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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-08-18

THE last issue Of The Lantern, of
Eft. Scott contains a letter from
Gen. j. II. Rice, in which he takes
DR.. McCune, of the National Econ
omist, to task for his (McCune's J
statement Of the mortgage indebt-
ednesS of Kansas. Dr. McCune
estimates the Indebtedness ON real
estate and chattel mortgages, bills
of sale, etc, at $464, 100000. Gen.
Rice says it is a lie !, that ''our peo-
pie do owe about $S5, 900, 000," etc.
DR.. McCune's fignres may be
"stretched' little, but Gen. Rice
surely knows that HIS figures are
not correct. A short time ago. a
committee of three Sedgwick county
citizens (not calamity howlers, J"
but Republicans made an examina-
ton of the records of that county,
to ascertain the indebtedness of
the county, and they found that the
mortgage Indebtedness of the coun-
ty (the city of Wichita included)
was over 100000, 900. This we got
from the lips Of one member OF that
committee of three. Does Gen .
Rice mean to say that little over
one-third of the mortgage indebted
ness of the state rests upon the one
county of Sedgwick We are
averse to running down" our state,
because we know ID is the best of
all of the torty-four states, and we
believe its rich soil, salubrious eli
mate and energetic, intelligent peo-
pie will redeem it, still, we believe
the truth should be told at all
hazards. Gen. Rice should revise
his figures and try again
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-08-18

u
this immense devil-f,sh is crying
More more!" and reaching out itS
arms and trying to grasp the whole,
world Having succeeded In ruin
ing many am honest business firm,
they and other satalites, of kindred
Instincts will SOON ruin the, whole
country If the people don't wake up
And now right here want to, pro-
pound a query What is the differ
ence between a company of mem
who use their money to influence
legislation and have laws enacted so
that they can rob the public lawful
ly, or a band of highwaymen who
intercept you on the road LII the,
night, and at the point of a revoE
yer orders you to stand and deliver
Now [ hope that some OF the So
called religious papers will answer
this question in the near future, for
ii makes one tired and sick to- hear
the can't and nonsense published
every time a big millionaire public
robber dies-how he spent his big
money dispensing sweet charity,
and how he endowed this and that
institution.
The above reflections were called
out by reading an article in one of
the so-caIled religious papers, how
a certain vice president of one of
the most villainOus, trusts in exist
ence had recently died, and in
commenting on his death, the editor
of the paper said it was evident that
this man only considered himself
steward In trust with the money
that the Ford had prospered him
with. Now | don't believe that the
Lord had anything to- do with form
ing this oil trust, and making it
possible for this man to make over
$25, 100000 in twenty-five years
This whole business was instigated
and born of the devil but these mil
honaires most of them havea good
pew, we'll paid for, in some fashion
able church, and contribute Liberal
ly of their ill-gotten gains, and that
is sufficient to cover a multitude of
sins, they think. Now if high
wayman robs you of fifty dollars
and then meets a poor devil of a
tramp and gives him nickle, is that
philanthropy 2 They would say no;
and call him a highwayman. and
robber, and if caught he would have
to pay the penalty of his act by
serving term in Jail But if few
men get together and concoct
scheme to manipulate the grain or
oil market, whereby they can swim
die the public, under the guise' of
law, out of millions, they are called
shrewd business gentlemen and
smart fnanciers, and when they
die. If they should leave TO some
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-08-18
Welda Farmer.

