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...predecessor. He stated that the articles on which the tariff was reduced by the bill were almost wholly articles of necessity, while the luxuries of the rich were more highly protected, to raise the prices. Wages, again, had increased, he said, according to the statistics of Mr. Peck of New York, who quoted 90,000 individual cases, as to the prosperity of the country, Mr. Stone showed that the Democratic platform claimed a direct loss, owing to increased mortgages on farms. He further claimed that England supported the measure for Free Trade in this country, for the purpose of bolstering...
...price of articles of daily use had risen, in many cases doubled, while those that might be considered as mere luxuries had remained unchanged. The clothing manufacturers petitioned for cheaper material. Massachusetts made a hard fight in the leather business but finally won. Never again ought we to hear Peck's report cited as showing that wages had risen. Hall, he said, has just returned from abroad, much benefited in eyesight, and now sees that protection is of much good to the European pauper...
Berkeley Premiums, Class of 1895: - 1st Grade, Julian C. Bingham, George Jacobus, George D. Kellogg, Tracy Peck, Jr., Alburn E. Skinner, Charles S. Thurston; 2d Grade, John J. Dunn, Shirley T. High, Louis H. Holden, Edward C. Jones, Herbert R. Limburger, William E. Parsons, Selden W. Tyler...
Referee, A. D. Peck, Jr., B. A. A.; judges, J. H. Hunt '92, H. Fahnestock '92 and M. Chamberlin; timers, J. G. Lathrop, G. F. Brown, Jr. '92, and F. M. Wood, B. A. A.; starter, H. S. Cornish, B. A. A.; clerk of course, R. B. Beals '94; assistants, S. V. R. Thayer '94, G. B. Magrath '94, O. B. Hawes '93, and C. T. R. Bates '92; scorers, A. P. Carter '94, T. C. Smith '92 and C. S. Pierce; umpires, W. L. Thompson '93, F. S. Pratt '94, C. R. Bardeen '93 and C. C. Goodrich...
...principal officials were: Referee, George B. Morrison, B. A. A.; clerk of course, H. G. Otis, B. A. A.; judge of walking, Eugene Merrill; marshal, A. D. Peck, Jr., B. A. A.; and they with the other minor officials deserve great credit for the smooth way in which everything passed off, there being none of those unpleasant waits which generally characterize athletic sports...