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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

In letter written by a woman liv-
ing in Berlin gloomy picture Is
painted of the industrial depression
now prevailing in Germany She de-
clares that there are in Berlin alone
$4,000 persons who cannot get work.
OF the debate in the Reichstag she
says: I'VE are having the liveliest
sort of debate in the Reichstag, the
members calling each other every
abusive name they can think OF and
being constantly called to order by the
president. If this tariff bill passes the
price Of meat will be raised third;
bread the same. and vegetables. which
now come from all parts, will be so
heavily taxed that they will be a
luxury for the rich. Such terrible de-
preston of trade as now prevails here
has not been known for years People
are starving in hundreds. The horse
meat shops. which sell the cheapest
food here, cannot supply the demands
of their customers any longer, and the
latest thing is that dogs are being
stolen to make 'braten'
for the poorest families. Perhaps the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
Salt Industry OF Utah.

In 1899 Utah produced 235,671 bar
rels of salt, equivalent to 1,17S,355
. bushels, nearly all of which was made
by solar evaporation. In the making
Of salt by solar evaporation the pumps
are started each year about the month
of March, the brine being pumped into
large reservoirs, each covering from
ten to twenty acres. AS the brine be-
comes stronger it is drawn off into
other reservoirs or sloughs covering
from three to fifteen acres. Sloughs
are made with hard clay bottom and
with a levee thrown up three or four
feet high around the sides to retain
the brine and at the same time furnish
a ditch on the outside to carry of
fresh water. The sloughs are replen-
ished from time to time during the
summer, the reservoirs being kept
stocked until September or October,
by which time salt is deposited to a
depth of from three to six inches. Har-
vesting then begins
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
Partnership With Trusts.

UnGuestionably President Roosevelt
was justified in hesitating about ac-
cepting the Carnegie gift of 100000
600 Of steel trust bonds for the univer-
sity extension scheme on the ground
that it would place the government in
the position of being party to an
unlawful combine. But why doesn't
the president instruct his attorney
general to inquire into the steel trusts
methods as an evidence of good faith !?
If the trust is so wicked that the gov
eminent cannot countenance 1t as an
associate why not, in the interest Of
the people, make it live up to the
laws?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

Spry, $l5O,O0O; A. A. Sprague, $116,-
600; David Stettauer. 100000: Jerome
e. Steever, $4,000: Leo Strauss, $780,
900; j. Fred Wallach, 100000; r. A.
Waller. 100000; ]. R. Walsh, $780,
900; E. j. Warner, $4,000; William j.
Watson. $125,000; David S. Wegg,
100000; F. H. Winston, 100000.
Prominent men in the state, outside
the city of Chicago, who are heavily
insured, are listed as follows:
Alton.-Charles H. Hapgood, $685.
900; John E. Haynor, s51, 500; Henry
Watson, $4,000.
Chester.-Dr. VIM. r. Mackenzie,
$67, 5OO II. c. Cole. s63, 500; c. B. Cole,
$4,000.
Danville.-Valentine Peyton, $780,
900.
De William L. Elwood, $780,
900.
Evanston.-Daniel H. Burnham, $780,
900; Robert E. Shepherd, $4,000.
Lincoln--S. A. Foley, $4,000.
Moline.-Charles Fl. Deere, $4,000;
]. s. Keator. $4,000.
PEORIA. w. Diefendorf. $4,000;
Edward s. Easton, $4,000; B. ].
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

magnate, values his life at $4,000 in
insurance policies, but the premium
even on such mediocre insurance as
that is considerable item.
L. z. Letter has insurance in the
same sum as his old time partner, Mr.
Field being content with $4,000
Altogether in the state Of Illinois 1863
men have their lives insured for an ag-
gregate Of S1G.01S,000.
Chicago.-George A. Armour. $780,
600; Eugene Arnstein, 100000; Edward
E. Aver. $4,000; w. T. Baker, $50, 900;
Charles j. Barnes, s125,OOO; A. c. Bart
lett, $4,000; Moses Bensinger $780,
600; Charles S. Besly, $4,000; William
Best, 100000 C. X. G.. Billings, $780,
900; George NJ. Bogue, $4,000; A.
Booth. $4,000: e. w. Brewster, $780,
600; S. A. Brown, 100000; E. Buck
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

Acting Governor Wright of the Phil
ippines says that the people of those
islands are "a hard race to conquer.
Every race that has aspired to liberty
and has shown itself willing, If neces-
sary, to die in the effort to secure it,
has been "a hard race to conquer"
Great Britain has already learned
that the Beers are "a hard race to
conquer" and it is just now begin
ming to dawn on some of the men in
authority in the United States that it
is just about as difficult to conquer
the Filipinos of to-day as the Span
iards found it to conquer the Filipinos
of yesterday.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
Chance for Mr. Knox.

