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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1892
Page
1
An authentic historical ad claims Kemp's Balsam stops coughing at once, linking coughs to consumption. The fragment suggests a medical remedy promotion with immediate relief claims.
An 1890 comparison in The Mail and Export Journal shows lower prices abroad for agricultural implements and higher prices for American buyers due to tariffs. The article reproduces English and Spanish export supplements with parallel ads from the Ann Arbor Agricultural Company to illustrate price discrimination against U.S. citizens.
Ann Arbor Agricultural Company markets the Advance line including the Iron Mower for one or two horses the Advance Chilled Plow and Advance Middle Breaker Plows the Advance Hay Tedders Ideal Balance Dump Rakes and six sizes of improved Cummings and Clipper Cutters with or without Masticator attachments plus Horse Power jackets two horse cultivators and Need’s Patent Tiger Hay Cutters and Cotton Presses regarded as superior with no equal.
The Farmers' Call of Quincy Illinois reports a July 30 1890 reply from A B Farquhar head of Pennsylvania agricultural works a leading manufacturer of agricultural implements. He calls protective laws a monstrous swindle harming farmers and likens the situation to killing the goose for the golden egg.
The speaker argues protective tariffs hurt manufacturers and farmers. He asserts lowering tariffs to free trade would let US producers sell abroad and at home, lowering costs for farmers and making America a great manufacturing hub while Canada Europe and South America already trade freely in agricultural implements. He urges continued efforts against the tariff “swindle.”
The text attacks a previous note on Watterson’s free trade articles and Labor disputes at the Courier Journal, contrasts with the New York Tribune strike, and critiques Whitelaw Reid. It cites Republican leadership, voter sentiment, and Idaho Republicans backing free silver and Harrison.
The piece argues Indiana is Democratic and cites 1888 and 1890 margins, praising new election laws and ballot secrecy. It cites forecasts by Congressman Bynum, New York World and Indianapolis Sentinel quotes on local taxes and tariff policy, contrasting protective tariffs with McKinleyism.
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