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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1889
Page
4
The Missouri legislature, Democratic, passed a new anti trust statute meant to curb trusts. Prosecutors in St Louis plan to indict known trusts, with hopes the law can dismantle conspiracies harming the public. One local trust reportedly collapsed, signaling belief in the statute’s strength.
A Chicago Herald correspondent reports on the Braidwood coal strike arguing that a 10 cent wage cut would leave local miners with 70 cents per ton, five cents below competing bituminous coal costs. The piece attacks protection as a political blessing and warns of voter consequences for Democrats and Republicans alike.
The World Washington correspondent reports President Harrison plans to weaken the solid South with two large bribes a $60 000 000 school appropriation and tariff favors for southern mine forest owners and manufacturers He aims to leave negro voters to shift for themselves while offices go to loyal white Republicans or protectionist Democrats The policy could redraw party lines if it succeeds and the Democratic Party might benefit from the shift
A 1889 debate on Mrs. De La Hunt’s rejection as Cannelton postmaster is recalled with Harrison’s 1885 speech used to attack President Harrison. The piece cites letters from De La Hunt and broader claims about debt reduction and the Sugar trust, plus railway and saloon news and a closing quip about schooling.
The Freeport Democrat reports private sources say Illinois Central will survey a line from Pierre, Dakota Territory to Puget Sound, passing near the Black Hills. A $60,000 expedition starts. a town of 150 residents may host a future Chicago of the West with coal, mica, tin mill, water power, and prime farmland nearby. Senator Wood of Dakota backs the plan.
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