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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-02-23
NO. 40
of modern commercialisn.

monstrosites of modern commercialisn
There is no real prosperity in the above
showing. The miner operator and farmer can
live They cannot accumulate. Labor, in
field or factory, will be submerged in the next
panic, and the next panic is Matching. The
eggs are in thousand and one concerns that
are attempting big returns from little receipts,
and that on borrowed capital
TO sum it all up, labor lives in prosperous
times; the capitalist wakes fat. In panics, la
Dor starves, and the fat of the capitalist is not
diminished. There is paper wall between
the two conditions, aud whenever it seemeth
right in his eyes, the capitalist knocks the wall
out
You can't doctor man successfully unless
he has sense enough to know that he is sick.
Lots OF men aling, and don't know it, To
such men, doctor is OF no use. might sug-
gest remedy, but what good if men will not
take it? This will say: There can be no
permanent prosperity till all men receive service
for service--profilt for proht-pay for pay. As
things are now, the fat man doles a pittance to
the lean, and shoots him for squealing with
hunger and yet, the lean man produces the
food upon which the fat man fattens.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-02-23
GARNETT, KANSAS, FEBRUARY 20, 1900.

We have always held that you couldn't con-
vert a hungry man by telling him of the
mere es of God and the glorious plenty of all
good things that follow in the wake of the con-
version, A square meal, few words of fellow
ship.Svm 2athy go farther than cart load Of
Theology, and strikes us as being more in co l.
fornltv with Christs plan. You can't convert a
man by attending tie Bible with one hand, while
You smte him with the sword in the other.
Christ wouldn't attempt this; and because so
many church members have forgotten their
Christ and His teachings while they were en-
dorsng methods that denied Him and abrogated
His teachings, has come the defeat that they are
compelled to confess.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-02-23
WHERE'S FUNSTON?

Every once in while, we see in a paper the
question, 'What's become of Funston?" And
this reminds us of a conversation we had with
a member CT the Twentieth Kansas, in which
he made the remark that it was common talk
among the boys of the Twentieth, on their
way home, that when Funston went back to
Manila without the Twentieth, he would drop
out of sight. The expansion rooers had
great deal 10 say about how "Funston made the
Twentieth Kaacas." The .fGctis, " Twentieth
made Funston, and now that they are at home,
he is never heard of-and never will be- The
him back to Manila.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-02-23

What did Christ do? He waged a successful
warfare sin in high places; He condemned
iniquity wherever He found it; and though He
suffered death for His convictions, He died
victor.
The Church, while pretending to follow Him,
has condoned and excused and whtewashed
the sins of omission and commission on part CT
the powerful of earth, until the Lord of the
harvest has denied them yield.
1t is indeed time that religious people were
asking the question, "What would Jesus do?"
not only ii the newspaper office, but in all
lines of business and in all branches OF the
Church. .-Overbrook Citizen.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-02-23

James W. 1app, of Wichita, will be can
ddste for congress i'll Jerry Simpsons district,
on the platforms: "What would Jesus do were
he running for cougress?" Mr.. Tapp will go
into every precinct and pray with the voters.
He will promise no offices, have no campaign
fund aud ask no political aid, although it is ex-
pected that the Populists will support him.
Mr. Tapp Is grocery merchant, and is noted
for his benevolen1c. Last year, he was the re-
form candidate for mayor of Wichita, and
only lacked a hundred votes of being elected
He predicts that wave of Christianity will
shortly sweep over this country. -Pittsburg
kansan.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-02-23
REAL PROSPERITY.

