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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1888
Page
4
An opinion piece questions U S sugar policy and its impact on American consumers and workers. It argues high import duties raise prices for all sugar, favor Louisi ana planters and sugar trusts, and burden households with higher costs while refiners profit. The author ponders whether protectionism persists or declines.
A harsh satire on William T. Coleman & Co of San Francisco as their borax monopoly collapses under talk of the Mills bill. The piece mocks protectionism and free trade, showing how exposure of a hypothetical Thibet borax market could bankrupt the company, with a tone of warning about American industry.
The Labor Signal of Indianapolis criticizes the Chicago convention for nominating Harrison. It notes organized labor opposed his Senate bid two years ago and warns that the selection may alienate voters in Indiana. The paper states it would not support Harrison due to his public record and stance.
Letters and editorials from the era rally against free trade, defending tariff taxes as essential for government funding. The text cites the Louisville Courier Journal and Chicago Herald, praising protectionist stance and criticizing monopolies and coal price rises while urging duties on luxuries to burden the rich more than laborers. It frames political outcomes as shaped by organized labor and tariff policy.
Sol Putnam writes in Belford's magazine that high tariffs make farmers sell at world markets while buying goods at dear prices. The piece argues democracy rises against oligarchy and nitrates socialists and nihilists, condemns alcohol reformers and banks, and critiques tariff policy, urging reforms and tax fairness.
Disappearance case of Hugh Mottram Brooks later known as Walter Horace Lenox Maxwell. In 1885 he and Charles Preller traveled from Liverpool to the United States, planned Australia trip, and Preller was murdered in room 144 at the Southern hotel in St. Louis. Maxwell fled to New Zealand, was captured in Auckland, extradited, tried in St. Louis, convicted May 10, 1886, and sentenced to death. He claims accidental chloroform death during a planned operation for Preller.
Norris buys H W Norris share of HW and W C Norris partnership of Tiona Pa. All bills due the firm to be paid to W C Norris who also pays all firm debts. The business will be continued by W C Norris.
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