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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1892
Page
5
Rev T DeWitt Talmage urges Christians to abandon shorebound faith and launch into deep Bible study and bold outreach. He praises fishermen as model ministers, urges questions about God and Jesus, and calls churches to cast nets beyond pews to reach outside communities.
A fiery exhortation urges believers to preach beyond comfort into factories homes and prisons. It portrays Christ’s pardon as a vast sea not a narrow river and calls Christians to trust in the gospel like cargo paired with bread and Bible. The speaker cites Roland’s trumpet and the Chautauqua Circle to stress mass outreach and perennial faith.
United States consul at Havre reports in a letter to the New York Tribune on tariff effects. He notes 65.44 percent of Havre shipments to the U S are on the free list and that 50.51 percent of export value faced duty reductions while 97.1 percent of increases came from farm products liquor ornaments and luxuries. He compares potential duties in Britain France and the United States and says the full data will appear later in consular reports.
The Minneapolis Tribune notes Minnesota workers earned 0 to 80 cents daily for ordinary labor and 81.25 to 1.75 for skilled trades amid wildcat bank currency and tariff-for-revenue policies. Prices for farmers and buyers were two to four times higher. shinplaster currency depreciated up to 75 percent. The piece derides the Democratic push for 1852 tariff policy and criticizes Cleveland on currency and reform, urging Republicans to move forward and dismiss the shinplaster past.
The piece frames tariff effects on Massachusetts workers and industries, comparing 1891 to 1885 wages for agricultural implement makers and shipbuilders. It questions who benefits from protectionist policy while citing disparate wage gains and praising President Morrison about a “business administration” in government, as echoed by the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette and national business leaders.
The Albany Journal criticizes the Democratic push for free raw materials, arguing repeal of tariffs would end protection for farm goods and harm American manufacturing. It urges farmers to consider that cheaper imports require a weaker home market and could deprive them of real protection. The piece asserts both farmer and manufacturer promises cannot be kept simultaneously.
The article critiques Senator Mill's call to workingmen to vote Republican if wages rise under the McKinley bill and Democratic if not. It cites Labor Commissioner Peck and argues protection raises prices of labor domestically while lagging behind Britain, challenging the opposition's straw man claim.
The Cincinnati Gazette reports President Cleveland urged a national penitentiary and using convicts in government manufacture to reduce costs. Critics warn labor groups oppose the plan while politics shift votes, notably in New York where Powderly may back Harrison over Cleveland due to protection issues.
The New York Tribune presents figures on cotton, wool, boot and shoe, and iron production under protection. It shows rising U S consumption and output versus Britain and the continent, highlighting gains in cotton demand, wool sales, shoe shipments, and pig iron production through 1882 to mid-1892, arguing protection sparked substantial growth.
A historical defense of federal election supervision and the so called force bills. It cites President Cleveland directing Attorney General Garland to appoint election supervisors and Marshal Wilson in Tennessee to enforce law and keep peace. The piece argues Democrats overstate threats while asserting the law carries force when enforced.
Gov McKinley notes Jefferson urged citizens to buy domestic goods even if dearer and criticized the newer democratic leader for favoring cheap foreign goods. Jefferson favored the home product and producer, a patriotism praised for party leaders to follow.
At a Republican meeting in New York ex-Senator Thomas Matt denounces Democratic policy as folly. He defends a stable currency, urges gold and silver as proper money, condemns greenbacks, and warns against wildcat banking. He champions free ballot rights and robust national unity across states.
In Washington at a regimental reunion General Sickles denounces Cleveland and Harrison praises the general. General Slocum piles on predicting New York soldiers will reject Cleveland, while Iowa's State Register says union soldiers cannot back Cleveland and Stevenson. The piece portrays the conscripts as enemies of veterans and predicts a decisive defeat for Cleveland and allies in November.
The Chicago Evening News critiques the Democratic stance on tariff policy likening it to the fifteen sixteen puzzle. It cites the platform against nonessential tariffs, free traders' rebukes, and Cleveland’s opposition to free trade, noting internal contradictions and questions about incidental protection. Also mentions James G. Bains weighing 162 1/2 pounds at Bar Harbor.
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