Charles Macune
Encyclopedia
Charles Macune was a leader of the Farmers Alliance and editor of its theoretical publication the National Economist. He formulated the subtreasury plan which maintained the integrity of the Alliance and addressed the tight credit
which caused the failure of its cooperative
warehouses.
A Democrat, Macune opposed both the formation of the People's Party and the bimetalism which served as the basis of the 1896 fusion
of the Democratic and Populist parties.
Gold standard
The gold standard is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed mass of gold. There are distinct kinds of gold standard...
which caused the failure of its cooperative
Cooperative
A cooperative is a business organization owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit...
warehouses.
A Democrat, Macune opposed both the formation of the People's Party and the bimetalism which served as the basis of the 1896 fusion
Electoral fusion
Electoral fusion is an arrangement where two or more political parties on a ballot list the same candidate, pooling the votes for that candidate...
of the Democratic and Populist parties.
External links
- Charles William Macune (1851-1940). Biography with references at the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved August 27, 2006.
- Smith, Ralph. The Farmers' Alliance in Texas, 1875-1900. Volume 48, Number 3, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online. Accessed Sun Aug 27, 2006.
Archive
- Charles W. Macune Papers, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Articles and books
- Lawrence Goodwyn. Democratic Promise: The Populist Moment in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976.
- Robert C. McMath, Jr. Populist Vanguard: A History of the Southern Farmers' Alliance. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1975.
- Charles W. Macune, Jr. The Wellsprings of a Populist: Dr. C. W. Macune Before 1886," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 90 (October 1986).
- James C. Malin, The Farmers' Alliance Subtreasury Plan and European Precedents. Mississippi Valley Historical Review 31 September 1944.
- W. Scott Morgan. History of the Wheel and Alliance and the Impending Revolution. Fort Scott, Kansas: Rice, 1889.
- Fred A. Shannon. C. W. Macune and the Farmers' Alliance. Current History 28 (June 1955).
- Ralph A. Smith. `Macuneism,' or the Farmers of Texas in Business, Journal of Southern History 13 (May 1947).