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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1888
Page
4
The Boston Post charges second class mail handling with payment sent at the sender’s risk. Checks drafts and money orders go to the Post Publishing Company. Office listed as Broadway and Wall Street with Birmingham and Co agents in the Corcoran Building.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota’s leading newspaper, silenced even the brief Associated Press abstract of Blaine's Bangor speech. The paper faces discipline from the Minneapolis Tribune for suppressing the content.
The article predicts Mr Blaine will publish a magazine piece asserting tariff reform harms wages and would impoverish over 1.8 million railroad and internal transport workers. It credits him with flashy figures and notes his skill with statistics while suggesting he may distort data.
The piece criticizes Republican Senators including Chandler and Wilson for spending time on Southern morals while tariff reform dominates the national agenda. It argues Blaine’s leadership is overshadowed by Cleveland’s influence and claims Republicans failed to act when in power.
The piece chides politicians for using Southern outrage rhetoric to gain capital. It cites a history of Governor Chamberlain’s South Carolina administration by Walter Allen, arguing Republicans condoned wrongs to stay in power. It warns against trusting such demonstrations.
The article criticizes partisan delays in pursuing a Republican tariff bill. It portrays the caucus as unlikely to reverse last actions or push immediate reform, accusing the Great Leader's indirect tactics of prolonging details and obstructing progress. Senator Aldrich and the subcommittee are cited denying timing tied to the Maine election. the party defends its stance amid campaign attacks.
The New York Republican convention shows feebleness and avoids a clear high license stand. Prohibition forces grow, with Prohibitionist vote histories rising from 15,17 to 386,000 by 1886, suggesting 50,000 to 75,000 expected this year. The omission of tariff debate and saloon references signals alienation of temperance voters and risk to GOP prospects.
The piece explains how Eastern mortgage holders on Western farm loans rely on farm prosperity and dividend-paying capacity. It warns that government actions harming agricultural returns or related enterprises could jeopardize mortgage security, including potential effects on railroad liens and investor confidence.
The piece argues that high protective tariffs raise living costs for Western farmers, hinder bondholders, and depress farm mortgage security. It explains how foreign grain markets influence domestic prices, and why cheap raw materials could aid farmers against global competition. It notes bipartisan Western calls for tariff reform and criticizes protectionist logic. A second section surveys transatlantic steamship speed debates, tech trials like City of New York, and safety versus cost concerns. It also mentions health notes on Moses Montefiore and Prince Bismarck.
News items report Buffalo Bill's reminiscences will be published next winter in London and New York, while Colorado claims the first monument to Sheridan atop Mt Sheridan. Other notes include Admiral Porter ill at Jamestown Rhode Island, John Sherman tied to a Chicago bank, and Philip Beaubien’s death as Chicago’s oldest settler. Browning regains health while planning residence in Venice and Chevreul reaches his 1024th birthday.
In Boston, summer lectures at Old South Church are lauded for their clear aims and steady interest, spanning American and European history. Neatly scheduled afternoons appeal to youths, with praise for Nina Moore’s Crusades talk and the broader move toward permanent, thoughtful public instruction.
The piece canvasses tariff politics and party strategy, citing Blaine and Cleveland, and notes district shifts for William L. Scott in Pennsylvania. It recalls Roger Q. Mills on the Mills bill, Abbott Kinney on California fruit tariffs, and Republican-Democrat tensions over sugar duties and sectional votes. It highlights a Springfield negro voters league and calls for negro independence from party manipulation.
London on August 29 reports Sir Charles Tupper made a baronet and Minister West awarded the grand cross of the Order of St Michael and St George. Thompson Winter and Berne are named knight commanders of the same order for their services as members of the fisheries commission.
In a Providence Journal opinion, writers question whether three fourths of trawlers are Canadian labor hired to displace American fishers. The piece accuses vessel owners and Washington operatives of shaping policy, profiting while American fishermen suffer, and challenges the moral basis of the treaty opposition.
The Western cattle growers and others affected by combines in Chicago and Kansas City weigh Blaine’s doctrine. They question whether private citizens may intervene against trusts and whether manufacturers can enter industry if doors are closed by trusts. Consumers bear even greater costs.
A Philadelphia Times editorial argues wool and labor are taxed into idleness while wool has long been free for U S manufacturers. It cites founders and presidents from Washington to Lincoln and notes a Republican House made wool free again.
A New York Herald Independent piece critiques Republican Senators led by Evarts Edmunds Hale and Falls for opposing the fishery treaty. The author questions why the winter seaport of Canada was overlooked and laments harm to Portland and New England towns amid the caucus strategy.
A zeal for Elijah A. Morse, stove polish maker, surges among Canton Republicans as support grows for his Congressional bid. The piece weaves in satirical notes on trade and public life, plus assorted curiosities from politics to curious incidents.
Arthur Hooper Dopp lauds the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association for endorsing a Grand Gold Medal of Progress to Low Art Tile Company. He praises the new artistic parlor stove blending heat efficiency with beauty, noting its departure from English open grates and American showy designs, and predicts J. G. Low will win further honors.
A call from state chess associations Massachusetts Rhode Island Virginia New Jersey Indiana and Ohio seeks a national chess organization. The plan includes a championship for state champions and a minor tournament open to all, finishing with a match between the two tournament winners. The convention meets in Cincinnati on September 4 and will run about a week.
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