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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1914
Page
16
The Wade cotton loan plan, once seen as relief, now requires 100 bale pledges with 5 cent borrowings, 6 percent interest plus 4 percent overhead. With depreciation and a risky rise in prices, selling now appears safer than holding on Wade’s fund. The question remains which path best serves the average farmer.
The Constitution reprints Herbert N. Casson on European opportunities. He asks why Americans lag in exploiting global markets, boosting cotton exports, and expanding factory output while Europe tops the market. He cites ship shortages, high freight costs, and Congress's quibbling as barriers.
The speaker calls for revised shipping laws to relieve idle army transports and push cotton to Europe and other markets. He argues American industry wastes potential profits as cotton and goods move slowly due to lack of resource and daring, urging business leaders to act boldly to reclaim reputation and seize opportunities abroad. The tone presses urgency for action and policy change.
The piece condemns the failure to declare a Christmas truce, arguing evasion and buck-passing by all sides. It frames the issue as a repeat of war-time excuses and notes the carnage continues on Christmas Day. It laments the Christian century’s tarnish amid global ambitions and economic aims.
The federal commission on industrial relations plans a probe into the Rockefeller Carnegie and other foundations. The piece argues such foundations curb prejudice toward wealth, encourage practical uplift, and may spur wealth to return to public use with minimal red tape. It notes the political rhetoric against great fortunes and cites reactions to world events and the Red Cross.
Georgia Frank L. StanTan performs a vaudeville style Christmas lament praising the season. The verse recalls holiday cheer, aging, and Providence guiding yearly renewals amid poetry and song.
A collage of short jotted poems and editorials from small town papers. Reflections on Christmas longing, life’s dreams, parenthood in poetry, and light humor about editors and local events. Includes snippets about Santa, Love, and community notices in rustic prose.
Reports from Petrograd through New York discuss Novo vremya figures on vodka prohibition in Moscow and Moscow county during 1914. The piece notes a dramatic drop in monthly criminal cases and street begging, with improved clothing and savings, while praising abstinence as a societal turning point amid mobilization and war.
A humorous essay on the Christmas tree as a “Gruit tree” that yields odd crops and thrives in varied atmospheres. It argues that cheerful homes and generosity, not wealth, trigger its bloom, warning that selfishness harms the tree and that the season’s joy outvalues financial cost.
A wartime article argues Americans overlook true global hardship. It contrasts U S prosperity with Europe’s devastation and urges advertisers to seize the opportunity for a massive domestic business boom. It imagines sending U S marketers to observe war’s scale, then return to boost factories and sales.
A Russia led by autocratic rule and a czar’s ukase ending vodka sales is described as a national renewal. Henry W. Giller, a Tiffany silver expert, reports a drastic decline in drunkenness crime and improved work and family welfare. A Russian reform movement links abstinence to broader social gains and argues similar laws could boost other nations, with life insurers noting lower mortality among sober men.
A rural verse humor piece praising a trusty mare named Myrtla. The speaker notes her reliability and calm pace, rejects reckless driving, and recalls taking nephews and nieces on drives without danger. The poem closes with a playful jab at buying a carriage and a cautious conscience.
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