Republican Mass County Convention Rushville March 21 1896
Rush county Republicans are called to a mass convention in Rushville on Saturday March 21 1896 at 1 PM to select delegates and alternates for the Congressional Convention in New Castle on April 16 1896 and for the Judicial Convention with date and place yet fixed. Full attendance urged as the convention is important. Prominent speakers will address the meeting. By order of the executive committee J W Hanson Chairman Wii Berry Secretary.
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Rush County
Rushville
New Castle
J. W. Hanson
Wii Berry
William D. Owen
Ripley
Posey
Walker
Orange
Anderson
Jackson, Ay Center
Washington
Union
Noble
Richland
Republican County Convention in Rush County 1896
Republicans of Rush county plan a delegate convention on Saturday April 11 1896 at Rushville to nominate a county ticket. Delegates total 279 apportioned by township votes from 1894 with March 7 1896 set for township selections. Berry secretary.
Tariff Foes Warn of Cheap Oriental Labor Threat
Opinion piece arguing McKinley era tariff duties would soon be too low to shield American labor from inexpensive Asian competition. It contends India China and Japan goods will flood markets in Europe South America and beyond, urging higher tariffs to protect U S industries and jobs from foreign labor.
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Asia
India
China
Orient
United States
Exports of American products under McKinley protection
The report shows exports of American goods from 1890 to 1895. Under four years of McKinley protection foreign markets averaged 920,324,087 dollars annually, while two Democratic years averaged 807,543,982 dollars. The breach in protection cost 121,780,000 dollars per year in 1894 and 1895, urging faster restoration of the protective wall.
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Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
Restore Policy of the Republican Party and Trade Balance
Hon. Robert J. Gamble argues restoring Republican policy would halt gold outflow and bring yellow metal to correct the trade balance. He blames opposition for the present economic woes and urges policy reversal as the solution to national well being.
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Republican Party
Robert J. Gamble
Exports Rise While Imports Lean on American Trade
The New York Herald hails record exports for 1895 yet the piece notes imports for similar goods rose faster, creating a larger trade deficit. It compares eleven month totals in iron and steel, chemicals and dyes, leather, and glass, showing a negative balance despite export gains.
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New York Herald
New York
Herald
Paris
United States
Pecksniff
The Farmer's Bushel of Wheat and Sugar Prices
A 1892 price comparison shows wheat at 1.054g per bushel and sugar at 4 cents per pound, with a bushel equaling about 26.144 pounds of sugar. By 1896 wheat fell to 69 cents and sugar rose to 5 cents, reducing the sugar per wheat bushel to under 14 pounds. The text argues McKinley protection yields a bushel of wheat buying more sugar than under Democratic free trade tariff.
Democratic Balance Sheet for 1895 Trade Deficit Highlighted
The advance statement for 1895 shows domestic exports at $807,812,116 and foreign imports at $801,626,38, leaving a favorable balance of $6,149,211. In 1894 the balance was $180,999,175 with four months of tariff reform, but a full year of tariff policy erased nearly all surplus, as imports rose by about $125,000,000.
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National
Protection and Tariff Stand in National Prosperity
James R. Howe of New York warns that high tariffs and any threat to established values imperil business prosperity. He argues reciprocity and tariff policy can protect a structure of protection, restoring trust and preventing bankruptcy as a national goal.
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James R. Howe
M. C
New York
Past Week Failures Dampen 1893 Residuals
Dun's Review notes a sharp rise in weekly failures reaching 395 in the United States versus 873 the prior year. It calls these results the solid returns or leftovers from 1893 being knocked out now, describing it as a cheering fact.
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United States
Dun’s
Cheap goods flood nation as tariffs loosen
The New Haven Morning Journal argues that Britain floods the U.S. with cheap flimsy goods once protection tariffs are removed, forcing American manufacturers to lower quality to compete. It cites a surge in imports of shoddy and cheap substitutes for pure wool as proof.
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New Haven Morning Journal
Republican Party Protection Policy Quoted by Jeter C. Pritchard
A quotation from Hon. Jeter C. Pritchard asserts that the Republican party seeks to extend protection not only to New England manufacturers but to all articles of interest to the southern people, citing past legislation as evidence.
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Republican Party
New England
Jeter C. Pritchard
Demand for Protection Keeps Wire Nail Prices High
Wire nails rose from $2.10 per keg on January 1, 1892 to $2.53 per keg on January 1, 1896 due to tariff reductions. Proponents of free trade warn prices could fall to 17 cents per pound with more time, but public opinion favors protection and lower consumer costs.
Cleveland at Villard Dinner Critics Claim Incompetency
Quote from November 17 1892 dinner remarks by Hon Grover Cleveland comparing duty to the people with party harmony and patriotism. The reply asserts the opposite, accusing the former president of incompetence.
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Grover Cleveland
Villard
Free traders ruinous work hits big concerns after crash
The passage blames free traders for Democratic party faults showing two New York failures at $500,000 each and a $300,000 Chicago failure on the same day. It cites these as results of a tariff for revenue only.
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New York
Chicago
Democratic Party
Freer trade debate spotlights Republicans in 1892
A New York Times comment from November 16, 1892 argues that freer trade should be embraced by honest Republicans. It notes that American Republicans may view the issue with sorrow, while European manufacturers greet the prospect with joy.
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New York Times
Another revolution predicted for 1896
Quoted remark from the New York Times on November 10, 1892 warns that no Republican can hope to regain power, while noting that other revolutions have occurred since 1892 and predicting another one around 1896.
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New York Times
Voters Backed McKinley Conditions Since 1892
The New York World on November 18 1892 notes the public’s demand for early relief from McKinley era hardships while also observing that voters have repeatedly chosen to restore McKinley conditions at every chance since 1892.
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New York World
Wage losses from Connecticut strikes exceed one million
The state bureau of labor statistics estimates last year’s strike related wage losses for workers in Connecticut at 929,400 dollars, while employers bore 92,800 dollars, less than one tenth of the workers’ losses.
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Connecticut
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cheese shipments drop shows 26 million pounds less
The record notes a 26,865,000 pound drop in shipments versus 1894 and a $3,134,000 monetary loss. It frames a downturn in production and revenue across the cheese market with emphasis on the year over year decline.
Young Woman Tries to Squelch a Grocery Clerk
Two boarding school young women enter a uptown grocery and argue with a clerk over what they want. The lead insists on dog biscuits contradicting the clerk who remains patient, then leaves in embarrassment. The incident ends with the clerk smiling and serving others.
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New York Sun
London Social Entertainers Offer Evening Amusement Staffed Guests
A report describes gentlemen skilled in storytelling and repartee who operate in London to entertain at social gatherings. For a couple of guineas a host can hire a person of good social attainments to energize guests, with higher fees for grander reputations.
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London
Pompeii finds reveal perfumes in jars and faded inks
Scores of perfume jars were unearthed in Pompeii. Two gallon jars contained delicate perfumes whose exact mix remains unknown as air exposure caused rapid evaporation. The article notes that fifteenth and sixteenth century manuscripts suffer from ink fading as lampblack inks faded in favor of chemical inks.
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Pompeii
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Congressman Gamble
Democratic Balance Sheet
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Senator Pritchard
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M. F. Lovett
Coffin’s Drug Store
Erades
Indiana Bicycle CO
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Foley
O. S. Coffin & Co
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the Dominion Company
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