EARTH HUNGER.
. «. The Americans, as we all know, " want the earth." Mr McKinley unpatriotically declared that they shall not have it without paying duty. Under his tariff the produce of Nova Scotian markets is shut out of the New England markets, so a Boston gentleman sent for three barrel of rich alluvial soil from the British province ao assist in growing his own vegetables. The Customs' official were not to be evaded in that way, They found in the tariff an item' "unmanufactured earth, 1 dol. 50c. per ton," and charged accordingly. At this rate of duty the task of annexing Canada is one from which even the nation of Astor and Vanderbilt may well shrink.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6985, 10 February 1891, Page 4
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116EARTH HUNGER. Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIX, Issue 6985, 10 February 1891, Page 4
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