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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
9
A collage of light political and social jibes touches Taft Teddy and Johnson while noting Georgia sympathy for Augusta. It mocks overcoats voters fashion in a joking tone and comments on New York readers and American literature amid broader national mood.
The piece argues the Democratic Party offers the only real path to tariff reform and major progressive policies, insisting independent movements cannot win electoral votes. It warns that windmill escalations weaken democracy, urges Bryan and Kern supporters to unite, and condemns Taft and the Roosevelt faction’s prospects.
An article contrasts Japan’s heavy national debt and military strain with calls for sustained peace as the path to credit and growth. It cites Japan’s 8200000000 debt gap, 243000000 revenue, 317000000 expenditures, and needed home- industry rise to win new loans, urging restraint and economic focus before aggression.
The Georgia Railroad Commission has decided to protest interstate rate increases on grain day and provisions, aligning with The Constitution and Georgia shippers. The move strengthens the state’s case and boosts hopes for protecting Georgia interests against railroad pressure.
The Cordele Rambler notes Atlanta's population rising from about 140000 to 180000 as The Constitution and The Journal report, with hopes of reaching 150000 by the 1910 census. It stresses continued growth and Atlanta’s accelerating expansion.
A string of editorials from The Atlanta Constitution and other papers discusses Atlanta’s growth, legislative acts, and public reform. It notes a pause in the legislature for a special session, mentions the Prison Commission and Taracter trials, and highlights Atlanta’s push to extend city limits and boost civic ambitions with new clubs and infrastructure.
Eight Georgia counties Dawson Forsyth Gwinnett Hall Lumpkin Towns Union Waite will be represented as the seventeenth division of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows meets at Air Line lodge in Gainesville for a two day session beginning Friday afternoon. More than 3,000 members exist in the division with 160 to 128 delegates expected plus visitors. Division Deputy Grand Master CR Allen of Gainesville presides, with Grand Master J T Blalock of Valdosta and Grand Secretary J B Tyson of Savannah expected to attend. Last year the division paid out about $5,000 in relief.
The Georgia Railroad Commission ordered its special attorney to prepare and present to the Interstate Commerce Commission a petition seeking relief from alleged excessive freight and weight rates. The action targets shipments into Georgia and the southern territory from Ohio and Mississippi river crossings, as railroads push higher rates. The order follows earlier consideration, with commissions approving actions in December 18 19th century style, appointing an appeal to challenge the new rates and restore prior charges.
Howard Safe and Vault Company owner Robert Howard announced plans to open a three story safe factory on the rear of the Marton hotel site in Atlanta within sixty days. The plant aims to produce ten catloads of safes monthly, promising southern buyers savings of about 20 percent on freight per hundred pounds. Howard, a twenty year veteran in the trade, will lease the building from Governor Smith, currently home to Schlesinger Candy Company.
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