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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08
Comment on the Case.

The decision of the United States
Supreme court holding valid the Utah
eight-hour law is one Of great import
ance to the industrial and labor in
terests of this country. 1t is contrary
to the reasoning of most of the state
Supreme courts upon cases involving
similar points of constitutional law.
The Illinois Supreme court, more than
others, perhaps, has freely nullified
labor legislation on the ground of its
interference with the provision of the
constitution which stipulates that no
person shall be deprived of life, liberty
or property without due process of law.
So strict have been some of the state
courts in holding that the legislature
could not interfere with persons
right to contract for the disposition of
his labor that workingmen had begun
to despair of relief from certain griev
GUS evils. The decision of the Federal
Supreme court in the Utah case will
revive hope again in the efficacy of
legislation as means for improving
conditions under which workingmen
labor. 1t must have liberalizing eff
feet upon the rulings of lower courts.
The Federal Supreme court distinct
ly avoided passing upon the validity of
eight-hour laws in general, but 1t sus-
tanned the Utah law as proper exer-
else of the police power. That act lin
tied the hours of workmen employed in
mines and in smelters to eight day.
Its justification is that labor under
such conditions is so unhealthful that
workers, for their own good, should not
be permitted to work longer hours.
The position of the Illinois Supreme
court upon such legislation is siccinct-
" stated in the following excerpt from
the opinion in the case of Richie VS..
the people:
"The police powers of the state can
only be permitted to limit or abridge
such fundamental right as the right
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

John W. and William Denison, ana
their chief occupation was supplying
cordwood to the steamboats, that Piled
the waters of the Upper Mississippi,
and found a convenient harbor in
Sturgeon bay, formed by the widening
of the river channel near that point.
The original survey and the plat OF
the town-still in existence and in a
good state of preservation-was made
by Abraham Lincoln in September,
1884. This was the first white settle
ment in Illinois between Rock Island
on the north and Ogawawka, at the
Lower Yellow Banks" on the south;
and, on the organization Of the county
Of Mercer, in 1885, the village was des-
ignated by legislative act as the first
county seat, but the honor was soon
after lost in the current of events.
Since then, and until within the past
two years, the town has declined, and
its business has dwindled until 1t has
become a mere Renaissance of the
prosperity of its former years. But
recent discoveries have developed new
industries and again old New Boston
is one of the liveliest and busiest
towns in Northwestern Illinois.
At the bottom Of the river and on
and around the shoals near the great
banks of yellow sand, fresh-water mus
sels-the Unic Pictorum of Linnaeus
live and grow and thrive in count
less numbers, and the gathering of
these by dredging, for their shells,
from which are cut the buttons known
to the trade as pearl" gives constant
and profitable employment to hundreds
of men, women and children. From
the deep water the mollusks are gath
cred by shoulder rakes, composed of
squared steel teeth set in fiat bar Of
iron twenty inches long, with frame
of round iron, and handle eighteen
feet long. For shallow water scis-
sors rake, made on the principle of a
pair of shears, is used with very salts
factory results. At the present price
of shells-S1O per net ton-these CLEAN
ers can easily earn from So to 81 a day
each. During the open river season a
fleet of seventy or more small boats,
manned by these dredgers, is a COM
mon sight. In the winter the search is
continued with good results in chan
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