There is much yawplng about Mckinley
prosperity that is mere clap-trap. AS matte,
of fact, Mckinley did no more toward helping
on real prosperity than did, and that is NOT
saying much.
The history of pauics and prosperity are
similar no matter who is president, or what
party is i'll power. Action and re action follow
each other as calm follows a storm. If there
were panics, there would be no widespread
bankruptcies and general distress of the mass
es; and what we now call prosperity would be
held to be very unhealthy condition of the
industrial and commercial world with but Slight
remove from adversely. Panics are the result
of boomng-speculatio lation-debt. No booming,
no debt. No debt, no pancs.
Panics come when the boom bubble bursts,
and even Santa Claus Gage could not stop
general panic, because the debtor class is scat
tered all over the country, andthe creditor class
90 to the wall because of the failure of the debt
or class to meet obligations. Santa Claus Gage
stopped a panic in Wall Street because the
panic was local, and confined to gambling in
stocks
A general panic involves all industries and
all commercial enterprises.
To have blamed Cleveland with the panic of
'93 WAS as bad as to blame the moon with bad
weather. TO give Mckinley credit for restor-
ing proscrty is OIL par with giving the Devil
credit for great revival of religion.
Close observation will disclose the fact that
the money sharks are at the bottom of all the
papics, big or little, and are part of the ma
chinery of the worlds money system.
Panics are schemed for and labored for with
diligence that would elevate a devil if only
it were in good cause. Failures are part of
is lollng money to men who were ruined in
the wide sweep of bankruptcy. People who
have been "busted' start up on borrowed
money, and SO long as interest is forthcoming
there is seeming prosperity. Sooner or later,
most indus rial and commercial enterprises
prove runous that are started and run on bor-
rowed capital When the time comes, when
conditions are ri pc, the panic is precipitated
One firm knocks down another firm, and so on
down TO the bottom.
The worst effects of the panic of '93 had
been felt before McKinley's election What
has followed would have happened in case OF
Bryan's election, unless there had been
Legislation favorable to the people If
there had been a change of policy in the
government, conditions would have been
more favorable to the masses. Since it could
be no w)tse, it must have been better
As it stands, the policy of the govern
men, ~ n. tn- classes, aud the classes, having
both lht b .neft of the governments favor and
the favorable reaction from the panic of '93,
have hal The most unparalleled prosperity of all
the worlds history. The prosperity of the
masses is As nothing to the property of the
classes. The prosperity of the classes is in the
main, what aimed at in precipitating the |.
panic.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-02-23

olnk can show, from BradStreetS review,
that The prosperity of the masses is not so great
as to call for any long or loud hozannas. AS IS
we'll known. our agricultural class is about half
oul population-'.stiJnated by some authorities
at 90 per cent, but say half. l quote Brad
street:
''Breadstufs, of all the CLASSES of staples, are
actually lower now than they were one year ago,
the decline being about 6 per cent" don't
know how many people a-e interested in the
production of breadstufs, but do know that
the number is large, and from experience,
know that wheat should bring dollar in east
ern Kansas, take the ruu of years, if the
wheat-raiaer is to have a. far return. The .in-
evf1able conclusion here rs that the wheat-pro-
duoer is "in the nole.'T Cotton and wool
have advanced, Cotton rs almost up to the
paving point, and sheep are now profitable,
thanks to tariff on WOOL
I guess that five per cent;of our agricultural
population is in cotton, an one III hive hundred
in sheep. The rest of the farmers are paying
more for woolen and cott, VA goods than one
year ago, by from five to te pei cent. Here,
prosperity has shot wide of The bulls eye, II
the whole people are to be pmsdered.
"Hogs and cattle are bo omng," shout the
MCKin levites. Let us see. According to the
Orange Judd Farmer, both lne hog and cattle
crops Short or, in other words, the increase
has not kept pace with the population. The
hog raisers of Iowa lost SIS 1000, 900 worth OF
hogs from cholera last year; Illinois, five, and
Indiana, four million
This leaves the cattle me prosperous, for,
although we have better pr ices for hogs, our
losses have cut the profit to, low figure, if
there is no loss.
shall again quote Bradst rect: "Metals, as
a whole, are SO per cent hig her than year ago.
Hides and leather ne-fourth higher.
marked advance in lunbe ~ "Geueral ad-
vance in freight rates sch iuled for January
I, 1900"
The general advance in reight rates was rs
per cent. We will pay une-fourth more for
shoes and harness, and if the farmer SHOULD be
SO unfortunate as to have To- Use lumber, he will
find marked advance"
With the showing give n by the best CT au-
thority, am unable to S where the prosperity
of at least half our popul ardon 1raterializes. If
some OF our farmers are I gnsperous, many others
are not prosperous. AS q whole, we dc we'll to
make both ends meet.
Without fear or favor, ,charge the so-called
Republican party with. bel ug instrumental III
bringing about the co nditol that make 1t pos
Tor few men to RAJ e the rice of their goods
as much rs SO per .ent III OF lie year, and OF ar
other class of men to raise the price of their
service as much IS 25 per G. mt, The raise is
out of ali proper ion to the ri Sc in labor, either
in field or factory. also ch arge that the man
ufacturers of A merican goods charge the home
from one third to OF lehalf more than
hey do their fureig custome, S. also charge
hat this dis,crimin alton rs mi l-American, un-
and one: of the. IN ost abominable,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-02-23
EX-PRESIDENT HARRISON

