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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
SECRETARY WILSON ON I'M
PERlALISM.

The Hon. James Wilson, secretary
of agriculture, lately delivered a
speech to his home nelghbors and
friends at Toledo. Ia, and not only
placed Imperialism as the foremost is
sue in the present campaign, but dis
cussed it with frankness that betrays
the vicious purposes behind the ad-
ministrations policy of expansion.
Basing his arguments largely on the
low plane of commercialism, he main
tains that the American people must
have and control foreign colonies and
dependencies, and arrogantly adds:
"Those island possessions will have
all the local self-government of which
they are capable. They will get the
hammer and the looking glass when
it is safe for the looking glass. They
will eventually get as much control
in our islands as is good for them"
What is good for them is not. of
course, to be determined by them
selves, but by some pro-consul or mill
tary satrap selected by trust mag
mates. In Manila and the island of
Luzon there are universities, schools,
churches, scholars, artists and scien-
lists, but to give the people there con-
troll of themselves and their own in
terests would not be good for them.
To trust them with hammers would
endanger the plate glass of our pinch
back Christian civilization. The use
of Mckinley hammers must be re-
served exclusively for the task of Sc
curely mailing in the coffin of imper-
ialism the rights and liberties of the
Tagals. The people over there are.
we are told. at best but ringers"
and although we may hold fast to the
doctrine of human rights here, it
would never do to proclaim such
doctrine in the Philippines. Like
James Russell Lowell's "pious editor"
McKinley's benevolent assimilator"
in Manila says:
l do believe IN freedoms cause
AS far away as Paris Is;
I love to see her stick her claws
In those Internal Pharisees;
It's very we'll agin king
To draw resolves and triggers,
But liberty's kind of thing
That don't agree with niggers.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

Of the open door" policy, and she alb
serbs the lions share of China's trade,
which is the backbone of her CONNER
cial empire. England is also vitality
interested in curtailing the growth of
Asiatic Russia, which is growing
menace to her Chinese trade and her
Indian empire. This administration
by the terms Of its secret, unwritten
alliance with England, is bound to
aid Great Britain in her schemes Of
expansion" and plumber in the far
east. AS a matter of fact. the United
States is now standing between Great
Britain and the European powers and
preventing the latter from demanding
a pro rata division of the spoils. In
pursuance of this policy this admins
tration will call upon the American
people to SOW blood and treasure in
these profltless fields of the crime
stained east, from which naught but
tears and taxes can ever be reaped.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
FOR HOMESEEKERS.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway will sell regular Homeseekers'
Excursion tickets to all points in South
Dakota, at one fare plus So for the
round trip. on September IS and Oc-
tober 2. 1900. This will enable parties
to visit the Corn Belt Exposition to be
held in Mitchell, S. D., September 26
to October 4, 1900, inclusive. This ex-
position is held to demonstrate the
great agricultural resources, wealth
and possibilities of this thriving state.
The exposition is held in gorgeously
decorated corn palace which for beauty
can hardly be excelled anywhere by a
building Of temporary nature. There
are thousands of acres of cheap lands
left in South Dakota that will. under
the present conditions in that state,
rapidly increase in price, and the hold
ing of this corn palace with its many
attractions, that both amuse and in
struct, should be an opportunity that
all land and investment seekers
should embrace.
For further information apply to any
ticket agent Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul railway, or address Geo. H.
Heafford, General Passenger Agent,
Chicago.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
THE BRYAN POLICY.

Republicans, have you any plan for
dealing with the Philippine islands?
Has any Republican leader outlined a
plan? Your candidates have not, your
committeeman have not, your editors
have not All they ask of you is that
you shall have confidence in them and
let them run it to suit themselves. Are
you willing to trust them to change
your form of government and allow
them to deal with people in manner
antagonistic to our declaration OF in
dependence? We have plan which
has been before the people for more
than year. 1t Is open and easily I'M
derstood. You have chance to reject
it or adopt it. You say we ought not
to announce our purpose. Your ad-
ministration has in regard to the Gu
bans. If it is wise to tell 100000 Gu
bans what we are to do with them,
why not tell 100000 Filipinos what
we are going to do with them?'-W. ].
Bryan.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
TO KILL MILITARISM.

