The Business Agency Fund and Shoe Factory Debate
A long excerpt from the 1897 North Carolina Farmers State Alliance materials discusses the State Business Agency Fund, its management, and limits on use for a shoe factory. It covers trustee roles, overdraft protection, bonds posted, and resolutions affirming fund purposes while debating legal rights and fiscal risks of funding a factory venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Alliance
Toe Business Agency
Alliance
Asheville
Committee On Business Agency and Exchange
Wuere.s
State Business Agency
Morehead City
Executive Committee
North Carolina
Citizens National Bank of
Raleigh
Greensboro
North Carolina Farmers State Alliance
Cary
Highen
Lves
W. A. Geanam
Machpelah, N. C
National Bank Failures in Ocala Florida
A reader reflects on two Ocala banks failing after letters from a relative. One bank president, Walter Agnew, was imprisoned. the other died by suicide. He notes the banks’ bills remain backed by United States bonds held with the treasurer and questions currency value amid political strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricuianos
N. C
Ocala
Marion County
Florida
Walter Agnew
United States
Press quotes and political riffs on labor and economy
A collage of opinions from Star and Kansan Independent Era Stockton Mail Dublin Progress Los Angeles Picayune Nebraska Independent Modern Light and Farm Stock and Home. It critiques wage readjustment after McKinley, promotes anti monopoly views, and mocks wartime remedies and overproduction as explanations for farm prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Sugar and oil trust tale from a pupil joke
A teacher asks a pupil about the earth and he replies with a quip naming the sugar trust costes Seams beef trust and Standard Oil. Willie Smith plays with the Jones boys. His mother warns him they are bad, he says he is a good boy to play with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Trust
Costes
Beef Trust
Standard Oil Company
Coleman Review
Willie Smith
Jones
Willie
Philadelphia American
Mecklenburg plan for convict highway work proposed
The Charlotte News cites the Mecklenburg system in North Carolina as a model to solve New York and other states convict labor issues. It argues convict idleness wastes public funds and Highway construction could employ convicts or otherwise delay future need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Puzziei
Washington Post
North Carolina
Mecklenburg
Charlotte News
National Alliance Demands Adopted at Washington Feb 6 1896
The National Alliance statement demands government ownership of monopolies in public utilities, a national currency and postal savings banks, free coinage of silver and gold, protection against private monopolies, and government operation of railroads and communication systems to serve the people. It rejects private credit bonds and advocates equitable distribution of resources and revenues. The document emphasizes republican governance and eminent domain to secure public necessities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wuenrsas
United States
Sha
Direct election of U S Senators and referenda demand
A historical compilation calls for direct vote for United States Senators by the people, free from party bias, with district elections and initiative measures. Also notes farming advice on sowing rutabagas and turnips and a medical tip on curing headaches by backward walking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
R. A. Southworthh
Sec’y-Treas
L U
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Business Agency Fund
The
Free Coinage Journal
America
Congress
Merchants National Bank
Oster
McKinley
Stockton Mail
Star
Kansan
Dublin
Tex
Los Angeles Picayune
Butler
Senate
Oura
Nebraska
National Alliance
W. H
R.S. Tucker
Asinal
Selig
Raleigh, N. C
Haywood, Snow & Tucker
Truster
Alliance Headquarters
Billsboro
Alliance Tannery
Hillsboro
Bible Wi
Morocco Cove
D. H. Tuttle
Beaufort, N. C
Eee
Occoneechee Farm
Durham
American Jersey Cattle Club
Duree Jersey Swine Club
Esser Swine Club
Tabor
A. Att HN
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