Dingley tariff debate and the fate of Philippine policy
An editorial column discusses tariff revision as the path to relief for consumers, arguing the Philippines are foreign territory for tariff purposes while domestic for other aims. It critiques Republican leadership, praises Democratic constitutional principles, and warns against trusts shaping policy. It also reflects on the state of literature and publishing in a commercial era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackburn
Islands
Supreme Court
Porto Rico
Philippines
Congress
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Henderson
Committee On Rules
House
America
Tom
Garfiens' of Life and literary notes from Philadelphia clubs
A collage of quips on life, fame, and writing. It cites Philadelphia authors and a 200-member authors club, with mock quotes about copying works to a club library, then shifts to poems and jazzy vignettes on life joys and the writing life, ending with a joke about a man who can’t count votes.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Times
Foreign Trade of Japan Grows With Railways Expansion
New York March 16 S Uchida consul general for Japan in New York reports from Tokyo show Japan's foreign trade last year reached record highs with exports and imports over 300 million yen. Raw silk led exports, while imports featured sugar petroleum and machinery, as rail lines expanded to 4017 miles by 1900. The report notes a favorable outlook for a trade balance and ongoing railway construction by both state and private interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
S. Uchida
Japan
Tokio
Yokohama
Tolfo
Senate May Act On Penrose Proposition
Washington March 16 Special. The senate may soon act on amending the constitution to elect senators by direct vote. A concurrent resolution passed the House and awaits Senate committee action. Penrose proposes a two senator per state minimum plus additional seats by population, six year terms, with direct elections and provisions on vacancies. Critics warn such change could shift power to large states and undermine the Senate’s conservatism.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Privileges and Elections Committee
Berry
Arkansas
William Jennings Bryan
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Hoar
Massachusetts
House
West
Cockrell
Morgan
Pettus
Frye
Haw Jey
Depew
Foraker
European stock and textile marketsweek overview
London reports scarce money and cautious sentiment on the stock exchange after weeks of weak bulls. Methuen capture suppressed, causing potential slump. Miners, rails, and Americans dull. British cloth and India fabric demand firm amid unsettled overseas markets. Berlin notes stagnant diverse with bank stock boosts from consolidations, iron market improving yet overall weakness.
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London
Stock Exchange
General Methuen
Manchester
China
India
South America
Central America
Ship Subsidy Debate vs. U S Shipyards Output
The Brooklyn Citizen argues against Hanna’s subsidy bill, citing 1900 U S shipyard output showing America second only to Britain and 149 more ships completed in six months of 1900 than 1890, proving shipyards can prosper without subsidies. London Saturday Review notes self talk as a sign of insanity but discusses soliloquy and perception in public discourse.
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Brooklyn
Frye
Senate
Payne
House
Hanna
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Italy
Bureau of Navigation
Hanna Bill
Grosvenor
London Saturday Review
Hamlet
Deee Nevilabies
Hown
Hamid
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Notics
W. He Overby
E F. Guine
W. G. McNelley
BM. Pack
T. H. Hunt
I. 1
Loving
James T. Carter
Claude A. Virgin
Constitution Publishing CO
Canada
Monto
Sunny South
Nichols & Houliday
Constitution Building
Atlanta
BOP Pone
She
Dame Fortune
Times
Bke
England
Jerome
Tammany
Devery
Scott
Bristow
Miles
Joe Carter
Jim Griges
Tom Carter
St. Louis
Ee Hanna
Teddy
Tom Reed
Lke
Joe Choate
D. O. Millis
Mket
Powell Clayton
Delarey
Odell
Dike
Sheriff Guden
Ben
Cussin
Cobden
Indiana
Beveridge
White House
Fred Funston
Potomac
Ben ‘Daniels
Mark Hanna
Boston
Sisterhood
David J. Hill
Wall Street
Henry Watterson
John Hay
Oberlin Carter
Methuen
Boc~t
Mitchell
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Arizona
Georgia
Billville
Jones
Swainsboro
Emanuel
John Jones
Oxville
John
Eso Co
War Department
Army and Navy Register
Judge Advocate General's
Booth
Lincoln
Whitman
Ingersoll
Philadelphia Ledger
Walt Whitman
Camden
Hermitage
Robert G. Ingersoll
Shakespeare
Bob
By Jos. Ohl
Berlin
Breslauer Disconto Bank
Bank Fur Sud Deutschland
Darmstadt
Darmstadter Bank
Tisconto Geselleschaft
Ioan
Frankfurter Zeletung Beleves
Hoerder Company
Dioerse
Hipernia Company
Hamburg-American Steam Packet Company
North German Lloyd
Bremen
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