Dingley Law Funds Government Expenditures Rise
Treasury receipts under the Dingley act average over a million dollars daily this month while government expenditures run about a million daily year round. Silver markets show a drop as Russia’s financial plan limits silver use to subsidiary coin. Prices noted 60.3 and 5.53 per ounce in recent months. President McKinley receives broad commendation for handling Cuba Spain tensions and Maine disaster with broad national support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Russia
Cain
New York
Government Receipts Under Dingley Tariff Rise Sharply
Government January receipts reach about 37 million dollars, with customs duties totaling near 15 million. Analysts note normalizing imports as stocks from prior years exhaust, while remarks from Assistant Secretary Howell praise the Dingley tariff and improved industrial activity. The piece contrasts tariff effects with free trade, cites wage and price gains, and records Democratic rebuttals and GOP supporters highlighting better market conditions under Republican policy.
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Howell
Treasury Department
House of Representatives
New England
Simpkins
Massachusetts
Grosvenor
Ohio
Committee On Ways and Means
Cullom
Senate
Congressional Record
Duty of Republicans on Silver Resolution Stands Firm
The Republican Party shows steadfast for sound money as silver advocates face a split in Congress. Senators and representatives who backed the 60 cent payment stance face retirement risks, with party unity in the House nearly unanimous and in the Senate mostly aligned against repudiation. The stakes shape 1898 re-elections and the broader fight for public honor and honest money.
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Senate
House
Congress
New England
Messrs. McClellan
Sulzer
Cummings
New York
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Caffery
North Carolina
New Hampshire
McKinley
Murphy
Smith
New Jersey
Gray
Delaware
Faulkner
West Virginia
Kentucky
Awintatoe
Turpie
Indiana
Mitchell
Wisconsin
Road
North
Gorman
Maryland
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Japan
Russia
New York Tribune
Up Boys and at Them Defining Coinage Debate
The Hartford Courant denounces the free coinage factions as fraudulent and monometal lists. It argues they aim to strip the United States of its status among great commercial nations and turn the country into a silver nation like Mexico or China. The piece urges exposing them under their true label and colors before the people.
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United States
Mexico
China
Hartford Courant
Roubaix Mills Report Diminished 1897 Output
Roubaix and Tourcoing woolen mills show reduced production in 1897 with up to half the looms idle. The decline linked to growing US woolens and worsteds imports, explained by the Dingley tariff. Germany’s export rise and protectionist steps are cited as amplifying trade.
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Roubaix
W. P. Atwell
United States
Tourcoing
America
McKinley backed by Gage to head treasury says Chicago paper
The Chicago Tribune defends Secretary of the Treasury Gage as a banker aligned with business interests and public needs. Senator Stewart, a Californian self-styled Nevadan advocate, attacks Gage’s banking ties while praising direct accountability to the people. Gage’s appointment is portrayed as fit for managing national finances amid borrowing and lending sectors. Conventions note: the first general district biennial conference may be held in early July with Springfield Massachusetts favored for its accessibility.
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McKinley
Cuba
Spain
de Lome
United States
Maine
Gage
Treasury
Stewart
California
Nevada
Secretary Gage
Treasury Department
First
Aage Bank of
Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
Republic
Chicago Tribune
Epworth League Union
Springfield
Mass
New England
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Knightstown
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New York Evening Post
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Stig Post
Noller
Deering
Earth
Hill Bros. Hardware, Tinware and Implement Dealers
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DR. BE
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Coffin’s Drug Store
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