True Friends of Silver The Only Feasible System Advocated
The Republican Party touts international bimetallism as the only practical path for silver, citing past conferences and McKinley’s pledge. It contrasts Republican support with Democratic and Populist opposition and argues that 1906–1907 debates show Republicans consistently backing international action to restore silver money.
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United States
Congress
William McKinley
Friends of Silver
Republican Party
Chandler
Senate
Pettigrew
Silver
Ator Chandler
Daniels
Stewart
Vilas
Gold Democrat
Congressional
Silver Republican
Allen G Silver
Senatey
Allen
Roach
House
McRae
Dockery
Hartman
Cooper
Texas
Allison
Dingley
Chicago
ISG
Great Britain
Europe
Germany
St. Louis
China
Japan
Comparative Government Expenditure Per Capita Across Nations
The text compares population figures for France Germany and the United States and contrasts government expenditures per person. It notes France with 37 million, Germany 50 million, and the U S 68 million, with per capita costs for France at 17 dollars, Germany above six, and the United States 5.50 including pensions. It references public debt around 1.7 billion for the U S and roughly equal to combined French and German pensioners.
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France
Germany
United State
German Empire
United States
Ita RE i
Four Tariff Schedules Satisfy Farmers Hopeful on Polls
The piece argues the four tariff schedules show public support for the new tariff law and its protective aims. It highlights agriculture schedules as key, noting benefits from McKinley duties and expanded foreign markets via reciprocity, predicting farmers gain under reforms.
Populists and Popocrats Clash Over Money Theory
In a West address, the retiring president of the Retarry Press Association ridicules Populist fiat money theory as extreme yet consistent with its aims. He contrasts it with Popocrat views led by Bryan, noting Populists claim government fiat can create currency from paper while Popocrats admit the danger of their own redemption plans and demand specie backing. The piece cites the Memphis Semit ar as the source.
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Speaker
St. Louis
Repubc
California
Forty-third Congress
Grant
Republican Party
Republic
United States
Mexico
Japan
Retarry Press Association
Bryan
Fiat
Memphis
Bryan Becomes a Photocrat and Profits Rise
The piece notes William Jennings Bryan faces wealth growth as his book earnings exceed 100 dollars daily and a publisher considers buying his stake for 840,000. It mentions earlier pay for editor work and a stray lecture circuit paying up to 500 dollars a night, with ongoing public life and political campaigning in Ohio.
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Bryan
Tie
Omaha
Manes
Ohio State Journal
Don't Fight the Capital You Need at Home
President Ripley of the Santa Fe Railroad warned Kansas lawmakers not to disparage invested capital or rely on courts to protect citizens against misguided agitators. He cited a decade of stock losses totaling over 20 million dollars across four major Kansas railways, noting many had little or no income in that period.
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Ripley
Santa Fe Railroad
Kansas
Rlway
Union la Citie
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
Atchison
Farmers Wealth From Eight Crops in 1896
The Department of Agriculture lists eight principal U S crops by value for 1896. Corn hay wheat oats potatoes barley rye tobacco total 1 481 136 000. Farmers thus produced a value about 280 000 greater than the national debt at year end 1886. Industry shows broad improvement with more iron steel, boot and shoe, wool, coke works and mining activity rising despite some mills closing. A tanners strike is the only notable labor dispute.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Dan
St Rch Vuell
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