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The Currency Contraction and Land Ownership Debate
A Progressive Farmer column argues for expanded money supply and government ownership to curb wealth concentration. It critiques coinage limits post 1870s, cites failures and prices, and urges national control of land rails and telegraphs with a graduate tax on incomes to curb heiress power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kestler
Concord
France
Vanderbilts
Jay Gould
Lazarus
Dires
Ireland
Alliance
Napoleon
Congress
Standard Oil Company
Railroad Commission
North Carolina
North Carolina Railroad
Western Union
Tos
Dakota Ruralist
The
Pioneer Alliance
Northwest
H. L Loucks
National F Armers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
J. R. Lowe
South Dakota Alliance
Ruralist