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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Treat All Lawbreakers Alike.

The hand of public authority should
be applied heavily against all riotous
strikers. And next let 1t fall with
equal force upon the railroad coal cor
porations, whose law-breaking, while
of more polite and elegant kind, is
none the less reprehensible. They are
breaking state law in adding the bust
ness of coal-mining to that of common
carrier. They are breaking federal
law in combining to regulate output
and prices. And they are violating
the interstate commerce law in charg-
ing unreasonable prices for the car
riage of coal. Let the lawless cor
porations be suppressed equally with
the lawless striker. And beyond all
this is the necessity of action to pre-
vent a recurrence of like disaster.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17

opoly and the products affected, OF
overcapitalization and the losses sure
to fall upon purchasers of inflated
stocks when the collapse comes ana
of the oppression of labor by placing
entire industries under a single man.
agement.
What must we do about these
trusts? Batter down the tarin walls
which shelter them. This is the sub
stance of Mr.. Boies' prescription, and
it Is a good one.
But 1t seems unnecessary for him 10
say that he would not now NEEDLE
with the tariff except in so far as 1t
shelters trusts. 1t seems unnecessary
also to say that a tariff which has
done no end of mischief besides shell
tering trusts is Of less Importance
than the trusts themselves.
When Mr.. Boies says this he goes
far to bear out the assumption OF the
president that the people have &C.
quiesced in the policy of protection SO
far as the Democratic party as well
as the Republican party is concerned.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Trust Robbery Is Rampant.

There are other ways Of robbine
people besides knocking them down
and rifing their pockets, and many
of them are SO ingeniously contrived
that the victims not only are uncon-
scious of loss, but so enamored of the
processes by which they are plum
dered that they resent all efforts to
protect them from the thieves. The
enormous profits of some of the trusts
are derived from the operation OF tar
if schedules cunningly devised to ex-
tort tribute from the people, and yet
the people are told by their leaders
that those schedules cannot be re-
vised without bringing disaster to
honest labor and thrift and destroying
the prosperity of the country
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Where Echo DWells.

Some summer morn immersed In calm
When every wafture breathes of balm
Take you the pathway under hill.
Night haunted by the whipporwill.
Until. where beech and birch confer.
And hemlocks make their harp-like stir
A weeping amphitheater
Opes. golden green, upon the view;
There Echo dwells, and waits for you
II.
The elderberry every hour
Adds to the purple of its dover;
With every dusk, with every dawn.
The mandrake fruit takes amber on;
4 gossip brook gives happy hint
OF spruce and sassafras and mint;
While overhead, Turing tint,
The vast vault arches, virgin blue;
There Echo dwells, and waits for you.
If you bespeak her loud or low.
At night heart, or at morning glow
Trump clear, or subtle sweet and shy
Swiftly her voice will make reply,
Never beheld, or near or far,
Elusive as blown perfumes are,
Evasive as a falling star,
With all her ariel retinue.
Fair Echo dwells, and waits for you!
Clinton ScOllard, In Munsey.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17

Miss Kate Brown, Recording Score
tary Of the L. G. B. Association OF Kan
sas, in a letter from COS N. Seventh ST.
Kansas City, Kansas, says:
"FOr seven years have not known
what 1t was to spend well day'
Icaught severe cold which l neglected;
It was at the time of menstruation ana
inflammation set in and Frustrated me.
Catarrh of the kidneys and bladder fol-
lowed, my digestive organs gave way
in fact the cold disarranged my whole
system. "a.
81 spent hundreds of dollars with
doctors and medicine, but derived Dur
little benefit until began treatment
with Peruna. kept taking it for nearly
nine months before l was completely
cured, but kept growing better gradu-
ally so that felt encouraged to continue
taking Peruna until my health was re-
stored. Isend nv thanks End hlessin~S
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
ANECDOTES OF JUSTICE GRAY.
sa7ce Mistaken for John L. Sullivan
An Unfortunate Quotation.

