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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1902
Page
2
A compact roundup of quirky, surreal, and topical notes from Kansas and beyond. Items include political musings on Roosevelt and Paterson, a heart surgery in St Louis, a California family for sale, Boer War flamboyance, and a Los Angeles collision settlement.
Walter Wellman of the Chicago Record-Herald argues that the future of the Philippine islands hinges on American policy toward independence. He notes Republican divisions over declaring永 independence and warns that party declarations cannot control Filipino aspirations for liberty.
The Chicago Inter Ocean Republican calls the Fifty-seventh Congress a test of principles and policies. It argues changes in personnel matter less than the party’s record and urges replacing the party with one that truly represents the people.
A critical view argues that protection harms one group to help another, predicting infant industry walls turning into massive trusts. It challenges the notion that government is a limitless wealth source and warns against large expenditures justified by abundant funds.
The article notes Northern Securities directors claiming any adverse decision by Attorney General Knox is merely technical and that legal avenues can be found to achieve the same merger goals. Officials discuss schemes to circumvent rulings by seeking charters in Montreal London or Bermuda and other jurisdictions. The piece cites confidence in evading U S legal constraints.
Authorities fail to stop an English or foreign corporation from holding vast areas of northwestern rail properties. The piece criticizes these "eminent wanderers" for evading laws with impunity and questions how equity and justice underpin statutes when police view them with concern.
A Danvers town meeting discussed a supposed cause of present industrial gloom amid rising living costs. Participants criticized the city’s trust for doubling dividends on watered stock while workers’ wages barely rose, arguing prosperity masks worker hardship.
Indiana Senator Albert J. Beveridge addressed Chicago Union League Club on Washington's birthday. He argued the Wall Street wizard has disappeared, a financier once wielding a million dollars now eclipsed by a higher power who moves in billions. He noted the wizard remains in power, consolidating smaller rivals into vast corporate entities.
The passage argues against a ship subsidy bill, warning it would raise American-flag tonnage and cost, while asserting that tariff reductions and better commerce management could grow the mercantile marine substantially within a decade. It acknowledges privately that subsidies are a bad principle despite some public support.
A bill aims to bar convict labor from competing with free labor nationwide. Labor groups push for action while many states already ban convict made goods locally. A major issue remains: no blanket law to stop cross state competition.
Sentiment to favor tariff revisions grows amid Republican leaders efforts to keep it quiet. The pernicious protection of giant monopolies with accumulated millions is wrongly defended. A revolution may soon demand a revision of the entire protective system. The present tariff laws misrepresent the system and allow a community of interests restraining legitimate trade.
The Mnanders and top trust managers show no extraordinary concern over the president ordering the attorney general to test the legality of the Northern Securities Trust Company's operations. Their measured response suggests confidence in their plans and lack of perceived jeopardy from the action.
Apparent call for absolute publicity and rigid inspection of trusts to curb deceit. The author argues that current secrecy enables inside profits from evasion and manipulation, hindering honesty under the present system.
A fragmented passage discusses McLaurin and Tillman in harsh terms, noting vitriolic, ungentle language and calls for restraint. It portrays McLaurin as sincere and honest, despite the harsh critique surrounding him and the lens objection raised by critics in the regional sanatorium context.
A critical view argues living costs will climb as unrestrained trusts push prices higher for their own profit. The piece contends there is no restraint on their greed or power to set rates, signaling a grim outlook for consumers.
A reflective piece contrasts teachers salaries with early physicians in New England, noting teachers earned less but faced payment delays. It recalls Cheever’s expulsion from New Haven and his long teaching career, arguing New England fostered liberal thought and independence. It also covers Chinese Exclusion sentiments, child labor laws, and miners honoring John Mitchell for union leadership.
The piece questions whether rival bodies loom over the American Federation of Labor after its decision to send organizers into Western Union territory. It notes Western Labor Union’s rapid rise and long Western push for closer affiliations among local unions, contrasting AFL and Knights of Labor western reach, with only one western convention in Denver 1894.
Public hearings drew large crowds as Alabama lawmakers consider a bill to curb child labor. The piece argues for nationwide factory protections, condemning child exploitation and urging removal of young children from cotton mills for education and play.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers marked its tenth anniversary when P M Arthur became chief in 1873. The early decade focused on recruitment and organizing lines, with wage recognition battles largely ahead. The 1487 beneficiary issue shaped public view of the order as a lodge and insurance body before Arthur’s leadership came to symbolize conservatism and a cautious labor union.
In Indianapolis last year a labor surge saw many unions chartered under the American Federation of Labor with a single exception. The list includes Sawmakers' Helpers, Saw Grinders and Toothers, Saw Filers and Letters, Saw Handle Makers, Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, Ice Drivers, Billers' Protective Union, General Teamaters, Cerealine Workers, Wheat Makers, Machina Molders, Steam and Hot Water Fitters' Helpers, Machine Mill Hands, Upholsterers, Foundry Helpers, Freight Handlers, Ice Cream Makers and Handlers, Concrete and Cement Workers, Suspender Workers, Allied Metal Mechanics, Stove Mounters, Metal Polishers, Buffers and Platers, and Lithographers.
New York tailors in Union signaled a shift toward a permanent organized body with doubled enlistments and added sick and death benefits. Since the August strike, conditions have held, ground not lost, contrasting with past cycles of disruption and post-victory disbandment. Stable unions may end annual strikes and curb trade abuses as benefits rise.
A brief note praising the Amalgamated Association leaders for a conservative plan to avert further friction with the steel trust. The proposed wage scale would span three years instead of a single year, seen as a praiseworthy effort to stabilize labor relations.
A trial concerns damages of 40000 by Atwood Violette against RB C Benedict. Violette says his wife and daughter were injured when a Greenwich Connecticut rental house's plumbing failed due to unsanitary conditions, with the suit alleging defective premises.
A humorous note suggests ironed garments become stiff from starch and blames the starch quality. It promotes Defiance starch as a softer, crumbly alternative that makes clothes look like new. Sold for 10 cents per 16 ounce package, by Mage Beth Starch Co in Omaha, Nebraska.
General Andre says three fourths of French army offenses stem from absinthe use and orders monthly alcohol danger lectures in every garrison to curb the issue.
Nurse Eliza King says good nurses and medicine improve recovery, praising St Jacobs Oil for outward use on sprains bruises rheumatic pains and pleurisy. Sister CannonA of St Andrew's Hospital calls it efficacious for gout sprains and bruises and notes doctors order it constantly.
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