22 Sep 1892
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1892
Page
1
The Monticello Express notes weekly publication every Thursday and lists J. W. Doxsee as editor and proprietor with a subscription price of 81.15.
The giant locomotive on display in New York features 7 ft 3 in driving wheels and measures 60 ft long and 15 ft high, weighing 100 tons. It is planned to pull an express train between New York and Buffalo at about 61 1 2 miles per hour with six cars. In Springfield Massachusetts on Monday a parade of Father Matthew’s Total Abstinence Societies was held, boasting 6,000 members locally and over 10,000 in the state.
President Harrison urges national observance of Columbus Day on October 21 with school and public program emphasis. He highlights education as a pillar of enlightenment and calls for flag displays at schools and citizenship lessons. Churches may mark Sunday October 16 with religious services thanking Providence for Columbus.
The Jones county Iowa board met September 5 and 6 1892 with members Peet Hans Osborn Glick and George absent. They granted a road petition for Rome township and authorized J R Moore to buy twenty five classification registers for schools. They remitted taxes for the A na mo sa Driving Park association and appointed election judges and clerks across townships. Levy totals set for state county poor bridge insane orphans home soldiers relief and school funds. Auditor Minuenr presided.
The minutes describe adjournments and appointments including M M Ebersole as soldiers relief commissioner for three years and approvals of reports for J W Grover and P Washington as such. It covers tax refunds, road and bridge projects, fee bills, and a long list of bridge repairs, constructions, and warrants in various townships. It ends with notes on county farm insurance and the Sick Fund reference.
Charles F. Peck former New York labor commissioner reports that the first year of the McKinley law raised wages by 6 377 025 and increased labor product value by 81 815 180 in New York state. He says 285 000 state workers benefited from higher salaries in the tariff period.
The column proclaims a balance of trade in our favor for the year just ended totaling $202 876 477. It notes Salisbury and Bismarck admit our tariff system is superior and asserts no other nation matches this favorable balance.
The record shows Democratic votes for and against fourteen pension bills with Republicans opposing and supporting as indicated. Grover Cleveland warns pensions breed dishonesty and weak claims, while tin plate production under the McKinley law reaches nearly 20 million pounds, up from zero under the old law per manufacturers' sworn statements.
A New York Recorder critique argues against Cleveland and Stevenson. It accuses Cleveland of deference to Britain over Behring Sea, warns of free trade harming artisans, decries a split presidential ticket, criticizes protection policy, and cites his record on veteran pensions as a wartime failure.
The excerpt contrasts protectionist and revenue only tariffs with references to Confederate and Democratic platforms. It cites Jacksonian protective rhetoric, Confederate constitutional text on taxes, and Democratic opposition to tariff duties, framing historical disputes over national industry and federal power.
The piece contrasts Cleveland’s veto record with his war service, mocking a soldier substitute for the presidency. It notes tariff per capita at $2.67 and argues the public should oppose Cleveland, citing Democratic temper in New York and a claim he cannot carry the state.
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