Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-20
POINTS FROM THE pREss.

The man who votes blindly for part
has his eyes In the back of his head
Healdsburg Enterprise.
''The greatest possible happiness oil
society is attained by insuring to every
man the greatest possible quantity ofths
produce of his labor" And that govern.
ment comes the nearest being ideal that
most nearly secures to every citizen
that assurance.-Farm, Stock and
Home.
The public ownership of railrods and
coal mines would destroy our nation
OF happy, well-fed, well-clothed, we'll
housed, independent working people
and reduce them to abject slavery!!!-
Appeal to Reason.
AS soon as 1t becomes right and just
TO take property from one man who
earned 1t and give it to one who did
not earn 1t, then will the principle OF
a protective tariff be right; but not till
then.-Utah Living Issues.
There is no longer any doubt that
prosperity has hit the country and hit
1t hard. The 100000 coal miners did not
strike, they simply quit work to enjoy
the luxuries of life, theirs by virtue Of
beneficent republican legislation.-Bur-
lington Courier.
by all means let us have "mone-
tary commission" Let it be formed
from Wall street brokers and the spec
ulators In corporation stocks and trust
securities. But by all means allow no
representative of the productive indus
tries OF the country to be appointed
Columbus Post.
President Andrews, who recently re-
turned from Europe, says there is no
need OF a monetary conference to re-
store silver. IF the United States were
to insert in the Bland act the omitted
clause providing for the free coinage
OF silver says he, international BIZ
metalllsm would be accomplished for
the other nations would follow the lead
of this country" There is no doubt
Whatever of this being true, and every
one who knows the prevailing senti-
ment in Europe is aware of the fact.
Chicago Express.
Inc way the prosperity wave works
IN Columbus, Ohio, the capital of Nc
hinleys own state, is shown by the
following item Of news sent from Col
umbus to a Cincinnati paper the other
day, which relates that: warden Cot
nm, OF the Ohio penitentiary, has or
dered that all fragments from the pris-
on tables shall be collected and given to
the poor. Each morning there are
from fifty to hundred people on hand
with baskets to get crumbs from the
prisoners tables.-K. of L. Journal.
Our government is republican only in
theory. 1t Is constitutional mon
archy in fact. The monarch's throne is
vacant. His functions are performed
by the heads of our civil administration.
The provisions of our federal constitu-
ton are no longer sacred to protect our
Individual rights, nor to fix the boun-
daries of legislation. Our judiciary rides
rough-shod over its provisions with i'm
punity.-Winters Independent.
Virtue is its own reward. So, at least
the workers in the Crescent Tin Plate
mill have discovered. They have voted
to protect the MILL but the mill votes
against protecting them. 1t imports
workers to take their places. If virtue
is not its own reward, these Cleveland
tin workers have no reward at all for
their votes.-Cleveland Recorder.
Four thousand buildings are said to
be vacant in Milwaukee. Concentration
of wealth and business isn't making life
a perpetual picnic to the landlords
there. In order that we may have mora
big capitalists, many small capitalists
must be squeezed out.-Star and Kan
san.
The idea Of municipal ownership ia
becoming more and more popular in
American cities. The main question is
whether municipal factories can be hon.
estly and economically operated. The
theory is exceedingly attractive, but
with parties and spoilsmen continually
changing the personnel of such works
there would be small hope for their
honest administration. When genuine
civil service reform is applied to all
public works then we may talk to some
purpose about municipal ownership
Baltimore Sun.
Sherman estimates that the wealth
created by ground values reaches the
enormous sum of 1872 900, 100000. How
is that for trust-the great Landlord
Trust! That beats the water and the