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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26
MAYOR Jones' Opinion.

Mayor Jones of Toledo has Of late
been besieged with all sorts of econom-
ic questions. A man named Brook
err of North Baltimore Ohio, asks:
"Why are American citizens reduced
to such hardships that the almost daily
plea is, For Gods sake. give us more
work'?" Mayor Jones says in re-
ply:
at is not for lack Of work that ought
to be done. Thousands of miles of i'm
passable roads all over northern Ohio
every winter keep thousands of people
in the rural districts almost as effec-
tually shut out from communication
and association with their fellowmen
as though they were under a siege.
Let us add to the wealth of the coun-
try by making beautiful roads, good
at all seasons of the year.
Millions of American citizens have
walked the streets Of our cities this
winter with wet feet for want of shoes
in this vain search for work, while
thousands of shoemakers were locked
out of Massachusetts, shoe factories be-
cause the markets were overstocked,
and wages had to be reduced to afford
the manufacturers profit
"Other thousands have faced the
chilling winter winds, having only a
thin coat pinned under the chin to
cover the lack of shirt, while our
largest and best clothing houses in
several American cities have gone to
the wall on account of lack of trade.
1.-THE price of brick is so low that
the manufactures are in danger of
bankruptcy, yet thousands of young
babies have had the young life frozen
out Of their bodies, as their parents
have tried to raise them in huts unfit
to house dog, without coal, while coal
miners starved in Ohio for want OF
work, and killed each other in Illinois
in the fratricidal strife for chance to
work for living.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26
Superior French Method.

From the Builder: We recommend
those who are interested in public art
In this country to look at the account
given OF the decorative work carried
out at the new Paris Opera Comique.
The exterior sculpture is by the great
est French sculptors OF the day; Tor
the decorative paintings in the au-
ditorium, the staircases and the Toy
ers. galaxy OF the most gifted
French painters has been employed;
and all this paid for by the govern
ment, for the public good and for the
encouragement of national art. When
shall we see such thing in England
1t is as if we had London theater
decorated with sculpture by Mr.. Gil
bert and Mr.. Onslow Ford, and the
halls and staircases painted by Mr..
Watts, Mr.. Tadema and Sir E. Poyn-
ter. Instead of that, we have theaters
with sculpture done by stone carvers
and paintings by decorating firms"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

The Verdict is not mad with any ar
dor of pessimism. 1t has no mood to
become of that group of ebb-tide patri-
OTIS who deem it impossible to rule with
innocence, and who hold that every
king must be a Cataline. 1t does not
believe that every hill is a Calvary,
every reward a cross, and that Truth
is forever laundering unsuccored on
shores it sought to save. 1t is not
prey to any slackwater optimism, nor
has it's hope been seized of a dyspep-
STA. The Verdict is sustained by its
religion of politics, which plants it.
self on the belief, as on rock, that
true democracy is God. Yet while The
Verdict does not fear, it submits it is
not fattered of any present promise
of the future. The hands of the dial
pointing to trouble point to trusts. 1t
is a day of weakness and corruption
where law is made. The hour is strik-
ing the need of such as the iniative
and referendum. One should meet his
times boldly. The Verdict would coun-
sci on what politically is. This paper
is not with those weak opportunists
who argue that statecraft is the art
of circumstances; who hesitate at dan
ger and would for peace be half a
slave. 1t would not follow a Rousseau,
who. failing to teach the French to
think, tanned himself to copy music
that they might dance, and so gained
sordid bread. Such would be to starve
the man to feed the beast.-New York
Verdict
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26
RAILROAD CHARGES.
As They Are in Minnesota So They Are
Everywhere.

