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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1900
Page
5
A column of satirical and opinion snippets notes that ambition lacks ballast, law branches are limited, and honesty matters. It reflects on taxation, the Boers, Nicaragua, a US trooper marrying in Kentucky by telegraph, a library for Congress, a Venezuelan minister, and foreign entanglements with Canada. A state with a surplus funds public schools, sparking debate on practical politics and public welfare.
The Supreme Court ruled that a pipe manufacturers’ cartel that allocated territories and inflated bids violated interstate commerce laws. The practice of awarding contracts to lowest bidders while sharing profits was deemed illegal restraint. This decision targets gas water and sewer pipe suppliers across multiple states and condemns collusive bidding.
The piece notes that hideous advertising disfigures scenery and highlights a British society formed to combat it. It argues ads should lose patronage if their display is revolting, a strategy that could curb offensive methods by public sentiment and accessible remedies.
The Department of Agriculture botany division reports ongoing work since 1896 on poisoning from plants. Last year’s fatalities include over 4,000 farm animals and at least 21 people, with figures likely undercounting total deaths. The mortality rate in the United States for poisonous plants runs about twice England’s, signaling a need for greater public knowledge and education.
Extracts from Roosevelt's message to the New York Legislature emphasize protecting individuals against corporate and wealth abuses while avoiding drastic zeal. He calls for careful study, transparency in corporate law, and measures to curb misrepresentation, overcapitalization, and price manipulation, with reference to stock valuation and public service expectations. He notes Beveridge and Hoar resolutions, supports holding the Philippines with governance and civilization aims.
The piece outlines multiple Senate resolutions on the Philippines. Hoar proposes a universal, eternal policy, another would cede the islands to Aguinaldo with payment and twenty years of peace guarantees, and Beveridge urges retention of the islands under U S control as needed. Bryan presses for citizenship rights or immediate governance, arguing for a decisive plan. The author criticizes both sides as impractical.
A New York Sun editorial condemns the American Steel and Wire Company as a national monster with influence in Worcester Pittsburg and multiple Pennsylvania cities and other states. It reports a seven and a half percent wage increase dated January 1 for about 30 000 workers and urges Congress to act against monopolies and trusts.
The Springfield Tennessee Herald emphasizes progress and expansion, arguing that any party or person favoring contraction or stagnation cannot win public favor. It suggests a Democrat aligned critic is likely farming losses from frost and tobacco, framing expansion as essential to modern times.
The Baltimore Herald cites General Lawton and other officers including Wheeler, MacArthur, and Funston as agreeing that the insurgency would have ended sooner if not for anti-imperialist influence. The letter mourns Lawton’s death yet warns against opposing national progress.
The country needs a strong opposition party as a check upon the Republican party. It calls for a united Democratic front to defeat un-American policies of the present administration. If Bryan is the patriotic statesman he is portrayed as, he should drop the sixteen-to-one issue and seek broad Democratic support on a platform all can endorse. The party’s salvation may hinge on his choice.
Long Washington dispatch recounts Wu purchasing a car for official and private use, J. P. Huntington shifting to support for the Nicaragua canal, and plans for the Lawton fund reaching $100000 in government bonds. It also covers an imperialism debate, naval regulations, and a Senate burst of speeches on the Philippines with Beveridge’s memorable address.
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