Coal strike provokes powerful editorials on just punishment
An editorial condemns coal mine owners and operators for using scarcity to recoup losses and to punish supporters of strikers. It cites statements by Bell Creek Coal Co. executives and Justus Collinge, warns of profiteering and a conspiracy to extort high prices, and notes a Washington view that the public suffers as prices stay elevated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baer
Johnson
Bell Creek Coal Co
Justus Collinge
Collins Colliery Co
Agaore
Bazarde
Washington
Great Combine
Morgan
Hoar Anti-Trust Bill Seeks Breakup of Large Corporations
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts introduces an eight division anti trust bill requiring interstate firms to file annual statements with the Interstate Commerce Commission detailing capital stock value cash payments officers and dividends and forbids under selling to kill competition. Penalties include fines imprisonment and possible injunctions or forced shutdowns. critics doubt the bill will pass as committee leaders already oppose it.
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Hoar
Massachusetts
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard Oil Company
Hoven
Jeckine
Wisconsin
Immortality of the Soul in Addison's Cato Extract
An extract from Joseph Addison's Cato contemplates the immortality of the soul. Cato argues that the soul endures beyond death, praising eternal virtue and suggesting the divine presence hints at a hereafter, even as matter and time decay around us.
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Joseph Addison
the Tatler
the Spectator
Cato
B. C
Pompey
Cesar
Plato
Trusts skirt prohibition by routing sales through states
Jenkins argues a constitutional amendment is needed to strip states of commerce power and grant Congress full control. The bill cannot stop trusts from selling, nor prevent under selling via single or double liability corporations. In practice, trusts can ship goods across borders, evade state limits, and set any price in the selling state.
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Jenkins
Congress
Congress i
Atamente
Poverty and hunger unrest in Europe and U S workers
The piece notes severe hardship in London with thousands homeless and fed by souphouses while unrest spreads to France Germany and Russia. It cites the eight hour laws for cigar makers and granite workers as successful self motivated reforms respected by the United States government, contrasting them with calls for broader legislation.
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Europe
London
France
Germany
Russia
New York American
Cigar Makers
Eigar
United States
Union Lawa and Eight Hour Bill Debate
Vice President James Duncan of the American Federation of Labor argues the judiciary opposes labor more than legislatures and predicts the eight hour bill will reach Congress and face the Supreme Court. The piece also notes medical concern over petroleum drinking spreading in Paris and its harmful effects.
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James Duncan
American Federation of Labor
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Petroleum and Beverage
Medical Society of
Paris
Bret
Municipal Ownership Pays In England And St Paul
England shows city run utilities profit and tax relief across street railways baths water works and galleries. Cities like Harlington Birmingham Leeds Nottingham Manchester report multi hundred thousand profits after years of operation. The piece argues St Paul should consider municipal street railway ownership to improve service and reduce costs, citing English successes.
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England
Harlington
Birmingham
Barton
Leeds
Nottingham
Manchester
St. Paul
Education Critique Calls for Focus on Lower Schools
A Preston Times editorial cites Minneapolis and Fairmont News perspectives arguing the public schools waste resources on high school prestige while neglecting primary grades. It urges redirecting funds to universal child education and daily meals, stressing the common school serves the common people and that college should not dominate curricula.
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Mantapolis Tritone
Minneapolis
Theo
Preston Times
Fairmont News
Mind Cure For Drink
An old treatment claims success by giving a drink to a drunkard and instilling a firm belief that returning to drinking brings severe consequences. The Hospital notes this method acts as a direct incentive to abstinence while the effect lasts.
The Life of Trusts and Railroads in the Rockefeller Era
A critical survey traces Standard Oil from its 1870s rise through railroad rebates and conspiratorial shipping arrangements. It argues monopolistic power grew via railroad discrimination, urges nationalization of railways, and condemns private rail ownership as key to curbing trusts while noting England’s social ills and Sunday observance in contrast.
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Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Cleveland
Standard
Rockefeller Company
Standard Ol Company
Hill
W. H. Clack
Jay Gould
United States
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Il J Company
Moines Register
Peoples Party
Standard Oil Trust
Wrorga
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Joseph Adam
Hawaii
Pacific
Hoophule
Hawaiian
Silvertown
Delly Frescon
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New York Tribune
O Bera
Thay Do
United Kingdom
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