Cleveland on tariff reform and railroads as national issue
Former President Grover Cleveland returns from a South shooting trip to a birthday flurry of telegrams and letters. He argues that denunciation of railroads is easy but dangerous, urges constructive policy and government supervision, and says tariff reform is fundamental to curb trusts and unify national growth. He calls Democrats to foreground tariff reform to clarify democracy and press toward international markets.
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New York
Tinea
Princeton
Mer
Buddy
Grover Cleveland
South
Astrday
Cleveland
Friends of Democracy
Dts
Democrats Face Tariff Report As Path To Victory
The passage urges Democrats to seize the tariff issue now to deny opponents the chance to take influence in the coming years. It highlights the need for party unity and a clear mission in this decisive hour, arguing protection-by-tariff is at the root of economic ills and praising Cleveland’s leadership as he speaks of duty and opportunity.
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Cleveland
Trade Chance in Ethiopia Opens Door to U S Commerce
Consul Robert P Skinner reports to the State Department that Abyssinia offers a promising field for American products. His 1903 negotiations with Menelik established a foundation for closer trade, granting reciprocal duties and transport rights, with optimism about Ethiopia’s growing foreign trade and wealth.
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Hing’ Menelik
Abyssinia
United States
Robert P. Skinner
Marseilles
Ethopia
Skinner
Menelik
Europe
Gkinner
Ethiopia
Skimmer
Afemo
Hit
Dominican Trade Growing Report for 1906 Summary
The 1906 Dominican Republic trade report shows total foreign commerce at 10.6 million, a gain of about 1 million. Imports rose by 1.33 million, exports fell due to lower sugar prices, but volumes increased. The United States leads trade with 65.3, followed by Germany and France, with the UK and others cited.
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Dominican Republic
Customs Service
International Bureau of American Republics
Republic
Bixport
United States
France
Eek Gitois
United Kingdom
Mit
Spain
WM Dbat
Porto Rico
China fears uprising spurs world aid drive
Shanghai dispatches warn the Chinese dynasty faces sedition amid famine as relief efforts expand worldwide. Officials fear hysteria could trigger a general uprising threatening foreign interests. Viceroy Tuan Fang seeks 1 million for rice to quell unrest while U S and European nations mobilize aid and ships to China.
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Shanghai
State Department
China
Washington
Tuan Fang
India
United States
Noyt’ Buford
San Francisco
Lews Klensch
Big Rise in U S Exports of Meats and Dairy
Exports of meats dairy products and food animals from the United States totaled over 550 million dollars last year, up 76 million from the prior decade. More than 60 percent went to the United Kingdom, with Britain taking over 70 percent a decade earlier. Breakdown shows 250 million in meats and dairy, 40 million in live animals, 53 million in fat, 36.06 million in bacon, 25.6 million in fresh dairy, 21 million in pigs, and smaller sums across other dairy and meat products.
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United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Civil Service Exam Dates For Scientific Assistants
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination on April 17 and 18 for scientific assistants in the Department of Agriculture. Salaries range up to $2,000 per year. Examinations will be held in Washington and other cities.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
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Lanston Monotype Machine CO
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Philadelphia
Pan
Mnston Monotype Machine
Fleischmann
Alexandria
Boks
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Ofcldek
Berd
Wilfred Bancroft
James D. McConville Co
St. Tare's
Jamestons Exposition
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View
Atlantic City
South
Exposition Grounds
Giva Hardy & Remore
D. Burns & Co., Inc
Oh & GN. W. Board OF Pharmacy
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District of Columbia
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Erine Goods
Green River
Green Brier
Green Spring Valley
OM Valley
Quid Lion
Arlington Eye
Belle of
Anderson
WM. Dietz
Ity and
Taw
Hughes Emerges as Roosevelt's Possible 1908 Nominee
Washington dispatch analyzes Charles H Hughes as a credible alternative to Taft for the 1908 Republican nomination. Roosevelt aims to influence the convention while Taft hesitates, seeking the Supreme Court bench. Hughes gains attention as party leaders watch his Albany record and potential alignment with Roosevelt on corporate and transportation policy.
