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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1902
Page
2
A garbled kansas column riffs through public life and world events with satirical jabs at Lipton Schwab and a Brooklyn doctor. It touches on theater tickets, queen Wilhelmina, Imperial Germany, prize fighting, whiskey feuds, and a mix of political quips, racing toward a final note on Americanism and Chicago lake-front disputes.
The New York Press argues against reducing Cuban sugar duties, claiming tariff policy harms American workers. It questions how $40,000,000 could be paid by the American public, suggesting sugar tariffs may instead benefit foreign producers and sugar interests. The piece critiques Republican tariff logic and slogans.
The canal debate shows transportation interests opposing a Isthmian canal and backing Nicaragua. The Panama stockholders offered support only after Nicaragua seemed sure in the lower house. The canal commission endorsed Nicaragua, and advocates of the canal largely favor Nicaragua while Panama supporters oppose any canal. Senate action to push Nicaragua forward is hoped for.
Opinion pieces urge creation of a national endowed theater and critique tariffs. The writer argues against public funding for plays, notes the Republican party drifting from founding principles, and cites tariff policy affecting American farm products and foreign competition.
Capt Frank Green of the Manila chamber of commerce urges Congress to open the Philippines to syndicate exploitation. He argues American capital and miners would flood in, while warning citizens to act as practical in voting to protect local business interests and curb trusts and tariff protections.
The speaker of the House is blamed as the federal government’s worst autocrat. The House surrendered its rights and the majority leaders are trained to obedience. The speaker appoints committees and controls rates.
The public objects to tarifts benefiting steel trusts and foreign trade policies. It notes government costs rising to 12 dollars per person and warns that Republicans and imperialism impose burdens. during hard times families may bear taxes like sixty dollars each.
In Iowa the rural Republican press largely supports tariff revision. A minority of post office organs oppose, but most independent editors have spoken in favor amid the new reform discussion.
A column questions Havana election results showing unusually high vote counts and suggests the display proves assimilation of US systems. It critiques government salaries and wonders why officials repeatedly act lavishly in Washington. The piece also critiques Republican claims and tariff policy amid foreign affairs and trade rhetoric.
The text notes a shift in Ohio politics as Mr. Poraker gains influence over Mr. Hanna. It mentions a linguistic change from the word boodle to courmi and hints at broader implications for local power dynamics. The excerpt is fragmentary and lacks clear events or dates.
A fragmented discussion on labor unions, cooperation, and disputes notes changing views toward industrial stability. It cites Gunton's Magazine and The World's Work on wages, arbitration, and employer-employee obligations, and reports on double-loom weavers strike impact and a rise in carpenters union membership with questions over McGuire’s suspension and possible national convention.
The annual report of the state factory commission shows a 39 percent rise in child labor in Timois. From 14,256 children employed in 1900 to 19,829 in 1901, an increase of 5,083, while overall manufacturing grew 9 percent. Total workers: 369,504 men, 94,529 women. total disobedience convictions under the child labor law reached 725.
In England the Lords settle that labor unions are financially liable for members acts, with Taff Vale suing Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants for 123190 over alleged boycotts and conspiracies. The broader piece recalls US rail growth from 1829 and notes rapid expansion and workforce changes across circuits and miles.
State labor department inspectors report child labor in Minnesota towns amounts to just over one half of one percent with Sunday work on the rise. In Alton Illinois organized labor flourishes with 2500 of 4000 voters union members and a single organizer driving 33 unions. Greater New York retailers push union made goods as shops embrace labor friendly measures and union labels gain prominence.
In Boston an allied freight transportation council has been formed and will include unskilled workers such as teamsters clerks helpers handlers and others along the waterfront railways and in wholesale and retail stores.
The article notes Parisian male domestic servants are urged to marry to be more settled and attentive at work, while in London such marriages are discouraged as they would make servants focus more on their own families than on their masters.
A year end report notes about 100000 more trade unionists in Great Britain, bringing the total to around 4000? 123, with the note that the organized workforce expanded significantly. The wording is unclear on exact figures and context.
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a fast acting remedy for muscular soreness and stiffness from exertion or extreme temperatures. It recommends vigorous rubbing for twenty minutes several times daily to ease pain and strengthen muscles, notes its popularity among athletes, and promotes a 25 cent bottle with a free sample upon request from the Baltimore, Maryland makers Vogelera Curative Compound.
The Anthological Society states Europe has three major libraries the Bibliotheque Nationale Paris with about three million printed books the British Museum with over two million works and the German National Library with around 1.5 million volumes and 25 000 manuscripts. Including the Library of Congress in Washington these institutions together dominate the world’s print and manuscript holdings.
A jumble of product pitches and wry proverbs. The fragment cites Allen's Foot-Balm, Defiance Cold Water Starch, and various selling lines, plus social quips about men, wives, and domestic life, all in a dated tone. The text reads like an advertising miscellany from a bygone issue.
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