ard Oil Monopoly Abroad" copied
from PIowshare and Pruning Hook,
SO | thought | would continue the
article and call it the Inward Cuss-
edness of she Standard Oil Robbers:
in the formation of their swindle at
home. So let us take retrospect
i've view and go back to somewhere
about the year of our Lord, 1864.
There were. at that time, In opera
tion in the vicinity of New York,
the following oil ref1neries /: The
Standard, John d.. Rockefeller,
president the Empire, Jabez Pos
turick, president the Australl,
Chas.. Pratt. president; the Oleo-
pheene, with full-blooded Jew by
the name of Leecermany president.
Now these, formed the nucleus of
this most gigantic trust, around
which all other lesser oil lights had
to revolve, and bow submission to
their will, or be put out The
above is the crew that got together
and voted to break up any and all
other oil companies that refused to
come inside the ring
Now then for some of their VII
Iainy. There was at that time a
company of christian gentlemen
who did business: under the firm
name of Brown, Lent q Co., and
the name of their oil works were
the Rdgewood. Now your cores
pondent is particular in mentioning
this particular company, for at that
time he was superintendent of this
oil works, and as | want to state
facts, l cite this company, being
we'll acquainted with the circum-i
stance. Mr.. Chas. Brown was our
president, so he was invited to- at
tend one of the ring meetings to
see if he could be induced to come
into the ring. Mr. Brown told the
crowd plainly that it was not an
honest way of doing business, and
declined to to become party to-
swindle the public The sequel
was that when he went to the oil
exchange to buy crude. oil, he found
that he could not purchase barrel
of OIL The ring had commenced
business in earnest, and gotten con-
troll of the output of the wells, and
they intended to freeze out any and
all honest competition, and so they
served notice accordingly, and
Brown, Lent & Co. had to shut
down and close their business be-
cause they were too honest to-
become a party to swindle the pub
lie. At that time a refinery of
1 200 barrels capacity per day was
considered a big refinery Now
see it stated that this gigantic mo-
nopoTy controls in this country, 49,
600 wells, representing capital of
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-08-18
Weekly Witness and tine Al.
lance.

by saying, "Can any good thing
come out of NAZARETH" The time
will come, is here now, when the
people of the west and south will
be asking if any good advice, any
good measure, or any good thing
cam come out Of the eastern news
paper, or from the eastern polltl-
clan This becomes all the more
apparent when such a paper as the
New York Weekly Witness takes
sides with Wall street against the
west and south, in the Alliance
movement. The Witness circulates
among the common people. Many
of it's subscribers are farmers, and
yet, through ignorance, or because
it is owned by the money power, 1T
in recent issue glaringly misrep-
resents the Farmers Alliance. 1t
attacks the land loan and sub-treas-
ury scheme, under the usual gulse
of honesty, or the III am holier than
thou" This Il am holier than
thou" plea is the most favored wea-
pom of Wall street Senator Sher-
man received his sobriquet, Honest
john" from his continual harplng
about an 'ehonest dollar" But if it
is not already done, it is time the
people should understand that this
cry of "honest dollar" is parallel to
"stop, thief" Anybody with all
ounce of brains can see that If ex
pansion Of the currency depreciates,
contraction must appreciate. A
Wall street congress has steadily
contracted the nations currency
for the last twenty-five years, and
SO contraction went on the dollar
became more. valuable, and every
debtor was robbed to the extent of
the increase in value of the dollar
thus contracted
As a matter of fact, it is Lombard
street, London, and Wall street,
New York, that have not only asked
for, but have. received, a dollar
through contraction, far more dis
honest in that it forced the payment
of debts, both public and private,
in a dollar more valuable than the
dollar agreed upon In the original
basis of values than the widest
scheme Of expansion ever conceived.
The Witness assumes, and the Wall
street press, generally, that a cred
itor can do no wrong. 1t is always
the debtor that is dishonest. 1t
ought to be clear to the most stupid
that if it is wrong for debtor to
pay less than agreed upon, it is GER
tainly wrong for a creditor to take
more than agreed upon, and if the
one is dishonest. undoubtedly the
other is dishonest, and if either
class should be favored, which we
do not claim, it should be the weak
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05

