Pearl button tariff tale from Uncle Ted and kids
Ruth and Jack help Uncle Ted explain how a tariff on pearl buttons helped American industry. The tale traces pre 1890s import limits, McKinley’s tariff, wartime demand, and why Japanese price competition could erase U.S. button plants, ending with a reminder that Uncle Sam should keep its own button factories.
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Uncle Ted
Jack
Republican Party
United States
Counsul General
Vienna
Austria
William McKinley
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Alabama
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Ohio
Michigan
New York
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Tennessee
Missouri
Ted
Europe
Enyland
Italy
Germany
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Frank M. Swacker
Ways and Means
America
Ruth
Sam
Critics of European telephone service argue for private enterprise
The piece contrasts government led lines in Europe with American private service. It cites long waits for calls and short conversation windows to argue private providers offer faster better service. It questions tolerance for government monopoly vs private initiative.
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Central
Europe
America
The State and Industries Debate on Taxing and Regulation
A critical column argues professional politicians push new taxes and endless legislation to benefit industrial interests. It cites a western factory where a single worker faces 17 inspectors in three months, all funded by taxpayers, highlighting paternalistic oversight and wasted public resources.
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St. Vitus
Big Farm Bureau convention actions in Wyoming scene
Oliver Hower elected State Farm Bureau president with Basin headquarters as the group celebrates a new marketing plan and four page Wyoming Stockman Farmer publication. The convention features Senator Kendricks on the farm bloc and calls for tax reform, rural school standardization, and pest control alongside a broad program for home demonstration and Boys and Girls club work.
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State Farm Bureau
Oliver Hower
Basin
F. A. Snyder
Lovell
Big Horn County
Farm Bureau
Miss Rooker
Patterson
Hower
Wyoming Stockman Farmer
Laramie
Senator Kendricks
Farm Bloc
Congress
War Finance Committee
Bradfute
National Farm Bureau Federation
Pollock
Wyoming
Big Horn
United States Grain Growers Incorporated
Comptete of Seventeen
State Farm Bureau Federation
Agricultural College of Wyoming
Exension Service
State Department of Education
Ford Garage Offers Car Rentals By Day Or Hour
A Ford Garage advertises rental cars without drivers available by day or by hour. It notes options through Jones or Booker as part of the service.
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Ford
Jones
Booker
Call or warrants in Big Horn County
Big Horn county warrants numbered from 7596 through 9069 are hereby called for payment. Interest ceases after February 16, 1921. Mazie V. Rhodes, County Treasurer.
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Big Horn
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Wayside
L. BE. McDaniels
Ernor
Forestry Department
Department of Agriculture
Biological Survey
Socommods
Iteams
Basin Free
Col. W. H. May
Basin, Wyoming
Mazie V. Rhodes
Wyom
Town & Country Electric Company
Court House
Basin Chamber of Commerce
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