All Forms of Toil Menaced by Trusts in 1900 Platform
A broad denunciation of private monopolies led by William J. Bryan argues that trusts inflate prices, restrict labor, and drain wealth from workers. The text cites oil, sugar, coal, and telegraph monopolies, detailing extortionate profits, price hikes, and anti-competitive harms across industries, urging relentless warfare against monopolies. It stresses the burden on labor, small capitalists, and consumers, while naming various trusts and reported profits to illustrate systemic theft of value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Iesson
Democratic Party
William J. Bryan
Alweya
Worey
Cortalo Apoeiita
Plettgesa
New York
Gassella
Mulidert’ Boter
Privat
Commonwealth
Steel Trust
Suger Trust
Wire Trust
Tin Plate Trust
Pennsylvania Coal
Bank
Chemical Bank
Metropolitan Telephone Co
Bell Monopoly
Telegraph
Bay State Gas Co
Cleveland Gas Co
New York Gas
New York Senate
Metropolitan
Philadelphia ‘Traction
Giombal Bank
Gaza
Slavery, Sulu Treaty Provisions Amid 1899 Colonial Echoes
The document outlines constitutional limits on slavery in the United States and details the McKinley era treaty with the Sultan of Sulu. It lists terms on sovereignty, flag use, religious rights, and monthly salaries to Sulu dignitaries, signed in Jolo on August 20, 1899, with multiple signatories.
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United States
Mkinley
Sultan OF
Sulu
Acchi- Pelaka
Sulu Aball
Vaylay
Dato Rajah Mada
Dato Atik
Dato Calbo
Dato Joakanian
Dato Puyo
Dato Amir Hasssin
Cost of militarism and the expected funding surge
The article argues the United States plans a 100000 man army and a 200000000 dollar navy budget for the coming year to support imperial ambitions. It notes current year costs include 47000000 for pay, plus clothing medical ordnance and subsistence expenses, with total military establishment estimates rising beyond 128170583 and probable increases for the next fiscal year.
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Washington
Navy Department
Congress
War Department
Ludington
Manny
Quartermaster's Department
Weston
Root
No Room for Subjects Under the Free Flag
The Republic faces a national crisis over subjugation of foreign peoples and despotic rule. The president wages war on principles of liberty, offering no independence or citizenship to Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines. It argues for republicanism led by Washington and Jefferson, questioning whether the nation will uphold liberty or fall to imperial power.
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Tathera
Porto Rico
Wawail
Poippines
Congress
Anbrecta
Republic of Washington
Jefferson Feady
King George and King William Proclamations in Revolt Era
The text cites a 1776 proclamation by George III promising to restore blessings of liberty to colonists amid rebellion and a parallel note from President McKinley during the Philippine resistance promising a government to promote civilization and material progress for Filipinos.
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Great Britain
George III
Mngland
United States
Mel
Inley
Tant Congress
Ilipinos
Where the Democratic Party Stands on Labor
In the interest of American labor the Democratic Party calls for a Department of Labor with a secretary in the cabinet. It argues that strengthening the laborer will boost production and property for the country at home and for the community abroad.
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Democratic Party
Gongross
Department of Labor
Avat
Iit
Bryan on Arbitration from Letter of Acceptance
The platform renews the demand for arbitration between corporations and their employes. No one who has observed the selodom which arisen between froat corporations and Uiel numerous employes can doubt the wisdom of oxtabe Ughing an impartial court for the just and equitable settlement of disputes. Ne demand for arbitration ought to be supported iy Leurtily by the public, which suffersa convoniens executive of strikes and lockouts, and by the employers them volve, as by the employer. The establishiment of arbitration will secure friendly relations between labor and capital, and render obsolete the growing practice of calling the army to get to labor troyllos.
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Uiel
Oxtabe
Convoniens
Lincoln quotes and racist arguments fade in 19th century speech
Fragmentary excerpts cite President Lincoln and future policy claims, contrasting benevolent assimilation with arguments that inferior races deserve lesser freedoms. The garbled text links Lincoln’s Chicago speech of 1858 to later “surrender of liberties” rhetoric and race hierarchy justifications in U.S. history.
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Mel Ninley
Minneaports
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
Chicago
Lil
Lincoln’s warning on equal rights in early America
The fragment quotes Lincoln on self evident truths in the declaration of independence and warns against any doctrine that only rich or white or Anglo-Saxon men deserve life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It emphasizes enduring human rights and the moral duty of posterity to renew that battle.
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Lincol
Continental Congress
Blates
America
Lincaln
Collings
Kilns City Platform Pledges Liberal Pensions
The platform statement from Kansas City proclaims pride in soldiers non sailors and favoring liberal pensions for them and their dependents. It reiterates that enlistment and service serve as evidence against disease and disability prior to enlistment, aligning with the Chicago platform F800.
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Chicago
Reath Endorses Heel in Cuban Service Bid
A garbled letter from a postmaster general candidate in 1908 praises Maj. Charlow B. Neely of Marion Indiana as a fit confidant and companion for top service. The missive, addressed to Maj. Rathbone in Jamestown Ohio, touts Neely as an ideal executive figure amid a broader postal fraud investigation linked to a New York extradition case.
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Jy Rathbone
Jamiltan
Republican National Committee
Bureau
New York
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Coal Trust
Coal Combine
DY Congress
Lingeed “Oil Trust
Vopper Syndicate
Serre
Whisky Trust
Sugar Trust
Velegrajl
Wea
Bell
Grand Rapids
Wis
McKinley
Constitution of
the United States
Sultan Sulu
Dato Rajah Muda
J. C. Oates
Ua. Vv
Army
Navy
Republic
King George
King William
Willie
Papa
Kansas
Platform
Bryan
Pessons
Reath
Thomas Jeferson
Jefferson
Liberyty
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