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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1896
Page
6
A Kansas Garnett column compiles a motley mix of social notes and headlines. It jokes about bicycle enthusiasm, political theater, and quirky anecdotes from Chicago to Rahway New Jersey, including a balloon wedding, pop culture quips, and a turtle takedown story from New Jersey.
A Manchester report to the State Department by Grinnell predicts rising business from the United States via the canal, citing cotton arrivals and notes on cattle trade. The piece also surveys the bicycle boom’s impact on other trades and includes a long discussion on money theory, gold, and the role of money as a social instrument.
A long treatise argues money should be government controlled and issued in federal, state, and municipal denominations to fund ordinary expenses and public works. It outlines tokens, bank deposits, and automatic cancellation after ten years, with gold and silver coinage handled by the federal mint and a rigid tax-based balance between revenue and expenditure.
G L McKhan defends a currency scheme enabling government issued money for public improvements. He argues it would expand common wealth, create private employment, and reduce reliance on private banks, while noting risks of overreach by governments and the need to fund projects via tolls and eventual debt cancellation.
The excerpt cites Archibald Alison on England's 1787 suspension of specie payments leading to vast prosperity, followed by ruin after 1819 when payments resumed. It claims three modern Republican factions, criticizing the Democratic party for broken promises amid calls to recall US history.
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