H1Se MISTAKEN TOT JOHN - Su'"~o"
An Unfortunate Quotation.
Although the late Justice Gray was
= man with whom people did not easily
come into friendly relations, because
If his somewhat austere manner, he
Is described by those who know him
intimately as one of the most charm
Ing of conversationalists, with a range
of information which was remarkable.
He liked good story, and would often
tell one at his own expense. He often
gave publicity to peculiar experience
which he had in a little town In Col
orado some years ago. John l.. Sulli'
van was then at the zeD-ca OF his
fame, and was expected IT. that part
of the state in few days The train
which was carrying the Sufreme Court
justice made such come lions at a
junction point that a stor over of one
hour was necessary, aud ne improved
the occasion to stretch his legs ON
the station platform.
The natives saw this great man, and
UcSdu SpcCuidllu5 DO W hio AuSHs'NS
One of the knowing ones limited that
1t was John l.. Sullivan and cited In
evidence that he had seen Boston
marked on one Of the belongings OF the
d.stinguished-lookin traveller This
was enough. The crowd gazed in open
mouthed wonder; the report that the
greatest fighter of the country was al
the station brought half the population
of the town there to get a glimpse OF
him. The justice could not understand
the meaning of such demonstration
in his honor until one of the citizens
not altogether satisfied on the subject
asked him: BE you really John l.. Sui
livan, the prize-ighter?"
Mr.. Gray used also to tell OF a very
religious man who had favorite pas
sages of scripture stamped on his let
ter-heads, changing them from time te
time. He happened to write to Justice
Gray once, making suggestion II
connection with case to come before
him, on letter paper bearing these
words: Eye are bought with price
In acknowledgement which was Sc
verely formal, the justice suggested
that in the future a more opposite
quotation at least should be selected
New York Evening Post.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Why They Stand Together.

The allies of the beet sugar crowd
know that the tariff on their own
products is as indefensible as that on
Cuban sugar. They know that Cuban
reciprocity means the reduction of
the tariff on two important commodi-
ties that are imported in large guam
titles. They do not desire to see a
beginning made in lowering duties.
They know that no American interest
will wish to see this demonstrated,
because it will also prove that re-
duction OF the tariff is not ruinous, as
they have been asserting.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Remedy for Trust Evils.

Tariff revision is a remedy which
needs no prolonged discussion or liti-
cation. The simple fact Is that the
protected industries do not, on their
own showing, need the awful sacri-
fees which the families of the United
States have been forced to make.
They have, almost without exception,
become gigantic trusts, keeping down
instead of improving the condition of
workingmen and ruthlessly fixing
prices to suit their lust for profits.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
How Philanthropy Has Grown.

It Is gratifying, in the midst OF all
these accusations of moral turpitude
hurled at the age, to reflect that
philanthropic evolution has, perhaps,
kept pace with the worlds material
evolution. Commercialism may be re-
lentless in its exactions OF flesh and
blood, but the modern spirit OF human
ity is not all unworthy OF the Chris
tianity of the ages.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
No Government by Gamblers.

Mr.. Shaw declares that he has not
resigned the treasury portfolio and
has no present intention Of resigning.
The president causes it to be known
that he is entirely satisfied with Mr..
Shaw's stewardship and desires to
retain that gentleman at his council
board.
Nevertheless newspapers of GER
tain affiliations continue to print and
reprint acknowledgements posi-
tive, sometimes conditional-that Mr..
Shaw Is going to leave the cabinet,
either of his own volition or at the In
vitation of the president. Evidently
the wish is father to the thought, and
the motive for desiring Mr.. S:aw's
retirement is clear enough. For some
reason or other he refused to accede
to the demand of the stock gamblers
that financial "cats and dogs" should
be accepted as security for govern
,ment deposits. That ruling has caus-
ed inconvenience in stock-gambling
operations, and Mr.. Shaw's official
head is in demand.
People who are not stock gamblers
Democrats and Republicans alike
will deriy satisfaction from the evil
dent certainty that Mr.. Shaw will not
be sacrificed. AS for the threatened
attempt of the stock gamblers to beat
Mr.. Roosevelt for denomination or
re-election-such a campaign would
render the presidents success SO GER
tain that the opposition to him, aside
from that of the gamblers, would be
merely nominal
Whatever may be the difference OF
popular opinion upon matters purely
political, it is safe to declare that the
sentiment of the nation is practically
unanimous in the determination that
this country shall not be governed
from the New York Stock Exchange.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17

