Mecklenburg County Alliance Meeting Report in 1894
Richard Razor recounts a Mecklenburg County Alliance gathering in January 1894. Attendees from Back Creek Alliance, Cabarrus and surrounding areas discussed policy, material provisions, and progress, with a long meal and a formal session noting resolutions and future meetings. The piece also critiques a banking swindle involving promissory notes and comments on public attitudes toward bankers and currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Razor
Mecklenburg
Roaps
N. C
Borror
Mecklenburg County Alliance
Alliance
Back Creek Alliance
J. K. Rankin
J. P. Sossaman
Progressive Farmer
Back Creek
Cabarrus
J. M. Dowd
Elliott
McDowell Creek Alliance
Huntersville
Promise to Pay Borrowing Sketch in Western Rural
A friend sought a $50 loan at a national bank and the cashier provided a blank promissory note. The borrower filled in the amount and term, then prepared to sign. The note stated a promise to pay fifty dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Bank
Illinois
National Banka L B. Howry
Western Rural
Editor’s Calamity Why Depression Stays With Us
The Wilmington Star notes a sweeping national depression with three million idle workers and a fragile economy. It blames policy failures that favor elites and prize military spending, arguing widespread hardship stems from blundering governance and neglect of the masses. The piece echoes a warning from a past statesman that “we told you so.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wilmington Star
the 3d
Ani
Europe
Dream of the Press collage of reform papers and political quips
A long montage of reform paper excerpts and political quips attacks on Democrats and gold bugs. It includes satirical lines about Congress, the press, and economic policy, with brief dreamlike anecdotes and a closing note from the Charlotte News Dream sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Mercury
John Sherman
Democratic Party
Dick Mason Dream Alarmed Police Friends
The early morning death of Chief Dick Mason spurred talk of a dream he reported the night before. He told companions he dreamed that he and two others took a long measure that hinted at ominous events to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
McCreight
Garrison
Charlotte News
Dick Mason
Warnin
Mr. Mason
John McCreight
Ecd
J. M. Garrison
Duplin County Farmers Alliance Opposes Bonds
On January 11, 1894, the Duplin County Farmers Alliance resolves to thank Senator Vance and Representative Grady for supporting silver and to oppose the national treasury plan to issue 200 million dollars in bonds. They urge Senators and Representatives to oppose the bond issue and send copies to key officials, including C. S. Carr, secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duplin County Farmers’ Alliance
B. Vance
B. F. Grady
Congress
Wuergas
National Treasury
Lved
Duplin County
and Vance
B. F. Gredy
Sarmer
Carr
What the Nations Owe Debts and a Plan for Payment
A New York banking firm compiles an approximate ledger of world debts. It lists Britain Ireland France Prussia Spain Italy Austria Hungary and Russia with per capita figures and sinking fund deductions. It proposes issuing 2 billion in bonds at four percent to pay railway indebtedness and cover government costs, funded by a modest 1 percent per ton per mile freight tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Great Britain
Ireland
France
Prussia
Spain
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Russia
United States
Kansas Farmer
Letter From Davidson and Round Hill Alliance Voices
A multi party letter from Gravel Hill Alliance No 691 and Round Hill Alliance members discusses growth, education, and politics. It praises Alliance principles rooted in the Bible, calls for broader public schools and academies, urges unity for a future election, and critiques Virginia political ethics and media. The writer urges moral leadership and citizen involvement in shaping education and national affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Universal Brotherhood of Man
Walser
Temple
Alorenaans
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mecklenburg County
Dream OF the Press
Tribune
Boston
Ignatious Donnelly
Arbor State
Carlisle
Patterson Labor Standard
Kansas Graphic
National Congress
Pacific Ocean
Fitzhugh Lee
Cleveland
Virginia
Grover
Jasper
Duplin County Meeting
Vance
Grady
Davidson
Solomon
God
Washington
Jeferson
D.R. Myers
Round Hill Alliance
Duewam
Epitor
J. R. Hutchings
Richmond Times
Martin
the Times
Senaté
Culiot Forge
Wicbrom
Petbet
Irginia
Maki Ieabould
Tito
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