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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1888
Page
4
Absent sources warn of excessive postmaster removals while Ken tucky combats a defaulter treasurer as Iowa enforces prohibition via alleged bribe schemes. The Reflector touts reformist critique of Chronicle ties, cites Dr. N S Davis on temperance substitutes, praises Judge Gresham, and condemns Mills Tariff maneuvers with minority objections detailing exclusion, inquiry blockades, and broad industry impact.
The Ways and Means minority denounces the Mills tariff bill as crafted without minority input and pushed to passage. It argues wool should remain protected to shield American growers from foreign competition and warns that removing duties could devastate domestic industry, labor, and farming while boosting foreign imports and harming steel rail production.
The President warned last December that the growing surplus posed risk to the business country. He argued the treasury could, and should, apply surplus funds or issue United States bonds to reduce debt. Congress failed to act, missing a chance to abolish tobacco taxes and relieve agricultural pain, potentially cutting a large surplus and lowering revenue. The piece critiques the House majority for not passing a revenue bill and notes partisan control shifts from 1866 to 1888 with large revenue reductions under Republican and smaller cuts under Democrats.
A political pamphlet argues the coming election will test labor’s welfare under free trade. It cites potters' wages in the U.S. and England, tariff history, and the impact on domestic manufacturing, warning that reduced tariffs would shrink workers’ pay and threaten industry. It also condemns Democratic moves on wheat shipping and domestic production, and ends with a note on Oklahoma tribal classifications and land per capita.
A vigorous ad highlights bleached muslins 5 to 12 cents and ginghams at 6 cents per yard. It promotes dress fabrics including a heavy lawn substitute batiste, Percales, Penangs, and a large French sateen line with steep markdowns from 23 to 79 cents. Miss Patton’s millinery skills are touted with Eastern styling influence.
The shop showcases Figured India silks ideal for summer wear and claims lower prices than competitors. It touts Zofs yard width, puritan grain silks at 1.06 per yard, and a broad black silk assortment ranging from 0.85 to 2.00 plus novelty Valenciennes flouncings. The dealer emphasizes customer savings and flexible piece purchases without yard-pattern constraints.
Dress goods never looked so pretty this season with handsome novelty patterns and uniform quality. Silk wasp Henrietta French Plaids Pekin stripes and brocade dress goods featured, plus half wool cashmeres at 4 9 cents. DeLaines at 25 cents per yard and new prints, ginghams, and indigo blue prints in sturdy calicoes for service.
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