What justified, and unjustified, complaints did farmers have in the late nineteenth century?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. New means of transportation and communication pushed farmers into a complex international market they neither controlled nor entirely understood.
2. Farm profits were low because the agriculture field tended to have high competition.
3. Although farm profits were low, farmers’ purchasing power increased as costs for all goods fell due to the rise in industrialization.
4. Farmers complained about shipping costs, but railroad rates actually fell during the late
nineteenth century.
5. Farm mortgages were common—often used to buy new machinery or expand holdings—and allowed farmers to increase their output and income.
6. Farmers had the perception they were fairly poorly, a belief reinforced by the literature of the time that described the drabness of farm life.
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