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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-04-26
A CALAMITY HOWL!
THOUGH NOT BY A HOWLER.
"The Spirit of COmmercialism and COrrup-
tiOn Runs Riot"
Dispatch to Chicago Record Herald.

Dispatch to Chicago Record-Herad.
LONDON, April Io.-Poultney Bigelow, the
well-known American historian and traveller,
who has just returned to London after having
delivered course of lectures at Harvard and
Yale universities, declares that the United
States is heading toward revolution. He said
to the Record Herald correspondent:
'Commerciaism runs riot in the United
States. The Yankees are coming their ideas
and energy into money, and the trust builders
are doing the rest. These money kings must
necessarily exercise a blighting influence on
the morals of public servants They create all
manner of temptations and breed all manner of
jobbery.
"In Washington, found cynical contempt
for the Constitution. Corruption stalks through
the government departments. 1t disglaces the
halls of congress. Congress itself is little
more than brokerage shop for the sale of
authority to fleece the people. The Legislators,
department officials and petty public servants
of all kinds neglect no opportunity of turning
their official prerogatives to profit.
81 learned many specific instances of hagrant
JODDeIy, eSPeCldlly III SohHSStioh VIII 'hS
Philippine war; Thousands of officials who
owe it sealings ranging from very large
amounts, do not want the struggle to come to
all end. They would much prefer to see it in
definitely prolonged.
"Of course, should not think of rejecting
on such men as Secretary Hay and Judge Taft;
but if Hay were the Archangel Gabriel and
Taft St. Peter returned to earth, thev could not
stop the complex and far-reaching system of
thievery that prevails i'll the public service.
"president Hadley, of Yale, l see, denies
that he said continuance of the present tend
encies would land an emperor in Washington
within twenty y-hve years. do not see why he
should desire to deny such statement. We
would better have an emperor-solne one to
take firm stand against the rising tide of off
cial 1ality-than have rulers who have no
interest in the government beyond the next
election. l would rather live under Emperor
William of Germany than under the vicious
tyranny of railway, oil and steel kings.
"Amerca needs thorough arousing OF the
public conscience. 1t needs, to deliver it from
the slavery of capitalism, such men and women
as delivered it from the slavery Of human be-
ines. In other words, it needs an epidemic Of
cranks-cranks like William Lloyd Garrison
cranks such as England had in Richard Cob
den and John Bright"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
Bryan rs Prospector

As prospector. the Eagle hopes Mr..
Bryan will be successful. Some-of his
gushers will be incXhaustible if they
begin to resemble gushing of another
sort. They will enrich him beyond the
treams of avarice if they are prodigal
enough to hold comparison with gush-
ing about the common people, by which
he meant the unfortunateS who have
not struck it rich In either Wyoming
or elsewhere He calls them the in
dustrious. the Intelligent. the patriotic
element of our population, the produc-
ers of our nations wealth in time of
war, and the fighters of the nations
battles in times of peace. He calls
them the self-reliant and the independ
ent, excluding from this category the
poor who "fawn before a plutocrat and
who have no higher ambition than to
become n conrtier and n sycophant."
Also the rich ave excluded from the
gushing inventory. They are neither
industrious nor patriotic. They pro-
duce none of the nations wealth in
time of peace and fight none of its bat
ties in time of war. They are neither
self-reliant nor Independent. This can
hardly be surpassed by any spouter
worked by drills upon the ground or
by new machinery. The irony of it is
that the rich work at least as hard as
the poor. If not little harder, and that
some of the rich fought as well as some
of the poor at Santiago. The libel of
it is that the rich are as likely to dis
play patriotism rs the poor. Finally,
the comedy of it all may be in the real
ization of Bryan's hopes. He might
make n million in Wyoming. More
over, he might keep it. So runs the
world away. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
Medical Association.