Today the Fusionists accuse the Re-
publicans of aiming at Imperialism.
In feeble sort of way the Hanna ma
chine denies that it's tendencies are i'm
perial.
But let the country vote to continue
Observation-Disclosures in office, and up
will go the cry that Imperialism has
been formally Endorsed.
In 1896 the Fusionists declared that
the Republicans intended to put the
country on a single gold standard.
This was denied by the Republicans,
and Mr.. Mckinley expressed great anx-
iety that other nations should come
in on 16 to 1 basis.
But the election was decided against
the Fusionists. and what happened in
the silver matter? A bill was passed
by Hanna via Mckinley. This bill
permanently-or as permanently as
Republicans could do it-outlawed the
white metal.
Disclaimer today and frank confess
sion tomorrow. Such is the Republic
Cdu SCucnc.
Re-elect Mckinley. Imperialism will
be pushed to its extremes, the great
standing army-ready for China or
any American city with strike on
hand-will be built up out of American
families.
Then If you voters cry out you will
be laughed at You will be told:
why, the whole election turned on
Imperialism. Bryan said it was the
paramount issue. When Mckinley was
reelected Imperialism was Endorsed
by the American nation. and the will
of the nation must be obeyed"
If you want to kill Imperialism you
must kill it now. at this election.
If you do not want great army
ready to march hither and yon at Han
mas command, you must vote against
that army this fall.
If you don't want to see the power
of trust money backed up by great
standing army controlled by trusts,
you would do well to vote against the
whole trust brood this fall.
If you vote for Imperialism this year,
don't complain when you get imperial
ism in big doses right after election.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
CREAM SEPARATORS
At THE PARIS EXPOSITION

The De Laval Cream Separators
have been awarded the GRAND
PRIZE by the International Jury of
Awards at the PARIS EXPOSITION.
over many separator exhibits from va
rious countries, the De Laval superb
GRITTY being unquestionable in every
material respect.
Lesser awards of different grades
of medals, were made to several other
makes of separators.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
THE "OPEN DOOR,"

The policy of the United States
seems to be largely directed by Great
Britain. 1t is apparent to the student
of public affairs that America is cats
paw for England.
We are spending blood and treasure
to preserve English prestige in the
Orient, with nothing to gain for our
selves.
The Oriental policy of this admins
tration is based upon the assumption
that the open door" must be main
tanned at whatever cost and at all haz-
ards; and that the partition of China
must be delayed as long as possible.
For years the imperative necessity
for preserving the open door" in Chi
ma has been argued with considerable
force until the public has come to have
an almost oppressive sense OF the high
significance of this policy-whatever it
may mean. Now that the veil Of diplo-
suddenly rent asunder and American
blood has been poured out on the soil
of China, we are suddenly awakened to
the fact that the open door, in
which we have hitherto believed as a
sort of national fetch, really swings
inward, and the hinges work but one
way.
The "open door" is only an euphoni-
GUS manner of expressing forcible free
trade with nations too weak to oppose
us. In a way, this sort of policy has
been profitable to England. But how
about the United States? England is,
after all, the only great civilized power
which holds the door open to all COM
ers. All the other national doors in
the civilized world are closed to our
merchants. And yet, despite those
closed doors, American exporters sent
abroad and sold last year goods to the
value of $75O,000,000.
Our own door is closed with an auto
matte, high tariff attachment. Yet the
me rchants of other countries sold us
goods last year to the total value of
81, 25O, 100000.
Our exports to the Chinese empire
last year were less than 100000 900,
and our imports were less than $780,
100000.
DO you see the point? No?
England Is the principal beneficiary
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
A GHOST SHIP.
British Columbian Indians Celebrate Pot.
ZACH Over 1t.

