Concentration of Wealth Debate Shapes New Figures
Henry Laurens Call argues that 1 percent of Americans owned about 90 percent of national wealth in 1890, based on census and expert estimates. He criticizes prior reports, details excess stock values as debt, and links over capitalization of trusts and railways to public taxation and farmer debt, urging broader asset and liability accounting.
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American Society For the Advancement of Science
New York
Henry Laurens Call
Fort Wayne
Ind
American Association For the Advancement of Science
New York City
United States
Ingalls
United States Senate
Charles B. Spahr
George K. Hohnes
Census Bureau
United States Steel Corporation
Mium
Defense of the Rockefeller Attitude Harms Free Government
E Parmalee Prentice son in law of John D Rockefeller publishes a 200 page volume The Federal Power Over Carriers and Corporations arguing restraint on corporate power while defending state rights and federalism The author warns against mob rule and stresses preserving state autonomy in industrial regulation and interstate commerce.
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New York
Prentice
Bailey Returns to Senate Disturbs Democratic Ranks
Washington reports rising concern among Democratic senators over Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas planning to return to Washington before March 4 to seek vindication from party colleagues for possible election as minority leader. The issue unfolds as Senator Blackburn’s term ends in March and Bailey faces new charges under Texas legislature inquiry. Tillman of South Carolina remains Bailey’s only assured vote, while many southern colleagues oppose endorsing him in the leadership contest. Culberson’s influence grows amid debates on railroad rates, Brownsville issues, and cattle shipments.
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Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Blackburn
Kentucky
Bailey
Senator Culberson
Tillman
South Carolina
Culberson
Senate
Brownsville
Antelope Restocking to Bring from Africa
A Los Angeles dispatch reports plans to restock southwestern deserts and forest reserves with African antelope. Private funds are secured and the project is underway to introduce species thriving in hot deserts and able to live far from water, reviving former Southern California herds.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
California
Hague Congress Likely Set for June in The Netherlands
Washington reports that no exact date is fixed but June seems the probable month for the Hague congress with July as a possible alternative. The Netherlands government will approve the final timing, while talks on the program remain limited to subjects in the 1906 Russian note.
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Washington
Martens
Ambassador Tower
Berlin
Netherlands
Discoverers Cure for Leprosy Reported in Havana
A government commission reports that Dr Matias Duque in charge of the hospital for contagious diseases may have found a leprosy cure. Two lepers treated years ago show no exterior symptoms and gain weight. Other cases improve under his red mangrove tree treatment, inspired by his sister's illness and cure.
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Havana
Matias Duque
Duque
President Roosevelt to Visit Harvard and Groton Quietly
President Roosevelt plans to visit his sons at Harvard University and Groton School as a private citizen. He will travel unobtrusively, avoiding official courtesies, with stops at Harvard on February 23 and Groton on February 24.
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Roosevelt
Harvard University
Groton
Cambridge
Grotoon
Harvard
Groza
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