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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1892
Page
2
Reading from a dated ad guidance item, writers are urged to give the post office name and sign their own name clearly in letters to advertisers. It notes a label indicating when time runs out and references seeing the advertisement in THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER K.
A compilation of editorial briefs and quotations from North Carolina papers discussing the People's party, the Omaha platform, and political realignments. It covers labor, tariffs, and the stance toward negro supremacy, with notices of leaders, delegates, and forthcoming publications. It notes alliances, editorials, and shifts among Democrats, Republicans, and third-party adherents, urging reform and voter turnout.
The letter argues constitutional change is needed to prevent appointive county offices and warns that current fears of Negro supremacy are based on political manipulation. It contends that state hands after the war were misguided but saved by the agricultural and middle classes holding power.
The piece argues that free coinage of silver is a dangerous myth. It dismisses fears of flood of silver money and asserts there is never too much money in history. It notes world coinage history through 1873 and challenges claims of ample bullion shortages and overabundance.
A New York banking firm Latham Alexander & Co circulates against anti option bills arguing futures stabilize markets. The writer counters that markets are already unstable without futures and question benefits to farmers, accusing dealers of profiting and misrepresenting the industry.
The Rich Standiford Rockefeller family of Cleveland faces a clash when Alta Rockefeller, 22, falls for Rev. L A Crandall, prompting John D Rockefeller to demand the pastor resign. The tale unfolds amid National Alliance tariff debates and misstatements about 1890 platforms.
The Progressive Farmer’s position is misrepresented the Laurinburg Exchange argues for equal rights and against partial policies. It contends removing duties from farmers while keeping them on manufacturers harms sheep raisers and consumers, advocating free trade without favoring a minority.
A compilation of historic quotes on money value power and law. John Stuart Mill Daniel Webster Benjamin Franklin Henry Ward Beecher Horace Mann critique monetary systems and capitalist power noting money as a fragile force and warning against financial domination.
In a chatty rural exchange, a farmer and correspondent discuss crops, the People's party, and upcoming campaign canvassing. They mention Senator Sta som's return, Matt Ransom's rhetoric, Betsy as a rival stump speaker, and the notoriety of political speakers, ending with a farewell.
A letter recounts actions by Orange County Democrats blocking a Peoples party meeting at the courthouse. A.J. Gordon presided as J. York was elected chairman and delegates chosen for a county convention. Citizens urged using the public spring for meetings and criticized political leaders over access to the courthouse.
A quote from Henry Clay states that whatever the government receives in payment of public dues is money, regardless of form such as treasury notes or drafts, as long as issued under U S authority. The notion emphasizes that payment mediums are money by government sanction.
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