Tariff Debate and Labor Costs in Warner Speech
Hon. John De Witt Warner of New York argues in a labor and tariff debate that true protection must equalize production costs, not rely on inflated profits. He traces protection’s history from the Civil War era to early reforms, opposing wage-based defenses and stressing productive efficiency and the nation’s prosperity driven by labor and resources.
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John de Witt Warner
New York
Worges
Mie Bish Turk
Algzander Tamiltou
America
Henry Clay
Tabor
Great Britain
United States
Wes
Sherman
Senate
Morrill
Europe
Alrecty
Adam Smith
Britab
Pond Land
Uferty
Tariff Debate Highlights Trust Power and Labor Wages
An excerpt discusses Secretary Sperkson Paramount and party stances on tariffs, arguing tariffs protect trusts and inflated prices. It critiques protected industries for stifling competition, boosting watered stocks, and harming labor and consumers, while contrasting Republican and Democratic positions as morally charged. Governor Helen Snaith of Georgia is cited in a letter to the New York World.
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Cleveland
Sperkson
Remirural Party
Republican Party
Nore
Helen Snaith
Georgia
New York World
Solving the Acrastic Fake Prosperity
The piece argues a steel trust denies wage losses of 6.7 million and questions using the alleged prosperity plan to keep the high tariff party in power. It cites the New York Journal of Commerce skepticism and notes past contributions from steel barons funded by stockholder money to create apparent prosperity.
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Stee
Chin
Indiana
Virginia
New York Journal of Commerce
Roosevelt and the Trusts Do They Want Change
A detailed look at Roosevelt era tariff debates and trust prosecutions. The piece discusses Standard Oil and American Sugar issues, party politics, and the influence of industrialists like Miles, with questions about enforcement and potential administration shifts. It critiques tariff policy and calls for accountability of monopolies and banks.
Open the books and expose campaign grafts in Indiana
A scrappy political column exposes calls to “open the books” on state affairs and national campaigns. It criticizes rumors of graft in Marion County and Panama Canal dealings, links to Roosevelt and Taft factions, and warns against partisan broker schemes and forged letters used to influence voters.
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State House
Indianapolis
Washington
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Taft
Pranck
United States
Republican National Committee
Marion Novnty
Drran
Newton Todd
Frdianapolis
American National Bank of Indianapolis
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Farmer Between Two Markets Sees Prices Set by Trusts
A 1908 speech argues that American farmers are harmed by domestic price controls and exported inflation. It claims artificial prices set by trusts raise costs of goods bought by farmers while world markets cap prices of their outputs. The piece cites historical price shifts, tariffs, and government complicity, warning of misery unless political change ends monopoly power.
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Europe
Darth
United States
New York
Liverpool
Chicago
Ss. Feu
Fargo
At &. Paul
South America
India
Egypt
Russia
Wade
America Mills
Zorolga
Damagstic
Biles
Titanopolis
Hoger
Went Trist
Kien
Wash Tuster
Ferailer
How Will You Vote for Taft and Sherman or Bryan?
A mailed appeal to Indiana Republicans urges donations against Bryan and links several named corporate figures to the campaign. The letter accuses officials and trustees from Standard Oil, the New York Central and other trusts of steering politics, claiming their push favors a Democratic win. The piece notes broad business interests oppose a Bryan victory and argue farmers and businesspeople should unite against it.
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Cleveland
Roosevelt Administration
Afr
Brean
New York Times
Tadlanapans
Republic
Taft
Sherman
Bryan
Marshall
Watson
Mans Yeraons
Indiana
Republican National Committee
Nules
Chirica F. Brookes
New York, New Haven & Wartford Railroad
Charles Nagel
Missouri
Standard of
Standard
Representativela
Chicago
Frank G. Lowden
Bon Lavin
George M. Pulb Qian
Pallaan Peluco Car Trust
T. Coloma du Pont
Powder Trust
Taise Perrone
Boes
Pollcius
Macking
Pennsylvania
George R. Sheldon
J. Pierpont Morson
Pistras
Governor Hughes
William Nelson Cromwell
Edward A. Harriman
United States
Prad W. Upham
Far Fryer
Parry
West
Board of Review
Peyun
Trust money all goes to Taft campaign donors listed
A circulated report details contributions from Harriman associate Cromwell and the Wailatrace lawyer who arranged the Panama deal, totaling millions from Morgan Taft and others. It highlights Andrew Carnegie and other industrial leaders backing Taft, showing trust interests aligning with the campaign.
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Nelson Cromwell
E. H. Harriman
Panama
Pierpont Morgan
Charles P. Taft
Republican
Ife
Republican National
Andrew Carnegie
Steel Trust
Tudge Taft
Tenet
Watson Letter Urges Voters to Back Governor Candidate
A Republican county letter from Terre Haute chairman Thatcher Parker urges saloonkeepers to attend an Airdome meeting on the eleventh to hear Farmer E Watson Republican governor candidate. The missive asserts Watson’s integrity and urges campaign support, with bold marks reading Get Busy Keep Busy.
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Watson
Republican
Terre ‘Haute
Uty
Thatcher A. Parker
William J. Whitaker
Everingham
John L. Crawford
Airdome
Famer
E. Watson
Hhia
Jim" Watson
A. Parker
Securing Bank Deposits and Preferred Creditors
An abstract argues that deposits from the Treasury create preferred creditors in bank failures. It contrasts secured, insured deposits with unsecured ones, noting the former are paid first from interest-bearing bonds while the latter face delays and claims on remaining assets. The piece defends bank insurance as akin to fire insurance and critiques political figures for avoiding the issue.
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Bas Llo
Iim
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Patt
Roosevelt
Cannon
Elf
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