Thirty Years' Battle for Protection Profits Exposed
An 1880s style critique questions the Net gains from protective tariffs. It argues that only a small share of capital benefits protected manufacturers while wages rise and profits accumulate for a few. The article cites New York World and New York Tribune figures to claim limited direct workers but broad wealth effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Mintakun
Spiwich
Orn
Andrew Carnegie
New York Tribune
Salt of the Nation The Meat Trust and Millionaire Bosses
A fragment arguing legislative control over meat supplies benefits a few manufacturers. It warns that misdistribution would betray the nation’s respect for its millionaire producers who own vast palaces. The piece extols them as the salt of the nation and social anchors.
Democratic hearing on tariff reform and revenue policy
The Chicago Herald argues for deficit coverage from tariff reform while opposing monopoly tariff effects. It urges a revenue focused approach, advocating tax shifts away from consumption toward ability to pay, including opposition to sugar tariffs and endorsing proportional taxation aligned with income and possessions.
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Congress
Pople
Democratic Party
Chicago Herald
Trade theory debate cited by New York Times fragment
The passage discusses comparative gains from two trade scenarios, arguing the second case yields more of what the United States wants while costing less overall. It cites a New York Times quote on mutual gain in fair bargains and references a separate note on impatience in warning against hasty action. It also mentions a Placer county claim to petrified fruit-like rock domes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York Times
Placer County
Noy
A Unique Omer of an Engish Manufac turer
Bradford trades union declined a Bradford mill owner proposal to let workers run a mill for one year as a social test, with working capital and profit sharing. conservatively biased papers question faith in socialist reform while noting need for top to bottom economic reorganization and broader employer involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Alamea
Weald
Tutes Union
Sone
Trades Union of Bradford
Bradford
Boston Herald
Lesson in patience from a county court ruling
In a Bimsley county court case, pit contractor Herbert Smith refused to pay for clothes from a Huddersfield tailor. The judge asked to try them on and inspect, noting faults in the alterations. Though the defendant seemed favored, the judge awarded the plaintiff seven shillings sixpence for needed alterations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deolaton
Bimsley
England
Herbert Smith
Hudderafield
St. Louin Republic
One Day to the Week for Mending
A fragment urges setting aside one day weekly for mending household items. It claims regular, brief repairs prevent large tasks later and cites the proverb about a stitch in time saving nine.
Fragmented 19th century ad filled page notes
A garbled historical newspaper snippet includes an old ad about a deserter George William Brown and a threat to a wife and child, a note on Eiffel Tower iron contraction, a cryptic letter or ratio sequence about lowercase letters, a 1742 incident kidnapping turnspit dogs, local meat market promos, buildable lots in Sheffield addition, a cigar ad, and a clothing maker.
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Papa
George ‘William Brown
Charleston News and Courier
Eiffel Tower
F. Pohlman
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