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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1902
Page
2
A collage of society notes and satire from a Kansas paper recounting familiar figures and events. Mentions Henry Ford, Hetty Green, Carnegie, Astor, Burr, and Paler Palmer with witty quips on money, trade, and public life. Highlights include volcano proximity city-building and mock Yonkers weddings, plus odd divorce bids and mining scams.
Mrs Ethel Kirk of Chicago challenges her husband's divorce bill claiming she was treated like a governess. A Norwegian inventor unveils a cannon able to hurl a two ton projectile ninety miles. A German inventor may soon patent a breastplate to stop such projectiles. In New York Count Festetics is ordered to pay 225 weekly support for wife and two children, while he mocks the verdict.
The text condemns U S policy in the Philippines for cruelty and vindictive military action. Senator Teller and Lodge are cited asserting reforms toward free self government for the islands. It argues the current course breeds hostility and urges a frank pledge of genuine home rule under the American flag to achieve lasting peace.
A San Francisco dispatch from the Pacific Union Club notes a dinner where more than 200,000 was represented. The piece asks for the smallest amount needed to make a dinner worth attending and proposes setting the total at 100 million to spurn lesser sums and force social interaction with educated hosts.
The plan proposes stripping tariffs and railroad protections from trusts, then enforcing public accountability. It argues meat trust prosecutions are ineffective unless applied to all trusts and calls for removing tariffs on meat and cattle to enable free imports from neighboring countries.
The piece notes discrimination against American flour by large foreign buyers inflames tensions. Kansas millers report this affects mill senators as treaty agents of the government respond to retaliation concerns, with emphasis on protecting U S interests and reciprocal deals shaping positions.
The fragment shows senators allied with the administration and majority party preserving protection, arguing tariffs may harm the nation. They face a dilemma: advocate protection while urging foreign powers to modify schedules, risking inconsistency in policy. The text hints at a debate over tariff schedules and trade protection.
A newspaper interview cites Ardvenor’s Billy Adlegatina and Representative Grosvenor of Ohlo criticizing the Frye bill. They argue the subsidy would help rivals the steamship combine, though the bill would add about $1,725,863 to American Steamship Company revenues, the core of the combine.
A Philadelphia minister writes to General Corbin urging excuses for orders to kill natives over ten, arguing children are useful to insurgents and may soften the tone of General Smiths order. The piece condemns three years of aggression for profit and territorial gain as a moral decay displayed by the conquerors.
A critical view argues that the consolidation of American railways into large trusts or mergers speeds a shift toward national government ownership. The private railroad trust is seen as likely to rise, with a brief reign, and force a government takeover between the evils of both paths.
The piece argues benevolent assimilation has failed and criticizes peace attempts. It claims a military occupation and subjugation prevail, urging substitution for water cure and Weylerism. It warns that subjugation of a hostile population may require extermination as an effective means.
The text argues that proving the beef trust’s existence and its extortions in court could lead to jail time, asserting that such action would curb high prices and corruption. It urges legislators to pass laws to dismantle trusts restraining trade and preventing price increases on essentials.
In a sharp skirmish between Uncle Sam and the beef trust, the trust holds the edge so far but cannot claim Uncle Sam is a quitter. The image of the man in the high white hat and red, white and blue clothing suggests that when angered, he will strike hard and scatter the splinters.
The passage names Aldrich Allison Spooner Platt McMillan and Lodge as an oligarchy in control of the United States government for many days. It notes a pejorative term derived from their initials and warns against using such a slur to describe a political clique.
A short, satirical note suggests driving cattle sheep hogs and other meats to a free lot to lower meat prices. It mocks lengthy investigations and implies the price drop would occur regardless of trust or not.
The piece questions acquittal of marines for killing and burning in Samar citing orders and generals’ justification. It argues this would transfer responsibility and contrasts with benevolent assimilation as declared by the nation.
A fragmentary reflection on youthful love and enduring affection set in a bygone era. The speaker recalls past courtship, the changing years, and the steadiness of shared hopes through trouble, ending with a note of lasting bond as time passes. The text blends poetry with stray historical references to a Baltimore tuition fee and a census data paragraph on cheese and dairy production in Illinois and the United States.
Carrol D. Wright United States commissioner of labor distributes the sixteenth annual report covering strikes and lockouts from July 1 1894 to December 31 1900. The volume compiles twenty years of statistics and includes court decisions state legislation and a foreign comparison.
