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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1892
Page
8
A Tar Heel woman in Halifax County writes a pointed letter attacking a Nebraska view on government, economy, and reform. She argues widespread poverty despite national wealth, condemns political parties, and urges broader involvement in reform, ending with a call to spread the cause through lodges and subscriptions.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt argues for government rail ownership amid a vast Vanderbilt Morgan run of railroad acquisitions. It cites post 1885 wealth transfers, control of 9,000 miles of track, $800 million in capital and debt, and yearly net earnings near $39 million, with ties to Chicago lines and coal regions. Kenned figures paint a centralized, vast railroad power.
President Polk in Charlotte declares he will stand by his principles amid calls for a force bill if the silver bill passes. He notes Northern Democrats threaten action and criticizes New England opposition to financial reform, urging unity with his people and country.
A Kansas Commoner advertisement from Wichita urges readers to join a subscription drive to support the paper in its fifth year. It promotes ten subscribers for two dollars fifty cents or five for one dollar fifty, claiming the publication fights for the masses against the classes and urging readers to unite with Kansas and the South.
Platform adopted by the Confederated Industrial Organizations at St. Louis in February 1892. It proclaims a permanent labor union aimed at reforming finance through national currency, silver coinage, and tax policy, and calls for government ownership of transportation and communications to serve the people. The document asserts wealth in the hands of creators and seeks broader access to land, with a call to organize workers nationwide.
The Dakota Ruralist from Huron South Dakota describes its editor Bro H L Louks as a leading figure in the State and National Alliances. The note references plans at a price of $1.50 and invites readers to send in their opinions or poems for the paper.
Mill stones and mill-stones, mill-spindles, and portable mills for grinding corn and wheat are to be manufactured and sold from the Mill-Stone Quarries of the K E Philles estate in Bearces Faith, Rowan County, North Carolina.
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