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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-25
Luxurious Homes and
Gardens of the Dutch,

The houses are all Of classic Greek archi-
lecture married to the red tiles Of the Dutch
roofs. They are painted white to represent
marble. and each Of them has Q great
Veranda upheld by Ionic. Doric or Corin-
THAN columns. The people sit on the YER
andas. but the rooms within are % large
and airy that they seem quite as cool. The
most Of the houses are noored with stone.
Many have tables of Italian marble or
mosaic. Very few Of the residences are of
more than one story. but they cover q great
space. Some houses have smaller houses
away from the main building reached by
covered ways. These are guests houses.
and are 20 mad that the guests may have
. little house to themselvs, and be inds.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23
JoHNsoN,s GOOD MOVE.

Youngstown (O.) Vindicator: The
effort made by Tom L. Johnson as
mayor of Cleveland to compel the rail-
roads to go upon the tax duplicate of
Cuyanoga county as other property,
and assist in bearing the burdens of
city and county government, is gain
ing force daily among the people.
Farms and homesteads are rated at
two-thirds their value, or two-thirds the
selling or market price Of such prop
critics, while the great railroads with
special privileges, are entered upon the
tax duplicate at less than one-tenth
their market value. Why is this toll
Grated? Are farmers and homestead
owners so rich and generous, SO fond
of labor, so anxious to bear burdens
that they willingly bend their backs
to toll that millionaire monopolies
may go untaXed?
Corporations are without souls or
conscience. They are aggressive, con-
tinually encroaching upon and stealing
from the people both their liberties
and profits from productive industry.
The encroachments of monopolies are
insidious, insolent and tyrannical, and
under methods today prevailing, es-
pecially in regard to taxation, escape
with a minimum, leaving the burden
to be carried by the bread winners CT
toll.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23

for endeavorins to perpetuate unjust
conditions. We blame him for his in
human attitude toward the men by
whose sweat and upon the marrow OF
whose bones he has waxed fat. We
hold him responsible for the wanton
murder of the men at Homestead,
whose despairing cry and piteous ap-
peals for wages enough to sustain life
he would not hear-or, hearing, an
swered with Pinkerton guns-claim-
ing that the profits of the business
would not warrant it. although at that
moment he was drawing fabulous div
idends from 1t and resolutions were
being adopted by a dozen communi-
ties lauding his 'benevolence' for dona-
tions of money that had been earned
by the very labor he was exploiting
then, and he has exploited ever since
I'VE may be flying in the face OF
public opinion, and taking a most un-
popular stand-that we have done be-
fore-but nevertheless we protest
against the acceptance of this Carnegie
gift by San Francisco. No matter
what other communities have done, or
may do, let us decline it.-Frisco Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23
Queer Strike in Hawaii.

A scene, typical and illustrative OF
the present strike on Maui, was wit
messed by a number Of amused spec
tators at the Wauluku railroad depot
the other day. A number of Alabama
negroes had been sent to the depot to
load cars with sugar. A knot Of Ha-
waiians on a strike gathered to watch
the negroes work. Finally one OF then
proposed to the negroes that If they
would favor the Hawaiians present
with some old-fashioned down South
songs, the latter would take their
places loading cars. The darkles
agreed to the propositions and the
Hawaiians threw off their coats and
pitched into the sugar sacks, while
the darkies ranged up and favored the
toilers with my Old kentucky Home,
suwanee River" and Way Down
South in Dixie" interspersed with
hoe downs, buck and wings, turkey
trot and juba. After enjoying the. i'm
promptu concert sufficiently the Ha-
waiians sauntered away and the ne
groes leisureiy resumed the task OF
loading cars.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23
To the Honest Liar

10 TIC IAOnosS A'hH
Here's to the man who lies to us, who's
careless Of the truth,
Who slaps up on. the back and says,
Gee! how you holdyou YOUTH
Who shrinks not at the future when
he has lie to tell,
But, when you're sick and tired and
blue, declares You're looking
we'll"
Here's to the man who tells us lies
when solemn truth would hurt,
Who says: "I'll back you through ana
through, If 1t should take my
shirt"
Who, when you're "off" and cannot
write Just as you think you
should,
Will tune you up for better things
with, That's what l call good!"
Or, when you paint picture that Is
wrong in every part,
Make you think the daub is great by
saying, Nov, that's art!"
He lies-but it's in charity, If lying
ever was,
So. here's his health, for, though he
lies, he's honest when he does.
Josh Wink in Baltimore American.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23
strength of American Federation.

