Farmers paid very high prices for transportation of their harvested grain, farmers would mortgage their farms for credit to get seed and supplies.
The patrons spent most of their time fighting the rail roads and just getting together.
This group gave rise to other groups of farmers to fight the railroads, The southern alliance was a large group.
Railroads still did not change the shipment prices. :( populist party was founded in 1892.
The party was to help poor farmers manage their debt, and create a voice in the government.
They just really wanted a voice in the government, because they were a huge part in the economy.
They wanted the farmers wanted the voting ballets to be kept secret to avoid voting fraud.
Restrictions on jobs prevented people from working for more than eight hours.
sometimes for money security people would trade paper money for gold, or silver.
Elections- the populist party was a party in the government just like the democrats, and the republicans we have today.
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