Denver. Sept 5.-The Rocky Noun
tain Interstate Medical Association fin
ished its annual meeting yesterday
and adjourned after choosing Chey-
enne. Wyoming, as the place for the
next meeting.
The officers chosen are: President,
r. Harvey Reed. Wyoming; first vice
president. Donald Campbell, Montana;
second vice president. Walter II. Pike,
Utah; treasurer. Il. S. Wright, Utah
recording secretary, George p. Johns
ton, Wyoming; corresponding secre-
tary S. d. Hopkins, Denver.
Montana; James Crater, Wyoming; r.
w Fisher. Utah; c. II. Jones. Arizona /;
j. H. Bean, Idaho; w. w. Grant, Den
yer. Colorado.
Committee on admissions-C. X.
Fleming, Colorado; ]. f. Spellman,
Montana; a. G. Mclean. Utah; II. NJ.
Bennett, Wyoming; j. S. Perkins, New
Mexico.
In his address C. X. Fleming. the re-
firing president, sounded n note which
found n ready response in the convic-
tions of all the members that the gov
ernment should institute a national
lines similar to those followed by the
interstate commerce commission, for
the purpose of investigating the sani-
tary and health conditions of every
part of the country, and to make re
ports and recommendations for needed
improvements in that direction.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY FAVORS
COMMERCIAL RECIPROCITY

"a system which provides mutual
exchange of commodities is manifest
ly essential to the continued health
full growth of our export trade. We
must not repose in fancied security
that we can forever sell everything
and buy little or nothing. If such Il
thing We're possible, it would not be
best for us or for those with whom
we deal. We should take from our
customers such of their products as
we can use without harm to our in
dustries and labor. Reciprocity is the
natural outgrowth of our wonderful
industrial development under the do
mestic policy now firmly established.
What we produce beyond our domestic
consumption must have vent abroad.
The excess must be relieved through
foreign outlet, and we should sell
everywhere we can and buy whenever
the buying will enlarge our sales and
productions and thereby make a great
er demand for home labor.
1.-The period of eXclusiveness is past.
The expansion of our trade and com
merce is the pressing problem. Com
mercial wars are Improbable. a pol
icy of good will and friendly relations
will prevent reprisals. Reciprocity
treaties are in harmony with the spirit
are not.
IF, perchance, some of our tariifs
are no longer needed for revenue or
to encourage and protect our indus
tries at home, why should they not
be employed TO extend and promote
our markets abroadY Then, too, we
have inadequate steamship service.
New lines of steamers have already
been put in commission between the
Pacific coast ports of the united
States and those ON the western coasts
of Mexico and Central and South
America. These lines should be fol-
lowed up with direct steamship lines
between the eastern coast of the Unit
ed States and South American ports
One of the needs of the times is direct
commercial lines from our vast fields
of product to the fields of consumption
that we have barely touched. Next IN
advantage to having the thing to sell
is to have the convenience to carry 1t
to the buyer. We must encourage our
merchant marine. We must have more
ships. They must be under the Ameri-
can flag, built and manned and owned
by Americans"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

STORMY SCENES In THE
LONDON CONFERENCE

London. Sept. 5.-The most striking
feature of the Ecumenical Methodist
Conference, which opened yesterday,
was an impassioned plea of the col
ored bishop. Walters Of Jersey City.
He declared that there was II syste-
matte effort on foot on the part of the
white Americans to destroy The good
opinion which the English people had
of American negroes. He recapitulat-
ed the lynching figures of the year
1900 and declared thar. though ninety
negroes were lynched, in only eleven
cases had assault on white women
been proved.
The bishops observations on negro
morality ELECTED loud cheers from the
English part of the audience, and sew
eral of the many Southern delegates
went out. while others did not conceal
their disagreement with the speaker.
Another incident which attracted
comment was n declaration of Sir
Charles Skelton. formerly mayor of
Sheffield, in welcoming the Americans
Sheffield. who, in welcoming the Amer
leans. severity criticised the war in
South Africa, eXclaiming:
Hell is let loose in South Africa"
He appealed to the visitors to go
back and by preaching an example.
make such wars impossible.
DR.. Potts of Toronto, replying in
behalf of Canada, protested. in q heat
ed patriotic and imperialistic speech
against the statements made by Sir
Charles Skelton.
Bishop Hurst of Washington dilated
on the friendliness of the British and
American nations and conveyed to the
delegates President McKinley's hearty
good wishes for the success of the con-
ference, which was cordially received.
In the devotional exercises King Ed
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
A Democratic Appeal

