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Returning Prosperity An Old Debate On Trade and Wages
The article traces fluctuations in U S trade and industry from 1881 to the late 1890s, noting cycles of boom and panic, tariff and currency uncertainty, and rising prices. It cites wage gains, higher prices for staples, broad demand for food clothing and metals, and states there are over a million more wage earners today versus before the last election, with wage advances of ten to fifteen percent. It also mentions bountiful harvests, higher wages, and ongoing prosperity evidenced by crop yields and employment gains, plus a local anecdote about an eagle captured near Warm Creek and a report on Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy sale.
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