Tariffs and woolen duties through the Mills bill analysis
A review traces tariff history from 1828 to 1883 with focus on woolen goods and clothing. It notes ad valorem rates, per pound duties, and shifts by the Mills bill, showing changes to woollen and cloak duties and the impact on prices. It also discusses zinc and other metal duties and political reactions to tariff policy amid endorsements and warnings in editorials.
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Stadecauts
eUaer Mee
Vos
Retaliation to Canada Sparks Political Clash
The New York World reports Senator Sherman warns against President proposed retaliation on Canada noting Ohio lake commerce interests worth several million dollars would be affected. Republicans seek terms with Canada while shielding their special interests. The piece likens their stance to Blaine’s objections and mocks party rhetoric.
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Canada
Ohio
Commerce
Mr. Blaine
Portland
Winter
Bob Acres
New York World
Republican tariff policy vows principle over fixed schedule
Mr Harrison says Republicans do not offer a fixed schedule but a principle. The current schedule is fixed at the war average of 47 percent, and Republicans in Congress resist any reduction. They claim politicians may spend all that the people will pay.
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Harrison
Congress
New York World
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Gen
Clarkison
Veceident
Gen. Harrison
Darrison
Fragmented quotes rail at political platform amid party mood
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes rampant demoralization and cites a Republican exchange claiming the candidate needs rest. A Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial adds sympathy for the candidate as morale declines.
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Cleveland
Jacksons Victory Echoes in Fringes of a Campaign
The excerpt recalls 1832 political hostility toward Andrew Jacksons supporters, citing claims by opponents about urban panic and real estate declines. It notes Jacksons 219 electoral votes to Clay and Sergeant's 49 in the 285 vote tally, and mentions Partons Life of Andrew Jackson as a source.
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Clay
Sergeant
Parton
Andrew Jackson
Maine Wool Maker Backs Cleveland Mills Plan
Archibald Linn of Maine rejects fear of free trade and supports Cleveland's message and the Mills bill. He has four decades of wool production experience and says with free wool he can pay workers the same and undersell English producers by shipping to England. He argues American labor and machinery yield higher output per outlay.
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Archibald Linn
Lewiston Gazette
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England
Brooklyn
Senate tariff bill delay blamed on presidential push
Washington correspondent for The New York Evening Post cites a Republican senator saying Republicans fear the president would urge quick passage of the tariff bill to relieve the treasury and spur commerce if the bill truly cuts taxes or eases treasury pressure.
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New York Evening Post
United States
Treasury
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St. Louis Republic
Trusts as Private Affairs Stir Campaign Commentary
The piece quotes Mr Blaine attacking the Republican platform as private trusts and state issues with no place in the campaign while the Plumed Knight backs trusts and monopolies. Candidate Harrison is accused of stale platitudes about rights and protection in a St Paul Globe capsule.
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St. Paul Globe
Desperate effort to sway Michigan farmers cited by Chicago Herald
The Chicago Herald accuses Alger, Rusk, Stockbridge and other Republicans of trying to fool Michigan farmers. It claims forty millionaires align with McKinley’s Chicago platform and will vote for Harrison and Morton to extend their gains, mocking rural robins whose nests have been plundered for twenty years.
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National Democratic Committee HQ in New York City
Article describes the National Democratic Committee headquarters at 10 West Twenty-ninth Street New York a brown stone four story house near Sturtevant Gilsey and Fifth Avenue. It notes the building housed the committee since July and mentions a cellar full of documents and nearby landmarks.
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Inside the Democratic National Committee Headquarters
The article tours the Democratic National Committee HQ in New York near Broadway with easy transit access and nearby hotels. It highlights Col. Tracy as press head, Hermann Oelrichs overseeing the German bureau, Calvin S. Brice’s campaign room, William McClelland’s suite, Gen. Le Fevre handling speakers, and William H. Barnum as national committee chairman.
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Herman Oelrichs
Calvin S. Brice
William H. Barnum
Interior view of campaign offices and staff spaces
The article describes third floor rooms used by Charles J. Canda W. E. Hughes and Col. E. B. Dickinson in charge of campaign finances and operations. Rear rooms house clerks, top floor telegraph operators handle messages, basement stores campaign literature. It notes optimistic prospects for Democratic victory.
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W. E. Hughes
Col. E. B. Dickinson
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Let Well Enough Alone Debate on Tariff Revision
The opposition argues against tariff revision saying the policy alone did not shape the United States. They claim national progress comes from striving for the best rather than settling for less.
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United States
Tariff Act of 1857 Impacts Import Volumes Following Enactment
The act of 1857 became law in March and the imports rose to 8310,482,310 in 1858 before dropping to 808,088,001 the next year per the Chronicle. Fiscal years end on June 8, and the following year saw a sharp fall in imports after the low tariff took effect, according to the San Francisco Examiner.
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Chronicle
San Francisco Examiner
Farmers See Fifteen Foot Snake Referencing Whisky Tax
A Boston Globe quip ties a rumored fifteen foot snake sighting to a whisky tax policy, urging voters who back Harrison to consider how such dreadful sights could multiply under cheaper whisky. The remark links agricultural fear with fiscal policy as a campaign prompt.
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Indiana
Harrison
Boston Globe
Albany Argus quotes on Republicans edifying spectacle
A fragment from the Albany Argus critiques Republicanism with lines about free whisky plank high license trusts and pampered manufacturers. The excerpt portrays political maneuvering and calls for reform as a spectacle for the American people.
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Blaine
Foster
Albany Argus
Blaine on Opera Workers Efficiency and Hours
Quote from James G. Blaine as Secretary of State under Garfield notes that English and American opera workers face unequal wares but the American workers compensate with greater efficiency and longer hours of labor.
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Garfield
Duty on imports protects workers yet raises prices
The New York Commercial Advertiser argues that claiming a protective duty preserves wages without increasing consumer prices is hypocritical and plainly nonsense, asserting such duties shield manufacturers while burdening shoppers.
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The
New York Commercial Advertiser
Awkward Speech and Tariff Talk in Political Pieces
A collection of remarks on protectionism and free trade from a Brooklyn Eagle excerpt. It contrasts Henry Clay era tariffs with 19th century policy, cites Walker and 1861 schedules, and notes a St Paul Globe critique of Candidate Harrison. It closes with a satirical nursery rhyme about infant industries and tariffs.
Warner's Log Cabin remedies promoted as modern substitutes
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Warner
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