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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-07

From Voice of Labor (Chicago):
Mr.. Victor +. Lawson, in the present
controversy between himself and Or
ganized labor, is the victim Of his own
grasping cupldity. his intolerance to-
ward his employees, his habit OF grind
ing every man and woman In his scr
vice down to starvation wages, and his
arrogant disregard Of the rights OF
any person less powerful than HIN
self.
The trouble that has come upon Mr..
Lawson and which is wiping out the
legitimate circulation OF the Daily
News and the Record, is due primarily
to the fact that he has never been
willing to pay more than per cent OF
living scale OF wages to those who
work for him. He would not have the
present ruinous controversy on his
hands had he been reasonable, or hon
est enough to pay fair days wages
for fair days work.
He has had more disputes with his
employees, as a result Of his heartless
parsimony, than all the other news
paper proprietors in Chicago COM
bined. He has always been regarded
by newspaper workers as the most
misery employer In the city, and
newspaper workers have never had,
and have not now, the slightest SYM
pathy with him in his efforts to cor
rupt, disrupt, or defeat organized Ia
Dor.
Yet, of all men engaged in the pub
lication Of newspapers in Chicago, Mr.
Lawson should be the most liberal In
dealing with his employees, because he
owes whatever success he has achieved
to their skill and faithfulness.
Although some OF them have been
worked to death and others have been
driven by overwork to suicide, 1t Is
not recorded of him that he has ever
exhibited the slightest sympathy or
INDUCED in the least liberality In his
relations with the men who have
helped to build up his newspapers and
his fortunes.
The legitimate circulation OF his
newspapers has gone to pieces. 1t al
ready has been cut almost in half,
and he cannot much longer afford TO
send out wagonloads OF free copies OF
the Record and the Daily News. HIS
advertising patrons will soon begin to
show symptoms of dissatisfaction. and
then he must acknowledge himself
beaten by the unions which he mas
fought so long and so bitterly.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-07
Coming Home.

How long 1t seems since first we heard
The cry of 'land In sight!'
Our vessel surely never sailed
So slowly till tonight.
when we discerned the distant MIS-
The sun was scarcely set,
And, now the noon of night Is passed.
They seem no nearer yet.
Where the blue Rhine reflected back
Each frowning castle wall,
Where, In the forest OF the Hartz,
Eternal shadows fall
Or where the yellow Tiber flowed
By the old hills of Rome
I never felt such restlessness,
Such longing for our home.
Dost thou remember, oh, my friend,
When we beheld 1t last,
How shadows from the setting sun
Upon our cot were cast?
Three summer-times upon its walls
Have shone for us In vain;
But, oh, we're Fastening homeward now
To leave It not again.
There, as the last star dropped away
From Nights imperial brow,
Did not our vessel ''round the pointT'
The land looks nearer now!
Yes, as the first faint beams or day
Fell on our native shore,
They're dropping anchor In the bay,
We're home. we're home once more!
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-07

at least II We buy our fowls and dress
them ourselves. The people more and
more are turning against food products
that are suspected Of being embalmed.
They will more and more depend on
things that are absolutely beyond sus-
picion. Cold storage fowls will never
have the place in the popular regard
that the freshly dressed fowls have.
There is great room for development
in the business Of poultry raising.
Every item OF information on how to
get our poultry and eggs to the con-
sumner in a perfectly pure state Is OF
immense value; for II the consumer
can know that his egg is fresh the de-
mand will increase. The people will
before long find themselves shut up to
eggs, poultry. fresh fruits and vegeta-
bles, unless we have some radical leg
islation in the interest OF pure foods.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-07