1t is reported that Attorney General
Knox, in order to secure the conflrma-
ton of his appointment, was compelled
to promise that he would bring suit
against the great trusts recently or
ganized. The American antitrust
league asserts that this promise was
made, and insists upon it's immediate
fulfillment. The Minneapolis Times
trys to stir up Mr.. Knox to activity
by suggesting that few lawyers are so
we'll aware as he is Of the inward
working of the great trusts, and that
If he will do his duty now he will not
only atone for the past. but win high
place on the list of repentant sinners.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
OUR NEW SECRETARY
CAUSTIC CRITICISM OF PRESENT
HOL- Err OF TREASURY PORTFOLIO.
National Bimetallist" Talks Sharply of
Speech Delivered by Gov. shaw ut
the Trans-M. ssouri Congress In Ser
TENDER, 1898.

The appointment of Ex-Governor
Shaw Of Iowa as secretary Of the
treasury gives Importance to the
views which he has expressed on the
money question. He was one of the
speakers on the gold side when the
money question was discussed at the
trans-Missouri congress, Sept. 10, IA
and 10, 1898. In the course Of his
speech on that occasion he made the
statement that neither gold nor silver
was mentioned in the constitution.
The September. number of the Ma
tional Bimetallist, edited by ex-Con-
gresham Bartine and published at
Washington, contained caustic crti-
cism Of Mr.. Shaw's speech. The fol-
low,ns >ytract is taken from page 1928:
Perhaps the lightest. most flippant
and therefore the most disappointing
speech on the gold side was that Of
Governor Shaw of Iowa. There was
literally nothing in it, and 1t showed
the unwisdom of putting men forward
as advocates merely because they hap
pen to hold high official positions He
denied that it was necessary for the
gold men to prove anything. The gold
standard was an established fact, he
said, and hence it was for its oppo-
nents to do the proving. Governor
Shaw manifested his knowledge of
the constitution by declaring that it
did not mention either gold or silver,
for which he was sharply called down
by Mr.. Towne and Mr.. l.. II. Weller,
and a section of the constitution was
read to him.
Mr.. Shaw's error illustrates the shall
lowness of many of those who advo-
cate the money question from the
financier's side. Mr.. Shaw is money
lender and 1t Is too often assumed that
a man who handles money must neces-
sarily understand the principles that
govern the money question. 1t is a
false assumption. A man may know
whose name is good on note, he may
know how to keep books, and may
even understand how large reserve
should be kept on hand, and yet be
ignorant of the science of money. 1t
is often the case that the small finan-
cier leans on the largest one he knows.
who in turn, leans on some larger one,
and so on ad infinitum. Knowledge of
the money question comes from an un-
derstanding of the principles ir.' Lived,
not from the possession of the wealth
or from the counting of dollars. 1t is
to be hoped that Governor Shaw has
made n careful examination of the con-
sttution since his Omaha speech.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

The Objectionable thing about the
Northern Securities company is not so
much what 1t will do as what 1t will
have the power to do. A benevolent
despot may make better ruler than
the philanthropic president of re-
public, but who would be willing to
change from a republic to despotism
merely because he would feel secure
that the despot would not Cypress
him? What Mr.. Hill has done in the
past is reasonable guarantee that he
would continue to lower rates and
extend more and better accommoda-
lions, but what would the man do who
is to come after him? That's the rub.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

Several great newspapers are still
clamoring for the burning of the
grcenbacks. And we notice that the
Republican big-wigs are connecting a
scheme to convert all outstanding silver
from an asset into debt by making it
redeemable in gold. What does all
this mean? Well. just let them try to
enact law embodying either one OF
these propositions, and the people shall
soon be informed as to what 1t means.
We betray no confidence in saying
that when the effort is made, the
money question is scheduled to rise
uproariously from its supposititious
slumber.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
Ru sian Colonist, for Georgia.


