The Constitution Subscription Rates and Mexico Comment
The piece lists subscription rates for the United States and Mexico in various plans and cites the paper's advertising manager J. R. HOLLIDAY. It then discusses Mexico's path to self government, noting U S troop withdrawal from Vera Cruz, the impending provisional president after October 1, and the land question alongside the roles of Carranza Villa and Obregon in shaping future stability.
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Mexico
United States
Vera Cruz
Porfirio Dias
Europe
Licely
Carranza
Diaz
Huerta
Villa
Obregon
War Tax Proposals Revive Spanish American War Levies
The house caucus backs emergency war taxes to be shaped into a bill by the ways and means committee. The plan largely revives Spanish American War levies and adds new imposts, with an estimated $105 million in revenue. Deficit projections from the European war suggest $100 million shortfall, and officials expect the tax to be temporary, ending once the war ends.
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House
Ways and Means
Toto
House Cannot Afford To Be Less Liberal Than Senate
The Senate has moved toward emergency currency relief for the southern states, while the House stalls amid Democratic southern influence. The Constitution urges prompt action, noting the South faces uncertainty and cotton growers’ impatience as the House delays relief measures passed by the Senate. The piece argues the Democratic House cannot withhold aid to its own region.
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HOUSE
Senate
United States
House of Representatives
Mant
Illinois
Marke
Treasury
Readjustment After War Tax Could Continue Briefly
The piece argues that postwar readjustment allows for a brief continued tax, likely only one year. It warns that without income tax or higher imports, deficits would be larger, urging Congress to curb pork barrel spending and prune nonessential expenditures. It stresses shared burden and collective resolve.
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Congress
Organizing for Trade Conference Aims for Southern Growth
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce plans a October 6 7 conference to expand foreign trade for southwestern and southeastern manufacturers. M H Smith of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and John Howe Peyton of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railroad endorse the effort, with Southern manufacturers eager to participate. The piece urges broader inclusion of northern capitalists and foreign trade representatives to seize the European war era opportunity in Central South America and the Orient. It notes possible use of branch banks under the federal reserve to fund expanded trade and calls for swift organization and targeted adaptation to customer needs.
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Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
M. H. Smith
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
John Howe Peyton
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Europe
South
America
Central
South America
Orient
Atlanta
Federal Reserve System
Still Finding Ways Out of Cotton Tangle
A long letter collection from editorials and readers debates the cotton crisis of 1914. Farmers face cash shortages, banks resist lending, and calls rise for acreage reduction and federal aid. Letters urge government purchase programs, warehouse plans, and direct loans to stabilize prices and prevent bankruptcy in the South.
The Sweetest Song That Was Ever Sung
Poem excerpt reflects on motherhood and universal lullabies with lines about a mother’s song in a humble home and its influence on child and leader. Included are brief notes from Ernest Neal and a Punch-style interlude on politics and philosophy.
Cattle Industry Endorsed as Georgia's Path to Prosperity
AMISH, president of Dairy and Farm Supply Company in Atlanta, argues in favor of shifting Georgia farmers from cotton to cattle and dairy production. He cites soil depletion, suitable pasture land, and strong market demand, noting federal and state support and growing southern interest. He offers to connect interested farmers with experts to start.
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Georgia
Chicago
State Colleges of Agriculture
State Departments of Agriculture
Dairy and Farm Supply Company
Peters Street
Atlania, Gar
Not Gods War. Editor Constitution in Decatur address
A DeKalb county farmer rally speech by a prominent Atlanta banker is cited claiming the war is a God's war. The letter argues such divine backing is medieval or absurd given Christian God concepts and mass death. Decatur Ga September 18 1914.
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Blainly Gan His
Washington
Albert N. Tumlen
Oave Spring
DeKalb County
Decatur
Atlanta
Chris
What For What For Off at Night I Hear the Children Weep
A poem in which a speaker reflects on war’s toll as children cry for bread and mothers mourn. The verse voices the universal question what for as battlefields claim lives and expose suffering, with a refrain echoing a mother’s plea.
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Daddy
Trying New Crops in the South During War Strain
The piece reviews how the Washington Department of Agriculture seeks to promote crop rotation in the southern states as cotton markets strain under war, warehouse storage grows, and mills in the U S and Europe absorb more cotton, urging southern farmers to diversify despite long held cotton tradition. The shift aims to preserve soil and expand export potential amid uncertain demand.
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Seievano
Senate
James L. Sibley
Tex
Constitution
Congress
Smith
United States
B.D. Callaway
Washington
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Department of Agriculture
South
Europe
New England
South America
Connecticut
Merrimac
National Agricultural Department
Brazil a Railroad Center
M Keys argues in World's Work that Brazil will become the hub of future railroad finance and development. He notes the United States’ railroad era is past, predicting Central Brazil as the proving ground for promoters and funding with many lines projected or underway across the country.
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Brazil
M. Keys
United States
Huntingtons
Hills
Harrimans
South America
Argentina
The Minister Was Puzzled at Georgia Wedding
A Georgia country church wedding found the minister asking the bride to answer, but a gruff male voice replied I will I will. The minister, puzzled, repeated the question, and the groomsman at the end explained I am answering for her.
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Lippincott’s
Georgia
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