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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Best general references: Gen. Weaver, A Call to Action; Peffer, The Farmer's Side; Platform of People's Party; Forum, VIII, 464-473 (Dec. 1889); Arena, V, 726-732 (May, 1892) and VI, 201-204 (July 1892); Sec'y Rusx in N. A. Review, vol. 152, pp. 423 430 (Apr. 1891); N. A. Review...
...Chief among these grievances are the following: - (a) Wretched condition of agriculture as compared with other occupations: The Farmer's Side, Parts I and II; N. A. Review, vol. 152, pp. 425-428; Forum, X, 346-355; Andover Review, XIV, 128. - (b) Existence and growth of great monopolies. - (c) Inadequacy and unsuitableness of our national currency: N. A. Review, vol. 153, pp. 222-224. - (d) Farmer's lack of due influence in politics: N. A. Review...
...These grievances are due to the causes which can be removed by legislation. - (a) Extortions of railroads, middle-men, and banks: Forum, VIII, 465. - (b) Exemption of the rich from taxation on their incomes: Arena, July, 1892, p. 202. - (c) Contraction of the currency: The Farmer's Side, ch. IX; Mrs. Emery, Seven Financial Conspiracies, ch. IV. - (d) Unequal system of tariff taxation: Carlisle in Forum, VIII...
...exile changed the tone of the Jewish people. Their country was in the main peaceful and they had a cheerfulness that came from feeling that God was on their side. After their exile they were scattered and as aliens were isolated and made to feel the strangeness of their situation. In some cases they were persecuted but not so much as we are apt to think. These persecutions were especially bitter about the second century...
Like most social questions this one has two distinct sides; the economic and the ethical one. In regard to the economic side, the deductions drawn from official reports, show that not less than seven hundred million dollars were paid for drink by consumers in the year 1880. This is no less per capita than one twelfth of the cost of the necessities of life; namely, food, clothing and shelter. Such a fact as this is very startling. Suppose we look at the subject on a small scale, and take the city of Cambridge, where there has for some time been...