The Montreal, Canada, Gazette dis
cusses the question as to whether
trade follows the flag" and shows
that the trade of the United States
with the Philippines amounted to only
7 per cent in 1899 of the total imports,
to only per cent in 1900 and to only
IL per cent in 1901, while the general
trade of other nations with the is.
lands increased 81 per cent, and con-
cludes 1.-THE United States share
did not even keep the pace. Trade
follows the trader with the right
goods at the right prices"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
LIQUID Air

The Hampson Liquifer for making
LIQUID air has recently been tested al
Cornell University by Prof. Frank
Allen, who reported his results to the
American Association for the Ad'
yancement of Science. Briefly stated
they are that the expenditure OF one
horse power continuously for one
hour produces just enough liquid air
TO produce, when utilized in perfect
machine, one horse power FOR one
minute. In any transforming machine
known the effective energy would be
Of course. much less.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Maternity of the Trusts.

With but few exceptions the peo-
pie have found that every time they
get on the trail Of trust they track
it right back to its shelter under the
roof of the Dingley tariff act. They
not only believe but know that that
tariff is the whelplng mother of most
of the greedy trusts that are daily
robbing them and they mean to put
an end to the whole breed of them In
the only way available-a thorough,
honest, equal rights revision of the
tariff schedules.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
soies, Letter of Acceptance.

When the Democrats of the third
Iowa district (Henderson's) nominal
ed ex-Gov. Boies for congress they
did not erect a platform for him to
stand upon. Mr.. Boies therefore makes
his own platform in his letter OF &C.
cepts >ce.
It lis q one-plank platform. OPPOSE
ton to trusts is the one plank. Mr..
Boiss discourses forcibly and elo-
euently Of tho evils resulting from the
formation Of trusts-of extortion made
possible by partial or complete mon
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Death on Bicycle Thieves.

Judge John Stewart Of Chambers.
burg, Pa, considers that those who
steal bicycles should be classed with
horse thieves, because persons too
poor to buy horses use the silent steed
instead. Two bicycle thieves were
convicted in his court last week and
he sentenced each of them to eight
cen months in the penitentiary. One
of them said, impudently: Thank
you," whereupon his honor remarked:
"As you are so well pleased l shall
increase your term by six months"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Hundreds of Dollars
Spent in Vain.-sPe.
rusnd Cured.

to YOU for Peruna. Miss Kate Brown.
x neglected cold is frequently the
cause of death.
1t is more often, however, the cause
of some chronic disease.
There is not an organ in the body out
what is liable to become seriously dc.
ranged by neglected cold. Diseases OF
the kidneys, bladder and digestive Or
gans are all frequently the result OF
neglected cold.
Hundr eds of dollars are spent on doc
tors and medicines trying to cure these
diseases, but until the true cause Of
them is discovered, there will be no
use in using medicine. ;,
Dyspepsia medicine, diarrhaa medi'
cine and cons tipation medicine is OF nc
good whatever when catarrh Is the
cause. The catarrh must be treated.
The cause being removed, the derange'
ments will disappear.
Peruna cures catarrh OF the dlgestlve
organs, the urinary organs or any OF
the internal organs.
If YOU do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use OF Peruna
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving
full statement of your case, and ne Will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad'
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President Of
! The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus.O.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Not Agreed as to the Tariff.

1t is remarkable how great Is the
difference of opinion as to great
question oil public policy among states
men of the same political party Thus
while Chairman Lemuel Eli Quigg in
the Republican state convention of
New York declared that the tariff and
the trust questions were so thorough
ly welded together that they could no
longer be separated and must consti-
tute one issue, President Roosevelt de-
clared on the same day that the tariff
and the trusts have no logical rela-
tion with each other.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
She was Persuaded to Try st. JACOBS
OIL, and All Pain Disappeared
Innediatelv.

