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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1894
Page
4
Analyzed history of silver and gold markets linking demonetization to rising gold demand and falling property values. Cites falling world gold output, US production, growing population, and mortgage burdens. Reports U.S. failures, farm and home ownership metrics, and cattle losses from sorghum second growth.
A four page USDA division circular outlines methods to destroy nutgrass coco. It advises winter and summer cultivation to induce sprouting, cutting flowering stems, and avoiding underground cutting alone. It recommends crop rotation with crimson clover winter crops to choke out coco and green manuring to improve soil fertility.
A compilation of quotes from reform papers and political voices, praising patriotism and urging reforms. It quotes numerous periodicals on banking, currency, tariff, and democracy, with notes on income tax, gold standards, and farming concerns.
A deficient surface soil demands deep root avoidance and heavy manuring with mineral fertilizers high in potash. Kaiit and plaster supply surface potash lime magnesia and sulfuric acid, followed by stable manure up to ten tons per acre. Apply kainit 300 lbs and acid phosphate 150 lbs per acre then turn under cow peas and plant potatoes, then rotate.
The 1894 volume xiv of the American Berkshire Record will hold over 66 percent more pedigrees than any prior issue. Breeders are urged to submit pedigrees within sixty days as fewer than four hundred numbers remain. Boars and sows priced up to 35 000 will appear, reflecting high demand and growing popularity of Berkshire stock. Address CuHares F Mixis Secretary American Berkshire Association Springfield Ill.
A rural correspondent from Horman NC pleads for the Progressive Farmer subscription. He laments money woes and stamps yet vows to renew once funds allow. He praises the paper as a bold informer and reformer and reflects on politics and hard times with a hopeful note for better days ahead.
A 1894 letter from Cabarrus County urges the overthrow of lawyer rule and calls for an honest legislature elected by laboring men. It attacks high fees, compares past prices to present costs, and asks citizens from Currituck to Cherokee to push taxation and salary reforms in 1895. Signed J W Mruarrey.
The Wilmington Messenger editorial after the election argues for a white supremacist Democratic stance in North Carolina. It proclaims a white man’s government, denigrates Black citizens, and urges the party to rely on racial lines while claiming limited progress for Black education and welfare programs.
A roster of organizers for local alliances names Jas H Wright Carlton John ak ee h Dunn Populi N C Elijah W Flake Rockingham N C Geo E Hunt Michael N C J P Sossaman Hunteraville N C T W Babb Hertford J R Means Trinity College N C Don C Sanders Burgaw N C J W Cox Edwardsville N C George W Hahn Tuscola N C A W Parker Sylva N C with districts spanning Currituck Camden Pasquotank Chowan Gates Etowah Onslow Pender New Hanover Samp son Randolph Chatham Orange Person Caswell Alamance Rowan Cabarrus Mecklenburg Gaston Lincoln Iredell Haywood Jackson Swain Macon Graham Clay Cherokee Buncombe Yancey Henderson Transylvania Polk and more.
The article argues rich white Democrats avoid taxes while white Republicans and black voters shoulder most tax burdens. It cites past voting patterns, broken promises to black leaders, and warns that white voters fear financial slavery. It notes some black voters supported Democrats in 1892 after promises of positions.
The 1894 Topeka meeting endorses public finance reforms, silver and gold coinage at 16 to 1, a larger currency and direct payments to people, a graduated income tax, and government ownership of railroads telegraphs and postal banks. It calls for land reform reclaiming lands from corporations and alien ownership, and limits on state revenue to necessary expenses.
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