England and America Under the Captains of Industry
A London correspondent reports England suffers hunger and poverty despite claims of prosperity. Jack London’s data from 1892 to 1904 mirror rising unemployment and depopulation. The piece argues wealth concentrates with a shrinking middle class, and modern capitalism mirrors ancient warlords with land hoarding and social neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gland
Jnot
America
England
Jack London
Republican
Russia
United States
New York
Count Tostoi
Ree 8 SP The Clover James Wurrcoms Ricey
Ree 8 SP The Clover notes James Wurrcoms Ricey as organizer and leader of a local Clover project. The piece highlights Ricey’s role in coordinating members and promoting Clover initiatives within the community.
Barefoot Dream of Blossoms and Morning Dew
A lyrical reminiscence of childhood days among flowers and summer fields. The speaker recalls lilies daisies roses pansies and pinks and muses on memory sweetened by dew and dreamlike mornings.
Wealth, captains, and the danger of modernism in America
The piece critiques predatory wealth and corrupt political machines tied to industrial captains. It warns that laborers bear brunt while rulers pursue power, cites French revolution themes, and questions whether America will awaken to looming dangers of “old-world” conditions and rising tyranny.
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England
Roosevelt
France
Lord Macaulay
America
Russia
Tarbell Featured as Leading American Historian
Miss Ida M Tarbell is highlighted as the leading woman historian of America and Kansas oil states, noted for her history of the Standard Oil Company serialized in McClure's Magazine and now published in book form by McClure-Phillips of New York. She spent years in Pennsylvania oil regions and knew key early figures, whose battles against entangling power she vividly portrays. Tarbell also authored acclaimed biographies of Lincoln and Napoleon, among other historical works.
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Ida M. ‘Tarbell
America
Kansas
Standard Oil Company
McClure’s
McClure-Phillips
New York
Miss Tarbell
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
Nepoleon
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