British Columbian Indians Celebrate Pot.
ZACH Over 1t.
A ghost ship, manned by the skele-
tons Of what once were men, a CHASTITY
play thing of the elements, went ashore
recently in Quatsino sound, on the
British Columbia coast. She was the
schooner Pioneer, a sealer, of Victoria
b. G. On board the abandoned craft
were the bones of the captain and
those Of his white and Indian crew.
They died at their posts of duty and
were discovered where they had per-
ished, each skeleton on the floating
hulk-which was his home and his
tomb as well-being where the COM
mand Of his superior officer had placed
him. The ghost ship, say the Indians,
was without mastS or rudder. At
Quatsino sound there is savage mourn
ing. The sorrow dance is in daily
progress and the biggest funeral pot
ZACH ever held in that part of the
country is participated in by all the
Indian tribes. This demonstration Of
grief is the way chosen by the Indians
to voice their mourning for their fell
lows, the crew that wandered the wa
terry wastes of the north Pacific for
many months. 1t was in the fall Of
1898 that the schooner Pioneer was
reported among the missing. She had
hnn cd nf ,tn act
sealers that ever put out from port
at Victoria, and Captain Lock one of
the ablest navigators of the seal re-
sions. She was on her way home
from Behring sea when lost. The last
reported of her was that she had been
sighted 100 miles to the northwest OF
Vancouver island. Since that time
now more than year and half ago
no tidings have been heard of the ill
fated vessel until the other day, when
word reached Victoria that the big
potlach was being celebrated and the
weird sorrow dance performed, accord
ing to the Indian custom. when dis
6ster resulting in death occurs to
members of the tribe. The sorrow
dance is one of the most peculiar rites
observed among the Indians of the
north. 1t is as weird demonstration
and as revolving in its details as any
form of lament for the dead ever heard
Of. Those who participate in the
dance, particularly the women related
to the deceased, lacerate their faces
and mutilate their bodies in a dread
full way. Probably in no other savage
rite performed by the Indians any
where is the torture Of the body car
ried to so great an extreme. The
dance itself is somewhat similar to
other funereal demonstrations tn-
dulged in by Indians, but is continued
until the dancers, thoroughly exhaust
ed, fall to the ground i'll and fainting
from their wounds and the violence
of the long continued exercise.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
WHAT A MOGUL CAN DO.

That was remarkable demonstra-
ton of what Mogul can do. that oc-
Cured on the New York Central the
other day, when engine No. 94S, one
Of the new Moguls, hauled out train
No. II, the Southwestern Limited,
made up of two mail cars. FIVE pas
senger coaches and nine Wagner cars,
sixteen cars in all. The total weight
Of the train was 1,s32,OOO pounds. or
GIG tons, and the length Of the train,
including the engine, was 1912 feet.
or nearly a quarter of mile. This
engine made the running time OF the
train between New York and Albany,
143 miles. in three hours and fifteen
minutes.
There is no railroad in the world
which has a better roadbed. more
skillful engineers, or better equipment,
backed by loyal men always alert for
the safety of their passengers, than
the New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad. What road can match
its corps of men, from President Cal
laway down the long line of en-
ployees, to the humble and faithful
trackmen who watch their sections Of
rails through the long hours Of the
night and day, in order to safeguard
the lives of the travellers on trains
whirling by their humble shanties,
many of which nestle closely to the
rails under their guardianship.-Edi
torial from the Albany Times Union.
A linen buster is popular summer
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
DANGER FROM LIGHTNING.
Very Small Percentage of Human Beings
Are Ever struck.

