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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1901
Page
9
Readers learn about postage changes affecting large papers and a dense editorial mix on tariffs, gin compression, and language reform. The article cites Senator Hanna, Congressman Babcock, and Professor Norton, weighing tariff reciprocity against protectionism and noting Kansas City and Chicago viewpoints, with broader notes on language simplification debates.
The article blends a broad economic forecast with the Texas oil surge and its impact on cotton markets. It notes the potential cost savings and market shifts for Southern planters, spinners, and manufacturers, plus the speculation frenzy around Beaumont area oil discoveries and the high stakes for investors amid varying property prospects.
The beet sugar report by O B Saylor notes rapid growth in the United States with Michigan poised to host three factories this summer and more planned in Ohio Indiana New York Colorado Utah North Dakota South Dakota and India. By January at least forty two factories are expected to be in operation. Profits run high and sugar quality satisfies buyers. The rise may lower market sugar prices and ease dependence on imports from Germany, though concerns from the sugar trust appear.
A patchwork Georgia feature mixes verse and notes from the countryside. Poems praise melons and May, while jokes about a mule for sale and a poet’s tears mingle with notes on northern Georgia writers and a Buffalo exhibition.
Buffalo pan American exposition gates set to open tomorrow despite incomplete buildings due to bad weather. Director General Lemaster L Buchanh of Butthis leads the effort, promising a large attendance and vigorous work since the initiative began.
School teachers urge payment of funds in the treasury as the attorney general confirms money is available or can be drawn when needed. Officials anticipate payment arrangements may stretch into next year, drawing public attention to state finances and teacher salaries.
Analyzes northern philanthropic visits and funding to black education, arguing agricultural training at Hampton and Tuskegee benefits both negro progress and white interests. Cites Dr H. M. Gury on Tuskegee’s agriculture, discusses northern and southern attitudes toward race, and urges dialogue to reduce prejudice.
The Albany and Augusta papers note Cedartown as a stop for Moran of The Atlanta Constitution touring southern Georgia to write about the garden spot and its soil, agriculture, and opportunities. Other items mention editor thefts, snow in the mountains, and remarks on state finances and public figures, with Moran praised for promoting Georgia's resources.
North Georgia readers quote varied notices on Atlanta’s allure and notoriety. A New York reformer Parkhurst faces mixed local reception while Atlanta’s society pages mock or praise the metropolis as a “zoo” and rally around Confederate memorial tributes in Covington and Newton County.
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