Import duty bill to protect magnesite industry
The House passed a bill imposing a three quarters of a cent per pound import duty on magnesite to end dependence on Austria, preserve a domestic 500000 ton annual output, and keep about 3 million dollars yearly for American labor and materials. Steel makers expect only a small rise in steel costs, and a future American magnesite industry could lower prices much like the tin-plate case.
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America
Austria
House
of Representatives
California
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Germany
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
J. W. Fordney
Michigan
Finance Committee
Senate
Destructive Competition Hit As Duty Keeps Millions In US
The text argues that American magnesite miners can lessen costs and that a duty would keep about $3,000,000 annually in the United States. It claims each kept dollar multiplies through industry, suggesting the duty will generate roughly $30,000,000 in U S business yearly, instead boosting Austrian trade to the same level.
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United States
America
Origins of Christmas Cards Through History
The London Mail notes early claimants like W. C. T. Dobson and John C. Horsley to designing the first Christmas card in 1844 and 1843 respectively. It traces earlier Chinese New Year picture traditions in laundries, the rise of Christmas card sales around 1845 to 1846, and credit to American Prang cards for quality design.
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W. C. T. Dobson
John C. Horsley
Sir Henry Cole
China
Europe
London Mail
The Reason The Vicar Keeps The Church Locked
A visitor to a parish church hears an old woman insist the door is always bolted She wonders if the vicar blocks entry to prevent worship or God from entering and seeing the parish's state The tale reflects on church access and concern for sanctity and accountability
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Osceola
Salinity Variations Across Seas and Ocean Layers
The article explains that sea water salinity varies with depth and location due to freshwater inflows and evaporation. It notes that dissolved minerals average about three and a half ounces per thousand pounds of water, yielding roughly 35 pounds of minerals per thousand pounds, with 27/4 pounds as common salt and about 5 pounds as magnesium salts, plus lime and trace substances.
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Onv Bank
The
Osceola Bank
Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Co
Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska State Railway Commission
G. H. Presson
Stromsburg
CG. P. Russell, Sec’y
Telephone Bldg
Lincoln, Nebr
Charles Austin Bates
Siam
Alaska
Dep't
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