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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
4
The article surveys global leadership and labor unrest, noting the Empress of China’s absolute rule, McKinley’s seeming shift from stump oratory, and rising labor strikes including 50,000 metal workers. It cites a Detroit riot spurred by a single tax advocate and argues for a large regular army amid mounting tensions.
Kansas dispatches to the New York Tribune requesting 15 000 harvest bonds with daily wages of two dollars. The plan favors young eastern laborers who will settle, marry, and expand the state population, suggesting Idaho consider importing workers to spur growth and development, though attracting labor in large numbers remains a challenge.
Anxious voices condemn high stakes gambling and railroad trusts as corrupting forces in society. The writer argues financiers should invest legitimately in mining and railroads or lose their money, while calling for strong law to curb paper schemes and protect taxpayers from financial ruin.
The Walla Walla Statesman notes strong municipal support for buying the private water plant. Citizens praise reduced water rates and increased revenues after city takeover, while railings about bonding and public utility monopolies run through editorials and opinion pieces.
A fragment reflects the Salt Lake Tribune railing against barbarous powers blocking progress. It denounces greed and cruelty behind calls for “Advancement” and warns that the weak suffer when the able cannot defend themselves. The passage critiques power, commerce, and moral duty.
In a first interview Mrs. McKinley portrays a happy 25 year marriage with President McKinley. The Boise Statesman editorializes that her remarks reveal a public service to the nation, praising his character while lamenting critical commentary as disrespectful to private sentiment.
Still unexplained figures show four years of global money demand and bulk in the Salt Lake Tribune. The piece argues four years ago the Tribune protested the demonetization of four billion dollars while noting a rise in basic money demand and world financial relief pressures.
The yacht Shamrock III is described as a wind jammer for the Americas Cup challenge, recalling Shamrock I’s past invincibility and a return to high expectations. The Defender, to be named Constitution, is noted with historic American pride, launched from Herreshoff in Bristol, Rhode Island on the sixth, as it carries the legacy of the original America's Cup victory and defense.
The passage argues Europe should retaliate with high tariffs on American gourds to curb U S profits and industrial dominance. It warns tariffs could shift power to foreign manufacturers, destroy employment, and enrich a few through philanthropy while harming the toiling classes.
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