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Public – No. 236

Public – No. 236

An act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907. The act stipulates funding for salaries of ambassadors and ministers, salaries of secretaries of embassies and legations, contingent expenses, foreign missions, and a number of international bureaus and commissions among other things.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-28

Creator(s)

Unknown

The slave-market of to-day

The slave-market of to-day

Trade union laborers, some in chains labeled “High Tariff” and “Tariff,” and one standing on a block labeled “Trade Unions,” are being auctioned by a man labeled “Protectionist Statesman” to capitalists and manufacturers, including Cyrus W. Field and William H. Vanderbilt. In the background is a row of factories. A sign states “Quotations. Average wage for skilled workman $7 a Week or $359 a Year.” Caption: “Going – going – lower – lower!”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1884-01-02

Creator(s)

Gillam, Bernhard, 1856-1896