Outline of Tariff Revisions Additions to Free List and Wool Schedule
Summary of Senate Finance Committee changes to Mills tariff bill detailing additions to the free list, wool and textile classifications, sugar and tobacco schedules, internal revenue for tobacco, metals duties, glassware, wood, cottons, and related provisions with emphasis on new rates and re-enactments.
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Washington Special
Senate Committee On Finance
Manila
Ad Valorem
Internal Revenue
Tacoma as Pacific Northwest Giant Through Ocean Rail Link
Special correspondence from Tacoma chronicles rapid growth since 1880, highlighting Tacoma's harbor, Mt. Rainier, and proximity to Asia. It notes Northern Pacific Railway terminus status, new ocean ferry, abundant timber and minerals, fishing, wheat shipping, coal and iron resources, and a vision of Tacoma as a key distributing point with low taxes.
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Tacoma
Great Continental Railway
Asia
Alaska
America
Wash
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
Ohio
New York
Pacific Northwest
Puget Sound
Commencement Bay
Olympic Mountains
Mount Tacoma
Rainier
Northern Pacific Railway
Canada
Maine
Europe
Australia
Washington
Acoma
N. P. Railway
J. H. Hall
Hall
Washington Territory
President praises treaty flawed by China demands on Chinese laborers
The President's message to Congress outlines China's failure to exchange ratifications and seeks legislative action to exclude Chinese laborers. He notes China’s proposed amendments to certificates of return and argues for self defense. The plan also seeks to land on returnees and to pay $276,619.75 in damages to Chinese subjects.
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China
Congress
United States
Pekin
Senate
Charge D'Affaires
Chinese Exclusion Bill Sparks Coastwide Demonstrations
Crowds gather along the Pacific coast as the Chinese exclusion bill is signed. The principal debate centers on habeas corpus writs and bail for several thousand Chinese already landed and 2000 more en route, with legal experts warning constitutional rights remain intact. Demonstrations celebrate passage in multiple cities.
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Tariff and Revenue
Hamburg
Alizarine
Croton
Berlin
Prussian
MT. Tacoma
John
San Francisco
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