A Populist Reader: Selections from the Works of American Populist LeadersGeorge Brown Tindall Harper & Row, 1966 - 231 pages |
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... farms by foreclosure or sale . Little wonder , in the circumstances , that farmers should blame some malevolent force : the railroads that levied heavy and dis- criminatory rates while they enjoyed governmental favoritism and largesse ...
... farms by foreclosure or sale . Little wonder , in the circumstances , that farmers should blame some malevolent force : the railroads that levied heavy and dis- criminatory rates while they enjoyed governmental favoritism and largesse ...
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... farmers , while not being reputed as good managers , and while being rated as thriftless , wasteful , and extravagant , yet even at $ 2,500,000,000 for their aggregate mortgage indebtedness , they can show on the tax rolls of their ...
... farmers , while not being reputed as good managers , and while being rated as thriftless , wasteful , and extravagant , yet even at $ 2,500,000,000 for their aggregate mortgage indebtedness , they can show on the tax rolls of their ...
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... farmer of North Carolina . Too young to be a candidate for President or Vice - President , he has worked his way up from his fields through the Farmers ' Alliance into a seat in the United States Senate . But in addition to the ...
... farmer of North Carolina . Too young to be a candidate for President or Vice - President , he has worked his way up from his fields through the Farmers ' Alliance into a seat in the United States Senate . But in addition to the ...
Contents
TOWN AND COUNTRY | 1 |
IIPOPULIST GRIEVANCES | 11 |
LAND MONOPOLY | 18 |
Copyright | |
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