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Because they were for inflation, and many of the comprised of poor individual farm hands and farmers who were debt ridden and over worked by the rates of the railroads and banker's interest rates. With inflation, real debt was actually lower than deflation (which they were in during the gold standard)
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What issues did the populist party not support?
B. increased shipping rates
Who were the Grangers populist?
The Grange and the Populist were periods in the Farmer's Movement, between 1867 and 1896. The Grangers was a secret order founded in 1867 to advance the social needs and combat the economic hardship of farm life. The Populist party emphasized free silver, the income tax, eight-hour day, reclamation of land grants, government ownership of railways, telephones and telegraphs, popular election of federal senators, and the initiative and referendum.
When were some of the populist party's proposals adopted?
-Silver backed money -people electing the senators -graduated income tax -government run railroads -8 hour work day
What did populist support?
The populist supported ; unlimited minting for silver, an increased circulation of money, government owned communications and transportation's systems, and a eight- hour work day. They also sought to unite African American and white farmers. Their President William Jennings B. won most of the western and southern states but lost the election.
Who gave the most support to the free silver campaign of 1896?
farmers, who thought that a larger money supply would ease their bebt.