From Voice of Labor (Chicago).
After the Lassig Bridge Company's
employees successfully struck for an
increase In wages, the workmen at the
Deering Harvester Works, at Fullerton
avenue and the Northwestern tracks,
became restless and began to talk OF
an increase in wages for themselves.
Since 1892 they have had many re-
auctions. and today they are being
Maid only about one-half what they re-
ceived in that year.
When the officers Of the company
learned that a demand for hlgher
wages would be made, and that
strike would follow If refused, they
hurriedly called meeting and decided
to increase the pay Of their employees
from 3 to 5 per cent. Those receiving
81 or less will be given per cent ad-
vance. while those getting above IL
are to be made glad by per cent
raise.
When the Lawson newspapers get
hold of this news they will say IN
great headlines: Thousands Get
More Pay" Prosperity Is Assured,
wages Raised 40 Per Cent" and
MANY other falsehoods Of the same
kind. =
There has not been an increase In
wages this year that has brought the
wages of those receiving them to with
in rs per cent of the amount paid IN
1882, and the only reason such ad,
vances have been made was to head
off proposed strikes that were rapidly
reaching the danger line. However
the newspapers will go on claiming
that the people are prosperous, ano
that there is work for every man on
woman who is not too lazy to earn his
or her living.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-07

Every little while the general pub
lie Is treated to an official investiga-
ton and exposition Of the poisoning
OF food products. The senatorial COM
mittee on pure food investigation.
which has for some days been holding
sessions in Chicago, Is bringing 10
Mght-what has generally been known
for years-the fact that fully 80 per
cent of the prepared food products sold
In this country are adulterated, and In
large part by poisonous substances.
The chief chemist of the Bureau OF
Agriculture is responsible for this
statement. Another expert chemist
stated before the committee, under
oath, that nearly every butcher in ILL
lnois uses so-called preservative liquids
on scraps OF meat which they lay aside
for hamburger steak and other alleged
"delicacies, and that these chemicals
arc known to be extremely injurious
to the digestive organs. Poisonous
substances are also used by farmers.
canning establishments, etc., to pre-
serve milk, butter, fruit and vegeta-
.bles. and according to the testimony
OF several witnesses 1t was shown
that the common basis Of jellies man
,ufactured nowadays are the cores ind
parings of apples, utilized after they
have been evaporated." All this is
very interesting reading to the poor
proletariat who is obliged to purchase
cheap goods and eat and drink the
RNiswons filthy stuff prepared for
his especial benefit. But while the
committee is perhaps doing good ser
vices in exposing this commercial rot
tepness, it has thus far offered no sug-
sestion as to the means of preventing
or abolishing the evil, except the cheap
advice to consumers Ito buy no bak-
ing powder which does not cost 1t
least so cents a pound" and express
ing surprise that people will continue
IN use adulterated milk, doctored but
tar. preserved meat and canned goods.
But since 80 per cent OF all food prod
nets are adulterated, for heavens sake,
gentlemen, what is poor person 10
eat?-The Philosopher.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-07
CAUSE AND EFFECT.
Tho Little Old Lady Dressed In Simple
Black.

The Little Old Lady Dressed In Simple
Black.
It was at the opening OF the imperial
institute, says writer in the London
Academy. They had given me a seat
high up in the high marquee. There
I stood-the occasion was too exciting
to stand for an hour watched the
alluring panorama. The place was
blaze of color. The uniforms, the gar
ments of the Indian princes, the flags,
the gay decorations, the dresses OF the
women-captivated the senses. And
all the while band played joyously
and voices rippled in laughter and talk.
and the roar Of the multitude OUTSIDE
drummed through all.
But it vas the eye that captained the
senses that day. Never has my vision
been so surfeited; and as the place
filled and the bOdyguard ranged them
selves on either side OF the throne
felt that the appearance of her majesty
must form a kind of anti-climax, for
the tale was told, the eye could holq
no more. Whatever OF pride, OF birth
and splendor, of show and richness the
world could produce was there. The
ripest stage management could do no
more.
Then roar from outside broke into
my reverie, trumpets fan-fared, the
doors were thrown open, and on the
threshold appeared little old lady In
black, who walked with difficulty
along the path that led to the throne.
In deepest black-a little old lady
quite simple, the simplest body there
Victoria R. I. Oh, It was immense
the effect! The idea! Think OF 1t!
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-07

