Free ports and America as world finance center
Mr F C Howe argues free ports along the US coast would boost shipping and finance, citing Hamburg and other ports as models. He says open ports stimulate banking, reduce tariffs through cheap imports, and shift global credit toward America, tying prosperity to the dinner pail of working people.
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F. C. Howe
Federal Commissioner of Immigration
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England
Hamburg
Newark
America
London
Netherlands
South Americ
Africa
Ameran
Otto Kahn on Financing Farm Loans and Prosperity
Otto Kahn argues that the employer’s prosperity drives employee employment and urges stable laws and business confidence. He notes that private bankers and syndicates finance railroads and farms, with trust in banker integrity vital to public purchase of securities and the growth of agriculture.
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Wm. Sproule
Southern Pacific Pany
America
Otto’ Kahn
Kahn, Loeb & Company
Ralph Peters on Railway Mail Pay Debate
Ralph Peters argues the railroad pay system for handling U S mails is unfair. He notes the Post Office weighs and adjusts pay only every four years, forcing railroads to absorb tonnage increases and carriage of parcel post for free while operating traveling post offices without full compensation.
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Federal Post Office Department
United States
Ralph Peters
Railway Mail Committee
Railway Mail
Post Office Department
Railroads seek reforms in postal car and freight rules
The railroads urge Congress to reform mail handling by weighing mails annually rather than every four years and to pay fair rates for apartment post office cars. They seek removal of free messenger service between stations and post offices or compensation, and better pay for back and forth mail moves.
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Post Office Department
Congress
On Church and State by Peter Radford
Peter Radford argues that church conventions meddling in elections threaten civil liberty. He compares coercive clerical influence to political coercion, calls for laws to bar preachers from directing votes, and warns against restoring medieval church control.
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Peter Radford
Labor Day origins and early American questions outlined
A concise survey traces Labor Day to Knights of Labor activity in New York and state adoptions, outlines Canadian federal structure with eleven provinces, compares Hawaii and Porto Rico annexations, and covers presidential document dating, land openness, contraband of war, Jackson’s New Orleans aftermath, and notes on Yellowstone Yosemite, lost arts, and Brazil’s size population.
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Knights of Labor
New York
Central Labor Union
George R. Lloyd
Colorado
New Jersey
Massachusetts
United States
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
America
Washington
Darius Horse Tone Humor Warns Against Political Factions
In a satirical piece, the author recalls ancient Persia where six claimants for kingship used a horse neigh as the test of succession. He argues modern factions should settle disputes by peaceful means, not in the public arena, urging focus on industry and agriculture over politics.
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Darius
Persia
Ironclad oath from the Civil War era
The ironclad oath required officers from seceded states to declare no aid to secession. It arose after the 1862 law, proved hard for many Southern supporters to meet, was later amended and finally repealed.
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Congress
Meaning of Latin American states and language scope
The term covers South America Central America and Mexico named for Latin race settlement chiefly Spanish. Most countries speak Spanish. Brazil uses Portuguese and Haiti uses French. Portuguese and French are classed as Latin languages.
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South America
Central America
Mexico
Brazil
Haiti
The Hague Rules on Invasion of Neutral Territory
The text summarizes provisions from the 1899 Hague Conference penalizing belligerents that move troops or munitions into neutral territory. It notes accountability for acts by units of armed forces and demands responsibility for violations, with compensation as applicable. It also explains the origin of chauvinism and chauvinist from Nicolas Chauvin, a proponent of Napoleon.
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Nicolas Chauvin
Napoleon
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Mariposa Big Tree Grove
Wendell Phillips
Egypt
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China
United States of America
Alaska
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Primrose Ranch
Brooklyn, Wash
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Broadway Pharmacy
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