Subsidizing Railways and Global Trade Echoes
The article argues Canada should retain more government control over subsidized railways built with public funds. It contrasts unregulated Canadian lines with highly regulated U.S. routes across the border and critiques subsidies as enriching promoters over public interests. It notes India’s rising tea exports under British rule and praises McCormick’s American exhibit awards including multiple medals and the binder’s top prize in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Parlisent
United States Commissions of Interstate Commerce
China
India
Britain
Population estimates of China by W B Parsons
Harper's Weekly reprints Mr. Parsons findings from Chinese travels noting that current population figures are conjectural and soil could sustain many more people. He cites Sze-chuen Hupeh Hunan and Kwang-tung with estimates ranging from 30 to 73 million and argues against a 400 million cap, leaning toward under 200 million.
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China
W. B. Parsons
Harper’s Weekly
Parsons
Pekin
Sze-chuen
Chung-king
Mr. Parsons
Hupeh
Hunan
Kwang-tung
New York State
New York
New York City
Buffalo
Albany
Syracuse
Rochester
McCormick Wins Paris Exposition Grand Prize
The McCormick Harvesting Machine Company of Chicago earned the top prize at the Paris Exposition for harvesting machines. It also received a gold medal for binder twine, marking the company’s high honors in the exhibit.
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McCormicks
McCormick Machines
America
McCormick
Coulommiers
France
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company of
Chicago
McCormick Company
Montreal swindle ad offers 4 percent monthly returns
A circular from E. C. Mackay & Co promises four percent a month on forwarded money and half the principal returned on demand, with the rest after thirty days. The scheme relies on new remittances to pay earlier investors until it collapses. The note urges reporting to police. Yukon mining changes favor individual miners over hydraulic companies and limit government retention of creek blocks.
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Montreal
E. C. Mackay & Co
Hudson
New York
Yukon
Advertising Gospel
An advertiser sows seeds of notices across media while street cleaners collect discarded handbills and theatre programs. Some flyers fall into concert audiences and crumble on floors. Fake schemes fail to gain traction, while legitimate newspapers carry the message into homes.
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Che Russell Banner
Cation
Queen's Sc
Ren
Mom Tyre
Awrtion
Salem
San
Sale Exchange
Biork
Transvaal
Advertising Gospel
Gamera
Toronto
Ledingham
John J. Moon
Russell
Lewis
Birtle
J. W. Fraser
Tao Tatior
Russell Banner Rom
Binscarth
Vii Scientific Fimerican
Ee Sypcan
Ena
Oral Utm & Co
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