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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1928
Page
4
The piece alleges a Democratic leak claiming if Al Smith is elected president he would push for amending or repealing Prohibition. It also suggests farm relief measures would be referred for future action, signaling shifting legislative strategy absent strong sponsor support.
Contemporary rhetoric attacks the idea that farmers should abandon protective tariffs to support free trade. It labels Al Smith as unfit for president citing religious prejudice and political labels, while noting party infighting and supposed shifts in Democratic support including minority bloc alignments.
Assessor Frank H. Osen and F. A. Black were in Kansas City last week attending the 4-State Oil Jobbers Association. Geo F Shaffer and family returned from Garden City Kansas after visiting Mrs Shaffer’s parents, former Cass County residents. Chris Christensen leased Dr H E Campbell farm on the hill in South Anita. Merle Turner will take A L Turner farm possession March 1.
The note urges farmers in Iowa and Cass county to review the last tariff law enacted by a Democratic Congress and supported by a Democratic President. It claims the law largely freed farm products or reduced tariffs to allow foreign competition against American agriculture. It asserts no Democratic shift to protective tariffs.
The piece blasts United States Senator Dan Steck of Iowa as useless and partisan. It accuses him of mis representing Iowans and vows that Republicans who backed him were duped by the choice of the lesser evil.
From Minnesota to Texas and New York to California, eighty six papers editorially back Hoover and Curtis, while some Oklahoma towns endorse Al Smith. War drums and League of Nations talk swirl as the Solid South tilts toward Republican tariff policy. Iowa coal wage talks shift costs to consumers and Democratic speechmakers flood the South.
The Tammany organization uses methods unknown to outsiders to accomplish political aims in New York. The piece argues that if Iowa campaign leaders used similar tactics to win nominations, they would face jail or prison swiftly.
A Wiota friend writes the Record editor predicting the world ends when the Ku Klux Klan and the Knights of Columbus play baseball in Zion City on a Sunday afternoon with a Black umpire to benefit Jewish Ford Motor Company employees.
An extreme wet advocate ridicules the Democratic assertion that prohibition does not prohibit. The critic notes the advocate’s inability to gather enough moisture to soak slats, suggesting the shortfall reflects his personal purchasing power deficit.
The passage criticizes high salaried newspaper political correspondents for using loopholes to retreat from their reporting on current conditions, suggesting they avoid reputational risk by sidestepping tough questions. It frames this as a common practice among public pulse-feelers across various states and communities.
An editorial argues farmers can secure relief without government or paid political staff, criticizing campaign whispers and deeming Iowa nomination laws outdated though parties remain bound by them.
A prominent political writer argues keeping pace with New York's growth is hard as the state gains about 125,000 births annually and roughly 1,052 sets of twins. He notes this infant industry is one to be encouraged.
The Democratic candidate attributes positions on the McNary Haugen farm relief bill to FDR and questions support from farmers unions. He challenges which farmers groups know Governor Smith’s stance on this key issue.
Over recent weeks Audubon County crews upgraded the Adair to Elkhorn highway. Coffing hill nine miles north of Anita saw large concrete culverts and safer curves. Southeast Audubon County gained rounded corners fills and two concrete bridges while three miles to Adair were graded.
Rev. L. B. Shannon of Wiota Republican nominee for Representative tours the county with his son Harold. He conducts a thorough canvas of the county meeting with cordial support as the general election nears on Tuesday November 6.
Mrs. Edgar Vernon of Casey is spending several days in Anita this week as a guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Karns and R. D. Vernon and wife, along with other relatives and friends.
Ed M Blakesley and wife with daughter visit Anita area and Sioux City relatives. The Blakesleys, recently back from California, were guests of honor at an Anita Picnic in a city park, with Anita Cass county natives including Mr and Mrs Wagner.
Stuart lawyer Hobart E Newton was a business visitor in Anita on Saturday while en route to Atlantic. He spent time in the town meeting local contacts before continuing his travel to Atlantic.
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