Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-07
POINTS FROM THE PRESS.

POINTS FROM THE PRESS.
Government ownership of natural
monopolies will go long way toward
killing trusts and combines. -Noncon-
formist.
The Cleveland Leader uses beauti-
full Dawn of Prosperity" head over
the new tariff bill, but its foreman
spoiled the effect by running list Of
business failures in the adjoining COL
umn.-Washington Post.
Property in land has ceased to be a
right and become crying evil when
one man, or number OF men, can
hold million acres against the natur-
al desire and right Of million men to
occupy and use Jacksonville, Enter
prise.
Labor unions of Pennsylvania are
praying and beseeching Mckinley not
to appoint so many enemies of labor to
Office. That is nerve. Enemies Of la
Dor elected Mckinley, and they are en-
titled to the offices.-Omaha Western
LabOrer.
II Venice could carry on its commerce
500 years without panic or currency
bottomed purely on its credit and I'm
Gle Sam carrying on his commerce on
intrinsic money has had four great
panics and many lesser ones in 100
years, which has had the wiser finan-
cial policy?-The Better Way.
In New York $4,000 people spend ST.
100000 on clubs; $40 ,0OO, 900 on yachts;
$3,5OO,00O on flowers; $20,00O,000 on
jewelry; $31 ,S77,5O0 on European
travel; 100000 on wine and spir-
its; $213,244,000 for these eight items
of pure luxury, while millions Of our
best and thoroughly patriotic citizens
toll every hour Of their waking mo-
ments without seeing a hundred dol
lars of luxury in a lifetime.-Joliet
News.
The only banker that ever became q
great finance minister was Necker.
Guizot says that Necker replenished
the French treasury not by increasing
the imposts upon the poor, but by a
curtailment Of the emoluments and
privileges and the levy of an income
tax upon the rich. Lyman ]. Gage
does not believe in this policy. He
stands for what the noblesse stood for
in the reign of Louis XVI. Ergo, Gage
will never become a great finance min
ister.-Dubuque Qowa) Telegraph.
There is no Disgusting the fact that
in many sections of the country the
number of the unemployed has about
reached the danger line. What is to be
done? We admit that this is a ques-
ton more easily asked than answered,
and still it must be answered. The
calculations of those who were in a ma
jority in the presidential campaign
have gone amiss, at least as to the
time of their fulfillment, and the peo-
pie are no longer in a humor to be
guided by the same advisers.-Eight
Hour Herald.
In Nebraska corn is selling at s cents
bushel. In Louisiana, in the drouth
district, for the poor and needy widows,
they ask 40 cents. The question arises
who they" are, and who pays the
freight ?-Nonconformist.
The trouble with the complaining
farmers is that they do not manage
their farms in business way. They
keep in the old rut of growing the Or
binary farm crops, while they should
plant taxes, banks, railroads, official
salaries and all such things as are con-
stantly advancing in value. A ma
jority of them voted for this unparal-
leled boom of prosperity and the ele-
walton in price Of the things we now
advise them to plant. Now they should
stop growing the crops they voted to
reduce In price, and turn their atten-
tioa to the things that pay.-Sledge