81 am just from business trip to
New York and | am elated and happy
over the magnificent promise of de-
velopment that seems in store in the
immediate future for the southern Sec
ton of my state" said Mr.. Edwin
Brobston of Brunswick, Ga, to the
Washington Times.
Ours is a region that has been
greatly overlooked, but its rich nat
ural resources could not be forever
ignored, and we are about to get the
first instalment of cOlonists from
southern Russia. This is an enterprise
in which the southern railway has
taken the leading part. The coast
country of Georgia Is magnlficentiy
adapted to growing early fruits and
vegetables for the large markets of the
north. We are from fourteen to twen-
ty-one days ahead Of Norfolk in the
production of berries, melons, toma-
toes, potatoes and the like, and our
products come in right after the first
shipments of like things from Florida.
Our Russian immigrants will 60 to
work along this line of truck farming,
and 100000 acres of land contiguous
and tributary to Brunswick have
been purchased in their interest. An
other great project from which we
hope much is the line of steamships
that will ply between European ports
and Brunswick and Savannah. This
line is for the purpose of carrying
across the Atlantic in cold storage all
kinds of food supplies that the farm
ers of the coast region raise. Sir
Thomas Upton is one of the promot-
ers and is heavily interested. The in
tention is to establish depots and re-
frigerating plants near the seaboard
towns and to invite producers of
big adjacent territory to bring in
everything they make on their farms,
for which liberal prices will be given
by the agents of the company. Not
dollar of American money is wanted
and all the funds necessary to operate
the business have been subscribed by
foreign capitalists"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
Too Many Salaried Officials

There is no economy in public ex-
northumberland, state or municipal
that is so obviously necessary as the
pairing down of the salaries of officials
and the wedding out of thousands of
supernumeraries who infest the SER
vice. Here is the first work for politi-
cal reformers. The rates at which SAL
aries have advanced, and positions in
the public employ have been multi
piled in the United States since the
close of the civil war has outrun the
advance in population and the magnifi-
cent increase in the national wealth.
There has been no consequent i'm
provement in the efficiency of govern
ment. The larger pay has apparently
brought on a larger rottenness.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

IN these uncertain times 1t may be
comforting to know that If anything
should happen" to some of the rromi-
nent citizens of Illinois their families
will be provided for. The revised edi-
ton of Prominent Patrons of Life In
surance contains a cheering list. 1t
shows those who have their lives in
,ured for sums of $4,000 each and
more. Anything less than $4,000 does
not get mention.
According to this list the most in
sured man in Illinois is H. H. Kohl
saat. He is carrying life insurance in
the rather extraordinary sum of $780,
000-almost three-quarters of mil
lion.
Next In the list according to the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

Up to few years ago the average
pay of lighthouse keepers was fixed
by statute at $500 year. The whole
cost of lighthouse establishments is
more than $3000.00O year. The chief
item. $7OO,O0O is for the pay of light
house keepers, 100000 is required for
repairs, $550,000 for the expenses of
buoyage. $425.000 for supplies for
lighthouses. $350,O0O for lighthouse
vessels, 100000 for the expenses of
lighting navigable rivers, $4,000 for
fog signals.s5,O00 for the purchase OF
oil, and $4,000 for the surveys of new
lighthouses. 1t costs $4,000 a year to
maintain a first class light vessel.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
Trusts Outdolng DingleYisnl.

When the Dingley tariff was ar
ranged its authors provided in it a
means of qualifying it's most repulsive
features by providing for the negotiat-
ton of reciprocity treaties. The Re-
publican party in convention Endorsed
the policy thus set forth and hailed
protection and reciprocity as twins.
President Mckinley did his best to
keep faith with the people. But the
trusts have become more powerful
than their creators. They refuse to
keep the promise of the Dingleys and
McKinleys and insist upon their pound
OF flesh.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
Roosevelt a Good politician.

The President is an extremely capa-
BILE politician along practical lines.
Shrewd plotters, such as Senators
Hanna and Plat, enemies of Roose-
welt within the Republican organiza-
ton. will find that they are arrayed
against man who can give them all
the fighting they want and probably
C great deal more than they will rel sh.
The important developments expected
from further changes in the Roosevelt
cabinet will be possessed of peculiar
interest.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
PerversIon of Government.

