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Newspaper
Madison Weekly Herald
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1892
Page
4
The Madison Herald reprints debates on protective tariffs and party politics. It criticizes reformers, notes Alabama People's Party gains, cites 1890 Indiana votes, and aligns with Democratic cautions on high tariffs and the Force Bill while defending historical unrest over trade policy.
The piece argues that tariff advocates misused results, noting a 285 million rise in living costs from 1889 to 1891 despite price declines. It cites a Congressional Committee finding wages fell in protected industries like iron and steel while rising in non protected trades, condemning protection as a political and economic fallacy. It concludes tariffs disturb supply and demand and hinder free production and exchange.
The Madison Courier concludes a lengthy editorial by asserting that the voters of 1890 are no fools and will likely stay the same in 1892. It cites Judge Miller condemning tariff-driven taxation as robbery under law and notes possible World’s Fair exhibit postponements due to cholera.
George William Curtis died at his Livingston New Jersey home shortly after 2 00 am. He suffered abdominal pains for two months and declined opium, later receiving homeopathic care that eased pain. He was 78 and survived by his son Dr Franklin Curtis and wife Mrs Curtis. Funeral Friday at the Curtis residence. Curtis, born Feb 24 18— in Providence, built a famed career with the New York Tribune Harper's Weekly and Harper's Bazar. He was a reformer and civil service advocate, public speaker, and political figure involved in Republican and independent causes.
Contributions to Putnam’s Magazine include Potiphar Papers and Price and I and Trumps, a novel that had appeared in Harper’s Weekly in 1563. The items show the author’s engagement with satire and serialized fiction across periodicals.
Historical debate cites The American Wool and Cotton Reporter as evidence that McKinley era cheapness masks poorer mill quality and hidden deceptions. Chauncey Depew praises Grover Cleveland as the typical American while alarms rise over cheaper coats and harsher conditions.
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