The Pennsylvania Den ocrats have
invited "all honest men" to aid them in
their fight against those who at present
control the Legislatui of pennSyl-
vania. Here is their appeal:
"Waiving all questions and PROPOSE
tions upon which the people of the ma
tion divide into political parties. we
call upon the honest citizens TO unite
with us for the redemption of our COM
monwealth from the political freeboot-
erS who now control it.
I'VE make this fight, not as a polit-
ical organization seeking n partisan
advantage, but in the interest of all
Pennsylvanians. and viii welcome n
closer union with all ,olitical organi-
cations honestly pledged to the some
purpose"
Unfortunately they did not send out
their invitations marked "R. S. V. r."
and 1t is extremely doubtful whether
or not enough honest men will take
the trouble to answer the invitation
Colorado Springs Mail
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

The improvement in the appearance
of railroad grounds during the last few
years has been more noticeable this
summer than ever before. Cutting the
grass around the stations, keeping the
borders trimmed, planting flowers and
caring for them-these are things
which most of tne railroads used to
permit the station agents to do If they
would; but the corporations themselves
gave little thought and no money to
1t. Now the roads themselves are
doing the wo-k, on larger scale and
Systematically. The improvement is
general throughout the east and is
making rapid progress in the west to
the pleasure of those who travel and
the benefit of the towns in which the
stations are situated.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

New York, Sept. G.-Stockholders of
the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Company will hold their annual meet
ing in Denver October list, and reopen
on the day following to amend the
company's articles of incorporation by
specifying and describing the route to
be traversed by new standard gauge
of road between La Neta station and
Alamosa. over La Neta pass on the
Sangre de Cristo mountain range, in
Colorado: also to maintain the new
line after its construction. The books
of the company for the transfer of
both issues of stock close for the pur-
pose outlined October 1st, and reopen
on the day following the annual meet
ing.
The annual report of the Denver X
Rio Grande railroad for the year to
June Both. Just issued, shows an in
crease in gross earnings of Sl.2O6.323,
or 11h per cent, for the year from the
operations. The net earnings increased
S56S. .26j. or over fifteen per cent. and
surplus for dividends was S2.053.422.
an increase of SJ5S.96O. Profit and
loss account shows credit of $414. .203
for sundry accounts settled, besides
surplus earnings of the year of S4T4,-
3O4. 1t was charged. however, with
S235. sol. expenses of refunding: S2i1.-
S24 for the cost of fifteen engines,
S96.1T9 for rolling stock. and other
items footing up S623,G The net in
crease in the profit and loss account
was S5S1.51
In his annual report President f.. T..
Jeffery says: There We're bonds and
stocks in the treasury June 3Oth
amounting to S6,241 ,oIo, par value, but
appearing on the books at S2,3S5, 800,
and in addition there were in the spe-
cial renewal fund securities at par and
cash 1888. .0i6, the book value of which
was S261 ,652. the par value of all being
S6,G2i. ZIG. As the acquisition of the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

Buffalo, n. Y, Sept 6.-President's
Day yesterday at the Pan-American
Exposition ran its course under aus
picious conditions and was attended
with every circumstance in keeping
with its import.
President Mckinley, with Mrs. Nc
Kinley by his side, and surrounded by
eminent persons of high official rank,
in the service of this and foreign
countries, faced a vast throng of peo-
pie in the esplanada at noon yester-
day and delivered an address that
brought forth the thunderous ap-
plause of the multitude. Never before
has such crowd gathered within
the exposition grounds. The people
were packed in the esplanada to the
point of suffocation, and overflowed
down the court of fountains and TO
the vacant spaces in front of the Gov
ernment building at the right and the
Horticultural building to the left.
The Presidents words were listened
to attentively by the audience. His
reference to the name of Blaine as the
man inseparably associated with the
Pan-American movement; the state
ments that reciprocity treaties are in
harmony with the spirit of the times;
that the American people must Duhu
the Isthmian canal and the Pacific
cable and encourage our merchant
marine service, and that isolation is no
longer possible or desirable, were par
ticularly well received.
The Presidents progress through the
exposition grounds to the stadium and
thence TO the various buildings and
exhibits of Canada and the South
American republics were one continu-
Gus ovation.
Flags and bunting bearing words of
welcome to the President and express
sive of the sentiment which the great
fair is designed to foster, Peace 10
n-America," Were profusely in evil
donce.
The Presidents utterances on the
subject of changes of tariff and recip-
rocity were regarded as highly i'm
portant, innsmuch as the may be
supposed to foreshadow the attitude
of the Republican party. President
Mckinley said:
by sensible trade arrangements
which shall not interrupt our home
production. we shall extend the out
lets for our increasing surplus.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
PRESIDENTS ANNUAL REPORT
DENVER AND RIO GRANDE R. R.

