Labor unions and the tariff as reform goals
The text argues for legal protection of peaceful union rights for workers and employers, condemns illegal boycotts, and calls for financial reforms including postal savings banks. It also urges tariff revision guided by careful investigation and prompt congressional action, with agents to gather necessary data. The piece emphasizes a balanced approach to labor, capital, and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House of Representatives
Roosevelt urges tariff reform and stronger waterway protection
Theodore Roosevelt urges immediate tariff changes to protect forests by placing wood pulp on the free list and reducing paper from wood pulp. He calls for a permanent waterways commission with powers to advance waterway improvement and conservation, and for time limits and charges on water power rights. March 25, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permanent Waterways Commission
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
General Increase Boosts West Virginia Rail Traffic
Railroads report stronger coal freight and rising general merchandise shipments in West Virginia. Passenger business remains solid with the easing excursion season and returning travelers from abroad boosting carries as winter departures reverse.
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West Virginia
Mileage book released for interstate travel by Norfolk and Western
The Norfolk and Western railroad will issue an interstate travel mileage book aimed for public sale by April 1 with possible small post date. Other lines in the agreement will also offer similar mileage hooks usable along N and W routes in Virginia North Carolina Tennessee Georgia Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Norfolk and Western
Virginian
North Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Chesapeake and Ohio
Metal Magicians and Machines in a Labor Era
An 19th century montage details McCormick reapers costs in 1845, modern automation cutting guard fingers, and vast factory outputs. It contrasts hand labor with machines that reduce time and cost, noting a Chicago plant’s automation, burs, and twine mills amid sweeping productivity claims.
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McCormick
James K. Polk
White House
Chicago
Interstate mileage books set for new rail rates
Norfolk and Western not included in the agreement. An inter state rate plan takes effect April 1 aiming for uniform southern lines. Two mileage books offered: 1000 miles for $20 for single use and 2000 miles for $40 usable by up to five company members, equating to two cents per mile. Local Virginia travel unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western
Department of the
Atlanta
Virginia
West Virginia Court References Land Tax in Mercer County
In Mercer county West Virginia, a circuit court in chancery continued the case State of West Virginia vs James M Midkiff et al. A commissioner is to take an accounting of taxes interest and costs charged against each land tract and determine redemption rights before a final decree. Public notice of the decree reference will be published and hearings set at Bluefield office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Mercer
State of West Virginia
In Chancery
James M. Midkiff
Ec Wis
J. B. Ritz
W. B. Honakier
State of
Chancery
Bluefield
Mercer County
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