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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1894
Page
7
A Georgia correspondent discusses reform ideas and party dynamics, praising Democratic efforts while noting electoral hopes. The letter from Gatesville, Ga, reflects party tensions, calls for continued publication, and mentions support for figures like Watson, Irwin, and Peek.
The ad claims Pink Pills restore blood and health in cases of locomotor ataxia, neuralgia, rheumatism, and female weaknesses. It pledges radical cures for mental worry and overwork in men, markets pills at 50 cents a box or six for $2.50, and warns against imitations sold loose.
The Memphis convention of the Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union on November 15 adopted demands across finance land and transportation. It calls for a government issued currency with legal tender for all debts, free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1, and a per capita money supply of at least 50 dollars, plus an income tax and public ownership of railroads telegraphs and telephones.
W. H. Worris announces completion of arrangements to supply undertakers with all grades of hardware caskets cloth covered and metallic raised top and plain coffins burial robes for men women and children available in many counties through a small business operation in the coin.
The Executive Committee requires all orders bear the Alliance seal and be stamped. When distant from the Business Agent, keep stamped order sheets ready. First price current issued late January for the Brotherhood. Do not ship poultry without written market directions. Hold stock until late January or early February as markets peak then. Markets show overstock of walnuts and hickory nuts. For produce, request shipping directions to save freight and time.
The State Alliance Business Agency outlines shipping and packing rules for poultry and eggs. Members must ship via Norfolk and follow exact packaging, labeling, and customer guidelines to secure top prices, with emphasis on dressing, sizing, and timely shipments to Philadelphia Boston or New York via specified lines.
Poultry should be killed by bleeding in the neck and picked while warm. Do not scald or wet pick. draw skin over end and tie neatly. Pack cold not frozen, in No 1 and No 2 stock. avoid straw, line with paper, and pack 100 to 200 pounds per box with backs upward and legs straight.
Notice urges Alliance members to fill orders for eggs after January 1 1894 only if the Alliance seal is placed on them. It notes large Boston demand, crates to be shipped direct, and prices of 21 to 23 cents net in Boston. The message warns against beef shipments and cites a Boston merchant praising eggs replacing fresh eastern stock.
Instructions for crate packing of eggs with hay straw bran or paper filling to keep eggs stationary. Emphasizes two divisions per crate and firm packing on all sides to prevent movement and breakage during transit.
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