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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1897
Page
8
J B Smi writes that postwar North Carolina lacks a legislative system equal to the era, urging Southern readers to shape education locally amid race tensions and tax fears. He warns against coercive reforms and argues for balanced, intelligent schooling respecting regional needs and social order.
The Guilford County Alliance met with Oceola SubAlliance but failed for lack of quorum as officers did not arrive. Snow covered the ground and about 20 members attended including five ladies. After a long wait, a luncheon followed with speeches by Brothers Fields and Boone, ending with hope for a future meeting.
A Concordia Kansas letter from J. H. Poy extols Governor Russell after reading his inaugural address. The writer lauds Russell’s ancestry and brags of family prominence in Onslow and Brunswick counties, argues about railroad leasing and currency policy, and urges government ownership of key utilities while critiquing political flip flops.
The Mecklenburg County Alliance held a meeting in Charlotte on January 23 with President N. Gibbon presiding. Delegates debated establishing county agents for Alliance guano, weigh-in rules for cotton, and plans to start a Hillsboro shoe factory, urging broader manufacturing and investment in the state.
An editorial argues North Carolina should boost home industries to balance trade, increase money in circulation, and cut reliance on Northern goods. It urges improving farming, trucking, fruit culture, and fisheries, plus developing manufacturing to create local production and reduce external purchases.
Joan W. Woopy argues that increasing foreign sales and boosting home production both raise money in circulation. She notes England’s shift to manufactur ing under Edward III and Philippa, with Flemish workers helping England become a leading industrial power, and urges North Carolina to encourage local industries for financial improvement.
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