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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1895
Page
2
A fragmented reflection of a speaker near a river at sunset contemplates a nation governed by its people. The text evokes civic ideals and a lingering look at democratic sovereignty through poetic wording.
The State Alliance executive committee plans to meet around the 20th. Commentary mocks the national administration and gold standard factions, notes silver coinage support spreading through major papers, and hints at upcoming disputes over a Druggist position at the North Carolina Insane Asylum. The piece closes mid-sentence with further remarks anticipated.
A discussion arguing for free coinage of gold and silver with a plan for congressional action. It critiques current money supply figures, cites historical context, and endorses a formal stepwise reform including mint open dates, international cooperation, and a constitutional defense of gold and silver as legal tender. It invokes Daniel Webster to warn against demonetizing either metal.
Kentucky Senator Blackburn writes in the Louisville Courier Journal about the 1792 shift to a domestic monetary system, arguing that demonetization hurt redemption money and contributed to current financial difficulties, while advocating restoring silver to unrestricted coinage.
Durango based ex official Hon J 8 McCaughan reports Mexico’s financial matters are all right and have shown increased activity through recent panics. He notes other countries’ business stagnation and frequent failures, while Mexico experiences rare failures and growing industry.
A dated political letter argues large quantities of counterfeit money should circulate as currency, claiming currency contraction makes silver money legitimate at a 16 to 1 ratio. The writer praises economic reform, defends coinage, and compares it to wheat, invoking historic figures and divine creation.
A Farmers' Voice reader asks Chicago editors to stop Andrew Eliason of Concord Neb from distributing Coin's Financial School. The response suggests calling out the militia to suppress Eliason, reflecting sensationalism in the lettered era.
The Alliance asserts urgent need for unity as it confronts the jute trust and shifts to a national stage against big money. It vows to stand solidly and triumph in the forthcoming presidential and congressional contests, urging voters to rally behind the cause.
A Pennsylvania Farmer article argues farmers must unite under the Alliance to defend against enemies, using the ballot for leverage. It urges strengthening the ranks, encouraging industry, thrift, and cooperative effort, while maintaining readiness for opposition and recruiting new members.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette argues against a universal gold standard. It cites rising world gold production and Russia’s heavy gold hoard as evidence that gold-based money is unstable. The piece quotes U S Mint figures showing Russia held about 472 million dollars in gold in 1893, largely drawn from abroad, to illustrate monetary fragility.
Essays warn that gold hoarding by Russia and others threatens monetary systems while a New York led gold monometallist crusade, backed by about a thousand papers, aims to curb free coinage. The piece urges readers to identify subsidized silver critics and to support Populists to avert gold dominance. It also calls vigilance against biased newspapers in North Carolina.
Alliance activity reports from Johnson County Texas and Comanche County call meeting planned for this week to handle business. Elmenda re Alliance in Emporia Kansas reorganized recently now 37 members with three applications. President Evan Jones preached five Alliance sermons in Fannin County Texas as the county grows active. Villanow Alliance revives with old members returning to pay dues and renewed Brethren activity noted by Carthage Free Press.
The letter from The Progressive Farmer is blasted for alleging Pro gressive Farmer support makes a goldbug of a backer. It argues Pritchard and Settle shift loyalties on money questions, warns voters who backed them may face defeat, and urges study of Coin's Financial School to judge who supports gold or silver.
A Virginia incident centers on R K Godwin once tied to a defunct Lexicon bank. He is found guilty of false entries and aiding a cashier in looting, receiving four years in prison. The piece ties broader fiscal woes to “sound money” allies, highlighting shortages in Texas and missing public funds in Chicago and at firms tied to the movement.
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