Reciprocity as a fraud and snare in American markets
A late 19th century polemic argues against Blaine and McKinley tariff reforms. It links reciprocity to a sham “open markets” for sugar and farm products, criticizes senators Aldrich Hale and Sherman, and cites cases of tariff refunds and building-material exemptions to claim tariffs burden labor and enrich the few.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Jordan
Maine
Blaine
Dhas
McKinley
United States
American Hemisphere
Canada
Europe
James G. Blaine
Senator Hale
House
Ways and Qienaus Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means
Fry
William McKinley
Ohio
Senate
Hale
Protection
Sherman
New England
Harrison
Republican Party
Aldrich
Ender
South America
Monopolies in Coal and Railroads Threaten U.S. Industry
The piece argues that Western coal properties and connected railroads are shaping a vast monopoly, modeled after the Reading company. It warns of widespread control over essential energy, questioning whether the public will resist or remain passive while private power encroaches on national wealth and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western
Reading Company
United States
New York Comercial Bulletin
Two Prices How the Indiana Farmer Swindled by Tariff
Extract from Senator Voorhees Senate speech details price gaps between American made farm tools and cheaper foreign prices. It cites mowers feed-cutters plows and cultivators selling abroad for less, with discounts 10 to 70 percent favoring foreign buyers, and notes other items like knives and tools. It also references Turpie on reciprocity and Noblesville Democrat on income tax hardship.
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Voorhees
Senate
Senator Voorhees
United States
South America
Argentine Republic
Ann Arbor
R. Nye
Waldron
Missouri
Supreme Court Tax on Imports and Consumer Burden Discussed
The piece cites Brown v Maryland and a tariff debate, arguing duties are paid by consumers. It notes Marshall Field & Company paid 3,000 in duty on 1,400 of buttons, raising the total cost to consumers, and Armour faced 6,700 in duty on tin, illustrating who bears the tax.
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Armour
McKinley
Standard Oil Company
Congress
Friends of Protection
Federal Treasury
Fifty-first Congress
Chicago
Logan
Eastport
Maine
Boutelie
Wanamaker
Mr. Wanamaker
Supreme Court of the United States
Brown
Maryland
Marshall Field & Company
Wool duties would lower wool prices and hurt sheep owners
The passage argues that higher wool duties raise costs for woolen goods, reducing demand and lowering wool prices, leaving sheep owners as losers while consumers suffer. It also notes a new instrument a Illinois man invented to inspect horses by holding the mouth open with a broad bit and reflectors to view the throat and mouth.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Free Gold Watch Offered to Greene County's Most Popular Lady
The Democrat announces a 1892 promotion presenting a $256 gold watch from Eveleigh and Inman’s jewelry store to the most popular lady in Greene County. An official ballot process by mail or subscription votes will determine the winner, with votes tied to paid subscriptions and counted by Wm. M. Moers. Balloting results will be published weekly in the Democrat of Bloomfield, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Inman Steamship Company
Greene CO
Greene County
Eveleigh & Inman’s
Wm M. Mosa
M Moers
Democrat
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Confort
Babylon
Farmers’ Home Market
Allison
Towa
Tam
Yarmere
Indianapolis Journal On Labor
Journal
TSS
Psi
Great Britain
Esso
Fara
Bankers’ Monthly
Kansas
Indiana
Lewi
Michigan
Wisconsin
Cuba
Old
Spain
Turpie
Astor
Noblesville Democrat
Supreme Court of the United
Teres
Har Vale
AL. Williams
Rankin & Shields
Pixley & CO
Terre Haute
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