02 Aug 1901
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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1901
Page
1
JO McDILL argues abundant rains faulting the newspapers and McKinley. He laments drought in pastures, fears fed cattle starvation, praises humble farmers, and urges local storage of surplus grain. He condemns trusts, tariffs, and railroad stock, calls for farmer cooperation, and champions enduring hope.
Dispatch from Indianapolis dated July 19 reports the largest convention of political socialists in the United States opening. The gathering was called by the executive board of the two divisions of the Social Democratic party to unite all factions and adopt a new name for the united movement.
A political statement argues only two motives exist for lawmakers backing railroads with $200 interest for mail car use. One is bribery, the other is sheer foolishness, reflecting a sharp critique from Appeal to Reason.
The New York World questions the focus on multi millionaires as the sole sources of the secret of success. It cites Agassiz Wellington Hancock Sumner Jefferson Lincoln Grant and Voltaire to argue that success isn’t measured by wealth but by service, principle, and contributions to humanity, predicting a coming reaction against money worship.
Rev. G Lowther of McPherson delivered a July 4 address before the W C T U Congress of Reforms on Christian Socialism. He argued two laws of life, capitalism harming families, and that socialism and church teaching align, condemning saloons and war while urging abolition of unproductive toil through socialistic ideas.
Directors of J. P. Morgan's First National Bank have declared a large cash dividend after boosting capital from 500000 to 10000000. It is believed that between 3 and 5 million will be distributed to old stockholders, with the higher figure equaling about a thousand percent on the old capital stock.
In 1890 the Tur People's party originated the public ownership idea ridiculed by Republicans yet now when a trust grows greedy the GOP warns of the Pop doctrine and the trust trembles.
Poratists called cranks yet trials prove their wisdom. Wellington Kansas owned water works saved $4,200 yearly in private service, now under city ownership net profit is $658 after interest and expenses. Over bond lifetime this saves over $104,000, suggesting reversal would be foolish.
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