Are Ever Struck.
A reference to lightning brought out
the fact that the weather bureau is
using it's ponderous organization for
the collection of lightning statistics.
The officials are less concerned with
the Identification of the thunderbolt
than they are with it's disastrous eff
fects. According to lightning Stats
tics, 312 inhabitants Of the United
States on an average are struck by
lightning during each year. Twenty
five hundred were struck during the
last nine years. Farmers suffered most,
probably because of their exposed &C.
cupation, for the danger from light
ming is found to be four times as great
in the country as in cities. January
naturally is the least dangerous month
and July is the most dangerous-123
persons were killed during July. 1898.
During the eight years ending with
1897, 1858 buildings. valued at ST.
1891 Of these were barns. Compare
lively few churches were struck. In
1898 buildings valued at 81 AL $50 were
destroyed New York state headed the
list. with 395. There were no disas-
trous strokes in Idaho, Arizona, Cali
fornia, Oregon. Nevada or Utah. In
the same year 1872 animals, valu,k at
$4,000, were killed by 10 strokes OF
lightning. This mortality was I'M
equally divided among cattle, horses.
mules, pigs, and sheep, whole flocks of
the latter being killed by single bolts.
There is no means of finding out the
exact number of trees struck. but it is
interesting to know that the list of liza
bility is headed by the oaks. Firs,
beeches, pines, larches, ash and bireh
trees are most liable to be struck In
the order named, on account of their
conducting qualities. The records show
an increase in the number of damage
dealing lightning strokes, especially in
Europe But the cause of this has not
yet been discovered. The only definite
fact observed by the bureau is that
these violent manifestations seem to
occur in connection with the movement
of sluggish cyclonic areas across the
country during the warmer months
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

At recent meeting of the Royal
Society of Canada, Sir James Grant,
M. D., presented a paper on the neu-
rons and cells of the brain in their
relation to the faculty of memory, and
after stating that, as with the other
tissues Of the body so with the cells
Of the brain, evidence of lessening
power and activity appears with the
passage OF years. he added the very
interesting statement that the line C.
present investigation demonstrates
that the electrical current through the
brain rotates its molecules to such a
degree as to produce most noticeable
physiological response in the direc-
ton of improved memory,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

There is far more widespread in.
terest in politics among the women
of England than among their sisters
ON this side of the Atlantic. The
smart set in London all take an active
part in affairs. There is Tory wo-
mans club in the English capital
known as the Primrose Danes, and a
more serious body, the Women's Lib
eral Federation, makes its influence
felt in constituencies. Then there
are large numbers of women who do
not register under any banner, but
they can be counted upon to forward
such political questions as appeal to
them.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

The peasants living on the bound
airy of the provinces Of Jaen, Cordova
and Granada in Spain, have been
much excited by the fall of a thunder
bolt, broken into small pieces. They
heard series of loud thunderclaps
and then twelve fragments of an aero
lite fell, fortunately without injuring
anybody. One fragment weighing
about pound which was picked up
was hexagonal in shape, had a gray
surface and was of a greenish color
inside.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

The Taft commission has appointed
a supervisor who In short time will
begin to take census of the Philip
pine Islands. The purpose is not only
to determine more accurately the num-
Der of inhabitants, but also to discover
the mineral and agricultural POSSIBLE
tiles, and the social conditions which
prevail in the islands. Those emu
merators who think they had hard
time gathering facts for the census
just completed in this country will
sympathize with the enumerators in
the Philippines, where there are "a
tribes, speaking nearly as many dia-
lects, and where many of the natives
still have their mausers and their boz
los hidden in their huts.
The French scientific journal, La
Nature, warns it's readers against the
time-honored custom of using spiders
webs to stop bleeding. Remarking
that old webs from stables are pre-
ferred by those who resort to this
remedy, it points out that such webs
are peculiarly liable to be infected
with the microbes of various diseases
which may be communicated from
animals to man. Among other af-
flictions that have been traced to the
use of old, dusty spiders webs bound
upon wounds is the dreaded tetanus or
loekJaw.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
PLAY THE BABY ACT.

When the imperialists plead the
baby act" by trying to shift response
bility for Imperialism upon Mr.. Bryan,
they expose an unsupported conscious
ness of the weakness of their cause.
Yet that is what they are doing. Be-
cause he advised the adoption of the
Paris treaty reather than advocate an
amendment which would have involv-
ed a nominal continuance OF the
Spanish war, they charge him with
responsibility for the policy OF i'm
perialism which Mckinley has erected
upon the basis of the treaty!--The Pub
lie.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
Buddhist Priesthood.

