Democratic County Convention to Nominate and Delegate Ballot
The Lee County Democratic County Convention meets in Amboy on Tuesday August 14 1888 at 2 p m to nominate candidates for Clerk of the Circuit Court States Attorney County Surveyor and Coroner and to appoint twelve delegates for the Nineteenth District Senatorial convention in Dixon August 23. Delegates are allotted at one per twenty five votes cast for Democrats in 1884 with fractions added. towns listed include Amboy Dixon Sublette Lee Centre Wyoming and others. The meeting is called by the Democratic County Committee John Theiss L H McKevitt Asa G Judd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Whiteside
Dixon
Cleveland
Lee County
Whiteside County
Eugene Pinkney
M. J. Burns
Jas. W. Smith
Amboy
Marionsiv. Ved
AMDOY
BEEOE
Reyhoigs
East Grove
South Dixon Harmon
Weommede
Lee Centre
Wyoming
John Theiss
L. H. McKevitt
Asa G. Judd
Democratic County Committee
Wool and Leather Manufacturing Rivalry and Free Wool Policy
The article contrasts leather goods firms benefiting from duty-free hides with wool producers taxed at 40 percent. It cites 1883 trade data: hides imported valued at 22.4 million, leather exports 7.92 million. wool imports 8.49 million with 3.17 million tax, woolen exports only 366k. It argues domestic supply shortfalls and advocates abolishing wool tax, praising the Mills bill placing wool on the free list to boost exports and jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Protection vs Wages: English Gain Under Free Trade
The piece argues protectionist statistics mislead about progress under protection. It cites Giffen on 50 years of English wage growth, with increases from 20 to over 150 percent and a 20 percent reduction in hours, per Emile Chevallier. It emphasizes English workers’ gains amid shifting trade policies.
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England
Statistical Society of London
Giffen
Belford
M. Emile Chevallier
Paris
Academie Des Sciences Morales Et Politiques
Free Raw Material Duty Cuts Boosts Leather Exports
The argument links duty removal on hides to rising leather exports and more domestic employment. It cites 1861 72 duties, 11 million import value in 1872, and exports climbing to over 11 million by 1887, arguing wool tax removal would likewise lift woolen manufacturers and home and foreign sales.
National colored convention held in Indianapolis
The Republican press says the Indianapolis meeting did not represent colored people nationwide due to the absence of Douglass Lynch Bruce and other prominent colored Republican office-holders. It notes this as a significant fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Douglass
Lynch
Bruce
Tariff Reform and Southern Politics in the Nation's Debate
The piece critiques the Senate tariff reform push, arguing it hides a dying party’s opportunism and accuses Republican rhetoric of inflaming Southern outrage. It cites Northern emigration to the South and quotes Marietta Journal on business welcome, urging readers to see through party manipulation and note costs of domestic textile production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Marietta
United States
Weaving Costs Compare US and Lancashire Cloth Standards
The article compares US and Lancashire cotton weaving costs. It notes Lowell pay at 20 c per 50 yards versus Lancashire at 12 3/4 c per 50 yards, equating 40 c per 100 yards in the US and 51 c in Lancashire. American daily wages and superior machinery raise output despite higher pay.
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England
Lowell
Lancashire
America
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Dixon Sun
Dixon, Illinois
National Democratic
Grover Cleveland
New York
Allen G. Thurman
Ohio
John M. Palmer
Sangamon
Andrew J. Bell
Peoria
Andrew Welsh
Kendall
N. D. Ricks
Christman
Francis A. Hoffman, Jr
Jacob R. Creighton
Wayne
University of Illinois
John Landrigan
Edwards
John Cunningham
Coles
Homer Bevins
Cook
Samuel T. Busey
Champain
Peter H. Clark
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Senate
Republican
Schoenhof
Ayer
T. G. A. Coté
Mass. Home Missionary Society
Frederick W. Pratt
Washington Street
Boston
William F. Bowker
Erie
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Mass
Aiken & Whitmore
Aiken & Whitmores
Bamzar
Main Street
Dixon, His
C. A Ballou
Dixon, Ills
R. A. Rodesch
Galena St
Chas. Andres
Tinner
West Side
Dixon, Ilinois
Cortright
Metal Roofing CO
Frederick H. Wheeler
Illinois
Lovinia Wheeler
Ira W. Lewis
Sherwood Dixon
Reapers
Golden Machine Oil
Frazer
F’oootime’sss
Ilinois
Rockers, Mattresses &c., al
C. H. Keyes
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