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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1897
Page
2
A Kansas dispatch collects wild notes from London and Washington. Highlights include a claim about sausage prices, a machine for photographing the voice, John Hay’s Breeches era, Baby McCormick’s wealth, London nurses cycling for health, and the origin of the word tip from a tavern servant box. Venezuela’s water hyacinth menace and US passport guidance to Turkey are also noted.
An 18th century bell peal at St Saviour's Church, Southwark, London, once recast from a 1424 peal, faced long silence before restoration. The bells, named after early figures, symbolize calls to prayer and history. A note questions women’s use of cigarettes in England, contrasting rights with appearance.
A dubious plan promises wealth by collecting monthly payments from many individuals. The scheme airs a belief that houses will be built, but lacks credible details or safeguards, suggesting a high risk of loss for participants.
A discussion on labor themes notes how Swiss artisans value independence over rigid factory schedules and contrasts Swiss and American methods. It cites Woes Lowe of Independence and a Swiss watchmaker example where introduced factory wages failed due to worker liberty. The piece ties to broader labor ideals and the forthcoming convention of street railways.
John McBride, president of the Miner International Union, argues there is little difference in severity among ironclad contracts. He envisions a model contract in coal fields that fixes mining prices, labor hours, and supply costs while regulating worker union membership and attendance at labor gatherings.
The report traces how the ironclad contract system, once common in coal fields from Hocking Valley to Pennsylvania, has long sparked clashes between mine operators and workers. It argues the system is fading as better industrial conditions emerge and stresses the need for unified labor action to curb evils afflicting wage earners. It also notes Detroit press coverage of a forthcoming convention for street railway workers and rising interest in trades assemblies in Toledo and Fort Wayne. A Philadelphia university lecture by A E Otterbridge Jr. urged higher wages and export growth, asserting well paid labor outperforms cheaper abroad and that imitators of imported goods fail to match genuine products.
A brief survey notes 1804 unions awarding 1.5 million dollars, pensions of 700 thousand, and accusations of factory lockouts and store pricing in Powhatan West Virginia. It cites France granting minimum wage and hour limits, Denver band concerts, and widespread labor organizing affecting markets, convicts, and prisoner labor debates.
In Illinois a movement led by ex governor Altgeld and other silver advocates proposes a nationwide Educational Circulating Library to inform voters on monetary questions. Local Democrats would run precinct libraries with books at reduced prices, funded by small contributions, housed in free public libraries and overseen by appointed librarians to ensure broad access and proper recordkeeping.
When general prices are substantially stable there is money enough and not too much. All the money which circulates and all the property for sale are reciprocally the supply and demand for each other. When the volume of money increases faster than incomes,
The Hanna Populists push to elect Republicans and form a new middle of the road party amid alleged funding from Republican sources. They claim success in North Carolina and hint at organizing a national paper to defend “purity of motives” of Republican tools. The piece also critiques arbitration with Britain and Monroe Doctrine implications amid unemployment concerns and broader political strife.
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