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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1901
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard outlines subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, confirms mailing details, and lists office locations in Anaconda, Missoula, Butte, and Great Falls. It notes foreign mail rates and various regional newsstands.
An advertiser notice proclaims the Apaconda Standard has a larger bona fide paid circulation than all other Montana daily papers combined, citing six months ending late June 2, 1901 with Daily and Sunday figures of eleven thousand eight hundred seventy two and unspecified Sunday totals.
The piece urges the post office department to equip rural mall carts with weather signals from the weather bureau and broad world news. It envisions dual flag poles for world news and weather, proposing timely alerts on events from yacht races to boxing matches and international conflicts to please farmers and laborers.
The Inter Mountain recalls copper price trends under the Wilson and McKinley tariffs, noting lows before the Wilson law and a rally as tariff periods shift. It credits applied science and American machinery for rising demand, and discusses broader implications for Russia and civilization.
The article contrasts 1891 with 1893, noting strong bank stability and real estate prices then, while the great shutdown hit Butte and Anaconda in 1891. It argues tariffs did not trigger the downturn and blames absentee railway managers. It also predicts the Calumet and Hecla company may pay its last dividend before the twentieth century ends.
The article praises Senator Chandler's long public life and substantial study of economic issues. It argues trusts threaten welfare by fixing prices and controlling labor and legislation, risking despotism. His remedy is legal limits on a corporation’s stock and bond issuance to curb centralization of capital.
The article argues for increased organization as essential to economic progress and high wages in American industry. It warns against returning to small, unregulated production and emphasizes balancing capital and labor rights. It suggests economic laws and selective laissez faire may best resolve trust concerns without federal mandates.
The Brooklyn Eagle questions the death penalty bias and the reliability of circumstantial evidence in the Durrant murder case. It notes rumors that Pastor Gibson was guilty, cites repeated denials, and recalls the Omaha deathbed confession yarn while acknowledging the California jury’s decision.
The Salt Lake Herald reports Utah beet sugar output could reach 3600000 pounds this year nearly doubling last year and ranking behind California and Michigan. Manager T R Cutler notes the industry is in its infancy with room for expansion as Utah diversifies beyond mining into stock raising and agriculture to sustain prosperity. Senator W A Clark leads new Herald ownership vowing a progressive, unbiased paper focused on Utah and surrounding states with improved news service and features.
The Toronto Mail and Express notes the 1867 population of Canada at 5 371 694 and records 1891 population at 4 893 239. It states the 1901 figure is estimated to be 6 but the sentence ends abruptly.
A Washington bureau review traces early U S trade with China from 1784 voyages to Canton to 1843 diplomacy. It highlights John Tyler appointing Caleb Cushing to secure a trade treaty and the 1843 letter to the Chinese emperor as pivotal in opening ports and shaping long term commercial ties.
The data compare Canada’s expansion from 1867 to 1901, noting area rising from 499,700 to 3,470,392 square miles, inclusion of Manitoba BC Prince Edward Island, railway mileage increasing from 2,280 to 17,264 miles, and export value growing from 57.6 million to 155.9 million dollars.
A digest of global topics covers Mexican harbors entries 6489 in 10, Australian ship totals 7082 for NSW 1900, and British flag vessels 608 on record. It includes humorous clippings on London telephony tests for women, income taxes for Americans in Britain, a boiling-water tea lamp, and assorted light verse and jokes from varied papers.
The fragment cites quotes from the Washington Star and Yonkers Statesman about a lost watch found on Poverty Island near the Connecticut River and a front line officer asking his father for £50 after losing another leg in combat.
A London Pall Mall Gazette story recounts a Dalmatian case where a cattle dealer hides funds with his daughter. Two men murder the father and seek the money, but a switch of sleeping girls leads to the murderers strangling their own relative instead.
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