Weiser Signal Commentary on Tariffs and World Affairs
The Weiser Signal discusses the Porto Rican tariff, urging political action at the national convention for elected presidents and senators by popular vote. It highlights child labor, printing paper tariffs, and trust issues while citing English and Russian power plays and Emmerson’s warning on a great thinker loosed upon the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democracy In National Convention
U. S
Ihis
Kansas City
Wagon road need urged to link Salmon Meadows to Goff
A plea insists on immediate wagon road construction from Salmon Meadows down the Little Salmon to connect with the state wagon road at Goff on Salmon River. It argues the 29 mile route would unlock mineral and farming wealth in Washington County and aid transportation lines, especially Oregon Short Line and Pacific Idaho Northern, with an estimated $15,000 needed. The piece laments neglect as barbarous indifference and invokes imperial progress.
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Sianal
Salmon Meadows
Little Salmon
Goff
Salmon River
Washington County
Weiser
Oregon
Pacific & Idaho Northern
Idaho
Paternal Designs and Inroads by the Administration
A partisan blast denounces a presidential pledge of “assistance of the most substantial kind” to lawmakers and voters in the West and Idaho. It accuses the administration of bribery and coercion to secure a United States senator, warning of paid agents and compromised votes, and calls for contrition at Mt Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoup
United States
Idaho
United States of America
Mt Vernon
Washington
Benedict Arnold
Farmers Dissat isfied With Markets and Trusts
Oregon farmers report widespread dissatisfaction with market conditions and high prices for harvest gear, blaming trusts and tariff policy. A commercial traveler from the agricultural implement line notes farmers in the Willamette valley are discouraged, receiving low wheat prices and facing costly equipment. The piece cites The Oregonian as source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Ipower
T'vis
Regonian
Willamette Valley
The
Oregonian
Bryan on Finance and the Silver Issue in Harrisburg
Hon William Jennings Bryan, a leading advocate for the common people, tours the East and strengthens support for bimetallism against the gold standard. An excerpt from a Harrisburg speech rebuts the notion that money should be tied to gold alone, arguing against English bankers controlling 70 million Americans and asserting the need for both gold and silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. J. Bryan
Harrisburg
Penn
Burington Route New Time Card February 25
Train schedule notes Burington Route with Chicago Special and Vestibuled Plyer departures from Denver at 9:00 and 10:00 am. Includes ticket offices for connecting points and a brief drug advertisement for Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets and Minute Cough Care with testimonials.
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Burington
Chicago
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
Connecting
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R. BH. Lockwood
Ireland
Representative DeVries
California
Scott
Harvey Scott
Harvey
France
England
Africa
Russia
Central Asia
Europe
Britain
John Bull
Emmerson
Wm. Emmerson
Star of Empire
Sale
Sommercamp
Bryan
Finance
M. L. Vias
Burlington
San Francisco
Utah
B. R. Watson
Fy Neslen
Trav, Pass
South West
Temple St
Salt Lake City
Acker
T. Williams
Wm. Orr
Newark
Col Willams
Gerwick & Lowe
Weiser, Idaho
A. G. Cordelle
Weisser
Majestic Steel Ranges
Garland Stoots
Studebaker
OPP & Davis, Weiser, Idnbo
Weiser Milling CO
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