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Newspaper
Kansas Agitator
Location
Garnett, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1897
Page
4
A essay urges shared compassion beyond local prosperity. It cites Paul on all nations of one blood and condemns celebrating farm gains while fellow humans starve. The piece argues against tariffs that burden the poor and calls for liberal abundance and universal care.
A former radical Republican visiting town argues wheat and silver move together. An associate notes wheat rises while silver falls, prompting a mock plan to ban biscuits or wheat bread to collapse the dollar wheat. The farmer brushes off the talk and resumes daily business.
The piece weighs Hanna and Cleveland as war record keepers with substitutes and McKinley’s rise. It questions which man rendered greater service after noting Hanna two soldiers, Cleveland one, and McKinley none. The other item, Bank-Wrecker Blue, mocks Debs and reformers, praising a night at the opera house.
A fervent alarm over alleged anarchist control and plutocratic tyranny in the United States cites recent coal strikes near Hazleton and Latimer. It condemns state violence against striking miners, accuses C Pardee Co and the coal trust of starvation wages, and laments government oppression while demanding justice against the perceived murder and theft by monopolies.
A heated, moralizing critique argues that duties on hides enrich the beef trust while wool duties benefit manufacturers. It condemns selfishness and speculators, notes poor returns for wheat growers, and questions protections for the common man in a tariff era.
A satirical piece praises a certain man who champions tariffs. It mocks him as an American archetype and places him among political bosses in Hanna’s view while attacking free trade and partisan sacrifice in harsh terms.
A scathing critique links high wheat prices to bread shortages for hungry children. It condemns speculators as man-eating tigers greedy beyond measure, urging society to crush them like rattlesnakes, while accusing accomplices in media of profiting on the bones and offal of victims.
A fiery indictment targets Demas as a corrupt figure in Louisiana politics. Promises broken by Hanna, who backs Demas through McKinley’s term, are condemned by citizens as hypocrisy. The passage contrasts moral banners with corruption and notes new international currency moves and silver reserves.
A Kansas City Star summary quotes St Louis commentary on how the Kansas stockyards law cannot be enforced due to jurisdiction issues. It notes Missouri handles the business. Kansas lacks power to prosecute offenses in Missouri. governors funds used may be wasted. contrasts with Jacquins law aimed at regulation and Emporia cattle rates.
In St Louis Rev F C Tyrrill triggers a stir by denouncing Rockefeller behind a tariff debate and comparing charitable donations to colleges with hidden motives. The piece notes Dincrey and Dingley tariff views, a South Dakota railroad rate injunction, and hints at a pending shift toward a French monarchy.
A county call announces primary elections for delegates to the People's party county convention in Garnett Kansas. Voting will occur Wednesday Sept 22 at 4 45 p.m. Precinct representation is listed for Garnett wards Monroe Jackson Reed Putnam Walker Union Rich Lone Elm Ozark Indian Creek Welda East Washington Westphalia West Central Lincoln and other townships. A central committeeman per township and city ward will be elected.
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