When was it published?

August 13, 1891 in The Valley Virginian

Domestic News August 13, 1891

The Valley Virginian

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Agriculture, Politics, Economic

Q: What keywords are associated?

Kansas Crops, Corn Yield, Wheat Harvest, Farmers Alliances, Democrats Fusion, Anarchists, Political Lectures

Clifton Forge, Staunton, Virginia

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What is this article about?

Kansas reports huge crop yields with 250 million bushels of corn estimated and extraordinary wheat, yet farmers feel oppressed. Farmers' Alliances remain active, struggling to fuse with Democrats, and are turning anarchistic, led by uneducated lecturers, per a Topeka correspondent.

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The crops in Kansas are huge. The estimate of the yield of corn this year is 250,000,000 bushels, and the wheat is extraordinary. Still the farmers are feeling that they are oppressed, and the Alliances are yet rampant. One trouble is, the Alliance and the Democrats cannot fuse very well. Each crowd wishes to capture the other. The Alliances are becoming Anarchists. A Topeka correspondent of the Times speaks of the intensity of the egotistic ignorance of the anarchical Alliance people. There are hundreds of lectures yelling all the time in Kansas, and not a man of them has been educated, except to labor at farming or mechanical tasks, which is very well, but not the whole of education for the comprehension of large affairs.

What sub-type of article is it?

Agriculture Politics Economic

What keywords are associated?

Kansas Crops Corn Yield Wheat Harvest Farmers Alliances Democrats Fusion Anarchists Political Lectures

Where did it happen?

Kansas

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Kansas

Event Date

This Year

Outcome

farmers feel oppressed; alliances becoming anarchists and unable to fuse with democrats effectively.

Event Details

Crops in Kansas are huge with an estimated yield of 250,000,000 bushels of corn and extraordinary wheat. Farmers feel oppressed, Alliances are rampant, struggling to fuse with Democrats as each seeks to capture the other. Alliances are becoming anarchists. A Topeka correspondent describes the intensity of egotistic ignorance among anarchical Alliance people. Hundreds of lectures by uneducated farmers and mechanics occur, lacking broader education for large affairs.