A Treasury of Reform and a Call for Conference
The piece argues for a shift from private banking to a government backed savings system to protect depositors and prevent bank failures. It critiques bank officers' punishments as insufficient, endorses postal savings and building loan models, and advocates broader reform via a forthcoming National Conference led by the Populist movement while urging unity and information sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Uncle Sam
Cleveland
Building and Loan Associations
People’s Party
Atill
Great Reform Vestibuled Limited
Watson, Park, Burkit
Morgan &c
National Reform Press Association
Memphis
Nashville
Currency Controversy and Proposals From The Progressive Farmer
Richlands North Carolina letter argues for a national paper currency independent of gold and silver, criticizes gold standard adherents, and denounces bankers and bondholders. It urges inflation to raise prices, protect domestic industry, and unify value, while urging voters to act at the ballot box. The piece includes political demands and an agricultural note on planting string beans and peas through the season.
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Richlands
N. C
Congress
United States
United States of America
New England
Great
Great Northwest
Northwest
South
Treasury
United States Treasury
J. H. Foy
Nashville Conference Message From Waynesville May 28 1897
A May 28 1897 message from Waynesville responds to prior queries, offering clarifications and statements on remarks made in the Nashville Conference exchange. The reply addresses several points and adds counterpoints to earlier assertions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Farmer
Waynesville, N
The Making of a Millionaire and Its Costs
A historic parable traces how a thousand hopeful colonists each start with a thousand dollars and follow a path of wealth, debt, and foreclosure. Arnold rises as a leading entrepreneur, amassing power through banks and railroads while many others fall into debt, leaving 723 broke and two years of further loans and foreclosures shaping the colony’s fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Jacobs
Springer
Ictericeae
The Foreclosure Crisis and the Rise of Millionaires
Jesherh Asbury Johnson argues that foreclosure waves transfer wealth from 999 indebted workers to a single owner, creating a class of millionaires at the expense of thousands of laborers. He asserts that this system breeds tramps and outlaws, urging readers to consider solutions in a future column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Arnold
Arnold
Rockefeller
Jeszerh Asbury Johnson
Market St
San Francisco
Poultry Woes and a Civil War Revival Tale
The Dansville Breeze editor notes hens dying and offers a blunt remedy bury them as an old complaint. J F Pitman of Alabama reports his father Rev N W Pitman, believed dead after the Wilderness battle, is alive and well in Albany Georgia, ending years of mourning and search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dansville Breeze
Horace Greeley
J. F. Pitman
Gadeden
Ala
Rev
N. W. Pitman
Albany
Mr. Pitman
Prices and quotes for hides at Alliance tannery
No commissions charged. Quotations connect to market facts. Hides delivered at Alliance tannery Hot pint. 20 pounds and up per pound No 1 Punt under 20 pounds No 2. First No 8 0 Its and up N Roe D8 under 50 pounds Prices 60 and a and No 2. ee ee No 6 urger ands 0. 2 GB Ws NGiies will be taken in exchange for leagher market value for each. TIVEY S Hitteboro NO
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T. Ivey
S. Hills
New York
Alliance Tannery
Tivey
Hitteboro
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Raleigh
Tugker & GO
Raleigh, N.C
Alliance Headquarters
HiLlsboro
N.o
Hillsboro, N
Morocco Cove
D. H. Tuttle
Beaufort, N. C
Plymouth
Sncke
Jersey
Occoneechee Farm
Durham
Baten
Pranand Af Maembhaeshin
Beo’y-Treas
Nt. O, F
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