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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24

on bed rock. The stocks and bonds
are Sold and when the community has
bought and paid for them the road is
ready for a new reorganization.
They have reorganized out of the
railroad companies in the last five
years vast amount CT stocks and
bonds, variously estimated at from
two to four thousand millions OF dol
lars. These stocks and bonds, thus
repudiated, belonged to honest In
vestors, many of them calling them
selves business men. What interest
had they in a system which contracted
the volume Of money, and produced tn;
falling prices which caused the wrecA
Of the railroads in which they were
interested, and confscated their hold
ings? We are aware that the tremb-
ling and terror-stricken debtors VINO
are compelled by the great wrecking,
banking syndicates, to assist in max
ing money scarce and dear against
their own interests, are not, strictly
speaking, free agents. They are not
responsible for the wrongs they are
compelled to commit upon themselves.
They are similarly situated to a con-
victed gentleman Japanese In former
times who was given the option to
commit hari kari by disembowellng
himself or to be ANONYMOUSLY slaugh-
tered and his property confiscated.
But there are vast number of bank
ers and business men who are not real
ly dependent upon the smiles Of these
great money gambling syndicates, and
who could unite with the great mass
OF the people, restore the money OF the
constitution, and secure happiness and
prosperity for the American people.
We appeal to them to study the Ques-
tion of shrinking volume OF money
and falling prices; study 1t theoretical
ly and study it practically. The object
lessons of the results of contraction
are everywhere visible, and everyone
who will reflect will realize that 1t Is
not twenty years of profound peace and
abundant harvests, but contraction OF
the money volume, which has pro-
duced universal distress.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24

There are reports of gold strikes and
discoveries all over the world. This
is but the natural outcome of the policy
that has prevailed during the past de-
cade. says the Silver Knight-Watch-
man. The price of the great product
gold, has been so advanced that brain
and labor is seeking it all over the
world. 1t will continue to be so sought
as long as the return is proportionately
greater in mining gold than iron, lead
coal, silver, or the raising Of wheat or
other produce. This is the fact. Gold
is being enhanced in price by law
above all other things, while the price
Of all other things is being reduced.
All the labor and all the productions
of man and the earth are being de-
preciated in order to elevate the COM
modify, gold, which commodity is
owned and controlled by few bankers
and stock jobbers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24
Public Spirit Waning.

Land grants which would disgrace
nation of tigers, and land laws hardly
worthy of hell, put in the hands of the
Northern Pacific landlords the whip
to drive out several hundred settlers
in Oregon, who have made extensive
improvements. Public spirit has waned
too much to permit of resistance to
these bandits.-San Francisco Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24
Theft on a Large Scale.

There is today an element of theft
on a gigantic scale prevalent every
where among men, honored by the
world and sanctioned by the church.
This theft is the act of depriving men
of the free blessings of nature. 1t is
theft, robbery and gambling all in one.
Rev. ]. S. David.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24
Legislation Unnecessary.

It's getting to be government by in.
junction. Might as we'll do away with
all forms of legislation and allow those
occupying judicial positions to make
the laws, as many Of them appear to
be usurping this authority at the pres
emit time.-Durango Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24
Not Hei

Do you see him shaking hands with
a smile as broad as the open half Of
a watermelon? He is politician, he
wants your vote. Will he know you
after election as he knows you now?
Not he! Nit!-Grand Junction Senti-
mel
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24
Roaring Gently.

The cry of some of the New York
pauers against the "silver craze" is less
like the roar Of lion than 1t was
year ago.-Silver Knight Watchman.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24
THE POPUEIST FIELD.

