Word: revolt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Political Revolt. The insurgent-farmer move in politics will undoubtedly be affected by the uptrend which wheat and corn prices have taken in recent weeks. September wheat went up to about $1.25 a bushel. The Department of Agriculture reports from 11 countries which last year produced 64% of the world's wheat, showed an estimate of 15% below last year's production. This, if it comes to pass, means improved prices. It means more money in the pockets of our farmers. It is a worse blow to the LaFollette ticket than any political maneuver which could be engineered...
...seems pretty well established that the cause of the revolt is ancient. The State of Sao Paulo is the home of the rich coffee planters, known as the "Yankees of Brazil," because of their enterprise and wealth. This State has an area of 112,312 square miles and is therefore larger than all the New England States with Pennsylvania added...
...Federal Government consistently claimed that its troops were winning. First, that the rebels had been surrounded in their barracks, and the revolt was over. Second, that the Federals were bombarding Sao Paulo and its fall was considered imminent. Third, that the revolt had warranted the employment on the spot of the General Staff of the Army, who were working out the final plans for ousting the rebels. Fourth, that the Federal troops, outside Sao Paulo, were endeavoring to force the surrender of the rebels without causing damage to the town...
...Paulo State Government and the Federal Government in Rio de Janeiro, Capital of Brazil, combined to crush the revolt. Troops and warships were sent against the rebels...
...State of Sao Paulo, the revolt was said to be spreading and assuming serious proportions. All this was most uncertain, however, for the rebels had cut the telegraph and telephone wires, had halted the railway services, had generally made themselves unsociable...