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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1887
Page
4
Long column from Abilene reflecting on Fourth of July celebrations, political squabbles, rail growth in Kansas, national editorials, stock and grain market notes, cashiering scandals, labor unrest, and assorted anecdotes. Includes opinion on crime, taxation, and public figures, with references to Washington county, Jacob Sharp, Henry George, Dr McGlynn, and Senator Cameron.
Report from Salt Lake City warns of diphtheria linked contamination and urges liberal policy to help former workers in the East shoemaking industry. A Fourteenth ward incident involved soiled clothing aired over a chicken coop, killing a family’s fowls and brood with black throat marks, underscoring public health fears.
The piece notes an amicable settlement between the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and iron masters, resulting in a 10 percent wage increase while dropping minor claims. It praises healthy U.S. iron trade, rising home production especially in the South, and steady demand. It criticizes imported goods as not political fodder and supports tariff revision to improve collection and fairness.
The Garden City Sentinel reports Kansas corn output may reach 250 million bushels this year, with planted acreage larger than ever. Past crops were 196 million and 189 million, but robust indicators and rail expansion suggest strong farm and railroad activity as the season progresses.
A jumble of curious math and political notes: corn haulage by car and train lengths, whiskey and bread uses of corn, and plenty more. It cites Illinois tobacco laws, school funds at 5 percent, Lackawanna County corn, Kansas railroad gains, and Lord Rosebery guiding Knight of America. Kansas leads railroad mileage for early 1887 with 692 miles, Texas 489, New Jersey five.
A 1886 account sketches Dr C C Green of Woodbury New Jersey as a leading young business force. It argues fortunes from diligent planning, careful choice of ventures, and steady growth rather than luck. It cites August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup as global exemplars of sustained sales driven by enterprise.
The Doris and Colvin shows promise the greatest amusement consolidation, with two performances at 2 and 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 2, featuring a circus, menagerie, museum, elevated stage, and Roman hippodrome in a grand touring spectacle praised by the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A wary note on Atchison authorities depriving city fire protection may provoke retaliation including tar and feathers for the council. The column mocks copying of articles by other papers and celebrates strong corn and hay crops amid a decent wheat harvest, amid a favorable farming season with good cattle and no hog cholera.
The writer rebukes Republican papers for condemning Rowan county and Craig Tolliver. He notes Rowan is a Republican county and Tolliver a Republican, arguing fear of Republican guns drove votes and that a Democratic governor later repressed the lawlessness. He warns Republicans to check their election examples.
At the Omaha sitting of the Commissioners detailed rebates given to Standard Oil. The five era of the law is shown by railroad charges to ships and the Union Pacific accounts reveal high rates to San Francisco. The editor of the Omaha Bee testified that U S Marshals ride free and charge 10 cents a mile. Rebates and overcharges totaled 57 011 226 dollars to Omabh and Grant Smelting with 80 000 dollars in dividends to Ames and Dillon.
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