LfEur. HuELkx certainly made a bold
dasa 81 the a oss Rotsfisas gsms.lng
dsn in shs cssy istafdsy nixat- To the
mind OF ths unpfeladlcea estszsn, il
weaId seem as Il safheaeat evidence
had been discovered 70 provs the natars
OF the place kept. it would seem IA
easy task 10 eonvles the pTopFietoFs OF
- oftsnse under shs ordinances OF the
city ~ cell ~ th~ statutes OF the State.
Bat trial In court ia tAs class Of cases
Is funny tning--sl some times out
burlesqaes comic opera Witnesses
know nsthins-eresps enough 10 con-
wet themselves. II loid-so their Lps
are sealed. Jurors know nothing be-
You'd what is told them by witnesses
that tell nothing and the result Is an
aequittzi. II this 10 the result IN this
case. Lieut. Hurley will Dc legally con-
sidered . trespssser, although every
body IN the city knows AS well as he
can know anything not actually seen,
that the place ought to have been
battered down months ago. The fact
Is that there are too many seemingly
respectable citizens in secret sympathy
with such places. One shoulders to
contemplate what would have been the
nature OF the revelations, il the score
or more OF inmates had been corralled.
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05
". II. WIN4NS,
GRAND UNION
REAL ESTATE EXCHANGED
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
Furnishes Employers Inside City with Help
Free of Charge!
ROOMS 50 TOWER BLOCK.

hOOMG INV In D1Oth.
Telephone. eU
Open Monday. Wednesday and Saturday
Evenings.
WANrED-Female Help-l0 general girls.
w small families, good wages; cooks for
private families. dining-room girls-3 for out
side city; second girls; z chambermaids; /
cook. Ladies Parlor. Tower block.
WANTED-Male He p-2 second cooks bell
w boy, 9 lathe hands Laborers machapics
and statesmen out OF empioyment If you viii
call at and Tower block Ne Will find you
something.
BUSINESS CHANCEs-For Sale in the city.
~ good ioca lily. 2 good grocery stock sh0o
each. sles $50 per day. Oae dry good ana mil
linery stock. $3.50. One drug stock in a good
loca ity. s230e- will sell Oh account Of other
business-sales 500 per week. expenses light.
$3.50 dry & pod stock, good town. old established
trade. $50 general stock, will sell at dis
count good trade. good locality. $500 general
stock in small town. good farming country;
reasons, wishes to retire on account OF aye /;
would exchange for good renta5.e pro erfy.
500 drugs. paints and oils. school books. gro
ceries. etc. good paying business. hardware
in city 500. hardware In city $40. VIII sell
whole or half Interest in a 5000 hardware stock
In country town; good trade: soing west
nice clean drug stock. 3leoi, in a small temper
ance town; no saloon; bargiin; terms easy;
Will exchange for nouse and lot or farm. lD
acre farm "a miles sr,m market. mile from
mill; good bulldogs. $50, new basement.
h>rn. acres OF orchard; - acres oil wheat.
waeat 40 bushels 10 acres. corn ITO bushels.
potatoes so; a great bargain. $40 per acre.
IL acres ine oak timber. worth $50 per acre
stumpage: IL not as represented. will pay all
expenses TO look at IL; cheap at SEQ per acre.
10 acres gravel and clay loan. ~ miles from
Rattle Greek. Bedford township; fair house
and barn. only SEQ per acre: owner a doctor
and cannot look after it. SEQ for good el az
loan .srm 21z miles from railroad station
SOp worth OF buildings. we'll ana clstera; ex-
caanee for house and lot. Si4oo for 80 acres ~
miles north and east of Vaudeville. Barry
county Mich. We can show you a very large
number Of farms near the city and elsewhere
for sale or exchange; also q Number Of hotels
for sale or exchange for farm or city propety
n. II. wINANS. and Tower Block.
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05
Rosford, the Giant.
Detroit Times:


Benjamin Franklin Homer Hosford
the soft-volced secretary of the State
Central Committee, is TO be the Lansing
correspondent to the Grand Rapids
Democrat during the few weeks of
legislative hostilities. Benjamin Frank
lin Homer Hosford is great journalist;
he has hobnobbed with Car Reed, Con-
gresham Springer, and all the proud
and naughty statesmen of great
nation. Let it not be said in Michigan
that Benjamin Franklin Homer Hos
ford would debase himself to such
mental employment without extraor-
dInary inducements BENJAMIN Frank
lin, ct cetera, is to also serve as a
great political hostler-he will groom
Isaac Nj. Weston. who owns the Dem-
ocrAt, for Senatorial honors in 1892
What clash there will be when the
bewhiskered ambition of Don VI. and
the hairless hopes of Isaac M. collide.
The earth W II tremple If Democracy
triumphs in the fail of 1892.
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05

