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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1902
Page
2
A collage of satirical snippets, jokes, and brief observations from Kansas and national figures. It lampoons figures like Mark Twain and John W. Gates, cites Molly Curley style quips, and mentions Leopold, Kaiser Wilhelm, and King Alfonso with light, humorous commentary.
The piece argues that while national prosperity has grown, wages have stagnated for the vast majority. It contends trusts and combines, protected by tariffs, have gained large profits, leaving ordinary workers with higher living costs—25 percent on average—with no wage gains. It notes some employment created but little improvement for fixed earners.
An opinion piece argues government by injunction allows beef barons to control prices. It claims federal court enforcement blocks Sherman act remedies, leaving the beef combine dominant in the market and calls for dissolution of the injunction to end their rule.
The piece mocks Congressman Cannon for touting a forest reserve debate while he supported about 600 million dollars in other appropriations, including 61 million for river and harbor and 17 million for public buildings, arguing much of that money dwarfs the forest issue. It notes his boast of 50 million more than the current year's revenue.
A reflective note on how strikes and lockouts harm the public, calling for balance and greater intelligence to reduce clashes. It highlights that the public, though not a party at the bargaining table, suffers alongside workers and employers and should be considered in pursuit of calmer, more productive industrial relations.
A fragmented note laments how even with vows of peace and conciliation, industrial strife persists. It envisions a distant era when strikes and turmoil end as the wager of battle settles into final quiet, urging unity amid labor tensions.
The text urges Secretary Root to resign for concealing the Gardener report and for denying torture charges with a false statement to Senate and country. It argues the act proves he is unfit for high office regardless of intent.
A column decries how critics of abuses by soldiers in the Philippines are labeled as attacking the army. It argues that pointing out misconduct should not be equated with attacking national forces, urging accountability over sacred cows in public policy.
Sir Percy Sanderson reports to the British foreign office on American labor. In New York wages across sixteen trades rose from 2.78 to 2.91 dollars over three years to 1901, a 16 percent gain, while the cost of living climbed 26 percent, offsetting wage gains and worsening workers' conditions.
A 1902 1904 campaign warning argues that rallying cries for tariffs and trusts have lost power. It predicts voters will reject high protectionism and the trust system, seeking change instead. The piece warns party speakers that the electorate has learned the bunko nature of tariffs and trusts and will push them out.
The Ohio Republicans adopted a Cleveland platform on Wednesday that is described as a large and bad platform. If Hanna seeks the presidential nomination in 1904 he should align with this platform, as it is presented as a decisive test of his candidacy and the party's direction. The text criticizes Hanna and warns the public about any less desirable candidate being presented by Republican cliques.
The piece criticizes Senate action as yielding to the House and sacrificing Cuba’s claims. It argues that reducing duties on Cuban products by twenty percent is a mockery of aid to Cuba’s people, whom the nation has taken under guardianship.
The piece asks if West Point graduates’ long service justifies high government pay while coal and meat trusts keep prices and wages down. It argues property owners should urge action against mine and abattoir barons, framing a growing conflict between elites and the public.
Senate members claim criticism of President McKinley is sacrilege on one issue while opposing his pledges when profits of a powerful clique face loss. The divergence shows political risk in aligning with or against the president across topics.
Opinion notes the steel trust overcharges by about 30 percent in the U S market with freight to Liverpool. It argues taxing steel to fund subsidies harms American industry and burdens the public.
Fragment of a poem asking if sorrows dominate life or fade in distance. The speaker urges thanks for sun and trees, flowers and fields, while questioning the value of gloom and grumbling amid travel and hardship. The tone is archaic and reflective.
The guide states wages follow living costs, with higher pay in richer regions. It notes Americans cannot accept Asiatic wages due to living standards, and Brooklyn’s wages align with New York’s due to lower rents. The lecture bulletin on social economics is cited, ending with a note on ships named Mary.
H B Perham president of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers reports from Montreal that new schedules and improved pay across lines including Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg Ontario and Western Colorado and Southern Canadian division of Michigan Central Kansas City Fort Scott Memphis Birmingham New York Central Canada Atlantic St Louis and San Francisco Grand Trunk Norfolk and Western amount to at least 400000 dollars annually. Conferences secured gains without conflict and focus shifts to building city centers of interest. Sloth never arrived at the attainment of a good wish Cervantes.
The passage contrasts average mine wages of 325 dollars a year with the wealth of mine owners and transport magnates, noting the low pay for thousands of boys and asking how equity in wealth production and distribution can triumph. It ends with a stray line about ivory sources from Zanzibar and Ceylon.
Wireless telegraphy plans by Capt Joseph E Bernier of Canada aim to reach the north pole starting next year. He expects a four year journey with long drifting phases to reach a favorable position. A wireless trio graph setup will be used with a tele Noam scope mast extension to 200 feet for broad communication. Two motor cars to be convertible into boats are included in the equipment.
Duluth tinners secured an eight hour day and an average wage of 2.80 per day after a conference with employers who had the union’s machinery backing and funds to start in business. All workers returned to duty as terms were agreed.
The London and Southwestern Railway experiments with water tube boilers replacing firetubes on locomotives. One hundred engines use the new design and show good performance, consuming less coal for the same work. Forty water tubes run horizontally in the firebox and a single cylindrical flue carries 215 angled tubes.
Industry and Commerce reports Germany now exports more kid gloves than France. Baltimore County Maryland authorities distributed antitoxins to the poor free of charge. Last year Europe imported 72 million pounds of butter via the Trans-Siberian railway. New Jersey plans a sanitarium for indigent consumption sufferers. Cremation plants to destroy sun gas operate in ninety-eight cities in the United States.
Fifty telephone stations will be set up across the San Gabriel forest reserve in California this summer to warn of fires. Twenty five rangers equipped with portable telephones will patrol, able to tap into nearest wires without breaking contact to reach a station. Irrigation and electric power companies using the San Gabriel river back this protective method for the waterhed.
City Attorney McNamara states New Jersey labor law requires payment for public works at the prevailing ten hour day rate. Laborers receive 1.40 dollars per day and teams 3 dollars per day, aligning with ten hour work. A copyright law has been promulgated in Glenn as.
The king declined an offer from a leading American paper to write an article titled How it Feels to Be Crowned. The price named was substantial, but the monarch chose not to accept the commission.
Praise for American soldiers appears as Marshal Lord Wolamey writes to a friend that he always quotes the American army as the best. The obituary notes Prof. W. H. Neare of Salisbury North Carolina former chief headmaster in the Confederate army and later a noted composer who died recently.
The Great Northern Railway offers homeseekers fares to Manwha Bontara Washington and western destinations on the first and third Tuesdays of July August September and October at about one fare for a round trip. Information from all ticket agents or F Whitney GT T A B. Paul.
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