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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1902
Page
5
Atlanta dated analysis argues the 1902 campaigns will test ability to curb trusts and the Dingley tariff. It notes regional tariff interests, potential party shifts, and the link between congressional results and a possible 1904 presidential win. It emphasizes Democrats fighting trusts and tariffs to win power and enable reform.
Bishop Potter lectures at Yale on The Responsibilities of Citizenship arguing Christ loved rich and poor alike and denounced greed. He warns against demonizing wealth and stresses that rich have rights the poor must respect, noting both selfish rich and generous rich exist.
The article argues wealth can aid communities when used justly, praising rich benefactors who hire, feed, and pay fairly. It also analyzes President Roosevelt and Republicans on trusts, debating whether his trust-busting moves are genuine or political theater, and predicting a clash with powerful trusts and political risk for his reelection.
The piece reports Southern railway statistics showing a year over year rise in textile establishments, looms, and spindles across states like Alabama Georgia North Carolina and others with mills in construction including knitting and woolen mills. It also defends oratory as a divine art and surveys Canadian religion statistics noting Protestants and Catholics and denominational splits.
A sporting man lauds Atlanta as a top sports town after large crowds at Coliseum bicycle races and baseball practice. Memorial day crowds swamp Oakland streetcar lines, while new drink fads and recent arrivals fill the Kimball and Aragon hotels with notable visitors from across the region.
New York April 27 physicians treating Archbishop Corrigan issued a bulletin stating the archbishop's condition is in all respects satisfactory. A Rome cablegram reported the pope had dictated letters to American bishops to make Corrigan a cardinal, which Father Cotley, the archbishop's secretary, said was untrue.
The author argues rising meat and food prices harm workers and the nation. Adulteration and chemicals weaken health, reducing labor capacity and intelligence, while higher prices spur alcohol use and crime. He cites European contrasts, epidemics, and mortality linked to malnutrition, urging price controls and accountability for profiteers.
In Bennettsville, McLaurin backers win delegates as rival McLaurin supporters fail to secure seats. The day saw ward and county clubs electing delegates to county conventions May 5, then state convention delegates.
A blaze at South Beach Staten Island swept 2,500 feet of beachfront tonight destroying the casino music hall, Walsh's hotel, Wrightman's aquarium, and related structures. Origin suspected incendiary. loss estimated at 150000 with many buildings vacant awaiting season opening. Beachman brewery owner faced the main losses. insurance reported.
Copper ore in pausing quantities reported in the Wichita mountains near Mountain Park Oklahoma. Prospectors flocked to the area over the past week and several numbered claims are said to have been staked.
Washington April 27. The House committee on Interstate commerce heard Joseph Nimmo former treasury official oppose the Corliss measure granting IRC power to set railroad rates. Nimmo argued the Chicago circuit court appeal enforces civil remedies. a sharp exchange with Judge Knapp occurred over claims of rate reductions and the desire to avoid giving the commission absolute rate control.
In Chattanooga Tennessee on April 27 1894 Cincinnati Southern railroad shops mechanics petitioned to restore the 10 percent wage cut of 1893. A boiler maker who asked for an increase was discharged sparking a strike among the workers and signaling further action by the majority of the shop force.
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