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Edward Atkinson was born on February 10, 1827 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States to Lieutenant Amos Atkinson and Anna Greenleaf Sawyer.
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ... the purpose of carrying on the production of gold on the west coast of Africa, in the Transvaal, and in British India. With few exceptions they have been unsuccessful, and much capital has been entirely lost. Occasional instances of success inay be mentioned, as follows: The Wassaw (Gold Coast) Mining Company, which in 1885 produced gold to the value of £5,467; the Moodie G. M. Company (in the Transvaal), whose monthly product in 1885 is stated to average 2,500 ounces (about £8,500). The Mysore G. M. Company (in India) divided 10 per cent, dividends in 1885. Its monthly product rose from 300 ounces to 1,000. ounces, and amounted in January of the present year (1886) to 1,135 ounces. The export of gold from Port Natal is given for 1882 as £6,865, for 1883 as £20,263, for 1884 as £16,708. It is worth noting in regard to the production of gold that, although by far the larger part of the new undertakings which begin actual work, not to mention the mass of swindling concerns which never get so far, lose money and are soon given up, yet not inconsiderable quantities are produced by such undertakings and make their way into trade. Whether the sum invested in producing this gold is replaced by the product is immaterial, since the new gold is there, and the sovereigns which the stockholders may have put out in expenses are not lost. The share which the chief producing countries had in the total production of the precious metals between 1851 and 1885 may be estimated as follows (the value of silver being reckoned according to the actual ratio): Finally, for the sake of comparison and completeness, we insert the estimates of the world's production of the precious metals, which appear in the annual reports of the Director of the Mint of the U...
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Edward Atkinson was born on February 10, 1827 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States to Lieutenant Amos Atkinson and Anna Greenleaf Sawyer.
Atkinson attended private schools in Brookline, then received a Ph. D. from Dartmouth College and an LL. D. from the University of South Carolina.
After attending private schools in Brookline and Boston, Edward went to work as a boy of fifteen, for a Boston textile commission house, doing chores which ranged from the building of fires, sweeping of floors, and packing of goods, to the more responsible work of confidential clerk. He gave five years to general apprenticeship of this type, advancing in 1848 to more important clerical and financial responsibilities, until he assumed the treasurership of several textile-manufacturing companies.
Atkinson was a successful entrepreneur as an executive of some of the leading cotton mills of New England. Later, he was President of Boston Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company and the Mutual Boiler Insurance Company of Boston. Its central feature was the now well recognized one of mutual insurance in a restricted field, in which the factor of "exposure" was greatly reduced. In a number of articles and pamphlets, Atkinson developed the ideas underlying these innovations.
In 1866, Atkinson was chosen a delegate to the national union convention held in Philadelphia, but he took no part in its deliberations.
He campaigned for Grover Cleveland and participated in the formation of the Clevelandite National Democratic ticket in 1896. Atkinson was appalled by the colonialist and imperialist policies of the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations in the wake of the Spanish–American War.
He reacted by becoming a full-time activist in the American Anti-Imperialist League. As a vice president of that organization, Atkinson wrote to the United States Department of War for a list of soldiers serving in the Philippines so that he might send them his privately published pamphlets. Failing to receive a reply, Atkinson announced to the press that he was sending copies to Generals Lawton, Miller, and Otis, Admiral Dewey, correspondent J. F. Bass, and to Jacob Shurman and Dean Worcestrer on the Philippine Commission.
He was actively engaged in the distribution of brochures of which he was the author on banking, competition, cotton manufacture, economic legislation, fire prevention, industrial education, the money question, and the tariff. On February 17, 1899, Atkinson sent three pamphlets to test the right of citizens of the United States to the free use of the mail: "The Cost of a National Crime, " detailing the American military oppression of the Filipinos and the spiraling cost of the war to American taxpayers; "The Hell of War and Its Penalties", and "Criminal Aggression: By Whom Committed?"
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Atkinson was a liberal and fought against slavery by supporting the Free-Soil Party and the Boston Vigilance Committee, an organization that aided escaped slaves.
He was inspired by the ideas of Adam Smith, Richard Cobden, and John Bright. He spoke out against the inflationist ideas of William Jennings Bryan and others but, unlike some, favored the total denationalization or privatization of money.
Fellow member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1879).
Edward Atkinson was genial yet urbane in manner, in expression positive often to the point of obstinacy. But he was always fortified with facts which under the spur of a vigorous sense of justice in human relations gave his opinions unusual force. He was a consistent free trader, sound-money advocate, pacifist and anti-imperialist. He seemed to enjoy the infamy after sending his famous pamphlets and was not afraid of making sarcastic remarks to the Administration.
Physical characteristics: Atkinson was of massive build, in appearance impressive, dignified yet benign.
Atkinson was the only child in the family. He married Mary Caroline Atkinson, they had 9 children, 2 of them died in infancy.