Remembered Will and a Humble Testator Tale
A lawyer reads Enpeck's will in which the testator bequeaths all to his wife on the condition she bears within a year. The narrative pairs satire on politics with Taft and Bryan quotes, noting workers and pockets in politics and a critique of the Republican square deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enpeck
Taft
M. H. Yount
Mr. Bryan
Democrati Party
Yount
de Bryan-Kitchin Club
Luther Moose
Conover
S. C
Ewes
Lydia Mueller
Asheile
Full Dinner Pail Debate Spurs Industrial Campaigns
A 1908 New York Leather Belting Co letter campaign to post political cards in Brooklyn and New York factories prompts a Rob Baker of the Austin Rotary Engine Co to question why factory idle time persists. The exchange questions prosperity, wages, and Republican policy, arguing for genuine distribution of wealth and a change in leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Baker
New York Leather Belting Company
Taft-Sherman
Baker
Bryan
Austin Rotary Engine Company
South Brooklyn
William K. Austin
New York’ Leather Belting Company
New York
Brooklyn
Taft
Sherman
National Association of Manufacturers
American Hardware Manufacturers’ Association
American Supply and Machinery Manufacturers’ Association
National Creditmen’s Association
Manufacturers’ Association of New York
New York Board of Trade and ‘Transportation
Ben Cen
McKinley
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Senate
House of Representatives
Hanna
Aldrich
Cannon
Morgan
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Harriman
Schiff
America
Europe
Daily Press
The
Association For
R. F. Cutting
Foraker
Cincinnati
Austin
Rotary
Robex Baton Peck
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Eisai
Southern Life& Trust Co
Orgau
Pea
Flickery Insurance & Realty Go
A. Lentz
W. A. Hall
M. H. Groves
Sec
Treas
TR Mec Ass
Mammoth Grocery
Union Square
Hammond & Johnson
Daily
Mr. Sledge
General Merchandise
Harrison
Yours, &c., Sledge & Pleasants
Ohio
Adam Bede
Minnesota
John J. Jenkins
Wiscon
Fulton
Oregon
Hansbrough
North Dakota
Kittredge
South Dakota
Long
Kansas
Hopkins
Illinois
Roany
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