President Harrison Proposes Tariff Balance and Trade
Washington December 1 the president delivers the message opening the second session of the Fifty first congress noting rapid government business and a small surplus. He urges fostering trade with South America and opposes broad telegraph control while supporting a limited postal service. Revenue exceeds 450 million with no detected embezzlement.
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Washington
Fifty-first Congress
House
Congress
Senate
House Committee
House of Representatives
Foreign relations overview from a late 19th century state paper
This document surveys U S diplomatic relations across the Western Hemisphere and Europe, noting conferences in 1889 on continental welfare, the Brussels slave trade debate, Congo accord talks, Brazil’s republic formation, Samoan affairs, extradition treaties, and calls to expand the Mexican mission and discuss Cuba reciprocity while outlining pending treaties and arbitration efforts. It highlights ongoing negotiations with Italy, Portugal, and Hayti, plus commemorating Ericsson and Venezuela records revision.
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Europe
East
Western Hemisphere
Congress
American
Brazil
International Marine Conference
Washington
Africa
Brussels
Congo
Berlin
United States
Netherlands
Senate
Republic of
Central America
Salvador
Guatemala
Ict
Delagos Bay Railway
Portugal
Mexico
Cuba
Spain
John Ericsson
Sweden
Venezuela
Treasury Report on Finances and Public Works
The document surveys federal revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, with a surplus figure and changes from the prior year. It outlines customs and internal revenue receipts, pensions costs, and projected 1892 receipts and outlays, plus notes on silver purchases, monetary policy, and anticipated international discussions on coinage. It also covers government efforts to increase money in circulation, debt reduction, and administrative progress across departments including war, justice, post office, navy, interior, agriculture, and civil service. It closes with reflections on tariff policy, trade balances, and calls for prudent appropriations and enforcement of election laws.
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Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
England
National Guards
United States
Department of Justice
Circuit Court of
Postofficis Department
Europe
Acta
Congress
Sisseton
Wahpeton
Sac and Fox
Iowa
Pottawattampies
Land’ Office
Milford Woodruff
Mormon Church
Utah
Secretary of Agriculture
Civil Service
Work of the Session and Key Bills for Final Vote
The article stresses that several high priority measures are near final passage and must be voted on before adjournment. It warns that the current session has a fixed limit and delaying votes on these bills risks all prior work. It urges focus on apportionment and annual appropriation bills, and to avoid local issues hindering universal legislation.
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Amparica
Andi Lenk
Suchiani
Supreme Court
Congress
United States
Pot Office
Trecomield
Post Office Department
Ongr
Contres
Con
Paw
Ny Sa
House of Representatives
Comitatus
Gantenick
Trefrain
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Presidents
Harrison
South America
Foreign Relations
Nicaragua Canal Project
Chili
Peru
China
Irenere
Edmund Monson
Carlos Butterfield
French Republic
Germany
Great Britain
Behring Sea
Kingdom of Hawaii
Hayti
Oe Ees
van’ Hokkelen
Italy
Nnt
Department Reports
Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
Pis Jron
London
York
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