Hay News and Debate in the Progressive Farmer
Weather favors mowing as rains boost crab grass hay crops with hundreds of loads yet to be cut. An apology is offered for recent personal editorial style as editorials target the Wall Street press and Calamity Howlers, urging discussion of Alliance platform and justice for producers.
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Greensburg
Independent
Wallstreet
Senator Peffer
Jerry Simpson
Delemamater
Keystone
Wn. E. Schmertz
J. A. Chamberge Shoe and Glass Manufacturers
Pittsburg
Westmoreland
Questions Answered in Agriculture Style Advice
A humorous mock Q and A treats politics as crop science. It asks what soil suits growing politics and how often to sow seed. The editor replies politics grow on various soils in the United States. State politics should be sown every two years and national politics every four years with thorough soil preparation and clean cultivation.
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United States
Raleigh correspondent denounces Polk in alliance controversy
A Raleigh contributor to the Atlanta Constitution joins the anti Polk debate. He claims Alliance leaders in North Carolina blame Polk, warn his reelection is at risk, and suggest the pole of the old soldier faction opposes him. The piece accuses charges as cowardly and intended to secure Polk’s return as Alliance president.
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Raleigh
Atlanta Constitution
Polk
Alliancemen
North Carolina
Atlanta
L. L. Polk
Alliance
Butler
Polk’s Strength Affirmed by Alliance Amid Attacks
The Alliance declares President Polk immune to bribery and intimidation and asserts he is stronger with the people today than at any prior time, responding to what it calls base and malicious lies.
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President Polk
Supply and demand should govern grain prices
The piece argues farmers should wait for price rises as supply and demand determine value. It rebuts accusations of farmer collusion with speculators, mocks pro tax schemes against bachelors, and questions taxing one group to fund another, urging removal of sex or class privileges and opposing tariffs that aid manufacturers.
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Colorado
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Elsa
North Carolina Pride and Resources From Ambrose Portrait
A North Carolina assessment extols the state's climate, forests, minerals, and agricultural staples. It lauds its New South progress and geographic richness, noting cotton, corn, tobacco, and timber industries amid varied elevations and mild winters.
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North Carolina
New South
James Clement Ambrose
Union
Lakes
Gulf
Ocean
Smoky Mountains
S. Ier
Madras of Sri Lanka Could Live Alone in The World
The description extols Sri Lanka as rich in natural resources and infrastructure, noting abundant iron, paper, furniture, cotton-seed oil, and vast beds of fish and oysters. It highlights 1,100 miles of navigable streams, steam craft, and railways enabling easy travel.
A Bold Letter From President Polk to Atlanta Journal
President Polk writes the Atlanta Journal from Washington Sept 24 1891 defending against slanders about his Civil War role and Confederate ties. He questions Kansas speeches and a cotton picker strike claim, urges fairness, honesty, and truth in reporting.
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Atlanta Journal
Polk
Truth
Washtington
D. C
Kansas
Salisbury
N.C
South
Wichita
Atlanta
Washington City
A Cowardly Government and a Washington Visit
The editor recounts a Washington trip with Dr. Edw. Dunn’s family and a Census Department employee. The tale accuses the government of corruption and suppression of farm mortgage records, claiming officials instruct bureaus not to publish explosive reports. The piece ends noting a提 suggestion to adopt “Hog and Harmony” as motto for reform papers.
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Baltimore
Washington
Great West
St. Paul
Minn
Edw. Dunn
Mt. Washington
Ohio
Department
Porter
Cabinet
Scient
RM. Furman
Asheville
Reform Press
Alliance Notes from Brethren Meeting Endorses Ocala Platform
Letters from Brethren describe active Alliance groups across North Carolina. Reports praise solid membership, upcoming lectures by Woolen Parker and English, and a Tuscola picnic led by Col. T. B. Long. A Cabarrus officer notes two horses dying worth 250, urging sub alliances to contribute pro rata to a state fund.
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Comtock Alliance
Ocala
Bro
J. W. Best
Tredell County
O. K
E. A. Long
Triangle Alliance
Lincoln County
A. C. Ingold
Alliance
R. B. Shelton
Tuscola
Haywood County
Col
T. B. Long
D. Wincoff
Coal Shute Alliance
Cabarrus County
C. M. Petrea
Concord
N. C
State Alliance notices mass meetings with General Weaver
Notice from State Alliance calls mass meetings across North Carolina September 23 to September 30 with General J. B. Weaver of Iowa addressing crowds on the reform movement. Events listed in Marshall Madison Burke Wilkesboro Ashe Taylorsville Newton and other towns with arrangements urged.
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J. B. Weaver
Iowa
W.S. Barn Lee
Y N.C
B.S. A
Raleigh, N. C
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