Background
Mason, David Hastings was born on January 8, 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of David H. and Elizabeth A.Mason.
Mason, David Hastings was born on January 8, 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of David H. and Elizabeth A.Mason.
Academic education; studied 2 years at Yale (non-graduate).
Connected editorially with Chicago dailies, 1867-1882. Best known as tariff editor of the Inter Ocean. Clerk Bureau of 2d Class Matter, Chicago Post-office, August 7, since 1900.
Author: How Western Farmers Are Benefited by Protection, 1875.
A Short Tariff History of the United States, 1884.
Married Margaretta East., daughter