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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1891
Page
1
A lengthy exposé on the labor money clash outlines the NC and SC Farmers Alliances leadership, urging cash based finance and postal savings, criticizing the warehouse system and advocating silver coinage, government notes, and broader monetary reform to empower workers and curb creditor power.
Opinion piece argues panics stem from a single system and demand a radical overhaul. It calls for abolishing banks of issue, government issued legal tender notes, unlimited gold and silver coinage, postal savings banks, and abolition of the credit system to restore cash-based commerce.
A local alliance group reports resolutions from a meeting at Red House Alliance rooms on August 22. They demand reform in government, endorse the Ocala platform, support Col L L Polk as long as he defends alliance principles, and request publication in The Progressive Farmer.
A North Carolina document urges cotton planters to cut acreage to raise prices. It proposes a convention of cotton growers in the Southern states to discuss remedies and urges alliances to obtain signed 20 acre or 10 percent reduction plans from planters before acting. Signed by Alex. Alford, Secretary.
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