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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-24
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Against tho Contract System

Against tho COntracC SySeeIn.
E. M. Blake, Chairman Of the Legisla'
ton Committee Of the District Federation
Of Labor, filed letter with the commits
sioners in support Of the bill which passed
the Senate giving the commissioners the
power to abolish the contract system
whenever they deem that day labor upon
public work would be to the best interests
Of tho public. Although the bill was de-
signed for the purpose Of abolishing the
street cleaning and garbage collecting con-
tracts, the labor people are in hopes that
the commissioners would apply it to public
buildings and abolish the contract system
in many branches Of public work.
Printers strike at Minneapolis and st..
Paul was compromised.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-24
The Development of Capitalism in
Russia.

The Development of Capitalism in
Russia.
"American capital is about to be invested
In Russia in locomotive building plant
erected at Mini Novgorod, Russia, and
which is to be put in operation next fall.
W. F. Dixon, formerly connected with
the Rogers Locomotive Works, at Pater-
son, N. j.. has also made two trips to this
country in connection with the matter. The
practicability of the scheme was first dis
cussed in 1893, when Russian engineers
visiting the Chicago Exposition were favor
tives and American tools, the result being
that they placed two successive orders
with the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and
desired to have works established in their
own country. AS result of the ncgo-
tiations American capitalists have formed
company, entitled the Russian American
Manufacturing Company, which will build
the works which are now in course Of con-
struction. This plant is to be built in con-
nection with Russian plant already estab-
iioAcu oe WYNN ANoNSoiOu,
lures cars, steamboats,, boilers, engines,
ETC., and now employs 5000 hands. The
locomotive plant will be placed under Mr.
rixon, and will be controlled by the Rus
sian and American companies jointly. 1t
will have capacity Of about 200 locomo-
tives year, and all the employees, Of
which there will be 1000, will be Ameri-
cans.
The Russian Government, which con-
trolls nearly all the railways, has given
much encouragement to the enterprise and
will be its chief customer, Many large
contracts have been placed with American
manufacturers for the mach merry and tools
to equip TIE plant, amounting to about
$500, OOS, of which Philadelphia manufac-
turers have secured the greater part.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-24

Keep the spirit of New America before
he oppressed American peoplel
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-24
cho Second Election of CIgarmakers
international Union.

cho Second Election of Clgarmakers
international Union.
On the 18th Of July the members Of the
International Union will again SO to the
polls to elect four members Of the Inter
national Executive Board for term Of
three years. The downfall Of the cigar
industry and the palliative measures used
by the union to counteract this natural
process of our competitive production sys-
tenn have caused thousands Of members to
cast their votes for such candidates as have
been proposed by the progressive element,
because they see otherwise the inevitable
collapse Of the International Union, new
the pure and simpletons who believe that
they can stem the tide by strikes
and boycotts alone, tho spirit Of New
Modern Trades Union must be en-
forced in our organization, the spirit which
has led our brethren of Europe to such vic
tories. Look at France, Germany, Italy,
etc.. see how the representatives. of organ
lied labor legislate in the Parliaments for
the interests Of the exploited masses, then
look at our so-called labor leaders, how
they crawl like dogs before the capitalist
politician begging for petty labor law,
which nine times out Of ten they get prom
ised, but not enacted, and il one Is enacted
it is not enforced, because the enforce
ment of the law is left into the
hands Of the capitalistic exploiter. Those
labor fakirs who preach no politics
In tradts unions are the very ones
who trade with the labor vote for their own
benefit: such Is the mission Of the pure and
simple trade unionist. These fellows close
their eyes to all the misery of our poor,
starving colleagues; they don't want to
see the horrible wretchedness of their fell
low-men, compelled to work for starvation
wages, the slaves of manufacturers, ire
spective of labels and boycotts. Shall
these conditions never be changed? They
must DO changed. Don't hope for any i'm
provement in our conditions while we have
such men as the present administration on
the board; they have lost sight Of the real
mission OF labor organization; they have
made benevolent society out of the union,
and they claim that they can emancipate tho
cigar maker by paying sick or death bene-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-24
ST. PETERSBURG. RUSSIA.

