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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1902
Page
4
A persuasive piece urging Workingmen to cut or end liquor and tobacco use to stretch wages. It argues habits harm health and finances, noting yearly costs of fifty two dollars or more, and outlines benefits to home life, employer trust, and savings. It emphasizes reform without reliance on the gold cure.
The Indiana election saw a larger Republican plurality than 1896 to 1900 and critics blame William J. Bryan. A September 12, 1902 letter to his followers urges keeping the party true to its traditions amid a looming internal struggle between democracy and plutocracy.
The Indiana electorate is described as firmly aligned with the Republican column as manufacturing growth shifts the state away from agricultural roots. The piece credits the shift to the tariff for protection idea and notes the Indianapolis Journal as an early advocate, with Indiana no longer a protectionist or doubtful state in federal policy debates.
The speaker urges a rational tariff revision and sound financial policy without mortgaging the country. He advocates a national bank system and a strong, uncompromising war on trusts. Indiana should remain loyal to the democracy from the Ohio river to the Michigan line.
The public expects no shock from the president's message as Roosevelt consults Senators Platt Spooner Allison Hanna and Aldrich on trust and Cuban reciprocity clauses. Republicans say voters want no radical policy change, fearing panic and tariff disruption.
The piece argues churches welcome all classes and wage earners should join. It urges churches to appeal by focusing on earthly rewards, improving home life, avoiding alcohol and tobacco, keeping children in school, and teaching that prosperity comes through disciplined living and divine guidance.
The author argues that liquor and tobacco dull the mind and harm success. He asserts self control over the mind is limited and that clear reasoning depends on temperance. The piece warns that drugged faculties degrade judgment, turning a person toward baser instincts and reducing intellectual strength.
The Truth challenges Superintendent Silvers to prove claims of disreputable women and winerooms in Elkhart. It accuses him of injuring the city’s name while noting laws exist and miners’ talks push toward settlement amid a broader coal baron ledume. The piece predicts public losses from the strike and coal price hikes.
The text argues against labor leaders opposing enlistment of trade unionists in the guard and notes that violence in strikes is unjust. It states the guard is used only when civil authorities fail and only fires in self defense or to stop criminal acts, urging self respecting unionists not to object.
About two dozen British trade unionists led by Alfred Mosely arrive in Chicago to inspect American tools and factories. They plan a nationwide tour to compare industrial practices, urging Americans to recognize European competition and the potential shift toward machinery over hand production.
After coal miners presented their case to the strike commission, the coal barons offered a ten percent wage rise and a nine hour workday, signaling concessions by management. The public bears the bill as negotiations continue.
In Philadelphia Roosevelt pledged to meet the trusts problem with a supervising program though no concrete plan or timetable was set. The piece notes the lack of specifics, mentions senators asked to help draft a trust clause, and questions whether a real war on trusts will begin.
Dr. Pitoy says drunkenness stems from micro-organisms in fermentation and that current alcohol production harms health. He proposes a new fermentation that decomposes glucose into one part carbonic acid and two parts alcohol, transforming the alcohol into a non alcoholic substance so beers wines and liquors become temperance beverages.
The passage argues that rising trusts and labor unrest reflect commercial prosperity and a healing industrial scene. It contends that trade combinations exist due to prosperity and that workers strike to gain shorter hours and higher pay as they grow more intelligent and independent.
President Eliot of Harvard spoke at the Colonial club in Cambridge defending labor reforms. He outlined humane conditions for workers, including rising wages tied to experience and age, and urged steady, appropriate methods to improve welfare.
The article discusses President Eliot criticizing boycott tactics in strikes and urging education on labor conditions. It details the role of organized labor, the push for higher pay and shorter hours, and the impact of arbitration in the anthracite coal region amid tensions with independent operators and railroads.
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