As They Are In Minnesota So They Are
Everywhere.
Farm, Stock and Home OF MinneaD-
oils, relates the following facts: B. v.
Partridge, a manufacturer OF Fergus
Falls, Mimi, recently received a car
load of iron from Chicago. The freighs
from Chicago to St. Paul, distance 42s
miles, was SAC; from st. Paul to Fer
gus Falls, distance 81 miles, the freighs
was $121l Distance considered, tho
rate in Minnesota, over the Grea'
Northern road, was almost five times
higher than outside of Minnesota. Ye!
every line of road running from Chi
cago into Minnesota is confessed by
its officers to be doing fine business
and paying satisfactory DIVIDENDS.
Several years ago otter Tail county
Of which Fergus is the chief and cap
ital city, bonded itself for $2Oo,ooo.
which may cost two or three times that
before they are paid, to get branch
Of the Northern Pacific road through
the county SO as to have competition
(O in rail rates. The value OF that
kind OF Competition" is revealed by
the fact that the rate on both roads
is the same from st. Paul to Fergus
Falls and to all other points in the
state! This incident proves two very
important points: One is that railroads
discourage manufacturing at interior
points; their interest is to keep heid
and factory as far apart as possible
and that being in their interest, they
will, Of course, do everything they can
to accomplish it, and discriminative
freight rates is the tool they do II
with. The other point is, that the late
legislature Of the state deserves the
eternal execration OF its citizens 1or
refusing to make the taxes on railroad
property somewhere nearly as high a'
those on other property in the state.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

Three very similar railway projects
are now claiming the attention OF the
engineering world. The trans-Siberian
railway, across the backbone Of ASIA
will shorten enormously the time nee
essary in a trip around the world. In
Africa, Cecil Rhodes has an elaborate
scheme for a railroad from Cairo to
the Cape; and in this hemisphere the
Intercontinental Railway Commission
has just completed seven-volume re-
port on the surveys for a railroad
which would make a through line from
this country to Buenos Ayres. Three
continents it is thus proposed to span
with iron highways.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

The National Museum started two
scientists on May for an chronological
exploration of Mexico They were Dr.
]. N. Rose and DR.. Walter Hough. Dr,
Rose will devote his attention to the
economic botany of Mexico, and espe-
cially the desert and sub-desert re-
gions, with a view to finding any new
plants that may be of commercial or
medical value. DR.. Hough's work will
deal with the primitive arts of the
Indian tribes, particularly the Yaquis.
The expedition will visit the great
rims of Casas Grandes, south of OAK
AGA. Mexico, which is supposed to be
one of the largest prehistoric ruins in
the world. The expedition will not
collect any archaeological specimens,
bowever as it is a penitentiary offense
to export such articles from Mexico
without special concession from the
government
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

Peel one pint of medium-sized Ber-
muda onions, place them in a sauce
pan, cover with boiling water, add one
teaspoonful Of sugar, boil until nearly
done; add one teaspoonful salt, boil a
few minutes longer and drain in a
colander; in the meantime melt one
ounce of butter in a small saucepan
add one-quarter Tablespoonful HOUR
stir and cook two minutes; add one
gill of milk, cook two minutes; season
with little pepper and sprinkle OF
salt; put the onions in a hot disn'
unity tho sauce over and serve
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

One of the busiest writers of the day
is Gov. Theodore Roosevelt OF New
York, naturalist, story writer, biograph-
err, historian and political scientist. He
has crowded into the fourteen years
of his literary life fourteen books.
Most or his early hunting tales were
written on his ranch. where the con"
venience OF stenographer and type
writer was unknown. He there learn
ed to compose rapidly with the pen,
his manuscript being plainly written
and singllarly free from errors
Philadelphia Press
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

There are many protests at New
York at the spectacle Of numerous dis
charged volunteers who enlisted for
war service now sweeping the streets,
begging and loafing in many parts Of
the city while wearing their uniforms.
When they were discharged the men
found themselves without employment
and without resources. Their uniforms
were their only possession; and are so
still.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

OF the thirty-two speakers of the ma
tional house of representatives, fifteen
have come from states south of Mason
and Dixon's line, thirteen from north
of that line and east of the Alleghanies
and the remaining four from the
west" if Indiana and Ohio may now
be so designated. The states which
have contributed the most talent in
this line are Kentucky, Virginia and
Massachusetts, which have given four
speakers each. James X. Polk was the
only speaker of the house who became
president of the United States. Fred
erick A. Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania
was the first speaker, and his statue
may now be seen in the capitol in the
famous statuary hall.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

