Prices of farm machinery spark trade price dispute
A letter from S L Allen Co and other manufacturers challenges a New York World article asserting lower export prices. The firms deny selling retail abroad at discount to domestic prices, cite higher export costs, and explain pricing to protect domestic trade. They recount export practices by Milburn Wagon Co and D M Osborne Co and note higher foreign prices to cover costs.
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Tariff Reform Debate Highlights 50th Congress
Fragmentary text outlines tariff policy disputes between Democratic and Republican parties in the Fiftieth Congress. It notes failures to reconcile House and Senate bills, calls for a people driven appeal, and cites Republican platform vows to reduce revenue and protect domestic industry.
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Senate
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United States
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Internal Tax Reduction and Expanded Free List in New Law
The new statute locks in lower direct tobacco taxes, greatly enlarges the free import list to include nearly all nonproduced goods, and revises the dutiable list to favor foreign revenue and limit cheap labor competition while encouraging domestic production and lower consumer costs.
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America
Democratic Lies About the McKinley Bill Debunked
The speaker denounces claims that the McKinley bill exists and accuses Eastern importers allied with Democrats of spreading lies. He argues the importers, not naturalized Americans, seek to shift American wealth abroad and misrepresent duty effects on everyday goods.
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Ways and Means Committee
Republican Party
McKinley Tariff Expands Free List and Cuts Direct Taxation
The Republican measure pledges reduced government expense for Americans by shifting vast goods to the free list and eliminating most direct taxes besides alcohol and tobacco. It claims tobacco taxes and licenses vanish, yields rise for consumers, and imports shift savings to the people, with notable items like sugar and needles moved to freedom from duty.
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Internal Revenue
Free Sugar and Wool Policy in Tariff Debate
A political argument contrasts free sugar under the McKinley bill with free wool under Mille. It stresses domestic wool production capability, noting 600 million pounds of wool and 1,423,000 tons of coffee? not clearly readable, and argues protecting wool while admitting sugar benefits domestic producers and risks competition from Asia and South America.
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South America
Destruction of Our Wool and Sugar Policy Debate
The text argues political tension over wool tariffs and sugar duties. It claims protection for wool benefits American producers while duties on sugar burden consumers, and discusses port openings and foreign competition amid calls for decisive policy. The passage resembles a partisan defense of protective measures and critique of free trade.
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Peedies
Ferottas
The Butlerian List on Tariff Changes and Costs
The piece critiques Republican tariff arguments, outlining five classes of rate changes and their effects. It discusses corrections of errors, price declines, agricultural protections, luxury duties, and protection for imported fine goods, asserting the McKinley bill aims to shield American farmers and foster domestic manufacture amid rising import competition.
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American tin plate tariff aims to keep work at home
The speaker denounces foreign competition and praises a new tariff raising duty on tin plate to two cents a pound. He argues Britain undercuts prices with cheap Welsh labor, hurts American workers, and claims the tariff will create jobs and expand domestic tin production, with large projected inputs and 35,000 jobs.
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Wales
United States
America
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Black Hills
Great Protection for Farmers in tariff debate
The passage defends tariff measures as protective for farmers and industry, asserting that duties on iron, copper, and related goods are retained or lowered where appropriate. It argues the bill restores markets, lowers consumer prices, and expands domestic manufacturing, claiming Republican prudence and future vindication.
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Tariff Debate Highlights Tax Not On Consumers
The text argues tariffs act on importers not consumers, countering claims they are a tax on the public. It cites 1813 and McKinley era debates and recalls a Sheffield protest against tariff passage, noting the expected protective benefits and the economic impact on imports.
Protective duties shift costs to foreign producers in steel trade debate
A Sheffield cutlery maker argues the McKinley tariff raises American taxes on foreign goods and shifts costs to foreign producers. He cites Sir John Macdonald’s farm example, showing duties reduce Canadian barley price abroad while suggesting American consumers do not bear the tax directly.
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Sheffield
America
John McDonald
Dominion
Spavin Liniment Ad And Tolstoi Note Mixed in Local Paper
An 19th century Ames Iowa page includes an ad for Spavin Liniment claiming to cure horse blemishes with a $50 saving offer. A Tolstoi quip warns writers about seeking meaning, amid a note limiting responsibility for personal manuscripts and autographs.
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Ames, Lowa
Harper’s Young People Volume Eleven Announces October Release
The eleventh Harpers Young People will close with a number set for October 2. Promised features include engaging content. A dialogue shows Gargoyle confusing a dollar store with a bank, prompting a teller’s stern correction and a brief lesson.
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