Tariff clash over mahogany boards and lumber prices
Thursday May 15 1890 debate on imported lumber highlights how cheap lumber like spruce and white pine bears high duties while mahogany boards face a potential 35 percent ad valorem tariff. The piece traces a long history of tariff disputes, a treasury decision classifying boards as lumber, and warns of retaliation from European markets if the McKinley bill passes.
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New York
Treasury
Treasury Department
Cleveland
Roscoe Conkling
Washington
Col. Dudley
Harrison
Dudley
Col
Committee of Ways and Means
Mexico
Central America
Protectionist Sermon Resisted as Commerce Independence Idea
A speaker argues against the idea of making the United States commercially independent of all others. He criticizes calls for Congress to mandate domestic production, higher prices for domestic goods, and keeping money at home, warning that shunning foreigners equates to infidelity to national duty.
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Congress
Canada and United States debate tariff conflict and free trade
The piece details Canadian response to U S protectionism, contrasting Tory protectionism with calls for free trade. It notes Canada’s burdened meat packers, protests from various trades, and argues Butterworth’s free trade stance. It questions the wisdom of reciprocal restrictions and warns of mutual harm.
Two nations debate protection as a patriotic tool
The text questions whether protection is used to breed international bickering and hate, contrasting it with genuine civility among nations and querying whether patriotic institutions are being misused to foment conflict.
NEW AMERICAN SHIPS AND FLAG POLICY
American ship owners expand tonnage and prove Americans can sail high seas. A Glasgow launch for Claus Spreckels ship will fly the Hawaiian flag due to United States laws restricting flag use. Other American owned vessels, the Puritan and ships from Greenock, may bear English flags. The City of Paris and City of New York are thought American owned, with Red Star lines cited. The bulletin notes repeal of navigation laws would reveal many ships under foreign flags. The government would punish flag violations, protecting American shipbuilders while ships perish or seek foreign flags.
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High Seas
Glasgow
Claus Spreckels
California
San Francisco
Honolulu
Spreckels
Sandwich Islands
Clyde
Brazil
New York
Greenock
Scotland
New York Commercial Bulletin
City of
Paris
City of New York
Red Star Line
Looking Backward at Tariff Reform Controversy and Abortion Bill
Historical critique of tariff reform coverage by Republican organs two years ago. It recalls Mills Breckinridge and other Ways and Means members pushing a bill, GOP derision, and claims the current Washington committee repeats the same tactics amid disputes over sugar wool hides and other provisions.
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Verybody
Ways and Means Committee
Messrs. Mills
Breckinridge
Bynum
Mills
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Washington
McKinley tariff debate enrages interest groups nationwide
The McKinley tariff measures provoke widespread protest from New England leather and woolen interests, carpetmakers fear ruin, Louisiana sugar planters and Kansas beet industries face instability, canners stall, and GOP leaders struggle amid claims of free trade talk and protectionist theory. The Indianapolis Sentinel mocks Republican confidence and portrays a country on the brink.
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New England
Louisiana
Kansas
Blaine
Butterworth
Hitt
Crazy Horse McKinley
Indianapolis Sentinel
Quay and tariff talk shape party’s moral image
Quay remains a central figure in Republican strategy as the RNC contemplates his future role. The piece defends his record, argues for his continued leadership, and criticizes calls for his retirement, linking his campaign control to party success and moral positioning. It weaves in tariff debates and other political notes from several papers.
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Republican National Committee
Matt. Quay
Quay
Pennsylvania
Stock Exchange
Cameron
Wayne MacVeagh
White House
Wanamaker
Dudley
Napoleon
Harrison
Chicago
Tariff War Hints Weigh on Wool Growers and Mills
Wade's Fiber and Fabric argues that a tariff bill harming wool prices will push cotton and shoddy textiles to dominance. The piece notes how higher wool costs could be offset by cheaper wool substitutes, leaving wool growers with lower real prices while mills push prices down. It warns taxpayers and industry that the proposed policy could backfire on staple fibers.
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Wade
Dental services and paint ad from Lawrence in 1900s
An old newspaper item offers dental work by Dr Wheeler at 829 Massachusetts Street Lawrence Kansas with prices: best quality teeth 8 dollars, amalgam fillings 50 cents, gold fillings half price, fair set 25 dollars, extracting teeth 25 cents. It also advertises Diamond Brand Prepared Paint with a guarantee and Carter Manufacturing Co supplies at Raymond's drug store 9618.
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Dr. Wheeler
Hume’s Shoe Store
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Kansas
Penn. Street
Carter Manufacturing Co
Raymond's Drug Store
Lawrence Business College Receives Absolute Charge
The undersigned announce they now hold full control of Lawrence Business College and vow swift reforms. They seek friendly cooperation from Lawrence citizens to elevate local business education and make the institution a credit to the city and the west. Communications should be addressed to Lawrence Business College. Leave coal orders with C. Bruce & Son for best, clean coal at low market prices.
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Lawrence Business College
Lawrence
C. Bruce & Son
Farm Harness and Dusters Sale at Mass Street Shop
H. W. Henderson advertises a large lot of farm and cart harness at prices to suit hard times at 623 Mass. Street opposite Pierson's mill. It promotes nets and dusters to protect horses from flies and dust, claiming the town’s largest assortment at low prices. Also notes A. J. Griffin coal prices and invites visits to Geo. R. Shane’s studio before spring orders.
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H.W. Henderson
Mass
Pierson
Protection When Boiled Down: A Tariff Debate Storm
In Washington on May 8 Mr Mills of Texas challenged the tariff bill saying it masks a highwayman’s demand for purses. He argued freeing trade raises domestic labor, cited pig iron imports rising from 2.5 to 7 million tons between 1870 and 1873, and domestic iron production climbing 52 to 119 million tons by 1872. He contended the bill hinders agriculture, questions sugar duties, and urges access to foreign markets to lift prices and employment while warning against protecting only cabbage and rye. He warned the nation must seek foreign markets to absorb surplus and boost industry.
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Congress
Canada
United States
Ottawa
Washington
Montreal
Ad Valorem
Butterworth
Ohio
Cobden
England
Mills
Texas
McKinley
India
Nebraska
America
Gee
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