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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1892
Page
2
A short note urges readers to publish communications with real name and post office, and to clearly sign letters to advertisers. It mentions a label date indicating when time expires and requests readers to reference seeing ads in THE PROGRESSIVE FLAMER.
Wake Forest editor notes and letters from Bro. P. A. Dunn and Bro. Jack Turner. Comments on reform, the St Louis Convention, and political shifts, with updates on meetings, appointments, and a Durham Fertilizer Company ad. Mentions Col. Skinner, W. L. Kivett, and Ingalls joining the G A R. March planting advice and a call to raise more corn and maintain self sufficiency.
The Progressive Farmer of Mt. Vernon Illinois criticizes the Globe-Democrat for denying a poor year in business. It cites last year’s failures totaling 12,394, up 1,721 from the prior year, and links the rise to the gold standard and money manipulation, calling attempts to hide the facts criminal.
Editorial correspondence recounts the St Louis gathering of industrial organizations. Delegates from all states except Rhode Island and Delaware unite under a common platform on money land and transportation, pledging reform and independence from party control while reinforcing Alliance principles and calls for a national convention.
The document from the delegates details the Industrial Conference work and actions. It notes seven hundred thirty seven accredited delegates from six organizations plus seven other organizations, totaling over one thousand delegates from nearly all states. The Platform Committee, with one hundred twenty members across states, labored fourteen hours to present a unanimous report.
The platform adopted at St Louis by the Confederated Industrial Organizations in February 1892 calls for a national currency, free silver coinage, expanded per capita money, postal savings banks, and taxation reforms. It asserts land reform, government ownership of railroads, telegraph, and telephone, and advocates nonpartisan unity for labor. A mass meeting followed, with a call for a July national convention in Omaha to mobilize political action.
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