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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1901
Page
8
Economists from Columbia Cornell Harvard and Princeton criticize the subsidy bill as wasteful and harmful. Business leaders warn that shifting foreign mail to subsidized ships would delay Europe trade and cost millions to American importers and exporters.
The 1900 report of the commissioner of navigation notes that speed gains are less impactful than bigger ships. It states a small time cut on transatlantic runs excites chatter but adds little to global welfare compared with adding capacity. It criticizes the Hanna-Payne bill for subsidizing speed power rather than overall efficiency.
An ordinary businessman evaluates a ship subsidy contract and finds the agreement oddly narrow. He notes in Eng land France and Germany require detailed service terms, while the current subsidy bill would only demand building ships equal to the subsidy tonnage in American yards. The ships could be paid for entirely by the subsidy and might be sold to Americans or foreigners, with no obligation to run, fix speeds, reduce freight rates, or provide auxiliary cruiser services. He invites readers to consider the government’s perspective on such a contract.
The New York Evening Post denounces Senator Hanna’s subsidy scheme as a sham that fails to boost exports. It notes cargo tied to space, wage waivers, foreign port crews, speed bonuses for war use, and a biased foreign built vessel provision benefiting a small clique.
Advocates of the Hanna-Frye-Payne ship subsidy bill retreat under criticism as the measure loses its original scope. Critics argue the bill shifts about 200 million from taxpayers to a few specialists, with opposition rising within the Republican party and among Populists and Democrats.
The editorial argues that the Ship Subsidy Bill favors enrichment of vessel owners by subsidizing ships built long ago. It cites Chamberlain's figures showing hundreds of thousands paid for pre 1881 vessels and suggests the Paris should be leveraged to profit older ships, dubbing the bill an act to establish a maritime old lady's home.
A January North American Review piece by Louis Windmuller of New York argues the ship subsidy bill fails its goals. He favors letting merchants buy ships on favorable terms for American registry and foreign trade, to counter British navigation laws and boost U S merchant marine growth. The essay cites Germany's protectionist stance and rapid steam tonnage growth as a counterpoint.
An observant man discusses physiognomy noting that upper lip shape signals personality. Short curved lips imply a lovable disposition. long straight lips suggest willful, quarrelsome traits. protruding lips indicate shrewdness. Cupid bow lips signal a refined, artistic nature. Chicago Record.
A published claim urges using common sheep sorrel applied to cancer, with steps to dry a sorrel pulp and apply a thin coating. The method, noted as from Appeal to Reason, describes poisoning the skin and claims the cancer will lift in days, though it risks severe pain and tissue damage.
Dr Wittenberg notes leprosy forms in China with the pure nerve type rare and the mixed form common. Families arrange a farewell banquet before burying the afflicted man alive as a fatalistic practice, who then takes laudanum and lies in his coffin. Contagion cases include mother-in-law to daughter-in-law.
A doctor recounts a man sued for debt who first loses a $300 judgment but then, after marrying and claiming salary for family support, is freed. The professor questions constitutionality, calling it an annex post facto.
A mother warns her child that eating pudding too quickly is dangerous. She recalls a boy who died before finishing his pudding, then the child asks what happened to the rest of his pudding. This exchange illustrates a cautionary tale about heedless eating.
An elderly couple in a Indianapolis Press excerpt note their boy is not writing yet but is doing less work and showing increasing carelessness, alarming the family about his future as a poet.
An old lady returns a thermometer to a clerk claiming it is unreliable. She asserts the device changes readings between checks, prompting discussion of trust in a simple measuring instrument.
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