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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1892
Page
6
Zeke Bilkins discusses the recent election, Betsy’s Democratic loyalties, and the rise of the People's party in a small town. He argues for silver coinage and financial reform, urging readers to support The Progressive Farmer and subscribe before deadlines.
A newspaper pleads for readers from all sides to support The Progressive Farmer between campaigns. It argues the paper educates and seeks reform, urging restraint during heated elections and inviting practical, nonpartisan work for better education and society.
An 19th century exchange notes wheat, cotton, sheep and cattle at record low prices. It questions causes of widespread under consumption, overproduction myths, and potential silver coinage relief. The argument ponders if consumer demand matches output and if bread abundance drives prices down.
The Fort Worth Advocate argues there can be no overproduction of essentials while hunger and demand exist. It blames money monopoly and scarcity for economic troubles, warns wealth concentration harms the many, and urges readers to renew subscriptions to Progressive Farmer. It also features the St Louis Conference preamble and platform signed by nine Alliance delegates, noting voter shifts after the election.
General notes praise for The Progressive Farmer from Bro Henry York Randolph County and Bro B F Blanton Mooresboro for a five subscriber club. Paper pledges independence and reform stance and promises a double gain in new subscribers for each existing one by December 1, 1892.
The Progressive Farmer pledges to present legislature and Congress proceedings impartially while promoting Alliance reforms. It will include facts, figures, farming selections, and stock raising content, inviting readers to boost circulation and form the largest club in the coming month.
A report details the Cook county treasurer’s alleged scheme to hoard county funds for months in bank deposits while claiming safety in delaying payouts to Chicago. The investigation recommends his removal as he profits from public money, paralleling a wider national pattern of officials leveraging public funds for private gain.
Editorial note announces J A Wayland leaving the Coming Crisis. He rails against working people’s oppression, rich classes exploiting voters, and widespread poverty. It warns of crime, drunkenness, and churches complicit with corrupt politicians while workers suffer. Brown's Iron Bitters advertised for digestion and malaria.
A narrator rails against a worldwide financial conspiracy aiming to concentrate wealth and control. He warns that elites will monopolize land and industry, turning citizens into wage laborers under a republican machine. He frames the issue as a duty to protect his children’s future at the polls.
In Union Signal a speaker among women argues politics includes coal costs and railways. She explains coal combines raise prices, drain labor, and harm households while enriching railroad managers and investors, urging readers to study public affairs.
Proceedings of the State Farm ers' Alliance at Greensboro and new Constitutions forwarded to delegates and state officers. Extra copies available for five cents each or 50 cents per dozen postpaid. Also national proceedings of Ocala 1890 1891 and state proceedings at Morehead two cents per copy. Send orders to W. S. Barnes Secretary Treasurer North Carolina FSA.
James Murdock argues that six sevenths of meritorious machinery is patented and that patent rights laws enable firms to form corporations and sell at 400 to 1000 percent over cost. He urges government action to abolish monopolies by creating a board of patentees and forcing open competition with government purchases of meritorious inventions. The Cincinnati Herald quotes labor and voting lines in a critical editorial tone.
An exchange laments a year of misaligned cotton futures, noting $70 million of bills drawn against phantom cotton while real merchandise lagged. The piece critiques New York houses, anti option laws, and fears of widespread credit failure, labeling the actors as aggressors in a strained market.
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