11 Jan 1924
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1924
Page
1
Atlantic News-Telegraph lists evening delivery options for subscribers who miss their paper. The notice includes call-in instructions before seven o'clock and clarifies separate phone numbers, carrier rates, and foreign advertising representation details for the paper published in Atlantic Iowa.
The article argues against the view that farmers only receive a small share of the sale price, citing that buyers and processors, including stock feeders and manufacturers, add value transforming corn into beef, pork, and other products. It notes costs, marketing, and financing factors in the supply chain, defending the price system as fair and necessary. The piece discusses middlemen, cooperatives, and the role of the consumer in final market pricing.
The text argues that a producer considers price enough to profit at each stage from production to consumption. He approves profits for buyers as goods pass through changes, provided he can still make a profit. He objects only if profits are not earned after it leaves his hands.
The Iowa public recalls Webb Byers a former attorney general and Des Moines official. He criticizes state and national conditions, laments gloom in the Register editorial, and hints at political moves toward Cummins’ Senate succession.
Friends of the League press the Bok award to draw the United States into entangling alliance. The piece argues the award masks a plan to join a world court and nonpartisan governance, deceiving voters and Congress. It warns of potential debt cancelation demands and added costs borne by Americans.
A town legislature debate introduced an amendment to reduce per diem for board of supervisors members and to increase the number of days they may be paid for, signaling fiscal and governance scrutiny amid a heated session.
Washington dispatch reports U S farm marketing co operations moved over two million dollars in a year. Among 2 600 grain groups 480 million in business, 1 241 dairy bodies 300 million, 1 182 livestock shipping associations 220 million, 866 fruit and vegetable groups 280 million, 78 cotton cooperatives 100 million, and 14 tobacco bodies 132 million. Only 8 315 of 10 300 groups reported. 90 percent sold farm products while 10 percent bought farm supplies.
A Chicago market report notes cash corn sold higher than a month earlier with No 2 yellow and white at a center price. It argues the rise was due to little on hand not rumors, and warns that indiscriminate selling by farmers damages prices and profits.
A historical plea urges immediate government support for railroad relief to avert financial collapse and enable new freight routes. It champions a lakes to gulf waterway and rate concessions as dual, temporary and permanent solutions, arguing practical western politicians must unite with farmers to implement real transportation improvements now.
The column notes varied items from Chicago and New Orleans including a murder suspect in the Taylor case, a Denver judge sentencing a movie actor to two years, and climate of celebrity excess. It mentions Detroit farewells, New York dancers, a Fresno figure weighing 89 pounds, and crude oil and film production records in 1923.
Representatives of about 150000 workers and industries in the Midwest urge the Interstate Commerce Commission to allow Western railroads to adjust rates to compete with Panama Canal traffic. They argue the move would avert widespread business failure and hardship, urging the commission to consider temporary concessions amid ongoing policy conflicts.
A 1924 poem by George Matthew Adams framed as a youth named Robert Gin Seng Bunn arguing for gun ownership amid warnings of crime. A rough night ends with a cop shot, Robert jailed, and the speaker lamenting the tragedy and future prospects. The piece explores responsibility, self defense, and consequences of bearing a weapon.
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