Farmers See Losses From Free Trade and Free Silver Policy
The Des Moines Register reprints a Mooresville article arguing major declines in farm product values during the four years of free trade and free silver agitation under Cleveland. It cites official Treasury and Agriculture Department statistics, listing wheat and hay losses and noting a large decline in agricultural income.
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Des Moinea Register
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Free Trade Debate and Tin Plate Industry Gains
The piece cites British and American views on tin plate production, praising protectionism as beneficial and noting the Welsh and American shifts. It also mentions political maneuvering around Senate candidates, party leadership, and loyalty tests in the Democratic and Republican contests.
McKinley and 25 Cent Wheat Politics Sparked by 1896 Debate
Voters faced dire warnings from free silver advocates predicting national ruin under unlimited coinage. By contrast, the shift toward gold and higher wheat prices appears to have stabilised the economy with wheat near the dollar mark, widespread employment, and rising marriages.
Government forecasts wheat supply and farmer profits
Government statisticians estimate the wheat surplus for the coming year, noting broader consumption and varying harvest prospects. The dispatch highlights expectations of a better supply than this year, with influences from Australia Argentina and India shaping global outlook.
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United States
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Ilemorts
Wien Ley
Australia
Argentina
India
Pitisburg Dispatch
Evidence of Improvement in Business and Railway Freight
The latest figures from the Interstate Commerce Commission show freight tonnage reaching a record high for the season, with a gain of under seventy million tons over the prior year. Railroads report gross earnings about seventy five million dollars higher than the preceding year, reflecting rising protection and sound money support.
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Taverstate Commerce Commission
Wilson and Dingley Tariffs Compared by The American Economist
The American Economist compares the Wilson tariff with the Dingley tariff, noting monthly revenue and deficit figures. It reports September revenues of 22 621 229 for Wilson and 19 025 615 for Dingley, with second months showing contrasting trends and Dingley restoring prosperity.
Eminent Man’s Views on the Supreme Court
A former justice reflecting after thirty years on the bench praises the Supreme Court as the most democratic branch, lacking purse or weapon but wielding the power to safeguard the government’s framework through its resistance to excess.
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United States
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Supreme Court
Beaten Stock Market Rumors Circulate Over Again
The St Louis Globe-Democrat notes that a recurring pattern drives market moves with rapid price rises and wild speculation. It argues that despite early surges, business expansion continues, and the recent fall in shares mirrors past cycles.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Senator Gorman's surrender offer tested Maryland party lines
The Baltimore Sun reports Senator Gorman proposes stepping down as Democratic leader in Maryland, a move interpreted as a sign of distress within the party hours ahead of state and legislative campaigns, with potential ripple effects on campaign strategy and unity.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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Maryland
Baltimore Sun
Dingley Law Compared To Wilson Revenue Effects
The discussion notes that the Wilson tariff raised 41,760,460 in two months from September and October 1904, while the Dingley law brought 40,956,718 in its first two months. It argues the Wilson law was a revenue getter and compares deficiencies between the two measures with tabulated figures.
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Wiser Dingley
Henry Watterson and fears of a French revolution on stage
The piece notes Henry Watterson’s alarm over a rumored revival of the French Revolution on the American stage with Altgeld Tilman and Henry George cast as Robespierre Danton and Marat. It argues the American people are content and well off and urges Watterson to cheer up and return for the season.
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Tilman
Henry George
Robespierre
Danton
Marat
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Watterson
Democrats Debate Single Land Tax Push At Nationa Currents
The piece notes the Chicago platform’s drift away from variegated ideas with the single land tax emerging as a possible national Democratic plank. John G. Shanklin, a Democratic committeeman from this state, has long backed the tax and recently said he would support it if in New York.
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Livuyr Gaevrze
Chicago
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Shanklin
Ierry George
Indianapolis Journal
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John G. Shanklin
New York
Populist Pushes Paper Money Over Silver in Editorial
The Topeka Iran Advocate, a Populist official organ, says the main split with Republicans and Democrats on money is over paper money. It asserts that the right paper money is as good as gold or silver and not tied to coin value. It dismisses bullion value and rejects bimetallic and monometallic limits.
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Topeka
Iran
Advocate
Money Power and the Wheat Debate in 1896 Campaign
The piece questions the so called money power blamed for crop shortages and high prices. It likens such influence to controlling weather or grasshoppers and mocks the idea that a few financiers in secret chambers could sway nations toward the gold standard during the 1896 campaign.
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Lerdon
Silver prices slip as U S and Europe face slump
During the closing week in September silver bars fell in New York from 57 16 cents per ounce to OF cents as markets in financial centers in the country and Europe show renewed weakness. The metal fluctuates rapidly in value, making it a doubtful safe option for adoption by any nation without international cooperation.
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New York
Bryanism in anarchy rhetoric warning
A Rapids Herald fragment argues that Louise Michel, if invited to the country, would likely preach Bryanism advocating free trade and free ruin and would denounce Mark Hanna and the Dingley tariff.
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Louise Michel
Mark Hanna
Tar and
Rapids Herald
Political Bird Shot and Economic Echoes Across Regions
The passage notes corn shocks in farming areas and debates among free silver advocates amid gold flows. It cites deficits under the Dingley and Wilson laws, contrasts mine conditions in Michigan owned by workers, and quotes A W Wright on Knights of Labor. The Philadelphia Record highlights the deficit under Dingley and wonders about Wilson law shortfalls.
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Tianna
Michigan
A. W. Wright
Knights of Labor
Philadelphia Record
Export surge under Dingley tariff defies free-trade claims
Special Washington correspondence notes record August exports of domestic merchandise at 79.49 million dollars, a new high under the Dingley tariff. Eight months into the year show a growing surplus with Europe and strong gains in South America, while Secretary Wilson promotes farmer franking for sugar beet samples and highlights Agriculture Department work on roads markets and forestry for future farm prosperity.
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South America
Argentina
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Agricultural Department
What About Corn Pork and Wool
The author argues that rising farm prices reflect increased domestic consumption as workers earn more and spend on better food. He states that employment and higher wages boost food demand, implying protectionist tariffs support farming by lifting wages and consumption.
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United States
Gold Power Threat Harming Free Coinage U.S. States
A speaker warns that foreign gold influence from England has flooded U S ports, boosting gold circulation by fifty million this year and nearly a hundred million overall, undermining the Chicago and other free coinage platforms and threatening national financial liberty.
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Wheat Will Keep Up
European crop reports confirm estimated shortages and show foreign demand will sustain American breadstuff prices. The property of the American farmer is not a myth in any sense of the word.
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