Awakening of the Russian Proleta-
riat.
The wage workers Of Russia, as class,
are beginning to fight for their common
interests. There are 4, 600 factory hands on
,trike here. They are quiet and peacea-
BILE, but apparently determined to obtain
their demands. 1t is stated that 10, 900
workmen in the Province Of Tver have re-
solved to go to the railway when the Gear
returns to st. Petersburg and stop the
train and throw themselves on their knees
to induce him to receive a memorial Of
their grievances.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-07-24
NEW YORK, n. Y.

To Organized Labor-Greeting,
We desire to inform you that the firm Of
s. Gutenberg e. Brothers is now a Union
factory, and employs only members Of the
Cigar Makers International Union Of
America, and all their goods bear the blue
label of that organization, which is guar
antee that such cigars are not made under
the tenement house system or by machines.
We are aware that in our locality cigars are
sold which do not bear the blue label, and
therefore are the product of non union
men, who receive starvation wages. We
therefore request your members to patron
ize such places that use exclusively Union
made goods that bear the label, and per-
manent the demand for the sanitary pro-
ducts of such firms as pay living wages,
and thereby assist in unionizing the City of
New York. Demand the blue label ON CT
gprs, and take no other.
Yours fraternally,
DANIEL HARRIS.
OFFICE OF AMERICAN FEDERATION
OF LABOR, DE SOTO BLOCK. 7
INDIANAPOLIS, April 80. 1895.
To Affiliated Unions
You are respectfully requested to ~
notice that the firm of S. Ottenoe.., e
Brothers, cigar manufacturers, Of New
York, has come to final settlement Of the
difficulty with the Cigarmakers' Union.
The boycott on said firm is therefore re-
moved. Secretaries are requested to read
this notice in the meetings Of their re-
spective Unions, as well as the subjoined
correspondence, and govern themselves
accordingly. Truly yours,
SAMUEL GoMPERS,
President American Federation of Labor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-19
ON THE OTHER SIDE.

We go our ways In life too much alone,
We hold ourselves too far from all our
kind;
Too often we are dead to sigh and moan,
TOO often to the weak and helpless blind; 1;
Too often, where distress and want abide,
We turn and pass upon the other side.
The other side Is trodden smooth and worn
By footsteps passing idly all the day;
Where lie the bruised ones that faint and
mourn
Is seldom more than an untroddeE way
Our selfish hearts are for our feet the
guide
They lead us upon the other side.
IT should be ours the oil and wine to pour
Into the bleeding wounds of stricken
ones;
To take the smitten and the sick and sore
And bear them where stream of bless
ing runs.
Instead we look about-the way is wide
And so we pass upon the other side.
o friends and brothers, gliding down the
years,
Humanity is calling each and all
In tender accents, born of grief and tears
l pray you, listen to the thrilling call!
You cannot, in your cold and selfish pride.
Pass gulltlessly upon the other side.
Buffalo News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-19
ABOUT EYES.

Dreaming of an adversary signifies
that you are to overcome obstacles
which are in your way.
Many specimens of worms and the
larvae of insects are not provided with
eyes. Their habitation being in the
earth, eyes to them would be useless.
1t seldom happens that both eyes are
exactly alike. An examination with a
magnifying glass usually discovers
many differences between the two.
When the under arch of the upper
eyelid is a perfect semicircle it is in
dicative of goodness, but also of timidi-
ty, sometimes approaching cowardice.
Scientists who have made study CT
the eye say that flash of light lasting
40-1 900, ,000,000ths of second is quite
sufficient for distinct vision.
The eye which when open presents
long acute angle to the nose invaria-
bly, indicates comprehensive under
standing and great intelligence in its
poSsessor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-19
foolishness.

didn't know the whole of it. Prob'ly
Sim didn't tell her he wuz amin to on
cover the univarse, their part of it, to
find buried treasures. Iknow he didn't
give her no warnin' when he touched
the thing off, FIR he told me SO. She wuz
in the butt'ry, gittin' ready to chu1n,
when he lighted his fuse and laid down
behind the stone wall.
"Well, sir! Sim done good enough
job, that time. That air bowlder went
off like the crack O. doom m busted into
more n 100000 pieces. Sim could
hear 'em a-rippin' an a-tearin' for an
hour, seemed to him, m he didn't hard
ly dast to git up n find out what he had
done. When he did wipe the dust out
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-19
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

