Labor's Big Reward From Tariff Prosperity of 1907
The piece laments widespread wage gains in 1906 07 under the Dingley tariff. It cites over 1 billion in railroad wages and broad increases across metal textile and mining sectors. It argues tariff protection boosted employment earnings, savings, and production while immigration adds demand for American goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad General Managers’ Association
Bradstreet’s
Pittsburgh
New England
Express
United States
The Rise in Price of Labor Across the United States
Byron Holt argues that labor costs have surged more in the United States than anywhere else as prices for commodities rise globally. He notes the tariff era and compares U S and English price levels to illustrate graft behind price increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Byron Holt
United States
Canada’s Good and Bad Tariff Plan Critique
The Spectator from Hamilton argues the tariff has two good features and one bad. It endorses specific duty for British goods and expansion of preferential duties to British colonies, while condemning the new minimum duty for nations favoring Canadian products as harming imperial cohesion and promoting free trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Hamilton
Spectator
Dingley Tariff Law Cited Amid Calls for Evidence
A Des Moines Capital quote urges keeping the Dingley tariff without delay until any schedule harming the public is proven, while Uncle David recalls his grandfather's decades old hickory split seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Tariff revision postponed amid prosperity and prudence
The Cedar Rapids Republican reports a Washington backed decision to postpone tariff revision until after the 1908 election. Proponents argue changes are possible but cautioned that action now would harm the economy. Gov Cummins’ earlier push is noted as misguided and the plan is praised as a prudent, business friendly settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cummins
Iowa
Roosevelt
Chicago
Detroit
Congress
Cedar Rapids
We must not surrender tariffs for fair treatment in Europe
The Buffalo Express calls for resisting German and French tariff threats. It argues against making generous concessions that would raise costs for American workers, insisting the United States should keep its tariff and use domestic leverage to secure fair treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Buffalo Express
Germany
France
The
Express
Wisconsin Democrats Push Revenue Tariff Platform
The Dubuque Globe-Journal cites Wisconsin Democrats proposing a tariff to raise revenue and free trade for commodities now controlled by trusts. It argues this would resemble England’s revenue tariff model, urging the state to rethink its platform ahead of national conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
England
Wisconsin Sages
Dubuque
Massachusetts Delegation Pressing for Tariff Revision
A Washington view claims the Massachusetts delegation is pushing for tariff revision in this session. The piece jokes that Speaker Joe Cannon will soon quiet their hopes, leaving the congressmen sadder and wiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Massachusetts
Joe Cannon
Nubbin chopper plan for cheap corn cutting
A Prairie Farmer correspondent describes a simple nubbin chopper using a heavy corn knife attached to a crib post with a lag screw and a 2x6 plank trough to feed corn toward the blade for cattle fodder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Prairie Farmer
Work in the Tool Shed This Winter
Winter work for farm tools focuses on cleaning repairing and oiling machinery. Fix mowers binders cultivators sharpen hoes and mattocks tighten bolts patch fractures and order distant parts. Build or use a shed to protect stored tools and ensure they are ready for use next season.
What to Feed with Corn in Pig Rations
Missouri experiment station tests show linseed oil meal outperforms wheat middlings as a supplement to corn meal. Oil meal is more palatable, promotes faster gains, and thrives pigs better. For parity with oil meal at 30 per ton, middlings must cost 14 to 15 per ton. Linseed oil meal often cheaper in Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Experiment Station
Missouri
Draining Lands Offer Big Gains for Northwest Farms
Professor J. F. Vojta of Gustavus Adolphus College urges one day of ditching with a two horse scraper to drain and improve undrained lands. He notes 1 to 30 percent of sections may need drainage and that drained soils grow grasses and fodder crops, paying for the work in early yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Vojta
Gustavous Adolphus College
Save the Women Revolving Clothes Horse Instruction
A household tip describes placing a revolving clothes horse near the back stoop for snow access. It explains building a solid post with a bored top hole and beveled arms spiked to a plank, or arms bored to allow a bolt to pass through.
Revolving Clothes Rack Instructions from Farm and Home
The article explains a simple revolving clothes rack with three to five arms of equal length. It notes the rope supports the arms by tension, requires no special skill, and advises setting the post first to reach a veranda, with laths nailed together as a model if unsure of carpentry.
Separator milk for pigs no danger says expert
Prof William Deitrich of the Illinois experimental station says warm skim milk is natural pig food and not harmful. Sudden feed changes or overfeeding may cause digestive trouble, as skim milk has more protein than whole milk and too much protein can upset young pigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Deitrich
Illinois Experimental Station
Big or Little Farms
A Clarke county farmer argues in Farmers' Review that in Iowa a living requires larger farms. He says 80 to 120 acres are insufficient, 160 acres give better odds, and 320 are more fortunate. Pasture and annual weather impact yields, with city proximity allowing truck farming to supplement income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Clarke County
Farmers’ Review
Farm Items and Practical Garden Advice
Farm Journal advocates quality care for food and crops. It suggests ventilating cellars, keeping fruit cool without freezing, and frequent apple sorting. It extols old-fashioned earnings and notes spinach as an easily grown crop with autumn sowing yielding greens through late autumn and early spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Journal
When Figuring the Accounts Credits Go to Family
A lighthearted note urges balancing the books with thanks to the wife and children for assisting in keeping the family finances in the black as the year’s accounts are settled.
