The Tottering Tariff Wall and Tariff Reform Debate
The New York Times reports on the Gatun Dam's stability versus the tottering tariff wall as taft and The Tribune push for tariff revision. It explains the Taft doctrine to align duties with production costs abroad and at home, urging fair protection and avoiding excess profits for producers.
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Gatun
Ta ¥ Ft
the Tribune
Horace Greeley
Tart
The
Tribune
Taft
The Presidents Salary Trend and Proposals
The article argues for a substantial salary increase for the President, noting population growth and expanded national responsibilities since the current rate was set. It suggests $100,000 as modest and claims a figure near a quarter of a million would still be insufficient given the modern scope of the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Grant
Republic
Appalachians
Congress
Taft Doctrine discussed by H E Miles on tariff effects
Mr H E Miles, a protectionist and agricultural implement maker, analyzes tariff impact and steel costs as discussed with The Times. He argues labor costs are stable, cites ore and transportation as key cost factors, and notes foreign price differences drive American cost assessments.
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Taft
H. E. Miles
National Association of Manufacturers
Miles
the Times
Schwab
Committee of Ways and Means
Mies
Syndicated painting prompts debate over authorship and unity of creation
Henry B Fuller admits he is H B Fuller Limited and that the Carnegie prize painting is syndicate work. Critics praise his frankness but doubt collective painting replaces individual authorship, noting Sargent Abbey and other masters as exceptions. Suggestions emerge for collaboration in art as in literature, while acknowledging Foster’s prize win under his own signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Fuller
H. B. Fuller, Limited
Fuller
Sargent
Boston Museum
Abbey
Fulham Road
Boston Pictures
van Eycx
Erckmann
Chatrian
London
Foster
Tariff Issue Shifts as Republicans Claim Democratic Support
The piece argues the Democratic Party warned of the Republicans stealing the tariff issue and now accuses Republicans of adopting tariff reform to win voters. It contends public demand for tariff revision has grown and the Republicans will gain broad Democratic backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Tariff principle debated by Tarr and allies in early era
The passage outlines Tarr’s tariff stance that protection should equal the cost gap between domestic and foreign production plus a fair profit. it argues for a non political, fact based rate fixing via a permanent commission, criticizing Congress for ad hoc bargaining and praising executive branch clarity. It critiques moral decline and rising militant rhetoric in Washington.
Old Adam style clash ends in street fight among clergy
In Albany this week a Presbyterian minister and a Methodist clergyman clashed over a sermon at a union service. The quarrel grew into a street fight with blows exchanged. They later shook hands and the dispute appeared to be settled as a draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
East End
Albany
Presbyterian
Santa Claus on the Fraud List
The Postmaster General reversed a previous action and ends delivering and answering letters to Santa Claus. The piece argues the change corrects a serious charitable misjudgment and condemns the rise of mendacity in letters to Santa, noting public education on charity has improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Post Office Department
United States
Mary Willcox Glenn
Charities
Kaiser May Join Teetotaler Ranks In Public Fashion
The piece argues the Kaiser likely has sworn off alcohol to set a sober example in Germany. It notes public interest in teetotalism, cites scientific concerns about moderate drinking, and suggests such a royal pledge could boost abstinence trends among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Pseudo-Champagne
Advice to a Butcher exposes graft in trades
Letter to the editor from W. W. Hallock, dated December 17 1908, argues graft is widespread in business. He contends cooks and housekeepers seek rebates and commissions like other workers, alleging secret payments influence purchases across printers ink fuel and stereotope metals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
W. W. Hallock
New York
The Need for Women’s Vote Questioned by Margaret Gardiner
Albany resident Margaret Doane Gardiner argues against Suffragette claims in a December 1908 letter. She contends practical need for a vote is unclear and that representation by educated women is overstated. Gardiner cites Helen Kendrick Johnson and notes laws improved by men before suffrage. She warns against fanaticism and urges common sense in voting need.
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New York Times
Legislative Committee
State Federation of Women's Clubs
New York State
Helen Kendrick Johnson
Gage
Stanton
Anthony
Margaret Doane Gardiner
Albany, N. Y
Incarcerating Jurors and the Call for Reform
A New York letter from December 17 1908 argues jury service resembles incarceration and urges reforms. The writer praises jurors and Justice Crane while calling for higher quality juror material through a dignified, regular legal process.
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The
New York Times
TIMES
Harry Beckett
Crane
Bar Association
New York
Christmas Ring From Elaine Darling
A nostalgic poem recalls a Colonial hall decorated for Christmas with holly pine and mistletoe. The narrator describes a festive ring of lovers, a fiddler named Joey, gleaming brass, a crystal mirror, and the shared carol joy ending as grandfather clocks chime.
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Joey
Fifth Avenue Bridge Delay and Street Widening Plan
The Board of Estimates delayed action on a bridge to carry Forty-second Street over Fifth Avenue and set January 15 for a public hearing. It also approved widening Forty-second Street between Madison and Sixth Avenues by sixteen feet, with sidewalk encroachments removed and most owners agreeing to comply.
