21 May 1897
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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1897
Page
1
A political essay argues that real prosperity cannot coexist with monopoly. It warns voters against following party bosses and outlines concerns about land ownership, tariff remedies, bank money circulation, and corporate control. The piece stresses individual responsibility and warns that public wrongs require action.
The war department has closed several recruiting offices as posts near key locations. Officials say the stations can enlist all needed soldiers, with more applicants than required and low costs. Critics note many unemployed men are drawn into service for subsistence, while others argue political and religious leaders should take stronger stances.
John J. Ingalls denounces attempts to crush greenbacks and opposes Dingley tariff plans. He warns that gold reserves and bond sales would burden the nation, defending greenbacks as permanent currency while criticizing private schemes and treasury secrecy. He urges honest money and national public faith.
The Labor Exchange is described as an organized benevolent industrial institution with branches for mutual benefit. It aims to employ the idle, prevent swindles, and provide fair exchange of labor products with its own money, eliminating rents and speculation and enabling reforms through practical demonstration. It endorses individual freedom and broad societal improvement while urging readers to understand its methods.
A stark poem describes a starving mother and pale baby near the engraver's home, its suffering contrasted with a grim world where machines replace labor. It laments wage decline, hunger, and social neglect, citing The Coming Nation and local papers on industrial distress and monetary fears.
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