The national and international
unions pay to the American Federation
of Labor one-third Of one per cent per
member per month, or four cents a
year for each member, writes Henry
George, Jr. The income in 1887 was
$2.1OO.34. In 1900 it amounted to $l,-
1852. There are now 100000 paid-up
members; that is, the unions have
made reports that aggregate that mem
bership. But President Gompers told
me, with a smile, that having to pay
in proportion to the extent of their
membership, some of the unions had
learned the art of tax lodging by fail
ing to report the full strength OF their
numbers. After careful consideration
of this matter, he was led to conclude
that the real numbers of the American
Federation of Labor could not fall
short of 100000. Pennsylvania Grit.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23
corss, Of pr.s,deu. sh.frer.

Theodore j. Shaffer, the directing
head of the steel strike, was graduated
from a rolling mill into the Western
University of Pennsylvania, and In
time into the Wesleyan Theological
Seminary. That led him into the min
istry. and by stages back into rolling
mill again, where he was called to De-
come president of the Amalgamateo
Association. President Shaffer Is one
of those unfortunately brilliant men
whose physical resources are inade-
uuate to maintain the drafts made
upon it by his active and versatile
mentality. After laboring day and
night as a boy and youth In the roll
ing mills to acquire an education, he
was met with the professional Judg-
ment of one physician after another
that he must lay aside intellectual Ia
Dor and return to physical tasks II he
hoped to preserve his health. over
activity was his fault. He reluctant
|ly followed the advice OF his physl-
clans and left the pulpit to return to
the mills of the Leechburg Sheet COM
pany. Between SO and IS years of age,
tall. slender and graceful, Theodore
Shaffer has been compelled to forego
Intellectual labor, except that thrust
upon him at intervals as president OF
the Amalgamated Association. AS
boy he used the housings OF the rolls
In the mills where he worked FOR MS
blackboard. There he gained his ru-
dimentary education. He took up
alone the study of Latin and Greek,
sanscrit, the modern languages, liter
AZURE and the usual preparatory
branches. In the strength OF the thlr-
ties he became a Methodist Episcopal
minister at Connelsville, Pa, and later
was in charge of the Methodist Epls-
copal church at Brownsville, Pa, tx
birthplace of James G. Blaine. for
six years he labored with might ana
main. driven by his unfortunate tenn
nerament and not until at the very
verge of mental disaster did he relin-
ouish his charge and go back to the
mill. He read nothing; he entered IN
to no discussions requiring effort, al
to preserve his mind. Even now his
physicians say that nothing save phys
ical labor will prolong his life ana
maintain his intellect. He left the
ministry at Monongahela City, Pa, In
1889. returning to the Leechburg sheet
mill. He succeeded M. M. Garland as
president Of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation in 1S96.-New York Tribune.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23

A number Of years ago Castle Rising.
in the eastern part of England, was a
flourishing borough, returning two
members to Parliament and possessing
a mayor, one Wakefield, "a character
who might have stepped out OF nov
elist's gallery. On one occasion the
bearer of some election dispatches ar
rived in hot haste at Rising, and asked
for the mayor. Wakefield was engaged
in the exercise of his high calling
which happened to be that of thatch'
er; he was matching barn. On hear
ing that his presence was required, ne
sent a message to the dispatch-bearcr
to this effect: "If it's John Wakefield
that he wants to see, I'll come down
at once. If it's the mayor OF Castle
Rising he has business with, he must
come up here to me-" And on the roof
of that barn in Already the mayor re-
ceived the dispatches, with dignity be-
fitting his position, official and other
wise.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23
Indu.trlnl Notes.

