Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1902 — Reveals a Great Secret- [ARTICLE]

Reveals a Great Secret-

The question of Roosevelt or Hanna for 1904 is not as important as ti e election of a republican house of representatives in 1902.

A general 10 per cent advance in wages of mill hands went into effect in New England last week, 75,0(0 workers being benefltted.

Instead of using consular positions as plums for political henchmen, the system should be adjusted as planned, to secure good service ,for m£i it. and promotion as a reward of zeal and intelligence in the discharge of duty.

A prominent business man of Birmingham, Alabama, has just donated SSOO to Tuskegee Industrial Institute for colored people, this being the largest contribution yet received from a Southern white man.

Chicago manufacturers have organized the National Reciprocity League in order to develop reciprocal trade relations with foreign nations They hold that our manufacturing capacity is greater than it need 0 of the home market, and that, a world market must, be made by concessions to other nations.

The bill granting a pension to Mrs. McKinley became a law last week The amount is $5,000 a year, and, while there was some slight show of opposition, the general sentiment that it was the country’s duty to see that widows of the presidents should be placed beyond the chance of want, prevailed.

The New York supreme court last week affirmed the sentence of Most, the anarchist, imprisoning him for an article in h>s pnner advocating murder. The dec'sion hinged on the rights of a free press and it was held that libertv of action is permissable only in so far as it does not curtail or deprive the rights of others.

The postal receipts for March from the fifty largest, offices in the country show a net increase of 10 per cent over the corresponding time last year, which indicates that there may be no postal deficit this year. The removal of many “fake” periodica’s from the second-class privilege, together with an increase of first-class mail, has augmented the net revenues.

The United States consul at Batum, the center of the Russian oilfields, reports that the cost of producing oil there is considerably greater than in the United States. There are more wasteful labor methods and the government exacts a heavy royalty. There is now but little profit in the Russian industry and the operators are discourage I at the low prices maintained by the American Standard Oil Company.

The United States North Atlantic Squadron visited St. Thomas recently and the officers were cordially greeted by the representatives of the Danish government. Many pleasant expressions of friendship between Denmark and the United States were exchanged at a banquet.

The president of the Illinois Steel Company says that the old rules by which poor boys worked their way up the ladder of success are obsolete, be cause they applied to the time when things were worked out by the rule of thumb, whereas today applied science and technical skill are necessities. Specialization is the key that opens the door to high position in the present day.

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