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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
4
Publication details from Jackson Missouri newspaper showing publisher address and post office entry date November 4 1897. Advertising rates listed for locals per issue and per year with terms for one year six months and three months. Legal and display advertisement rates provided on application.
Market report outlines current grain conditions and price trends. Highlights include supply shifts, weather impacts, and trader activity across key grain markets. Government data and regional observations inform near term outlook for producers and buyers.
The piece argues Canada will not embrace reciprocity in manufactured goods, warning US imports could flood the market and cost Canadian jobs. It cites Ottawa and Toronto Globe commentary, asserting Canada can endure without US favors and stressing the need for tariffs to shield industry amid strong US capacity.
A fragment notes farm basis in Norway receiving forty thousand dollars in aid. The text also mentions trade notes about fruit imports and production conditions, with garbled lines suggesting tropical fruits and Mexico France comparisons and a stray line about bricks laid in cold weather.
The Ottawa Kan. Mercury notes Canada's reluctance to permit U S manufacturers to dominate its market. It cites steel and iron dumped from the United States at prices below Canadian costs, challenging the idea of free trade as a cure and suggesting the Dominion will not become a dumping ground for American surplus. The piece contrasts protected U S prosperity with English free trade troubles.
The article argues that craftspeople should back protection, noting U S policy gains loyalty from farmers and merchants. It cites a London Telegraph piece from January 4 1909 showing Britain’s free trade would shrink British manufactured goods exports and widen import gains, underscoring economic arguments for American protection.
TJ notes England may abandon free trade to avoid industrial collapse, framing the tariff debate as aligning with Republican platforms that favor protecting home industries. The writer asserts Democratic eras of low tariff brought hard times, while high protection correlated with growth.
Frisco System and St Louis routes offer through passenger service between Cape Char man Mo and Memphis Tenn with south bound dinners at Portageville and north bound at Blytheville. New first class equipment will compose the train. W R Power G A announces the shortest and cheapest southeast Missouri to Memphis route with trains No 1 No 9 No 2 No 162 serving Bloomfield Poplar Bluff Naylor Pocahontas Walnut Ridge Hoxie The St Louis Gulf line runs daily and Saturday Sunday variations with connections to Thebes Commerce Kennett Morehouse and Paris.
SOLID TRAINS TO Galveston, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and all Texas points. Only route to Hot Springs Ark. H. C TOWNSEND, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, St Louis, Missouri.
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