The New York Journal, in leading
editorial, says "the trusts will inev-
itably compel labor unions to become
political unions" that 1.-The trusts will
render the strike laughable and use
less" and that digger work must be
done by American workmen than chat
tering about their little local salary
regulations or quarreling about hours
or overtime"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

Municipal ownership having been the
platform on which the mayors of Chi
cago and Toledo were recently re-
elected, special interest attaches to a
new departure in this line in Manches-
ter, England. A resident who desires
her house cleaned can now telephone
to the police headquarters, and a gang
of scrubbers, sweepers, window-wash-
ers and carpet heaters will at once ap-
pear to do the work, while the house
keeper goes to London or visits her
friends in the country. The govern
ment of the eighteenth century was
notable for it's paternalism; 1t begins
to look as if that of the twentieth
might partake largely of the maternal
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26
POINTS FROM THE PRESS.

The American banker Is very mucn
exercised over the fact that the con-
solidation of small concerns into trusts
is working a hardship. on the banks
in the way of curtailing the amount
of commercial paper used, and suggests
the organization of bank trust TO
overcome it. The complaint is mace
upon the grounds that large banks that
are centrally located are doing all the
business. 1t seems that the big fish
are eating the little ones, even among
the banks.-Living Issues.
Some Republicans in Philadelphia
have just been arrested for doing a
wholesale business in internal revenue
stamps and bogus money. Nine TONS
Of paper were captured. How truly
loyal these honest-money fellows are!
Oh, how they would like to deport all
those enemies of law and order known
as socialists! 1t was these fellows
whose love of country saved the nation
for McHanna prosperity and the law
in 1896. They are somewhat OF KIND.
Appeal to Reason.
There is no hope that the slum ele-
ment will ever do much to change ex-
listing conditions. After a man OF
woman passes a certain stage OF pow
erty and degradation they lose their
spirit and hope, give up all as
lost. and are not material to build up
progressive movements with. The rem
ovation of society must come from
those who have not lost their man
hood and love Of freedom. Many have
already fallen so low in poverty ana
misery that they will have to be lreed
in spite Of themselves.-Social Econ
omist.
1t is claimed in behalf OF young
Rockefeller, who is just starting into
business with a backing Of $500, Oo0, 00o
from his old man, that he touches
neither tobacco nor liquors. And IN
a few years, when he has doubled his
wealth through usury and the plumber
ing Of the people by holding them up
on the necessities of life, some dodder-
ing idiot will hold him up as a bright
example of what we all might become
by retaining from the use of tobacco
or liquor.-Labor Leader.
There are but three modes to secure
necessaries of life, and, properly d.
vided, all men would, according to an
English writer, be classed as workers
beggars or thieves. The classification
is not complimentary to those who es-
TEEN themselves as the better class,
yet 1t is economically true. There are
absolutely but three ways by which
any one can get rich-by work, by gin
or by theft And clearly the reason
why the workers get so little is thai
the beggars and thieves get so mucn
When a man gets wealth that he does
not produce, he surely gets 1t at the
expense Of those who produce it. JUS
as sure as all former social systems
have died, giving place to new systems
Just as sure will the present ROPER
competitive system decay, giving brit
to an industrial cooperative common
wealth. Already the advance guard /!
coming forward, and each year III
numbers are swelling, and its sledge
hammer blows directed against presen
wrongs and inequalities are shaking
the present corrupt social fabric.-Min
neapolis Union.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

The Kansas City Journal says the
Missouri legislature is on the national
guard with both feet" What power
ful-footed man comprises the Missouri
legislature?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

A Kentuckian was awarded 1888
for loss of three fingers. Four hg-
ures for three fingers is considered an
equitable transaction.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

