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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1890
Page
4
The Boston morning notes the release of the young Duc d Orléans by President Carvot and criticizes French royalty hopes. It then covers New York merchants testifying before the Senate on tariff reform, exposing its regressive taxes on life’s necessities and detailing McDuffin Turpin seat contention and Republican campaign finances under Quay.
A large wage earner meeting in Philadelphia backs the demand for free raw materials to lower living costs and secure steady work. The piece links this to New England manufacturers, Senate tariff plans, and a looming silver market corner shaped by tariff and silver bills, urging timely purchases.
The Daily Advertiser argues the tin plates duty embodies harsh protectionism harming revenue and established industries. It lauds the duty as a loyalty test amid McKinley’s tariff plan while noting past derealctions and challenging the rationale that the duty will help tin plate makers stand alone after an initial start.
The article argues that importing tin plates at about 21 million dollars yearly is not a misfortune and that domestic manufacture would arise if more profitable. It critiques the Daily Advertiser for praising forced domestic production, questions price effects, and cites rail steel as a contrasting example. The piece implies political maneuvering behind the tariff stance and condemns the duty as indefensible.
Harvard proposes widening the elective system beyond courses to methods. Students could choose how to study, enabling faster degree completion for high performers and potentially affecting weaker students. The plan also reshapes graduate organization, increases graduate enrollment, and strengthens the university atmosphere for study.
The author argues that Harvard should attract more Western and Southern students, reshaping student life and academics. If the A B degree can be completed in three years without sacrificing quality, the four year standard may be reformed to better meet American life needs.
The piece argues for admitting women to Johns Hopkins Medical School, noting rising demand for women physicians and legal access in several states. It details the hospital endowment of 3.3 million dollars, a planned 1.6 million expansion, and a potential 100000 dollar gift to secure women’s admission, with committees in major cities already raising funds and conditions tied to total pledge. It also cites past female contributions to medical education and urges support from both genders.
A discussion on the word metagnostic suggests it adds meanings beyond knowledge and belief in a Being beyond sense. Huxley disapproved, Spencer declined to opine, and critics question adding new words when existing terms suffice. Local Grant statue fundraising and Oberammergau portrayals mocked for pride and showmanship.
A Boston observer notes returning natives from the West and Northwest eyeing Spokane Falls Seattle and Tacoma for growth while praising a Boston poet and a Pullman era Indian encounter. Other items discuss Butte mining, the novel Black Beauty, summer etiquette in seaside towns, and Harvard students failing to aid Cambridge rascals.
New York on June 4 marked the hottest June 4 in twenty years with a 93 degree reading. A severe but brief afternoon storm cooled the city later, ending the heat spell for the day.
Massachusetts census work proceeds smoothly says Horace Wadlin chief of the State Census Bureau noting frequent enumerator experience. He explains foreign communities ease of enumeration, interpreters used for non English speakers, and low resignations, with two illness related quits in Boston and neighboring town.
The Duke of Orleans has been pardoned by President Carnot. Senator Quay engages in Atlantic City fishing for drum. Emperor William, with the Empress, first rode out after his accident. They dined with Prince Henry and the Princess. Henry George tours Australia, greeted at Auckland by Anti-Poverty Society, arriving in Sydney and Melbourne to receptions. His lectures draw attendance and verbatim press reports.
An adjourned Harvard Overseers meeting at 50 State Street discussed lowering freshman admission age from about nineteen to a range of seventeen to eighteen. The board concurred with the president and Fellows on several appointments including Amoswrence Mason as assistant professor of clinical medicine for five years, Frank Bigelow Tarbell as Greek and Latin instructor, Phillipe Belknap Marcon as French tutor, and Max Poll as German instructor for 1890-91. Inspectors of polls for the next Overseers election were named: Aves Coolidge Jr., Arthur Lyman, and Robert F. Pimes, with Coolidge as principal and Lyman and Pimes as assistants.
The Des Moines Leader presents a farmer’s view on tariff policy noting proposed hikes on imported bushels of wheat corn and rye for seed and protection of farm products. It questions the indirect tax burden on farmers and compares export figures from last year to tariff costs.
The annual Yale Athletic Association all round contest was held in New Haven Conn on June 4. Reynolds 91 secured first place with 28 points, Williams 91 finished second with 27 points after ten events.
A London court of public opinion notes Oxford imposes rules at Somerville and Lady Margaret Halls forbidding undergraduates’ female guests to use rooms unless they are their brothers or known at home. Critics call it a cruel blow to female education while Miss Dorothy Tennant emerges as a radical artist and social figure amid coverage of campus life and prominent figures.
Speaker Reed attacks Mugwump newspapers suggesting censorship as a possible next step for Republicans after the federal election law. The Worcester Spy notes a bill for election expenses mirrors English reform, arguing early action could curb corruption before it becomes entrenched.
The Massachusetts Republican opposition blocks a sworn publication bill requiring disclosure of all campaign and political committee expenditures. The measure failed 13 to 21 with all negatives from Republicans and only three Republicans voting yes, reflecting the party’s stance on campaign finance accountability nationwide from the New York Evening Post.
The New England Historic Genealogical Society held its final meeting of the season on Somerset Street with President Abner C. Goodell presiding. Professor Albert B. Hart of Harvard spoke on the distribution of native and foreign-born populations in American cities, using diagrams and an autographs book exhibit. New members elected included John Graham Moseley Andrew Kesrand Davis and Professor James Bayer.
A fashionable crowd gathered yesterday on Mrs Henry M Whitney’s Brookline lawn. A large tent housed dancing to Cheeneys Orchestra with exquisite decorations. Lunch was served inside the house and the event lasted from 4 to 7 o’clock.
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