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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1901
Page
1
Senator H W Young argues that corporate generosity to railroads and trusts is not enough to excuse exploitative methods and state influence. He warns that wealth acquired easily via monopoly funds public institutions while masking burdens and calls for justice before generosity.
Kansas Populist ties the Dewwarats vote to a claim that those unfit for self government could justify disenfranchising Negro voters. He compares the stance to Republican remarks on Filipinos and notes a parallel with Southern Democrats' actions to limit Black ballots.
In Columbus letters, Matery Ligit argues that the county taxes paid to the state rose by over $4,000 the first year Stanley took office while accusing Republicans of blaming a deficit on Leedy's administration. She cites an unexplained $10,200 increase after two years of Stanley.
A satirical verse about grand industrial growth and national pride. The speaker visits a vast Morgan plant with a vast workforce, admiring wealth and power, then encounters a grim private park gate and hellish imagery as Morgan’s dominance is questioned. A final leering figure shouts Morgand.
The Iowa Republican platform asserts sovereignty over corporations while railing at trusts. The piece criticizes tariff protections, notes wool and steel pricing impacts, and questions tax values. It also cites Neely Cuban frauds as unlikely to yield a conviction, highlighting shifting political momentum.
Burlington Courier reports whispers in Republican papers that ex Governor Leedy signed a $100 unpaid note for a small amount, while J R Button secured several large notes totaling thousands with backers hoping to elect him U S Senator to recover funds.
A remark from the publication Appeal to Reason laments the control of a large faction bowing to the dictates of a singular figure, Morgan. The line suggests skepticism about concentrated power and democratic rule.
A call to action urging readers to support socialist principles and education of the masses. It argues for sacrifice to achieve a Cooperative Commonwealth, warns against organized greed, and stresses immediate duty, unity, and funding of socialist literature to awaken the populace. It cites the Jasper county effort to distribute 5,000 copies weekly and urges reformers to back such initiatives.
Carroll D Wright, a Republican official under McKinley, claims it costs one fifth of a cent per mile to carry passengers on American railroads. He urges Republicans to compute one fifth of a cent per mile as actual cost, two and four fifths cents per mile as profit to owners, then swear at those favoring government ownership and the end of railroad profits.
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