Congressman Sulzer, of New York
who is the only representative the real
people have from the far East, intro
duced, during the last session Of Con-
gress, bill for the foreclosure Of the
Pacific Railroad mortgages and the
operation of said roads by the govern
ment. This would be a terrific blow
at the railroad trust, and when Con-
gress convenes in December the popu-
lar demand for the passage of the
by long petitions.
There is an editor up In the country,
says the Grand Rapids Workman, who
fiaunts before his readers prosperity
sheet, by the way species of literary
production which has had great run
since Hanna took charge of the trusts
and the country. This editor is ow-
ing a number Of bills payable in this
city, which has been the cause OF much
anxiety on the part Of his creditors.
The letters that he has written to his
creditors and the slop he has been Civ
ing his readers are as far apart as the
two poles. He tells them in his letters
that business is simply rotten; that
there is no business and no sign Of
any, no money moving, not dollar In
sight, and that the country has gone to
ruin, but in his paper-oh, my, what
hn 0tu
all the world, like the Herald and Press
and the rest of the jabber-wobbeH
sheets.
The fact is, this newly restored pros
perity reaches only the wealth-appro-
priators and fails to benefit the wealth
producers. The Chicago Express says:
1.-THE press is filled with wonderful
stories Of Western prosperity and re-
ports of mortgages paid off and can
celed in the States Of South Dakota,
Nebraska and Kansas. There is no
doubt some truth in the fact that peo-
jle are working hard to get out Of debt,
but the thousands Of people who have
es of contraction are not taken into &C
count in these reports. OF the millions
of Indebtedness Cancelled, most of it
was done by the sheriff and the land is
now occupied by tenants.
That eighty cents for wheat is made
payable in gold, too.-Pioneer Press.
Aber nit. The farmers will never get
one-tenth of one per cent. of 1t in gold.
journal of the Knights Of Labor.
And where is the farmer who is get
ting 80 cents per bushel (even in 90
cent" silver dollars for his wheat?
The farmer has to pay the freight, re-
member.
Ignatius Donnelly used to tell a
story, on the stump, about the farmer
who was stopped on his way home by
highwayman, who clapped a pistol
to his head and took every cent he had.
AS the robber was slowing away the
money in his pocket he asked the farm
err:
"How did you get this money!"
IT sold load of wheat" replied the
agriculturist
Then, my friend" replied the high
wayman, 81 would advise you to diver
sify your industry Raise hogs.
There's money in hogs"
But what assurance had the farmer
that the robber would not despoil him
of the money he got for his hogs?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24

The best strength Of man is shown
in his intellectual work, as that of a
woman in her daily deed and character.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24

Great BrltdlH IL
France ............. .............. III
Germany ........ ...............'. IL
Switzerland ....... ........ Il
The Western Union can afford to
send a telegram in North Carolina
cheaper than the government can do in
any Of these countries. The state
North Carolina) has much smaller
area than the several European coun-
tries, save Switzerland and Belgium.
It is only one-fifth the size of France,
where the toll is only ten cents for
all parts of the country. When we
consider. further, that railroad and all
similar rates are cheaper in this coun-
try per mile than in Europe, the ma
tural conclusion is reached that the
Western Union can operate its lines
more cheaply here. Thus the North
Carolina Commission would not have
been guilty of any hardship had it fixed
the rate at ten cents instead of fifteen,
but in giving the latter rate it probably
wished to prevent the telegraph COM
pany from having an excuse for the
wretched starvation wages 1t pays its
employes-not its favored employees,
like its president, who gets 100000 a
year. twice as much as the President
of the United States, but its I'M
fortunate operators, whom 1t had so
ground down since the failure of the
big strike a few years ago.
The action of the North Carolina
Commission is the beginning Of the
good work that will restore this gov
eminent function to the Postoffice De-
partment, enable the people to utilize
it. and to get the same rapid postal
facilities for electric mail through the
telegraph which the people of every
country in the world enjoy.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24

Only he who lives life Of his own
can help the lives Of thu other men.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24

This is not the fault of the judges;
1t is the fault of the people who vote
for them. Our party judges would not
institute tyranny by injunction, and
this fact it will certainly be well to ex-
plain to the present and future suf-
ferers from Judge made law.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24