to make contracts when the exercise Of
such power lis necessary to promote
the health. comfort, welfare or safety
OF sosiety VI the public; and 1t is quesi
tiohahle whether 1t can be exercised to
prevent Injury to the individual en-
gagged In a particular calling"
This extract is from the opinion in
the case brought to test the validity of
the act of 1893, the object Of which was
to Limit the hours Of women in fac
tories and workshops to eight day.
In declaring invalid this statute the IL
linois Supreme court went further than
was necessary to establish the precise
point In question, and took a position
the reverse of that now enunciated by
the Federal court. 1t cited from the
New York courts decision relating to
an act forbidding the making Of cigars
in tenement houses, in which occurs
the following:
ITO Justify this law 1t would not be
sufficient that the use of tobacco may
be injurious to some persons, or that
its manufacture may be injurious to
those who are engaged in its prepare
ton and manufacture; but 1t would
have to be injurious to the public
health"
A quotation by the Illinois Supreme
court from Tiedeman on Limitations
of Police Powers" is still more in
point:
There can be no more justification
for the prohibition of the prosecution
of certain callings by women, because
the employment will prove hurtful to
themselves, than 1t would be for the
state to prohibit men from working in
the manufacture Of white lead because
they are apt to contract poisoning,
or to prohibit occupations in certain
parts of iron-smelting works because
the lives of the men so. engaged are ma
terially shortened"
The reasoning which leads to the
conclusion that the state has no right
to interfere for the protection OF life
and health of workingmen who may be
practically forced to accept such terms
of employment as are offered them
seems brutal. 1t is gratifying that the
highest court in the land holds other
wise. This decision means the starting
of the pendulum in the other direc'
tion.-Chicago Dispatch.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

Louis Halle is back from England
with $1,000,000 worth of orders for
American goods, as the result of ten
weeks work, says the Chicago Times
Herald. He says that the selling Of
Yankee products in the mother coun-
try is as easy as the showing Of the
goods, and that the prices current in
the United States are from 10 to Is
per cent lower than in England, despite
the fact that American wages are much
higher.
1T seems to me that one of the main
reasons for the improvement in the
times is due to the vast increase of
expectations, said Mr.. Halle. Il was
amazed at the success had in selling
goods made in Chicago and the east.
The English are crazy after our wares.
The manufacturers there are quickly
learning they cannot compete with the
United States shops. We can under
sell them on the very things they have
been shipping here for half century.
The English buyers insist on having
American goods, and there are many
signs that the United States is rapidly
becoming master of the world in mat
tiers of commerce. This Is the reason
for much of the foreign legislation
which is aimed against American in
dustry and importations from America.
"This demand for American goods is
not confined to any one line. My Or
ders embrace at least dozen different
varieties and include leather goods,
carriages and wagons, hardware, brass
bedsteads, furniture, essential oils, iron
and brass rivets and buttons, and
canned fruits. The expectation bust
ness of this country is only in its in
fancy, and the tide of sales abroad has
just set in. This is to be the saliva
ton of the country. We have been
manufacturing more than we could
consume. The creation of great out
let into England and the continent will
open all the mills and put all the
idle at work.
England is looking more and more
to America for it's largest supplies in
food products. I am planning to ship
a load of fresh fruit next month-the
first consignment of the kind-to Liv-
erpool. The ship will be loaded with
bananas, oranges, pineapples, and the
like. l visited Manchester, Liverpool,
Birmingham, Glasgow and other ports
of Importance, and l want to tell the
manufacturers of the United States
that all they have to do to sell their
goods on the other side is to show
them. They can get the same prices
that they do at home and still beat the
English competitors by good margin.
The same feeling concerning Ameri-
can goods is spreading through Paris
and France. We can beat them in the
cost price because we have the best
machinery on the globe, and our labor
is more intelligent and works under
higher inspiration"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

William Olmsted, who died recent
ly at Cassopolis, Mich, left $4,000 to
Barnum's circus. 1t seems that he was
an eccentric old man and did not live
in harmony with his relatives, and he
decided to get even with them by leav-
ing all his possessions, with exception
of small farm to his wife, to the IA
nous circus. There is no way to ac-
count for the strange bequest except
the possibility that Mr.. Olmsted may
have received at one time free tickets
for the show. The heirs will contest
the will. ., =,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08
STEAM OYSTER DREDGE.

