Reform delayed as Roosevelt seen lukewarm by party ranks
The piece argues the Republican machine and Wall Street influence suppress reform in 1904 politics. It blames a passive President Roosevelt and a trust-controlled Congress for postponing anti trust and tariff reforms, predicting a growing push for change ahead of the national campaign. It contrasts consumer harm with corporate power and warns of a sharper remedy if delay continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repulican
Hanna
Congress
Roosevelt
Morgan
Rockefeller
Wall Street
Culom Anti Trust Bill Aims Appointed Spy Force
The Culom bill would ban interstate commerce in articles from trusts with fines of 500 to 5000 dollars and set fifty special agents to report violations. Republicans push reform rhetoric while delaying real action, citing Roosevelt's conservative message and an expected row of revisions and shelved bills. The piece laments voters' disappointment in GOP acts on trusts and tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullom
Rathbone
Neely
Roosevelt
Government Statistics Under Scrutiny Reveals Flaws
A discussion questions the reliability of wage figures citing H. L. Bliss pamphlet Juggeed Sta tistics which accuses current government statistics of being faked and fraudulent and challenges the public’s trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Bliss
Trusts and tariffs shadow a pending reform blueprint
The piece argues that a commission would show necessary tariff and trust reforms, but warns that Wall Street and the trusts resist change. It cites Roosevelt’s stance on repealing the anthracite duty, doubts over federal power, and claims of census and agricultural department manipulation amid a farmer backed political landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Trusts
Beef Trust
Coal Trust
Steel Trust
Congress
Window Glass Free Bill Urges Prompt Action
The Knights of Labor push a free list for window glass as the three headed window glass trust boosts prices and contracts 450000 boxes a month for six months. Congress should act quickly on this important bill amid rising costs and sound urban life imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor
Trust
Window Glass Trust
National Window Glass Jobbers’ Association
Congress
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Women
A long testimonial letter lauds Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for easing fatigue backache and menstrual irregularities. The writer, Miss Marie Kerens of New York City, recounts renewed energy and health after three bottles. Further letters claim cures from fainting spells and nervous exhaustion with endorsements and sales notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Marie Kerens
9Th Ave
New York City
Amanda T. Petterson
Atwater
Minn
Leeds mineral water maker houses vast scrapbook
A Leeds based mineral water manufacturer fills a large house with a gigantic scrapbook. Every notable theatrical poster from the past years is pasted on the walls, turning garret to basement into a gallery of events and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
England
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Census Bureau
Friends of Labor
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Innsbruck
Austrian
Tyrol
Italy
Germany
Brenner Pass
Botzen
Inn
Vischer
Napoleon I
Andreas Hofer
Hofer
Napoleon
Austria
Mantua
Inn Valley
Hofkirche
Maximilian I
Maria Theresa
Ubras
Ferdinand II
Philippine Welser
Greman
Philippine Weiser
Augsburg
Bresnic
Castle Ambras
Ferdinand
Maximilian
Arthur
Maria Theresa Street
Defiance
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha, Neb
Green
D.C
W. A
Oklahoma City
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