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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1902
Page
2
A jumble of 1900s dispatches notes Admiral Yeh and Chinese policy, Roosevelt misfires, and British debt while mocking royalty and fashion. Gossip on Miss Roosevelt, King Alfonso, Prince Henry, and Schwab hints at global intrigue, travel, and capital-city witticisms in a choppy astrology of headlines.
A reader asks for publication of the Queen revolution with the vote on the resolution to disavow permanent sovereignty over the Philippine Islands. Senator Bacon offered an amendment, the tally 29 to 29, vice president casting negative.
The article notes leaders in Congress plan a material reduction of war taxation and call a caucus to abolish or greatly trim it. It warns Payne and allies may use this as a political flourish to mask ongoing tariff taxation, arguing that tariffs continue to burden the many to enrich the few.
The piece portrays a president as a reformer and a reformer and honest leader whose sole preoccupation is renomination and the succession. It questions the personal toll and notes constitutional limits of a six year term while urging restraint.
The writer argues that educational qualifications disqualify many Black voters, a practice common in the South and mirrored in some eastern and western states though to a lesser extent. It asserts states have the right to set electorate qualifications, a right upheld by Supreme Court decisions.
The text alleges President Roosevelt plans to remove Fenrose McClain, Philadelphia Internal Revenue collector, and appoint William McCoach, a Quay ally, due to McClain's support for an Independent Republican ticket. It criticizes Roosevelt for siding with Boss Quay against reform.
Mr Gallinger argues national honor requires retaining the Philippine archipelago and urges equal trade chances for Filipinos, alongside liberal policy toward Cuba and Hawaii. He contends Filipinos, though in domestic territory, are part of our household and deserve fair treatment.
J Pierpont Morgan lectures on tariff on works of art by keeping in Europe art treasures of educational character he paid over 1 1/2 million dollars for. He allows exhibits in Kensington Museum and London Academy giving English people access to great works that should belong to American students and the American people. If tariffs were removed he would still be liberal in exhibiting its art treasures in this country.
At a Boston merchants banquet Senator Hanna argued for building a strong navy and cautioned against using efficiency or pension schemes to justify wasteful programs. He warned that a system sustained by fallacious arguments will not win American support.
A letter argues that denying specific lawmakers any $5,000 salary shows how reforms are needed for legislative work. It counters that representatives must not live in luxury in Washington and supports revising pay rather than maintaining high living costs as justification.
The article argues for tax cuts to redirect a December treasury surplus of 9.74 million dollars. It claims the annual rate nears 120 million and uses the surplus to press for tax reductions to spur business channels.
The Angar Tartte Caste sugar trust seeks to remove Cuban sugar tariffs to gain an edge on beet sugar producers who want tax retention. Proponents argue free sugar would save Americans about $85,000,000 annually, roughly $1 per person or $5 per working family.
The new register of federal office holders is said to include 222 000 names excluding enlisted men. There has been a large increase since the Spanish war and it is suggested that, with enough offices, there would be an office for every citizen who voted right.
A speaker warns that small increases in tariffs and widened conditions, deemed unjust, will provoke a radical, lasting realignment in party power and restore supreme rule to the people in a free government.
The fragment argues against tariffs favoring judges and beneficiaries, claiming they act in their own cause, dictating higher tariffs. It describes stakes as national welfare and calls for patriotic men to address the subject from an impartial stance.
Women at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington form a union after the President’s message advocates eight hour work and protection for women and children. They seek a $2 day minimum wage, overtime, and Sunday pay, plus civil service exam realities and long hiring waits.
The article details state by state railroad mileage after the war, noting Illinois and Pennsylvania each over 10,000 miles, Texas 10,000, Ohio 8,800, and Kansas 8,860. It contrasts vast national total of 190,000 miles with small early holdings in Michigan, Oregon and California. It mentions Delaware and Rhode Island under 600 miles, Minnesota and Wisconsin at 6,500, and Oklahoma at 760 versus the District of Columbia’s 30.
The Chicago Journal notes that 40 000 garment workers and their employers recently met to calmly discuss claims and settle disputes. It argues arbitration averts massive strikes, reduces losses, and fosters a ring of brotherly business ethics, urging universal resort to arbitration as sound policy.
Charles M. Schwab of United States Steel walked with two men on Broadway when he spoke to a middle aged job seeker. The stonemason, cold and unemployed, told Schwab he could not work in frost. Schwab handed him a $10 gold piece and moved on, the man astonished by the act.
John A. Rigg of Reading Pennsylvania was elected President of sixty two corporations on a recent Monday. He is noted as a self made man who rose from street railway company employee to leading multiple street railways and other firms. Industry keeps the body healthy and the mind clear.
Germany's richest man is Herr Krupp with reported income between 20 and 21 million marks annually. Tax returns also list sixty five other incomes above 1 million marks, including ten between 1 and 2 million, two under 4 million, and three under 5 million marks per year.
Representative William Connell of Pennsylvania, a coal mine owner with banks, newspapers, streetcar lines, and railroads, started his career as a miner using a pick and shovel. He is a Methodist and deeply involved in church work.
Sir Alfred L. Jones of Liverpool is described as Britain’s largest individual shopowner with a fleet tonnage over 400000. The 65 year old bachelor is noted for his extensive business holdings and city ties in Liverpool.
A Berkeley student arrived late to Professor L Dupont Byles class and faced a mild remonstrance. He quipped that his watch had died and he would not trust it again, while the teacher advised that he needed faith, but more importantly works, in life.
J Pierpont Morgan recalls his boyhood dream to become a farmer with the finest stock, contrasting his reality as a financier. A friend jokes about possessions, while Morgan laments not choosing farming as a livelihood despite his wealth.
Arizona's application for statehood cites growth in population and wealth of statehood rights for Jews. Census data show manufacturing investment rising from 160000 in 1870 to 270000 in 1880, 615000 in 1990, and 10100000 in the prior year.
Mr Samuel Hook, a respected Vernon county resident, praises Dodds Kidney Pill claiming rapid relief from kidney disease. He says the pills are excellent for kidney complaints and has urged many friends to try them, noting his own recovery and strong influence on the community.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Rail Road Co issues a six sheet calendar 12 by 14 inches with ten color water color reproductions of a popular actress by Leon Moran. Original paintings are owned by the company with copyright. A mattes edition sells for 25 cents per calendar of six sheets. Orders received by F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago. If the world owes the living it ought to get a mortgage on twelf and pay its debts.
A garbled OCR passage mentions a reward for an elusive thief and references Halls Cheney Co, Tol We, and Marietta. The text is partially indecipherable but hints at a public notice about a reward and a claim of honor, with unrelated phrases about Hulls Pamily Pile and a racial stereotype.
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