A woman life insurance is doing q
thriving business in and about Nebo,
Ky.
A bald eagle, with big steel trap
hanging to one of it's legs, flew over
Licking, KY, few days ago.
Howesville, KY, the county seat Of
Hancock county, has no Hebrew
residents, and there is only one Hebrew
in the county.
a woman's rights club has been Or
ganized in ST. Joseph, Mo-, and arrange
ments have been made for putting in q
billiard table and a woman barber.
"Fn honor of young lady visiting the
town" very successful dog fight was
given in Swampdale, KY, the other day,
according to local paper.
A farmer in South Gray, Me-, says he
has a hen that is 90 years old who can
yet scratch good living and care for a
brood of chickens.
A man was put in charge of the
officials of the county asylum in Kenne-
bee county, Me-, the other day on the
sole ground that he was Ignorant"
Just how ignorant he was the commit,
nient papers did not state; they only
said he was Ignorant"
Two poultry keepers in Bronson,
Mich, kept tally last year on the num-
Der of eggs laid by certain number of
hens. One man had 800 hens, which
laid 32,7S2 eggs during the year. The
other got 24,s27 eggs from 270 hens.
The total was nearly car load of eggs.
A Lewiston (N1e.) man found gold
ring in the street the other day. When
he got home his wife bewailed to him
the loss of her ring, which had some-
how slipped from her finger in the
course of the morning. The ring the
husband found proved to be the one
his wife had lost.
Last Christmas a San Francisco news
paper gave silver cup to every child
born on the Pacific coast on that day.
The offer was made until some three
weeks before Christmas. The Ledger,
of Mexico, Mo-, now announces that it
will give silver cup to every child born
in the country next Christmas week.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-19

A correspondent writes that she uses
d dishpan stand in her kitchen and has
found it exceedingly convenient. 1t is
easily manufactured out of any nice
-four barrel. First she fastens two
strips of wood, about one and half
inches thick, at the proper distance
from the bottom to allow slop
hlcltet to rest upon and remain just be
low the dishpan, which is large enough
TO rest in the top of the barrel. The
advantage of this stand is that it can
lie easily moved. Where there is no
water or regular sink in the house to
hold the dishpan while washing dishes
it would be convenient. Any house
where there is no sink and no perma-
rent water supply is house sadly be
hind the age. We have passed the pi
oneer day, and any well-to-do family
;an easily put sink in their houses,
and good drain in connection with it.
y sink and drain is as necessary to the
health and comfort of the family as .
chImney.-N. Y. Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-19
MANY PATENTS.

The great department stores and eic-
vators of our cities may choose any one
of 1,l67 cash or goods conveyors.
The fire eXtingrisher is represented
in the patent Office by 1923 different
models, cach covered by papers pat
ent
Montana has the usual number of
inventors for n new state. There Is
one to every 1,73S of its population.
Buttons, buckles and other devices
for fastening straps or clothing have
been patented to the number of II, 1855.
The new woman may choose any one
of 1,506 different kinds of crinoine
and corsets, all of which have been pat
ented.
The painter of this country is aided
by 2,o43 patents, covering his paints.
brushes and other materials and appli-
aDceS,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-19

II dino whether you ever started
to onearth u woodchuck? IL shev, it's
easier talked about than done. A
good smart woodchuck d burrer to
Chiny, if you could head him straight
down. Sim followed this ones trail
bout 80 foot, m then he didn't pear
to be any nearer the woodchuck's bed
room n he was at first. When. Sim
quit diggin', count o. takn' crick in
his back, FIR one didn't feel to blamo
him.
"'T was just about the time he
quit that story got round consarnin'
old Cap'n Bascom. Some says it
started with shipmate O. his, that
knowed certain, that the cap'n brung
home a good deal O. money from his
last cruise. He had money, wasn't no
doubt O. that, but when he died the
only vallyb)cs that wuz found on him
wuz II silver thre'pence m snuffbox
jim Bascom, that was his brother,
lived m died without any clew to any
more. But this ere story had it that
the cap'n had belt full when he left
Portland to come home, the last time,
n must "a brought it to the island.
$50 whilst the crick wuz gettin' out
of his back, Sim he proposes to do
some profitable meditatin'. Didn't
seem to him the cap'n would "a hid his
money in the house, FIR Aunt Polly
would found it (she was master
nand for findin' out things that didn't
belonged to her, Aunt Polly was). Over
m above that, Sim concluded the cap'n
wouldn't take il to the barn. That had
been burnt down since the Bascoms'
time; anyhow, seemed S if an old
sailor d rather hev his belongin's out
doors, where the was landmarks, as it
were, m when Sim got it narrered down
to this, he lowed he could spot the
place.
THAT wuz big bowlder, right anigh
the stone wall where Sim had been
a-diggin' for woodchuck. 1t weighed
three ton, mebbe. No livin' man could
"a got under it to hide anythin'. But
Sim wouldn't let that stump him,
after he made up his mind. He dug round
the aidgcs little, m found some big
angleworms, N saw-bugs, m made a
big hole round down in the lower north
east corner o the rock.
"'Tildy didn't say nothin' ag'in' his
foolishness. Fact is, l cal'late she
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-19
PROPAGATION FROM CUTTINGS.


