Progressive Farmer Ad Rates and Correspondence in 1892
Subscription details for THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER Raleigh NC June 7 1892 list one year six months and other offers, request letters to editor and advertisers mention, warn against stamps, and note editorial items urging legislature selection, party conventions, and regional political commentary with mentions of North Carolina Virginia Maine and Alabama figures and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aly
Raleigh
Ofice
The Evils of Futures and Political Defeat
A critique of futures speculation claiming it harms farmers as prices swing in Chicago from 78 cents to 1 dollar and back to 50 cents. The piece denounces inside traders profiting while producers lose and urges voters to reject such robbers and support reform. It also reports Capt. Alexander’s stance on the St Louis platform and warns of opposition from plutocrats in the 6th district. The note ends with a promotional line for The Progressive Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alexander
St. Louis
Progressive Farmer quits NC Alliance official organ status
The North Carolina State Alliance announces the Progressive Farmer resigns as its official paper while pledging continued loyalty to Alliance principles. It urges readers to support the People's party at Omaha, citing failed reforms through the two major parties and urging independent action for relief. Influential NC figures and Virginia organizers are noted as backing the People's party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory Mercury
Florida
Judge Mitchell
People’s Party of Virginia
Richmond
Virginia
People’s Party
Kentucky
Omaha
The
Virginia People
Peoples Party
Charlottesville
R. H. Rawlins
Force
Great West
Great South
New England
Mr. Howells
Ladies’ Home Journal
National Economist
North Carolina
Moncure Echo
Alabami
Alabama
Col. Farmers’ Alliance Olds
Raleigh
Gideon
Tom Thumb
Georgia
Col. Olds
S. B. Alexander
N. C
State Alliance
Washington, D. C
Progressive Farmer
State Alliance of North Carolina
Alliance
Pole
Alleghanies
Virginia Conference of Officers
Page
Venable
Goode
Person
Chrisman
the Beverlies
Rawlins
Silvey
Progressive Farmer Breaks with Alliance to Back People's Party
The Progressive Farmer declares its organ status with the North Carolina Alliance will end. It seeks freedom to support the People’s party nationwide while remaining in favor of Alliance goals, criticizing major parties for inaction and promising continued attention to political economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance People of
North Carolina
Progressive Farmer
People’s Party
Alliance
Xrill
Little Game Cock of Georgia Hero in Congress
Hon T E Watson labeled the little game cock of Georgia pushes for a hearing on a Sub Treasury bill. He introduced a resolution to compel a committee report after party bosses blocked the measure, challenging the 51st Congress dynamics and demanding accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Watson
Georgia
Congress
Livingston
Treasury
Watson
People’s Party
Timber Scarcity in North Carolina Warned by State Citizens
A call to action urges alertness to timber depletion from the Tennessee line to the Atlantic coast. It notes diverse species and rapid eastern forests loss, mostly shipped north, and urges alliances and state papers to warn against low timber prices. It claims New England drains resources and urges resistance to selling timber cheaply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Tennessee Line
Atlantic
New England
Sugar Trust Tightens Grip as Prices Jump
The sugar trust has perfected its arrangements during fruit season, raising sugar by a penny and a quarter per pound. It will sell only to dealers purchasing 500 barrels at a time. The author urges voters to back different Congress members this fall to break the trust, arguing peaceful boycotts could halt it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Trust
Congress
Black Flag Rises in State Chronicle Attack on Platform
In a fierce editorial the State Chronicle denounces Democratic support for the St Louis platform and declares that no man who favors it should be elected in North Carolina. The piece warns Alliance voters and loyal Democrats that such proscriptive control threatens freedom and party harmony. The Progressive Farmer ad ends the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Chronicle
Democratic Party
St. Louis
North Carolina
Mr. Randall
Vance
Capt. S. B. Alexander
Congress
A Progressive Farmer rallies for Omaha convention
A long excerpt extols the Omaha convention as a liberty driven stand against plutocratic rule. It frames the event as a modern echo of 1776, opposing financial kings, tariffs, and monopolistic press, urging nationwide reform and financial independence for 60 million Americans.
Skinner Urged to Withdraw From Party Blowback
The piece recalls Col. Harry Skinner's Sub Treasury speeches as disruptive to the Democratic party, calling his doctrine incendiary and harmful. After his name briefly appeared among Omaha delegates and newspapers denied it, the author concedes Skinner may be an important figure and urges withdrawal from the hateful People's party.
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Omaha
Charlotte
Phin
Phia
Ogy
Republican Party
Democratic Party
New England
Col
Harry Skinner
Sub Treasury
Col Skinner
Gideon's Band Poetry Provokes Controversy in Paper
A satirical poem attacking Gideon's Band is printed by a poet editor who notes partisan backlash. The piece mocks the Ku Klux Klan era and ridicules critics, urging readers to protest with their own obituaries if offended, and mentions a 40 cent date range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideon
Kuklux Klan
Col. Olds
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. AP. A
Greenville
Skinner
Ft. Worth
Democracy
Shylock
Maine
South Carolina
Malcy
Sec*y Clube
Alliance Brethren
All Good People
Old Virginia
Gideon's
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