Land speculation and press freedom fuel democracy’s defense
The writer rebukes land monopolies and capitalized land holdings noting Cornell University profits on a vast original purchase. He argues unequal land ownership burdens labor, fuels trusts, and baffles equality, urging anti monopoly action and defender of free speech as essential to liberty and democracy. He cites Jefferson praising newspapers as a check on government and warns against bureaucratic governance and socialism.
Free press a pillar of self government says Littlefield
The article quotes Charles E. Littlefield praising newspapers as essential to checks on power and good governance. He argues that without press scrutiny Congress would fail and that newspapers illuminate corruption, provoke virtue, and serve as instruments of publicity to cleanse public life.
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Test of Culture at Eastern Oregon Normal School
A June 1902 address by Andreas Bard argues education must be broad and practical blending hand, head, and heart. He cites Darwin Emerson and Shakespeare, praises labor’s value, warns against narrow schooling, and urges culture through history, literature, science, and humane virtue.
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