Curious economic and political shifts post Civil War era
The Toronto Weekly Star notes two curiosities after 1865: Canada’s reciprocity with the United States ended and southern debts were repudiated. It discusses war ties, British funds, and the era of carpetbag rule, plus debates on shorter working hours as a path to mass unemployment relief, favored by some economists and newspapers.
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Canada
United States
Ontario
Quebec
Great Britain
Toronto Weekly Star
Britain
Congress
England
Washington
Ussia
Walter Lippman
New York Herald Tribune
Croois
Fedi Ul
Elgin
Winant
New Hampshire
Hoover
Boston
Toronto Globe
Stuart Chase
the Globe
Branch factory shift mocks tariff walls
The Moose Jaw Morning Times argues that US firms setting branch factories in Manchester to dodge British duties exposes flaws in protectionism. It notes foreigners profit from tariffs by elevating prices, while high costs hurt consumers and taxpayers, and questions perverting tax power via customs duties.
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United States
Manchester
Moose Jaw
Henry Ford
England
Canada
Canada Empire Minded plan eyed by papers across provinces
The piece argues Canada led Empire preferences from 1877 onward, detailing tariff steps that favored Empire members. Vancouver Province cautiously supports experimentation, warns against peonage, and urges careful arrangements, seeking Premier Brownlee and UFA viewpoints on farm job schemes for the unemployed.
Five Day Week Movement Emerges in United States
A five day week movement grows from a present mood crisis in the United States. The text notes issues of over production and under consumption as part of the context.
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United States
Man a Farm plan eyed to alleviate unemployment in BC
The British Columbia government considers sending single unemployed men, especially youths, to farmers for board lodging a small allowance and farming training. The plan aims to use farmers to provide work while Ottawa remains undecided and provincial relief dwindles. The cabinet plans to poll 200 farmers institutes with 7,400 members on the idea.
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British Columbia
Bennett
Ottawa
Bruhn
Temporary gains seen in Canada beef imports outlook
Canadian beef importers expect only temporary improvement in prices and demand as a new Irish duty looms. W. A. Wilson notes potential market shifts toward Irish and Argentine meat and stresses direct selling, continuity of supply, and preferential duties to aid Canadian producers amid imperial policy discussions.
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A. H. Dalgleish
Hiarchet
Bhomas l. Valera Chish
W. A. Wilson
Canadiana Agriculuure
London
Atr
Wilson
Alwady
Ireland
A. I. Eastwood
British Isles
Canada
Argentina
Fengland
Knagswood
Canavan
Eastwood
W. A. Wison
Singland
Wwe Lnive
Mayland
Calgary
Unis
Ottawa
Canadian duty shifts hit consumer prices in import case
A Canadian firm facing new import duties on English made fabric for men's coats and vests reveals how old and new tariff rates raise the cost. The article outlines ad valorem, specific, excise, and dumping duties, showing duty totals rising from 39.54 to 268.59 with a 20 percent base rate. It concludes that Canadians pay higher prices as duties shift and calls for relief.
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Desehman
Canada
England
Kengland
Customs Department
Ottwa
Canta
Lord Kytscnt Released From Wormwood Scrubbs Prison
Lord Kyisant, once a major figure in British shipping and chaiman of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, is released after ten months of a twelve month sentence for falsifying company financial statements. His wife met him at Wormwood Scrubbs. no public welcome is planned at Coomb estate in Carmarthenshire.
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London
Lord Kytscnt
Chiiiain
Royal Mail Bane Wits
Kyisant
Caremarthenshire
Wistes
Coomb
Lord Kylsant
Kylsant
Wormwood Scrubbs
Newcastle
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Serbots Haskes
Defrauding Relief Dept Figures in Vancouver Court
In Vancouver on August 2 a police court heard seven men charged with defrauding the relief department. One man received six months hard labor for ongoing relief receipt as a funded misrep. Others, including J B Robertson and A W Dixon, faced suspended sentences or no months, with two cases still pending.
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Vancouver
Aes
Meer
Us Institute
WG. Abotswayo
Robertson
A. W. Dixon
Capt Lancaster Cleared of Murder Charge in Sensational Trial
Captain W. Lancaster, British flier, found not guilty of murdering Haden Clarke in a trial that drew a roused crowd in Miami. After four hours of deliberation the 12 jurors acquitted him on one count, sparking near pandemonium as spectators surged toward the defendant.
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Miami
Aue
W. &Encaster
Haden Clarke
Snoorrier
Averitt 2
South Florida
Iria
Haden Clarkend
Jessie ML Keith-Miller
B. Leaheeman
Pandenonium
August
Wend
Lancaster
Jan Malone Not Deported in Canada
Ottawa reports that Dan Malone a Toronto Irishman once suspected in a plot against Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas will remain in Canada after the Minister of Immigration Hon. W. A. Gordon reviewed the case. Rev. Horsey Dead Major the Rev T Horsey 65 minister of the Zion United Church died this morning after a brief illness.
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W. A Gordon Rules
Malone
Canada
Ottawa
Dan Malone
Toronto
J. H. Thomas
W. A. Gordon
Horsey
T. Horsey
Zih United Church
T Capital
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H. H. Stevens
Legionary
United Kingdom
New South Wales
British India
British Empire
British West Indies
Australia
New Zealand
Toronto Star
Brownlee
U.F.A
Luis
Lord
Jan Malone
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