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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1890
Page
4
Thursday, March 6, 1890 report suggests Prof Canfield will not be elected Chancellor as prejudice in Kansas grows over his tariff reform stance. Del Valentine denies interview with a Kansas paper and the Leavenworth Standard notes critics fear Canfield would teach tariff views to students.
The piece reviews Republican speakers Colfax Blaine Keifer and Reed and Democratic speakers Kerr Randall Carlisle and Heed. It credits Colfax’s fall to credit mobili er scandal and Blaine’s losses to policy rulings, praises Randall and Carlisle for fairness, and warns against Heed’s tenure. It cites Louisville Courier Journal on party records and farmer sympathy amid tariff debates and farm distress per Des Moines Register.
Flax cultivation demands heavy labor from seed to linen and oil products, with early plantings in New York and Massachusetts and a long, costly process. The best linen comes from Holland, Belgium, and Russia, while America expands westward. despite innovations and soil, high manual work keeps flax industry limited, though globally important.
The piece argues flax farming in the region is unprofitable unless duties end, which would lower prices and shift fields to more lucrative crops. It notes toxic fumes from steeping harming streams and fish, recounting Irish bans on water disposal. Belgians and Dutch sow carrots with flax to gain double crops, and in flax districts, full employment supposedly prevents poverty year round.
The piece argues that during the Civil War high taxes funded the war by hitting many incomes and goods. It claims tariffs were used to reimburse taxpayers, benefiting rich payers who could repatriate funds through elevated domestic prices. It contends protectionism later shifted profit to manufacturers at workers’ expense.
The Kansas Democratic Party declares the need for thorough organization amid a minority party skewed by prejudice and corruption. It praises its integrity, cites Governor era railroad reforms, and notes farmers and laborers rally against the dominant party’s rule while stressing the 1888 honest campaign laid reform seeds.
The Salina Herald editorial calls the Kansas Democracy to shed spoils politics and defend liberty and American freedom. It claims opposition signs show a shift away from high protection and pro corporations, urging a grand march toward national and state redemption from rigid partisanship.
The piece critiques the Republican party for abandoning ethical ideals and tolerating liquor interests. It cites forged papers in a governor race, ballot debauchery, and ineffective state laws. It then shifts to foreign policy, criticizing President Harrison for favoring metropolitan papers and denying Medill a diplomatic post in favor of Philadelphia press.
In Des Moines on February 28 Governor Boies was inaugurated as Iowa’s first Democratic chief executive in 34 years. The Capitol displayed flags and emblems as a vast audience gathered. A grand parade led by Adjutant-General Beeson featured National Guards from multiple cities. Boies’ inaugural address criticized past railroad policy and Prohibitory enforcement, urged broader licensing reform, and framed legislative prohibition as a major political issue resolved by public choice.
The piece argues that the Tarid tariff system, praised as a shield for native labor, actually sustains a large foreign workforce in protected industries. It cites clothing shops, New England factories, Pennsylvania mines, and farming as examples where Poles, Bohemians, Hungarians, and Canadians predominate or significantly appear, while unprotected trades are more American. It concludes that protected industries do not guarantee higher wages, noting greater prosperity for unprotected sectors with native workers.
The Lead trust president states in his report that trustees believe they are engaged in a perfectly legal and proper enterprise. The trust is sustained by protective duties of two and three cents a pound on feed, yielding about 65 percent at valorem. New York City hosts another trust, with the rich trust having seized control of all cracker baking plants in the city and nearby towns, save this fortreatest within a trust.
A promotion invites ladies to enter the shop to view a stylish new line. Courteous service and low prices are highlighted, noting a basque pattern free with each dress priced at $1.50.
The Washington Post No. 12 G. A. R. posts resolutions urge county and state officials to give preference to Civil War veterans in civil appointments. The adjutant is to mail copies to city newspapers. Also notes a Spiritualist Society dance March 6 at 1.0.C. F. ball with tickets and lunch prices.
Lo McIntire advertises this week’s special sales including 20¢ to $1.25 black dress goods, colored dress fabrics at similar prices with 25 to 40 percent value, new dress trimmings, silk umbrellas from $1.25 to $5, Jersey ribbed underwear and silk options, guaranteed fast black hosiery, all promoted as the week’s greatest bargains. Come early to save.
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