Pacts and Figures on Farm Losses From Free Trade Era
Supplement to the weekly review cites official U S records showing large declines in wheat corn oats hay and farm animal values during four years of free trade and free coinage agitation ending March 4 1897 It lists annual production and value losses in wheat and corn along with oats and hay figures and totals the farm loss at 684 558 239 with remarks on farm versus market values and mentions a future large steel mill project in Newcastle Pennsylvania.
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Cleveland
United States
The
Carlisle
House of Representatives
U. S. Department of Agriculture
J. Sterling Morton
Free Trade
Rence
Newcastle
America
Treasury
Wilson
Democratic New York Journal
New York
Register
Free Trade Secretary of the Treasury
Free Trade Secretary of Agriculture
Des Moines Register
Debunking Free Trade Myths and Silver Debates in 1896
The piece argues that the Dingley tariff boosts revenues and beet sugar growth while criticizing free trade and free silver policies. It cites Treasury and Agriculture reports, notes farm losses under free trade, and presents McKinley era warnings as unfounded, claiming economic improvement under protected industry.
Outlook for Wheat Supply and Prices
Government estimates show a global wheat deficiency of 202 million bushels this year. Last year’s crop was 180 million short of average, making a combined deficit of 332 million, over one sixth of a normal year’s supply. Exporters in the Southern Hemisphere expect good yields, but U.S. winter wheat prospects are weak, suggesting little improvement next year.
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United States
Austro-Hungary
Australia
Argentina
India
Pittsburg Dispatch
Evidence of Growth Under Protective Policy
The Interstate Commerce Commission report shows freight tonnage for the year just ended reaching a historic high, exceeding the previous year by seventy million tons. Railroad gross earnings rose by nearly seventy five million dollars compared with the prior year, reflecting improved business under protection and sound money.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Free Trade Debate Echoes in Tin Plate Victory
A compilation contrasts protectionist gains from tin plate industry with free trade criticism. It cites London hardware praise, the Wilson and Dingley tariff data showing revenue and deficit trends, and notes political moves by Maryland's Gorman and Chicago convention loyalty debates.
An Eminent Man's Views on the Supreme Court
Retiring Justice Field reflects after thirty years on the bench that the Supreme Court, though called aristocratic, is the most democratic branch. He emphasizes its power to declare the law as a safeguard ensuring governing structure resists excess and preserves the republic.
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United States
Justice Field
Supreme Court
Trade Revival Not Threatened in 1879 and 1897
The article compares stock market rebounds in 1879 amid gold resumption to 1897, arguing that wild speculation caused price rises but did not halt business expansion. It notes similar forces at work and asserts the boom would not be crushed by temporary stock declines.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Dingley Law Revenue Comparison Through Early Months
The analysis contrasts Wilson and Dingley tariffs in their first two months of operation. Wilson receipts reached 41,760,469 with deficits totaling 21,275,690. Dingley shows 40,956,713 in receipts and an 18,000,150 deficit, indicating the Dingley law performed slightly better on revenue.
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Mugwump Free Trade
Tnder
Wilson Dingley
Unduly Exercised by Henry Watterson on Revolutions
The Louisville philosopher Henry Watterson warns of a revived French revolution on the American stage with Altgeld Tillman and Henry George cast as Robespierre Danton and Marat. He argues the nation is content and will pursue changes peaceably at the ballot box.
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Henry Watterson
Louisville
Altgeld
Tillman
Henry George
Robespierre
Danton
Marat
Watterson
Democratic platform pivots from single land tax debate
The Chicago platform curbs most vagaries and debates, omitting the single land tax. With tariff settled, free silver out, and injunctions fading as a national issue, the party leans toward new ground. John G. Shanklin, a Democratic national committeeman from this state, has long backed the land tax and recently said he would support it if in New York.
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Henry George
Chicago
Shanklin
Indianapolis Journal
John G. Shanklin
Democratic National
New York
Populists Shift Stance on Free Silver Policy
The Topeka Advocate reports the Populist party is rapidly abandoning the free silver platform. An editorial declares that orthodox Populists differ from Republicans and Democrats on the money issue by embracing fiat money as valid currency, with legal value tied to law rather than bullion value.
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Topeka
Kan
Money power and its alleged grip on world markets
The text dismisses the idea that a hidden money power controls crops, prices, or weather. It argues against the notion that financiers in secret chambers could bend legislation for a gold standard, a claim tied to the 1896 campaign.
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London
Silver Slump Drops Prices Across Markets
The report notes a sharp fall in silver during the closing week of September with prices sliding from 57 1 2 to 54 cents per ounce in New York. It questions silver as a stable monetary standard amid weekly fluctuations and warns against adopting it with limited international support. It also contrasts Bryanism with free trade and free ruin in a satirical jab.
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Europe
New York
Political Bird Shot and Economic Echoes Across Regions
The piece notes corn is ready in farming areas while free silver advocates push forward. It contrasts deficits under the Dingley and Wilson laws, with Democratic papers lamenting three million while Wilson’s era posted thirteen million. It cites A W Wright on a Michigan mine where workers own homes and earn higher pay. The Philadelphia Record comments on deficits under Dingley and Wilson laws.
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Bank of England
Hanna
Michigan
A. W. Wright
Knights of Labor
Philadelphia Record
Tariff Effects Boost Exports and Argentine Retaliation Debate
Special Washington: Under the Dingley law exports of American goods rise with August totals at 79.49 million, while eight months show over 61 million in exports. A South American trade balance favors the US, and Argentine retaliation for tariffs is debated. Secretary Wilson touts agricultural advances and farm support programs.
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Washington
Treasury
Europe
North America
South America
Argentina
United States
Wilson
Post Office Department
Agricultural Department
Gold flood threatens US coinage and economic freedom
The piece argues that English gold power controls the US economy, citing large gold inflows into San Francisco and New York and a rise in national gold circulation by fifty million, with overall circulation up nearly two hundred million, warning that schemes from old countries could undermine free coinage beliefs in Chicago and beyond.
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England
United States
San Francisco
New York
Chicago
Wheat Will Keep Up in Face of European Shortages
European crop reports confirm estimated shortages and reassure that foreign demand will sustain American breadstuff prices. The Omaha Bee notes that the property of the American farmer is real, not a myth.
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Omaha Bee
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McKinley
Free Silverites
Fago
London Hardware
Gorman
Senate
Sand
Maryland
Baltimore Sun
Louise Michel
Mark Hanna
Grand Rapids Herald
Department of Agriculture
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