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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1891
Page
4
The piece portrays bankers as public benefactors preparing to loan money to move a promised wheat crop, praising their condescension while warning farmers to accept loans for railroads and grain dealers. It likens bankers to English royalty, suggesting farmers who resist owe treason for not kneeling to the nobles.
The piece lampoons a repeated extra session scare over the eight hour law affecting state penal and charitable institutions. Warden Care doubts penitentiary operation under the rule while Governor Humphrey seeks advice from Hon. L. K. Kirk as Topeka contends with Alliance blame. The author notes a tempest in a teapot and questions whether officials approved a measure limiting state institutions.
Senator Peffer argues five thousand saloons would have doomed the People's party. Ralph Beaumont supports this view. The piece asserts saloons shape political clubs, sow prejudice, and obscure truth, turning drinkers away from freedom and thoughtful discussion. It cites urban saloon culture as stifling liberty and political hope.
The author argues that the nation carries twenty to twenty-five billion dollars in public and private debt and questions who pays the interest and who creates the wealth. He claims labor must generate an annual wealth equal to interest or debt must be drawn from past accumulations, forcing farmers and workers to pay, risking foreclosure and loss of possessions as debt grows.
The Kansas City Star quotes the new party aiming to defeat Sherman in Ohio and Forsker elsewhere. It attacks the capitalistic Demo-Republican crowd and pledges to topple them beyond Ohio, signaling a nationwide push by the People's party.
The passage argues necessity as the root of economic hardship from low farm prices to wage starvation and vice, blaming Republican and Democratic legislation for creating conditions that empower corporations. It calls for a new party to legislate in the interest of all people and replace the two old party parents of the current system.
The legislature of Mlinvis has given women the right to vote in school elections and municipal elections follow the same laws as other elections. The supreme court has not declared these laws unconstitutional yet. If those laws are constitutional, why not grant women full suffrage in all elections?
The passage laments widespread evictions in Pennsylvania and New York City, notes foreclosures on farmers, and contrasts U.S. housing hardship with a 19th century political critique. It recalls a June 1888 national convention condemning class legislation, praising Brazil’s emancipation, and accusing parties of serving monopolies.
The Beacon calls protectionists to solve a bold problem: if American factories can make items like art metal abroad and sell against foreign rivals, why not sell at home against other countries. It urges McKinleyites to shift focus from sugar and tin and address this issue with concrete action.
A local club pledges to start a campaign to organize volunteers, raise funds, and assist ongoing community projects. Members invite neighbors to join and support through events, drives, and collaborative tasks to strengthen neighborhood welfare.
Oncaxitx and unite in a brief notice from Seescene for the Aviator, a regional dispatch in the People's paper of the state, urging readers to align with a local civic effort and observe upcoming events.
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