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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1893
Page
5
Hon R Dunn and W A Fleming led a minority investigation that uncovered a fraudulent pine timber sale by Auditor Bierman. The report, presented to the house, promises to save thousands for the state school fund as Bierman and the lumber firm face consequences.
In a congressional message the president calls for ending the fee system in the Justice Department arguing it leads to arrests on Indians' complaints and understroppers profiting from fees. He cites four and a half million dollars spent last year and urges paying U S marshals and district attorneys salaries to curb waste.
The old one cent per pound tariff failed to protect tin plate makers. The McKinley era duty of 22 cents expanded domestic tin plate factories to over fifty, employing thousands, while prices rose not. Democrats vow to revert to one cent, risking factory closures and job losses.
The piece praises the editor's role in family news and local life, then notes Northern Pacific Railroad low round trip fares to Pacific Coast points available until April 30 1894 with stopovers. It lists travel prices: St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth to northern Pacific coast points 65 50 to San Francisco and Missouri River 80 50 to Los Angeles and Missouri River 90 00.
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