Atlanta Constitution advertising and postal rates 1914
Postal and subscription rates for the United States and Mexico are listed with daily and Sunday prices, weekly and tri weekly options, and carrier grades. Advertising manager Holliday note, Washington Bureau address, and New York distribution details are included.
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United States
Mexico
Imo
Atlanta
Holliday
Constitution Building
Seasee
Washington
5 Street
N. Y
Joan Corrigan, Jr
Constitution
New York City
Holaling
Broadway
Forty-second Street
Times Building
Thirty-eighth Street
Twenty-ninth Street
Buy a Bale From a Farmer's Wife Cotton Patch Plan
Letters from 1914 1924 era farmers and editors discuss the cotton crisis. They propose买 a bale movements, acreage limits, tax on surplus, and cooperative buying to aid farmers. The debate centers on cotton price support, diversification, and practical farm adjustments across Georgia, Alabama, and the broader South.
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Haitor
Maiie
Senate
Smith
Robert W. Hayne
War Tax on Ginning and Easter Constitution Debate
W BURNS of Gadftin Ga argues a proposed wartime policy to tax cotton ginning and regulate 1914 and 1915 cotton crops. He outlines affidavits, government stamps, and penalties to enforce cutbacks, comparing tax legality to tobacco tax and gin operations. He warns gains depend on enforced acreage reductions and government control through stamps and postmasters.
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United States
Burns
Cotton for Covering Offers Large Scale Substitution
The Constitution notes a move to substitute cotton for jute in packaging, led by Quaker Oats. If successful, annual use could reach 21,000 bales initially, expanding to hundreds of thousands as other cereal firms adopt cotton coverings and the raw cotton itself also shifts. Immediate, organized action suggested to mobilize thousands of firms across the South.
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Ray
Vis
Board of Trade
N. S. Davenport & Son
Birmingham
G. & Railroad
Gadsden
Anniston
Huntsville
Decatur
Florence
Alabama
South
Quaker Oats Company
America
Southern Commercial Congress
Wonderful England and the Silent War
Samuel G. Blythe portrays Britain's wartime restraint in the Saturday Evening Post. He portrays England declaring war, the financial collapse, and troop movements as a silent war kept from public detail. He notes officials swear secrecy and editors know little, delaying publication of military specifics.
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Samuel G. Blythe
Saturday Evening Post
Blythe
England
Germany
England’s resolve in war seen through Blythe’s lens
The piece contrasts English calm and unflinching resolve with French bravado. It portrays England as taut and ready for costly sacrifice, from king to coster monger, insisting allies must win the big game.
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France
England
Blythe
Needless Arrests in Chicago Raise Crime Concerns
An investigation finds about 60 000 needless arrests yearly in Chicago costing 8 million dollars. Excess arrests impair law and order, breed crime, and harm minors and first offenders. Prevention and early treatment are urged as alternatives, echoing reforms seen in Detroit Cleveland and Atlanta.
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Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Atlanta
A Helpless Giant and a Curious China Outlook
A commentary argues China is an apparent benevolent absolutism under Yuan Shikai, with vast population and resources, poised between hermetic neutrality and potential invasions by Europe and Japan. It suggests China could emerge as a peaceful economic power, influencing global trends in a changing world.
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China
Yuan Shi Kai
Japan
Germany
Ye the Kaiser
Europe
Cotton Boll as Emblem by James Longstreet Sibley
A letter proposes making the cotton boll the national floral emblem for 1914 to boost interest in the cotton question. It suggests mail order sales of cotton bolls to fund wives and daughters of planters, outlines distribution by postmasters along the cotton belt, and includes pricing 10 cents for three bolls or 40 cents for a dozen, with orders sent from towns named by initials.
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Eoitor
Tan
Appomatox
Biter
South
Hostor
America
United States
Florida
Tennessee
Virginia
Mexico
Chicago
Smith
Cotton Belt
James Longstreet Sibley
Milledgeville
Railroads Gain Ground In Mail Pay Debate
A reader credits the September editorial Simple Justice for urging fair pay to railroads for mail transport. The joint congressional committee defense states railroads have been underpaid and deserve a profit above operating costs to cover capital, aligning with Interstate Commerce Commission principles. The Post Office had argued mail service is governmental, but the committee insists mail revenue should not burden other railroad services.
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Eoitor
Joint Congressional Committee
Post Office Department
Joint Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harlan
Commission
Congress
Foimt
Congressional Committee
Ralph Peters
Financial tangle looms as South American credit plans emerge
The Holland Letter warns that two South American nations may issue false orders via contracts for large public works to be paid with bonds or credits. Chile seeks million-dollar deals with American firms, but payment terms and bond liquidations hinder rapid cash flow amid wartime trade shifts. The piece also discusses a potential gold pool and Federal Reserve views on past and future currency actions.
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United States
Chile
Amerian
South America
Europe
Federal Reserve
National Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Systems
Reserve Board
Washington
Federal Reserve Boards
New York City
New York
London
Paris
Bank of England
Mexico
California
South Africa
Alaska
Yukon
Enid
Holland
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Angle
Tne
South Georgia
Barwick
Moultrie
Georgia
Will R. Tucker
A. B. & A. Railroad
Mouttaia
C. M. Sanders
Penfield, Ga
Co, H White
Covington, Ga
Dan W. Hammack
Coleman, Ga
N.S. Davenport
Valley Head
All
Griffin, Go
Hawke
J. D. Chamberlain
Winston-Salem, N. G
Gadftin
Cotton Boll
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