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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1895
Page
2
Fragmentary quotation from L L Polk dated July 1890 references government on the for and by the people. The text mentions shadows on a track, a sunset glow, and a river valley as a literary frame for civic themes. The incomplete passage lacks concrete events or clear participants.
The New York World declares Rothschilds bi metallists while criticizing US per diem abuses. A North Carolina fallback on cheap silver and moonshine features in Observer editorials. Cyrus Thompson to speak at Union Alliance picnic in Alamance county on July 4.
A fragment from a Democratic meeting report urges vigilance as dissension simmers in North Carolina politics. It references Governor Carr readying the militia and warns of consequences, while a separate push seeks funding for a state shoe factory with August deadlines for subscriptions.
The piece argues that England gains from demonetized silver by buying bullion from America at low prices, exchanging for wheat in India, and charging high prices, while India borrows from England at high rates. It claims U.S. bond sales mirror this and accuses Grover Cleveland of aligning with England, criticizing observers in Mecklenburg County and labeling silver standard advocates as traitors. It cites per capita money circulation, wage declines since demonetization, and calls Carlisle's views misleading.
The Charlotte Observer quotes Carlisle in Bowling Green Ky asserting five points about silver and coinage. He argues that no free coinage country is not silver based and that gold standard nations use silver sparingly, with gold withdrawn in silver-using states.
About 250 citizens gathered Friday night at Raleigh to back free coinage of silver and gold. M T Leach chaired, Hal W Ayer led as secretary, speeches praised the Omaha platform, and resolutions urged delegates to attend the Memphis bimetallic convention.
Senator Vance is quoted predicting the 1893 silver demonetization would leave the Democratic party with Wall Street and brimstone. In Cabarrus county officials faced bond increases to block bonds, while Concord magis trates abolished the county treasurer office to oust G E Kestler, who has sued for the office. The reform effort is seen as influencing votes.
Benedict Carlisle declares there is $600,000,000 in gold in circulation while noting about $100,000,000 is held by the U.S. Treasury and $500,000,000 stored in bank vaults. He argues actual circulating gold is insufficient for a good sized county.
A Raleigh dispute shows Governor Carr opposing telephone poles on state property near the Mansion. Police and axmen blocked, but poles remain. The piece also satirizes Laughlin and Harvey arguments on money, attacks corruption in state judiciary, and warns judges to resist political rings.
Judge Norwood, newly elected, had about fourteen sober years but while in Wilmington last week was urged to drink by “would-be friends.” He traveled to Fayetteville and Lumberton for court, but intoxication impaired him. A grand jury censured him. supporters claim Democratic manipulation to undermine opposition.
Dr Christopher T Bailey died at his Raleigh residence after a four year illness, aged about 60. A Virginia native and Baptist minister, he edited the Biblical Recorder for two decades until paralysis ended his health. His death removes a valued Baptist worker and citizen. The Raleigh Evening Visitor notes a monument idea to carve Gen Lee remarks praising North Carolina troops around the base, with Lee saluting the division and saying God bless old North Carolina.
The News and Observer’s office near a marble yard with tombstones prompts satire on Raleigh business circles. Editors mock the goldbug faction, naming Col. Paul B. Means with a yellow headstone and joking that Kope Elias and John R. Morris will need tombstones too.
After Grover ruled nearly three years a faction of gold bugs repented. Raleigh invited Otho, Gideonites chief, to speak on money, and the crowd wept with joy. Caldwell, Goldites chief, raged and harshly spoke. Hal the Levite and others denounced the Washington ruler as a deceiver and thief.
A Raleigh area letter writer attacks state adoption of school textbooks, accusing book companies and county officials of corruption. He claims the new law favors publishers, questions the anonymous Charlotte Observer correspondent, and urges a fair statewide trial before deciding adoption. Includes a closing note about a farm producing 500 pounds of butter weekly.
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