Tax on Labor Speech by Mills of Texas in Massachusetts
A dramatic campaign speech argues for Democratic tax relief focused on reducing consumption taxes, boosting domestic manufacturing, and protecting labor. It criticizes the Republican tariff and liquor stance, touts wool and raw materials free of duty, and urges closing markets to outsiders while expanding home industry for employment and higher wages.
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House of Israel
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United States
Woodbine
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Aristides the Just
Salamis
Thomas Jefferson
Hell
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Chicago
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Prohibition
Ife
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Mr. Blaine
Cobden Club
Home Market Club
Arkwright Club
Boston
Eli Whitney
England
France
Germany
Providence
Texas
Philadelphia
Real Friends of Labor
Democratic Party
Telegraph
Agricultural Department
Atlantic Ocean
Great Democratic Vision Speech Promises Unity and Reform
The speaker urges voters to back Grover Cleveland on November 6 claiming it will bring full Democratic control of the House, Senate, and Presidency after twenty five years. He envisions a government of the people, with peace and righteousness guiding the nation.
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Democratic Party
Grover Cleveland
House of Representatives
Senate of the United States
Butler's Inconsistencies On Tariff Viewpoints Exposed
A compiled circular contrasts General Butler's 1882 governor campaign positions with his later tariff stance. The text cites speeches in Worcester Lowell and South Braintree, arguing he urged tariff revision, opposed excessive taxation, and favored protections for American labor while stressing that necessities should be affordable. It ends comparing his 1882 views with the Democratic platform and President Cleveland.
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Trom
Young Men's Democratic Club
General Butler
Commonwealth
Westfield
Butler
Hoar
Worcester
Republican Party
Tariff Commission
Garfield
Hancock
South Braintree
Garfiel
Music Hall
Daily Advertiser
Faneuil Hall
Tama
Lowell
W.P. Frye
Maine
Democratic Party
Frye
Middlesex Mills
Quincy
Congress
Tariff Primer for 1888 sparks reader questions and facts
The Massachusetts Tariff Reform League issued a thirty page Tariff Primer for 1888. It presents concise Q and A on protectionism and tariff effects, arguing tariffs raise prices for wage earners and favor protected workers over unprotected industries with examples from the last census and campaign funding critiques.
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Massachusetts Tariff Reform League
James P. Foster
Republican League
United States
Pennsylvania
Home Market Club
Treasury Department
Union
Great Britain
High tariff fable about Byfield Woollen Factory
The Byfield Woollen Factory suspended operations amid tariff debates. Superintendent and co owner Mr Holland dismissed the free wool scare as nonsense and said the mill would reopen soon, with sixty workers off for a short vacation and full operation returning next week. He supported moving wool to the free list as sensible but did not endorse the Mills bill in full.
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Byfield Woollen
Newburyport News
Byfield
Holland
The Farmer and the Trusts
The Philadelphia Times highlights how high war tariff duties trigger numerous trusts. The author argues farmers are repeatedly taxed by steel, rubber, salt, jute, cotton-tie, lumber, linseed oil and other trusts, creating a protected monopolist system.
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Philadelphia Times
Ind
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