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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1900
Page
1
The Chicago Record supports Gen Wood's call for limited Cuban suffrage. It favors restricting voting to army payrolls, literacy, or property worth 250 dollars, arguing wholesale enfranchisement is a mistake and warning annexation schemes threaten majority opinion in Cuba.
Investigation identifies Henry T. Oxnard of Grand Island Nebraska as the author of the Porto Rico tariff bill. The sugar trust lobbyist, masking as a beet farmer, is described as one of the slickest in Washington. The piece notes his beet sugar factory ownership and funding by farmers, plus his influence on tariff policy and trust control debates.
The Lawrence World Republic newspaper favors imposing an income tax to raise war revenue. It notes Brady will be accused as a calamity howler and mentions the income tax is a pet hobby of the Populists.
The speaker accuses Republicans of fabricating a story that Frank Elliot of the Troy Times shot himself to gain sympathy. It notes the secretary of war has barred civil life appointments to the regular army, with vacancies to be filled by promotion only.
A terse item notes a rising trend or spotlight for Tug Olathe Tribune based on unclear signals. Dennison stock is mentioned in passing, but details remain unreadable.
The author ridicules the Porto Rico tariff votes as driven by tobacco and sugar interests led by a lobbyist named Oxnard. He damns the constitution as rubber and gas, laments old party leaders, and predicts political purges. He warns natives’ rights will erode under the “poor boys” and trusts, railing at railways and rail extortion while promising future excerpts for the Agitator.
The Farmers' Federation seeks a congress of agricultural groups and farmers to open in house commission houses for grain and livestock sales. The call asks Patrons of Husbandry Farmers' Alliances and others in the Mississippi valley to authorize a conference with central location to be decided. Delegates will be paid in federation script and urged to hold wheat for market timing amid a 1899 crop shortage.
A reviewer describes Jesse Hardesty’s four part railroad treatise from Crane & Co Topeka. It covers construction cost operation and control with data from the interstate commerce commission. The author urges farmer organization for government action and stresses nonpartisan aims. The reviewer notes no payments or club formation and ends with a remark about Republican farmers.
A dated letter questions why Americans pay British soldiers while neglecting our own troops abroad. It highlights U S forces in the Philippines and occupations in Cuba and Puerto Rico, urging public charity for soldiers' families and a national effort to contribute funds locally.
The piece accuses the president of knowingly appointing polygamists to office. The post office acknowledged receiving petitions under oath about the appointments and filed them away. The secretary admitted receiving and passing on petitions without action. The president and advisers reportedly showed indifference toward the legality of the selections.
Turkey announces a ban on American pork imports affecting exporters and urging local producers to adjust. Officials cite market safeguards and food safety as reasons, signaling potential shifts in trade relations and domestic meat supply.
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