1t is reported that in Kansas the
Peoples party is to make the encroach-
ments of the judiciary upon the liber-
ties of the people d leading issue in
future campaigns. At present the
judges are chiefly of plutocratic ex-
traction. and, naturally decide cases in
the interest of those of their own class.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24

Don't say it is human nature to
monopolize land while thousands are
denied the right Of homes. There is
nothing human about it; it is inhuman.
1t is hog nature, not yet civilized or
Christianized out of humanity or its
laws and nstitutions.-New DISPENSE
ton.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24

Let the law call 1t what it may, the
forfeiture by the Pennsylvania coal
companies of the earned but unpaid
wages of the striking miners is a
species of theft in comparison with
which the holding up of railroad trains
IS high-grade industry, and the men
who do 1t are thieves with whom a
sneak thief should be ashamed to asso-
ciate.-Cleveland Recorder.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24
POINTS FROM THE PRESS.

Our short-sighted financiers have
been contributing to Englands hoard
ing by the decentralization of silver in
1873. During the twenty-four years Of
silver's degradation John Bull has add
ed millions to his wealth, while the
United States has been forced to vote
bonds to keep her head above water.
It is to be hoped that the people will
come to their senses sufficiently in 1900
to vote silver back to its lawful posi-
tion as a basic money.-Fort Collins
Argus.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24

But the way to get at the root of
the trouble is to carry the fight into
every judicial election, and get the
state judges on the side of the people;
then elect president who will ap-
point real Americans to the federal
judgeships.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24

Direct legislation is the only hope
Of escape from legislation that is as OBJ
jectionable as a monarchy.-Chicago
Express.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24

The Omaha Labor Bulletin has some
valuable figures as to the vast COM
mercial mortality of business men by
comparing the directories Of that city
for 1887 and 1897. In 1887 there were
$50 business firms in operation in eigh-
teen lines OF business, of which 446
went out of business in the ten years.
Yet 1t is business men" who, for sup
posed business reasons, are the main
props of commercial and financial sys-
tens which force them by wholesale
into chronic bankruptcies Francis
co Star.
The record-union., 1897-11-20
THE MOST USELESS MAN.

Ex-President Cleveland is becoming
causfc critic. In recent address at
princeton he made criticism so thor
oEghiy sensible, practical and true. that
we refrain from characterizinS it, and
instead present it in full:
The most useless men are those who.
having educational requirements and
fitness for beneficial work. do no more
than exploit requirements in the false
ana unhealthy sociability of club life,
or find in them only aids to the selfish
pleasure of constantly restless foreign
travel and accessories to other proftless
enjoyment. Such waste of valuable
qualifications for valuable service is es-
pecially blameworthy in a country like
ours. where SO many national problems
remain unsolved and where vast devel-
opments await the most strenuous ac-
tivity and effort.
There is meat in that for much feed
ing. How much better would be muni-
cipal, State and National government if
the able and learned and experienced,
those whom a generous estate has out
fitted with superior education, or good
fortune has enabled to acquire high ac-
complishments, would come out into the
political forum and crowd out half or
more of the mere office seekers and prac-
tical politicians.
Some such reflection leads the Chicago
News" to say with a sarcastic twinkle
in its eye, that men of erudition, probity,
learning, broad business experience,
and high attainments are as thick as
flies in the government of that city.
The record-union., 1897-11-20
SALVATION ARMY.
An Address by Coast Commander
William Evans.

Quite a large audience gathered at
the Salvation Army citadel on K street,
between Third and Fourth, last night,
the feature being the new choruses and
a spirited address of the new Com
mander of the Army on the Pacific
Coast, Lieutenant-Colon William
Evans.
The rev Commander introduced a
number of new Army choruses, all of
which went with jingle from start to
finish, number being sung to the airs
of popular band music.
The Lieutenant Colonel proved him
self to be a magnetic and convincing
speaker, and delivered a spirited ad-
dress which held his auditors until the
end. The aims of the coast division of
the Army We're explained at length,
and 4 comprehensive idea of the work
being done, and that anticipated, was
set forth. A silver collection was taken
at the door
The record-union., 1897-11-20
TO MAKE BEET SUGAR.
A New Corporation Organized fol
That and Kindred Purnoses.

