The Progressive Tariff Debate in Indiana and National Context
George Perkins visits Indianapolis to address a progressive banquet and discuss tariff policy. He claims 4,000,000 party members, contrasts with reality, and argues for a tariff commission and elastic tariff theory while Republicans emphasize Lincoln era policies and past achievements. The piece also notes tariff revenue discrepancies between Commerce and Treasury reports for 1914 and questions the missing funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Walbridge Perkins
National Progressive Party
Indianapolis
Perkins
Lincoln
Panama Canal
Ing
Treasury Department
Department
Department of Commerce
Free Sugar and Politics Tangle in Tariff Debate
The testimony of Frank C. Lowry links the Democratic National Committee to sugar importers in a campaign for free sugar. The piece argues refiners push free sugar to protect profits, undermine beet and cane growers, and deprive government revenue, while critiquing related labor and fortifications provisions and Swiss toy market promotion.
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Democratic National Committee
Frank C. Lowry
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Senate
Lowry
Congressional Committee
C. R.heike
The
Sugar Trust
Hardwick Congressional Committee
Germany's wartime self sufficiency and America First folly
In a Cleveland Daily Iron Trade inspired note, the author argues that Germany funded and built up its own war economy at home, while Great Britain and France pursued free trade. The piece criticizes American free traders as impractical pestilence-like ideologues and extols domestic production and the to-be builders of America.
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Washington
Ritter
Berne
Switzerland
United States
Germany
Santa Claus
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Legation
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
America
England
France
Cleveland
Daily Iron Trade
Sullivan Union
News of the World
British Prize Court Confiscates $15 Million In American Goods
The prize court in Britain seized about $15,000,000 worth of American products bound for neutral buyers and shipped before a blockade was declared at Washington. Officials say the action harms American shippers but is not a present issue for the Administration. The piece hints at a policy of cautious waiting.
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Washington
Wilson Faces Uncertain Congress After Bryan Departure
The article assesses Woodrow Wilson's grip on the next Congress without Bryan, noting Bryan's cabinet influence and resignations from Wilson aides. It questions Wilson's ability to push policy and his stance toward Carranza after Huerta.
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Woodrow Wilson
Bryan
Wilson
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Enie
Sullivan, Indiers
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Indiana Banker’s Association
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Tariff Commission
Chicago
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Taft
LaFollette
Perkins’ Party
Republican Party
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McAdoo
Wish
Tomaso Tan
Sentra
Ohio
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Louisiana
Texas
Hawaii
Porto Rico
House
Europe
Democratic Congress
War Department
Mexico
Carranza
Huerta
Terre Haute
Terrefiante Star
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ST. Louis
Daily Globe-Democrat
Globe-Democrat
Sullivan
Ind
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