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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1905
Page
6
The Treasury Department debates withdrawing 20,000,000 of deposits from national banks to boost liquidity for seven to eight months. The proposal, seen as a joke by some, aims to prepare for upcoming needs and crop movement but risks widening the treasury deficit as revenues fall short.
The report says Minister Dawson arranged a revenue collection scheme under U S supervision prior to treaty ratification. It labels the move a tentative agreement and notes Dawson acted without explicit instructions, with hints the U S government might favor it if Santo Domingo approves.
President James J. Hill of the Great Northern warns of a labor problem hindering U S trade. He argues wages must be reduced to keep the nation competitive in global manufactured goods markets.
The speaker argues that high wages alone do not kill trade. inflated capitalization and watered dividends raise costs and keep American goods out of foreign markets. He warns that dividends on watered capital, not wages, undermine competitiveness.
A reader argues that the Dingley tariff harms United States oil costs by taxing crude from Russia despite free list provisions. The piece contends Standard Oil suppressed competition at home and opposed foreign oil, claiming tariff structure masks protection as consumer benefit.
The article describes the narrow streets of St Augustine centering on St George as the main thoroughfare ending at the old city gate. It recalls a wall of coquina, gated exits, and sentry posts, with stories of sunset closures and legends of residents leaving with scalps and arrow brands when connections failed.
A report by the governor general of Cochin China, at France’s request, praises American rule in the Philippines while arguing the islands remain a dubious acquisition. He notes relative progress versus Spanish rule and urges restraint from harsh criticism, while urging honest scrutiny.
The article laments near disaster for eighteen hundred people off Halifax Harbor as two liners collided. It urges science to focus on safety and crowd management in crowded places like tenements theaters factories trains and ships to prevent future tragedies.
In Chicago, March 26, John Maynard Harlan said the East to West migration skews marriages. He cited Chicago drawing virility from across the country and Europe, implying Boston has more unmarried women because many young men move to Chicago.
In St. Augustine on March 26 the writer notes the streets are the narrowest he has walked, with two men wearing tags halting traffic and a man with a jag claiming the entire thoroughfare for his shop. He suggests flagmen be stationed to manage the congestion.
Observant Citizen notes bright spring draws yachtsmen to South Boston for a look at crafts on the beach and preparations for a busy season. Henry B. Harris arrives to oversee Robert Edeson’s Park performance, while other town figures mingle at events and plans unfold across Beacon Street and Roxbury.
The aged figure Methuselah jokes about quitting at 407 and sends out invitations for his 900th birthday celebration, pondering how he would have appeared in history had he stopped aging earlier.
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