Krupp, the German gunmaker, has
fortune of nearly $5O,000,O00, an in
come of 100000 and pay roll Of
10000 persons.
The strikes that have occurred II
the United States last year cost the
country, it is said. between $500, O0O,'
900 and $500,00O,O00.
Chillicothe CO., bricklayers, since
organizing, have secured the nine
hour day, an advance from q cents tc
as cents per hour, and double time
for Sundays and legal holidays.
The San Francisco Labor Council
represents over so local unions with q
membership of nearly 100000, and is
becoming SO powerful that the EN-,
ployers are organizing for the pur'
pose. of opposing its further advance
ment.
Montreal's labor council voted dowr
a proposition that the city's clergy
men be asked to preach a labor SER
mon once a month. The prevailing
argument was that the !. preachers
would hurt the cause of labor because
of their lack of knowledge of the sub
ject.
Paris leads the world in dressmak;
ing. It is estimated that there are
rs, 900 persons employed in the dress
making establishments of the city, and
II one includes the workers who de-
sign and make the materials used By
the dressmakers, about 100000 persons
are engaged in the struggle to sat
isfy woman's love Of chiffons.
George E. Parsons, the Oldest con
ductor in the service of the New Yorl
Central railway, recently celebrated
the forty-second anniversary of hi!
connection with that road. He wears
eight service stripes on the sleeve o
his uniform. He was brakemen un
der Mr.. Tousey, who afterward be
came general manager of the road.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23

The attention of Major Mckinley il
called to the surprising effect of hi
proclamation opening certain IndiaI
lands to settlement. Over 100000 ap.
plicants have filed for $4,000 claims
and the press dispatches tell us that
of this vast number many are almost
penniless and that few are artisans.
They are simply homeless people seek
ing homes. Yet the major assures us
that the country is we'll employed;
that labor is everywhere busy at good
wages. Then whence come these $780,
900 poverty-stricken creatures who are
already suffering deplorable privation
And what becomes of the theory that
disemployed labor will not use land
even when land is available? The
Philadelphia Inquirer might gnaw on
this file for a moment, but it will not.
1t will talk about the weather. But
we hope that the significance Of the
scenes now enacting in the west will
not be lost upon thoughtful people
who have hitherto accepted the mon
strous notion that men would rather
tramp than work. There is ample
proof of the utter falsity of this stupid
proposition in the pitiful attempt o.
these 100000 homeless souls to find op-
portunity to toll where opportunity ex-
lists for but $4,000.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23
BARBARIC WARFARE.

Chicago Public: Another witness
comes forward to testify to the bar
barrie character of the American war
in the Philippines. He is DR.. Samuel
l.. Steer, surgeon in the United
States army, lately stationed with the
Twenty-third infantry in the Philip
pines. AS reported by the Chicago
American of the 30th, DR.. Steer told
of an incident in illustration of army
methods in dealing with the natives.
A party of natives had treacherously
murdered four American soldiers. This
Is stated at least in explanation of the
retaliatory acts of an American cap
tain of the name of Cloman, which d..
Steer thus describes:
when Capt Cloman heard of this
treacherous assault he did not wait for
orders. With little party he started
at once to the scene of the late en-
counter. He took the dato, or chief,
prisoner, and told him he would have
to surrender the men who had been
guilty of the assault upon his soldiers.
There were nine of them in all. Clo-
man then did something that brought
him some criticism, but which also
won him the love Of every private in
the army. He selected a good husky
sergeant and a squad of his best men
He told the sergeant to take these
prisoners out into the woods and gather
fuel for a camp fire, and also instruct
ed him that in case the prisoners at
tempted to escape they should not al
low them to carry out their object. In
little while the sound of firing wa:
heard, and the sergeant came in,
gravely saluted, and reported that the
nine prisoners having tried to escape
they found it necessary to fire upon
them. In this way Cloman avenged
the treacherous assault. There you
have good idea of the Philippine
war;"
This summary vengeance mightre
lily be excused if the American soldiers
and the Philippine tribesmen belonged
upon the same plane of savagery. But
civilized country it does not rebound
to the credit of civilization. 1t may be
human impulse to revenge the acts
of savages with savage acts, but 1t is
not civilized to do it. The Philippine
war appears from this account to be
doing more to make savages Of civil
lied Americans than to make civil
lied subjects of the Philippine saw
ages.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23

