Farmer Discontent, 1865-1900Vernon Rosco Carstensen Wiley, 1974 - 184 pages |
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... cities , " cried Wil- liam Jennings Bryan in Chicago in July , 1896 , " and leave our farms , and your cities will spring up again as if by magic ; but de- stroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the ...
... cities , " cried Wil- liam Jennings Bryan in Chicago in July , 1896 , " and leave our farms , and your cities will spring up again as if by magic ; but de- stroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the ...
Page 88
... cities over - crowded and congested ; rural districts mortgaged to the utmost limit , and largely cultivated by tenants ; crime extending its cancerous roots into the very vitals of socie- ty ; colossal fortunes arising like Alpine ...
... cities over - crowded and congested ; rural districts mortgaged to the utmost limit , and largely cultivated by tenants ; crime extending its cancerous roots into the very vitals of socie- ty ; colossal fortunes arising like Alpine ...
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... cities have only misfortune and sorrow as the result of the election of Bryan . But my acquaintance with the rural districts of states like Illinois and Iowa makes it impossible for me to believe that the farmers will ever consent to a ...
... cities have only misfortune and sorrow as the result of the election of Bryan . But my acquaintance with the rural districts of states like Illinois and Iowa makes it impossible for me to believe that the farmers will ever consent to a ...
Contents
Part One GROWTH AND CHANGE IN AMERICAN | 1 |
Part Two THE GRANGER MOVEMENT 18651880 | 17 |
6 The Declaration of Purposes of the Patrons of Hus | 40 |
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