Tariff Reform Debate Within the Republican Party
The piece notes growing Republican impatience with a radical minority clinging to the Dingley tariff. It cites St Louis Republic commentary and asserts McKinley favored tariff revision. It discusses the challenge of retreating from high protection without fracturing the party and signals momentum toward tariff reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tari
United States
St. Louis Republic
McKinley
Brence
Repubcan
Cuba Left to Fate Amid Trade Row and Betrayal
Kansas City Star laments national honor sacrificed as Republican Congress blocks reciprocity with Cuba. It argues sugar interests override promises to protect Cuba’s welfare and warns Roosevelt’s aims are stifled by party loyalty. The piece predicts political judgment when voters decide the House’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Republican Congress
Islan
McKinley
Roosevelt
Congress
House of Representatives
Democratic Tariff Reform Urgency and Political Rhetoric
The piece argues that the Republican party lacks readiness to act on tariff issues while the Democratic party must press tariff reform with vigor. It cites high protection as harming consumers, calls for a decisive settlement from the public’s viewpoint, and notes tensions around trusts and protectionist interests. It also critiques current investigations into coal strikes and references Ohio political meddling and a quip about money in a soprano’s voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Democratic Party
Uncle Sant
United States
Astle
Tilden
Cleveland
Wool-Tying Box and Farm Tips From Old Columns
Wayne County Indiana producer Abner Roach shares a self-explanatory wool-tying box design with raised end piece and tie stick, while farm notes discuss apple pomace feeding values, grindstone water drips, garden variety counts, peach Chairs Choice, pasture for growing hogs, charcoal for fowl health, and pest control methods for cantaloupes and melons with netting for insect protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner Roach
Wayne County
Ind
Lana
Repairing china with white lead and egg plaster
A household column offers methods for mending china using white lead cement and white of egg with plaster, plus wrapping and burying the pieces to set, then tapping a 24 hour wait for hardening. Also includes a baked tapioca pudding recipe with milk, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and lemon rind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Mother and home life shaping husbands and morals
A late 19th or early 20th century column explores mothers sacrificing personal pleasure for family duties, arguing neglectful fathers and weak husbands harm morals. It discusses women’s beauty myths, sewing and wardrobe repairs, and notes Edith Locke as Texas’s first woman lawyer, plus a piece on punishing bad husbands and the home’s moral climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda
Beulah
Sahara
Texan
Edith Lucko
Texas
Cage
California
George K. Wood
Locke
Harper's Weekly
Howe
Nie
Pittsburg Dispatch
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Kansas City Star
Lre
Spain
Pelident Party
Republic
Chicago American
Wright
Albany
Argus
Ohio
Oho
Buckeye
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia Bulletin
Ces
Tre
Pec
Chicago
Ameri
Vermont Experiment Station
New England
Department of Agriculture
I T
New Yorke
Smany
Plac
Charley
Wome
Jane Shirkle
Clinton
Certainnyere
National Association of Con Operators
Shirlig
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