The government has become gov
eminent Of the trusts, for the trusts
and by the trusts. Loot has taken the
place of liberty. The chief end of the
administration appears to be no longer
the peoples veal, but their wealth. A
latter day Caesar sits in Washington's
seat, and, not daring to play the role
of bold and open usurper, enacts the
petty tyrant, rebukes and reprimands
high officers and is as testy In temper
as Termagant II am the govern
ment" is his latest angry declaration,
in imitation of Louis XIV's famous
saying. Were it not lamentable as an
evidence of imperialistic decadence it
would be laughable.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

Max Newman, $4,000; A. S. Oakford
$4,000; Charles ]. OFF. $4,000; A
Schradzki, $4,000; Alexander G. Tying
$4,000; Jacob Wollner, 100000; Sam
uel Wollner, 100000
Pisgah.--Charles S. Runnells, $50,
900.
Rockford.--Henry w. Price, 800,
900.
Rock nd.-Ben Reynolds, $50, 1000
John Reynolds, $4,000; Fred Weyer
hauser, 100000.
Springheld.-George N. Black, $50,
900; George N. Brynckerhoff, $4,000;
John r. Peters, 100000; d. W. Smith
$50, 900; Tingley S. Wood, $93,500.
Wheaton.-John Q. Adams. 100000
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

The Republican newspapers are as
surfing us that according to the recent
decision of the supreme courts, the
Philippines are as much part of the
United States as Missouri or New
York and that the citizens of that
country are at liberty to come here at
pleasure. This being true, the Fill
pino may be imported here at the
pleasure of the rich corporations to do
mental labor for starvation wages. and
to further mongrelize the inhabitants
of this country.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
rrovld,nce Makes Much ,1ev,lrv

Practically all of the jewelry made
in the United States is turned out in
New England in the city of Provi-
dence. the Attleboros and the town OF
Mansfield. Nearly $4,000 people are
directly and indirectly interested in
the manufacture of jewelry. Altogeth-
er there are something over $50 fac
tories for the making of jewelry in
these four communities, the output
of which runs into the millions Of dol
lars in value annually.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
AMONG TIE TOILERS.

A king built mighty city;
It's streets were filed with groans,
For a million slaves had given their
lives
To pile the heavy stones.
But the king looked on. we'll satisfied;
my fame shall stand for aye.
Firm as the towers and the walls
That ] have laid today.
mo power on earth can throw them
down."
With naughty air he cried;
But the little grasses at his feet
They laughed at his king.y pride.
Oh. where is the mighty city?
And where are its towers so brave?
Above their ruined sunken heaps
The tender grasses wave.
And where is the mighty monarch ?
And where is his kingly fame
The grasses wave above his grave,
And no one knows his name.
Bertha E. Bush in Boston Evening
Transcript.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

Counselman, 100000; d. F. Chilly,
100000; T. S. Cruttenden, $1,000; o.
p. Curran, 100000; John R. Davis.
$4,000; A. l.. Dewar, 1852 900; ]. w.
Doane, 100000; S. X. Dow, $4,000; J..
H. Dwight, $4,000; Augustus N. Eddy
$4,000; c. b. Eggleston, 100000; N
X. Fairbank, 100000; J. V. Farwell,
$4,000; W. Farwell, 100000; Eugene
H. Fishburn. $4,000 G. Foreman.
SSOO00; anderson Fowler. s22O,OOO; O.
F. Fuller. 100000; Lyman j. Gage.
100000; John w. Gates, s115,00O;
William NJ. Graves, $4,000; T. w. Har-
vey, s15O,OO0; John c. Hately. $685.
600; s. c. Heisen. 1927 800; G. M. Hen
derson, $175,OOO G. W. Henry, $780,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

Those who have insurance in the sum
of 100000 and more are many.
Marshall Field, however, does not go
in for insurance to any alarming ex-
tent as compared with other risks in
Chicago. He is satisfied with the mod
est sum of $4,000.
c. X. G. Billings. the gas man. is in
the 100000 list. with Lyman J. Gage,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
100000.

lars that will go to his heirs when he
finds eternal rest.
No one else in the state values him
self quite as highly as these three
prominent business men of Chicago, OF
whom Editor Kohlsaat is first.
Ferdinand w. Peck might claim a
place in the distinguished list with a
total insurance of 100000. Anderson
Fowler, the packer. is insured for
S22O.0O0. Z. w. Brewster, Rockwell
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

