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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1889
Page
4
The Dixon Sun newspaper from Dixon Illinois dated April 10 1889 publishes weekly. Editor W M Kennedy leads local reporting with community notices and regional news.
The article argues that abstract tariff theory fails farmers, as trusts in binder twine and other goods raise prices. It warns government overreach by using convict labor to compete with private industry, urges making trusts illegal, and calls for a broad shift to protect equal rights, citing Illinois actions and broader reform.
A reader analyzes a report on a three firm Illinois steel alliance. The piece contends consolidation hurts local competition while tariff protection keeps foreign rivals in check. It questions projected cost cuts and argues wages may fall despite higher producer profits.
The article recalls the once famed Beecher and Tilton names, noting Beecher's death two years ago and Tilton’s decline into poverty in Paris. Elizabeth Tilton is described as living with her mother in Brooklyn, grieving and nearly blind from years of sorrow after the exposure and trial.
A Charleston lady, moved by Bishop Heber’s 1824 missional hymn From Greenland’s Icy Mountains, searched vainly for a fitting tune. She recalled a memory that sparked an idea to match the melody to the verse.
The journal reports an experiment with thirty eight boys of diverse social classes using tobacco from two months to two years. Twenty seven showed severe constitutional injury and slowed growth, thirty two had irregular heart action, stomach disorders, cough, and alcohol cravings, thirteen had intermittent pulse, and one developed consumption. After quitting tobacco, half were symptom free in six months and all recovered by year end.
A letter questions wage cuts for puddlers at Bethlehem and Pittsburg mills after Harrison’s election. It argues protectionism should raise wages and cites past rates, asking how tariffs affect labor and why wages fell despite pro protection. It notes long-standing tariff policy and seeks neighborly explanation.
In his book Men and Measures of Half a Century Hon Hugh McCulloch argues wages fall with foreign immigration as demand and supply shift. The piece notes U S treasury surplus, a Pittston coal mine shutdown, Lancaster iron mills cutting wages, and President Harrison's stance on wage policy and taxation.
A Springfield House vote tabling a proposal to petition Congress for free admission of twine-making material passed by a strict party line, with Republicans mostly voting to retain the duty that keeps twine prices high. The piece criticizes Republicans for sacrificing farmers' interests to others and questions party integrity.
Col James A Seaton is appointed post master for Chicago replacing General Newberry.
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