Cleveland Attacked Over Tariff Claims In Free Trade Scrap
A strong critique of Grover Cleveland’s Providence speech accuses him of misstatements about the McKinley tariff. The piece cites wage data and labor bureau reports showing wage gains and hours reduced, arguing the tariff did raise pay and prices. It labels Cleveland a fraud and mocks his economic teaching.
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Fire in Tin Plate Works headline shocks readers
An April 4 bold headline in the New York Evening Post proclaims Fire in Tin Plate Works in Philadelphia. The odd wording and placement trigger questions about the editor’s sanity and vocal stance.
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Ingenious Sophistry on Cheapness and Tariffs
Mr Horr replies to the Boston Question club arguing that tariffs protect farmers not through cheap labor but by sustaining prices for agricultural goods. He notes wheat output constraints and cites the McKinley bill as likely to lift farm prices while enabling cheaper manufactured goods, urging protections to avoid devaluing labor.
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Women and Ladies Drive Actors Fund Efforts Across Cities
The piece highlights the pivotal role of the women's executive committee and New York ladies in supporting the Actors Fund fair with contributions and souvenirs. A letter from Mrs Babbitt describes gathering fabrics from high society for a sofa cushion cover to aid actors in need, showing cross city backing.
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Beauty at the Capitol Spotlight on Senate and House Women
Washington correspondent notes an extraordinary display of beauty among Capitol visitors this session. The article says the gallery crowd has shifted to fresh young entrants while old regulars fade, with handsome women seen in corridors beyond the House gallery.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Protection Suits Americans
Rhode Island celebrates protection as the surest path to national strength and prosperity. The piece argues protection for American labor and industry is the safest Republican appeal to the prosperous in the republic.
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