Agricultural Revolution
...well as America and soon priced tumbled. Another problem faced by farmers was the railroad abuses to farmers. In document 5 it shows a train, which has, rebates extortion, and consolidation written on it running over farmers. Which shows that farmers were no match for the railroads “big business”. Just a few of the many thing railroads did were as farmers supply exceeded demand freight charges continued to spiral upward with rail roads knowing farmers were having trouble and at that time there were n regulating what railroad could and could not do to their prices and what not. Those problems that faced farmers led farmers to organize and come up with solutions for their best interests. In document 7 Ignatius Donnelly the founder and Leader of the Populist Part states the reason he believes the populist party was formed he says “Corruption dominates the ballot-box, the legislatures, the congress... we seek to restore the government of the Republic to the hands of the plain people.” But before the Populist Party there was the Farmers Alliance, which brought about great changes such as the Interstate Commerce Commission, which monitored railroad activities, the Interstate Commerce Act which was passed that prohibited railroads from giving secret rebates, or refunds, to large shippers. It also stated that railroad rates had to be reasonable and just. Another solution set forth by farmers was the Sherman Silver Purchase Act that required the government to buy silver each month and mint it...