Doan's Kidney Pills Cure Chronic Kidney Pain
Thomas N. McCullough of Colorado Springs describes twelve to fifteen years of back and kidney pain with three week episodes. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with restoring health and says the cure is permanent after long use. Sold by all dealers for 60 cents a box through Yester-Milburn Co. Buffalo N.Y.
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Thomas N. McCullough
Weber St
Colorado Springs
Colo
Doan
Yester-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Pets for Little Parisians Demand Exotic Companions
Children in Paris request a New Year pet beyond dots or toys, fueling a lively trade in puppies kittens tiny monkeys lambs and even tigers and leopards. Young felines are kept harmless until teeth appear then sent to one of two grand Zoos in the city.
Sisters Find Relief From Eczema With Cuticura Remedies
A 1906 letter from Edith Mammer of Morrison Illinois recounts two sisters overcoming eczema of the head after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills. The writer praises the products and notes continued availability of the soap.
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Cuticura
Illinois
Edith Mammer
Morrison, Il
Sweep Finds Seven Rabbits While Sweeping Abandoned House
Joshua Folland, a chimney sweep in High Beckington, discovered seven full grown rabbits while sweeping the chimney of an unoccupied house and promptly bagged them.
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Sweep
Atherington
Joshua Folland
High Beckington
Japs Win British Army Shoe Contract in India
A Japanese shoe maker secured a major contract to supply boots for the British army in India. It is described as one of the largest footwear deals of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Williams Pink Pills Help Athol Woman Recover
Mrs B M Spears of Athol Massachusetts describes a year of indigestion debility swelling limbs and dizziness. After trying many remedies she found relief with Dr Williams Pink Pills and was entirely cured. Pills sold by druggists or mailed 50 cents per box six for 2.50 from Williams Medicine Company Schenectady NY.
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B.'’M. Spears
Mt. Pleasant Street
Athol
Mass
Dyson
Dyson Medicine Coo
Bloomington
Illinois
Dropping boards guidance for cleaning roosts in poultry
W. R. Grahams advises dropping boards be as low as possible for easy cleansing. He notes boards should be matched lumber, 20 inches wide for one roost and three feet for two roosts, with the first roost placed eight to ten inches from the wall.
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W. R. Grahams
Putnam TaleS Colors and Cures in Ad Fragments
An advertisement page features Putnam Dyes claiming fast light and wash resistance at 20 cents per package. Also promoted are Lewis' Single Kinder cigars and Laxative Bromo Quina g tablets. The text mocks fatally losing money as “dead game sports.”
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Putnam
Deafness Cure Promised by Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement claims deafness stems from an inflamed mucous lining and not local conditions. It asserts a constitutional remedy will restore hearing, offering $100 for catarrh caused cases cured by Hal's Catarrh Cure and promoting products from Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal
Vf, Cheney & CO
Tuluda
Tia
Toto Tadi
Revolt Against Trading Stamps Gains English Grocers
An East London grocer backs a campaign against trading stamps with the slogan No more trading stamps. He argues that English grocers earn about 6 percent after costs, with typical profits around 9 to 10 percent and 15 percent on capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Salzer Seed Co Catalog Offer From Wisconsin Grower
We are the largest growers of grasses clovers oats barley corn potatoes and farm seeds in America. Operate over 5,000 acres. Send 80 in stamps for a mammoth 8 page catalog and sample of perfect irrigation grass seed with fodder plants clover and more from John A Salzer Seed Co Box W La Crosse Wisconsin.
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America
John A. Salzer Seed Co
Box W
la Crosse
Wis
Northwest
Gulf
Texas
Beal
Tckets
Pickert-Hammond Land CO
Grand Central Station
Houston
Tex
Bear Hunt Closure At Small Western Post Office
Authorities forwarded a Western postmaster letter stating the office will close next Saturday for a bear hunt. The sender notes he is the county’s sole reader and writer and offers no request for permission, hinting at possible discharge though unlikely.
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Clinchon
Post Office Department
Lkely
Free To All Who Ask Offer Admirable Chemist Note
M Reinegel of Sheboygan Wis a leading chemist announces a liberal offer to the public. The initiative aims to provide free goods or services to all who ask reflecting his generous business approach and community spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Reinegel
Sheboygan, Wis
Free Trial Bottle Offered for Z. M. O. Remedy
Mr Zaegel a scientist reports a mineral and vegetable oil mix named Z M O that soothes burns piles cuts and bruises and is claimed to be internally safe. He has stopped selling drugs and offers a free liberal sized bottle to all who suffer from adhen and pains backache catarrh rheumatism and piles by writing to Mr Zacerol 47 Main St Sheboygan Wis with prepaid postage.
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Zaegel
M. O
Z. M.O
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