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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1883
Page
4
STROTHER BROTHERS editors and publishers announce subscription terms for Corry. One year at 52 se. six months for advertising rates and reasonable terms. The Democratic county ticket lists Thomas Kirby for Treasurer J Miller for Sheriff and William Perkins for Coroner.
The writer questions Republican leaders’ habit of burying feuds while citing 1860s records. He notes a prominent gentleman’s appearances in the East and in Minnesota and Wisconsin, claims his East visit sent pleasure seekers home with cold teeth, and says his North West tour damaged crops. In Kansas the air bites and signals summer’s end.
In this reading the Republicans claim Ohio will hold a Republican majority next month while Democrats counter with Iowa. The dialogue shifts to playful rhetoric about Horatio and a cloud resembling a weasel, reflecting political banter and satire rather than a firm outcome.
After a lengthy trial at Gallatin Missouri the jury returned a not guilty verdict last Thursday at four o clock. The evidence was likely insufficient for conviction yet a hung jury on general principles might have been safer given the outlaw Frank James brutal reputation. The article notes public dissatisfaction with the verdict.
An essay on how labor and capital face protectionist policy. Jay Gould testifies that labor is governed by supply and demand and cites immigration as creating a labor surplus. The piece argues protected industries must balance tariffs with worker protection, warning of paradoxes in free trade versus protection.
Withdrawal of Blackburn from the speakership contest sharpens the choice between Cox of New York and Carlisle of Kentucky. Both are seen as tariff reformers likely to satisfy West free traders. Democrats rally for tariff for revenue only and oppose monopolies. Randall as a protectionist would threaten the party, so Carlisle leads among contenders. The West and East workers will shape the next campaign.
The RefLector endorses Mr J J Miller for Dickinson county sheriff praising eight years residency in the county and as Abilene City Marshal. It states his conduct has been gentlemanly and honorable, and that if elected he will be an efficient sheriff.
A historical analysis argues tariffs did not raise real wages. Wages rose nominally after 1846 but inflation and war-era currency effects masked true gains. By 1880 real wages lagged 1850 and 1860 levels, with purchasing power often declining despite tariff increases.
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