The New York State Court upholds a unions right to pressure employers by strike and to threaten lawful actions to replace nonmembers with union members. The ruling emphasizes labor organizations possess the same legal rights as individuals to threaten actions they may lawfully pursue.
A labor organization strengthens workers by the excellence of its craft group. Weak unions invite wage cuts. strong unions secure agreements with employers. The trade union movement promotes better relations and defends principles when conflicts arise, aiming to vindicate fair proposals and resist unfair conditions.
Miss Sophie Baker of the Shoe Operatives Union and Working Women's Association plans to form a women barbers' organization in Chicago within a week. She toured city shops and found broad support for unionizing for mutual protection. She notes female barbers are nearly as skilled as male counterparts and would face examinations if needed. Some complaints target barber schools for emphasizing appearance over merit.
A historical notice warns workers across trades of health hazards from specific materials and processes. Phosphorus exposure risks bone diseases while arsenic-containing zinc and related materials pose danger. Wine and mineral water corking with galvanized wire causes irritation. Lime burning links to nervous issues from carbon dioxide. Brick, tile, terra cotta, glazed work risks include mercury tremor. Tobacco, milling, molding, and chimney sweeping risk vegetable poisoning. Lapidaries and jewelers face eye problems.
In New Jersey nearly 6000 school age children, mostly youths, are not in school and work in factories despite strict labor laws. Labor unions advocate enforcement, especially in glass factories, with Gov. Murphy pledging action based on his twenty five years in industry. He can set a model by reforming this abuse.
A movement among boot and shoe workers across New England seeks higher wages. Manufacturers oppose any increase under current market conditions, risking a potential major strike if concessions are not granted.
Gold beaters have reformed their union, noting their first Chicago organization formed twelve years ago won the eight hour day and fifty cents an hour. With few workers then, interest lapsed, wages fell to twelve dollars a week and they returned to the longer day.
Buffalo unions discussed building or buying a home for their use and decided to levy members a weekly six cents assessment or an annual two dollar charge to fund the labor temple project.
After a five day strike on the San Francisco street railway, the United Railroads concede key demands of the Carmen's Union. Wages are advanced, the 10 hour day is adopted, and other concessions are recognized as victory for the employees.
Jamen M. Lynch, president of the International Typographical Union, reports marked growth in the past month. He states the union now controls the mechanical departments of 8,500 plants nationwide with new members joining daily.
Cleveland carpenters secure an 21 cent hourly advance to take effect May 1. The contract with contractors requires union membership and sets a minimum wage of 25 cents an hour. About 2,000 workers benefit from the raise.
Agents of the American Woolen Company in Providence have equalised wage scales among weavers amid fears of a prolonged strike. The move aims to avert further disruption in the mill's operations.
Thunder Mountain Idaho emerges as a promising gold region with rich ledges and high values per ton. Colonel W H Dewey and partners have invested heavily in undeveloped claims amid minimal accessible routes. Prices soar with placer yields reported, and multiple routes via Ketchum Mackay Holve Welser and Bedrock open as snow clears. A prospective mining boom awaits supply routes and rail access as May to June melt brings reach to the camp.
A breach of promise case in Savannah Missouri drew amusement as Judge Barnes warned that many women would laugh during letters read aloud and fined a woman for the price of a new hat. The scene noted a lack of tough reaction.
The piece notes most Transvaal Boers belong to the Dutch Reformed church with a few sects. It describes the Doppers as the most extreme and rigid faction. It mentions ex-President Kruger as a Dopper member who preached to a Dopper congregation in Pretoria.
New Haven eyes a $3,000,000 hotel project aimed at Yale and the Osborn Vandertilt area. New York capitalists are named as prime movers with plans for a Plaza-like style building opposite Yale campus and near Osborn and Vandertilt Hall.
A resident, W. H. McFally, suffered two years from a constant burning head pain. After trying Dodd's Kidney Pills, the discomfort gradually faded. His son George also benefited from remaining pills. The piece also notes Colorado pamphlets sold by Rock Island route and a quip about women and beauty.
An experienced man can tell an 4% glance from what part of the world a gold piece comes and from which gold district the metal was obtained. Australian gold is distinctly redder than California’s, with the Ural gold among the reddest found.
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