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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1897
Page
3
An analysis of tariff policy and the currency issue contends the Republican administration faces a funding shortfall, urging further bond issues and a larger money supply. It blames Wilson and Dingley tariffs for deficits, arguing increased circulation is needed while warning of political and economic consequences.
The Topeka Advocate argues the U S monetary system rests on an irrational base critiquing coin value as currency. It notes copper and nickel costs vs faced value, a silver dollar worth 42 cents yet traded for a dollar, and widespread use of non intrinsic private money in payments.
Ridpath notes that critics brand poverty claims as lies, argue it is longtime, and invoke God’s care. He claims this stance reflects the modern powerful elite, especially privileged Americans, toward the poor.
A partisan snippet criticizes the Washington Gazette Vincennes Commercial and Republican papers for failing to expose alleged fraud in Mein ley's administration. It claims an inability to restore confidence and prosperity, and notes the failure to pass a tariff bill to check a growing deficit.
The poem opens with a call to ring out the free press and corrupt bonds and rings in a new trust in freedom. It shifts to stark social critique of winter hardship, hunger, and the dehumanizing effects of poverty, associating them with a fallen order and moral questioning of wealth and power.
A composite of editorials and excerpts condemns thrift decline and wealth concentration while debating tariffs, government funds, and economic policy. It notes Grover Cleveland’s senatorial bid in New Jersey, criticizes court power, and mentions land, banking, and labor issues affecting miners and farmers.
Opinion denounces Kansas farm wealth figures as inflated and misleads voters. The writer cites 1890 census values and mortgage costs to claim many farmers live on small labor incomes while spending on officers and ostentatious lifestyles. The piece mocks the notion of overall farmer prosperity and wealth.
In this periodical reflection the author asserts money is essential to commerce and compares it to blood in the human system. A healthy economy relies on free money circulation while congestion or scarcity harms trade and progress.
Alan for King George jokes about the power of written orders. A modern quip notes how a simple piece of paper can compel crowds to fear and obey. The speaker mocks superstition and laments a ruler from a bygone era.
A fragment cites Harrison remarking on the Howtey investigation linking poverty to wealth. The wording suggests a critique of policy or governance. No further context or details are available in the readable text to confirm scope or consequences.
An 1890s critique argues land and money are monopolized by banks and the financial class. It calls for government creation and distribution of money to empower producers, end private banking profits, and curb oligarchic control. It warns of cycles of panic and demands monetary reform.
The excerpt argues land ownership underpins labor power and civilization. It contends land is essential to produce labor’s wealth and that any system granting land access only to owners widens wealth gaps, forcing others to depend on permission to live or work.
A fragmented note laments shifting governance from a king to an aristocrat parliament to a feared Juggaine style autocracy. The writer contrasts worst forms of government, invoking Cleveland Re order as emblem of oppressive rule.
A fragment from an 0.8 Com of Labor quote notes that two hours and fifteen minutes of daily work by each able bodied man, if systematically applied, could produce all the food clothing and shelter the people need. The line attributes a Rural Labor perspective to Wright.
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