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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1897
Page
4
Discussion of Cuban struggle under Madrid, U S sympathy, and impact on US politics. Commentary notes rising Southern export growth and iron production, contrasting national declines with Southern gains. Brief items include global health, rail links, English education in Japan, and philanthropy in New York.
Advertisement rates listed at 7 cents for first insertion, 7 cents for each subsequent insertion, or 5.6 cents when on every other day. Notices charge 20 cents for first insertion, 12 cents for each follow up, 1.6 cents for alternate days. New York office Ralph McEly, Special Representative. Virginian cannot be held responsible for return of rejected communications or manuscripts.
A collage of clipped items from Chicago and national papers covers debates on Hawaii annexation sugar interests and foreign policy. It notes dust particle physics from a smoker, criticizes Secretary Sherman, mentions Debs, and references a mock “closest approach” to reform. It also includes satirical jabs at newspapers and a local insanity anecdote from California.
The Baltimore American reports a sharp fall in US Cuba trade from 1893 to 1896, with total yearly value dropping from 102 million to about 47.5 million and nine month figures near 15 million. Imports and exports from 1895 to 1897 show further erosion as property losses mount. The piece urges stronger federal action on the Cuban question, noting the Hawaiian matter as a benchmark.
The Washington Star mocks Alfred Austin as Poet Laureate for a Jubilee ode claiming it trivial and imbecile, while noting his meager $135 annual salary. Critics urge England to pay a respectable salary or abolish the humiliating post.
A prominent New England businessman's survey shows South advantages in cotton textile production. He notes Southern brick mills cost about 20 percent less to build, Alabama coal lowers steam power, wages favor the South by 40 to 60 percent, transport savings, and low taxes with premiums offered by towns or states. These factors, plus other unnamed benefits, explain New England's struggle against Southern mills.
The New York Herald doubts Spain will accept General Woodford as minister to Spain, citing his Cooper Union Cuba speech denouncing Spain. It notes the fundraising meeting for the Cuban war and quotes Woodford stating the Cubans were justified to take up arms against Spanish rule.
The item lists various social notes: Dr James Martineau as dean of authors for the jubilee, J Nat Harbin presumed dead then alive in Mexico, Duc d Aumale as literary executors adviser, Chaplain Henry Masterman at Queen Victoria's welding, Earl of Ranfurly bound for New Zealand with heavy baggage, Dr James Woodrow resigning as president of South Carolina College, and General Lew Wallace referencing a Genesis line about a sun son of.
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