Political Education in the Southern Farmers' Alliance, 1887-1900University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 - 242 pages |
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Page 64
... capital had achieved their great strength by combination . The farmers could do the same . The Alliance argued that the lien system was not a necessary part of doing business in the region and attempted to circumvent it entirely by the ...
... capital had achieved their great strength by combination . The farmers could do the same . The Alliance argued that the lien system was not a necessary part of doing business in the region and attempted to circumvent it entirely by the ...
Page 81
... Capital sought , through combination and political influence- buying , to restrict and control what Scott Morgan called " legitimate trade . " ' 3 " For Morgan and Charles Macune , the propensity for capital to centralize , to organize ...
... Capital sought , through combination and political influence- buying , to restrict and control what Scott Morgan called " legitimate trade . " ' 3 " For Morgan and Charles Macune , the propensity for capital to centralize , to organize ...
Page 161
... capital by eliminating price as a means of allocating loans . With interest rates fixed below 2 percent , individuals or enter- prises with a greater ability to pay would no longer be able to bid more for capital . Thus access to capital ...
... capital by eliminating price as a means of allocating loans . With interest rates fixed below 2 percent , individuals or enter- prises with a greater ability to pay would no longer be able to bid more for capital . Thus access to capital ...
Contents
The Hard Lessons | 24 |
The Alliance and the Public School | 124 |
The Ocala Demands | 206 |
Copyright | |
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