War taxes linger as farmer appeal for tariff reform grows
A Boston Post statement argues high wartime tariffs punish farmers nationwide. It lists duties on lumber, glass, cloth, and farming goods, contending revenue needs ended in 1865 and proposing tariff reductions to boost consumer power and industrial growth across states.
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Boston Post
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Nebraska
New England
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Oseset New Iatesset
Brussels
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Asway
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Washington
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Lawrence
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Chicopee
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Lynn
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Holyoke
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Lee
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Commonwealth
Northampton
Danvers
State Board of Agriculture
J. S. Fay
Barnstable Agricultural Society
Mr. Fay
New York
Providence
Michigan
Tariff Reform Called For to Aid Farmers in Massachusetts
The piece argues against protective tariffs harming farmers and communities. It asserts tariffs raise costs for rural workers, depress farm values, and benefit factories and monopolies instead. It urges immediate reform to relieve farmers and curb indirect taxes on essentials.
Protection and hides trade impact on leather exports
The St. Louis Republican argues free trade in hides supports U S leather exports and domestic jobs. A 55 percent tax on hides would destroy $10,000,000 in exports and force dismissals, hindering woolen exports if wool were untaxed. The piece urges opposing the protective policy to preserve these paying positions.
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United States
St. Louis Republican
Abolition and New Taxes Outline in Early Tariff Plan
The item lists proposed taxes including sugar salt corn starch plain silk woolen dress goods woolen cloth stockings and glass products. It notes J S Moore as opposing or discussing the new levy and references various tax rates like 80 on sugar 93 on corn starch and 86 on window glass.
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Tom Omvsiob
Protection Fails In 19th Century Iowa Wool Industry
The excerpt notes 1867 Iowa hogs valued at 1 483 245 and sheep at 2 084 476 under a high-wool tariff. By 1887 after two decades of protection, sheep were assessed at 277 489 and hogs at 2 852 530, illustrating a shift in livestock values and implied impact of policy. The fragment begins with 1870 data.
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Iowa
Textile protection failed farmers and makers in Iowa
The Philadelphia Record notes that eighty five woolen factories existed in Iowa and in 1880 there were thirty four. It argues that protection failed to safeguard both farmers and manufacturers.
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Iowa
Philadelphia Record
Free wool would mean cheaper clothing and broader benefits
The Courier Journal argues free wool would boost health and comfort by reducing prices on clothing and blankets. It predicts expanded woolen industries, open world markets, and a new impetus for American wool growing with minimal risk to wool growers.
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Courier Journal
Brain and pauper labor in American industry
Roger Q. Mills argues that high priced brain labor drives American industry and that the nation produces more per worker than Britain. He pledges to protect wages and revenue from customs, opposing foreign labor competition and promising continued protectionism for American workers.
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Great Britain
Chicago
Roger Q. Mills
The Real Victims of the Tariff Lockout at Carnegie Works
The Terre Haute Gazette notes Carnegie and Co have declared a general lockout at the Edgar Thompson Steel Works in Pittsburg after workers refused a 10 percent wage cut. Three thousand idle workers face no pay as production drops, tightening supplies and strengthening the steel trust’s grip under tariff policies.
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Carnegie & Co
Edgar Thompson Steel Works
Pittsburg
United States
Terre Haute Gazette
The Tariff and U S Manufacturing Edge
Chauncey Depew argues that high tariffs on raw materials and machinery hamper American manufacturers. He cites the New York World claim that the United States taxes raw materials while rival nations undersell in global markets. The piece questions whether tariffs have boosted exports over a 25 year span.
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Chauncey Depew
United States
New York World
What the Surplus Represents
A historical note argues that a $100,000,000 surplus is a lure for extraction by monopolies and capitalists. It claims taxpayers bear at least five dollars per one spent, with 500,006,000 flowing to trusts and syndicates under the protective tariff system.
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Bland
Missouri
The Reform Programme Opinion in the New York Star
The New York Star outlines a reform programme aimed at cheaper materials to help American manufacturers, the abolition of senseless taxes, and removal of barriers to affordable food fuel and clothing while expanding access to foreign markets. It rejects utopian legislating and stresses a condition not theory.
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New York Star
Libel on Washington and the tariff legacy
The Philadelphia Record argues against branding Washington as a protectionist during Washington's birthday celebrations. It notes his era taxed thirty articles under the revenue tariff bill, compared with 4,000 now covered by modern tariffs. The first tariff under Hamilton averaged 84 percent, seen as modest for revenue. later tariffs favored monopolies.
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Washington
Hamilton
Philadelphia
Quinine and Opium Craving and Prophylaxis Proposal
Mr John Ferguson of Ceylon urges the use of sulphate of quinine and cinchona alkaloids as prophylactics and tonics against opium craving in malarial districts. He cites China and England as showing opium use tied to fever, and notes quinine may replace laudanum. Declining quinine price since cultivation expanded, yet retail prices keep high.
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John Ferguson
Ceylon
Mr. Ferguson
China
England
Thames
Gravesend
Lincolnshire
Ferguson
London Times
The Easy Going Turk in Diversions of a Diplomat
A diplomat reflects on Turkish people observed in 1985 Bulgaria and at the legation. He portrays Turks as content, healthy, even tempered, devout, and reserved yet kind, diligent workers, honest in trade, tender to family, loyal to sovereign and religion, noting patience candor and resignation as defining traits.
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Emente
Bulgaria
Legation
Salemlik
Bath
Embroidered Chair Covers Popular as Chintz Replacements
Embroidered slips replace chintz for chairs using wool or linen. Wool covers feature crewel embroidery. To fit, lay material on chair pin in place align seams then cut. Seams bound with braid corners laced with cords. arm caps fastened with buttons and buttonholes.
First Christian Church Erected at Glastonbury
The first Christian church in England is said to have been erected at Glastonbury in Somerset around A. D. 60. This note places early Christian foundations in early Britain.
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England
Glastonbury
Somerset
Illinois affairs and notable local incidents
Chicago death tallies for 1887 show 15 409 deaths with 8 308 males and 7 101 females. gas firm Refuses price ordinance at $1 per 1000 feet. Near Shawneetown Mrs Ella Milliken is shot dead by Hester Annie Dewees. Milliken’s husband fled with the Dewees woman on a Saline River houseboat. Joliet prison survivor William Raab now in Cincinnati vows abstinence. Gov Hamilton eased his life sentence. Illinois political chatter includes river and harbor bills and state land money debates. Phocion reports Gov Oglesby declining renomination and any senate or president bid.
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Ella Milliken
Hester Annie Dewees
George Milliken
Dewees
Saline River
William Raab
McDonald
Frank Rande
Joliet
Cincinnati
Raab
Robinson's Circus
Danville
Isaac Hughes
Gov. Hamilton
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