Tariff Facts Fight Backed by Cold Figures From 19th Century
Extracts from Henry J. Philpott argue tariffs do not raise wages or protect home markets. The piece compares tariffs with prewar periods, domestic vs foreign prices, and shifts in export volumes for corn, wheat, cotton, and provisions, citing government data and expert opinions.
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Henry J. Philpott
Des Moines
Perry
Williams College
Poor
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Kansas
Jamestown
Fort Sumter
America
England
Cis
Liverpool
Chicago
Tunstall
J. Schoenhof
Notr-Plantera 1880 sugar and molasses production figures
The record notes production for 1880 as 196,759,200 pounds of sugar and 16,574,273 gallons of molasses. Laborer numbers and wages are not stated.
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Notr
Plantera
The Protection of Monopoly and Costs of Government
Senator Colquitt of Georgia cites startling statistics on monopoly protection and urges a comprehensive government information table. He notes the costliest government task may be protecting monopoly, offering an estimate from 1852 cited in 1883 to show the fiscal value of such analysis.
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Census
Statistical Bureau
Colquitt
Georgia
Senate of
United States
William AM. Springer
North American Review
Farmers Favor Tariff Reform Across Illinois Says Chicago Times
Chicago Times surveys Illinois farmers across parties on tariff reform. About 60 percent favor substantial modification and reduction, 30 percent seek radical free trade or near-revenue tariffs, with Democrats broadly pro reform and Republicans showing growing support for revision. Some Republicans would vote for a Democrat to secure reform, while few Democrats would vote for a Republican to preserve high protection.
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Chicago Times
Illinois
Horace Greeley
Chicago Terminal Facilities Approved by Skatorial Mania
A brief item notes the approval of terminal facilities in Chicago amid a skatorial mania influencing city planning. Specific dates and officials are not provided in the readable text. The report emphasizes the urban impact and public interest in the development.
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Chicago
The Last Mexican Bandit Eraclio Bernal Falls
After the death of Eraclio Bernal Mexican newspapers publish anecdotes of his melancholy prior to death. He was killed following a fatal quarrel over a woman named Louisa Garcia as his men faltered. Bernal fell to three bullets from the captain of his recruits and his career ends with a legend begin.
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Eraclio Bernal
Bernal
Louisa Garcia
Sierra
Oratory
United States
Eraclio Prernal
The
Robin Hood
England
Boston
Rattlesnake Dinner Impresses South Florida Tour Party
A Brooklyn broker who shot a rattlesnake in South Florida cooked it for a camp of about fifteen tourists. The snake was skinned, battered, and fried, and most in the party tried the dish. The narrator found the meat palatable and tastier than eel, with no ill effects reported.
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South
Florida
Rooklyn
New York Evening Sun
Illinois Affairs Reveal Varied News Across State
The State Veterinarian ordered three glanders afflicted horses shot. James Buller contracted the disease via a hand wound. A rear end collision on an Illinois Central bridge near Tuscola left Rev. C. W. Bede rescued from fifteen feet of water. John D. Gillett suffers a second paralysis at his Elkhart farm, age 69, wealth estimated at 2.5 million. Centralia merchants face pressure from the Farmers Mutual Protective Association demanding 10 percent profit. Dr Herbert Judd faces slander suit over a letter about a Knox Seminary girl. Mrs Jeannette Loewenberg dies in Chicago at 101. Josef Frengero arrested for employing a 7-year-old girl to operate a hand organ. Chicago Health Department reports factory tenement and employment statistics, smallpox mortality, and overall sanitary progress.
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Newman
James Buller
John D. Gillett
Oglesby
David T. Littler
Elkhart
St. Louis
Mr. Gillett
Logan County
Centralia
Farmers’ Mutual Protective Association
Herbert Judd
Galesburg
M. Whiting
Knox Seminary
Josephine Merrill
Chicago
Jeannette Loewenberg
Prussia
Josef Frengero
Frengero
West Side
Italy
Health Department of the City of
Tomlinson
Register of Vital Statistics
de Wolf
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Iowa
James W. Grimes
Committee On Naval Affairs
Senate
Switzerland
Germany
Airohomb
Sidoceweis
Europe
J. B. Sargent
New Haven
MVR
New York City
New York
Connecticut
North Carolina
New Jersey
Ohio
Nena Lorem
H. C. Dodge
Illinois Affairs
Ilinois Central
Tuscola
C. W. Bede
Standard
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