A novel contest Of speed recently
took place q. Hsmme. in Wessphalia,
pigeons and houey-becs being the con-
testantsA The racs was made on q
wager that . dozen honey-bees hber-
ased three miles frem their hive would
rsseL u 10 better ssne than q dozen
pigeons would reach their cote from
the same distance. Thc bees and pig
cons were given wing at village
three niles from Hams,e. The erst bee
finished . quarter Of minute before
the Hrss pigeon, and three other bees
reached the goal before the second pig
cen. The other contestants finished
IA . bunch rscraent later.
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05

According TO the Natal Mercury there
Il trsfHc In bridal parties 70 and fro
across the romaasic cran~. river, and
many beztszsa reap riches man in
The colony On one side Of the Orange may
not nnarry his deceased wi<e's sister.
He NAY "A the orange Free State. In
tAe Free ssnte . man may not marry his
cousin Be nay IN the eeiory. Hence.
"a the f-rraer ease. al the men have 20
do is % sro~s Ne Orange river. whsre
they can g~s married IN the latter
ease tie ssussss ius* cross the Orange
river szso the eelsny. where thsy can
make themselves happy sr miserable
for iife.
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05
TOWER
Employment Bureau!
REAL ESTATE EXCHANGED

ROOMS AND Q TOWER slock.
DEGOLIA BROS...............Proprletors
yVANTED-Male Heip-2 timers. team
" sters. ~ wood cutters. ! mouider. cab
met makers. iurniture workers. boys.
XVANTED-Femaie Help girls Cor gen.
w erai housewofs. cham bermaids. lann-
dress. z dishwsshers. diningroom girls.
cooks. sewing gilis.
E0R SALE-A nne modern house on Csss ST..
plambed thToughouf. ca and all modern
Will 20 at bargain.
NANTED-To rent. with privilege OF buying.
w good hotel ia or out OF city. By re-
sponsible party. one with furniture and
good bar trade preferred.
E0R SALE-Two Groom houses on North
Il Lafsyette-st.. near Bridge; will sell both
or one cheap IL sold within the next 20 days.
TOR sALE--e-room house on Munson-st.. 50
foot front. good cellar; well and cistern;
graded street; water and gas; price $3.50; easy
terms.
IGOR SALE-S-room house on Third-st.. stone
l. foundation; good well and cistsrn; will
sell on contract. 500 down. balance monthly
payments.
FOR SALE-7-room house on Forrest-st x
loot front; well. cisteru and modern con-
yeniences; on contract. S,0e down.
EOR SALE-4 lots on North-ave. 5ixl00 at
$500 each; on contract; easy terms.
TOR SALE-66 acre farm. miles from Battle
Greek soil clay loan; Sroom frame house.
land all under civilizations: owner non-resi-
dent and anxious to sell; price $500.
EOR EXCHANGED acres two miles from
Saugatuck. 1000 peach trees bearing. so
standard pear trees. 80 cherry. Is apple -
plums. 200 gooSberries acres OF strawberries.
good house and barn. Price 5000.
MONEY TO LOAN on rea! and personal prop-
Iu erty In sums to suit. Rooms8 and9. Tower
block.
HOUSES and rooms TO rent: also number Of
II good tenants wanting to rent; bring Ia
your keys. Rooms and y. Tower block.
DEG0LIA BROS.
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05
The New Governor.

