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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1892
Page
2
The Madison newspaper column discusses free trade philosophy, tariff costs, and political maneuvering. It notes McKinley and Doran taxation questions, warns against partisan schemes, and comments on press stances toward campaign strategy and naval maintenance before elections. The piece cites Indianapolis papers and international cholera dispatches as context.
Reportage inaccuracy covered Korbly remarks at the Democratic County Convention last Thursday. He argued the People's party pursued too many reforms at once, urged tariff reform with Grover Cleveland, and defended free wool with reduced wool tax to avoid shoddy mills.
A Republican stump speech boasts that one cent daily per person would cover import duties, but a laborer with five children shows a seven member family pays about 25.55 annually in tariff taxes. The column argues the tariff is a tax on the poor and notes the discrepancy with Major McKin.
A brief pocket almanac memorandum notice invites readers to apply at once for the free booklet available at local drug stores. The item emphasizes immediate action and distribution through retail outlets.
The piece surveys Republican leader Thomas Platt aligning with Harrison amid protests over convict labor at Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad. discusses campaign finance, labor strikes in Lansingburg, and efforts by national figures like Chairman Carter and Bliss. It notes New Jersey fundraising plans, Kentucky election law questions, Baltimore postal officials’ stance, Wisconsin Democratic limits, and large treasury deficits projected for June.
An 1890 American Economist critique denounces reciprocity as a return to medieval discrimination, arguing it would undermine progress while promoting biased trade. Senator Hale lobbies for McKinley bill reciprocity as essential to its survival. Grover Cleveland offers a sharp remark on hypocrisy in tariff reform.
The McKinley bill proposal promises to shift tin plate production to the United States with a two cent per pound tariff, delaying new duties until July 1, 1901. The Ways and Means report cites 5 240 830 pounds produced in nine months and an annual US consumption of 678 million pounds, while McKinley asserts US tin plate could match England’s. The text questions how many manufacturers have converted plants and how many tin plate works were operating by July.
The piece argues the McKinley tariff raises consumer prices, citing sugar and tin plate effects, questioning who pays the two cent duty. It notes builders of canned goods get drawbacks on exports, and urges repeal to shift to a revenue tariff to dissolve protected trusts.
The article lists one hundred trusts like the plate glass and hard goods groups, calling them products of McKinleyism and tariff protection. It argues such trusts raise prices, reduce labor demand, and shield idle plants while profits stay high, urging McKinleyism's end.
Letters from professionals praise Hood's Sarsaparilla for health benefits. Proprietors are gratified by unsolicited endorsements. The medicine claims to cure liver ills jaundice biliousness sick headaches and constipation.
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