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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29
WHERE MUCH FAULT LIES.

The following from a Chicago news
paper of recent date tells its own
story: Superintendent Bodine Of the
compulsory education department has
filed with the board of education re-
port covering the work accomplished
from September. 1900, to June, 1901, in
truancy investigations, medical in
spection and transportation service for
crippled children. The report calls at
tention to the fact that many children
of the fifth and sixth grades leave
school to go to work in stores and fac
tories, their parents filing false af1i-
davits that the children are IA years OF
age or over in order to comply with
the child labor law. This abuse was
discovered through the conflict be-
tween the age records previously given
at the schools by the children and the
age subsequently sworn to by the par
ents. The affidavit system is farce,
said Superintendent Bodine. This year
the department will cooperate With
the state factory inspector in a sup
preston of these evils, which are be-
coming a menace to school attendance.
The report shows that during the
school year 1900 children were placed
in school by truant officers. Lack of
clothing prevented school attendance in
313 cases. At the request of Superin-
tendant Bodine relief was extended by
local charitable institutions. There was
not a case where child was unable to
attend school for lack Of seat"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

The report shows a capital of $34, 473.
997, invested in manufactures and me-
chanical industries In the 2,115 estab-
lishments of the state, exclusive Of the
value Of rented property or the capital
stock Of the manufacturing corpora
lions. The gross value of the products
is returned at $3S, 1S9,S94. to produce
which involved an outlay of $1354,211
for salaries of officials, clerks, etc.
$11 ,359,367 for wages. $2,411.539 for
miscellaneous expenses, including rent
taxes. ETC., and $15,786,526 for mate
rails, mill supplies, freight and fuel.
The average number of wage earners
employed In such establishments num-
bering 1904, constitute seven per cent
Of the population of the state. The
number Of establishments shows an in
crease over 1890 OF 1853 per cent; the
capital an increase Of 210 per cent, and
the value of products of 40 per cent.
The value of the lumber and timber
products was $18,S97, 495. or 49ls per
cent of the total value Of the man
ufactured products in 1900. Four hun
bred and sixteen establishments, or al
most 20 per cent, are located in three
cities. Jacksonville has 1876 establish
ments, 1902 wage earners, a capital Of
$2,06S, 663, the value of products, in
Guiding custom work and repairing.
being $2,S12, 209; Key West, go estab-
lishments, capital $1,S39, 1874, 1863 wage
earners value of products, $3,403,607;
Tampa, 80 establishments, capital g.
935.647, 4,1O9 wage earners, and prod
ucts S7,481,741.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29
rIr.t Rrsx.rx Of Its Kind.

The old Hofbury brewery. In West
Berkeley, Cal, has been leased by .
Japanese firm for the purpose OF man.
ufactur.ng Japanese liquors. The du-
ty on liquors from Japan is so high as
to be practically prohibitive, and the
new company intends manufacturing
native drinks for the consumption Of
Japanese in this country and Hawaii.
1t will be the first mandatory Of its
kind in the United States. The lease
was made for ten years. 1t is pro-
posed to employ about 100 men when
the place is in running order.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29
COLONY THAT'S SUCCESSFUL.

There has frequent notice been given
of late in newspapers of successful
cooperative colony in Paraguay. 1t Is
called Cosme. and was founded in 1894
by some Englishmen who seeded from
the New Australian colony because in
their opinion it was departing from
correct lines. The present status OF
Cosme is thus described by Mr.. John
Lane, one of its founders:
I'VE are running now on the lines on
which New Australia started; we are
communistic in so far as we share our
earnings equally, irrespective of the
capacity of the individual. The pres
ent outlook is highly satisfactory, but
we want more adult members. Our
present population is 16 women, all
married, and rs men; AZ all told, ex-
elusive of the children. We have $4,000
acres of land, half forest and half pas
ture, but only the forest land is good
for cultivation. In the matter OF
finances our assets exceed our liabili-
ties, and that is generally considered
to be sound position. We can easily
raise our own food supply. Every fam
lily lives in its own house, and the
bachelors have houses Of their own, but
take their meals at the cooperative
dining room, their cooking being done
for them by colony labor. We have a
45-hours week, eight hours day for
five days, and five hours on Saturday.
Work starts just after sunrise, and the
men are employed in sugar-making
and timber work. The married women
are not on the organized working staff.
They look after the homes, and any
work they do outside is voluntary.
Single women would BE- on the working
staff"
In other words, forty-two adults are
supporting themselves and their chill
dren on the products of their toll ap-
piled to $4,000 acres Of land, half Of
which is fit for farming, and timbered
except as portions have been cleared,
while the other half Of the tract is
devoted to grazing. OF these AZ adults,
10 men and 16 women, are married,
and ten men are single. submit that
it is not necessary to 60 to Paraguay
or to take up the principle Of holding
things in common, to secure facts like
these. 1t would be very easy to find,
in any state in this union, 16 families
and 10 single adult men who make
comfortable living for themselves and
their dependents, and lay up money,
out of aggregate holdings of less than
$4,000 acres Of land Of the sort de-
scribed In other words, this Cosme
happy family means simply this: That
small number of persons have Sc
cured possession of a large tract of
valuable land and by developing it are
living nicely and accommodating money.
They are to be congratulated on Their
good fortune, wit to see, and energy to
grasp and develop q good thing. but as
for proving the superiority of colony
activity over the principle of individ-
ual holdings. their experience goes for
nothing Grit.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

