The record-union., 1892-06-30
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EDS. REcoRD-UEIoN Please answer
through the columns of your valuable
paper:
I l. In what year was the battle of Tip
pecanoe fought?
2. How many vetoes in all did Presi-
dent Cleveland make during his Presi-
dental term of office, and how many
more than all the rest of the Presidents
prior TO his term of office?
FRANK c., Wyandotte, Butte Co.
l. In 1911, November I. 2. Mr.. Cleve-
land exercised his veto power beyond all
precedent. OF 9S7 bills that passed the
House of the session ending August 3,
1856, lis were vetoed. But OF these l02
were private pension bills, the veto OF
one being practically of all as but one
principle was involved. OF the remainder
six were for erection of public buildings.
OF general measures the most important
veto to that time was the Morrison reso-
luton, requiring the Secretary Of the
Treasury to apply to the redemption OF
bonds any surplus in the Treasury ex-
ceeding Sl00,000,000. In 1887 he vetoed
the bill for 1.-The relief of dependent pa
rents and honorably discharged soldiers
and sailors now disabled and dependent
on their labor for support" In 1885 be
vetoed 60 private pension bills, and they
became laws over his veto. We have a
record of 50 vetoes by President Harrison
in the Fifty-tirst Congress, but no data
from which to complete the record. In
neither the case of Cleveland nor Harri-
son is our record complete. viii en-
deavor to obtain full data for you.
EDS. RECORD UNION In your answers
to correspondents please inform me il
there is any book lately published which
exposes the modern tricks of trade by
aduiteration, giving short weight or
palming of inferior goods, and, il so,
where il may it be found. Also. will you
kindly define in brief the doctrine of re-
ciprocity and with what people are we
now maintaining such relations.
L. II. R., San Andreas.
l. We think there is, but cannot name
! it. We know Of several standard works
on adulteration-there is quite extensive
literature on the subject. Address some
/ leading book house, with request for it
to senG you titles Of latest works such as
you need. Write to The Bancroft Com
pany, San Francisco, or the S. Carson
Company, San Francisco, or ID. Appleton
81 Co., New York. The standard work
are scientific rather than such as you
want
:. In general, the exchange with nations
producing articles to best advantage
(Which we produce to least advantage tor
those which we produce to best advan-
tage and which they produce to least adj
yantage). In The law see Section of the
Mckinley bill, which is printed in nearly
every newspaper, almanac and yearly
encyclopedia. 1t is too long to quote
here. In brieS, it provides fer treaty ex-
change OF agricultural and other products
OF the United States, for sugar, coffee, tea,
mol2sses and hides.
3. Germany, the British West Indies,
Austro- Hungary, Brazil, Santo Domingo,
Spain Cuba and Porto Rico and British
Guiana. These are all of which we have
record TO date. The articles exchanged
and percentage of tariff reduction agreed
upon, etc., are too extended to be quoted
here.