A Kansas Memory Podcast
William Peffer's Scapbook
The document used in the Peffer Scrapbook
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- William Peffer Scrapbook, volume 2
In the late 19th century, American tax laws favored
Northeastern industrialists, who amassed enormous fortunes, while
farmers in rural America found it harder and harder to make a living.
The Farmer's Alliance, combined with other labor movements, formed
The People's Party and took control of the Kansas House of Representatives
in 1890. Kansas newspaper editor, William Peffer, represented the Populists in the U. S. Senate from 1891 to 1897. This podcast is drawn from his editorials, which championed the economic reforms the farmers called for.
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