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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1892
Page
3
The New York World argues that wage increases arise from labor efficiency, not tariffs. It cites improved machinery, combs, fly to ring frames, and machine dyeing boosting output and pay, while condemning tariff advocates for slandering genius and enabling coal trusts to profit from protectionist policy.
Republicans Alding and Abetting the Robber Mine Owners claim the coal price surge shows the consumer is at the mercy of the coal combine. The steady advance in coal prices suggests further increases are likely, reflecting the trust's policy to drive costs higher.
An analysis rebutts the Republican protectionist argument linking wage levels to tariff policy. It cites higher wages in free trade England versus protected Europe, shows wage variation within U S states, notes higher labor efficiency offsets wage differences, and cites Blaine’s cotton report. A clothing maker cites 33.4% labor cost against 70–75% duty, arguing overall labor cost is far below duties.
A critique of tariffs argues that one cent per person daily would fund all imports duties, noting that protection is not a tax and foreigners pay. It warns that tariff extortion benefits Reading and other combines, enriching a few while the many endure, and urges the people to resist.
The piece argues against arbitrary coal price hikes and links coal company power to tariff policy. It asserts no wage or freight justification for coal increases, cites Pennsylvania coal monopolies, and critiques protectionist rhetoric. It notes Democratic optimism in Wisconsin and Michigan and discusses infant industries as tariff power.
Report from St Louis on October fair crowds and spectacular electric displays. The Santa Maria attraction and a vast electric panorama highlight the quadricentennial features. Railroads offer low rates, and the Autumnal Festivities Association provides a hotel bureau with 100000 rooms and guides to ease lodging. Gilmore’s band performs daily through October 22 with 25 cent admission including concert and gallery access.
Report published yesterday claimed a battle between Venezuelan government forces and Revolutionists under Gen Crespo at Los Tequenes. The Venezuelan consul Gen Leopoldo Terrer calls it untrue and notes a fight near Cun and Acumare between forces under Gen Pulido and Crespo’s Gens Casado and Vegas. The consul cites a telegram from President Pulido stating, We met the enemy between Cun and Acumare and our forces under Gen Pulido were triumphant over Gens Casado and Vegas. Also reported: a Newport, Rhode Island special that grocer F P Garreteon sent a sheriff to Mrs Poran Stevens’s residence to seize her dresses and carriages debts, as Stevens plans to travel to Boston where her mother has died, amid trade actions.
Deputy Marshal J K Liddell registered under an assumed name at the Talmage House in Holden and arrested Charlie Sumpeon known as Simmie for passing counterfeit silver dollars near the depot. Nevada Sheriff notes a Barton County man forging checks and a Carthage resident values a rare continental currency bill at high offers, with the owner unwilling to sell.
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