Articles of Incorporation of the Cali
fornia Beet Sugar and Refining Com
pany have been filed in San Francisco
The incorporators are: Robert P
Rthet, George w. McNear, George w
McNear. Jr., George E. Falrchild, c.
M. Cooke, O. M. Vesper and Louis
Sioss.
The expressed object Of the incorpor-
ation is to conduct in the State OF
California and in any other State, Ter
ritory or dependency OF the United
States. and in any foreign country, a
general merchandise, manufacturing,
agricultural, shipping and commission
business, and especially to deal in and
manufacture sugar and sugar products,
whether or not such sugar and sugar
products shall be derived from beets or
sugar cane.
The capital stock is So, 800, 900 divided
into 2o,0OO shares of the par value of
S1Uo, and at the time of the filing of
the articles the amount of the capi-
tai stock actually subscribed was 200
shares
The record-union., 1897-11-20
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITARY
SCIENCE

The Philadelphia papers comment with
amazement upon the fact that in that
State there are still people of fair intel
ligence who resist the closing of wells
by Health Boards to prevent the spread
Of typhoid fever. 1t would indeed be
incredible If 1t was not common in more
than one community.
Boards OF Health are everywhere op-
posed by ignorance ana stupidity, pref
udice and ultra conservatism In moth
ing has there been greater or more
rapid advance than in sanitary science
and preventive medicine. Both have
demonstrated beyond possibility of er-
ror that sanitary regulation Will throt-
Ale most pestilential diseases.
Zymotic ills can nearly all be controll-
ed and stamped out by these regula-
tions. Yet we find in every community
q class raising its voice in protest, on
the ground that these arbitrary meas
ures invade personal liberty. That is
true. But no one should have personal
liberty to do or maintain that which
is a menace to the health and life of
his neighbor.
A well in congested population. ex-
cept the drive is very deep, iron cased
and the egress securely guarded from
the input of surface water and drain
age, Is menace to the public health.
Properly guarded and protected it is
with pure water supply health con-
serving. But without inspection and
regulation the community cannot be as
sured that the proper precautions are
taken. 1t follows that when well is
found IN a city or town that is not pro-
tectedsa as specified. It is a duty to close
it.
But.we presume that so long as there
are men and women, there will be some
among them who will insist upon their
right TO live in filth and drink in the
The record-union., 1897-11-20
CHURCH SOCIAL.
Last Nights Entertainment at the
German Lutheran Church.

The birthday carpet souvenir social
given by the Young Peoples Society of
the German Lutheran Church in the
basement of that edifce last night drew
out large audience to listen to the
excellent programme offered.
The Price of admission was regulated
by the age of visitors, each being re-
quired to deposit one cent for every
year 1t is understood that rather
than divulge their age a number of
ladies paid a dollar to see the entertain
ment. Each guest was presented with
carpet souvenir of rare beauty
The programme rendered was as fol-
lows: Piano solo, selected. Miss Eda
Neubourg; recitation, AN Old Maid s
Trip to New York. Miss Emma Sachs;
either solo, selected. Master Carl
Noack; soprano solo, Sweet Roses -
Miss Carrie Lothhammer; mandolin
quartet, selected, Mrs. c. G.. Steyer. AL
fred Schaden, Miss T. Heilbron, Miss II.
Biewener. Miss K. Biewener, accom-
panist; soprano solo, selected, Miss It.
Wing; lntermission; stereopticon views;
guitar duet, 'Ciao,'' Misses Lulu and
Nettie Kern; recitation, IA Tired little
Worm,' Ethel Brusch; piano duet, Sc
lected, Mrs. A. Blanchard and Miss
May Oatman; soprano solo, "A Dream,
Of Paradise" Miss Francis Bauer: rec
itation, selected, Miss Rene Hoskinson:
either duet, selected, A. Bauer and Miss
Minnie PletScher; tableau.
The record-union., 1897-11-20
Y. M. C. A.
Last Evenings Conundrum Social
-HandbalI Tonight.