The present trouble at Bluehelds'
Nicaragua. bears a strong resemblance
tn a farce-comedy in a more serious
dramatic setting When the American
merchants paid their duties to the
usurping revolutionist there was no
other government in Bluefelds, and
the contention of the merchants, that
a government that could not afford
them protection in their rights cannot
exnect to collect duties already PAID
to a de facto government, would seem
to he founded upon justice and COM
mon sense. But the most amusing
feature of it all is the fact that Presi-
dent zelaya neglected to depose from
office the collector of customs who
transferred his allegiance to the rebels
and consequently the duties were paid
to his appointee, although they were
used to strengthen and support his
enemy. This is another strong argu-
ment against paying the money a Sec
ond time.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

The best way for a spinster to i'm
prove her lot is to build house on
it and put some good man in the house.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

The controversy about ritualisIu in
the Church of England is diversified
NV some amusing contributions to the
discussion. The struggle is SO full oil
gravity and bitterness that an occa-
sional bit Of humor, especially If pnde'
signed. is welcome. The record OF a
newspaper writer who described GER
tain London church as having seven
acolytes suspended, filled with burning
incense, is almost equaled by a re-
norter's ayerment that he saw in a
ritualisJ!c edifce several disused thur
fers lying in a heap in the corner d
the vestry.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

you hear laborer, producer, or tax
payer, or any other person not mil
lionaire bondholder, make such an
argument, please examine the size of
his ears.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

Chicago water is so very bad that II
is unfit to drink until it has been put
through a brewery.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

Obviously, Gen. Merritt's military
training did not extend to the deadly
parallel column.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

Full extent OF the law is the entire
length of the rope.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

A phrenologist says large bumps on
a mans head often indicates a muscu-
lar wife.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

Nothing but wheat; what you might
call sea of wheat" is what was SAID
ada. For particulars as TO routes, rail.
way fares etc, apply to Superintendent
of immigration, Department INTERIOR Oh ~.
tawa. Canada or to j. s. Crawford, "a
West Ninth Street. Kansas City. Mo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

Theologians will never agree that
there Is no such word as cant"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

Humanity has not minute to lose.
Quick! Quick! Let us hasten. The
wretched have their feed on red-hot
iron. They hunger, they thirst, they
suffer.-Victor Hugo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26
WORDS OF THE WISE.

In his recent message to the Mich'-
gan legislature Gov. Pingree declares
that II the present tendency toward
the concentration OF industrial estab-
lishments continues there will soon
mo longer be men in this country;
there will be only on one side corpora
ton managers and on the other
mass of servile and dependent slaves"
The free and self-reliant American Is
becoming more and more rare. we
are becoming nation OF corporate
masters who lack the natural human
ity of Individual employers and OF
helplessly dependent servants.
Every man speaks well OF the bridge
that carries him over. Those who
have made fortunes by the present
Industrial system are apt to speak we'll
of it.-Charles Kingsley.
Fight on, thou brave, true hearts.
and falter not, through dark fortune
and through bright. The cause thou
fghtest for, so far as 1t is true, no
farther, yet precisely so far, is very
sure of victory. The falsehood alone
Of it will be conquered, will be abol-
ished as it ought to be, but the truth
of it is part Of Natures own laws, CO.
operates with the worlds eternal ten
denotes, and cannot be conquered
Carlyle.
So long as all the increased wealth
which modern progress brings goes
but to build up great fortunes, to in
crease luxury and make sharper the
contrast between the house of Have
and the house Of Want, progress is
not real and cannot be permanent
Henry George.
Humanity has not minute to lose.
Quick! Quick. Let us hasten. The
wretched have their feed on red-hot
iron. They hunger, they thirst, they
suffer.-Victor Hugo.
The use of the law as the instru-
ment of social injustice and industrial
lawlessness is form of anarchy from
which our nation urgently needs re-
emption.-Herron.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

The use of the law as the instru-
ment of social injustice and industrial
lawlessness is form of anarchy from
which our nation urgently needs re-
demption.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

This rich, powerful and crafty
combination understands every pref
udice of the human heart and every
weakness of the human intellect. BY
skillfully manipulating these they not
only secure acquiescence in their
schemes of robbery and spoliation, but
cause their victims to zealously do
their work.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-26

