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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1892
Page
2
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Cowley county Kansas has 42 alliances in good condition. President Butler stayed Friday night and Saturday morning in the city. Thanks to the Secretary of the New Berne Fish and Oyster Fair for a complimentary ticket, fair opens on the 22nd. Col. King of the Atlanta Journal and Col. Gilliam visited Raleigh this week. King was toting a new watch. The Sixth Congressional district district alliance meets in Charlotte today. John Wannamaker’s weather report is praised as suitable for children. The Atlanta Journal’s 1892 almanac is noted. Dr. D Reid Parker of Trinity College attended meetings in Wake and Vance counties and organized lecture bureaus. Youth’s Companion calendar received. circulation 500,000. Washington statesmen seek monuments rather than timely financial legislation. Southern state agriculture commissioners met in Memphis urging 20 percent cotton acreage reduction. salary cuts suggested. Salisbury Watchman adopted as Mecklenburg Alliance organ with Charlotte office for county news.
A report claims three hundred wealthy citizens planned a 1 million dollar fund near the Haymarket riot to bribe Chicago police to hunt anarchists. The piece argues such money corrupts duty and calls for equal opportunity, lamenting reliance on Pinkerton detectives and a standing army. It contrasts democracy with monarchies and warns civilization’s freedoms are at risk.
Mr J F Newell will head the Charlotte office and Mr J P Sossamon becomes travelling correspondent and solicitor. The reform press is advancing as Kansas papers stay quiet for weeks. North Carolina dop papers are subdued while people grow more assertive, signaling change.
The Alliance pledges unwavering adherence to its platform across sub county state and national meetings. Members who compromise or drift from core demands especially the Sub Treasury plan will face censure. The group vows to back only candidates aligned with their cause and warns against aiding politically tainted figures. Brethren should scrutinize partisan press and resist demagoguery.
Mr. B J Upchurch of four miles from Raleigh won the State Fair premium for upland corn yield with 60 barrels on five acres. The Upchurch brothers run a dairy and cotton farm, claim solid but modest profits, and challenge the notion that farming pays poorly for diligent workers. They raise corn, wheat, oats, clover, grass, cattle, and hogs, selling surplus, except wheat, while maintaining Jerseys and a sizable meat stock. They market their own supplies and rely on plain, practical farming.
A heated editorial attacks party partisanship, calls McLean a mouthpiece of monopoly, and argues big bosses profit while farmers are drained by capital and laws. It notes railroads, factories, and urban luxury threaten the country and welcomes debate, though some writers deserve scorn.
Letters to the Chronicle weigh causes of farm depression. Some blame supply buying and whiskey, others railroads or extravagance, but the writer argues the root is rapid wealth for many and growing poverty for many more. The piece notes farmers helped build cities and railways, and questions millionaire creation versus widespread poverty.
The Alliance of Nebraska held its State meeting adopting a unanimous resolution directing State delegates to vote at the Chicago National meeting on the 27th to pursue a permanent union with the Order. The piece notes agitation over reform papers and political lines, with references to the Billion Dollar Congress and historic figures.
Strong efforts are made to draw attention from the National Banking system with bills to repeal the tax on State banks. The piece warns that such bills may be a temporary distraction and likely end in a bubble, urging that the National banking law must be repealed.
The New York Herald notes Governor McKinley begins his Ohio administration under favorable circumstances. Republicans celebrated the inauguration. Democrats call him honest. He says Ohio will not tolerate unnecessary taxes and anticipates the McKinley bill’s demise as taxation reform.
The People's Paper in Missouri records the Journal of Agriculture opposing the Sub Treasury plan, arguing it would not bring relief and could derail other farmer demands. It questions the law's enactment and urges focusing on viable features. The note ends urging subscribers to send due payments as crops are gathered and sold.
The record notes a unanimous resolution by state presidents to press for fraternal ties with labor groups in the Ocala platform while avoiding party affiliation. It also transcribes a memorial from the National Farmers Alliance urging immediate federal monetary reform, direct money issuance, and expanded silver coinage to relieve industry, with criticism of the current banking system and calls to influence party platforms in 1892.
A rustic dialogue reports troubling farm finances, mill profits, and pricing for cotton. It jokes about political factions and a so called third party with horned imagery while noting mill profits at the expense of farmers and a looming financial crisis for the agricultural sector.
The Hartford Examiner lauds President Polk of the National Alliance calling his address noble and insightful. It urges reading between the lines to gauge the industrial movement and expresses support for Polk as a leader surpassing plutocratic rivals.
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