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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
3
Representative James T. Lloyd charges the post office weighed mail incorrectly since 1880, causing railroads to receive less than lawful pay. He cites changes in weighing rules, including orders 412, and estimates over $70,000,000 may have been wrongfully withheld from the people.
In Danville, Speaker Cannon is challenged to disclose how he acquired wealth amid questions of a million-dollar estimate. William Jennings Bryan counters, asking Cannon to reveal the source of his riches as he did, including salary, lectures, and book profits from The Commoner.
A Rochester Union and Advertiser summary notes Republican platform criticisms from 1896 framing recent GOP governance as failing public confidence. It cites Collier’s Weekly on Taft era influence with Du Pont, Harriman ties, and the Powder Trust, plus Cannon era obstruction of labor and reform bills. It ends with a travel anecdote about riding a camel.
An article contrasts William Jennings Bryan’s demand to keep the Chinese out with William Howard Taft’s stance that Congress and the Executive should extend justice and courtesy to the Chinese, arguing for benefits from international trade despite western prejudice.
A 1907 letter from H. B. Miles, tariff committee chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers, to Senator Foraker claims about forty percent of members favor reducing their schedules by fifty percent or more without harming industries or the country. The piece challenges Republican voters to reconsider the tariff system and urges investigation.
A compilation of quotes from 1908 political and financial figures notes Wall Street’s view of Taft’s public statements and railroad sentiment, alongside remarks from Hon. Joseph Russell and Gov. Albert Cummins on farmers, justice, and insurance robberies under the Dingley law.
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