The man who kills others versus the man who feeds others
A Chicago American opinion piece contrasts wartime spending with agriculture funding. It notes Congress appropriated 180,075,273 dollars for army and navy, 5,508 dollars for agriculture, arguing civilians should benefit from such funds through national development and food production. It laments prioritizing war over feeding the nation.
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Flurst
Chicago
United States Congress
Army
Navy
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Tariff Debate Over Trusts Divides Republicans In Congress
Tax New York Press, a leading Republican paper, argues the trusts cannot be reached by tinkering with the tariff. Secretary Root, speaking for the administration, contends the only direct way to reach the trusts is to adjust the tariff.
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Tax New York Press
House
Senate
Root
Shall People or Judiciary Rule in U S Wages Strikes
Special to the Chicago American notes Bolton Hall argues federal judges exceed power by issuing injunctions against striking miners. He urges contempt for unlawful decrees, calls for labor unions to enter politics, and proposes Henry George’s single tax to curb mine closures. He warns judiciary overreach threatens liberty and urges action to restore jury trial and legislative control.
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New York
Bolton Hall
West Virginia
Kellar
Jackson
United States
Supreme Court
Jefferson
Chicago
Congress
Henry George
It is a Crime to Feed This Family editorial
A Chicago American cartoon shows a starving coal-miner family with the caption It is a Crime to Feed This Family. The accompanying editorial denounces a federal injunction barring men from giving food to striking miners and protests the judge’s stance that miners on strike shall not receive aid.
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Chicago American
Davenport
Judge Keller praised for starvation injunction defense
The author extols Judge Keller for issuing an injunction against aiding striking miners, arguing the order forces thought and upholds federal authority. The piece condemns feeding the hungry as dangerous, says many families suffer, and asserts the judge’s actions will curb injunction power and defend law.
Letter on metal money and Shylocks from Nathan Hiatt
Nathan Hiatt argues against gold monetization and metal money in a long letter. He cites German and Austrian demonetization, California gold discovery, and General Weaver’s 1879 House speech. He urges abolition of metal money, universal legal tender by government paper, and education through reform press editors to civilize the world.
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Fortvilx, Inc
Shylocks
Germany
Austria
California
D. Quincy
Europe
France
General Weaver
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
United States
Reform Press
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Garnett
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Postal
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Isthmian
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H. Craddock
Kans
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