That all bacteria are not harmful, but
that some, in fact, are even necessary
to life, is shown by some tests which
were recently made with chickens
Matched under conditions which rem
dered them free from intestinal bac-
terra. After Matching they were sup
piled with sterilized food and water
and the conditions were such that the
intestines were kept free from bacteria.
After few days the chickens did not
thrive and at the end of seventeen days
they were very weak Microscopic ex-
animation showed that they were free
from bacteria. Other chickens raised
under the same general conditions, but
with no precautions taken to prevent
their acquiring intestinal bacteria,
grew normally, showing the necessity
of these minute animals.
1t is not advisable to leave fresh
lime where the poultry can get 1t or
even lime that is Stacked but yet re-
mains caustic in its character. OLD
plaster is safe, but 1t is hard to tell at
what point lime plaster ceases to be
dangerous. We have seen some that
was in reach of poultry that was so
strong one could not bare 1t in the
mouth 1t Is possible that the poultry
would refuse to eat such, but the good
sense of fowls cannot be depended on.
It is generally easy to obtain enough
old plaster, and If not it Is easy to mix
lime and gravel and allow 1t to form
plaster. The progressive poultryman,
however, can afford to pay something
for oystershell grit, which is already
prepared. A man can prepare it but
the trouble is most men cannot "get
around it."
Poultry raisers need not worry about
overproduction of poultry products. 1t
will never come in this nation, and we
have no reason to believe that 1t has
ever come in any nation. Poultry and
poultry products are great boon to
| the people in this age of adulteration of
| food products. The packers are even
rubbing our beef, mutton and pork
with preservatives, boraic acid and the
| like. Even our fish are under sus-
| picion, and it Is asserted that all oys-
tiers eaten away from the sea-board
have been saturated with the chemical
preservatives. Verify our stomachs are
put to a severe test, whether with
meats or canned goods. But the egg
and the live fowl cannot be tempered
with. The best preservative is life, and
80 we can always know that our poul-
try ration 10 free from preservativea
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-07
The Best Interests Of Labor.

All indications point to the logical
soundness of the position of the trades
unionist, and his claim that trades
unions, after ALL, are the only means
that provide a sure-enough method or
protecting, uplifting and conserving
the best interests of labor. The non
unionist, or the fellow who is looking
about for patent scientific theoretical
process of reaching the millennium Is
like the chap who tried to lift him
self by the straps on his boots. What
have these people to show as a res-lt
of their policy, now that the deprss-
sion has somewhat abated. The news,
papers have been busy for five years
printing news Of reductions in wages
that they have had to submit to, and
commissioners of bureaus OF labor sta
tistics say they earn about half as
much as the union man does. On
the other hand, evidence abounds on
all sides to show that trades union
lists have, been able, through the power
and influence of the union, to not only
maintain wages but to preserve otaer
favorable conditions as well.
As a matter Of fact, there Is nothing
within the possibility of human at
.tainment, and that is good and desira-
bic for the producing classes, that can
not be maintained by trade union eff
forts. With complete organization we
can consolidate and concentrate the
trade to suit any condition, and raise
wages and lessen the hours to the very
last point. We can then make and
maintain an industrial system that
shall be by, of and for the whole peo-
nile. No other ism is so broad, COM
prehensive and far-reaching in its 20
tent and beneficial influence for labor
as is trades-unionism. Trades-unions
contain the germ that will grow and
expand until the social and industrial
problem Is settled, and settled right
This Ia true, because 1t Is seemingly
impossible to unite our forces upon
abstract issues that are remote in theil
application, and do not possess suffl-
eient directness to make them cohesive
ar strong enough to ameliorate, while
thsy profess to ultimately emancipate
aud because the average mind will no
{,,nx to the delusion of two birds II
the bush as he will to the one In hand
Add last, but not least, because al
,suan If sense yealize that We must con
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-07
How Riots Are Made.

r.. A. Hickey, a Socialist agitator
.nd organizer, has been investigating
the recent Pana riot, and now makes
the sensational charge that the oper-
ators. led by Penwell, who Is also
mayor of the town, cold-bloodedly
conspired co bring on the trouble that
resulted in the death of eight persons
and the wounding Of many others. 1t
appears that during the last few
months scores of negro non-unionists
deserted and went back to the South,
and at every moment 1t was feared
that a stampede of negroes would
take place and the mines would be de-
serted. Driven desperate, the operat-
ors held meeting and decided that
the desertion could only be headed OF
by bringing the state militia upon the
ground. and to bring about such re-
suit trouble would have to be made.
big black desperate named Steph-
en-. was loaded with whisky and gun
and sent for to start fight, and how
we'll he succeeded the dispatches have
already told. Notwithstanding the
declarations of the sheriff, who was
the first man that the ruffian Stephens
st ot at and that he and his deputies
were masters Of the situation, Gov
er nor Tanner. who seems now to be
siding with the operators. sent troops
forward. and the bosses have tM-
usnnhad. 4 Cleveland Citizen
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-07
Dairy Notes.

