North Carolina State Farmers Alliance Incorporation Act
The General Assembly enacts the incorporation of the North Carolina State Farmers Alliance and subordinate Alliances. It outlines corporate powers, governance, and purposes to aid farmers, regulate finances, and unify county and subordinate Alliances under the parent body. It also details formation of allied mercantile ventures and conditions for compliance and force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina State Farmers’ Alliance
General Assembly of
North Carolina
T. Ivey
B. Alexander
D. Reid Parker
Farmers’ State Alliance of
County Alliance
State Farmers’ Alliance
Evolution and Legislation Reflections in the Legislature
A correspondent jests on evolution while recounting a legislative session. The Senate passed multiple bills including charter changes for Edenton and Toisnot Elm City, school tax questions, railroad and bank charters, convicts funding, and a revenue plan setting land tax at 22 cents. The House advanced measures on fraud prevention and corporate incorporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Edenton
Eton College
Williamston
Martin County
Asheville and Baltimore Railroad Company
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Oxford Colored Asylum
Wilmington
Toisnot
Elm City
Stokes
Surry
Asheboro
Asheville
Conference Committee
House OF Representatives
H. B
Highway Robbery As A Trust Fanned By Oil Monopoly
In 1885 a Senate select committee report detailed Standard Oil Company practices, accusing the firm of crushing rivals and manipulating pipelines. The account cites a case in Ohio where a receiver controlled oil transport and favored the company with discounted rates, labeling it highway robbery and calling for federal action against trusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U S. Senate
Collum
Tinois
Miller
New York
Platt
Connecticut
Gorman
Maryland
Harris
Tennessee
Standard Oil Co. Brooks
Ohio
Macksburg
Cleveland and
Merrietta
United States Circuit Court
Baxter
Standard Oil Co
George Rice
Wile Rice
Sandard Oil Co
American Tobacco Trust
March Weather Data and Alliance Aid Notice
Weather Bureau report from Rauman North Carolina for March data covers temperatures precipitation and wind with records dating from 1888 to 1890 and notes the warmest coldest and highest March values. A second item invites Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union members to consider the Alliance Aid Degree offering life and disability benefits with certificates up to 2000 and a summary of enrollment, claims, funding, and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Department OF Agriculture
Rauman
Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Oficers
Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
Alliance Aid
Supreme Council
Indianapolis
S. U
United States
Memphis
Bros. Mann Page
Virginia
Dean
New York
H. Boughman
Kansas
State Alliance
National Alliance Aid
Huron
South Dakota
C. Demming
F. A
I. U
What They Wanted and Why They Oppose It
A reader from Jerome North Carolina questions why the legislature repealed the Farmers State Alliance act. He accuses lawmakers of self interest, paying for political favors, and weakening state agents while harming farmers and raising costs for workers. He values the alliance funds and condemns the bill and its supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford Batlegroupl Association
Becaus
Sué Alliance
Bro. Gabam
Allianc
McK
Cuvsretn
Confiscation of Ill Gotten Wealth Suggested for School Fund
The passage argues for seizing illicit gains and distributing them to the states to create a permanent common school fund. It frames the idea as a corrective measure without blaming the people for the wrongdoing.
Silver remonetization and money reform debate headline
A discussion emphasizes honest money as gold and silver, critiques wildcat banking, and argues for remonetization of silver with synchronized international action. It notes dangers of fiat currency, stresses silver and gold as money metals, and cites monetary conference plans and European interests.
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Abraham
Abraham Lincoln
Bagehot
Monetary Conference
Europe
California
Australia
Allison
Railroads in Cape Colony in Whitaker's Almanac 1891
The article cites Whitaker's Almanac 1891 noting Cape Colony's railways mainly government owned with 1608 miles open by 1889 and government capital of £14,318,502. It reports Kinberly line profits and compares Bank of England discount rate to argue railroading is profitable for the government. It ends with a moral prompt about dues to the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitaker
London
Cape Colony
Her Majesty
Africa
Kinberly
Bank England
Congo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congress
South Air Line Railroad
Ephot
Ben Warner
GC. F. von Herrmann
Progressive Farmer
THES
Howard M. Holden
Stewart
Nevada
Congressional Record
Greece
Portugal
Turkey
South America
India
Mr. de Rothschild
Currie
World
England
Manchester
Epior
Northeast Alliance
Tuk Progressive Farmer
Sendha Railroads
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