Davis on the Sub Treasury Bill and wages
Massachusetts Senator Davis argues wages are set by market demand and supply, not bank paper. He classifies labor into agricultural, manufacturing, and commercial and questions the necessity and inflation of a larger circulating medium. He challenges the bill’s premise and asks for proof of any excess money in circulation beyond urgent business needs.
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China
Senate
Boston
New York
France
Germany
Inflation Debate on Money Supply and Wages
The essay argues that money and property fluctuate with inflation and that determining the proper circulation is impossible by fixed totals. It critiques a Pennsylvania senator’s plan to cut wages and property, showing how reduced wages would raise the cost of foreign goods and hurt laborers and exporters alike.
The Free Trade Debate and Tax on Labor Explains Costs
A Senate debate is presented arguing that exporting profits from cotton will tax consumers of foreign goods. The speaker warns wages and property would fall by half while money gains value, harming laborers and debtors and enriching rich creditors. The plan is portrayed as sectional oppression enriching planters.
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Europe
Jmen
Persuit
Massachusetts
Asia
Massachusetts Senator Warns Against Wage Cutting Doctrines
A Massachusetts senator denounces proposed wage and property reductions, arguing such policies lower labor conditions, erode national prosperity, and invite foreign competition. He urges workers to resist by voting, stressing the danger to independence, moral culture, and economic health.
Wages in France and European Working Class Conditions
Mr Davis cites Porter's Progress of the Nation and Wade's history to show European working class subsistence levels and the impact on American labor. The note warns that cheap production lowers living standards, urging US workers to consider how wages and freedoms would be affected. It cites Calais Boulogne Nantes as examples of daily wages for common laborers with or without board.
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Davis
Porter
Wade
Europe
United States
France
Calais
Boulogne
Nantes
Wages and living conditions across European regions
The article lists daily wages and living provisions in Sweden Bavaria Belgium Italy Savony Germany Netherlands and Belgium with board or without, noting scarce meat and bread types. It contrasts wages for skilled versus unskilled labor and includes a vivid Illinois anecdote about an old Harrison era confrontation and temperance pledges in Pottsville.
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Ling
Marseilles
Sweden
Bavaria
Belgium
Germany
Dantzig
Mecklenburgh
Holstein
Netherlands
South Helland
North
Tuscany
Savony
England
Porter
United States
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MR. Davis
Clermont Courier
Givin
Batavia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Chen
Illinois
Harrison
Loco Foco
Cin. News
Journal
Pottsville
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