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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1900
Page
2
The central committee recommends each precinct committeeman call his caucus time and place. If neglected, Republican voters meet at 4 p.m. on Saturday at their precinct voting place to select delegates and nominate township officers. F. E. Dotson, Chairman County Republican Central Committee.
The Republican Sixth District delegate convention will be held in Albia on Wednesday July 11 at 11 am to nominate a candidate for Congress. Jasper County gets 18 delegates. Delegates should be selected when choosing state convention delegates.
The Republican state convention met in Des Moines on August 1 1900 at 11 am to nominate candidates for Secretary of State Auditor of State Treasurer Attorney General Supreme Court Judge Railroad Commissioner and electors at large and per district. Jasper County has 18 delegates. H C Weaver chaired with C W Phillips as secretary.
Provisions and mineral oils push export values higher across ten months of the current fiscal year ending April 20, the strongest since 1892. The report highlights cotton as a key driver, with minerals and provisions adding to the surge in overall shipments.
The total money in circulation rose by 182 percent over the last thirty years and bank deposits increased by 327 percent, reflecting significant expansion in monetary aggregates and financial intermediation amid long term economic trends.
A farmer argues that foreign markets hold value as exports of agricultural products have grown by 117 percent in thirty years, challenging views that external demand is unimportant to farmers.
The record notes that in 1895 the cost of foreign goods was unaffordable and the Democratic revenue under its tariff totaled 131,818,530. It contrasts this with the previous year’s Republican protective tariff revenue of 206,128,471.
In Congress four shipping bill reports, filed this session, all declare against free American registry of foreign built ships. The free ship proposition for the United States is described as dead as Pharaoh.
The text notes a pending bill in Congress aiming to stop importing and exporting costs from foreign steam ships costing about 200 million dollars annually. It also mentions ongoing actions by the Administration against Necier and associates over Cuban postal frauds, with no sentence pronounced yet.
The Republican party has consistently worked to strengthen the American Navy while the Democratic party has opposed expansion at every opportunity. The United States now spans a domain nearly three times larger than at nationhood, with most growth occurring under the party that currently opposes expansion.
Arbuckle Sugar Refining co owns stock in the Trust’s coffee factory and secures the right to inspect its books after a decisive Ohio court ruling. The decision marks another strike against the Trust, described by critics as an octopus-like monopoly.
The Ways and Means Committee declined Representative Richardson's proposal to admit sugar and molasses from Cuba and Porto Rico without duty. It would have cost $14,060,000, effectively gifting money to the Sugar Trust.
The record of President McKinley’s first term will not be complete without measures to strengthen the merchant marine for foreign trade. Congress will take up this issue when the session opens next December.
The text states there will be no campaign on the shipping issue in the upcoming period. It claims the American people favor effective legislation and that Congress is pledged to pass it during the short session.
The recently concluded Congress session votes in favor of the shipping bill, and while it may have accomplished little else, it has at least buried the so called free ship proposition which, upon examination, is found to be a measure promoting British shipbuilding.
Since 1870 the United States population grew 100 percent while cotton production rose 300 percent. The larger rise in production relative to population means the price drop was less than 100 percent and American mills increased cotton use by 300 percent, signaling a expanding home market.
The Iowa Central Railway offers one fare round trips for several conventions. Prohibition State and National Conventions in Chicago June 26 to 28 tickets on sale June 25 26 27 and return by July 2. Democratic National Convention in Kansas City July 4 tickets on sale July 2 3 4 return by July 10. National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic in Chicago August 27 to September 1 tickets on sale August 25 29 return September 1. Inquiries via coupon ticket agents or Geo S Batty Marshalltown Ia.
A letter from Fannie Williams of Buchanan Michigan praises Grain-O of Genesee Pure Food Co. Le Roy New York as a healthy coffee substitute. She notes her mother, a heavy coffee drinker, now avoids coffee entirely and the family uses a package each week.
A review lauds the Biggle Horse Book for comprehensive horse management guidance on breeds feeding harness and care with 128 pages and cloth binding. It recommends every horse driver own a copy at 50 cents from Wilmer Atkinson Co. Also promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for constipation and related ailments with a 25 cent price at W O Foster’s drug store.
A fragmented 19th century advertisement notes a 10 cent receipt and note books sale at a office. It lists Jasper’s lumber yard wind mill tower materials Stevens’ grocery window glass and Stevens’ Best Flour. An English Spavin Liniment promises to cure horse blemishes with a $50 saving claim sold by Kennepy Newton Iowa.
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