Yet another example of how dramatically different today's NYT is from that of the early 1900s: from the August 28, 1907 NYT:

The comparison is made with the last full fiscal year before reciprocity. It shows that in these four years trade [with Cuba] has increased so that for every dollar's worth purchased by us in 1903 we now buy $1.50 worth, and for every dollar's worth sold we now sell $2.25 worth. Practically the total trade has doubled, and the variety in our sales to Cuba is increased much more than 100 per cent. What has been done on a small scale with this relatively unimportant market could be done on a larger scale all over the world if we had the sense to remove from our commerce the heavy handicaps we have stupidly loaded upon it.