nels cut through the ice. The hand
dredging will be continued, but new
and a better way has been found.
It has been claimed and contended
that a steam dredge for gathering
oysters and clans could never be made
a success, but this theory must give
way to the present condition. New
Boston has opened the shell and let
the secret out. 1.-THE Klondyke," a
cleverly devised and artfully construct
ed steam dredge does the work speed
lily and well. A basket" dredge Of
strong construction and wide grasp,
with attachments for cooking and
packing, propelled with a powerful
engine, with an equipment of five men,
gathers, cooks and sacks from five to
ten tons of marketable shells in day.
The total output of shells by hand and
steam dredging during the past year
was 1000 tons or more. After extrac-
ton, the mollusks are examined care
fully for the pearls that are often lin
their midst" This search gives con-
stant-but sometimes precarious-em-
ployment to a number of people. Last
season one pearl, valued at 500, sew
eral worth from S. to $25 each, and
many others of lesser size and value
were found.
New York and Philadelphia furnish
the markets for most of the shells that
are gathered there, and their products;
but pearl" buttons are cut in a small
way at Keithsburg, ILL.,, and on much
larger scale at Muscatine, Ia, and both
of these plants are supplied by New
Boston. Much of the process of button
making is a secret. The shells are
first soaked in water for twenty-four
hours to soften them and prevent dust
in saving. The buttons in various
sizes are cut by rotary disk saws, held
in stationary frame and driven by a
line shaft. Underneath this the shells
are held in a movable frame, operated
by a foot lever. The cutting is done
from the inner side, and the shells are
kept moist by sprays of water. The
disks are then planed. "centered" and
drilled by clever mechanical devices.
The finishing" is a secret process,
known only to the trade.
! Niagara Falls is a sort of jumping
off place for some people who look be-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

At the annual banquet of New York's
Sons of the American Revolution the
other night, Ferd w. Peck Of Chicago
presented the plan which has already
received the sanction of the president
and the senate for raising a fund OF
$25O,0O0 by contribution from the
school children of the United States
to erect an appropriate monument in
Paris to the Marquis de Lafayette.
President Mckinley has consented to
serve as chairman Of a national COM
mittee to be composed Of the COVER
nors of the several states; the senate
mas already passed and the house will
probably, adopt resolution authoriz-
ing its appointment, under whose au-
spices celebration will be held on
Lafayette's birthday. in September
next, in every schoolhouse in the Unit
ed States.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

Politics as highly desirable pro-
fession" is topic discussed by Presi-
dent e. Benjamin Andrews, who says,
1.-THE common thought that it is mean
to seek Office or accept Office uness 1t
has sought the man is wholly per-
verse;" This is so palpably true that 1t
ought not to need discussion. Every
voter ought to be politician; and to
cry down the offlce-seeker or the office
holder is to bring contempt to our sys-
tenn of government.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

Block-I had great luck at the races
to-day
Norton-Picked a winner?
Block-No, but when | reached the
track found had left all my money
at home in my other trousers.
Norton--Then that is your idea OF
luck?
Block-Yes; and the best part OF
it was l didn't know soul there and
could not borrow cent Chicag"
News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

A child is born every six minutes in
Greater New York, or about 10000
births year, and 10000 persons die
annually. The city has $4,000 Irish
in it and 100000 Germans; its manu-
features employ $4,000 workingmen,
whose wages are S4OO,OOO.OOO annually;
it has $50 square miles, its greatest
length, from Tottenville, on Staten
Island, to Mount st. Vincent on the
Hudson, being thirty-five miles, and
there are over ten saloons to each
church; its assessed value is $2,264,-
142,96S, and its entire indebtedness
Sl70, 10000 .s.---.--s.-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

|
On one corner of Chicago street
intersection myriads of workmen are
lat work building one of the grandest
edifices in the world. Several blocks
farther down firemen are hopelessly
striving to extinguish the flames that
are rapidly consuming another great
building. Thousands of frenzied peo-
pie are striving to get glimpse of the
great walls as they crumble and fall
and then mighty cheer goes up. Queer
isn't it all. A scene of destruction at
tracts the multitud@, while the erec-
tion of building that is a. triumph OF
the century scarcely attracts notice.
Mankind as a whole loves to witness
the work OF distinctions angel.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08
s; ps;;;ia
Is Americas Greatest Medicine. 81; six for s6.
HooJ,, D:llc are the favorite cathar-
IlOO0 5 Fills tic. All druggists. &c.
A Critic of Language.

