28 Mar 1893
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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1893
Page
1
The document lists officers and executives from the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union, including H L Loucks as president and Marion Butler as vice president, with secretaries, lecturers, judiciary, and legislative committees across multiple states. It also includes farm notes, crop advice, and a hog cholera remedy recipe, plus cautions on fodder, hay, and green feed.
A northern editorial advises careful variety selection in cotton and fruit trees, urging patience with new varieties, attention to old trees, and thorough land preparation. It warns against hasty seed purchases, praises good seed and soil richness, and cautions about monopolistic agricultural papers that spoil readers with hidden agendas.
This piece argues the Jersey is the ideal business cow, pairing hearty feeding with early, regular breeding and long life in the dairy. It stresses rich, easily milked milk, compact size for efficiency, and yearly profit without delayed returns. It favors cows that perform well for 10 to 15 years.
When a machine performs well our first worry is durability and cost. The Jersey cow is described as a durable business machine that begins early and continues to work profitably into old age, enabling the dairyman to make money if properly cared for.
A political note praises Secretary Carliste for accepting western bankers offer of about 10,000,000 in gold coin in exchange for treasury notes, favoring gold circulation over Foster plan which would raise bonds and contracts. The piece credits Senator Terry for pressing the issue and notes public explanation of the move.
A compact sketch reviews Cleveland’s cabinet style figures and allies in law and rail. It names Stevenson and Bissol as corporate lawyers, Olney for Beil telecom ties, Lamont a railroad president, Whitney a railroad Walt Whitman ally, Villard as Northern Pacific head and German bondbroker, with Gresham Carlisle Nerbert and Hoke Smith noted for legal roles and rail directorships.
A collection of editorial quotes from newspapers including Denver Daily News Fort Worth Advocate New York World Southern Mercury and Paris mention critiques of money ethics party trust issues anti option bills and wealth distribution with commentary on revolution and economic policy, highlighting public discourse across multiple cities.
Barringer argues that general progress and market forces unsettle values, hurting cotton reliant South. He cites labor shifts, tariff debates, and the dominance of cotton as key causes while noting examples of diversified farming in Mecklenburg. He warns real relief lies in expanding crops and industries, not public policy alone, and stresses skill and thrift.
Back Swamp Alliance No 11 in Robeson County North Carolina denounces recent state legislation as unjust and malicious. They urge members to keep funds in the county and state Business Agency Fund and request Progressive Farmer publish the notice. J E Thompson secretary.
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