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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1892
Page
2
A 1891 Raleigh based call for subscribers and intelligent correspondence. It invites readers from every county in North Carolina to send value driven reports and experiences for publication and offers subscription details, change of office, and advertiser mentions. It emphasizes signing real names and using one side of paper.
The piece reflects Progressive Farmer rhetoric urging reform, critiquing government railroads and tariff fights, noting figures like Elias Carr and S. B. Alexander. It discusses party divides in Congress, tariff and silver debates, local newspaper opinions, and alliance meetings supporting government rail ownership and St Louis platform principles.
A call to North Carolina Sub Alliances urges each group to recruit 25 or more subscribers to cover costs at 70 cents each. The plan asks members to urge neighbors to sign up and hand names to the secretary for the next twelve months.
An agricultural periodical offers a subscription from April 1 to November 1 at fifty cents. The advertisement emphasizes savings and urges readers to renew or subscribe.
The text champions free silver as a step toward broader monetary reform while warning it is not a cure for all financial ills. It argues for a large volume of legal tender money issued by the government at low interest and criticizes old party leaders for avoiding currency questions. Alliances across Wake county report active organizing and calls for reading and recruiting.
The piece recounts a heated exchange with The Landmark over questions about old man Tom Jefferson. It notes The Landmark’s evasive stance, tears in its eyes, and a claim of being called a liar by the Montgomery Advertiser, which the writer denies.
A speaker decries the rise of organized strikebreakers led by Pinkerton detectives funded by capitalists. He cites 35,000 agents threatening labor rights, notes Louisiana Lottery crowds drilling in New Orleans, and warns of violence around the April Louisiana election. He urges reform against a country controlled by “cut threats and legalized robbers.”
A historical note reports the Alliance gradually fading with foreclosure gains by mortgage holders. It mentions the North Carolina Order in a coma-like state due to farmer finances and other causes, while a Wake County member asserts a recent uptick, prompting a request for more details from Bro. Powell.
A partisan plea questions allegiance in the silver issue, warning of ambition and betrayal. It contrasts Judas and Arnold to condemn pursuit of power, urging Wall Street and New England to sever the octopus-like control and unite with the Mississippi Valley and West against perceived autocratic dominance. Democratic leaders and papers are urged to answer with action.
The paper features Mr. W. J. Peele, a young independent lawyer, with a piece on where responsibility ought to rest. The article, held over from last issue, mirrors a controversial stance that was once refused by the Atlanta Constitution. It urges readers to read twice when partisan presses suppress viewpoints and offers substantial food for thought.
A Warrenton Sub Alliance resolution states Captain B M Collins was suspended eighteen months for non payment of dues, contrasting with reports that he withdrew from the Alliance in Warren county. The Chronicle notes the headline type differences and complains of unequal advertising treatment.
In Pueblo Colorado Workman and oben report that over 200000 of state funds are placed in city banks. Banks pay the State 3 percent for the funds and loan them to the public at 12 percent. Result: the State pays 6000 in interest and earns 24000 in interest. The piece notes this as a troubling practice. It also cites that as a general pattern, the United States lends to national bankers a percent.
A brief note in the Progressive Farmer mentions a period from April 1 to November 15 and prompts readers to imagine or form a club. It hints at a promotional or community activity encouraging local groups to organize and participate during the specified months.
Southern Democrats push for D B Hill of New York to secure the presidency with belief that carrying New York is decisive. They pledge to free silver, while warning that the South will repudiate any candidate who supports it. The piece predicts Hill will attempt to straddle the issue at the convention, causing some Southern delegates to compromise their records.
EXPECTED AT STATESVILLE. President Polk will attend in Statesville Saturday the 19th with President Butler and Col. Harry Skinner certain to be there. A great day is anticipated as believers and unbelievers gather at public addresses and discussions about home ownership and wealth distribution. The Missouri World questions how much wealth will reside with the masses twenty years hence under current systems.
The Kinston Free Press questions Col Polk’s stance and if he is aligned with the Allianceman or true Democracy. It notes Polk’s supposed endorsement of farm-benefit elements, contrasts The Progressive Farmer with party organs, and criticizes their failure to advocate the platform or propose improvements.
The Hickory Mercury praises Col Polk saying no man would withstand the partisan press like he did and emerge unhurt as citizen, soldier, legislator, leader and Christian. It calls him pure, a proud North Carolinian, and closer than any man in New York to the highest U.S. office.
A call urges white voters in North Carolina to back only financially reform measures the majority supports and to demand that eleven electors be chosen without binding instruction. It favors an independent convention if the current one fails to represent reformers and stresses tariff, money, and Southern agriculture interests.
A North Carolina writer denounces federal control over electors, arguing for untrammeled, state driven votes to preserve local self government. He condemns Wall Street and Tammany Hall influence, criticizes the Chicago Convention, and urges electors aligned with North Carolina interests and reforms.
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