Word: steels
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Hilton.LOST. - A pair of steel spectacles with curved bows. Lenses very thick and powerful. Please leave at 11 Holyoke House...
...Protective tariff does not raise prices.-(a) The establishment of a new industry has been invariably followed by lower prices; Cong. Rec. Vol. 21. 4248, case of.-(1) steel rails,-(2) Glass and earthenware,-(3) wool,-(4) Tin plate.-(b) Since the passage of the McKinley Act the cost of living in the U. S. has diminished; Aldrich's Report in Cong...
...deprive it of its glories. Its civilization is gone, its prosperity is no more, and all its hopes of future greatness become but the impracticable dreams of a forgotten age. The railroads are the heartstrings of the nation. Their strong controlling influence binds together with bonds of literal steel all the diversified interests of a great people. They are therefore to be guarded with that same true patriotic devotion that we extend to all American institutions, and in such cases conservatism is the only patriotic policy...
...inches beam amidships, 8 3-4 inches deep amidships, 6 1-2 inches deep forward, and 5 1-2 inches deep aft. The shell will be composed entirely of aluminum, with the exception of the wash box, which will be wood, and the outriggers, which are to be of steel tubing, hard drawn. The shell will weigh 175 pounds. Ordinary paper shells weigh about 225 pounds, and Waters, the famous shell builder of Troy, N. Y., claims that a 200 pound eight oared shell is an exceedingly light one. The aluminum shell will be built in two pieces, being divided...
...Carnegie Co. is justifiable in reducing wages. - (a). New machinery had been introduced. (b). The price of steel had declined: Cong. Record, Aug. 16, 1892. (c). The profits of the Co. were not unreasonably high: N. Y. Herald, July 15, 1892. (d). The workingmen were receiving very high wages: Nation, July 14, 1892. (e). Less than one-tenth of the employees were affected by the reduction: Public Opinion, Aug. 6, 1892, p. 422. (f). Improved facilities for production helped to compensate for the reduction...