There was quite a novel social given
at the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton rooms last night The Fourteenth
street Presbyterian Church had charge,
and they had a train of cars (chairs
arranged two by twoS in theree or four
rows and gave each one an excursion
ticket with seventeen conundrums
written on it, which each one had to
fill out.
Each gentleman was given a conun-
drum, and the answers were given to
the ladies, and the latter had to find
their partners for the train.
Mrs. Smith of San Francisco recited.
and was encored two or three times.
There was a very good attendance,
considering the weather and the fact
that there We're six or seven other en-
tertainments given by friends of the
association
After the train game other games
were INDUCED in. and refreshments
We're served by the ladies' The Purple
and Gold Clubs acted as the Reception
Committee
This social viii long be remembered
by all present. because of the fact that
they did not stand on ceremony. but
made the acquaintance Of every one
present.
There viii be four sets of handball
games to-day. one this afternoon be-
tween Brown and Enos. and three in
the evening-Arnold against McCaw,
Philip against Keene. and Tracy
against Bishop.
The record-union., 1897-11-20
Weather Reports.

The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 66 and 40 de-
grees, with fresh southerly winds and
cloudy weather prevailing.
Rain commenced falling about {
O'Clock in the evening
The barometrical readings at a. m
and ) p. m. yesterday were 3o.O2 inches
and 29.SS inches. respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday We're 53 and a
degrees. with 004 inches of rain, and
one year ago to-day 80 and 4S degrees,
with $50 inches of rain.
The average temperature was Do de-
grees and the normal 81 degrees, show
ing yesterday to have been degrees
warmer than usual for the 18th of
November
The record-union., 1897-11-20
THE ROOT OF EVIL.
Volunteers of America Quarrel
Over the Sack.

All is not harmony in the quiet home
of the Volunteers of America on X
street, near Third.
Last night high words and angry
voices were heard issuing from the
barracks, and soon one man ran out
upon the sidewalk and blew a police
whistle with all his might. Special
officer May heard it and ran over to
where the whistle blower stood gather
ing a crowd about him.
He asked the officer to arrest the
husband of the Captain for battery
and added that he was trying to leave
the city with all the army's funds. May
informed the irate soldier that if he
wanted any one arrested he would have
to swear out a complaint. but he was
himself amenable to the law for blow
ing a police whistle on the streets. He
was cautioned against further offend
ing in that line and the officer de-
parted.
The amount of the funds in dispute
is said to be 81.
The record-union., 1897-11-20
DO NOT SHOOT ROBINS.
Those Doing So Are Liable to Ar.
rest and Fine.

There are many men and boys who
have been accustomed for many years
past to shoot robins in the winter time
when they come down from the mount
aims, and who are probably not aware
that the last Legislature inserted a
provision in the game law prohibiting
the shooting of robins at any time
However, ignorance of the law is no
excuse. and any one shooting or hav-
ing robins in his possession is liable to
arrest and fine, and the safest way
is to comply with the law Warden
Helms arrested one man this week fol-
breaking the law, and he had to pay
a fine for doing so
The record-union., 1897-11-20
Hotel Arrivals.

Following were the arrivals yester-
day at the Golden Eagle: A. Cone
George Collier, New York; w. H. Hood
Nevada; D. N. Caruthers, L. B. Rob-
inson, Sacramento; Mrs. Adelaide Her
mann, Leon Hermann and wife, Rob-
ert B. Rothschild, New York; Miss
M. Stone, Oregon; w. c. Pope, Phila-
delphia; II. P. Odell, Yuba City; Ed.
A. Keitchley, A. Friedlander, George
III. Bahrs, j. c. Bothine, George C.
Putnam, James Levy, H. A. Brown, F.
l.. Bernardo, Robert Nordman, Ed S.
Swami, Ed. B. CASTER, J. D. Houck,
San Francisco