Editorial Notes on Alliance and Reform Movements
The issue surveys Alliance activity from Union Ridge to Indianapolis and Raleigh. It notes political shifts, editorials, and figures like Senator Peffer and Mr. Watson, plus local notices of invitations, readings, farming economics, and warnings about a looming crash in North Carolina business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
D. St
N. W
Atlantic
F. St
Washington, D. C
Emma Juch
Raleigh
Ocala Demands
Alliance
Ocala
Fla
Anther
J. T. Abernathy
Snow Hill
Chicago
Kansas
J. F. Murrill
Hickory Press
Carolinian
Senate
Clinton
Wall Street
Supreme Council
Indianapolis
Sartoria
Nebraska
The
Option gambling illustrated by the cotton market
The article denounces option and futures trading as a national evil harming producers, especially in cotton and cereals. It cites cotton prices slipping to 7.9 cents for January options on November 12 and argues bears in New York control the market, undermining legitimate speculation and price signals across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livestock and Farm Journal
New York
Liverpool
Department
Globe-Democrat
New York Bears
West
Cotton Belt
Mississippi
Chicago
Sub Treasury
W S McAllister Interview Sparks Polk War Rumor
The North Carolina papers reprint an interview from the Washington Post that portrays President Polk urging vigorous war on C W Macune. Polk declares the piece a fabrication and says he has no contact with McAllister or any enemies of the Alliance amid a crowd eager to echo harmful chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
W. S. McAllister
Washington Post
Polk
C. W. Macune
Col. Polk
McAllister
Alliance
The Two Parties and Jeffersonian Legacy
A compilation of quotes from Andrew Jackson, O P Morton, Thomas Jefferson, Salmon P. Chase, Abraham Lincoln, and John C Calhoun on banks and the money power. The piece argues their views would align with today’s Alliance movement and urges timely action to curb financial influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
National Bank
United States
O. P. Morton
Thomas Jefferson
Salmon P. Chase
Abraham Lincoln
John C. Calhoun
Republic
Alliance Movement
Grand Crip Reform Show Mocking Reed and Crisp Tactics
A political satire lampoons Speaker Crisp and Speaker Reed, predicting partisan warfare in Congress. It mocks party loyalty, branding reform as tied to party interests, with a grand showlike panorama of battles, "bloody shirts" and committee maneuvers, led by prominent figures and the press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Speaker Crisp
Reed
Supreme Court of the
United States
Crisp
Congress
Reed McKinley
Grand Crisp Combination
GRAND _ CRISP COMBINATION COMPANY
Spartacius Crisp
Maine
Bill Lodge
Free Trade Mills
Lodge
Joe Brown
Gettysburg
Senate
House
Mynemapy
Peckery
E Ben Harr
Edmunds
Drivi
Meg Wee Gost
Pete Paunee
Our Financial System and Business Failures Tone
A dated financial analysis cites 1864 to 1891 failure counts, noting population growth from 37 million to 63 million and a sharp rise in failures. It argues for reforms urged by the Alliance and urges businessmen to adopt them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
The American Tobacco Company and North Carolina
An editorial condemns the American Tobacco Company as a major national monopoly seeking to fix land and selling prices. It notes Blackwell Company in Durham reportedly joined, but J S Carr, president, refused. The piece urges tobacco raisers to expose factories involved and asks for information for private business use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Tobacco Company
Blackwell Company
Durham
J. S. Carr
North Carolina
Resolution by State Alliance honors retiring officers in 1891
A fragment from Morehead North Carolina notes a published resolution of thanks by the State Alliance to retiring officers led by President Elias and Vice-President Hayes. The document, dated December 4, 1891, praises their faithful service to the Alliance and labor in its work, to be printed in reform press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Alliance
Morehead
Elias
A. H. Hayes
J. D. Allen
J. Vencii
Hunter
Reform Press of
North Carolina
Also Mentioned on This Page
Progressive FarMen
Weber
Progressive Farmer
N. G
N.C
N. C. Farmers’ State Alliance
WN. BR. P. A
Union Ridge
B. D. Barker
Apex Academy
Wilmington Star
Reform
Persimons
Iowa Tribune
J. B Weaver
Watson
Georgia
Harrison
Hall, McAllister & Co
Anti Sub-Treasury Ites
Memphis
Kinston Ree Press
Progress
People's Party
Western Union
Associated Press
Person County Courier
America
Lester C. Hubbard
Chas H. Kerr & Co
Salisbury
Messrs
H. & L. Wright
M S. Brown
David A. Wells
Harper's Weekly
Mills
Cleveland
David B. Hill
Tammany Hall
Thos. E. Watson
Minnesota
Sherman
Suthern
Orthern
Trey City
Fippy
Treasury
Rigs
W. J. Perry
Isia
Wenn
the American Tobacco Company
RostnDale, Bladen Co
W.H. Worth
N. C
L Dear Strand
Es Peery
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