Editorials on strikes and labor demand from Republican papers
A portion of a Columbus Dispatch editorial, reprinted in Kansas City Journal and other Republican papers, argues that rising prosperity and labor demand drive strikes. It lists recent strikes by tailors in New York, dock workers in Ashtabula, Pennsylvania freight handlers, Pittsburg puddlers, Indiana coal miners, Youngstown millmen, Cincinnati and New York messenger boys, and Cleveland streetcar workers. The piece mocks Republican editors as duped and credulous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Kansas City Journal
Tailors
New York
Ashtabula
Pennsvania
New
Gold standard zeal sparks critique by State Record
The State Record from Pekoa critiques Capital's gold standard coverage and questions gold demand impacts on India and U S producers. It argues the money lords push gold demand to inflate wealth, warns of Indian silver drain turning to gold, and asserts U S debts rise due to the coin standard while empire wealth would buy vast territory.
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India
Rockefeller
United States
Great Britain
Popeka
Recessional Hymn by Kipling
Poem fragment quoting Kipling's Recessional with religious invocation. Mentions God of Hosts and Britain, notes on pride, power, and warning against boasting. Somber tone, historical diction, fragments of verses.
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Snell
Confessional. Howard S. Taylor. Last of our sites who hither fled
A fragmentary poem lamenting forgetting liberty and rights, recalling early settlers, the Bill of Rights, and divine judgment. The speaker pleads for mercy and renewal of faith, contrasting benevolent liberty with neglect by contemporary rulers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Why Beef Is High In Big Cities
The article notes beef prices rising in cities, with Chicago butchers paying nine cents a pound for whole carcasses and fourteen cents for loins and ribs in sets. Nelson Morris & Co. cites U.S. packers driving Australian beef from English markets to secure trade, selling abroad at a loss to kill competition, reducing beef available for home use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nelson Morris & Co
England
Beef Prices and Trusts Spark Economic Debate
A Kansas Populist article argues cattle supply remains ample and prices stay high due to heavy foreign demand. It criticizes packers for overpricing consumers, urges butchers to raise prices, and warns socialism may end competition as trusts push consumer squeeze to bolster profits.
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Kansas City
Omaha
Chicago
Beef Trust
Europe
Packer
Kansas
Our Army and the Philippine War Forecast
The Nonconformist notes the administration reports an army of 95,500 with 55,000 in the Philippines by November, but questions how long a red-hot war could last if natives resist. It compares potential guerrilla resistance to Marion, Wallace, and Bruce and wonders if fighting may endure beyond two months.
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Philippines
Nebraska
Aguinaldo
Francis Marion
South
Carolina
Wallace and
Bruce
Scotland
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