some thrifty young plants at green
house in February, take slip or two
from each and propagate at once. Then
in March set both the purchased plant
(now shifted into larger pot) and the
rooted slips (by that time potted) into
hotbed and advance them well there
until planting-out time.
In plant propagation the home gar
dener often loses sight of various COLI
ditions which the professional deems
essential. by the aid of the accom-
panying sketch of a begonia l will
point out some of these. First, the slip
should not be too hard or too soft at its
base. If it be too hard, twill root with
difficulty and grow slowly; If too soft,
the slip is liable to decay or to make Il
weakly Dlant In the CaSe of thp he
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-19
MULTUM IN PARvO.

Mind unemployed is mind unenjoyel
-Bovee.
They that stand high have many
blasts to shake acknowledgements.
Let not anyone say that he cannot
govern his passions.-Locke.
The greatest misfortune of all is not
to be able to bear misfortune.-Bias.
The mind grows narrow in propor-
ton MS the soul grows corrupt.-Rous
seau.
A poet must need be before his
own age to be even with posterity.-
Lowell.
The coward reckons himself eau
tious; the miser thinks himself frugal.
Hume.
Never read book through merely
because you have begun it.-Wither.
spoon.
Opinions grounded on prejudice are
always sustained with the greatest vio-
lence.-Jeffrey.
Nurture your mind with great
thoughts. to believe in the heroic
makes heroes.-Disraeli.
Those who never retract their opin =.
ions love themselves more than they
love truth.-Joubert.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-19
Proper Position for Walters.

The Objectionable method of encir
cling q young woman's waist while in
the act of waltAing has been subjected
to adverse criticism. The mode which
now prevails . graceful, modest, and
entirely consistent with propriety.
To acquire the proper position the gen,
tleman's left hand should be placed just
below the shoulder of the lady. The
body should incline slightly and he
should relax a little in order that ar
tistic grace may be observed. He holds
his partners hand in his right, while his
proficiency as dancer and his good
taste tell best how to dispose of the
clasped hands.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-19

Parsnips are sometimes served at
elaborate dinners in the form of Eng
lish walnuts; they are first boiled and
mashed fine. Then to each pint there
is added a teaspoonful of salt, two table
spoofuls of melted butter, a dash OF
pepper and two tablespoonfuls of milk.
Mix well over the fire, and when smok-
ing hot add thoroughly beaten and
very fresh egg. Spread the mixture Oh
q dish TO cool, theu take the nut of an
English walnut, an almond, or pine
nut and roll around it the parsnip pulp
until you have a good-sized nut. Roll
in egg and in cracker dust as you would
croquettes, fry light brown in deep
Fat that is smoking, and serve hot.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-19
CLAIMED BY DEATH.

William Shivers, negro, reported to
be little more than 104 years old, died
in Blackshear, Ca, recently.
James Dills, who died near Paints
vile, Ky, recently, was credited with
being only nine days short of 105 years
old.
Mr., and Mrs. Stephen G. Thurber, of
Warren, Il. J., aged respectively Sc and
so years, died within three days of each
other, and were buried together in the
same grave.
The heaviest man in western Rhode
Island, Stephen Andrew, died at West
Greenwich recently. He was 81 years
old, stood six feet tall, and weighed
49S pounds. His chest measurement
was rs inches, and his biceps 10 inches,
He came of family of big folk.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-19