Pennsylvania has taken her place IN
the line of states that have passed anti
colored oleomargarine laws. The new
law allows oleo sold when uncolored,
but even then the sellers and manufac-
turers have to have licenses.
Recently we told our readers Of the
efforts of the process butter manufac-
turers of Massachusetts, to get the gov
ernor to refuse to sign the bill regulat-
ing the manufacture and sale OF
process butter unless the name Reno
vated Butter" were changed. They were
unsuccessful, and the governor has
signed the bill. which thus becomes
law. The name Renovated Butter"
will therefore stand.
Prof. A. s. Mitchell, chief chemist OF
the Wisconsin Dairy and Food Com
mission, was one of those testifying be-
fore the senatorial pure food investi-
eating committee In Chicago He de-
clared that some of the preservatives
used In butter and milk were exceed
ingly dangerous, the more so as they
were used carelessly and In quantities
far In excess of the amounts required.
He said that he had found "freezine"
to be nothing more than almost pure
formic aldehyde, a chemical that acts
disastrously on the stomach. He said
he could only surmise the results when
milk diluted with it is used constantly
In the family. 1t Is impossible to tell
the injury that has already been IN
hicted on the people by these chemicals.
The worst feature of the business Is
that the manufacturers and their
agents are all the time trying to con-
vince people that these preservatives
are SAFE Let no one be deceived by
these pretenses. 1t is easy enough TO
get testimonials, and even physicians
are sometimes Influenced to give an
opinion favorable to the wrong side,
but the best experts in the country
and even In foreign countries are con-
stantly warning the people against
their use.
The fact that chemicals are begin
ming to be used In pure butter Is an
pmen not fraught with good to the
producers of pure butter. 1t Is hoped
that the practice is not widespread,
Tor II the people begin to find out that
they cannot, even In the high priced
article, get butter that is free from
preservatives, a reaction against the
use Of butter is sure to come. The but
ter market will be demoralized just as
3 few years ago the foreign cheese mar
ket was ruined by the filled cheese
sent abroad. We are yet to see a great
uprising of the people against doctor
ed goods" in every form. If the people
can feel that their high priced butter
Is free from all Objectionable sub
stances the market for 1t is bound to
improve, as the people will become
fearful Of the lower priced goods. 1t Is
both right and good stroke Of bust
ness policy to keep our butter free from
deleterious substances. Butter well
made and properly taken care of needs
no preservative but salt to insure Its
keeping for a reasonable time.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-07
DOROTHY DREW.

Dorothy Drew, Gladstones famous
grandchild, whose loving companion
ship added so much to the happiness
of his later years, is the subject Of a
very interesting sketch In The Young
Woman. We learn from 1t that before
her 4th year her political views had
become decidedly radical; to her mind
the house Of lords was most repre-
hensible institution, and the house OF
commons was the mainstay Of the ma
ton. When the house of lords was
spoken of in her presence as the up
per house." she would retort: "You
mean the house of commons!" She
visited the latter during her Sd year.
and for a time thought herself in
church. The frequent rising and sit
ting Of the members soon undeceived
her, however, and from these move
ments and the oratorical gesticulations
Of the speakers, she fancied herself In
a gymnasfum-an impression derived
from a previous visit to such place.
For some time after this the commons
was "the place where granddad goes
to do his 'nastfcs," or, on occasions,
'Fthe place where granddad goes to do
his lessons"
Her visit to Queen Victoria was
momentous episode in her young life,
and from the article above mentioned
we quote the narrative Of her delight
full experiences:
Dorothy relates how she went down
the very long corridor to put on her
new white frock and her silk gloves,
and how a grand servant all dressed
in red came to say that the queen was
waiting. The Indian man whom the
queen likes very much" was at the
door, and the next moment Dorothy
stood before the great queen whom her
grandpapa had served for sixty years.
But Dorothy thought nothing Of the
vastness of the empire, or Of the length
of the reign which all the world was
celebrating. 1t was nothing to her
that the kindly gray-haired lady before
her was mistress Of one-quarter of the
whole human race. To Dorothy she
was just another woman like grand
mamma, with white cap on her head;
and Dorothy courtesfed and kissed her
and told her her name was "Dorsie,"
| that she called Mr.. Gladstone grand
papa" that they all had pet names at
the castle, and so on and so on; and
many interesting pet names we're re-
vealed on both sides. THE queen put
on her glasses and asked me to 60 to
the other side of the room, so that she
could see me BETTER" Dorothy ex-
plains, land then she took a little
jewel-case and said, This is for you
1 opened it and saw darling little
brooch, with diamond V and dia-
mond r and a turquoise I, and little
crown at the top made of red enamel.
I courtesied and kissed her hand and
said, Thank you very much She
| looked very nice and kind, and liked
her very much Then the queen kissed
the little debutante again, and Doro-
thy ard her mother returned to town"
Kipling, who is numbered among the
celebrities who have sought Dorothy's
acquaintance, tells an amusing story
of their meeting. They had been in
the grounds surrounding Hawarden for
some time together, when Dorothy's
mother appeared, saying:
"Now, Dorothy, hope you have not
been wearying Mr.. Kipling." ooh, no;
not Bit" was the frankly unconven-
tional reply "Mr. Kipling has been
wearying me-.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-07