Has expressed himself unequivocally in favor of
the Beers, and contends that there is 10 occasion
for gratitude on the part of this government to-
ward the British. He says the British were
guilty OF some nhuman practices during the
Revolutionary war; hat their attack on this
nation in 1872 had no justification from any in
ternational standpoint, while their conduct to-
repreheusible.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-02-23

THAT old battle. SCARED veteran, Ralph In
gals, son OF his father, has been commissioned
as captain in the United States army, aud sent
to the Philippines. When Aguinaldo hears
this, his retreat will be so rapid that you can
play checkers on his coat-tail.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-02-23

For pain of So Douglass shoes that were
advertised 50 extensively all over the United
States in 1896, we now pay $3.50 to 81. And
this is what Mckinley calls prosperity.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-02-23

THE Republican rebellion against the laws
of Kentucky is still on, but not so vigorous as
it was about the time they assassinated Gov
ernor Goebel.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-02-23

If this "Christan (?) Government" with
500 American saloons in Manila, can't civilze
the Filipinos, they must be hard lot.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
NEWS NOTES.

Extreme heat is causing many deaths
and prostrations throughout the East.
Thirty-three deaths occurred in New
York last Saturday.
Field Marshall Count Won Waldersee
of the German army has been chosen
by the Powers to command the allied
forces in China.
The celebrated Craven-Fair case as
decided in San Francisco last Friday
by Judge Trout against the plaintiff.
He declared that Mrs. Craven was new
er married to Senator Fair and that
the pencil deeds are forgeries.
During the maneuvers of the French
fleet last Saturday evening off Cape st.
Vincent the battleship Brennus collid'
ed with the torpedo boat destroyer
France. The latter was sunk and 4
of her crew were drowned.
Gus Rubin was knocked out in the
sixth round by Fitzsimmons at New
York last Friday evening, after receiv'
ing terrible punishment. Champion
Jeifries has now offered to fight either
Fitzsimmons or Sharkey, or both, be-
fore September lst.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
TREASURER'S NOTICE OF SALE.

FINDER AND by VIRTUE OF AN ORDER
- of the Board of County Commissioners of
White Pine county, State of Nevada, made and
entered of record on the 9th day of August, 1900,
notice is hereby given that l will sell at -
O'Clock noon on MONDAY the 18th day Of
SEPTEMBER, 1900, to the highest and best
bidder for cash In hand all the right, title and
interest Of White Pine county, State of Nevada
in and 10 that certain property described as
follows. to-wit:
millsite, L. S Patent No. 81, situated in
the town Of Hamilton, White Pine county New,
known both as the Hamilton mill and Miller
mill West \ of lots 9, 10, II and 25 in block 90;
lots 10 to 2l inclusive and lots o. 25, &c and so
in block "a: lots 10, 20, 21 and % in block 20;
lots Q, 10, II, and II on Hunter street in block
50, all in said town of Hamilton Also one 10
stamp quartz mill and all machinery belong
ing thereto, situated one-haf mile east of said
town of Hamilton and known as Swansea mill
Also the Lit tie Treasure quartz mill with five
stamps aud pans and millsite, situated about
mile east of said town of Hamilton on the
Eberhardt road. Also lots and in sherman
town, and lots 81 aud 80 in Treasure City, also
L, S Patent No. IS "B" in Swansea Canyon,
all situated in White Pine county, Nev
j.. B. WILLIAMSON,
County Treasurer.
| Dated Ely, Nevada, August 10th, 1900.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
THE ROBUST MILL.
Fifty Men at Work--Bi9 Lumber
Contract Let.

