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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1893
Page
2
The request advises readers to state the posting office for paper changes and sign their names when writing to advertisers. It also includes a quotation about government by the people and a memorial line attributed to L. L. Polk on July 4, 1890.
A Southern editorial column critiques goldbugs, tariff reform, and Wall Street influence amid calls for reform and relief. It covers political opinion, education offers, newspaper rivalries, and comments on legislators, bankers, and public figures, with satirical notes on managing money and power.
A concise explainer notes the historical silver demonetization, the 1873 act, and 1890 Sherman law with monthly silver purchases. It cites editorial positions from The Denver Daily News, New York bankers pressuring repeal, and how free coinage supporters view restoring silver as money. It frames the controversy as a clash between financiers and producers, urging reader awareness.
The outlook improves as gold flows back from Europe and the reserve climbs toward 100 million. The piece accuses gold owners and Democratic leaders of engineered panic to push a gold standard, silencing silver and greenbacks, and calls for demonetizing gold. It predicts the goldbug era ends with the 1896 ballot.
The Progressive Farmer has long warned that Wall Street dominates government and finance. On July 8 the News and Observer finally acknowledged that business men in New York, some insolvent, have allied with bankers, ensuring the country will receive no help.
A barrage of scandals involving priests and preachers has surfaced in and around New York. City tensions flare as church disputes lead to police presence at services and the Hackensack church picnic scandal with dancing and beer. The piece condemns New York and New Jersey as corrupt power centers influencing national politics.
The piece outlines Wisconsin as an affluent farming and manufacturing state with 335,456 families, farm and home mortgages totaling 78,091,309, and average farm and home values. It cites Census figures to claim Wisconsin carries far more debt per capita than South Carolina, arguing cotton’s impact on the South is overstated.
The Charlotte Observer contrasts its past urging farmers to work with current claims that only Congress can relieve the nation’s distrust and low mood. It questions whether the era’s changes could be funded to richen the country if money were the measure.
A nonpartisan paper announces it will reprint editorials from the Eugletown Prosperity Howler to give readers two papers for the price of one. It ridicules the Progressive Farmer and Alliance leaders, notes Butler’s speech in Eugletown, and defends tariff reform and an income tax while calling for hard work and prosperity. Col. R. F. Owens returns from Washington City.
Fragmentary note praises a Democratic candidate and recalls partisan misdeeds such as stealing a ballot box at Pine Ridge. It mocks a third party man facing danger at the World’s Fair visit and warns editors about neglecting editorial leadership at the column head.
The Christian Patriot argues for Sub Treasury currency to aid farmers, contrasting it with New York Clearing House certificates. It asserts Sub Treasury plans issue 80 percent of deposited value in staple products, remain government controlled, and offer permanent legal tender, while Clearing House certificates offer 75 percent, rely on promises to pay, lack interest, and are private. It claims both favor specific classes and notes flaws in both options.
Colonel Robert Carr reports securing a rain makers license and invites those seeking rain to contact him at Greboro. The column mocks perfumery in Africa’s colonial era and notes whimsical claims about royalty butter makers, while a Fayetteville Gazette editorial supports moving the national capital to New York and asserts popular rule.
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