Sherman Attacks Tariff Reform and Western Farmers
A Michigan citizen denounces John Sherman’s tariff stance as blocking tariff reform and tax relief for Western farmers. The piece blasts preferred protection for monopolies, warns against sugar and tobacco bounty schemes, and criticizes river and harbor pork as fraud and wasteful spending. The author argues wages fall under high protection and urges tax cuts to aid struggling Western workers.
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Don Cameron
Pennsylvania
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New Jersey
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Sam Randall
Louisiana
Europe
Treasury
Department of Agriculture
Jonus
Sheriwnan
United States
New England
Michigan farmers burdened by tariff fears and debts
The New York Times editor cites labor commissioner data on Michigan farms showing mortgage debt. He argues records misstate true burden, notes unrecorded payments and discharged mortgages, and calls Michigan tariff heavy on lumber as a source of farmer distress urging relief.
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New York Times
Commissioner of Labor
Michigan
Figures That Do Not Lie Warms Tariff Debate In 19th Century Wool Prices
The article discusses ex Interior Secretary Delano urging farmers and wool growers to oppose tax cuts and restore the 1867 tariff, arguing wool prices fell after reductions. It cites a Boston market price table from 1810 to 1885 to challenge protectionism claims and notes Delano’s 1883 bid for Congress.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cor
New York World
Columbus Delano
National Wool-Growers’ Association
Neil House
Mr. Delano
George L. Converse
Delano
Congress
Boston
United States
Bragg Nominated as Minister to Mexico
Gen Edward S Bragg of Wisconsin has been nominated by the President to be Minister to the Republic of Mexico. He was born in Unadilla New York on February 20 1827 and served as a brigadier general in the Civil War and long a U.S. Congressman.
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Washington
Senate
Edward 8. Bragg
Unadilla
N. Y
Geneva College
Fond du Lac
Wis
State Senate
Chicago
Cleveland
New York
Tammany
The Blessed Tariff on Wool
In 1867 the wool tariff lowered prices and reduced New York sheep from 5 117 148 to 1 579 856. The policy of taxing imported wools led to a drop in sheep numbers and a price decline not seen in forty years.
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Philadelphia
New York
Bad Effects of the Tariff
The Louisville Courier Journal argues the dishonest tariff fosters inferior goods due to lack of competition. It contends the nation cannot progress if it cannot compete globally and must risk taking on the world market.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Element of Corruption in Protective Tariff Politics
A quotation from the New York Times laments the widespread corruption in American politics tied to the protective tariff. The author attacks favoritism in legislation and warns of its corrupting influence on governance.
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New York Times
Gas Galaxy in Chicago Gasfield Discovery Causes Buzz
Gas is found in about six Chicago sites including the Leland Hotel and several State Street stores. Pittsburgh investors push plans to mine and pipe gas from Indiana belts toward Chicago, amid reports of high heat and copper melting tests.
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Chicago
Leland Hotel
Marshall Vield’s
Mandel Brothers
State Street
National Tube Works
Clinton and
Fulton Streets
West Side
Pittsburg Gas
Indiana
Kokomo
Valparaiso
Illinois Affairs Report on Licensed Institute Conductors and Pension Figures
At the Springfield convention, officials warn that county teachers institutes are run by unlicensed conductors drawing state pay. The State Superintendent will enforce the license law, while the State Board of Agriculture sets fair premiums and admission fees for the fat stock show, with the 1888 show dated Nov 6 to 17. A Lemont inquest into Patrick McCanna’s death via fire returns accidental death. Pension disbursements to veterans and widows total 6,733,507.34, with 36,509 pensioners in 1887 and 35 1812 war survivors among them. The Chicago Inter Ocean comments on Judge Waterman’s McCoy case ruling protecting physicians’ right to advertise under due process.
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Springfield
State Board of Agriculture
John W. Bunn
Morse
McSwain
Lemont
Patrick MccCanna
McCanna
Mulligan
Chicago
ATIDY
Cnc Ceveseee
Navy Guo Fame
Nba Eoees
Chicago Inter Ocean
McCoy
Judge Waterman
J. ©. McCoy
State Board of Health
Waterman
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Freedom
Agley Depatis
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Solomon G. Butcher
Vergennes
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Villa Ridge
George Forsman
Newton
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Christian &. Weisheit
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Freeport
James Wiley
Charleston
Burrill Flynn
Horsman
John W. Epeling
Eldorado
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Mount Pleasant
Reuben Akers
Home
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Braden
Dennis Devoy
Enfield
Louis Butler
Georgetown
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Austin
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Carterville
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