At no time since G. ID. Lane suspend
ed operations here have there been so
many men employed in this camp as at
present or have the prospects for the
future been SO bright. The Ely Min
ing & Milling Co. alone have more than
fifty men employed, the greater num-
ber being engaged in grading the site
for their new mill. This building is to
be much larger than at first projected.
Its total length will be % feet and its
greatest width, l24 feet. Fully 100, 600
feet of lumber will be used in its con-
struction, the contract for supplying
which was let to A. B. Mcdonald, the
yetaran sawyer of Duck creek. This
will furnish further employment Tor
men and teams in this vicinity and Will
keep the money at home. MIR. Nc
Donald has already put force OF men
to work at the sawmill and will COM
mence delivering lumber in few days.
The boiler and pump has been placed
in position at the well which is to sup
ply the new mill with water and sink
ing will be continued until an ample
eow has been obtained. The new shaft
is also progressing finely and will soor
be down 100 feet
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16

for the past few days. He expects tc
go East in short time to buy new
stock of goods and proposes to open a
general merchandise store here in Ely.
Misses Ida and Laura Gallagher arc
spending a couple of days with friends
in town. Miss Laura leaves next week
for Cameron, Mo-, where she has at
tended school for the past two years
and goes to complete her education.
Col. Bob Crawford was in town yes
terday and tells us that he has secured
the contract for hauling the lumber
for the Robust mill from Mcdonald S
sawmill SoreDson Bros. and Munson
Bros. of Georgetown will also haul a
portion OF it.
We notice in the Salt Lake Herald
that DIR. c. +. Wilbur, who practiced
medicine here four years ago, recently
disappeared from Eureka, Utah, leav-
ing debts behind to the amount of about
Provo City Soda Water company.
We are reliably informed that par
ty of experts, including Prof Fred ID.
Smith of Montana University and Prof.
Cushman OF Cornell University, will
arrive here in about week to complete
the sampling of the Chairman mine in
the interests of the New York capital
lists who recently tied up the property.
Freight teams are coming in nearly
every day loaded to the guards with
merchandise for our store keepers who
carry the largest and best assorted
stocks to be found In any town OF the
same size on the Coast. A little activ-
ity In the mines soon makes itself felt
in the channels of trade.
Notice OF Assessment No. for two
cents a share has been served on the
stock holders Of tho Ely Mining & Mill.
ing Co. This makes a total assessment
up to date of l3l cents share on the
capital stock OF the company, yielding
$40, 500, all of which has been invested
here.
Chas. Pritchard arrived here last
Thursday from Salt Lake City, where
he has been for some time under med
ical treatment. Mr.. Pritchard is one
of the unfortunate victims of the De-
lamar mill dust and his family and |
friends are much alarmed at the pre-
earious condition Of his health.
/. c. Moon OF Robinson has entered |
the lists as Silver party candidate for
the Office of Sheriff of White Pine conn-
ty, his announcement appearing in this
ssue. Mr.. Moon needs no introd duction |
TO the voters OF this county, in which |
he has lived and labored from the early |
days. He is man With many friends
and win no doubt make a strong run
IN the race for office, which he enters |
this year for the first time.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
POLITICAL EXPERTS.

j. M. Gerhardt, OF Virginia City, and
Louis Cohn, of Reno, the two political
experts who have been travelling over
the State in the interests of the Repub-
lican party, arrived hero from Eureka
on Sunday morning. They spent a
couple of days in sampling the local
politicians and we are informed that
they found number of members of
the G. o. z. who assayed 800 fine,
but whether the general run of the
samples taken showed sufficiently good
values to justify further development
work, we were unable TO learn and the
future alone will disclose
Mr.. Gerhardt is not a stranger to
White Pine having resided in Schell-
bourne in the early 70's and represent
ed this county in the Legislature of
1875. Both he and his companion are
pleasant gentlemen and made a good
impression here. They left yesterday
morning by private conveyance for
Phoebe and Delamar.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
A Minister'S Good Work.