''In this article" said the critical ed
itor to the reporter, ''you say this
lady had her diamonds stolen"
"Yes SIR"
II presume you mean that she suf.
fcred the loss of her jewels by theft?"
mo, sir, mean that she literally
had them stolen, You see sir, the
lady is an actress and"
"Oh, see."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08


high pulse and steadily wasting condition
that she was suffering from an@mia or q
bloodless condition of the body. She became
extremely weak, and could not stand the
least noise or excitement. In this condition
of affairs they were recommended by an old
friend to get some Of that famous blood
medicine, Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. They did SO, and almost from the
first dose Bertha began to improve. She
continued to take the pills and was by
means Of those pills made entirely well, md
more grateful people than her parents can
not be found in the whole State Of Ohio.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have proved a
boon to womankind. Acting directly on
the blood and nerves, they restore the re-
qaisite vitality to all parts of the body:
creating functional regularity and perfect
harmony throughout the nervous system.
The pallor of the cheeks is changed to the
delicate blush of health; the eyes brighten;
the muscles grow elastic, ambition IL
creased aud good health returns.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

Senator Hill has won the enmity Of
Senator Grady of the New York legis-
1ature, who says he is both distin-
guished and extinguished; and he is
further fortunate in the praise he gets
for his opposition to the Ellsworth
press-gag bill.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08
Som, ExaggeratIon.

Our friend William Poag requests
us to state that the reports of his
death while on visit over in kaltcut
county are greatly exaggerated; he
was merely married TO Mrs Soeysmith
a charming widow with seven inter-
esting children. Exchange.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

One day an Irishman was taking a
walk in a small town near Glasgow
when he met an old friend. After
walking along the road Pats friend
said to him:
Have you heard the news?"
mo, what is itP"
"There is penny off the loaf"
"Bedad, and hope it is off the
penny ones"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08
A Responsive Chord.

"My blood boils," shouted the ora.
tor when think Of those corpora
tions that Cypress the people fain I
h and-clapping), those bloated bond.
holders who drain the fe-blood Of
the nation Slight applause) and abov Q
all, those naughty plutocrats who keep
bicycle repair shops!" Long continued
cheering)
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

John Lawrence Sullivan decares he
can lick any man who offers him Span
ish onions with his beans. Oh, If John
could only give Don Weyler one good
soaker on the point of his awful jaw!
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

Anna.-I am afraid papa will kick
when you ask for my hand.
Fred-I am glad you mentioned 1T
my darling, 'Forwarned is forearmed'
you know
"Oh, wouldn't that be too lovely for
anything if you were?"
Were what, dearie?'
"Why, four armed"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

The loudest shouters for war are
often the men who forget the fact,
felicitously stated. by Captain Mahan
of the navy, Fighting means close re-
lations with those who are trying to
hurt YOU"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08
An Unworthy Citizen.

1.-The man who was arrested the
other day for having six wives is dis
grace to the city," said one Chicago
man to another.
:'Indecd he is.
"Well, that is what think, man
who will commit bigamy rather than
get divorces deserves no mercy" New
York Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOME INTERESTING ITEMS TO
UNION WORKMEN.

American Goods Of All Kinds Find
Ready Sale in Europe-somewhat of q
Revelation-The Supreme Court Not In
Contempt with Labor In Utah Case.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

The oldest bank note in the world
was printed in China in 1868, thirty
two years before Gutenberg, the re-
puted inventor of printing, was born.
1t was three hundred years before
bank notes were circulated in Europe.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

Papa-Yes, the baby's teeth trouble
him good deal
Bachelor Fricnd-They do eh? Well
I suppose science some day will pro.
vide infants with false teeth until the
natural ones grow in. New York
World.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

"Think of enlisting for WARP"
"Rather think shall, have been
refused for life insurance, SO guess it
would be safe bluff for me to make.
Indianapolis Journal
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

