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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1899
Page
1
The piece notes growing trusts and monopolies amid McKinley prosperity and calls foreign trade growth a path to free trade. It states Congress has forty days left with no extra session likely, and that all property will be assessed at one fourth of real value. It mentions a commission headed by Admiral Dewey to investigate Philippine annexation.
The republic party shows no convictions that can be dropped in a minute to gain votes or favor the rich and powerful.
Governor Bofes delivers a hard hitting speech aimed at strengthening Democratic resolve as the one sided 16 to 1 battery faces blunt critique. The address appears in this issue and democrats are urged to study it closely for guidance and rallying momentum.
Chauncey Depew has been chosen senator from New York. He declares it has been the aim of his life and a long sought recognition for the working man.
The commission may report what it chooses but the public has made up its mind that a good deal of the beef furnished the army by the big packing houses was not fit to eat.
The Chicago papers carry a light note about Mayor Harrison wearing spectacles. The Midland Monthly from Des Moines is being moved to St. Louis to attempt revival on a paying basis, ending its status as an Iowa institution. A major sensation this week is Commissary General Egan’s testimony against Gen. Miles, which drew widespread public ire and led to retracting the harsh language.
Mr C M Levy hails John Sutherland as among the country’s most competent engineers on the C B and Q line. Sutherland fears nothing and pilots fast trains with judgment at speeds up to seventy five miles an hour. He also commends Myers Kelly and Gavney as top men.
The passage argues timid critics underestimate expansion and warns that opposing leaders fear of seizing the Philippines could prove damaging to the administration if they misinterpret the need for action. It frames expansionists as preferring nonviolent methods and cautions against rash policy.
The Ludgate Magazine describes in London’s Italian district near Theobald's Road Hatton Garden and Leather Lane crowded houses rented by padrone figures. It notes cellars used as sleeping spaces and many men emerging at dawn from underground dwellings, sometimes a full family sharing small garrets or cellars.
Crasher Legge, bishop of Oxford, invites Canning to hear his first episcopal sermon. After a late dinner the silent Canning is pressed, and Legge says the sermon was short. Canning retorts it was short yet tedious, prompting a wry exchange on brevity and dullness.
Horace Boles at the Cerro Gordo Club in Mason City urges a gold and silver based system. He backs a $150 million reserve, redeems all currency at treasury bullion markets, and opposes extra sessions and unqualified silver coinage. He calls for Open the treasury instead of the mints.
Government health authorities Iowa and Minnesota boards of health and physicians condemn alum in baking powders. A partial list of brands found in stores includes Calumet Grant's Bon Bon Cameo and many others. Dr. Wiley condemns alum powders while Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder receives top honors at the World's Fair for purity and leavening power.
A fresh, forceful argument from Oliver H. P. Belmont, New York’s young millionaire, calls for an income tax and inheritance tax to fund military expansion and curb trusts. He urges Democrats in 1900 to unite against monopolies and to demand thorough investigations of the war and naval contracts, warning of political influence in officer appointments and defense spending.
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