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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1901
Page
2
The piece laments last session ending in Salem and Oregon’s public funds, noting pay for legislators, street improvements in Pendleton, and calls to curb excess. It cites Cochran on Philippines spending and reflects on marriage advice and Newlands measure for arid land reclamation funds.
The piece argues for using land value gains from government claims to reimburse costs of reclaiming lands and to fund home provision for desert regions. It criticizes excessive trusts and advocates limited constitutional change to allow government aid, while endorsing pensions and disability protection informed by German and British models. It notes shifts toward state responsibility for laborers and aging workers, with cautions about imperial overreach.
Fragmentary text provides limited readable facts about a weekly business update but lacks names, dates, places, or concrete events to form a coherent summary card.
A 1900 to 1901 market summary shows Standard Oil stock rising from 1400 to 805 per share amid massive dividends and a $100 million capital base. Analysts note record dividends totaling 45 million in 1900 and 88 million of undisputed profits in 15 months, prompting questions of who paid the profits, as discussed in Bryan's Commoner.
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