troll our economic condition first, and
that, when we accomplish that, all
other questions are practically settled
as we'll, and that the best, surest nd
finally the quickest way to absolute
economic freedom is by the trades
union system. and through the trades
union Observation-Disclosures Jour-
nal
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-07-07

The first thing necessary to save the
pigs In cold weather is good warm
hoghouse with stove in 1t, writes
w. Peterson in American Swineherd
l have one 4S IT, long, 20 It. Wide ana
s IT. high, with a row Of Z pens on
each side, with an alley through the
center. One Of these pens use Tor my
stove. On each side OF the stove
put the sows that will farrow first, anu
between them and the stove l have
piece of Page wire hog fence TO keep
the sows from getting to the stove.
Through this wire fence the sows have
the full benefit Of the heat from the
stove at the time Of narrowing. al
ways stay with the sows until through
or see that someone is there. and as
soon as a pig is narrowed l take II
away and wipe 1t off with gunny
sack, which l have hanging by the
stove so as to have 1t nice and warm
to receive the little beauties In. AFTER
they are made as clean as can MAKE
them 1 put them in a small box with
some chaff in 1t which is placed close
by the stove and kept warm. All the
pigs from the same litter go into this
box, and 1t don't take but few min
utes until they are perfectly dry ana
commence to scramble for something
to drink. As soon as the SOW Is done
laboring and the pigs all dry take
them and put them to their mother ana
see that they all get hold o. teat ana
as soon as she has let down her milk
take the youngsters away and put
them In the box by the stove again
for another hour and then feed them
again. l keep this up for two days;
at that age I let them stay with their
mother. II I have no sows to farro~
right away I let these stay by inc
stove and 1t only takes a day or TWO
until those little fellows will crawl
through that wire fence and 60 and lie
down under the stove. 1t does one
good to see how they appreciate 1t.
have portable partitions In my hog
house, so that when the second litter
comes I move the first litter one pen
further away from the stove. ana
when the third one comes I move botn
the first and second litter another pen
further off from the stove. and 1t goes
on so until the house is filled. A little
pig can stand a good deal Of cold after
he is a few days old II he did not catch
cold during his birth. believe that
most of the pigs that die while youns
die from catching cold when they are
narrowed; too sudden a change IN
temperature. On this hog-house OF
mine have a small separate yard for
each pen with a door leading into the
pen Of each SOW and during the warm
days l open these doors for the sowa
that have pigs one week old and drive
them out in the sun. which is very nee
essary for young pigs. About 10 days
before my sows are ready to farrow
gradually lessen their feed so as to moi
| have them make SO much udder al
4 narrowing time; IL fed regularly and
/ on full feed the old sows as rule Will
give more milk than the pigs can dis
pose OF while very young and milk
fever of the udder and scours Of the
pigs is the consequence. BY giving The
sows very little feed before narrowing
the thumps is rare thing.