Marquette Mining Journal:
Gov. Winans is \ man of consider
able experience IN public affairs, and
no doubt intends 10 do we'll, but the
pressure on him TO induce him TO use
MS Office rs . means of rewarding the
"workers" In the Democratic party
with positions that they are not quail
flied for will be great, and unless he
has the courage to risk his popularity
with his party by resisting that ne Will
kill it with the people by yielding, for
to yield will be to give the State q weak,
incompetent administration, even
though it should escape the odium
that dishonesty in high places would
attach to it.
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05

PRoscrroR-ELEcr McKNIsHr, of
Kent county, has appointed his part
ner. Goodwin. his assistant. II they
car work il TO get the other partner,
Adslt, on the bench, IN Judge Burch's
plsce-snd there does not seem to b
much chance OF it--they would have o
nice little close corporauon.-Detroit
Journal.
Oh how nice. Almost as nice as the
Democratic family circles in the State
Capitol.
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05

Tbs .nusai meeting 81 the members 81 The
Eir1lfkr Masonic HVrDe Assoc sfiet viii re
ht3d ~ fhe asylum 81 De Eeis fefnuHDoeFs.
ids, kichigsn. xeHssy %sDnery 5. fs<1 80
. - Geek .. m 81 sticf tine president
eFf Ftss- pres eent VII t eftftef for one rssv.
ans sr directors Vii ne eleftsf fer fhree
~rsrs arc sntk other business frsssrefef -
nsy reKBlxTis esns ns3ors sst ssssr4sfien.
va I5frsks. President
ttfesfs wv p fsSxsL s<e-efxrr.
Isene q iker y. lsLzl
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05

- al. To - n,sre psFtsesslxr. sense
thugs we're smsstsas soase sslsgs we're
sddss and ssass tslaxs lzsesssa a NJ
corrccs form. Tie s1oss All sss -
alsersd thai. - 90 saI.sesy, 4 sAx daf-
fss<nt freG INA ses psssed by The
noaaex
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05

Ii IS reported that Tip" Apiin, just
befo.e he vacated the office Of Auditor
General, sent out the delinquent tax
lists to the Republican papers n nearly
every county, long ahead Of time. II
such is the case, it was . political
''smartaleck" trick, unworthy Of the
office he held. 1t is not by such tricks
az that, that the Republican party can
be brought up out Of Egypt.
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05
A NEW RESOLUTION.

Resolved. That viii stop rsyiRg rsrf ard
bus home ana wiii eel ca James y. Brooks.
~ room 4. II Mon roe-~f-. sns ioFk ever DIS Est.
be has . ruFnler ~ ufcs hcfcse that hs rtn
eel fer ~ aova ai5c - ; m nth De aise has
surnser ~ farms Sc SCI 81 srchsngs t~e rnDf-
era houses 81 esehsHRs Tor 8 eeoG fNru ffess
this tSfrs hnss~s - resf from = 90 - per
fBeptb . fneasrn fzf on lYsn 81 tsfenf cheap
20 rorS party pfne neDse or Horft gnieu-st.
- erehsngt tor a eeso herss. buggy. harness.
rlfex
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05
WHAT OTHERS SAY.


Detroit Tribune:
A very small minority of the Repub-
lican majority OF the Senate is respons-
ible for good deal of the ugly feeling
extsnt in the Republican party of the
country. A few OF the Republicans
constituting this small majority are
doing their party more injury IN week
than they have done 1t good in the
whole course of their lives.
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05

Stranger in Grand Rapids who has been
pnfoi funste In recent investments. e very
DESTROYS 81 obtaining employment He 10 a
grad uate IN cammercis a. isw aBd the science Of
sccounts. il 81 fDiadle age. has famiiy; h a
meHiber 81 tie BAPTIST ChurcA. ". O. T. ~. auc
Masonic frSfrrBltg: has hse ieng ona varied
mercantile sxBerisnce and csn firm 81 salts
factory references sns give herds ~ neess
tsfyi tor anr pos then cftrgsf responsibility
II forced 20 fegnsin fe3a. vii be obliged r. sell
bone ~ 3 sscfiAfe or secure = issa thereon.
The harvest - tee light. TIE lsberrrs TOO
numerous and the necessities Of 1 ne houf too
great 70 express any choice Of position Or
place. Shcus this rxfeh the eye ~ brother
or any oBf wiling Q Advise, please sedFfsS.
A ~. EsfraIE General DeisFery. CITY.
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05
The Yawning Chasm.
Saginaw Courier-Herald:


1t is intimated from Democratic
sources in Lansing that q chasm has
already appeared beneath the surface
IN the State Democracy, and rumors of
old scores to be paid up, personal grew
ances of long standing to be avenged
are flying thick and fast. Mr.. Wmans
was one of the Congressionaldeiegat
whose slate of Offices Don. NJ. Dickln-
son broke so summarily during the
Cleveland regime, and it is said that he
will now proceed to get even by lgnor
ing Dickinson, Campau and that wing
of the party which enjoyed office at
that time and reward Maybury and the
other Congressman who were snubbed.
Don broke the Congressional slate of
1885, and the wars which ensued nearly
wrecked the party In the State, and this
has been laid up against him. Besides
the grasping seiishness of the new
State officers in filing their officers with
relatives has created widespread dissat-
isfaction among those who banker
after the loaves and fishes and are put
of without crumb.
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05

OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY.

BLAINE is reported to have denied
any intention of being candidate for
the Presidency in 1892. Now let Clevs-
land DO the same.
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05

TIE At pa rIie<t5rs - the eteef bsierrs -
fts fttt Hnfiansl hsfk - Gryff taf9ds, ~
fte e5sf13pr 80 efrersors WI - te3f - tfseff
tsnf re nenzs 81 Ttlss4sf SeEaxFS =. l<1.
fesvees tie bsurs - ~ e's..Efs a ~. src y n.
" H.FoNitR
C<seisr
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05

IT is well known that in the enroll
merit ofthe Mckinley tariff law little
sectson or clause Was omitted, and
hence the constitutionaIity Of the act
is questioned hy some interested par
ties Who wish TO profit by the error.
Without stopping to distinguish between
the cases. one writer says "a case al
most ideutcsl. in the sssse liquor bill,
came before the Michigan Supreme
Court within the past year. An en-
crossing clerk made "a error IN copy
ing the bin passed ey the Leu,Iasure
aud presented 20 the Governor for sig.
nature. and duly signed. The court
held thss the bail AZ passed was not the
one signed BY the Governor, and con-
seauently declared Il illegal THIS
seems - Be the present status of the
Mckinney bill. and If 80 the bsli ss not
che law Of tie land
The Supreme Court of the United
states would emile ~ an attorneys at
tempt 10 make the two cases appear
anywhere near identical A simple
EMISSION of . clause 10 al that -
claimed against the tariff law. Every
portion Of that Isw - e~rosied passed
Congress. In the Michs9aa case, how
ever. BY the errar in enreslmens, GER
tain things we're injected iuso the bill
vhssh rad never passed the ksgsisture
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05

fhs srras7 rneez5rse - fne xsoektaieerk -
tk5s Far7h pe-k erreat Ha51vsy orfnpHsy Tf1
- hAfa - 4ise efrs - sIss~s WfisDf L@eFHre
rffsos 81 TRfs1ss. tee 50 ee1 q slst sSrs.
ISL a. 4 1iers = e.. &. & Ctzff"ft.
h<eFetery.
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05

Come without delay. that you ray
get the fal. est eenefis Of those wonder
ful treatments. ~ prices nnhssFd Of be-
fore for eheapness. but when are
POSITIVELY i'm ted 70 slTae Above spec
aea. HeYnaissge Block, Grand Rapids
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05

Twelve words Will us-
uully ns u lxe TIVE line
shis-toen and not 20 Ca
ceed twenty words ths-see
lines. and In the larger
advertisements the aver
age II seven words 10 -
line. There il but one
price and that Ia quoted
tn the table herewith
Telegram-herald., 1891-01-05
More Truth Than Poetry.

Lansing JOuruaI:
The acton of Auditor General Aplin
in sending out the tax lists for publIca-
ton IN advance of the usual time in
order 10 rob his Democratic successor
and the Democratic press of patronage
which by every consideration OF justice
belonged 70 them is a pretty piece of
sn-ak-thievery that harmonizes well
with the general character OF an ad-
ministration of the Auditors Office that
had become q stencil ID the nostrls OF
honest folk.