Washington Gossip on tariff fights and Parcels Post
Washington insiders analyze the wool tariff debate and the Parcels Post plan. Democrats and Republicans weigh presidential prospects, commission findings, and the impact on farmers, merchants, and federal spending as Congress returns from holiday recess. Notable figures include Taft Roosevelt La Follette Moon and Wanamaker, with debate over government role in mail and transport. Clarke county seeks five capable truck gardeners to meet urban market demand.
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Washington, D. C
Sant Claus
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Taft
la Follette
Gifford Pinchot
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Congress
Missouri
Washington
Treasury
Senate Post Office Committee
House Post Office
Uncle Sam
Hon. M. C
B. B. Moon
American League of Associations
National Organization of Merchants
Post Office Committee
United States
Moon
Jobn Wanamaker
Tariff Commission
German Raiffeisen system shows peasant farmers run co op banks
The pamphlet from Mr. Dadi Lublin to Nebraska officials highlights the Raiffeisen system enabling German peasant farmers to maintain cooperative banks doing billions yearly. It notes Germany’s credit networks, compares European models, and urges U S exploration via state universities and federal departments to develop similar rural credit for American farmers.
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Dadi Lublin
United States
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Italy
Tke
South
Ralffelsen
Germany
Nebraska
Raiffeisen
Department of Political Economy
State University
Grange
Europe
Credit Baka
Landechaften
Ritterschaften
Bureau of Economic Intelligence
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce and Labor
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Lea
International Instiute of Agriculture
Cooperative Bureau
Craatt
Increase in enrollment at state Normal School spring term
The state Normal School opened its spring term with about 100 more students. A new class for reviewing common school subjects runs September to December and January to May to prepare teachers for the state exam. Existing classes resumed with old students back, school societies thriving, and the Young Georgia Club resuming weekly discussions.
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State Normal School
Ite
Young Georgia Club
National Drainage Congress
Chicago
Reclamation Federation
Jong
New York
Seager Wheeler
Rosthern
Saskachewan
Thomas Shaughness
Modsejaw
Wheeler
Clark's Crossing
Saskatoon
Rowtherm
Americas
W. J. Glass
Chicagol
Rallro
Canada
The
League
France
Germany
United States
MMR Hunley Abbott Makes Rapid Rise
Friends in Athens and New York hear of Hunley Abbott’s swift progress in engineering. A University of Georgia graduate and Troy Polytechnic alum, he now works with McArthur Concrete Pile and Foundation Co. on reinforced concrete piles including his bulged bottom Pedestal pile. An Engineering News article notes its success in a large New Haven gas holder on marshy soil without excavation.
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Hunley Abbott
Athens
New York City
Abbott
University of Georgia
Troy Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N. Y
Hearisen
McArthur Concrete Pile and Foundation Co
Engineering News
New Haven
Conn
Dr S H Dillard Moves to Atlanta
Dr S H Dillard, longtime resident with a lucrative practice, plans to move to Atlanta this week. His family has lived there for months, and he joins broader calls for economic coalescence across finance, manufacturing, and labor, urged to support farmers in Nebraska and the nation.
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S. H. Dillard
Atlanta
Doctor Dillard
Dr. Dillard
Old
Rome
Old Republic
Bia
Dray Horses for Cavalry Warned by Chicago News
Chicago report notes scarce light horses for national guards and regular cavalry amid influx of draft stallions. Army and police rely on draft and heavy horses, with breeding stations proposed to boost light horse supply. Congress urged to fund breeding to prepare for potential war and protect river navigation and farms.
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Chicago
National Guards
Chicago Mounted Polce
Motely
Ilinois National Guard
New York
Ita
America
Congress
Harry Askin
United States
American Reclamation Federation
New Orleans
National Drainage Congress
Federation
Newlands
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Congresstiin
Hke & Man
Clarke County
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