21 Apr 1899
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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1899
Page
1
The piece rails against the Republican party for failing to deliver on promises of widespread manufactories. It argues trusts dominate production and prices via tariffs, with small factories swallowed by monopolies, while demand drives price hikes and idle plants remain unused. The author portrays the party as enabling greed and serfdom through policy.
Fusari historians label him a president who drew pay but had no fixed policy, a man who served at the bidding of his commercial owners, as described in the Blue Mound Searchlight.
A discourse arguing earthly inheritance of land air water and raw materials, condemning profit and usury, urging a use based economy. It cites biblical verses to claim Christians and Jews alike should avoid profit, predicts a freeing of the wage slave and a worldwide shift to production for use. It links war cycles to divine intervention and denounces private property, rents, and trusts as Mammon.
The stove trust and allied firms push upward price expectations for stoves and ranges. A leading factory to agents notes material costs show significant increases in pig iron steel copper and related items. It contrasts labor wage gains with steadier rises in inputs, signaling a broader base for higher prices.
The article argues that wage increases do not match price hikes in manufactured goods. It notes that price levels advance 10 to 100 percent or more while money volume remains unchanged. The author questions whether this constitutes real prosperity for the masses.
A New York Times style summary reports saloon owners pay rents to churches and property owners across Manhattan. Prominent families such as the Astors Lorillards and Goelets own dozens of saloon properties, with Columbia College and Low estate benefiting from licenses and rents. Prominent individuals like the Crugers DePaysters Hamiltons and Jeromes also hold saloon properties, highlighting the reach of liquor revenue into civic and elite circles.
In Topeka business men paying monthly telegraph bills plan to resist paying the old charges and seek rate cuts to meet the new law. Telegraph companies refuse to concede and will sue to collect according to the fixed rate. Over 330 suits have been filed for $100 damages each to force compliance.
A Blue Mound Searchlight quote condemns imperialist expansionists who confront crowds on the July day to read the Declaration of Independence. It calls the gesture a hypocritical display and notes the act as a fine lesson in studying such faces.
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