The Buddhist priesthood in Siam is
at present divided into two sects. The
one known as the Maha Nekaia-the
Large Body-is the older and more
conservative order, and represents the
great mass of the people, while the
one known as the Hama Yuta Nekaia
the Body Who Follows Righteous
ness-is the new and more aristocratic
order, and in it's numbers are the most
scholarly men.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

A. R. Julian was a preacher at Cha
dron, Neb., three years ago. In the
estimation of his flock he was doing
good work, but was unable to reach
his own ideal Of what pastor should
be. Therefore he bought a newspaper
which he ran in vigorous, clean style
for over two years. And now, feeling
confident that his editorial experience
has left him better fitted for pulpit
eering. he has sold his paper and will
re-enter the ministry.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

Australian sheep ranchers have
spent millions in vain efforts to exter-
inmate rabbits. but apparently Kan
sas farmers are unaware of the fact.
A man out there is doing well selling
a compound, which, when injected
into the fesh Of a prairie dog, is said
to give him fatal disease and infects
other prairie dogs. This is one of the
plans which was given a thorough
trial In Australia and failed to do the
deadly work expected.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

An oath of Office has usually con-
sentative influence Administrators
hesitate to do what they would freely
do as private citizens. Running for
office, on the contrary, sometimes
seems to make men throw prudence
and honor to the winds. One afflicted
with the office-seeking mania might
sober himself by thinking of what, IL
elected, he will promise before God to
be and perform.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
Boston'sFr.sh AR Charity.

The Boston Elevated Railway COM
pany has distributed about 100000 free
tickets, through churches and charit-
children and sick and aged persons
who cannot pay may be carried to the
woods or the seashore.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
REPUBLICANS DON'T CARE.

Portland (Maine) Argus If the Re-
publicans are apathetic over-confidence
is not the only possible cause of their
apathy. Instead Of being too confident
that Mckinley will win there is good
reason to believe that considerable
percentage of them don't care a boot
whether Mckinley wins or not.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

A few months ago, at little chill
dren's party in Tabriz, Persia, lady
asked a child of years if she ever
knew any foreign missionaries. YES"
she replied, simply, my papa and
mamma, and both my grandpapas and
grandmammas, and my greatgrand-
papa-and-mamma."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
Paid in Gold Dust.

"A Missouri paper received q sub
scription remittance the other day,
consisting of $3.50 in gold dust. 1t was
forwarded from Eagle Station. Alaska.
ana is the only currency in circulation
in that locality, where it is valued at
GIG nor Cunce
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
King Cnnfers m Honor.

Mr.. ]. Parker Anderson. one OF the
librarians of the British Museum. who
is a native of Jedburgh. has had con-
ferred on him by the king Of Servia
for literary services commander (third
class) of the Order of St. Sara.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

The countess of Hopetoun, like her
husband, the first encouragement OF
the Australian commonwealth, belongs
to Scotland. She is one of Lord Ven
try's four daughters, and her mother
was daughter Of Wauchope Of Mid.
drio fStt
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
Arc You Using Aliens ot-Ease9

1t is the only cure for Swollen.
Smarting. Burning. Sweating Feet.
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Adj
dress Allen s. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

The sterlet, caught in Siberian riv-
ers, completes with the pompani, from
the Gulf Of Mexico, as the most deli
cious fish in the world.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

Laborers are so scarce in Switzer-
land that they have to be imported not
only from Italy, but Bohemia and
Silesia.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28
KANSAS

Missionaries Ill China have Cancelled
orders for 100000 religious books since
the trouble began.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

Alaska is a paradise for sportsmen.
No other such hunting domain exists
In the United States.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

Missionaries in China have cancelled
orders for 100000 books since the
trouble began.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

Half parasol is better than no UNI
brella in a shower.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

There is good bit of fiction in even
cook book.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-09-28

a man is made either great or small
by his own will.