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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1902
Page
4
A local article denounces a reciprocity plan shaped by sugar interests and trusts. It argues that tariff changes favor refiners and exporters while harming American beet farmers, urging readers to defend domestic industries and resist class legislation that benefits a few at the many’s expense.
The United States Steel Corp earnings for the first nine months reach 847,779,298 prompting commentary in the New York World. The piece questions if high profits would push steel into lowering prices for American buyers and discusses price gaps with British rails. It argues against high duties and notes broader war costs and foreign competition impacting American workers and industry.
Official data from May 1900 to July 1 1901 shows U S soldiers killed 24 percent and wounded 490 while Filipino forces suffered 854 killed and 1103 wounded. The 1901 war cost is estimated at ninety million dollars with no accounting for illness or broader horrors. Foreign trade on the islands would not cover costs, and U S trade profits are far under revenue.
The Signal publishes a forged letter alleging sugar interests push for tariff reciprocity to benefit themselves over American agriculture. It cites General Leonard Wood and a 19th century Cuba context, accusing sugar traders of exploiting Cuban properties and wartime turmoil to boost their profits at American farmers’ expense. The piece questions the true cash invested in Cuba and portrays motives behind proposed tariff changes.
The article surveys copper price collapse from 17 cents to 11.50, citing Amalgamated Copper Company as a suspected driver of stock manipulation. It argues supply and demand rules dictate prices, notes declining exports by 30 million, and warns that locals face hardship as producers and stockholders suffer amid potential monopolistic pressures.
The Spokane Review misrepresents the Weiser route to the new Idaho camp, arguing the Lewiston Spokane path dominates while snow blocks Welser. The letter contends the Sawtooth barrier is not real, cites steady travel from Thunder Mountain, and asserts the Lewiston route via Grangeville to Meadows remains most practical.
Travel copy describes journeys from City through Salt Lake via Colorado Springs to Denver with rail excursions on the Rio Grande Western line. It promises winter and summer delight, dining car service, and weekly through trips with sleeping cars and guided tours. Information available from Guu, Ww Heintz, Assistant General Agent, Salt Lake City.
The administrator of Murtha’s estate notifies creditors and claimants to exhibit debts within four months at his residence in Indian Valley Washington County Idaho. Also notices of livestock taken as stray at Weiser Idaho and a court sale of land in Connell Washington County Idaho to satisfy a judgment from Bank of Idaho Limited.
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