Tariff Entanglement and Dingley’s Wool Debates
The Detroit Free Press notes the tariff debate with Wool on the free list and proposed duties. It highlights three groups: wool growers seeking duties, manufacturers wanting compensation tied to wool, and 70 million consumers desiring affordable clothing. Dingley’s committee aims to grant about half the wool groups’ request, balancing interests while warning of economic disruption and urging broader government withdrawal from business except its own.
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Detroit Free Press
Dingley
Tie
Chatsman Dinles
Pine Tree
McfKinsey
Thoughts on virtue and self discipline from an old essay
A reflective passage argues that kindness reveals merit, responsibilities test resolve, and crafts elevate knowledge. It extols humility, sincerity, and personal law, claiming taste defines morality and that happiness follows when one acts within one’s calling.
Idealists argue for divine discontent in personal growth
A speaker endorses restless striving as a core ideal, praising discontent as a driver of self improvement and social concern. The passage emphasizes striving beyond current limits, embracing failure as a path to progress and empathy for others' woes.
Common Manufacturing Across Tools and Textiles in Early Industry
The piece describes varied production methods from printing calicoes and chrome pictures to machine stamping spoons and turning spools. It notes nail and umbrella manufacture by machines, bone dice and orange wood toothpicks by hand, hats with many processes, and machine made umbrellas with hand assembly, plus curious references to thimbles and hand-painted items.
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Japan
From Hand Craft to Machine Work Across Historic Trades
A historical survey contrasts hand and machine production across items like tortoise shell combs bottle blowing swords paper collars and pocket knives. It notes ornate glass weights molded before pouring metal swords tempered by hand and machine aided knife assembly while highlighting the rise of mechanization in everyday objects and the complexity of early fencing and wire fencing machinery.
Fragments of Jokes and Quips in A Laugh Box
A garbled compendium of quips and dialogue from various papers includes a weather exchange about damp climates and umbrellas, a puppyish curfew pun, and a nursery gardener scene. The items mix banter on money, love, and daily life with brief, characterful exchanges.
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