The Logic of Events in Tariff Debate and Farmers
A Salt Lake Herald perspective argues high tariffs harm farmers by raising costs for twine iron and sugar while exports fund imports. It claims surplus crops pay tariffs, enrich iron and sugar trusts, and punish farmers who trade wheat for iron or sugar abroad, urging public outrage.
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Salt Lake
Harrison
Twine Trust
Senate
America
Scotland
Custom House
Carnegie
High Seas
Claus Spreckles
Republican Sugar Trust
One Plain Thing to Do In Anti-Trust Party Conventions
The speaker urges the anti trust party to resolutely demand full repeal of tariff duties on all items alleged to be controlled by unlawful trusts. Every convention should treat trusts as criminal conspiracies against humanity and reject any spared or favored positions.
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Anti-Trust Party
Iowa Grangers React as Hutchison Trail Unfolds
Des Moines dispatch notes Grangers growing hostile to Hutchison after the Republican State Convention. It credits Wheeler forces for Hutchison’s nomination and details platform flaws, tariff inconsistencies, and alleged duplicity in railway clause removal. It also reports looming Negro independent movement challenges to Republicans in Louisiana and the Carolinas, with fears of losing black support.
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Senate
Des Moines
Chicago
Hutchison
Twenty-second General Assembly
Herald
Stone
General Assembly
Committee On
Iowa
Negroes Demand Office In Republican Ranks
Washington special reports a rising African American push within the Republican fold. Across northern states and in Virginia the colored vote voices independence, threatening to desert the party if claims are not recognized, with a circulating home made cartoon by Richmond figure John Law illustrating 1888 contenders Cleveland and Harrison with Brice and Quay.
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Trishman
Quay
Erin
Harrison
Cleveland
Brice
Louisiana
Third
Herwig
Mahone
Virginia
Carolinas
Charlotte
N. C
South Carolina
John Wilson
Archie Brady
James J. Sims
John B. Eaves
North Carolina
South
Washington
Chicago Herald
John Law
Richmond
Democracy and Its Critics in the Democratic Party
The New York Sun contrasts a small group within the Democratic Party who prefer defeat to power with the broader party that has united around sound economic principles and a large voter base. It notes the critics’ self portrayed sacrifice and their persistent minority stance. The piece cites a 1884 bid with Ben Butler as a pretext and reflects on the 1888 outcome.
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Democratic Party
New York Sun
Ben Butler
New York Commercial Advertiser
Salt Cartel Charter Moves For State Approval
The New York Times notes the paradox of the state having struck down a sugar cartel for suppressing competition while considering a charter for a salt monopoly. The prospectus reveals a plan to form a cross border pact with an English firm to block English salt imports if tariffs are altered.
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England
United States
New York Times
Chicago Tribune
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee
Affrains in Illinois Highlighted Events and Market Notes
Illinois crops show strong yields with corn and oats noted as large, while hay and meadows set records. Reports cover Chicago rail consolidation rumors, saloon Sunday closings, and major wholesale trade figures for Chicago firms across dry goods, groceries, hardware, and clothing. A fraud case against Mrs O Connor and a river drowning near Cairo are also mentioned alongside health and sewage notes and cattle disease concerns.
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the Democracy
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Wallner
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People’s Safeguard
O’connor
Dick” Oglesby
Pratt County
David T. Littler
Littler
Oglesby
Cairo
John H. Rauch
State Board of Health
Sam
Cregier
Marshall Field & Co
John V. Farwell & Co
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
James H. Walker & Co
Storm & Hill
Sprague, Warner & Co
Reid, Murdoch & Fischer
Franklin MacVeagh & Co
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William M. Haytee
H.C. & C. Durand
McNeil & Higgins
Merriam & Collins
Horton, Gilmore, McWilliams & Co
Markley, Alling & Co
T Three
Puijer
Morrison, Plummer & Co
Lord, Owen & Co
Edson, Keith & Co
Bish: & CO
Phelps, Dodge & Palmer
Greensfelder, Florsheim & Co
Bassett & Hills Company
Henry W. Ming
Eacsennct Ab
Charles P. Kellogg & Co
Strauss, Goodman, Vonders & We
Rothschild & Bresisi
Clement, Bane & Co
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Desscownves
Kuppenheimer & Co
Longley, Low & Alexander
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Louse
Perry County
Ilinois
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Wickersham
Kansas
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