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Ublican
New
Taft
Washington Dispatch
New York
Charles H Hughes
William B. Taft
Hughes
Roosevelt
William 2. Taft
Supreme Court of the United States
Hyself
Mr. Taft
Fuller
Tait
Theodore Racaevelt
Chicago
Foraker
Fiftyninth Congress
Senate
House
Republican Party
Parker
Iittle
Gov. Hughes
Jeaders
Albany
Rural delivery routes rise across states led by Illinois
Assistant Postmaster General De Graw reports 37 400 rural delivery routes now in operation across the states and territories with Illinois leading at 2 765 routes, Ohio 2 492 and Iowa 2 303. Virginia has 864 routes and Maryland 183. The Midwest shows the largest share as land improves service. Average mail per rural route now 4.42 monthly, up from 3.68 a year ago, a 9 percent gain. Money orders per route now 8 monthly, up from 34 a year ago, signaling growth in rural mail handling.
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de Graw
Ilinois
Ohio
Iowa
Virginia
Maryland
Middle West
Morton credited with push for ICC deputy offices in West
The Interstate Commerce Commission created deputy commissioner posts outside Washington to speed handling of railroad complaints. Paul Morton, former Navy secretary and Rock Island ally, proposed a resident Chicago representative funded by railroads to curb rebates and discrimination, arguing it would save money and extend the commission’s reach.
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Remata
Washington
B. F. Yoakum
Rock Island Railroad
Paul Morton
Navy
Hauitable Life Assurance Society
Sded
Morton
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
Chicago
Otter
Explorer Mohun to Lead Congo Gold Prospecting Expedition
Dorsey Mohun of Washington named by Ryan Gugenhelm syndicate to head a mixed American Belgian mineral prospecting party bound for the Congo in search of gold and precious stones. The expedition aims to depart around May 15 with Mohun described as a long time Congo expert who built telegraph lines for King Leopold and is fluent in Arabic and Zanziberi.
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Washington
Cable Advicy
R. Dorsey Mohun
Rowa
Congo
Zan‘gibar
Ryan~ G@uegenhelm syndicate
Africa
Free State
Mail Service Shut Off Over Pacific Route
The Oceania Steamship Company pulled its steamers from the San Francisco to Auckland and Sydney route, leaving the Post Office Department unable to dispatch parcels post to New Zealand and Australia. Postmasters are instructed to refuse such packages destined for those countries. Further orders will be signed when alternative arrangements are made, anticipated soon.
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Oceania Steamship Company
San Francisco
Auckland
Sydney
Post-Office Department
New Zealand
Australia
Postal clerks keep jobs after salary increases
Postal clerks and rural carriers across the country will remain in service rather than retire, following congressional approval of salary increases. The measure, urged by First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock and supported by Postmaster General Cortelyou, thanks officials for their work and expresses gratitude from the National Association of Letter Carriers.
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Postal Service
First Asistant
Geeral Hitchcock
Cortelyon
Aitchcock
Committee of Congress
House
Senate
Congress
de Graw
Hitchcock
De@raw
Edward J Cantwell
National Association of Letter Carriers
Cantwell
Hitcheoos
Automobiles to Aid Antarctic Exploration
Consul General H W Diedrich in Antwerp reports Henry Arctowski plans an Antarctic expedition toward the tenth pole to extend De Gerlache’s 1893 surveys. He will use two automobiles and a specially built vessel to cross a vast glacier and trace the Edwards VII Land extension toward Victoria Land, about 20 degrees farther west.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
H. W. Diederich
Antwerp
Henry Arctowski
Pole
de Gerlache
Edward VII
Victoria Land
Arctowski
Mule in Brownsville testimony and Iowa governor letters
The article recounts a mule in the Brownsville shooting testimony with witness Matias G. Tamays detailing the animal's fractious but slow behavior. It also shares letters between Gov. L. M. Shaw of Iowa and Mary Zigrang, describing a Thanksgiving turkey gesture and the governor’s later cabinet appointment, plus Senator Beveridge’s plans home and forthcoming Senate schedule.
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Benator Warner
Missouri
Matias G. Tamays
Tamays
Avery
Foraker
Warner
Leslie
Turkey
Mary Zigrang
Gov. Shaw
Mary
Des Moines
Towa
Mary Zlareng
Liversoore
Yowa
Mrz Zigrang
Christan America
L. M Shaw
Iowa
Livermore
Ulvermore
Santa Claus
Deas
Gov. Bhaw
Treasury
Washington
Albert J. Beveridge
Congress
Indianapolis
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