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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1895
Page
2
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The fragment presents L. L. Polk’s July 1890 reflection on a nation whose government is of the people for the people and by the people. It contrasts sunset glow with shadows on a track and a river valley suggesting contemplation of national governance.
The passage critiques government railways favor, pension gold drama, New York Times bias, and Sim Jones meetings in Winston with Sunday closes, noonday prayers, and Sam’s $1,250 earnings. It contrasts silver and gold, questions Reform Club ties, and accuses clergy of mixed motives while urging scrutiny of Sam’s sermons and money worship.
Secretary Barnes reports ongoing Alliance reorganization with eight to ten subs reformed recently. The piece argues political parties serve strong interests, urging farmers and mechanics to sustain organized movements. It highlights social and economic aims, stock purchases, and growing membership amid calls for prosperity and reform. The New York Herald is cited on optimistic timing.
In the Tenth Georgia district last year Black the Democratic candidate claimed 18 000 votes in Richmond county giving a 7373 majority over Watson. Fraud was charged and Black resigned. New registration reduced Richmond county to 7 400 vs 18 000 claimed, implying 10 600 fraudulent votes. The Augusta books list 1200 registered African American voters born in 1874, suggesting further irregularities. Watson may win or Congress should seat him on general principles.
A regional editorial urges the Tenth Georgia district farmers to continue boycotting Augusta due to past fall frauds and the Exposition failure. It condemns aiding rogues and calls for shifting trade to other towns, arguing local merchants suffer with the guilty. The piece warns Mr. Watson to stop interceding for the city.
The article notes Wake Forest opens with 230 students, Davidson around 160, and Guilford expanding with a new building. It argues state aid has not harmed private colleges and emphasizes ongoing expansion and demand for education despite a general business downturn.
The piece argues the old bloody shirt era kept Republicans in power while Democrats fought for offshore federal election protection in the South. Over time tariffs rose to prominence, masking issues in land, money, and transportation. It claims both parties use noise around tariffs to avoid reforms and placate voters while vying for spoils.
The article argues that Democratic rule in North Carolina has stabilized finances and boosted growth. It cites rising bond values, scarcity of bonds on the market, increased investment in cotton mills and other ventures, and strong crop yields. It blames national misrule for broader issues while praising state legislation and public confidence.
Capt James H. Smith of the National Bank of Sterling decries the single gold standard, warning it would ruin credit and limit circulation. He urges gold to back large currency and objects to English influence over U S finance, asserting absolute financial freedom despite European sentiment.
In four weeks North Carolina received 33 168 pairs of shoes from Boston at 8292 weekly, 1382 daily. Factories average 300 pairs daily, yet material sits idle while labor could make shoes locally. Verbum sap, brother. What have you done to aid a shoe factory?
The Plain Truth from Depew's report says business is bright abroad and at home, predicting an era of prosperity despite gold exploration fears. Virginia values fall by about 2,000,000 in 1894 with 7 to 8 million dollars more expected in 1895, while a new bond issue to maintain the gold reserve is criticized as foolish by observers in Richmond Star referenced through Richmond Dispatch.
Analyzes wealth funded universities as threats to democracy, citing John D. Rockefeller and the University of Chicago. Claims professors in elite schools challenge plutocratic control, with Bemis denouncing corporate theft and railroads, while Hutcheson’s figures imply rail magnates influence policy and law. Mentions labor unions and the Interstate Commerce Act in skeptical tone.
A lecturer branded a language as an outrage and argued railroads cannot enter court with clean hands. The incident, occurring last year, shows tensions as he pushed close ties between the university, labor movements, and reforms seen in Glasgow and Birmingham. His stance led to a cooling of relations with university friends and supporters.
The piece lampoons party loyalties with four pointed observations. It mocks preachers who align with Democrats over Jesus, Prohibitionists who back the Democratic ticket, free silver Democrats who should ally with Alliance Democrats, and likens the Democratic free silver convention to a male lacking pride in ancestry or posterity. Per author T.E W.
Railroads agree to a one cent per mile rate to the State Fair. President Carr and Secretary Nichols have secured many attractions. Racing and stock exhibit promised to be excellent. A premium list is available from the secretary.
Raleigh warehousemen denounce a recent Raleigh to Durham tobacco trade report as untrue. They assert Raleigh offers the best North Carolina tobacco market and assure Wake County raisers of fair prices, courteous treatment, and preference for home buyers.
The Raleigh free silver convention produced a Populist victory claim as Democrats reportedly left their own meeting. The Observer notes the event tests Democrats on sincerity about silver and suggests Populists reiterate their long warned stance.
Daniel Webster argued in the Congressional Globe Appendix that gold and silver constitute the constitutional standard of value and that Congress or any state lacks authority to establish another standard or dispose of the monetary base. He referenced remarks from December 21, 1836, in the Twenty fourth Congress.
The Silver Convention drew about twenty Democrats, seven Republicans, and a hundred Populists to discuss free coinage and financial reform. Capt S A Ashe wrote the adopted resolutions, with a caucus amending them before the final vote. Judge James C. MacRae chaired as permanent chairman as delegates argued over the policy and party lines faded in pursuit of reform.
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