Democratic Matters and Cheaper Foreign Goods Tariff Debate
The Chicago Herald critique argues that American products are sold cheaper abroad than at home, challenging tariff protection. It cites copper, sugar, and other exports, noting foreign prices often exceed domestic prices unless home markets are shielded. The piece claims tariff protection enables higher domestic prices, opposing Cleveland era protectionists.
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Chicago Herald
Lake Superior
United States
England
Germany
Brazil Steamship Company and Newport News Trade Lesson
The Brazil Steamship Company refused to deliver at Newport News, halting Western and Southern merchants seeking to use the port to counter Northeast cartels. The incident serves as an object lesson on the limits of trade independence, as few ports control the exchange of commodities for interior distributers. A Pennsylvania Republican convention description of party unity follows, noting Quay’s dominance and a daunting November election path.
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Brazil Steamship Company
Newport News
Harrison
West
South
St. Louis Republic
New York
Newporters
P Rt
Steamship Company
Wester Ochert
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Quay
Chicago Times
Protection versus trusts in tariff politics
The piece cites Senator Sherman defending protection for American industries while denouncing trusts. It asserts sugar tariffs extract over 225 million annually from the public as robbery, compares tariffs on steel copper and wool, and accuses the party backing protection of shielding its favored interests.
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Trost
Tari
Sherman
Ohio
Sugar Trust’s Costly Deal Hurts Public Pocket
California’s Claus Spreckels, the sugar magnate, reportedly earned five million dollars by abandoning his challenge to the sugar trust and joining the monopolists. The World argues the trust sacrificed five million once to remove a strong competitor, a loss the public must cover as prices rise.
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California
Claus Spreckle
New York World
Bipartisan Debt Debate Echoes Across Congress
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes Senator Hoar describing the government as bankrupt, noting the remark as mock-ribbed by Republicans. The piece argues the alleged bankruptcy resulted from a Republican led Congress spending a billion dollars.
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Senator Hoar
Senate
Congress
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Delusive Figures on Tin Plate Factories Capacity
The New York Tribune cites twenty tin plate factories in operation with a total capacity of 2,840,000 boxes but omits current output. The Detroit Free Press calls the figures sonorous and delusive, noting the Tribune’s claimed capacity exceeds its circulation.
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New York Tribune
The
Tribune
Detroit Free Press
Health and nostrums flood 1867 ads and notes
A mosaic of 1867 era medical claims and advertisements. items tout liver bitters for malaria and digestion, Hall's Catarrh Cure claims, Judd Electric Belts, Beechan’s Pills, and California Fig Syrup. Includes notices on royalty, newspapers s self-promotion, and local business promotions from St. Louis and Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Judd
Judd Electric Co
Omaha
Nob
Neb
Castoria Recalled in Family Healing Tales
A note recalls using Castoria for a sick child named Daby and for Obs at age six who cried for Castoria. The account also mentions Obs becoming Miss, who clung to Castoria, and Abe giving Castoria to his children Abe and others.
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Daby
Castoria
Obs
Ake
Abe
Cyclops of the Washington Scene Draws Notable Attention
A fragmentary notice highlights a figure described as the Cyclops of Washington with ties to Coreeeae Spout. Details are sparse but the reference signals a distinctive local persona attracting interest and speculation.
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Washington
Woman Health Promise in Dr Pierce Ads
An old advertisement promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed remedy for women’s ailments. It claims the medicine will restore health and strength, with a money back guarantee if no satisfaction is found. Also touts Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as a simple, inexpensive aid for headaches, biliousness, constipation, indigestion, and liver and stomach derangements.
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Dr. Harter Medicine Co
Dr. Pierce
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Andersonville
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Spain
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Texas
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Rowman
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Wall's Erie
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