Sapsmith Indignantly -Grimshaw
called me fool last night
Askins-What did you do to him
shout it?
Sapsmith-Baw Jove! I took him
down, don't you know, l asked him
why he did not say something origi-
nal
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

"Then you don't believe in prestige
derived from ancestors?"
mot bit: l believe in fixing things
so my ancestors will derive prestige
from me-"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

With some women devotion to a
mean husband is merely an obstinate
determination not to admit having
made mistake.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

Uncle Sam may not spar as scientifi.
cally as some others, but he always
comes out strong in the mix up. Chi
cago Tribune.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08
NEW BOSTON PEARLS.
NEW ADDITIONS TO THE WORLD
OF COMMERCE.
Profitable Industry of q Town That
Abraham Lincoln Laid Out and
That Once Suffered . Decline Now
Enjoying q Boom.
Especial Letter. }

HE sedate old town
of New Boston, sit
uated on the ILL
nois shore of the
Mississippi, at the
upper Y g l | o W
Banks" and just
below the mouth
of the Iowa river,
has a history. The
first white settlers
=. %hot poiuf we're
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

absolutely no
good. A physi-
clan found her
pulse at 1W-A
very high rate.
Thinking this
may have been
due to tempo
rary nervous
ness when he
examined her,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

In Russia it is the custom for duel
lists to breakfast together before go
ing out to fight.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

The statue of George Washington Is
pne Of the objects of interest at the
capital of Venezuela. They like our
George. ...I
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

When a woman drives nall through
the plaster and hits beam she thinks
she is the smartest person she knows.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08

While Turkey is known to be bank
rupt, the sultan is believed to be the
richest man in Europe.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08
PATENTS.

Higdon, Fischer &c Thorpe, success
ors to Higdon G. Higdon, (Registra.
ton No. 2O37), Patent Lawyers, Dia-
mond Building, junction Main and
Delaware streets, Kansas City, Mo- I,
report the following list of patents is
sued week ending March go, 1898, to
inventors living in Missouri, Kansas
and Nebraska. Telephone 1912.
MISSOURI
Joseph T. Brown, Houstonia; in
strument for measuring distances.
Peter w. Christensen, St Louis;
hanger for frames, signs etc.
William w. Hendricks, Bolivar; end
gate fastener
Adam E. Karsner, Chillicothe; lock.
Benjamin Kochs, assignor to Scho-
,nthaler Manufacturing Co, St. Louis
packing box
Edward G. Kruse, St Louis; adjust
able feed for grinding rolls.
Alexander Magee, assignor to st.
Louis Car Wheel Co, St Louis; machine
Tor grinding car wheels
David G. Meinz, ST. Louis; devise
for making cigarettes
Barney Samuels, st, Joseph; Elec-
trio railway signaling system.
Ferdinand Schwedtmann, St Louis;
fusible cut-out.
William D. G. Smith, Kansas City;
railway Transfer ticket
George Thane Vernon; sulky plow.
John S. Dooly, ST. Louis; design fol-
water heater for gas stoves.
Charles f. La Mont, ST. Louis pre-
served, prepared or desiccated egg
meat
John Player, Topeka; railway frog
chair.
NEBRASKA.
John D. Melcher, assignor to him.
self, j. w. Kinzel and j. 81. Emley,
Wisner, ejector.
George r. Sherwood, Kearney; ma
chine for removing pith from stalks.
Total issue of March 90, 1898.
Patents. ................ 'oeI
Designs .........'.'.'' %
Trade-M arks ................... l"
reissues. ............... ''.' ''''
Prints. ........r........
IOCdl. .......... '''''''''' 1"o
A copy Of any patent in the above
list will be furnished on application
for IS cents.
Send for book of instructions free
Please mention this paper.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-04-08
II . man were really to disco yer the
north pole, his wife wouldn't let him
keep 1t In the house.

A man who never. changes his mind
Is one who has SO little mind that he
can't run any risks with 1t.