81 had severe attack of bilious collie,
got bottle of Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, took
two doses and was entirely cured, Says
Rev. A. A. Power, of Emporia, Kan.
"My neighbor across the street was
sick for week, had two or three bot
ties of medicine from the doctor. He
used them for three or four days with
out relief, then called in another doctor
who treated him for some days and
gave him no relief, so discharged him.
went over to see him the next morn
ing. He said his bowels were in ter
rible fix, that they had been running
off SO long that it was almost bloody
AUX. | asked him II he had tried Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
RemedG and he said No | went home
and brought him my bottle and gave
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
ALLIES HALF WAY TO PEKIN.
Terrible Mistake of Russians at
Yang Tsun.

New YORK, Aug. 13.-A special dis
patch dated today at Che Foo, August
9th, via Shanghai, says;
"a terrible mistake occurred at the
taking of Yang Tsun. A Russian
battery opened fire on the American
troops. Before the mistake was dis
covered many American soldiers had
been killed or wounded by Russian
shells F"
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-A dispatch
has been received at the War Depart
ment from General ChalIee dated Aug
10th, which is as follows:
"Arrived at Hos ri WI yesterday. y
This place, which is spelled Ho ST
WI on the War Department maps, is
about half way between Tien Tsin and
Pel1in.
LONDON, Aug. 13.-As the allies were
to rest three days at Yang Tsun, it is
supposed that a further advance was
begun August 10th, but no word has
come through from Yang Tsun since
August 8th, on which date the Japan
csc commander, in message to Toxic,
said 20, 900 Chinese were confronting
the allies. The japanese losses at Piet-
sang were 800 killed and wounded. The
Chinese left 200 dead on the field.
The object of Chinese diplomacy, as
appears from the great efforts being
made in London and at the continental
capitals, is to induce the powers to sus-
pend the march OF the relief expedition
but it has been without success in case
of any government.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-16
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.

The Golconda News has at last given
up the fight and has moved its plant TO
| Winnemucca.
The News says the condition of Mar
shall Emmett has so far improved that
\ he will soon be able to return to his
home at Carson.
A corps of Southern Pacific survey
ors are at Wells and will survey the
line for a cutoff from that place to Te-
coma.
A. w. McCune's big mill on the
Horseshoe mine at Fay, Lincoln coun-
ty, was billed to begin operations on
the 18th inst.
A coal mine has been located near
Dayton, Lyon county, and the indiea-
tions are that good coal deposit will
be developed.
The Reno Journal states the boys
in that town who formerly belonged to
the Nevada Cavalry Troop, are talking
OF forming another troop ror ser leo In
China, should volunteers be called for.
The Consolidated California and Vir-
ginia mining company, which paid so
many millions in dividends in the palmy
days of the Comstock, has again joined
the ranks of the bullion tax payers.
The suit OF Lincoln County vs.. the
April Fool Mining Co. of DeLamar to
recover 81, POO due the county as bullion
tax was decided by Judge Talbot last
week in favor of the county
r,ka nh .a.,,4- ;a;1 Z. - 10 ,,,ada
escape proof. In its present condition
their departure whenever they tire OF
the jail bill of fare.
For the month of June the Logan
and Hully mine, In Lyon county,
turned out bullion TO the amount Of
81, 600, and for the month of July it is
reported that the cleanup amounted to
about IS, 900.
The people of Nye county are again
agitating the question of disorganiza
tion, claiming that the burden of tax
alton to meet the expenses of county
government is becoming unbearable.
Tho Wadsworth Dispatch says the
output OF the Olinghouse canyon mines
LOT bQlS SedSO1, So lar ds CdH Dt SllpMh
by receipts from the mints and bullion
buyers like Selby, amounts to S35, 600
in round numbers. Still there are no
foreign capitalists interested.
The water in the c. & G. shaft at
Virginia City is now 1S5 feet below the
1850 level, or nearly 400 feet below the
Sutro tunnel. This is the lowest depth
reached since the installation OF the
hydraulic pumping system about a
year ago
The benefit given to Elmer Honny-
man at Reno last Friday evening is de-
clared by the Reno papers to have been
an entire success. The principal fea-
ture of the programme was Mr.. Hon
nyman's account of his experiences as
captive in the Philippines.
Nye county will be represented after
all at the State Convention of the Sill
yer party. The County Central Com
mittee has appointed the following del
egates: Hon. j. T. Bell of Reese River,
Thos. Warburton and f. G. Hum
phrey of Belmont, and j. c. Humphrey
of Cloverdale.