Egg Tariff Clash Sparks Farmer Protest in 1890s
A reform plea argues the McKinley tariff protected American egg farmers by securing 10 to 15 cents a dozen, while the Wilson tariff slashed prices to about 5 cents. It claims Canada and other nations flood U.S. markets with eggs, harming producers in major cities and rural areas alike, urging restoration of strong egg duties.
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Mexico
China
United States
C Kinley
Maine
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France
Germany
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Buffalo
Clevernail
Chicaza
San Francisco
McWinter
Vet Canadi
Silver prices and crop talk from a New Jersey congressman
A traced reminiscence by Congressmen Fowler highlights 19th century coinage debates. He recalls a New England farmer visiting Milwaukee with a harvest and selling wheat at low prices as silver rose, contrasting wheat and silver values and noting a belief in free coinage shaping the era.
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Aly
New England
Tie
Milwaukee
New York
Cannant
Fowler
New Jersey
Stewart's 1804 View on Dollar Worth and Paper Money
Senator Stewart of Nevada argued in Congress on February 1, 1874 that the value of a dollar should be fixed by a standard gold price across regions. He warned that paper money without a known value would enrich speculators and depopulate producers, urging a return to a gold standard to prevent depreciation and market manipulation.
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Nevada
Congress
Ulingis
Liverpool
Ilinois
Worl
Mr. Lapan
Mr. Stewart
Wiltiens
Perhope
Valia
Tereris
Binger
Insi
Nebraska Farmer Answers Free Coinage Fallacy
A Nebraska farmer writes that free coinage would harm debtors and debt repayment. He argues loans convert to real value via wheat and notes that repudiation would ruin trust, urging honesty and warning against silver standard advocates undermining payments.
Prices and politics in the Cleveland era described
The snippet discusses price trends and political shifts during Cleveland's terms, contrasting four-year Republican periods with Democratic rule. It references free trade policies, fiscal measures, and the era's impact on the national economy and public perception of parties. It notes election cycles and implied economic outcomes without graphic detail.
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Durlaz
Cleveland
Spd
Tari Teductiana
Wales
Cheap Dollars and the Worker’s Dilemma
A critique argues free silver coinage would cheapen money and erode real wages. It claims workers would gain little from higher nominal dollars as prices for sugar, coal, clothes, and rents rise, leaving labor worse off and purchasing power unchanged.
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Tie
Faradar
A Question for Farmers on Silver Coinage and Wheat Prices
The piece asks if free silver coinage at 4 to 1 would raise wheat prices with more silver in circulation and lower them with less. It notes wheat was cheaper in a period when coined silver worldwide rose to unprecedented levels.
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Tiineis
Toursal
Free silver math contradicts Mexican profit theory
The article critiques a Mexican wage and freight comparison showing American and Mexican costs under silver dollars. It analyzes farm profits from growing wheat in the United States versus Mexico, noting higher Mexican freight rates, interest, and taxes and arguing the net Mexican profit would not differ from the U.S. outcome. It also discusses government finance ideas and the Nicaragua canal funding proposal.
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Aexiena
United States
Mexico
Roov
Fiy
Amin Bustels
Greenbacker Bryan Addresses Congress on Money Creation
In a Washington floor speech dated Tune 5, Bryan argues government money issuance benefits the people by reducing interest and saving principal when currency is circulated and repaid, contrasting it with private bank money creation. The remarks describe safer entrenchment and economic gains from direct government issue.
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Bryan
Grran
House of Representatives
Washington
Irayn accused of insincerity and shifting political loyalties
The document alleges BEL Iryan Guttenberg broadly shifts positions to suit power. It cites his 18 percent bolter history and support for various causes while opposing party lines. The critique claims he lacks consistent principles and betrays Democratic allies.
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Gollap
Supreme Court of
Nebraska
Beran
Replcca
Myrvine
Afr
Hrran
Prevent
Dieket
Hig
Tenorratia Sles
Roy
Coveland
Supple
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Tin Neek
Dale Jars
Reran
Yrvan
Piocky
Elsa- Vere
Jfaw
Thas Stolvili
Raffalo Incwe
Trishman and the Potato Bug Tale at Madison
In a Madison scene Mr. Tenney narrates the Trishman who swallows a potato and then Paris green as a satire on political tensions. The piece critiques free trade and warns of a quack doctor urging a deadly dose, implying a grim lesson about harm.
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Mr. Tenney
Madison
Cnre
Ines
Bart
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