A recent traveller in Central Africa
gives several instances of the capaci-
ty for sleep developed by his Arab SER
wants. He mentions one Of these men
as being undisturbed by the discharge
Of firearms within two feet OF his
head. Another is described as follows:
Salam, our Arab boy, sleeps more
soundly than any one else l have ever
come across. 1t is task of no ordinary
magnitude to wake him. He tells
story in regard to himself to the effect
that one night, when he was travelling
with an Arab in North Africa, he had
to sleep with their donkey tethered tc
his leg to keep it from running away
When he woke in the morning he
found that the donkey had wandered
away to a considerable distance, and
had dragged him along. Judging from
our own experience Of his sleeping
powers, we do not think the story In
credible.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23
CARNEG1E,s BLooD-MoNEY.

In speaking of the $750,000, which
Carnegie has offered San Francisco
for library purposes, The Star says.
in part:
"Mr. Carnegie's income runs up into
millions of dollars year. This is not
the result of his enterprise or indus
try, but of the special privileges which
he enjoys. The United States govern
ment protects him in his business
ventures, for instance, by paying him
twice as much for armor plate as he
charges the Russian government. We
do not blame him for taking advan-
tage of a condition If thrust upon him,
but we do blame him, in his greed,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23

cleaning In the near future will be
done by machinery and 1t will be done
better than 1t is now. The municipal
and engineering magazines contain ad-
vertisements of half a dozen varieties
Of STRENGTHENING machines, and cl-
ready ultra-progressive towns In the
West have tested them and have
adopted one variety or the other. The
progress Of the machines has been
FASTENED there because labor is dear.
In the large cities of the East 1t Is
comparatively cheap, but according to
experts in municipal matters that will
only delay the adoption OF street clean
ing machinery, not prevent 1t. The
STRENGTHENING machinery Of the fu-
ture will act like carpet sweeper, on
ly Of course 1t will be on big scale.
It may be drawn by horses, but more
probably it will be propelled by steam
or electric power. 1t won't roll the
dirt to one side of the street, as the
present style of horse brush does, leav-
ing the White Wings to finish up the
job by brushing it into heaps and SHOW
cling the heaps into dirt carts. The
improved sweeper will pass along In
the night, making little noise. but
picking up the dirt as it passes and
carrying it to the dumping ground,
where it can be disposed Of. There
won't be any dust and there will be
few soiled white duck uniforms about.
The cost will be less than at present
and the street cleaning millennium
will have some. 1t isn't pleasant
outlook for the White Wings. They'll
have to find other jobs, but the city
will have lots of them no doubt by
then. And the death rate will go down
of course, and the machine service Will
be cheap, so the taxpayers won't COM
plain.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23
Five years ago the Baltimore & Ohio

Five years ago the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad was turned over to Uncle Sam
financial wreck and he was requested
to run it, as the stockholders were no
satisfied with the way the directors
were handling the matter-in fact, it
was not paying dividends. Uncle Sam
kindly consented to do the thing for
the discouraged firm, and few days
ago, when it was turned over to the
new owners, it was found that Uncle
Sam, through his hired men-the re-
ceivers-had increased the mileage
from 1000 to $500; net earnings had
been doubled, while the business had
beeu increased nearly twofold. And
still we are told that Uncle Sam can't
do things.-Appeal to Reason.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23

Few things are more joyous 10 an
audience than the mixed metaphors Oh
an orator. The Irish race is famous
for its contributions to merriment III
this particular. The Academy gives
three Illustrations: "You are, saio
a late Lord Mayor of Dublin, stand,
ing on the edge of precipice that Will
be a weight on your necks all the resi-
of your days." "The young men Oh
England" remarked an English clergy
man. "are the backbone of the British
Empire. What We must do is to tram
that backbone and bring it to the
front" And this is from MEMBER o.
Parliament: even II you carried
these peddling little reforms, 1t wouic
be only like flea-bite in the ocean.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23