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Board of Estimates
Forty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
Madison
Sixth Avenues
Mr. Coler
Mr. Metz
Coler
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sinking Fund Commission
Scows Carry No Life Buoys In City Waterways
An investigation by the Legal Aid Society reveals noncompliance with a July 1 federal safety law for scows and towboats on New York waters. It notes no life lines or buoys, no crew registers, and claims a government official warned delaying enforcement until March 4. The Brooklyn branch at 186 Remsen Street will close after two years of service to over 6,000 people due to lack of support.
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Legal Aid Society
New York
Congress
Department of
Brooklyn
Remsen Street
Wallkill siphon bids rejected by water board
The Board of Water Supply again rejects all bids for the Wallkill siphon construction in the new Catskill system. The lowest bidder Booth & Flynn of Pittsburgh lacked required experience for the $4 million contract. Other bidders include American Pipe Manufacturing, McArthur Brothers, Sonn & Hanger, Winston Brothers, Arthur McMillen, Pearson Company, and Bradley Contracting.
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Board of Water Supply
Wallkill
Catskill
Booth & Flynn
Pittsburg
Shaw
McNally Company
Peekskill
Pearson & Son
American Pipe Manufacturing
Comany
McArthur Brothers Company
A Son & Hanger
Winston Brothers
Arthur McMillen
Pearson Company
Bradley Contracting Company
Fire safety injunction blocks Flatbush Avenue college use
Justice Aspinall in Brooklyn Superior Court granted an injunction preventing parts of 34 and 36 Flatbush Avenue from serving as a business college. Corporation Counsel Pendleton filed suit citing Building Code sections requiring fireproof construction for schools over thirty six and a half feet. The judge rejected the referee’s age-based reading, saying pupil age is not material, portending far reaching effects for private schools citywide.
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Justice Aspinall
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue
Pendleton
Bolivia unveils new cabinet under Montes regime
President Montes names Benedicto Goytia as foreign affairs minister and Angel Diez de Medina as finance minister along with Jose Carrasco Daniel Sanchez Bustamante Julio La Faye and Isaac Aranibar to cabinet posts as Bolivia faces an extraordinary succession. Congress authorizes Montes to stay another year after the death of President elect Fernando Guadalla and a special presidential election is set for May 1909.
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Montes
Republic of
Bolivia
Benedicto Goytia
Angel Diez de Medina
José Carrasco
Daniel Sanchez Bustamante
Julio la Faye
Isaac Aranibar
Fernando Guadalla
Ismael Montes
Congress
National Congress of
Mills Back on Full Water Power After Dry Spell
Appleton Wisconsin December 18 The predicted paper famine from a long dry stretch has not occurred as Neenah and Menasha Water Power Company restores full 100 percent flow from Lake Winnebago into the Fox River. Mills from Menasha to Green Bay resume full operations with normal water power.
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Appleton, Wis
Neenah and
Murphy's Club Donates 1500 to District Poor Fund
The Anawanda Club, a Tammany organization in the Twelfth Assembly District led by Charles F. Murphy, voted unanimously to distribute 1500 dollars among district residents through local will programs. The contribution was introduced by John J. Murphy, a Tammany leader.
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Murphy’s Club
Anawanda Club
Tammany Organization
Charles F. Murphy
John J. Murphy
Tammany Teager
Land Condemnation Casts Shadow Over Coogan's Bluff Sale
A Cassidy committee probe into a Highbridge Park extension exposes land condemned at a total city cost of about 1, a half million dollars with Chelsea Realty, linked to Edgar J. Levey of Title Insurance Co. of 183 Broadway, and Baker Barney ties. The land described as city lots included a 133 foot cliff and Coogan's Bluff near Amsterdam and Edgecomb Avenues, with ownership and payments traced through Stillings, Flannery, and others, amid years of hearings and appeals.
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Edgar J. Levey
Title Insurance Company
Broadway
Cassidy Legislative Committee
Metz
Highbridge Park
Washington Heights
Chelsea, Realty Company
Levey
Highbridge Paris
Coogan’s Bluff
Polo Grounds
Edgecomb
Amsterdam Avenues
John D. Baker
Charles T. Barney
Barney
Chelsea Realty Company
William E. Stillingg
Sidney Cowen
Stillings
Joseph A. Flannery
Hunts Point Park
Berea Land Company
Office of the Register of Deeds
Baker Holdings
Thomas E. Millard
Katherine van Valkenburg
William E. Stillings
Justice Dowleing
Supreme Court
Mfr
Millard
Flannery
Baker
Philadelphian
Board of Estimate
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Chi T. Barney
Chelsea Realty
Pany
Armg
Justice Dowling Som
Charles G. Moses
Harlem
Baker-Barney
Chelsea
Tiga Troller
Chelsea Realty Holdings
Ford Baker-Barney-Chelsea Realty
Diffe
Coogans
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T & Tr
B.C. Franck
Sec’y
Downtown
Wall Street
Washington
Philadelphia
Paris
Berlin
Times Square
Spruce Street
Washington Post
Public Ledger
Fleet St
Rue du Sentier
Friedrichstrasse
Jersey City
Newark
Mr. Tart
Dingley
McKinley
Cleveland
Ways and Means Committee
Carnegie
Scuwab
PR Npi Ae
Tarr
Tom Times
Danville
Adam
Fisti
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Fifth Avenue Bridge
6Th Avenues
Water Supply Board
Wisconsin
Land Gase
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