To say that money, the one thing of
universal and constant demand, hav-
ing full debt-paying power, can be
scarce and cheap at the same time,
so scarce that it will stagnate business
and ruin debtors, while it can be OBJ
tanned for one-half the labor or sacri-
fee it could before, and everything for
sale will command double the amount
of it in exchange, lis to confound all
logic and commqb sense. Whenever
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-12-28

Johnson City merchants have been
more than satisfied with their Christ
mas trade, they have been pleased. 1t
has been the largest in their history and
The COMET is gratifed to know that
many of them have had positive evil
dence of the fact that their advertise
ments in The COMET were no small
factor in bringing them business.
Their success has afforded us as much
pleasure as it has brought them dol
lars. All we desire is that The COMET
be used as a vehicle for conveying in
formation from progressive merchants
to grateful public. The people will
do the rest. Our readers will be doing
our advertisers a service when trading
if they will mention the fact that their
ad. in The COMET induced the pur-
chase and will also DO giving the
"devil" his due.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-12-28

Boss Platt has already half won his
fight against Secretary Root as the
nominee for Vice President on the Nc
Kinley ticket, as Boss Hanna has pub
licly said that there was no disposition
to force Mr.. Root on the ticket, if he
was not acceptable to the New York
delegation. But Platt is not to have
everything his own way, and it is prac-
tically certain that he will not be able
to get his man, Timothy Woodruff, on
the ticket. Hanna played a strong an
ti-Platt card when he got boom start
ed for Cornelius Bliss, who was Mr..
McKinley's first Secretary of the In
terror, and who is every bit as obiec.
tionable to Plat as Root. And he
dropped hint for Plat when he said
that il New York wanted the second
place ON the ticket, it would have to
present a united delegation at the con-
Ivention; otherwise the nomination
would 60 to some other state. AL
ready, Attorney General Griggs has q
miniature boom.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-12-28

Senator Marion Butler, chairman Of
the national peoples party committee,
has sent circular letter to each men,
Der of that committee, asking for their
views as to holding National Conven-
ton to nominate a Presidential ticket.
He thinks a convention will be held
and that it will nominate Col. Bryan.
Speaking of the convention, Senator
Allen, of Nebraska, who is member
of the national committee, said that ii
made no difference whether the con-
vention was held before or after the
democratic convention, because it was
already settled that Col. Bryan would be
nominated by both conventions. Sena-
tor Allen says the Bryan electors will
carry Nebraska by $4,000 majority.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-12-28

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

Samuel L. Renfro of ElizabethtOn, Found
Unconscience in New York Hotel.
New York, Dec. ga man suppos-
ed to be Samuel L. Retro of Elizabeth
ton, Tenn, was found unconscious in a
room in q Raines law hotel at Sixth
avenue and Twenty-ffth street this
morning nearly dead from asphyxia-
ton by Illuminating gas. He was TAX
en- to the New York Hospital and all
efforts to resuscitate him failed. IT is
not thought he can live. He was we'll
dressed and about S5 years old. He
registered Sunday night as G. Brown,
gave no address and paid in advance.
All Monday and yesterday "Brown"
lounged uneasily about the place, keep
ing aloof from every one. Early this
morning the hall-box smelled of gas
and the source was traced to Browns
room. Night clerk McInerney forced
the locked door and was almost over
powered by the rush of gas. The guest
lay on the bed partly dressed. Police
man Beers got an ambulance and the
man was hurried away to the hospital
In his pockets were found several let
ters addressed to Renfro, signed ISIS
ter Annie" Brother Henry" an(
"Brother Stewart" All date from
Elizabethton. All but one were ordi
nary correspondence. One signed
Henry" written in what might be
secret cipher was addressed Renfro, 13
West Fifty-seventh street, care E. s
Chapman. On .he envelope was print
ed; eff not delivered return to ID. s
Renfro, Elizabethton, Tenn. In it wa
a yelled reference to a scheme to ge
rich quick and Renfro was asked to Sc
Chapman about it. The mans wallis
was not opened. He had hut littl
money. His outer clothes, gray SUI
and ulster, were fine cut.