It is undoubtedly fact beyond dis
pute that the strongest advertising
medium the proprietors have is that OF
people who recommend others to use
st. Jacobs Oil. People who have them
selves experienced happy result
which invariably follows the use OF
this great remedy, show their graft
tude by recommending it to those
whom they know are similarly AFFECT
ed. This is the case of Margaret Lee,
of II Brightfield road, Lee Green, Wis.
Having suffered from muscular
rheumatism for years, and not receiv-
ing any benefit from various remedies,
used st. Jacobs OIL pain and sore
ness removed at once; no return OF
rheumatism" st. Jacobs Oil is sold
in rs cts. and so cts. sizes by all drug
CiStS.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
snau in carneaie's Path.

One of Mr.. Carnegie's libraries went
to Grove City, Pa, on condition that
the borough would appropriate $1,000
annually for its maintenance. The
courts have now decided that the bor
ough had no constitutional power to
make such an agreement and now the
question arises whether Mr.. Carnegie
will take back the library and how
many other gifts of his in Pennsylva-
mia are in the same strait.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Boats Run by Electric Power.

An electric mule" company has
secured a lease of the Miami & Erie
canal in Ohio, and it is promised that
a feet of forty or more boats will
soon be running by electric power.
The canal is 274 miles long, connect
ing Cincinnati and Toledo, and was
completed in 1885. The first electric
construction will be, for sixty miles,
south from Toledo or north from Day
ton.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Destination of Garden Truck.

c. B. Million, farmer living near
Rockport, Mo-, raised 1900 bushels
of onions and about $4,000 heads OF
cabbage this year. A north Missouri
mathematician has figured out that
the onions will be enough to make
soc, 900 gallons of hash and the cab
bage 10000 bushels of slaw.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Notices About Gold.

A vain mans motto is, win gold
and wear IT." generous mans, win
gold and share it," miser's, win
gold and spare IT." profiigate's, win
Cold and snend it," a brokers, "Win
gold and lend it," FOOLS, win gold
and end IT." a gamblers, win gold
and lose it," wise mans, win gold
and use t."-Washington Star.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17

Congressional Tendency Hereditary.
Marcus Allen Coolidge, Democratic
nominee for Congress in the Fourth
Massachusetts district, is a son OF a
former Congressman and is largely in
terested in street railway construction
throughout the New England states.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Protection Is Piracy.

Piracy was once a legalized bust
ness More than one king of England
has increased his revenues thereby.
There is absolutely no difference in
principle between licensing sailor
to prey on commerce and licensing an
individual ashore to prey on the COM
munity. In either case the result is
an sxtortionate gain at the expense of
the weak.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Dancer of pYeinq.

Cross-Do you think that dyeing the
hair is as dangerous as the doctors
make out? Crabbe-Certainly; you
may take my word for it. Only last
year a rich uncle Of mine took to dye
ing his hair and in three weeks he was
married to a widow with four children.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Not the Whole Truth.

At a hotel in Niagara an embryo
poet wrote, in a conspicuous place
some verses derogatory of the beau.
ties of the Falls, and signed the eff
fort with the initials "A. s." A lover
of beauty saw the verses and added
beneath: "Two-thirds of the truth"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Another Myth Exploded.

A recent German traveller in the
Caucasus reports that he saw many
handsome men. but not one OF the
beautiful women for which that region
is famous, although in the villages
everybody turned out to see him.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Number of Ants in Nest.

A Partisan scientist estimates that
the number OF ants in nest varies
from 1928 to 1884. These figures
are the result of a careful investiga-
ton, and, he declares, actual counting
of several ordinary nests.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17

A fifteen.year-old boy in the canton
of Grisons, Switzerland, came across
three large eagles the other day, en-
gagged in deadly fight. He killed
one of them with his stick. where
upon the others took to fight.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
PROTECT THE PUBLIC
REASON FOR THE REDUCTION OF
TARIFF DUTIES.
As Now Levied They Are an 'nstru'
ment Of Extortion and a Shelter Tor
Monopoly-There Is Only One Nat
ural and Proper Remedy.

