices post Sherman repeal. Observes Cincinnati and Richmond papers, urges frugality and local caution, mocks Edgecombe and A M College trustees, and notes robberies and banker worries with flippant remedies.
A newspaper critiques the presidents message outlining support for issuing bonds and tariffic reform. It argues the finance section lacks new detail, endorses gold standard positions, and questions Wilson bill claims. It notes critic's view of tariff changes favoring manufacturers and mentions health advisory aside about quinine and diet.
A cautionary notice warns of a deadly grip spreading from England to America with twenty deaths in one week at Kansastown. It urges immediate home treatment, including rye whiskey, lemonade, and quinine, and emphasizes prevention over cure while noting symptom variations such as body pains and a sharp headache.
The article urges farmers clubs alliances and similar groups to study a specific subject at meetings to boost knowledge quickly and fix it in memory. It cites agricultural chemistry as a successful example where members learned fertilizer value crop growth and balanced rations leading to better finances and wiser feeding decisions. It adds history geography or any valued topic can be used to foster interest through friendly rivalry. It recounts a Boston man who paid old debts over thirty years showing perseverance and religious integrity.
Georgia mortgage data reveal 1880 debts at 3.13 million and 1889 at 11.32 million, a 26.85 percent rise while population grew 19.14 percent. Ten years saw 74.16 million in indebtedness across 103,016 mortgages, split 56.50 percent on farms and 43.50 percent on town lots. By Jan 1, 1890 total debt stood at 27.40 million with 61.96 percent on farms and 38.04 percent on town lots. Georgia’s per capita debt remains among the lowest in the South at about 15 dollars, higher than Arkansas and South Carolina’s levels.
The football epidemic ended with Thanksgiving Day this season. Yale and Princeton met in New York with thousands watching and dollars at stake. Princeton won as students marched Broadway in celebration and later faced arrests for drunken excess and a racism incident. fines followed.
The quarterly meeting of the Executive Committee of the State Alliance will be held in this city on Thursday December 14. Discussion will focus on plans to push Alliance work, revive inactive alliances and organize new ones. The piece notes broad concern over employment, debts and national issues, criticizing Congress and urging focus on industrial freedom and prosperity.
R G Dun and Co report 386 business failures for the week ending December 9, up from 271 a year earlier and 62 higher than the prior week. The December 2 tally was 278, dominated by large liabilities, with two banks in North Carolina, Fayetteville and Lumberton, among the failures, indicating substantial defaults.
The Exchange urges action as unemployment climbs in Philadelphia Indianapolis Pittsburg Gogebic iron range and New Castle coal mines. It condemns wages cuts and food line suffering while calling on voters to study economic questions and reject old party men to change the country.
Detroit Mich elected a Populist mayor by a wide margin with Mr Pingree triumphing despite machine opposition. The speech before the election praised integrity and warned against blanket corporate declarations, defining trust battles as more nuanced than simple corporate labels.
A mayoral candidate declares he will fight powerful coal, oil, and sugar trusts, risking his life to defend free competition, saying thousands could freeze while prices rise. The bold statement, made in a large city, suggests public courage is rising as the speaker pledges ongoing protest and action.
The excerpt contrasts Carlisle's 1873 Congress speech opposing silver demonetization with a 1893 New York speech defending it. He argues gold alone should back international money, warns that abandoning silver would disrupt commerce, and asserts the world’s gold reserves would not compensate for a silver-free monetary system. He contends the move would cause widespread misery and economic disarray.
The Peninsula Farmer notes the Progressive Farmer from Raleigh brings reform doctrine to the table, praising its solid reform ideas and practical guidance for readers.
The Charlotte Observer on the sixth decries the country’s finance machinery as disorganized. It argues recent laws were temporary fixes and that unsettled foundations caused the panic and ensuing gloom. It criticizes tariff reform advocates for treating wrong problems.
A Boston Herald ad touts a "Boston Ejectment Company" offering tenants removal at reasonable rates, calling it a new industry born after Sherman repeal. The piece notes many unemployed in America’s manufacturing and literary hub, seeing such firms as signs of poverty rather than prosperity.
The item notes weekly alliance organizing in Pennsylvania and Maryland. It cites a Minnesota State Alliance event in Minneapolis on January 9 and a large rally at Conway, USC, with Congressman McLaurin delivering the speech. It observes rising alliance enthusiasm and political shifts, plus a remark on butter profitability.
Letter from W. J. Peele criticizes adopting British currency and Rothschild control, arguing it consolidates foreign capital and threatens U.S. sovereignty. The writer predicts political maneuvering by Wall Street, party splits, and calls for a Western Southern unity to advance free silver. He suggests severing ties with the Wall Street faction and urges debt reduction by 1893 year end.
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