Ex-United Stales Senstor Arthur
Pue German. OF Maryland, was In the
corridor of the Fifth Avenue Hotel
after breakfast the other morning.
when street gamin who had been ON
an errand for some one came up to
him and said: Say. blokey. change a
quarter for me, will you? Dem guys
at de desk is too stuck up to do bugi-
ness wild me-" The senator looked
nonplussed at first. but gave the lad
the change. To friend standing with
him he said: What shocking place
to live in New York must be to Q
man Of extreme egotism."
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

Mr.. George C. Power, industrial COM
missioner of the Illinois Central rail-
road, has just made report Of the
work Of his department for the past
fiscal year. A total Of 1863 new in
dustries, representing capitalization
of $1O,OOO,OOO, is shown for the district
along the lines of the Illinois Central
railroad and the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley railroad. all established within
the year. From an industrial stand
point the yer was the most prosperous
one in the fifty years Of the railroads
existence. One hundred and nineteen
of the new industries located last year
were north of the Ohio river.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29
CANADA'S CAPITAL Al OUSED.
Never Was There Such Excitement
Physicians Association Trying


Ottawa, Canada, Nov. 25th.-This
city is stirred up as never before.
Some seven years ago the local papers
published an account of man named
George H. Kent of 40S Gilmour street,
who was dying of Bright's Disease and
who at the very last moment after
several of our best physicians had de-
clared he couldn't live twelve hours,
was saved by Dodds Kidney Pills.
People who know how low Mr.. Kent
was refused to believe that he was
cured permanently and the other day
in order to clinch the matter the pa
pers published the whole case over
again and backed up their story by
sworn statements made by Mr.. Kent,
in which he declares most positively
that in 1894 he was given up by the
doctors and that Dodd's Kidney Pills
and nothing else saved him, and fur
ther that since the day that Dodd'si
Kidney Pills sent him back to work
seven years ago, he has not lost a
single minute from his work. (He Isl
a printer in the American Bank Note
Printing Company
Mr. Kent is kept quite busy during
his spare hours answering inquiries
personally and by letter, but he Is SO
grateful that he counts the time we'll /
spent. Indeed he and his wife have
shown their gratitude to Dodd's Kid
ney Pills in very striking way by
having their little girl--born in 1856
christened by the name of "Dodds."
Altogether it is the most sensational
case that has ever occurred in the his
tory of medicine in Canada and the
perfect substantiation of every detail
leaves no room to doubt either the
completeness or the permanency Of
the cure.
The local physicians have made the
case of Kent and Dodd's Kidney Pills
the subject Of discussion at several Of
the private meetings of their associa-
ton.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

Why is the sea blue? Briefly, because
water is blue; a green leaf absorbs the
red, yellow, blue and violet compo-
nents OF ray OF light, and gives us
back the green. So tomato rejects
all but the red; blacklead is greedy and
absorbs all 1t can get; white rose
takes In scarcely anything and reflects
almost the entire ray as white light.
Water absorbs little Of the blue OF
the ray, and the effect OF layer upon
layer Of very light blue is to make
the mass look deep color.-London
News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29
OASIS.

