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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1902
Page
6
The item states Lowell Daily Courier Citizen, oldest Middlesex county daily since 1825, daily except Sundays and holidays, delivery by carrier in the city at six cents a week, located at Courier-Citizen Building, Merrimack Street, Lowell, published by Courier-Citizen Company.
Yesterday's chill gave way to a clear bright day with a cold raw afternoon and night. This morning opened unusually sunny and the forenoon was exactly what people hoped for, offering agreeable conditions after the prior cold spell.
The Lowell Daily Courier argues against a textile strike, urging citizens to seek peaceable, reasoned solutions. It cautions that a strike would devastate mills, injure workers, harm merchants, and risk violence, urging arbitration or citizen mediation to avoid demagoguery and preserve employment.
The piece weighs Cuba's independence, reciprocity, and aid prospects for sugar planters. It argues against outright gifts, favors annexation or mutual exchange, and treats labor and capital as reciprocal interests. It cautions against Bryan and doubts Democratic return to power amid past hard times. It also notes Boer negotiations and comments on Gen Butler.
A principal speaker before Providence street railroad workers described a Detroit organizer as one of the amazing elements in labor unions. He argued organizers are tolerated for organizing but agitators insult intelligent labor, urging workers to focus on honest trades.
The author argues dividends are not luxuries but essential support for the helpless. Small investors, including many women with cotton mill shares, rely on dividends to sustain themselves. Omissions of dividends harm more than just the rich, contradicting a common fallacy about who loses when dividends are cut.
A blend of sensational notes cites a careless dynamite incident and a deadly nitro blast in the West, plus unrest in China over coolie labor. London prices rise ahead of a coronation, New York openness sparks talk, Boston debates the common and Superintendent Doogue faces criticism.
A Lowell column cites Sun and Courier disagreements over mill wage demands. It notes mill agents resisting a 10 percent rise while stockholders curb dividends, and reports on a stray coalition of workers, police, and locals dealing with a coal wagon incident. References to Smallpox measures and a Navy Yard labor outlook conclude.
The discussion shows business groups shifting to charter outside Massachusetts due to costs and favorable state laws. Massachusetts entry remains $15, yet home-chartered firms face tougher constraints while small entities like railways require charters. Editorials mock political lines and caution about gambling schemes and misled visitors. A Russian commission on peasant life signals policy shifts toward reforms.
A balky wagon horse stalled in front of the Imperial Hotel on Broadway for nearly five hours drawing praise and failed attempts. An old rustic man suggested pairing the balky horse with its mate, which the driver fetched from the stable. The two were hitched and the horse moved off at once.
The article recalls Bryan’s critiques of Cleveland and tracks actions in Washington on the 16-to-1 free silver issue. It notes Shafroth’s bid to delay debate to hear Delmar, a noted free silver advocate, and records that Democrats on the coinage committee opposed the Hill gold redeeming bill. It also references Bryan’s January Massachusetts visit and a Commonwealth Club address.
The Boston speech on invitations to the banquet shows nonpartisan restraint except in Holyoke and Cambridge where Bryan spoke plainly. He reiterated his silver creed and denounced the redemption bill now pending in Congress, claiming it would strengthen the gold standard.
Brigadier General Robert P. Hughes succeeds Major General Young as head of the Department of California. Senator Teller delivers a 26 page extemporaneous speech on the Philippine question, clocking 75,000 words. Dr. Alpheus S. Packard elected president of Rhode Island Audubon Society. Explorer Harry De Windt wins Russian consent to build a Siberia to Behring Strait railroad. Geronimo seeks citizenship after a decade in captivity. Bishop Potter eyed for a $100,000 Cathedral Heights residence. James Harris Fairchild died after riding Walk-in-the-Water on Lake Erie. John Morley discovers a diary of Gladstone’s career. Francis Marion Cockrell of Missouri is the Senate’s dean. Mrs Marian M Faversham wins absolute divorce from actor William Faversham with alimony. Speaker Henderson faces re-election fight in Iowa 3rd district against O B Courtright. Courtright, renowned attorney, credentials in GOP circles. Public urged to Eliot church March 26 for Rev Merriam canal boat tale.
Commonwealth court proceedings cite Curtis McEwan seeking to register and confirm title to four lots 485 486 487 488 on Quebec and Border streets in Lowell estate of Frank Kappler. Court schedules appearance April 21, 1902 in Boston Suffolk County to show cause why petition should not be granted. Justice Leonard A. Jones presiding.
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