The supreme court of the United
States seems to be almost evenly d.
vided on nearly all important cases.
In the recent division, involving the
insular questions, as in similar cases,
the majority is bare one, and those
who agreed on that result arrived at
their conclusions by radically differ
ent routes. The supreme court is a
sort of debating society. Its decisions
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

lack the force and dignity Of unani-
nifty. They encourage the pessimists
to insinuate that there is partisan
bias. The element of chance in this
august tribunal Is almost rs great
as in a jury in court of common
pleas.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

John d. Rockefeller, Jr., informs
young men that success comes only to
those who persevere. Mr.. Rockefeller
has persevered for number OF years
now in being the son of very rich
father, and as consequence his pros
poets in life are qrite promising.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
Novel Employ ment Agency.

A novel and certainly effective device
was utilized by an unemployed Liver
pool clerk for the purpose Of obtaining
a situation. 1t was to engage a sand
wichman to parade the neighborhood
of the Liverpool exchange with plac-
ards setting forth the clerks require
ments. The announcements, neatly in
scribed in text hand and written with
pen and ink. stated that the advertiser
was an experienced bookkeeper, 2
shorthand writer and linguist; also
that he was married man with two
children. 1t gave. of course, an adj
dress to which inqnirers were referred
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
Higher Education and Bread-winnins

In Germany the opinion is said to be
gaining that higher education Is over.
done. The universities continue to
graduate throngs for whom openings
in which they can earn living are
few. If advanced education will assist
a poor man in the task of bread-win-
ming, it is a thing to be desired, but
il its attainment consumes a number
of his best years and then he finds
himself adrift, evidently in instances.
at least. there can be such thing as
too much learning. Colleges and Ii
braries may develop capacity. but they
cannot always develop opportunity
along with it.-Buffalo Courier.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
Invent. a Hard Composition.

Alfred Gicbeler, a Mechlenberg
manufacturer has invented compo-
sition of steel twice as hard as any yet
made. the cost and production of
which is so per cent lower than that
of other steel.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
Crusade Against Lazy Men.

An Anton Qll) woman has started
crusade against men who will not
work and support their families. She
wants an ordinance passed requiring
such men to be arrested and put at
work on the rock pile with wages. The
money she would turn over to the
families for their support.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
Machine That Saves Labor.

An employe in French tobacco fac
tory has invented a machine, which
makes the head on cigars after they
are rolled, and does the work of abo,.t
a dozen hands.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
Mining Expert. Big Salary.

1t is said that Herbert c. Hoover is
one of the highest salaried men OF his
years in the industrial world. At the
age of twenty-nine he is in receipt of
So. 900 annually for his services as
mining expert.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

King and
]. Fred
Walla C b
are carry
ing $780,
900 each
on their
lives.
Val e n
tine Pey-
ton OF
Danvil | e
and B. ].
Greenhu t
of Peoria
are also in
the $780,
900 list.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
Heavy Life Insurance Risks.

900: H. N. Higinbotham. $780, oo;
James L. Houghteling, $14S,000; B. r.
Jacobs, 100000; Frank c. Jocelyn.
sS0,O00 Charles E. Johnson. 100000;
John R. Jones. $l15,OOO; Louis Keefer.
100000; E. B. e e. H. Kellogg (joint-
lyl ,s69, 600: Z. ]. Kennedy, 500 900; Sid
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07
,n.u,men In western Factories,

Cinnamon In Western Factories.
In oan Francisco $40 Cinnamon are
employed in factories making under
wear for women and children. Girls
are totally unable to compete with
them
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

nigh a m,
81 SO 0 o.;
&c o r g e
Blu | | e n.
IS 90 0 o.;
r R
G a b l e,
$500 0 o.;
VIM. J..
Chalmers.
$4,000 O.;
Frankli n
l.. Chase,
So IS O 0;
A j
Coo p e r.
10 90 0 O;
Char | G s
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-02-07

retir / n G
Secretar y
OF the
Treasur y.
James F.
AIeaghe r,
attorn e Y
for the
gas trust,
aDDraiSe 8
himself at
100000 in
insuranc e
policies.
J o h n
w. Gates,
the steel
and wire