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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1892
Page
2
The text urges readers to publish their real name and postoffice in correspondence and to sign plainly. It asks to mention seeing ads in The Progressive Farmer and notes the label date indicates when the time is out.
The Executive Committee of the State Alliance meets in this city today. The piece rails at party divisions, mocks Mills, and notes hopes for Alliance growth and membership. It mentions the Nashville Toiler, the St Louis Conference, Train wrecker Boyd, and quotes Russell Sage Jr. It invites public input on a key Alliance reform and acknowledges the Society of Loyal Volunteers.
A column voices views on pension law flaws and high attorney fees in war pensions, noting fees total 2 769 200 yearly and pensions 47 516 400. It criticizes lawmakers’ trips and private business absences, urging public diary of statesmen and reform while defending free speech within publication limits.
The piece notes wide backing for free coinage of silver among farmers, mechanics, business and professional men, and many newspapers, while the finance committee and party leaders oppose it. It accuses Wall Street of financing the opposition and questions when the public will stop being hoodwinked.
An article recounts Madame Rumor claiming railroads and political bosses forged a State slate for governor and allied offices. It alleges plans to drop a leading Alliance treasurer candidate before the State Convention, risking division. The piece urges vigilance and warns Allies to watch for manipulative tactics.
A joint committee of merchants and farmers in this city last Monday urged cutting cotton acreage by at least 20 percent and raising farm supplies. They warned against overproduction, urged self-reliance, and urged Alliance members to spread the reform, warning of hostile money-power plans and urging vigilance as a great political struggle unfolds.
The text notes a shift in base change by Alliance enemies and a press campaign. It claims initial indifference, then alarm, ridiculing opponents, attacking officers, and diverting attention from debts and taxes by stoking partisan prejudice and scare tactics. It implies a broader tragedy behind the theater of political maneuvering.
The Louisiana Lottery, once taking in about $20,000,000 annually, faces closure as Congress blocks mail and express delivery. A U S Supreme Court decision upheld the postal act, delivering a fatal blow to the lottery. The era ends, and citizens are urged to be thankful.
Charles Hadden Spurgeon world renowned preacher died at age 58. Born into a family of ministers he preached first at sixteen and by nineteen led a London tabernacle drawing thousands weekly. His sermons were translated into many languages and his life honored worldwide.
A spirited call asserts reform underway in Congress as Senator Hoar accuses Senator Morse of staged applause in a Massachusetts speech. Morse defends indirectly, and the writer proclaims the world is growing better while urging vigilance against a relapse.
The Richmond Dispatch defends the country’s condition but argues readers with cash may see only favorable pictures. It supports free coinage and popular Senate elections yet opposes graded income tax and the Sub-Treasury plan, inviting reasons for these objections.
An exchange with a rural editor features Zeke Bilkins venting about his quarrelsome wife Betsy who urges independence and voting for reform. He contemplates retreating behind her counsel and hints at political disillusionment while a wider talk argues the rich fund both parties and labor remains broadly exploited. A final note on surplus and underconsumption closes the piece.
Col Ignatius Donnelly condemns U S papers as a colossal exhibit of mendacity after reading a batch of alleged plutocratic lies about the Alliance. He says the lies paralyze virtue and threaten civilization, calling the press a new terrible force unknown to antiquity.
Twenty five years ago per capita money in circulation stood at fifty dollars. Now it seems only five or six dollars remain. Trying to do the work of ten men with little pay leads to neglect of many tasks. A few hold most of the money while the rest face deprivation. Raising prices yields little return, and the cycle hurts all. If money circulates more, more people will earn a living and have a chance.
A fragment argues that only a small U S population produces crops so farmers deserve better prices for their labor. It presents the claim that limited production should prevent surplus, asserting this as a primary reason to secure fair farm prices.
The Chicago Inter Ocean argues that farmers are not receiving fair wheat prices amid abundant crops and a large European shortage. It accuses foreign buyers and a grain ring of depressing prices in the U S while consumers benefit, urging voters to challenge national lawmakers over grain and tobacco combinations and the American Tobacco Company.
The Danville Sentinel questions two forms of paternalism. It contrasts a government running its own utilities and money with one that borrows from a few rich children and taxes the population to repay. The piece asks which kind plain common sense should prefer.
A Georgia reader recounts a nine county trip and a Atlanta piece quoting a harsh critique of extremes in American life. He cites widespread sales of corn fodder hogs and lands as distress signals. He argues lawmakers and partisans share fault and urges principle over party as a remedy. Is the reader traveling to St Louis?
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