Rio Grande Western railways was not
completed on June Both, the securities
of that company are not included III
the detailed statement of the above Sc
curities that is included in the annual
report of the company. Your compa-
ny has no floating Indebtedness.
THE receipts from traffic were again
gratifying and yielded marked in
crease, as compared with previous
years. Freight revenues We're SS,4SS,-
443. against 1852, ,643. and passengers
$2,O66.2 220, against S1,II6,I6O.
"The growth of business necessitated
the purchase of fifteen powerful stand
ard gauge freight locomotives. eight
passenger cars, six mail and baggage
cars and one dining ear. the aggregate
cost of which was S361.OTI. of which
S352. 1877 was charged directly to profit
and loss. The motive power was
taxed to its capacity through the year,
and further additions TO it will be
necessary If present activity In busi-
ness continues. The increased tonnage
and train mileage. and larger volume
of travel caused an increase of S263,-
1856 in the cost of conducting the trans
portation and S162, $50 in maintenance
of the equipment. The aggregate ex-
penditures for maintenance of way
and maintenance of structures was
about S161 900 more than in the prevI-
Gus year. of which amount S163,0OO
was in renewal Of rails and ties and re-
newals and repairs of bridges and cul-
verts. In the last two years your mar
row gauge system has been reduced
10 miles by standard gauging from La
Neta to AlamOsa and thence to Anto-
nito and MonteZuma in the San Luis
valley.
"The earnings of the company on
traffic to and from the Rio Grande
Southern railroad during the fiscal
year were S460.S5S. against S429, ,45S
for the year ending June 80. 1900"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

A professional burglar in Berlin
found a new and original way of add
ing to the ordinary profits of his pro-
fession. After each burglary he sent
a full account of it to one of the daily
newspapers, and for this he received
payment in the usual way. But he tried
the plan once too often. The editor
became suspicious and gave informa-
tior to the police, who soon found
how this amateur reporter was able to
beat all rivals in the way of early In
formation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

A few months ago the Venetian
painter Brass bought four pictures for
ga from a Dalmatian peasant named
Braidotti, who had picked them up
when neighboring villa was dis,
mantled. Recently Brass found that
one " the pictures haG been painted
over another on the same canvas, and
on cleaning off the top one he dis
covered Saint Sebastian by Titan.
which had been stolen from Italy by
one of Napoleon's generals. Brass has
sold the Titan to the Count de Castel-
lane for GS.000.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

The United States navy continues to
increase. A statement by Rear-Ad-
miral Bowles. chief of construction, re-
Gently issued. shows that there are
now building. or under contract, nine
cruisers, four monitors, sixteen tor
pedo-boat destroyers, ten torpedo
boats and seven submarine torpedo
boats. At this rate the old song will
soon have to be amended to read:
"Britain-and her daughter-rule the
waves"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

AS sign of the care with which
American officers pay regard to local
sentiment. attention is called to the act
OF Capt. Michael. who had charge of
the recent execution OF six murderers
in Manila. He chose position where
the condemned men faced the east, and
before they dropped they had one last
look at the morning sun. which is so
dear to the Oriental.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

On a recent Sunday a thousand
members of a Roman Catholic congre-
CATION in Wilkesbarre. Pennsylvania.
sighed a pledge of total abstinence
from Intoxicating drinks. The priest
who preached the sermon of the oc-
casion said: "a blow has this day
been struck for temperance that will
be heard round the world" The Com
panion is glad to help on the reverb
sration.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

dia, Lord Curzon, the viceroy. told the
young people Ito be without educa-
tion in the twentieth century would be
as if knight of the feudal ages had
been stripped Of helmet, spear and
coat of mail"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
How Seeds Are Distributed. (,