JLD SETTLERS MEET AT THE STORE.
looked like Poorhouse Corner. Hers
I wuz different, mind ye, n SO was she.
Never no hens roasted on her while she
wuz inventin' aiggatherer, bate ye!
"You'd "a thought she'd worried
about Sims bein' SO easy goin'; but ye
can't tell nothin' about women-folks.
Fur all she wuz so spry, nobody ever
heerd her find fault. 1t wuz all t'other
way. If he did somethin'-or didn't do
somethin'-that stirred up muss, she
al'ays fished round till she found a
blessin' in it.
81 r'collect her proceedin's one time,
m guess 'twuz the only time, that Sim
did somethin' like work. 'Twixt one
thing n another, he KEEP it up for nigh
a fortnit. Fust it wuz to git rid of a.
woodchuck that had growed up fond O.
garden sass. Sim didn't have no state
fair election O. vegetables when the
woodchuck sot in, but putty soon they
begun to look like the fag end O. desc
lation. The critter wouldn't touch
anything with p'ison in it. Sim tried
him faithful. Looked as though the
only thing to do wuz to dig him out.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-19

ANDEHSON MEDICINE co., Phlla. Pa.
This high grade German preparation is COM
posed of Roots Herbs, BdfkS and Berries, which
are among the best found in the vegetable
kingdom, blended with the Famous High Rock
Mineral SpriilD Water Of Saratoga.
Thousands have expressed themselves on
the merits Of this wonderful medicine, that
they have received more benefit in less time
from IL than any other preparation they have
ever used. As strengthening medicine and
blood purifier it stands second to none. For
all Stomach Troubles, Nervousness, Liter and
kidHGH Complaints there is none better An
dcrsou's Vegetable Mineral Compound is sold
on its merits. We can furnish thousands of
testimonials from adjoining towns and cities,
but for all to give il a trial is more convinc-
ing. Those who have given it an unpreiu-
diced trial cannot he louder in praise of 1t.
II is pleasant and palatablc TO the taste, con-
tains no narcotics, and can be given to the
most delicate woman or child with beneficial
results. Don't fail to give Anderson's Vege-
table Mineral Compound trial. Andersons
V. NJ. c. is Tor sale by all iirst-class druggists
at 81 per bottle where advertised.
Persons holding cards are entitled to one
bottle for each card at i5c by presenting them
at Growers City Drug Store, Freeland.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-19

dertaken to close a path that had been
free for generation, and the old set
tiers who met at the store to talk it
over were not SO sympathetic as they
might have been.
'Ain't nothin' so bad but it could be
wus, Isaac" asserted Cap'n Pomeroy.
who was deaf and dogmatic. "The hoss
might "a missed that air fence" he ar
gued, with the confidence of one who is
seldom contradicted. "He might "a
Slowed into the main road m tramped
on a young one, whereas, you bein'
selec'man, he's saved you m Pilsbury
the job of havin' the fence took down,
consequently"
THAT don't pay me for ten bushel o.
corn," the storekeeper ventured to sug
gest.
"Hcy?"
''Ten bushel o'corn!" the storekeeper
repeated. Then, as Cap'n Pomeroy
snarlcd disapproval, and the others
seemed equally ready to question his
public spirit, he fastened to add: "Oh.
I'm glad's you be that the fence is
down; l don't begredge the corn, not
U
I'm glad lost it, though; can't expect
me tew, can ye?"
"Hey"
"'Tildy Peters would hev," another
speaker put in. He had entered SO
quietly that the storekeepcr jumped
aside, surprised, and thereby gave him
an opening to the most coveted corner,
close to the cracker barrel II was n
place that the storekeeper found it
safer to reserve for a toothless patri-
arch, but, since the thing was done, he
made the best of it.
whats that about 'Tildy, Uncle
Aaron?" he inquired.
"oh, tn amt no great of story
about her. 1t wuz her gin'ral disposi-
ton, S ye might say, that made me
speak up. Thankful 'Tildy,' every
body called her.
"She m her man lived over on the old
Bascom place. Lived there till some-
where's bout 60, m then they moved
out west, N last l heard of 'em Sim
found a gold mine N they waz big as
any toads in the puddle. l s'picion
gold mines must lay on top O. the
ground out in that country, Sim never
would "a dug fer one-not in his right
mind, he wouldn't.
'Lazier n Sam Hill, he wuz, al'ays
lettin' things go while he fggered on
'em. Didn't hcv no downright bad
habits, ye know. Jest plain lazy wuz
what allied him. His.part O. the place