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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
4
The Weekly Truth issued by Truth Publishing House appears each Thursday with latest foreign and local news. Subscriptions cost 1.00 per year and are delivered to any post office in the United States or Canada.
A Washington report outlines proposed Republican measures to curb Democratic issues, including Cuba tariff concessions, adapting the Dingley tariff to the Philippines, a Nicaraguan canal bill, a revenue cut from Spanish American taxes, and aid to the merchant marine. It critiques sugar tariffs and notes Philippine self government under U.S. supervision, while warning that trust growth risks public costs and reduced competition.
A columnist argues that faith should center on prayer and moral reform rather than biblical inerrancy debates. He contends miracles are unsettled, but devotion and action can uplift society, urging ministerial focus on salvation through prayer to curb poverty and despair.
The passage argues trusts are hard to regulate by tariff or law. It suggests creating a commission to curb them but questions enforceability. The decisive path proposed is to tax trusts heavily as the only practical remedy.
Analysis argues that the proposed taxation favors products of independent concerns and could apply to all trust products. The effect would be to influence the development of independent industries and shape market competition.
Dan's Review table shows four year rise in living costs with prices climbing while wages lag. Despite steady employment, workers gain little from prosperity as essentials become more expensive.
A historical reflection argues that bad habits such as liquor and tobacco harm mind and body. It asserts habitual use damaging the brain, family health, and offspring quality, warning that abstainers fare better financially and physically.
In light of a Supreme Court ruling that the Philippines are domestic territory, Congress's tariff on American and Philippine trade is criticized as dark and opaque. The author argues the duty policy forces both sides to pay tolls and implies the administration mishandles the issue.
An editorial urges Congress to cut revenue by taxing luxuries while untax necessities remain untaxed. It criticizes factions resisting beer tobacco and whisky cuts, argues public interests must prevail over special interests, and calls for a tariff revision to lower costs for all, taxing only luxuries.
A moral exhortation argues that God works with those who help themselves and that divine guidance comes to those who shed harmful influences. It posits no biblical miracles as special favors and stresses personal effort, discipline, and merit for prosperity and happiness.
The article argues Lewis Nixon, head of Tammany Hall, supports the ship subsidy bill citing patriotic duty but faces party conflict. It states he denies pressuring Congress and asserts his right to vote as he pleases while stressing democratic leaders must align with party policy or resign.
District Attorney Jerome of New York stated before his election that if elected he would reside in the city. The remark reflected his pledge to be close to local cases and communities.
A condensed history notes many cases, mainly young girls at school, pale from blood starvation. Scott's Emulsion is described as a clean white medicine that makes rich red blood and rosy faces, termed blood food.
A rhetoric urging rich donors like Rockefeller and Carnegie to fund regeneration of poverty by endowing universities and colleges. The piece argues thousands of philanthropy would reduce slums and improve society, asking whether funds are better spent on campuses than on eradicating urban squalor.
The article accuses former President Cleveland of paradoxically supporting Cuban cause while praising the sugar trust. It argues tariff cuts on raw sugar would lower prices, though refined sugar would remain controlled. It notes public sympathy for Cuba grew during Weyler's camps and suggests McKinley acted more decisively.
Croker, a long time boss of New York machine politics, leaves for England as a self described reform era ends. He is blamed for plunder through Tammany and is accused of not being a true democrat. Citizens shelved his machine as Bryan hobnobbed with him, signaling a shift from corruption to principle.
A Sunday reflection argues we are not free agents but guided by forces beyond us. Fear and morality restrain crime, yet evil influences can override restraint. Two paths exist, one of tribulation and the other of peace, with moral influence needed to choose upward.
A religious reflection contrasts two life paths morality versus base nature. It urges prayerful guidance from God to restrain harm, reform the mind and body, and pursue happiness and immortality through divine instruction. The mind as the engine of action requires purification and steadfast faith.
The piece argues the Democratic Party lacks a singular leader yet voices confidence in the public outcry against monopoly. It warns of concentrated capital across railroads, ships, utilities, and communications and predicts the election will hinge on trusts versus a shift to Democratic supremacy.
The piece argues charity should be genuine liberality not display. It criticizes spending a thousand dollars to raise two hundred for the poor as self serving. It suggests true benefactors give without publicity and proposes pooling ball expenses to aid the needy.
The notice urges customers to hurry to the sale and be counted among the fortunate. It highlights low prices such as 2.98, 2.25, and 98c to attract early shoppers.
The fragment argues reform cannot be instant and that humanity follows natural causes from birth to death. It claims every act and thought stems from the mind, itself shaped by the brain’s condition, whether diseased or undeveloped.
An established shoe retailer with over twenty five years in business announces a grand opening March first. The shop promises a complete stock of shoes in latest styles at low prices.
A fragmented reflection on brain health, arguing reform cannot be instant. The author likens brain rejuvenation to physical recovery, noting that even if mental and bodily renewal were possible, real restoration requires time and gradual reformation rather than miraculous cures.
The senate debates the organization of the department of commerce with strong opposition to trade restrictions. Lawmakers warn against foreign markets absorbing surplus and urge unity in economic policy.
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