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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1894
Page
3
The Democratic Congressional Committee calls delegates from Indiana's 11th district to meet in Decatur on Thursday June 28 1894 at 10 a m to nominate a candidate for congress. Delegates per county listed with totals. Chairman Joan A W Kintz and Secretary Joan L Strange sign the notice.
Delegates in Huntington and Wells counties are called to meet at Warren on Saturday June 9 to nominate a candidate for state senator. By order of Committee. Huntington and Wells. The note mentions tariff policy and economic debates blaming Republican laws for national depressions and shifts in wheat production sources.
The Chronicle delays Major Steele's public record publication and laments its silence on his candidacy. It notes the Indiana tax cases decision, McKinley bill failures, and tariff debates, urging consistent Republican opposition to the tax law while praising court rulings on constitutional taxation.
Jones buys a suit and a boy's suit at a one price clothing house. All items are marked in plain figures at the lowest cash price. No sewing, and one price to all.
The Indianapolis Journal chides the Indiana Republican party citing overconfidence and internal divisions. It forecasts Democrats offering a corrective fall, notes the tax law would fund state government largely from corporations, and mentions $2,500,000 in back taxes from railroads. Senator Voorhees proposes a pension bill raising any pension under $12 to that level, with no widow's pension below $12.
A critical flag against Republican press tactics argues that calamity reports are manufactured to sway voters as tariff plans unfold. It cites an Elwood plate glass plant scare, later debunked by the Elwood Press showing temporary, limited disruptions and ongoing expansion.
A political editorial urges Republican editors to review Major Steele's eight years in Congress. It recalls voters rejected him six years ago and argues for a public exhibit listing bills he originated speeches he gave and votes on key issues to inform the district before any renewed bid.
The excerpt argues that protectionist tariffs are needed to prevent American workers from competing with lower foreign labor costs. It frames tariffs as essential to preserve domestic jobs and economic stability.
The article argues that American-made goods are exported to foreign markets and sold at profits, competing with foreign labor and facing no protection from foreign governments. It cites 1893 export figures for iron, steel, machinery, and related products to support the point.
The passage argues that exports like locomotives machinery and builders hardware require skilled high paid labor. It questions the need for a protective tariff to pay good wages when competing in outside markets already paying American wages.
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