President Irwin Urges Alliance Unity and Cooperation
A speech extols growing county representation at the annual Alliance meeting, urges farmers to unite under equal and exact justice, notes savings from cooperation, and warns of plutocracy. It recalls battles against merchants, politicians, and money power, urging producers to consolidate to secure rights and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Shylock
Congress
Alliance Crusade
Temple of Liberty
Church
State Agricultural Department
Offal Leather Becomes Profitable Shoe Material
The scrap and offal leather trade expands as tanners and dealers convert waste into usable shoe components. Prices rise, markets center in Boston and New York, with 1880s figures showing growing establishments, employment, and values. England imports rise but eventually recede as U S demand drives profits.
Moore County Resolutions and Leather Trade Outlook
Correspondence from the Progressive Farmer notes Moore County Farmers Alliance denouncing secular press attacks on Dr. Cyrus Thompson and urging investigation of Christian character before belief. It also reports on the shoe and leather trade: prices rose amid steady demand, supplies shrink, and traders show confidence with buyers patient and sellers indifferent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waereas
Cyrus Thompson
Cary
Farmers’ Alliance
Moore County
Progressive Farmer
J. M. Tyson
Leather from hides replaces old packing practice in Chicago
The Chicago packers historically removed head and belly from hides and sold them as blue leather for a half cent a pound, but the practice was discontinued months ago. Now every part of the hide is turned into leather, reflecting higher prices and new processing standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Cffal
Peer i Cians
Furiof
England
London
Chicago
Resolutions of Respect for Joseph T Jenkins
At a Vance County Alliance session with Sandy Creek Alliance on 10th 1895 a committee offered unanimous resolutions mourning Joseph T Jenkins of Five Points Alliance. He was County Examiner of teachers, assistant door keeper and a promising citizen. The alliance offers sympathy to his parents and directs copies to the Progressive Farmer and Henderson Gold Leaf for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance County Alliance
Sandy Creek Alliance
Fuller’s
Joseph T. Jenkins
Five Points Alliance
Brother Jenkins
Alliance
Henderson
Dream of Grover Cleveland as Treasury Secretary
The speaker imagines Grover Cleveland reforming to lead the people, firing Secretary Carlisle, and taking Treasury, as gold speculators scheme to drain reserves. A fictitious scene unfolds with silver redemption, Wall Street protests, and a rebirth of genuine prosperity, crossing party lines in the imagined presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland
Lincoln
Carlisle
Treasury
Uncle Sam
Wall Street
Lombard Street
England
America
New York
Rothschild
London
McCulloch
Sherman
Congress
Laughing at Gold and Silver as Money Dreams Clock In
A narrative recounts a speaker before Congress promoting free coinage of gold and silver at 16 to 1 and full legal tender for both, backed by mint and redemption plans. It contrasts goldbug opposition with a prophetic dream, ending with allegations of forged notes and a Memphis factory official fleeing to Honduras after embezzlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Rome
Treasury
Wall
Lombard
Rothschild
Morgan
Shylocks
J. W. Wilson
A. K. Ward
Memphis
Honduras
Also Mentioned on This Page
President Irwin
M. D. Irwin
The
Georgia State Alliance
Atlanta
Massachusetts
Shoe and Leather Reporter
Bina Nkets
W.H. &R.S. Tucker & CO
Raleigh, N
Journal of Medicine
W.H. Peeke
W. H. Peeke
F. D
Cedarates Newy
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