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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1888
Page
4
The Dixon Sun published in Dixon Illinois on February 29 1888 declares a weekly schedule with editor W M Kennedy and subscription price of two dollars a year in advance.
The party asserts bold leadership in choosing the ground for campaign but rejects tariffs as the sole driver for industry. It argues that unity and a clear aim to reduce burdensome taxes will define the policy under their leader and president, with economic reasoning against tariff-based factory choices.
The article argues life insurance rejects beer drinkers as risks, noting beer's impact on health and morals. It claims non drinkers at age forty are preferred, while heavy beer use is linked to disease and brutalizing behavior, citing German names in crime reports.
The Dixon Sun editor questions tariff impact on dairy exports citing 1880 figures of 18.9 million dollars in butter cheese and condensed milk sold abroad. The piece raises questions about clothing costs in the U S vs England and discusses Democratic strategy for a May Illinois convention and tariff opposition themes. John Blaine withdrawal hints and Marion Harland to edit a new Home Maker magazine are noted.
The address before the West Side Club discussed Treasury surplus and tariff. John Graham Brooks contrasted protection aims, noting English labor wages and German fears, citing Consul Schoenhof on American textile workers’ efficiency and relative pay.
President Cleveland, in a terse Brooklyn message to Democrats honoring Samuel J. Tilden, cites limited federal power, public economy, sound currency, honesty, civic responsibility, laborers' care, corporate reform, and civic service integrity as the core of his administration and democracy.
Scandinavian communities in Minnesota organize tariff reform clubs to oppose protection. Republicans fear if the party fails to embrace a low tariff platform, these groups may shift to the Democrats, leveraging Scandinavian influence to sway elections.
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