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Newspaper
Lawrence Gazette
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1891
Page
4
The text presents a tangled debate among Republicans criticizing perceived tyrannical actions and subsidies. It references minority rights, a European analogy, and a large shipping subsidy bill, mentioning figures and names in a garbled, OCR-like passage.
The article lists reductions across multiple plants and regions including Hopedale Mass. Bethlehem Iron Co. Pottsville. Steelton. Carnegie Pittsburgh area. Paterson New Jersey. Duquoin Illinois. Leavenworth Kansas. and others with cuts ranging from 10 to 63 percent and daily or per ton decreases. Thousands of workers face job loss while coke region and sugar trust debates highlight tariff policy, protectionist press reaction, and the McKinley tariff adjustments on refined sugar.
Protectionist papers dispute claims of falling prices after the McKinley tariff. The New York Dry-Goods Economist notes tariff effects bring new ties that mask value, with imported twenty five cent stockings offered at old prices but lower quality. Cheapness is tied to debased quality, as claimed by the source.
A polemic collection asserts Mitheny Stanley Quay as the Republican head and criticizes his alleged libel charges, detailing calls for accountability after a failed Pennsylvania election. It contrasts with editorials from Albany Argus and Chicago Times arguing for or against reciprocity and government ship subsidies.
Florida plans two infant industries for protection as camphor grows on a free list and meerschaum pipes appear. The piece warns that if McKinleyism endures, Florida workers may face very low wages and insistence on protective duties for crude camphor and meerschaum from Asia Minor, Germany, and Austria.
Readers weigh the chance for a constitutional convention as state voters consider a sequence of proposals and party positions. The discussion revisits last fall's tabling of resubmission, highlighting concerns about democratic process and the path to revision.
The piece critiques James G. Blaine's advocacy of reciprocity as a substitute for protection. It warns of potential job losses for workers, farm impacts, and higher prices if free trade via reciprocal arrangements replaces protective policies, arguing that balanced trade arises only in aggregate among nations.
From our exchanges various editorials attack or defend policy stances around reciprocity with Brazil and silver. They cite Cleveland Harrison Reed and Depew while criticizing force bills and the 1890 election context. The debate centers on tariffs currency reform and future campaign issues.
Among the many department features the Our House section highlights a new stock in Muslin Underwear. The range includes fresh styles in Skirts Corset Covers Gowns and related items designed for ladies.
An old advertisement highlights Glass City Drug Store offerings. It promotes Leonard's Leader cigars as top in the city, shaft coal by A. J. Griffin at low prices, Blue Bridge coal, and Leis Drug Co selling Sherwin Williams mixed paints as superior to others on the market.
An Argonaut opinion piece from San Francisco argues Senator Stanford’s proposal to issue government land backed currency at a low 2 percent interest would lower farm costs, expand money supply, and reduce reliance on banks. It contends benefits to land owners and the treasury while warning bankers oppose the plan as self serving, urging silver as a standard and broad access to money for labor and production.
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