The latest speeches by the Presi'
dent and the other saunders OF the
Republican keynotes are to the eject
that what ever men may think about
the wisdom of reducing tariff rates
on the ground that they are higher
than necessary it will not do to talk
about reduction Of rates as a means
of controlling trusts.
The doctrine now is that If 1t Ia
proposed to reduce duties in order TO
remedy trust evils the object is to
punish the trusts, but that II trusts
are punished so are other producers
of the same articles who are not con-
nected with trusts and are therefore
innocent. In short, you cannot pun
ish the guilty trusts by reducing the
duties without furnishing innocent
people who are outside of the trusts.
THIS would appear to miss the
point. 1t is not proposed by anybody
to reduce the duties to punish the
trusts, but to protect the people
against extortion.
1t is a fact that American producers
of protected articles are exacting
worlds competitive prices plus part
or all the duties from American con-
sumers while selling to foreign con-
sumers at competitive prices only.
If these American producers can
afford to sell to foreigners at competi-
tive prices they can afford to sell to
Americans at the same prices, and
they can do so whether they are in
side or outside of trusts. If they can
Inject all competitors on an equal foot
ing in foreign markets SO they can
in the home market, and a tariff
which enables them to exact more
from foreigners Is an instrument OF
'extortion if not shelter for mon
,opoly.
Such a tariff cannot be necessary.
lit is without excuse. 1t merely en-
ables the producers to put up prices
by combining to throttle competition.
Abolish it and the combine will be-
come harmless. If harmless nobody
will object to it's existence if it still
chooses to exist.
1t is a notorious fact that trusts con-
troll most of the industries that are
tariff projected. 1t is also true that
most of the articles produced by these
industrial combines are sold cheaper
abroad than at home.
To indicate the difference we find
the fact that American axes are sold
at 1925 per dozen at home and STU
broad, wire nails $2.25 per lou
pounds at home and $1.35 abroad
table knives at SIS per gross at home
and $12 abroad, barbed wire SO per
100 pounds at home and 81 abroad.
These are mere instances OF what is
generally true. Charles M. Schwab
president of the steel trust. testified
before the industrial commission that
1T is quite true that export prices are
made at very much lower rate than
those here"
This necessarily means that oul
protected producers sell either at lit
tie or no profit or at loss abroad
or at an exorbitant profit at home. In
either case the natural and proper
remedy would appear to be to lower
the duties or abolish them, whether
the producers are trusts or not.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Protecting Theater Goers.

The police department of Athens,
Greece, has forwarded circular to
the managers of all local theaters d.
rectiny them to announce in their
programs whether their plays are
such as ladies can properly attend.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Holy Men Well Cared For.

Although there are over 100000
takers in India, a beggar never
starves, except voluntarily in SELF
punishment 50 afraid are the natives
of mourning the wrath Of their null
titudinous gods if the holy men are
not cared for.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Some Neoro Statistics.

Two hundred and sixty-four thou
sand two hundred and lightweight me-
groes in the United States own their
homes. There are altogether about
one and one-half million negro families
in the country.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
Motor Cars in Paris.

Nearly 5000 motor cars are now In
use in Paris and the neighborhood,
$500 of the cars having registered
speed of over eighteen miles an hour.
The number of licensed "chauffeurs"
at the beginning of the month was 49,
GOO.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17
ALTON RESUMES FAST sT. LOo"
TRAIN SERVICE.

Passengers destined to st. LOUIS
AMI points east should go via the kaD-
sas City gateway. thereby securins
the advantage Of the Chicago & Alton .
fast night train. leaving Kansas CIT,
At 9 D. M, arriving in st. Louis at Eos
a m. Chair cars free Of extra charge
Compartment sleeping cars. The Al
TON keeps their light a'shining JUS
ahead Of the rest Write to L. u
Cooper. Travelling Passenger Agent
Chicago & Alton Railway. Kansas C'ty
Ma. for lowest ratsA :
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17

e,ro Permanently Cured no fits or aftei
rrst davis use OF DR.. Kine's Great Nerve kestorer
aapd for FREE 100 trial bottle and treatise
DR. r. H. KLINE Ltd. 9Sl Arch St. fnhaoeipn'A'
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-10-17

Dyspepsia-bane OF human existence.
Rnrdock Blood Bitters cures it, promptly,
permanently. Regulates and tones the
stomach.