27 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
1
The column critiques wartime austerity and food conservation calling for proportionate prices to reduced portions. It questions German peace motives amid ongoing destruction of warships and critiques Senator Kenyon’s salary bill as a stunt. It praises Governor Bill Harding of Iowa while decrying labor agitation harming business.
The piece urges Governor Harding to convene the legislature only if necessary to enact emergency wartime measures. It argues against dirty politics and old scores, warning against obstructing progress and hindering timely work.
The piece criticizes third party prohibitionists who disrupt prepared efforts by meddling in advance of outcomes. It argues such “cooks” hinder genuine temperance progress and spoil the broth with premature interference and unseasonable meddling at the feast.
The State Defense Council says lawmakers lack authority on key matters and only a special legislative session can restore progress. They urge removing obstruction and enacting needed laws promptly, amid concerns over Old Rock Johnyfeller profiting from oil revenues with personal interest cited.
Nebraska farmers meeting in Omaha urge Congress to fix prices across all commodities or let market supply and demand prevail. The column then mocks business skepticism about advertising and notes a humorous alleged case of an Indiana wife seeking her husband’s confinement after an $800 piano and $350 dress were gifted. The piece quips a boodle value should be conscripted for government use.
A Tribune and local columns warn lawmakers to consider burdens on small business and labor as prices rise. A Fontanelle note weighs war talk and patriotism beside reports of hog shortages, urging more hog production and careful feeding to meet 1918 pork demand amid a sustained grain surplus.
The column rails against unregulated wartime profiteering and calls for price oversight of flour pork and hogs, plus fair dealing for consumers. It argues for enforcing liquor laws, warns about farm labor shortages as young men enter service, and cites Dr Franklin W Johnson's critique of high school football morals and the need for stronger moral instruction.
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