OASIS.
Let them go blythe heats, the doubts,
the strife;
l can sit here and care not for them
now,
Dreaming beside the glimmering wave
of life
Once more-I know not how.
There is a murmur in my heart;
hear
Faint-Oh! so faint-some air l used
to sing;
1t stirs my sense; and odors dim and
dear
The meadow breezes bring.
Just this way did the quiet twilights
fade
Over the fields and happy homes Of
men,
While one bird sang as now, piercing
the shade.
Long since-I know not when.
Edward Dowden.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

Alaskan dogs are called malamutes,
and are a cross between dog and a
wolf. About two months after birth
they are trained to draw little wagons,
and soon become very useful They
do not bark, but utter a melancholy
howl. They have long hair, and can
sleep in the open air with the Their
mometer sixty degrees below zero.
Their usual food is fish and seal blub-
Der. They are fed once day, usually
at night.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

A Carbondale (Col) man is on his
way to Holland to find three or four
hundred families who will go to Colo
RADIO, settle down in the irrigated Sec
lions, and build up the sugar-beet rails.
ing industry, his belief being that the
Hollanders, who are thoroughly ac-
quainted with the use of bitches for
the purpose of keeping water off the
farming lands of their own country
will be particularly useful in the use
Of bitches used for irrigation purposes
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.

The following is proof that "all" the
people are getting interested in meth
DDS wherein "all" the people receive
benefits. This method of extending
the function of government to include
the benefits to 'all' the people is rap
idly growing. Our public schools are
the best illustration of the practical
working of public ownership, says the
Central Farmer of Omaha. The SUBJ
ject of furnishing free books in our
free schools has been receiving atten-
ton. We are glad to note the results,
which are very encouraging in favor oil
public ownership.
Ten states of the union have COM
pulsory free text book laws, while
seventeen out of twenty-eight large
cities in the United States provide free
text books. In Philadelphia this idea
has prevailed since 1918. New York
has had it for fifty or sixty years
Nine out Of fourteen cities of less than
100000 population have adopted it.
From all places where the system has
been tried come reports of increased
attendance and great saving in the
total expenditure for text books.
This steady and widely extended
growth indicates that the free tex
book system has intrinsic merit in it
and that it is Endorsed by leading edu-
Gators. 1t is in harmony with thu
underlying principles of the free school
system. 1t further indicates the grow
ing popularity of the cooperative plan
of conducting the affairs of govern
ment in matters where the people
have a common interest.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

Ex-Governor Leedy has engaged in
the practice Of law in Alaska. and in a
letter to his old friend, DR.. Pitcher of
Winfield, he says his prospects are
good. He is building a house in tho
town of Valdez, and already he is one
Of the foremost citizens of the town
He likes Alaska better every day, and
the town of Valdez he predicts will b
the biggest seaport on that coast. It's
harbor is open the year round, and the
town is on what is called the "all-
American" route to the gold country.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

The people of Spencer, Mass, are
proud of the fact that it was the birth
place Of Elias Howe, Jr. Passengers
on the Boston and Albany Railroad,
passing through that town, can see a
huge sign, eighteen feet square, bear
ing these words: Down in the valley
below Elias Howe, Jr.. inventor Of the
sewing machine, and an illustrious
son Of Spencer, was born in 1879"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

In Spain man who works on a
farm receives about rs cents. In the
vineyards wages range from IA cents a
day for women and boys to 81 cents
for unskilled men and AZ or 56 cents
for those upon whose skill the whole
responsibility of the raisin crop rests.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

Tests in the cultivation of potatoes
made last year. show that, whether
planted whole or cut. the large pota-
toes gave the biggest yields in every
case; but when the financial results
were looked into, it was found that the
biggest profit was made by planting
whole large potatoes, and the mex,
largest profit from whole small ones.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29
A wealthy business man who runs

A wealthy business man who runs q
farm for pleasure, but on business
principles, refused to buy a corn-reaper
that left a tall stubble. The Maine
Farmer explains that on well-grown
corn the reaper that leaves six inches
Of stalk standing wastes at least a ton
to the acre Of valuable fodder. one.
tenth Of the crop. Beside this illumin
alive incident we place the brief but
pointed speech Mr.. Schwab made when
he assumed the presidency of the
United States Steel company: There
must be a constant effort to look after
the little things" That is business"
whether man controls a billion-dol-
lar corporation or a ten-acre farm.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

The latest use to which the automo-
bile has been put between the Pyren-
nees and the port Of Havre is as a
travelling bank for the savings of wage
earners in the rural districts. AS the
toilers have little time to spend in
seeking places of deposit for their saw,
ings, the auto goes out to the fields in
search of them.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H. Ormsby, of
Chicago, ILL.,, have been married seven
years, and during that time she has
twice given birth to twins, once to
triplets, and on September 20 of the
present year she added bankruptcies to
her family. In the seven years she
has had fourteen children.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

The Burmese soung is harp, the
body being modelled like a boat, with
long, high PROV. The instrument
has scale from low A in the bass
clef to F in the G clef. 1t is used to
accompany vocal music.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29
Another British Sporting Man.

