Pointer to Farmers and Protectionist View on Work and Trade
A 19th century arguments piece argues that farmers thrive when mines and mills operate, praising wage employment and domestic demand. It contrasts protectionist policy with free trade, claiming protection keeps work in American hands, boosts farming and manufacturing, and contrasts U S trends with England's prosperity under free trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bego
Ife
Unis
Republican Party
Louisville
England
America
Free Coinage Question Draws Buckley View at Lake Chautauqua
Reverend J M Buckley editor of the New York Christian Advocate faced a Lake Chautauqua Assembly audience query on free coinage of silver and its impact on missionary budgets. He cited India silver rupee devaluations and a denomination spending about 800000 in gold yearly, warning that silver money would reshape contracts and salaries in foreign missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Buckley
New York Christian Advocate
Lake Chautauqua
United States
India
Europe
Boston
Dairy and Poultry Crop Notes In Hard Times
In 1896 the dairy and poultry sector shows resilience as reduced foreign wheat supplies ease conditions. Notes discuss butter yields per cow, a Vermont example achieving three pounds daily and 400 pounds yearly potential, and emphasize careful feed, steady handling, and market prices. Also covers ground water for crops, berry cultivation, root health, pollenization issues, and season-long horticultural care for fruit quality and yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Moseley
Nebraska
John Pritchard
Castleton
Rutand County
Jersey
M. A.thayer
Free trade versus silver coinage drains wage earners
The piece contrasts free trade with free silver, arguing tariffs defend industrial prosperity amid populist calls for bimetallism. It cites Japan under a silver standard, showing rising prices and stagnant real wages, and questions the 1873 coinage act while warning that private free coinage would erase wage payment parity with gold. An anecdote notes gold’s price swing tied to wartime outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayan
Japan
Silver price parity and bullion metal dynamics across nations
The discussion denies a silver price doubling from a 58 cent to dollar shift and explains price is driven by production cost and trust. It recalls historical parity, shifts in silver mining cost, metallurgical advances, and the move by England France Germany and Austria toward gold, with India cited as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Austria
India
Latin Union
United States
England
France
Sound Money and Prosperity from Protective Policy
The Scranton Tribune argues nations prosper when money supports domestic manufacturing. It recalls four years of high wages, full employment, busy industries, robust commerce, and farm demand under protection. It urges returning to those protective conditions to restore prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Scranton (Pa) Tribune
Fineness of Soil Impacts Water Absorption and Plant Growth
Professor Milton Whitney of Johns Hopkins University explains how soil grain size affects surface area and air spaces, influencing water adherence and root growth. He notes finer soils yield more surface area per cubic foot, while coarse sands compact less air, and warns wetlands waste manure through vapor losses affecting neighboring lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Whitney
Johns Hopxing University
Maryland
Language origins and Hebrew roots debate among scholars
The text notes rabbinic views that Adam spoke Hebrew and cites philologists arguing all languages derive from a single root. Geiger claims all words come from a few simple sounds, while Jager Bleek Muller and others view language as a social development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
Geiger
Jager
Bleek
Muller
Aging in Oddities and Patent Medicine Patter
Aging notices from Ohio and Indiana highlight long life and odd medical claims. A touts a 93 year old smoker, a 90 year old denture buyer, and an 85 year old washer, while a quacklike ad touts a vegetable-based patent medicine as universal remedy for liver digestion and rheumatic ailments.
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Buckley
Dairy and Poultry
United Kingdom
Paris
Dunkirk
Calais
Lille
Sia
W. F. H. Storer
Moors
Great Britain
Detroit Journal
Mark
Hung Chang
C. F. Wile Johs
Doylestown
Ohio
Francis Bergmeyer
Canton
Richmond
Ind
Elizabeth Tay
Kanefi
Colorado
Utah
Black Hills
Wyoming
Texas
Oklahoma
Amecns
New Mexico
Iowa
South Dakota
Francis
Omaha
Neb
Hall & Co
NHL
Mleaaunt
rite ‘M_ PURDY
Manacor
Missosid Livestock Company
Neosho
Swinspurt
Ses
Nils Sam Actuing CO
Cho Ase
Thorn
Ona Po
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