23 Jan 1903
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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1903
Page
1
The grand jury indicted forty four Chicago coal dealers for conspiring to raise prices and defraud the public. The column advocates long prison terms and heavy fines, and argues government ownership of coal mines would prevent coal famines and ensure coal at cost.
Walter Wellman in the Chicago Record-Herald argues that current anti-trust legislation is designed to please powerful corporations. He claims Republican leaders in Washington colluded with steel oil sugar and anthracite interests to craft a toothless bill, paralleling protectionist tariff history under McKinley and Dingley.
Prohibitionists of Illinois will hold a five feast and conference in Springfield on February 4th and 5th. The state central committee will select a successor to Hale Johnson of Newton who was assassinated on election day. A memorial service will be held on the evening of the 4th with Ex Governor St John of Kansas delivering the oration.
The item highlights a venue named Red Lightee as the best place in town. It notes local patronage and favorable reputation, with emphasis on ambiance and accessibility for visitors seeking entertainment. No further details provided in the readable text.
Poem argues humanity moves toward a universal order under God. Critiques greed and class conflict, condemns mine and sweatshop exploitation, urges solidarity and shared inheritance of air water and land for all. Foresees collapse of greed’s fortress and rise of brotherhood and prosperity under progression.
Frank Putnam argues in National Magazine that workers gain permanent employment only when labor owns industry and directs it via government. He says education, agitation, and action are needed, including women’s emancipation and universal ballots to resist wealth. Public opinion on coal price rises is part of the proffered critique. Socialism could abolish the profit game.
The New York Independent quotes Couny Totster arguing modern slavery exists wherever people are exempt from work to meet needs or where others’ labor is used by force or compulsion. It notes Tolstoi’s fierce hostility to money and his belief that money frees some from the primeval law of personal labor.
A fiery sermon denounces trusts and monopolies led by Rockefeller and Carnegie. It contrasts old and new barbarism, mocks wealth worship, and calls for divine justice to end capitalist oppression. The speaker envisions new deities cleansing society and urges action against exploitation. The piece ends with a call to try a meal at the Red Light.
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