Darwin found in the earth ,-dliering
to the feet of plover three different
kinds of seeds. In the mud sticking to
the feet of ducks and geese shot in
England he detected the seeds of
plants peculiar to th9 Victoria Nyanza,
in central Africa. In the soil clinging
to the feet of Texas steer the seeds
of five different kinds of weeds and
grasses common in Texas We're discov-
cred in New York by the aid of mi
croscope.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

1t is a curious fact that in 1890 the
Turkish government prohibited the ex-
port of Angora kid skins on the
ground that the trade threatened to ex-
tinguish the Angora goat; but these
animals are now more numerous than
ever. and their usefulness is far more
widely recognized than was the case
q century ago.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

The testament of Mrs. Eliza Potter.
wife of Bishop Henry C. Potter. who
6ied June 20. was filed at the surro-
gates office in New York, few days
ago. 1t was written by Mrs. Potter on
June 20. and is the shortest will ever
filec there. 1t contains but one sem
tence, bequeathing her entire estate of
900 to her husband.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

Green is recommended for bathing
dresses, because it harmonizes with a
tanned skin land the emerald and sap
phire of the ocean"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

In France the interest charge on
the public debt is s200.O00,0 900 a year,
per capita of over s5. In the United
States the interest charge is less than
s30,Ooo.o 900 a year, per capita of 80
cents.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

Canada's exports of bacon to Brit
ain last year amounted to 135,000,O00
pounds, as against 1000, 900 pounds in
1889. This vast increase is, no doubt.
greatly due to the preferential trade
established.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

Paris supplies free of cost sulphur
Gus baths to all persons engaged in
handling lead.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

Matilde Weber, who recently died at
Tubingen, age seventy-two, was one OF
the pioneers in south Germany in the
movement for securing greater privi-
leges for women.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

Nathan Church, a man of scholarly
attainments, and a colleague of Blaine
in the Maine legislature, is now work
ing as street cleaner in Minneapolis at
q salary of S1.50 a day.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10

Wig-Do you believe that bowling
dog forecasts a death? Wag-Certainly:
somebody kills the dog.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-09-10
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ward and President Mckinley were
prayed for.
The Archbishop of Canterbury sent
n message praying that Gods blessing
might rest on the deliberations. The
Bishop of London sent n similar mes
sage, adding the hope that some day
the Methodists will be reunited With
the Episcopalians.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-10-22

to the proposition and agreed at
once to allow Maj. Jones ten days
in which to file his recommendations,
which defars the appointment another
week and further complicates tho
final decision. Maj. Jones is not
allowing any grass to grow under
hiH feet, and he is obtaining letters
from business men in various towns
and cities Of South Carolina, with
which he hopes to catch the plum in
due time, He has secured strong
recommendation in this section of
the State, and is confident he can
make the necessary showing with
which to gain the presidents favor
in the assignment of this lucrative
office.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-10-22
DISTRIBUTION OF SEEDS.
viii co Made This Fall Under New Regu.
lAtiOns.

Washington, Oct. 18.-The de-
partment of agriculture has COM
pleted plans for the annual seed
distribution throughout the country.
A change has been made in the
method of distributing cotton and
forage crops which now, instead of
being sent broadcast, will be sent
only to certain sections where they
are adaptable and likely to bring
about improved conditions. Habana
and Sumatra tobacco will be- sent
only to Florida and certain parts of
New England, where their culture
has proven fuccessful and where
muslin sheets spread over large
tracts of tobacco area furnish the
necessary tropical conditions. Other
types of tobacco plants will be sent
to other sections.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-10-22
THE LNBEl<TY BELL
viii Soon start OIL Its Trip to Charleston
VIII not be Taken to Texas

Philadelphia, October 17.-Both
branches of city councils unanimous
ly passed a joint resolution today
authorizing the councils joint COM
mittee on the Charleston Exposition
to take the Liberty Bell to the
Southern city, where it will be the
chief attraction in the Philadelphia
building. Four policemen will
guard it day and night while it 10 at
the Exposition.
The mayor Of Waco, Texas, has
asked the Philadelphia authorities
to allow the old Revolutionary relic
to be taken to that city, but the re-
quest WAS reluctantly declined. The
couucilmen did not care to risk the
danger from injury to the bell in
travel q great distance