Shadow of General Liquidation Over the Nation’s Prosperity
A historical analysis cites Clapp & Co statements from 1892 to 1898 describing the drop in prosperity amid tariff and free trade policies. It notes railways’ $1.21 billion indebtedness, bank suspensions at $211 million, textile losses near $40 million, other industries over $90 million, and a 5.66 billion decline in bank clearings in early tariff years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Trade Administration
Messrs. Clapp & Co
New York
Presisent Cleveland
Free Trade Party
S.C. Watts
C. le Roy
Oris
Mass
Root Ted
New York Custom House Struggles as Imports Surge
The wholesale dry goods district shows a flood of foreign made boxes as German and British goods flood the market. An NY Custom House employee notes unprecedented import volumes over 20 years, aloft, aiding customs jobs but hurting American workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
United States
England
France
Germany
Ann
New York Custom Horse
Custom House
Consul Meeker Sparks Critique Over Wool Sale Report
A circulated Consul Meeker report claimed American woolen goods sold in the Radford market. Investigations showed only a single sample case went to one Bradford family aimed at Indian and South African markets. The state department is urged to verify with manufacturers before spreading such stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Meeker
Bradford
England
Radford
Half Cock
Duffy Bros Silk Works Whistle To Ring Again
The Fort Plain Free Press notes the Duffy Brothers silk mill stopped its factory whistle during Cleveland's inauguration two years ago. It will resume blowing in 1897 with a Republican president's inauguration, signaling a return to old times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Duffy Bros
Fort Plain
N. Y
Free Press
Democratic tariff law harms American labor says Cleveland Leader
The Cleveland Leader argues the six month old Democratic tariff law raises public debt and lowers wages. It claims English and European manufacturers gain by selling into the United States while American labor loses. It cites reduced wheat and corn exports and cotton prices as proof of harm to farmers and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Europe
United States
National Treasury
Washington
Cleveland
Great Tariff Crop Sparked Broad Economic Shifts
A New York Recorder critique says McKinley tariffs raised foreign imports by 16 percent and displaced American labor, cut exports by nearly 10 percent, reduced sheep farming, boosted meat prices, and increased taxation on daily goods while expanding the free list for other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York Recorder
Bradford report warns of very low wool prices amid tariff
The Bradford report on wool trade notes manufacturers safer with revived American demand yet warns competition from American makers keeps prices very low. It argues these low prices hurt American farmers, wool producers, and workers across farms and factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Protectionist Cotton States Expo To Open In Atlanta
Interest grows in the cotton states exposition set to open in Atlanta on September 18. The event is expected to educate southern readers on the high degree of American manufacturing progress achieved under a protective tariff and its benefit to the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
California Fruit Cheapened by Foreign Imports
California fruit growers face impact as nearly 4,000,000 pounds more foreign fruit arrived in New York during the first half of the tariff period than in the same months a year earlier, signaling market displacement for local producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
California
Tobacco and the Tariff of Tea Tobacco Trade
An abbreviated note discusses tariff impacts on tobacco trade and mentions tea tobacco context. The fragment outlines economic concerns without detailing dates or entities.
Rio Grande Western notes and Grand Junction rail region
A letter from Guinn Junction Colorado describes the Rio Grande Western Railroad with offices at Denver and Salt Lake City, key personnel, shops at Helper Utah, and extensive desert sand storms affecting operations. It details engines, maintenance facilities, water treatments, and employee conditions, plus a Sunday school convention report from Pageville Madison County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Salt Lake
Q. Camplough
Helper
Utah
Alex. Struthers
North Platte
Neb
Rio Grande Western
Rio Grande
Colorado Midland
Santa Fee
Grand’ Junction
Colo
Grand Junction
Mesa County
Grand River
Little Castle Valley
Little Grand
Crevasse
Westwater
Ruby Canyon
Deseret
Adamson
U. P
Ogden dealer offers rubber stamps and office supplies
Send to S J Griffin in Ogden Utah for rubber stamps seals stencils and office supplies. He makes models repairs typewriters and other delicate machinery and can supply fire or burglar proof safes for your office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.J. Griffin
Ogden
Utah
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York Custom House
Wilson
Colorado
Railroad
E Company
Desert
Joan LaMunyon
Otfivers
Madison County
Pageville
Chas. A. Brooks
Papeville Baptist Church
A. Oliver
M. Hi
Twin Bridges
Association
CO. W. Birchard
Christ
John Oliver
Morse
Virginia City
Madison Valley
Meadow Creek
O.D. Pinckney
Gertrude Trostle
Geo. Comfort
Geo. D. King
John.Oliver
Willis Brooks
Dillon
Montana
Union Pacific
Union Ba
F. T. Connixs
C. Mintenfercer
Clarion
Pale Suorey
Shorey
Kansas
Pex
Ben LE
Nature
R. I. Scearce
Dillon, Mont
Silberman
IROS
Michigan St
Ill
Elkhart Carriage and Harness Mfg. CO
Consumeré
Surrey
W. B. Pratt
Neoteton
Elkhart
Ind
Trilby
Aix
Medecine Co
I. D
Francisco
Cal
N. M. Waite
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!