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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1895
Page
8
A farmer named Henry N Craix argues that debt stems from high costs and endless salaries for officers lawyers doctors preachers and agents. He urges cutting wages to match 5c cotton prices, cheaper rail travel and transportation, and returning to home production while riding down expenses and living simply.
An essay argues that lawful authority should be obeyed while just laws must be changed by the people. It asserts the right of revolution when power shifts from the people to a minority and calls for vigilant citizenship. It then discusses farming economics and the cotton trade, explaining how soil fertility is depleted when crops are sold off the farm and highlighting potash and phosphoric acid losses in the South.
The passage argues that society reached vast fertility but is thwarted by cornerers such as syndicates trusts and combinations. They claim overproduction and hoard resources while many suffer hunger and cold in the dark amid riches of earth sea and sky.
A speech excerpt critiques private profits regulating consumption and production, arguing coal, iron, lumber, and flour are oversupplied for syndicates while workers struggle to buy essentials. It calls for addressing how labor and natural gifts are ordered by captains of industry under the Golden Rule and service economy. Patents note follows.
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