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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1892
Page
2
The notice urges readers to send their real name and post office when communicating for publication. It advises signing plainly and mentions advertisers by name while noting the date on the label indicates when the time expires.
Editorial notes urge listeners to attend Weaver and Field events on the 29th and 30th in Raleigh Rocky Mount Asheville and Greensboro. References to Stevenson reception, party lines, and calls for tax reform and tariff critique appear amid broader political commentary.
A business man and a farmer voice fear of a looming crisis as wealth concentrates in 31,000 men, bonds trade below face value, and prices fall. They urge education and agitation to stop the same political pattern driving ruin.
The Farmers' Advocate argues reform should ride with old parties, urging Alliance members to avoid partisan politics and suggesting farmers capture party machinery by nominating their own candidates. The piece notes members across Alliance Knights of Labor and Grange have already formed a new party, mixing various theories, while acknowledging disagreement on the best path.
The Piedmont Alliance and Industrial Union Fair Association announced an October Salisbury event with balloon ascensions, races, a baby show, and liberal premiums. The item contrasts wealth levels and calls for fairer prices and equal rights while urging readers to support or pay for the paper.
The Southern Farm advocates reduced cotton acreage to raise price but admits speculation and manipulation skew markets. It accuses bulls and bears of forcing profits for speculators and calls anti option bills a remedy. The piece criticizes The Laurel Hill Alliance and urges careful inquiry before conclusions.
A Laurel Hill Alliance report argues Greensboro did not turn the group into a political machine. It cites diverse party roles among officers and committees, notes Democrats hold two thirds of the executive and judiciary groups, and denies the charge of using the secretary’s office for political access.
The writer blasts coal price increases, arguing a 75 cent per ton rise from initial ad vances and a further 25 cent lift by Erie and Lackawanna, totaling one dollar. He claims railroads and coal companies collude, controls 90 percent of mines, and urges government ownership to stop the alleged robbery.
Uncle Jerry Rusk releases September crop data noting corn below ten year average with three exceptions, wheat one point under ten year average, oats largely down except two exceptions, potatoes at record low for month, tobacco weak in Virginia and Kentucky, and cotton down five points since August. He warns prices unlikely to rise while market combinations persist.
The letter argues President Harrison defends the McKinley bill by citing export gains for 1891-92, yet data show 1890 exports rose more than 1888 before the bill. The piece contends tariff protection benefits robbers at home and calls for ending tariffs entirely as the only solution.
The writer laments low prices for farm products and high costs of imports, urging farmers to diversify and grow their own food. They warn debt and taxes rise as livelihoods shrink and call for national reform legislation. They advise economizing and voting for reform, guided by personal welfare rather than party loyalty.
Illinois figures Adlai Stevenson and Elmer Ewing campaign through North Carolina, addressing large crowds in Asheville Salisbury Raleigh and Rocky Mount. The article urges broad local support and a grand reception with mounted processions while downplaying horn noise and flags.
The piece argues that farm sizes shrank from 153 acres in 1870 to 107 by 1890 while land values and key crop prices fell, reducing producer purchasing power. It warns that taxes salaries and notes did not fall and asks if voters will serve their own interests or plutocrats.
The Asiatic cholera has broken through quarantine lines and begun in New York and Brooklyn with several deaths and new cases. Shipping routes and cordons limit escape as thousands leave the city for the South and West. Authorities fear wide spread unless the disease is confined to one city.
The article denies claims that the Greensboro State Alliance meeting was a third party gathering. It states Democrats and Republicans attended as delegates and notes some are now officers. The conference platform aligns with the National Alliance.
A compendium of party ideas and alliances discusses Platt plank adoption and internal opposition. Mentions profit sharing versus communal ownership in railroads, government ownership, and labor issues. notes People's party ticketing in several counties and a Wilkesboro speech by Senator Ransom.
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