Millionaires Face Two Percent Income Tax Burden
A lengthy review shows New York City and Brooklyn residents with top fortunes facing a 2 percent tax on income over 4000 dollars under a proposed federal bill. It lists Rockefeller, Astor, Gould, Vanderbilt, Sage, Carnegie, and many others with annual incomes and estimated tax payments, including Hetty Green and J. Pierpont Morgan, detailing how much they would owe if enacted.
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House of Reprepresentatives
United States Senate
New York City
Brooklyn
New York World
John D. Rockefeller
William Waldorf Astor
Jay Gould
Cornelius Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
Uncle Sam
Sam
Russell Sage
Wall Street
Henry M. Flagier
John Jacob Astor
William Astor
Louis C. Tiffanny
C. P. Huntington
William Rockefeller
Hetty Green
William C. Whitney
Flora Payne
Whitney
W.P. Furniss
Darius O. Mills
P. P. Pyne
Elliot F. Shepard
Robert Goelet
Ogden
J. Pierpoint Morgan
David Dows
Elbridge T. Gerry
Jabez A. Bostwick
Adrien Iselen
Bradley-Martin
Eugene Kelley
George Bliss
Tevi P. Morton
Robert Winthrop
William Seward Webb
James M. Constable
Hicks Arnold
Anson Phelps Stokes
Stokes
Henry Hart
Sidney Dillon
George F. Baker
Austin Corbin
Countess Serafina DeRoda Amos Eno
Cornelius Bliss
Dodges
Dodge
Robert Bonner
The
New York Ledger
Henry Clews
Abram S. Hewitt
Edward Cooper
Chauncey M. DePew
United States
Senate Sub Committee Hails Tariff Bill Progress
Washington reports Democratic Senators praise the Wilson tariff sub committee work with Jones West and Mills guiding changes. Bland's seigniorage coinage faces delays. Reed opposes closing debate. Bryan tours tariff reform and silver. Gray delivers two day Hawaii speech stressing international morality and flag incidents.
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Washington
Vance
Jones
West
Mills
Senate
Sugar
Bland
Committee On Rules
Reed
Hatch
Bryan
Nebraska
Normal School
Valparaiso
Indiana
Chicago Union League
Lincoln
Nebr
Denver
Graystone Club
Gray
Honolulu
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Mindset for Congress Term Limits Discussed
An unclear passage argues for a reform limiting tenure in Congress to twelve years, removing finite office tenure and establishing a maximum service period for any individual. The text suggests a shift toward capped terms.
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Congress
Eijinin
Pension Restored for Samuel Gardiner Following Agency Dispute
A letter from First Deputy Commissioner Murphy confirms no change to Samuel Gardiner No. 255075 monthly pension of 72 dollars. A. N. Martin reports pressing the case, noting a medical referee’s initial 50 dollar recommendation was overcome and Lochren approved the restored rate. Gardiner prizes Martin’s persistent advocacy.
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Emuel Gardiner
A. N. Martin
Dr. Murphy
Murphy
Samuel Gardiner
D. J. Murphy
Martin
George E. Gardiner
Samuel
Inlis Pension Agency
Dep. Com
Sam
Mr. Martin
Death of Henry Anise Lian Early Child
Obituary notes the birth December 30 1892 and death February 13 1894 of Henry Anise Lian aged 1 year 1 month 13 days. Funeral services were held February 15 at the Reiffsburg Methodist church with interment in Stahl cemetery. A separate item recounts a Lancaster township peddler swindle avoided by A Waugh who rejected the officer’s sales pitch and defended home grocers.
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Henry Anise Lian
Samuel
Virena Lian
Kingdom of Heaven
Earth
Heaven
R. H. Dempsy
Reiffsburg
Stahl Cemetery
Wheat prices and protectionist policy critique in 1890s era debate
A detailed critique argues that McKinley era protectionism failed farmers by keeping wheat prices low and hindering a true home market. It contrasts high tariff rhetoric with actual export dependence, noting price declines, tariff misalignment, and foreign competition. The piece references President Harrison and the idea of a domestic market while urging a shift toward free trade.
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Harrison
Tidewater
India
Argentina
Liverpool
Chicago Herald
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New York
Moses Taylor
I. M. Singer
Schermerhorn
Theodore A
Henry O. Havemeyer
Henry Hilton
A. T. Stewart
Andrew Carnegie
H. Tembley
William H. Vanderbilt
George W. Vanderbilt
D. C. Rogers
LaGrange County
Mrs
Seth Myers
Reiffaburg
BRILL
Brand
Senater Gray
Lancaster Township
A. Waugh
Waugh
Mr. Waugh
Fred Beeler
Vera Cruz
Lipkey & Studabaker
Sturgis
Fred Lawrence
John Brown
Bioffton
Ind
Standard Oil Company c
Washington Township
Standard Oil Co
Standard Company
Salem Pike
Marion
Frank Thompson
Reo. W. Thompson
Wm. Hall
Wilson Farm
Thompson Farm
Warren Republican
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