Windward pneumatic tube flap rocks post office battles
A St. Louis Republic Washington dispatch reports Morrison’s Postmaster General Wanamaker faces serious charges over Pneumatic Transit tube plans in Philadelphia. Samuel F. Leake claims Wanamaker blocked a rival system at government expense and used office influence to favor insiders, with references to stock deposits and ring corruption in the post office. The post office examined Leake’s memorial. officials cited testing appropriations and ongoing schemes while noting multi-ring bid tactics and political entanglements. The piece also cites related political context and regional newspaper notes on tariffs, law compliance, and press comment.
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Samuel F. Leake
House of Representatives
Allenic
Post Office Department
Philadelphia
Postofficr
St. Louis Republic
Washington
Leake
Severnment
Wanamaker
George Bratton
John Wanamaker
John Wanaker
Pneumatic Transit Company
National Bank of the Republic
The
United States
General Post Office
Republic
Mr. Wanamaker
W. W. Dudley
Postoffice Department
Brady
Dorsey
Senate
Elkins
Balance of trade in favor of America noted in twelve months
The New York Recorder cites a $190,000,000 surplus in the past year under current policy and attributes it to European wheat crop failures and record U.S. cotton and wheat yields. It argues free trade would have shifted the balance toward Europe, but cotton exports under current terms keep the U.S. favorable.
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Nou
John C. New
Cousilar
London
United States
Harrisons
Minneapolis
New
Evansville
America
Europe
New York Recorder
Tariff arguments and real estate assessment debates
The Philadelphia Record and Chicago Herald excerpts debate tariff policy, wages, and consumer prices with focus on protectionist rhetoric. They contrast claims that tariffs raise wages and prices, critique the universal consumer burden, and note real estate assessment changes under new law aiming for full cash value.
Republican Paradox on Gold Dollar vs Silver Currency
The Kansas City Times notes Republicans advocate protection and a dollar as world standard, implying a gold dollar. Democrats argue silver can serve globally without loss. If Democrats feared depreciation they would oppose silver money because their commerce plan involves other nations.
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Kansas City Times
Iron and steel exports rise under tariff protections
The United States has seen exports up in volume and value since the McKinley tariff, aside from wheat and corn. Iron and steel manufactures, among the most heavily protected at home next to woolen fabrics, still manage to compete successfully abroad.
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United States
Wheat prices and tariff politics echo in 19th century debates
The excerpt discusses 1864 New York wheat at $1.75 per bushel, a Rockville Republican subscription price of 50 cents, and how wheat taxes and tariff shifts affect farmers and readers. It cites Delphi Times, Delphi Journal, and various newspapers debating McKinley tariff impacts, labor wages, and federal vs state taxation amid 1896 campaign rhetoric.
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New York
Bath
Rockville Republican
Ackens Township
Rockville
England Tariffs and Wealth Shifts Cited in Debate
The piece discusses how England’s protectionist era concentrated wealth among a few, while free or fair trade expanded the middle class and reduced extreme wealth. It cites Mitchall’s statistics and a Wheeler speech contrasting English and U.S. experiences under tariff policies. It then shifts to Indiana tax suits against the 1801-era tax law, the Big Four railroad case, and debates over due process and railroad assessments. The article notes costs, partisan reactions, and past tax provisions including a benevolent fund and soldiers' monument levy.
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England
William the Conqueror
Mitchall
Mulhall
United States
Joseph Wheeler
Marion Circuit Court
Big Four Railroad
Big Four
State Board
Indiana
Democratic Board of State Tax Commissioners
State
The
Indianapolis Journal
Six Cent Levy Establishes Benevolent Institution Fund
The last legislature added only a six cent tax for the benevolent institution fund aside from the monument tax. It was not part of the general tax law which governs property assessment. The act of March 7 1891 creates the fund with a single section mandating its yearly assessment.
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Benevolent Institution Fund
ISL
New England Tariff Foes Fault the Tax Hit on Farmers
A critic argues that protective tariffs harm New England agriculture, citing abandoned farms in Dukes County Massachusetts and census losses since 1890. He notes higher clothing and tool costs, argues tariffs raise living costs for small farmers, and contends tariffs fail to boost prices for soil products, benefiting only market gardens near cities. The piece also mentions partisan silence on racial voting issues within Republican circles and calls out ex-soldier divisions.
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New England
United States
Tisbury
Chilwark
Dukes County
Mass
Brushwood
Shaler
Free Gold Watch Contest Balloting Details in The Democrat
The Democrat Bloomfield Indiana outlines a contest offering a free gold watch to the most popular Greene County resident. Ballots printed weekly, eligible from subscribers or non subscribers, counted by William M. Moss. Subscriptions earn votes in five cent blocks, with votes cast at payment time and results published weekly.
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Greene CO
Greene County
Eveleigh & Inman's
Lallut
Democrat
Wm. M. Moss
Wai. M. Moss
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Noble County Democrat
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Madison Herald
Frankfort Crescent
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Ripley Journal
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Paupe
Agriculture and Politics
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Grand Army
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Penton Review
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Pixley & CO
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