Craddock pledges reforms in gubernatorial manifesto
Topeka August 20 W H Craddock candidate for governor issues a new manifesto listing reforms he will enact if elected. Key points include eight hour labor law enforcement, banning Sunday labor where feasible, ending child labor in manufacturing and stores, abolishing the black list, excluding Pinkerton workers from the state, paying equal wages for women and men in similar work, forcing arbitration, giving old soldiers preference in employment, and compelling pensioning of injured workers. He also urges action to abolish long train double header service for safety and efficiency reasons.
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Topeka
W. H. Craddock
Mr. Craddock
Kansas
Reform School Turmoil Reported at Topeka
Topeka Herald columns claim reform school turmoil with wholesale resignations of staff and stories of starved boys while officers live well. Miss Rose Kennedy, laundry chief, was discharged for objecting to the boys’ food.
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Reform School
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Shaw contrasts on tariffs sparks debate
Secretary Shaw says tariffs create profits for capital while denying they breed trusts. The speech prompts a sharp distinction between labeled rhetoric and policy, challenging voters to resolve what divides Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum in economic policy.
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SreeeTary Shaw
Pension Commissioner Ware Aims to Lead by Example
Ottawa Republic notes Ware's order banning drunkenness among his staff and suggests he will drink for the bureau himself, framing the move as a personal example rather than a harsh rule.
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Ottawa Republic
Voters Demand Reasonable Meat and Coal Prices
Readers and citizens across the city press for relief as the Post-Dispatch notes broad concern over prices for meat and coal. The piece signals public attention to administration actions on trusts affecting essentials.
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Washington
Post-Dispatch
What We Owe Mr Baer in Hard Times Prayer
The piece argues labor’s rights rest with Christian men controlling country property, praising President Baer of the Reading Railroad. Amid coal shortages and freezing streets the poem condemns labor agitators and praises management while invoking earnest prayer as comfort for operators and the wealthy.
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Baer
Reading Railroad
Uncle Sam Favors More Banks in Treasury Deposits
The Chicago Record Herald describes government money totaling 128 million dollars on deposit with national banks, a record amount in bank deposits. It notes the banks compete for these deposits, the treasury can bolster liquidity by deposits bonds or note increases, and despite a potential deficit, receipts from customs for the current six weeks exceed last year’s.
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Sam
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Sherman
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Interior
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Treasury
Congress
Treasury figures show unexpected deficit and uncertain outlook
The article notes an unexplained rise from thirty-three to thirty-nine million dollars this year. Officials cannot account for it and predict how long it lasts. A large deficit for the year appears possible yet repeal of war taxes may swing to a surplus. Panama canal and Danish West Indies funds add further uncertainty.
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Danish West Indies
The Joy of South Africa and the Crown in History
Opie Read writes from Chicago on the coronation of Edward VII as seen through Dispatches from South Africa. He contrasts jubilation and fear among Boers and English, denounces imperial triumphalism, and likens wartime surrenders to a new form of hypocrisy and power.
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