Sir Thomas Upton hardy stands for
so prominent representative Of Brit
ish sport as Lord Lonsdale. The latter
owns the finest pack Of hounds in Eng
land, is splendid boxer, rides and
drives to perfection, and has earned
fame as a yachtsman. hunter and ex-
plorer. He Is also patron Of forty
church livings. -Philadelphia Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

Jackson, Ont, has made a record for
municipal economy. OF the $4,000 vot-
ed for decorations for the reception of
the Duke and Duchess OF Cornwall and
York $500 was not spent.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29
Tint Compulsory Arbitration Vote.

Over 400 delegates attended the re-
cent annual British trade union con-
gress. When it came to show OF
voting strength, compulsory arbitra-
ton was rejected by $4,000 to 100000
votes.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

The most valuable kitchen in the
world belongs to the Shah of Persia
With its outfit of cooking utensils and
dishes it is said to be worth about S..
100000. Even the cooking pots are
lined with gold, and the plates and
dishes used at the royal table are OF
solid gold, encrusted with precious
stones.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

Instead Of being a modern notion,
the plan Of preventing destructive
storms by exploding bombs among the
clouds was suggested nearly 100 years
ago by Prof. Parrot, of Riga, in Rus
STA.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

The deepest borehole known, made
by the Prussian government, is at
Paruschowitz, near Ratibor, in upper
Silesia. The total depth is about 6,572
feet, the diameter decreases from SO
inches down to 81 inches. The upper
half of. the hole is tubed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

Japan sent 63 ships through the
Suez canal last year. or more than
Spain (34) or Denmark (27), and near.
ly as many as Italy 1927.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

When bad men combine the good
must associate, else they will fall one
by one an unpitied sacrifice in a con-
temptible struggle.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOMk ITEMS or INTEREST TO
UNION WORKMEN.

A Successful Cooperative Colony In
Paraguay In which the Earnings are
Shared Equally, Irrespective Of the
Individual.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

The American shipyards where
which will keep them busy for the
next twelve months and some longer
This applies to yards on the great
lakes as we'll as those on the sea-
board
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29
KANSAS.

The Gear Of Russia is cigarette
smoker. He rolls his own cigarettes
from tobacco especially imported from
Syria.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29
INDUSTRIES OF lLonIns.

Statistics Of the manufacturing and
been announced by the census bun call
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes
use Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 OF.
package, cents.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29

If a girl is silly and has lots of
money she is callde vivacious.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-29
MORE FLEXIBLE AND LASTING,

won't shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance starch you obtain better results
than possible with any other brand and
one-third more for same money.
Gilpin observer., 1901-12-19
NEW CANAL TREATY
RATIFIED BY SENATE

Washington, Dec. 16.-The Senate
yesterday ratified the Hay-Pauncefote
isthmian canal treaty by the deciGve
vote Of 72 to @. The vote was re(ched
a few minutes before o'clock after al
most five hours discussion behind clos
ed doors. There were no sensational
incidents during the entire time. The
debate was confined exclusively to a
discussion Of the merits Of the agree
ment and the policy of its provisions.
The principal speech Of the day was
made by Senator Teller, in opposition to
the treaty, and he was followed in rap
Id succession by twelve or fifteen other
senators, who spoke briefly for or
against the motion to ratify.
Mr.. Teller expressed confidence that
the resolution would be adopted, and
while he had no purpose to attempt to
prevent that result, he was convinced
that there are very few senators who
are really satisfied with the treaty.
With Great Britain in her present
mood he believed, he said, 1t would have
been possible to secure u treaty which
would give entire satisfaction and he
sharply criticised the State Department
for failing to do SO.
He took the position that It would
have been sufficient to abrogate the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty and said that
England knew well enough that with
that result accomplished, she could
very well trust the United States to
maintain the neutrality Of the canal,
rs this country could be prepared to do
80 for many years.