Democratic Platform Claims Tariffs Hurt Labor Wages
A historical editorial argues that protections raise living costs and suppress wages, detailing wages in cotton and wool industries, tariff effects on steel, and corporate profits. It cites Payne Aldrich tariffs, wool and steel duties, and Taft vetoes, urging labor to reject tariff myths and oppose protective measures.
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United States
Reading
Reed Smoot
Prevost
Utah
Finance Committee
Senate
Lawrence
American Woolen Company
Taft
Tariff Board
la Follette
A Distinction Harper's Remark Prompts Witty Exchange
A humorous exchange centers on an inheritance wager as Skinflint boasts wealth when asked for his daughter's hand. Mr Siithers pleads for luxuries for his daughter, Skinflint claims he is worth twice as much and consents, then departs with a quip about his own hypothetical generosity.
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Mr. Siithers
Skinflint
Theo
Mr. Sifthers
Harper’s
The Only Way
An elderly musician Auber reflects with wit on aging. He notes time proves no surer way to long life, framing aging as a shared, ironic human condition.
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Auber
Roosevelt’s shift on woman suffrage exposed in Ohio vote
Ida Husted Harper argues Theodore Roosevelt failed to back woman suffrage in Ohio despite staged support elsewhere. She details prior pleas by Susan B. Anthony, White House snubs, and Roosevelt’s editorial stance in Outlook, contrasting early tepid views with later nominating-focused pragmatism.
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Progressive Party
Ohio
Roosevelt
United States
St. Johnsbury
Allie
Susan J. Anthony
Lincoln
White House
National Suffrage Association
Executive Office
John
Berkeley Theater
New York
Anti-suffrage Association
Financial patrons in Roosevelt campaign 1904
John D. Archbold of Standard Oil gave 100000 to Roose veldt in 1904 but refused 150000 more. J P Morgan and others contributed 100000 and 50000 more. Roosevelt prosecuted Standard Oil while sparing Harvester and steel trusts. George W Perkins sent 14000 from New York Life and refunded it when found. Also a joke about a surgeon writing a wire up the heart.
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John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Roosevelt
J. P. Morgan
The
Steel Trust
George W. Perkins
Steel and Harvester Trusts
New York Life Insurance Company
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Carroll County
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Chafin and Watkins Prohibition
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Charles Becker
John I. Dulany
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