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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1902
Page
3
The Commoner reports Secretary Gage urging a large central bank with multiple branches. He cautions it may offend the common instincts of the people and warns Republicans have sometimes ignored public criticism in pursuing national policy.
The New York World presents figures on 1907 federal finances showing tax receipts of 699,916,540 and expenditures of 621,698,041. It compares these with pre Spanish War levels and 1897 figures, projecting hypothetical surpluses or deficits and noting President Roosevelt's view of the Philippines as a burden.
The middle west between the Alleghanies and the Rockies has become the dominant region, with Governor Shaw gaining influence in federal finance. His state now holds the speaker of the house, key Senate and cabinet posts, including treasury and agriculture. Other western states also hold major committee chairs.
Sixteen pages of the Congressional Record are filled with private bills referred to committees. The serious debate occupies little of the session, with 1,238 bills expected to be rushed through. Committees cannot study them, and passage will likely hinge on trading favors, risking widespread waste.
A remark condemns the U S Congress for wasting effort on insignificant issues that could be handled by a small town council, arguing that it distracts from more important national business. The speaker highlights the absurdity of dedicating substantial exertion to trivialities.
A warning argues the Chinese exclusion law expires in six months and could flood the country with Chinese workers if not renewed. It claims corporations push for cheap labor without votes, risking race riots and major upheaval, predicting Congress and senators will bow to corporate wishes and urging vigilance.
A Delaware reader rebuts the Republican claim of equal prosperity by recounting a friend who chose farm land over national bank stock twenty years ago. Bank stock tripled and paid over 12 percent interest, while the farm, bought for eight thousand, yielded far less, illustrating why farmers oppose bankers and protected manufacturers shaping laws.
Lone members of the house argue revenue bills must originate in the chamber under the constitution. Congressman Queretreet of Lodiana counters that the Philippines bill may originate elsewhere, deeming it not a revenue measure, a phrase critics call a convenient cover for sins.
Directors who sit on both the Northern Securities Company and allied railroads resign from one or the other revealing that the authorities who guided the case may have erred. The writer suggests future findings will expose further oversights and that wrongdoing will out.
The piece argues that silver remains a central issue and cannot be killed as a force in politics. It claims farmers in Iowa and planters in Alabama oppose contraction schemes by Republican leaders, insisting silver power persists regardless of global silver supply.
The piece argues the nation faces a question of rule by the people versus control by moneyed interests and corporations. It notes influence in Congress, subsidies, canals, and Cuba policy depend on which power prevails and how statesmen align, lamenting the public’s role.
The piece argues against a naval buildup for empire and conquest. It contends citizens should oppose costly hammering guns and instead fund a navy limited to national defense, opposing notions of imperial power fueled by top officials. It frames defense as essential, not expansionist.
The coal trust controls landings and harbors at Lotisville and Jeffersonville and plans a new tariff wall. It can levy duties on all coal shipments passing through its gates, reshaping the industry and potentially raising costs for traders and customers.
The passage notes that sharp practice may hinder debate on tariff issues, yet voters remain inclined to consider the tariff question aided by a voting machine.
The article details women's clothing fashions with yellow velvet trim gowns, broadcloth and lace ensembles, and intricate insertions. It describes a blue camel hair street gown with red broadcloth panels, Greek lace appliques, and a princess back, plus new veiling options including reversible dot veils and a storm veil for winter wear.
The piece surveys rural life noting wage gains and mechanization have reduced field work for cottage workers especially women. Gleaning and silk industry have largely vanished, while fruit gathering remains, and a Wisconsin initiative introduces a university based school of artisans to train workers, with wide regional interest and promise.
The Albuquerque correspondent of the Boston Transcript recalls RE G Ross once a United States Senator from Kansas and New Mexico governor. Now he works in a job printing office yard scene shows an old man toiling by a rusty handsaw to carve wood for meals. His worn appearance underscores a life of small duties.
Commission General Powderly of the Immigration Bureau reports total steerage passengers arriving in the United States this year reached 487,818, up about 40,000 from the previous ceiling year. A large share came from Italy Sicily Sardinia and Austria-Hungary, with 117,587 over age fourteen able to read or write and 74,950 aliens arriving in cabins.
Increasa in Wages the Indiana Railway company of South Bend Ind operates electric street car lines in South Bend Elkhart and Goshen and twenty six miles of Interurban railway connecting Goshen Dunlap Mishawaka Osceola with South Bend Recently ported an order giving an Increase of Wagon to the conductors motormen and all employes paid by the hour The large to the second within a few years and means an increase of about $10 000 a year The Increase took e for January.
The Department of Agriculture urges introduction of a new industry cultivating roses for perfume making. It argues attar of roses could be distilled on a scale to reduce dependence on foreign producers and create substantial domestic income, appealing to women’s tastes and expanding opportunities in California.
Public schools in Switzerland are government run with strict civil service rules. Teachers, mostly women, are well paid and rarely dismissed. When too old to teach they are pensioned generously, creating an excellent corps of educators in the schools.
John Higgins a brakeman near Emporia Kansas last September lost both legs in an accident. The railway company agrees to teach him telegraphy at their expense and provide lifelong employment. He will also receive artificial legs.
The two oldest secret trades survive as the manufacture of Chinese red vermilion and the inlaying of the hardest steel with gold and alloy. These methods, once practiced in Damascus ages ago, are believed kept by Syrian smiths and their descendants.
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