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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1888
Page
4
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After the campaign ends The Weekly Globe will resume its literary and news features. The paper will publish continued and short stories, farmer and family departments, sketches and poems, and include illustrations by Globe artists for home instruction and entertainment.
Partisan opposition to Chief Justice Fusler’s confirmation has faded. The court, now with Chief Justice Porter and Justice Laman, will be more evenly balanced. It is overtasked and will need enlargement to keep pace with its workload. Fusler is expected to meet the duties and honor past predecessors.
In Indianapolis Mr Blaine claimed Western wealth rose fivefold since 1800 and credited tariffs for the growth. Supporters counter that prairie soil, population growth, and industrious Western people built the West. The author questions Blaine’s simpleton claim and hints at political strategy.
A topical critique argues that the so called five trusts are largely Republican in origin and control. It notes the Sugar and Standard Oil trusts with Republican stockholders, and claims cotton seed stock is raised by Northern Republicans. The piece asserts trusts form across sectors from coal to meat, farming implements and more, with profits driven by price manipulation and market control.
The speaker argues that economic power favors the rich as workingmen face boycotts and blacklisting. He contends trusts are unequal before the law and calls for their destruction, insisting the public will act regardless of party. He urges reform to protect labor rights and ensure fair treatment by courts.
The famed statesman delivers a plain direct letter opposing the fight tariff fraud and endorsing lower living costs and higher wages. He praises President Cleveland for integrity and patriotism, noting Grover Cleveland’s platform with support as a national standard. The public speaks with enduring respect for the “Old Roman” and his concise, forceful message.
A Boston woman writing from Jerusalem declares American tack and screw manufacturing dominates the world market. She accuses European makers of inferiority, praises American machinery, and questions monopolies for higher prices under protection, arguing free trade would undercut global underpricing.
The article draws parallels between the London Whitechapel murders and a Texas crime wave, noting similarities in female victims, mutilation, secrecy, and motive absence. It suggests a hypothesis of a perverted killer who masks brutality behind outward respectability, possibly driven by primal animal instincts rather than religious zeal.
The piece argues the 1880s era presidential campaign is unusually calm and decorous. It notes strong American harvests and rising European demand support a favorable trade balance. It asserts workers and merchants stay confident, tariffs and trusts reform promise long prosperity, and tax burdens are being eased by tariff revisions.
The passage urges the United States to reclaim its past maritime and industrial strength. It envisions a return to a "golden age" when national power was visible abroad, factories ran full time, and labor peace prevailed. It contrasts early nationsmen with later leaders who favored protectionism and reduced international trade.
The speech at Adrian Michigan features Blaine extolling absolute free trade to 66 million Americans across 38 states and eight territories. Critics argue few free trade gains exist and question why limited free trade on raw materials is deemed dreadful by his opponents.
Howetts the novelist returns to Boston amid talk of correcting past mistakes in Silas Lapham. The piece cites fashionable trends, political jabs at Cleveland and tariff debates, and opinions on protectionism, British competition, and industrial policy, with references to New York World and Newark politics.
A vivid column critiques tariff reform and support for Cleveland and Tourman, denounces Irish oppression, and lampoons European monarchs. It notes Republican business views, hints at Ireland’s eviction terror, and comments on the San Mateo steel ship sailing under the Hawaiian flag, blaming tariffs and shipping laws.
The week in Congress centers on tariff legislation as the Senate moves to first consider its bill with a focus on protecting American labor and industry. Leaders debate schedules, sugar duties, and the impact on revenue, while House opposition cites farmer and wage concerns in a broader protection argument.
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