NO FLAG ON THE SEA British builders gain over Uncle Sam
The piece argues tariffs cripple American shipbuilding, forcing use of foreign ships for imports and exports. It cites New York chamber voices, criticizes subsidies, and links protection to ruin of American mercantile marine. It compares English free trade with U.S. protection and cites Thomas Scanlon.
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Sperry
New York Chamber of Commerce
United States
Welding Ring
Chamber
America
New York Herald
England
Robert Ellis Thompson
Bentham
Russell Rea
M. P
Henry George
Thomas Scanlon
Cheap meat for foreigners in Detroit Windsor debate
A senate discussion links higher Detroit meat prices to tariffs and cross border living costs with Windsor. It notes Canadians cross to Detroit for work and questions why American meat isn’t cheaper at home given Britain's cheaper prices for American beef shipped via Liverpool.
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Senate
Detroit
Windsor
Canada
America
Beef Trust
Bailey
United States
Great Britain
New York
London
Liverpool
Fifth Avenue
England
Protection and Retaliation in Tariffs and Monopolies
The excerpt explains how mutual import bans among nations X A B C raise prices and reduce consumer welfare. It compares tariffs to refrigerators and grain elevators shielding monopolists, arguing a country should not manufacture goods if cheaper imports exist, as society bears the waste and higher costs.
Canada Wants Farmers Immigration Drive Affects Western Canada
A congressional report details Canada's push to attract agricultural immigrants while excluding undesired groups. It notes 1,244,597 people admitted from 1900 to 1909 and that 78 percent of 120,450 farmers or farm laborers moved from the United States in 1907 08 and 09. The United States and several European nations supplied the majority of arrivals, with emphasis on settlement in agriculture.
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Congress
Dillingham
Immigration Commission
United States
W. W. Husband
Commission
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Germany
Denmark
Iceland
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Sweden
Switzerland
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Mich
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Nebraska
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North Dakota
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South Dakota
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Wisconsin
Dominion
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Union Pacific Addition
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Aberdeen Realty Syndicate
South H Street
NEW Finch Bldg
Nick Katurick
West Heron Street
Aberdeen
East Heron St
BAY View Hotel
F. R. Wells
Prop
Hume Street
ST. Aberdeen
Treadwell
Goodyear West
Martha Washington
Dry Sox
Billy Buster
The
Washington Shoe Mfg. Co
Seattle, Wash
Aberdeen Carriage Company
Peter Ibsen
General Blacksmiths Horseshoeing
East Wishkah Street
F. Fredrickson
Summit St
Patterson & Locke Co., Incorporated
Home Bakery
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