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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1897
Page
2
The writer opines on forthcoming prosperity driven by farmers factories and stores while lampooning politicians. He cites Populist leader F G Blood and accuses bribery charges around Pritchard. mocks naval ship maintenance costs and recent ship accidents, and notes Cuba’s fight for freedom while criticizing leaders like Ki Gudger.
A North Carolina pamphlet accuses railroads of governing the state through paid officials and free passes. It denounces nonresident ownership, high fares, and manipulated legislatures, urging passage of laws banning free passes and exposing legislators who accept them. The piece cites a failed Ray bill and cites a Kansas anecdote about hiding cash.
The Manufacturers' Record of Baltimore supports a change in cotton baling but warns The Progressive Farmer against alarm. It argues trusts claim to improve humanity, while critics say the cotton trust aims to rob farmers ginners and the public. It favors legitimate invention and sale of better baling machinery.
The Senate on February 11 approved the anti free passes to public officials bill on a 21 to 19 vote. Support came from many P party members led by Alexander and Clark with Shoal, Parker of Randolph, and Wakefield among backers. Opponents included Anthony and Ray with several R party members voicing concerns. A substitute proposal by Mr. Ray was offered during the session.
The article argues Americans did not repudiate silver last fall claiming McKinley won by money and force. It notes Bryan lost by about 700 000 votes and asserts the public will reject silver policy if the new administration does not ease business conditions. It stresses that Bryan’s defeat is not repudiation and warns of potential repudiation if economic relief fails.
Mr Crumplers bill to revise the public school laws creates the State Board of Education etc. It provides a course of study, a reading program for teachers, life certificates, county and district boards, and compensation limits. It warns that such bills can undo work of the last legislature.
An assortment of quotes from newspapers including the Atlanta Constitution Nashville Banner Springfield Republican Atlanta Journal Courier and Philadelphia Record criticize crime policy media sensationalism and the role of press in society. They call for plain laws against crime and wary coverage of public figures describing media as sensational and hypocritical.
A report on the temporary receivers for the Enrolling Clerk's office, Swinson's resistance to hiring more clerks, and the ensuing political clash. Swinson discharged by the House, then rehired or contested. a struggle framed as goldbug prosperity versus economy.
There is no better bill before this legislature, or one more in the public interest, than Hauser's bill providing for election of Railroad Commissioners by the people. The commission was set to curb corporate rates and extortion and should be elected by the people, not chosen by a legislature open to corporate manipulation.
The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station reports in Bulletin No. 137 on the Champion Chemical Process Company with $50,000 capital and offices in Dunn Fayetteville and Thomasville. It sold memberships at $400 claiming access to certain chemicals and compost formulas, resold chemicals at another $400 with minimal fertilizing value, omits phosphoric acid, guarantees perfect satisfaction, and asserts crops will match results of commercial fertilizer.
A humorous column features a self styled mathematician venting over arithmetic tricks used by lawmakers. He mocks budget figures as deceptive, notes $50 per day costs vs $60, and laments inflation, urging readers to beware price tricks and to live prudently in a mock frontier voice.
A compilation of editorial quotes from diverse papers attacking politics, wealth power, and labor conditions. Warns of Wall Street influence and post office battles, while noting executions and lynchings and social critiques of reform and prosperity rhetoric.
Our Home Marshville notes Mr Pritchard forms a new Populist faction called the pie-oneer Populist party led by Skinner. With 20 to 30 members it is said to be the smallest party, allegedly nourished by Republicans, and uncertain how long it will endure beyond this legislative session.
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