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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1891
Page
2
Subscription terms announced for single and multi year readers with cash in advance and free copies. Raleigh North Carolina September 22, 1891 note. Advertisers urged to mention seeing the paper. News and Observer endorsements and political stances on currency and farmers’ interests.
Editorial snippets recount U S Hall vs Sub Treasury in Missouri, papers changing hands, local meetings delayed, and praise for leaders like Col Harry Skinner. They critique Sherman, warn of future politics, discuss Russia Jews, horse sales, and a major mountain campaign.
An editorial urges replacing veteran politicians with educated, younger leaders to end sectionalism in North Carolina and national politics. It cites Col Polk’s call for youth, notes several young appointees, warns against party fusions, and argues for unsectional, merit-based Congress while criticizing persistent party dominance.
The piece argues wealth concentration will reach 90 percent for 3 percent of people within twenty years and attacks political and monetary power tied to the East and England. It criticizes farmers for staying out of politics, warns of class legislation, and promotes financial reform over military valor in a Raleigh era debate.
In a rural exchange with Uncle Zeke Bilkins and R, talk turns to current politics and reform. They discuss farmers, public figures like Dr. Caldwell and the Treasury, the per capita money debate, and shifting views on coinage, with banter about collars and notoriety. The sketch ends with Bilkins urging paper subscribers to settle dues.
The New York Times reports business leaders fear Democratic free silver coinage. The piece predicts the policy will be enacted despite fears and urges those opposing the law to adapt or relocate, implying continued pressure on opponents.
A historical railing against political parties and party bosses. The author attacks partycraft and priestcraft, condemning tax and pension policies tied to partisan agitation. The piece laments omnipresent party cries from newspapers and mass meetings.
A writer catalogs exchanges over the Sub Treasury with critics who mock the measure while avoiding deep discussion. The piece portrays opponents as mischaracterizing farmers loans as goose and berry support, then attacking the plan and dismantling it like a Dickens figure. The analogy ends with a straw man named Brass being parodied as it is defeated.
The writer denounces certain agricultural papers as tools of organized plutocracy. He claims these journals, printed on fine paper, swindle farmers and influence editorials to “keep the farmers quiet.” He cites a bankers circular suggesting religious and agricultural journals be fixed to serve their interests.
The Charleston Farmers' Advocate argues the Sub Treasury plan would increase money supply and lower interest rates, benefiting farmers and the nation. It claims the policy would create prosperity by making money more plentiful and accessible to those in need, aligning with Alliance principles.
The letter argues that under a Sub-Treasury scheme speculators could corner wheat and cotton, control the nation’s money, and force economic favors on farmers, merchants, and growers. It contends only free coinage and abundant currency would stop such manipulation and protect labor.
A Hartford Connecticut Examiner editorial accuses northern and southern party papers of extreme misrepresentation to block Alliance and People’s party aims. It laments continued sectional prejudice and warns that old politicians press fear to curb fraternal reconciliation efforts.
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