Tariff Reform Talk At Reform Club Dinner
M Shepard presided at the Tariff Committee dinner of the Reform Club on Fifth Avenue and Twenty Seventh Street. Ex Mayor Josiah Quincy urged Democratic tariff reform while Lloyd George era free trade advocates pressed for a conference to push free trade and curb trusts.
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Reform Club
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Wallace MacFarlane
Grover Cleveland
Roosevelt
Bird
Coler
MacFarlane
Josiah Quincey
Boston
Democratic Party
East
Massachusetts
Henry W. Lamb
New England Free Trade League
Edward M. Shepard
Brooklyn
Federal Republic
United States
Nower
Shepard
Andrew Carnegie
John de Witt. Warner
Calvin Tomkins
Club
Spain
New England
Republican Party
Democratic
Free Trade
Traffic Rates Hoisted Across Lines East of Chicago
Chicago December 19 traffic officials announce broad rate increases of about five percent across lines east of Chicago. New schedules take effect after January 1 and are fully operative by January 15. Commodity rates see major reshaping with about half removed and reclassified, driven by higher costs in railway construction and use. Western lines plan gains on January 1 with restoration of 60 percent of previously reduced tariffs as court injunctions unwind.
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Chicago
Wstern
United States
Canadian Society Dines Debating Canada and Monroe Doctrine
Sir Frederick W. Borden addressed the Canadian Society of New York at Delmonico's dinner, urging unity with the United States while preserving Canada’s independence. Speakers included Sir Percy Sanderson and Augustus Van Wyck. The event featured American and British flags, floral décor, and toasts to the President, King Edward, and Canada.
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Canadian Society of New York
Society
Delmonico’s
Frederick W. Borden
Canada
James Douglas
Percy Sanderson
Sir Frederick Borden
United States
Dominion of Canada
North Pole
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Lord Canning
England
British Empire
Sir Frederick
John S. Wise
Augustus van Wyck
Muen
Investigating Rail Rates on Imported Freight
The Inter state Commerce Commission opened hearings in the Federal Building to study railroad rates for imported freight. Witnesses cited lower rates for foreign goods moving inland, with testimony from Baltimore and Ohio Freight Traffic Manager C. S. White and others noting port competition and rate differentials.
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United States Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal
United States
Martin A. Knapp
Charles A. Prouty
J. D. Yeomans
E. A. Moseley
M. S. Decker
J. T. Marchand
C. S. White
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Comany
Baltimore and Ohio
New York
Chicago
iWhite
Ite
Albert Meyer
Vulcanite Cement Company
Delaware River
New Jersey
East St. Louis
Antwerp
Hamburg
S Frank Harriott
Ballast Crockery Raises Shipping Tariff Questions
At the commission hearing on ballast costs and rail ship freight, experts debated if banning railroads from undercharging for imports would hurt or help trade. Witnesses noted ocean freights lack a standard tariff and that ballast cement costs varied, while railway tariffs aim to align with other ports. The panel adjourned for lack of witnesses and prepared to return to Washington.
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Samuel Bettle
International Navigation Company
Mr. Bettle
Nathan Guilford
New York Central Railroad
New York
Washington
Abolish Second Class Fares From New England
Boston dispatch reports the abolition of second class fares from New England to the United States effective immediately. The announcement states full passenger service will be restructured with equitable pricing. Officials indicate the change aims to simplify travel and boost regional commerce.
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New York Times
Boston
New England
Beaded and Patent Leather Slippers in Various Styles
The list catalogs footwear items including beaded kid slippers with open work and side button Louis heel, three strap beaded Louis XV style slippers, patent leather three strap slippers with Louis XV heels, and white kid strap slippers. Pieces mention brands or stores obliquely and mix fragmented notes about sale or display.
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Dull Kid
du Barry
Louis
Shoes for Little Folks at Notable Low Prices
Local shoe store advertises well made fittings for boys and girls with prices ranging from 1.50 to 3.00 dollars. Boys shoes listed at 1.65 1.85 2.00 2.50 and 2.75. Girls shoes listed at 1.50 2.00 2.50 2.65 and 3.00.
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Norfolk
Sailor
Rates Change For Western Freight From Boston
The text explains a roughly 12 percent rise for western shipments excluding Boston and Albany and Boston and Maine. It notes the Montreal route and Canadian lines remain impractical to modify old conditions. Second class Boston rates were set about eighteen years ago and unchanged until now.
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West
Boston
Albany
Maine
Montreal
Gwatkin Named General Manager of Guatemala Northern Railroad
Charles Otey Gwatkin, former General Eastern Agent of the Wisconsin Central, appointed General Manager of the Guatemala Northern Railroad with headquarters in Guatemala City. He will depart New York for his post this Sunday. Gwatkin, a Lynchburg Virginia native, started in 1880 with the Greatest Western Dispatch Fast Freight Line in Binghamton, and has since held various railway posts. The Louisville Nashville Railroad directors in Louisville re elected their old officers. A. W. Morris, earlier chosen to fill the late Second Vice President vacancy, was re elected to that office.
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Philadelphia
Charles Otey Gwatkin
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Guatemala Northern Railroad
Guatemala City
New York
Mr. Gwatkin
Lynchburg
Binghamton
N. Y
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
A. W. Morris
B&O Names Changes In Maintenance of Way Staff
General Manager G L Potter of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announced the appointment of M L Byers as assistant to the General Manager and J B Dickson as Engineer Maintenance of Way, replacing Byers.
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Baltimore
G. L. Potter
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
M .L. Byers
J. B. Dickson
Byers
State sets new height and weight rules for NYC patrolmen
The State Civil Service Commission approved an amendment to New York City Civil Service rules establishing a new minimum height of 5 feet 6 1 4 inches for patrolmen and a weight of 136 pounds, down from 141 1 4. Coroners' clerks move to the exempt list and medical internes to the competitive list per the transfer rule.
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Albany
N. Y
State Civil Service Commission
New York City
Civil Service
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