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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1895
Page
2
The fragment recalls L. L. Polk in July reflecting on democracy and a nation governed by its people. He contrasts the setting sun with shadows and a river valley, expressing longing to see a country led by and for the people.
Editorial notes critique calls for a lifetime tenure under labor. The piece mocks goldbug propaganda, cites Polk county property declines, and debates silver, populism, and party rivalries. It discusses Cary shoe factory hopes, alliance stock appeals, and wage disputes amid strikes and coinage talk.
AN EXPENSIVE OSTLER A. J. Joyner of Weldon now runs August Belmont's private stables in New York City at a salary of 10000 dollars plus fees, over 5000 dollars yearly. The article questions why a millionaire's horse servant earns more than North Carolina's Governor Treasurer or Chief Justice, invoking historic battles to argue against such disparity.
A local editorial discusses Chapter 427 of the public laws regulating road works in Ines Hyde Wake Polk and Pamlico counties and Craven outside Newberne. It notes the November vote on a 45 cent per poll and 15 cent per hundred tax to fund road improvements, criticizes split-convict work, and supports targeted county town road construction while debating repeal of old road laws. It also mentions Bro H E King appointed district lecturer for Alliance work across several counties and invites organizers to contact him.
Report shows 1,823 railway workers killed and 23,422 injured in 1923, down from 2,727 and 31,729 in 1893, with passengers suffering 324 deaths and 3,304 injuries. Causes span coupling, falls, collisions, and derailments. ratios highlight higher danger for train crews than passengers, amid evolving safety tech and fewer workers. A financial note follows on last week’s US business failures at 213 versus 210 a year ago, warning prosperity hinges on reform.
A report from R G Dunn & Co. says there is no real business recovery and temporary gains are vanishing while prices remain far below a year ago. Hides and coke show declines, wheat and wool weaken, iron moves with ore shipments hindered by a miners strike, cotton remains strong but pausing, and rail and boot industries reduce purchases and reduce employment. Domestic and foreign stocks include copper, tin, and lead with sizable inventories.
The piece lauds North Carolina as prosperous in crops amid national drought. It notes wheat oats corn and cotton yields, tobacco better here than elsewhere, and warns that large firms Baruch of Charlotte and Wallace Bros of Statesville have failed after papers claimed good times. It ends with a quip about Nero and Rome.
At Beverly Mass on Sept 5 1895 the Boston Boot and Shoe Club drew over 225 manufacturers and leaders. Governor Greenhalge praised Massachusetts lead in boot and shoe industry and urged unity, intelligence, enterprise, courage, integrity, industry, pluck, independence, progress, and gains won. The piece promotes lessons for future state alliances.
A premium offer to lady agents is withdrawn this week as another proposition is prepared. Circular letters explaining the latest proposition will be mailed to all agents. If not received, inform us and a copy will be sent. Women willing to aid circulation of the Protrusive Farmer should provide their name and address for inclusion. We thank the noble women.
The piece commends faithful workers for the summer lull and promotes the use of ladies as agents to secure subscribers. It argues reform doctrine should be disseminated and calls this "money time" for farmers, predicting a brighter future and noting that women can be more effective than premium incentives.
A failed Oklahoma bank owed more sound money than it had on hand by half. German nobleman Baron Von Hammerstein, a sound money advocate, was arrested in Bourlin for forging $50,000. Wallace Bros. of North Carolina failed for over $200,000. Ransom, minister to Mexico, passed through Charlotte noting few friends. Gettysburg street railway head E M Hoffer assigned $110,000. Ross Van Boklen, Merchants' Loan teller, is missing after $50,000 disappeared. Bank employees Joseph H. Wilson and Benjamin B. Jones confessed to stealing $12,500 from the National Bank of Illinois. The piece questions public concern over financial honesty.
During a Friday night appearance by Senator Butler and Mr WR Henry in Charlotte rowdy youths were ejected by an enraged audience. They pelted the building with rocks as police fired pistols to scatter them. The writer criticizes the Democratic Party as stubborn and doomed to lose North Carolina next year.
A New York Sun reader recounts a crowded street car where a well dressed man offered his seat to a poorly dressed colored woman with a baby. The woman’s thanks reveal respect across races, while two well dressed gentlemen later give up seats to two elderly white women, illustrating courteous behavior among some Northerners.
A collage of letters from North Carolina readers praising The Progressive Farmer, urging reform, and calling for a rightward vote in 1896. Contributors from Alamance Orange and other counties express loyalty, financial support, and desire for broader farmer unity against Democratic policies.
Elitor Ramsey cites Boston shoe trade figures to argue Southern buyers, noting 14 North Carolina towns spent over 1.7 million dollars for boots and shoes, with 1894 Boston exports to the region reaching 53 868 pairs. He urges readers to contribute to Barnes for a shoe factory.
The North Carolina State Farm Alliance has perfected an arrangement to establish a shoe factory in Cary, claiming the state offers optimal conditions for success. The note references firms from Brockton, Massachusetts, signaling an industrial recruitment effort.
Currituck residents are invited to a large Alliance event and silver picnic at Mathias Grove near the Currituck Court House on the first Thursday in October. Distinguished speakers Rev. T. W. Bath Judge W. A. Guthrie and Walter R. Bend are named as expected attendees.
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