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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1888
Page
11
The speaker argues against tin plate tariffs claiming they raise costs for all tin products from pans to roofs and canned foods. He contends protection harms industries yet to recover and warns the burden has already damaged many sectors. Prolonged applause followed.
Mr Butterworth argues that rising costs come from higher wages and production needs not raw materials. He defends protection, cites 1842 1846 tariffs, gold mines, and domestic demand, insisting American industry thrives with a strong home market and wage growth while debunking free trade claims.
A speaker voices steadfast patriotic support amid applause, declaring lifelong loyalty to the nation and joining a friend in closing remarks praising country and duty. The moment captures a shared sentiment of devotion and national unity.
Horace White’s Harvard Finance Club address quotes Samuel Sher man advocating reciprocity with Canada and South America. The speaker criticizes Republican protectionism, cites a 1868 International Monetary Standard passage praising free exchange, and argues Boston should lead in expanding continental trade.
Henry Cabot Lodge writes to a Charlestown Republican club outlining his shift on tariff policy. He denounces free trade and endorses protection, arguing Mills bill threats to iron ore coal wool and northern industries. He urges public meetings and document circulation to energize a vigorous campaign and defeat the Democratic stance.
About 125 gentlemen attended the Home Market Club dinner at the Vendome in Boston Saturday for Congressman Benjamin Butterworth of Ohio. Governor Ames presided with several named officials and guests present. Butterworth spoke briefly and then headed to Tremont Temple for a tariff debate.
A historical collage cites John D. Long Henry Cabot Lodge and Ambrose A. Karney on surplus revenue and tax reform. It argues for removing taxes on everyday necessities and pursuing selective reductions while warning against broad cuts or excess spending.
The state board of arbitration informal inquiry recommends Weymouth hand sewers end the January strike. It urges employers to reinstate as many workers as possible. Affected factories include Edwin Clapp Strong & Carroll M Sheehy Co East Weymouth and J H & KF M Yorrey North Weymouth. Manufacturers have hired substitutes while many strikers found other jobs.
New York notes on Jay Gould social ostracism, the Mail and Express purchase by Elliott Shepard, Vanderbilt ties, and public chatter about Depew, Field, and Stewart. Reflections on underground transit plans, literary circles led by DeKay, Miss Cotterey, and Miss Reese, plus praise for Ludwig Barnay’s theatre work amid a harsh blizzard aftermath.
An onlookers’ vignette from the Batignolles omnibus shows an elderly Parisian couple reading news on the crown prince’s illness and travel. The piece contrasts wartime memory with forgiving sympathy as the prince dies abroad with his family.
Florence argues the stage elevates public virtue and morals and that actors often share in church life. He dismisses stage scandal as no worse than other trades and notes clergy attend theatre, with many actors contributing to religious life despite touring schedules.
Carl Schurz’s English rendering of his German tribute to Kaiser Wilhelm portrays the late emperor as a unifier who combined kingly duty with popular leadership. Schurz notes Americans’ mixed views of German history and lauds the monarch’s frugal life, personal popularity, and role in uniting Germany, while reflecting on the global funeral response and the future of a peaceful, unified nation.
Mrs Procter who died on Monday afternoon belonged to the old circle of English letters. Through her mother she knew Lamb Coleridge Keats and Leigh Hunt and later wed Barry Cornwall linking her to Thackeray Dickens the Laureate and Browning. She spoke with keen views and vigor, endured false reproach, and left a long life of activity and memories though bereaved by her daughter's death. Thackeray letters she kept but Carlyle Reminiscences shadows lingered behind.
Over eighteen months the Post grows in public favor and expands influence across New England. It claims a leading daily paper status in the United States, pledging fairness and decency in coverage. It markets itself with extensive money market, commercial, and ship news sections and a yearly Post issue.
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