John Brown, a Scotchman, is JUS,
now making tour of the rivers OF
France in sort of sailing canoe, hav-
ing resolved to cover 1000 miles on
water before returning to his native
land. Mr.. Brown cooks and sleeps Il
his diminutive vessel and has no trav'
cling companion. His craft measures
fifteen feet in length, is a little over
three feet wide, and nearly two feet
in depth. Brown assures his French
fnterviewers that he thoroughly en-
lows his outing, which, he says. Will
keep him from home more than year
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23

A teacher in a New York public
school discovered that some of her pu-
pills were deficient in the little ameni-
ties of polite life. and took 1t upon
herself to instruct them in the graces
of courtesy. She observed that when
ever one of the boys passed in front
of the visitors at the school, strange,
puzzled expression came into their
faces. The secret came few days later,
when, happening to stand near the
visitors. she heard this boy jerk out,
as he shambled awkwardly by: "Bak-
ing-powder." She fastened to explain
that the difference beween beg your
pardon" which she had told him tic
say, and "Baking-powder," which ne
had understood her to say, was wide
enough to justify further instructions
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23
Christian. the grandson of the king

Christian, the grandson of the king
and heir-apparent to the Danish
throne, married the Princess Alexan-
drine of Germany and they have son.
Frederick, who was born two years ago
last March. Charles, another grand
son. is the husband Of the Princess
Maud of Wales, daughter OF the king
Of England. Charlotte, grandaugn-
ter, is the wife of Prince Carl OF Swe-
den. and there are Ave grandchildren
unmarried.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23

Some "soulless corporations" OF the
wild West" have lately given prac-
teal demonstration in good morals. An
attempt was made in Omaha to con-
duct Sunday exhibitions. 1t came u
grief because the railroads centering
there refused to increase the Sunday
work of their employees. 1t is theif
policy to decrease rather than increase
the number of Sunday trains. The wrsa
among even the irreligious admit tha'
the weekly rest day is profitable potn
for capital and for labor.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23

There are 1,713,735 cows in Denmark,
an average of 456 for every 100 acres OF
land under cultivation and 756 Tor
every 1000 inhabitants. In 1898 the
butter exported amounted to 121,4lS,-
431 pounds, in 1899 to 122,4l2'bsS
pounds, and in 1890 to 124.623,S62
pounds, of which 3.593,362 pounds were
packed in tins. The remainder was In
firkins.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23
Tn. Beginning of tho Air Brake.

Incidents of trifling character have
Influenced the career Of many success
ful inventors, says Success. e. J. Man
Vile was Woodworking machlnist
living in Waterbury, Conn.,, when one
day he heard a woman complaining
because she had pricked her finger
with a pin. A pin that would not
prick fingers, he thought, would have
ready sale. A week later he had
worked out the safety pin, and within
five years his invention had made him
rich. Carlos French, another Con-
necticut mechanic, in the course OF
railway Journey, noticed the Earring
and jolting of the car, and fell to
thinking how they could be overcome.
The problem kept him awake nights
for some two years, but in the end he
solved It so successfully tnat his car
spring is now used on all the railroads
of the land. George Westinghouse was
led in a somewhat similar manner, to
invent the air brake. He was the son
of a manufacturer and possessed a
marked mechanical bent. Once he was
in a railroad collision, the result or
brakes failure to do its work. He
Immediately started to devise brake
that would operate more quickly and
with greater certainty than the ones
then in use, and, like Carlos French,
he was completely successful in his eff
forts. His air brake brought him great
wealth, and for thirty years he has
constantly added to his fortune by In
venting new devices of his own and
buying those of other inventors. The
result in life saving has been simply
enormous
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23
cn,,p Fare, for working People.

Massachusetts, makes its railroads
run workingmen's trains. In England
they are a common thing, and a man
can ride ten miles for cents. In To-
ronto the city leases the street rail-
ways to a private corporation, with the
stipulation for cheap fares during the
hours when the working people are
going to and from work.-New YORK
Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-08-23
r,.n.. or...su, for an umbr.,,A.

In the extreme heat OF the summer
some kindhearted observer noticed
that the fish and turtles in the pub
lie fountain at Woodstock, N. J.,
seemed to suffer from the fierce sun.
To relieve the poor creatures the
kindly one fastened an umbrella over
the water, and swimmers at once
sought its shade, seeming very CRATE
full indeed.-Philadelph Record.