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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1896
Page
6
A chaotic rant critiques gold standard, fusion in the People's Party, and calls for a paper currency based on tax, urging continued agitation and Bible-like diagnosis of political mistakes. It railes at Democrats and extols government banks while mocking sound money and national financial trains of thought.
An excerpt from Volney's Ruins explores a Western European crisis as a dense crowd demands labor and subsistence while a privileged class clings to wealth and authority. A dialog shapes between workers and elites, priests, nobles, and governors, revealing tensions over rights, governance, and revolution. The piece frames the struggle as universal, warning rulers that enlightened masses claim justice.
The analysis cites 1826 figures from the US statistical abstract and treasury report. It compares average annual imports and dutiable and free imports under Tariff Act McKinley bill and Wilson bill, noting larger import volumes under the McKinley law and a higher favorable trade balance under Wilson.
Extracted speech remarks contrast Coxey’s road funding idea with government paid construction. The comment notes the road from Maanton Ohio to Washington was built with national funds, aligning with a platform favoring waterway improvements as practical. It dismisses opposition as unfounded and lampoons fusion politics.
The piece argues that the English and American money power controls the U S government, citing the Declaration of Independence and condemning taxation, anti trust laws, lobbying, and military use against workers. It laments courts, education, media, and the burden of debt slavery while urging the people to alter or abolish oppressive governance. It frames the struggle as a patriotic demand to restore government to the people.
An editorial excoriates bondholders who profited from greenbacks in Civil War times and accuses political interests of exploiting soldiers' pensions. It recalls the 1869 law adjusting greenback value for bondholders, arguing true justice lies with veterans who fought for the nation, not financiers.
A discussion contrasts sound money with paper and silver circulation, arguing gold redeemability for every dollar, while noting gold shortages. The dialogue claims bank notes and silver would back more money than can be redeemed, accusing critics of gold standard exaggeration and irony.
A New York Recorder recounts the rise of an Englishman who becomes a hangman in Melbourne after trading fortune for risk. The tale blends wealth to poverty, a fatal career path, and a romance with the widow of his predecessor as he moves from England to Melbourne, Sydney, and Pentridge.
In Longman’s Magazine a speaker recalls a clergyman’s sharp quip about biblical roles. The tale centers on a minister teasingly labeled for creations like Bilas Fixings and St Ananias while an observer feigns amusement, sensing a harsher truth behind the humor.
A fragmented report describes pricing for Chinese women in Paris and Sydney, with a $150 single purchase and $260 for two. An importer selects the best woman while others are sent to wealthy buyers after a public auction. Also noted is a Lake Michigan apples incident with five hundred eighty barrels landing ashore, and fruit scattered along a beach near a railroad.
A prospective tenant is told by the agent that all units have been rented. The agent notes even if conditions allowed, they have already let one tenant take everything, signaling a full occupancy.
Readable fragments show a terse dialogue about fortune telling and implied danger. Names and context are garbled, but references to an old maid and an accident at age four appear, suggesting a literary or gossip fragment rather than a clear event.
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