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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1893
Page
4
For the convenience of its patrons Tux Comer has established a downtown office at the bookstore of Lyle & Go's next to the post office. Copy for advertisements and orders for job work and subscriptions may be left there and receive prompt attention.
The note lists advertising terms for newspaper subscriptions and mentions opinions on tariff politics. It reports that An niston Alabama bought furnaces at Bristol and will start them, Roane County Tennessee votes 250000 for railroad stock, and Senator VooRHeEs predicts a tariff bill passage with debates shaping business interests.
An official source notes President Cleveland has achieved a landmark treaty with China. China will buy annually up to 50 million dollars worth of American silver and open markets to U S manufacturers, a move framed as elevating his administration to distinction and popularity. It reflects a long-held European aspiration to access valued American resources.
A Bloomington report notes the marriage of Miss Helen Louise Davis to Lewis Green Stevenson son of Vice President Stevenson. The couple, who will honeymoon in southern France, exemplify cross party ties as Miss Davis is daughter of a Republican newspaper owner. An impending Republican Executive Committee meeting may seek reduced Southern representation at future national conventions.
President Cleveland sends a lengthy message to Congress praising tariff reform as embodied in the Wilson bill and urging swift passage to adjust American business to new conditions. The Postmaster General’s annual report shows postal efficiency improving, endorses civil service law, and notes no new ocean mail subsidies with a projected current year deficit of 7.83 million dollars.
The article discusses the Wilson tariff bill as aligned with the Chicago platform, shifting toward a revenue based tariff with a large free list. It specifics iron ore coal pig tin hemp flax jute silver lead ore copper wool salt crude borax binding twine cotton ties and lumber on the free list, while reducing protections across the McKinley items. Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee weighed implications and concluded it would be undemocratic to favor one industry over another, placing these items on the free list.
The article notes a likely endorsement in the House and a Senate vote later today. Democratic slim margins could hinder passage as opposition centers on the Senate. Many Democrats oppose a personal income tax, while others push for funding needs to set revenue targets after the tariff bill becomes law. Corporate net earnings taxes may substitute for a general income tax.
The article notes both parties discuss the large cost of special examiners, but Secretary Smith’s annual report says the examiners found fraud in Iowa, New Mexico and Virginia, saving more than their salaries. It also notes the policy on suspensions and endorses statehood for Arizona New Mexico and Utah.
A Memphis woman tried for embezzlement received sympathetic attention from numerous women in the courtroom. Their smiles and pleading looks allegedly swayed the jury, which acquitted the defendant amid effusive thanks and embraces from the jurors. The Knoxville Tribune reports the jurors are said to hope for similar rewards in future cases.
A Georgia farmer lists numerous self inflicted costs as causes of hard times. He argues that too much is bought instead of produced, from timber and plows to seeds and schooling, and notes overproduction of politics as a factor in the nation’s malaise.
The bill filed by attorney general Pickle against former officials seeks recovery of money allegedly illegally paid from the public treasury. It argues the suit shows more substance in the current Tennessee administration than vague politics and asserts the state is a concrete entity with active government.
The Nashville Banner notes a new bill from the Attorney General seeking a judicial inquiry into charges raised by a legislative committee report. It questions whether any official will be punished for delinquencies and whether unlawfully spent state funds can be recovered, while affirming the administration’s willingness to vindicate the law and protect taxpayers.
Policy endorses relief from monopoly taxation to revive American industry. Free raw materials, cheaper production, larger markets, and higher employment are urged as the path to growth. Citing Wilson, the piece argues removing taxes on materials will boost domestic output, expand foreign trade, and benefit manufacturers, workers, and the nation.
Augustus Healy argues that stabilizing money and a new low tariff can revive business prosperity. He notes U S production outpaces domestic consumption due to machinery, rail expansion, and enterprise. Foreign buyers want more, but current limits hamper export growth.
Fragmentary OCR reads about tariff reduction prompting shifts in goods and brendee flows, urging payment to enter port, with mentions of rents and industrial growth. A separate item advertises a jewelry and silverware stock at home prices with a sales lure and a reward for a missing item.
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