Few Pigmies in Those Days Essay on Illinois Senate
Fifty years ago a caucus selected Richard Oglesby as the Republican choice for U S senator and he was later elected. The piece recalls era party discipline, primaries unused, and shifts in how senators were chosen. It argues primaries have removed strong statesmen from politics and harmed representation.
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Minois
Richard Oglesby
United States
Oglesby
Ilinois
United States Senate
Senate
Bette
Towa Politi¢S
Primary reforms urged in state boards and job cuts
The piece argues for consolidation and reduction of state boards and a trimming of public employees, criticizing political hangers-on and urging governance efficiency. It warns lawmakers to heed Governor Kendall and avoid being swayed by job seekers, while reflecting on France's wartime strategy and Germany reparations under Versailles.
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Kendall
Army of
United States
France
Germany
Labor and Immigration Debate Shapes Economic Policy
The Chicago Tribune views a drive to ease immigration restrictions as aimed at cheap labor for industry and farming. It questions labor shortages and argues that reduced work hours could preserve jobs and stabilize buying power, aiding employment prospects and assimilation of foreign elements.
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Chicago
Immigration policy debate over labor needs and quotas
The piece argues against increasing immigration quotas, warning it would flood congested areas with newcomers who may speak only their native languages and adopt old-world views. It criticizes industrialists and farmers for seeking cheap labor and asserts current quotas were unmet by northern and western European countries in 1921-22. It calls for making jobs more attractive domestically rather than changing laws.
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Addisng
America
United States
The Farmer Helps Himself in Deflation Times
Omaha Bee notes farmers remained active as factories closed and jobs scarce. Agriculture’s purchasing power rose 20 percent since four years ago, though still below 1913. Despite large crops, farm prices improved. Lincoln hosts the annual A G conference amid cautious optimism for the sector’s outlook.
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Omaha Bee
United States
Lincoln
Nebraska
Debate on Foreign Markets Shields Farm Prosperity Prospect
In Bayonne New Jersey a political defense claims critics misstate Harding policy by blaming farmers’ woes on exports. Records from the U S Bureau of Foreign Commerce show U S farm sales to Europe rose in value and volume over the last two years. Grain exports surged nearly fivefold in that period, with staples shipped in multiples above prior levels. The piece argues America trades actively with Europe, contradicting isolation rhetoric. It urges readers to consider official data over partisan claims.
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Bayonne
N. J
Harding
Col. EB. M. House
Bernard Baruch
Wilson
United States Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Europe
America
Fragmented reflections on society and headlines from a busy page
A collage of social quips and blurbs covers fame aging taxes and the poor. Notes on a 64 year old actor’s marriages a professor’s views on youth gender, reader questions on obesity, and stray items about hoboes, crime, and wartime taxes. A short anecdote about a farmer dropping seed from an airplane closes the fragment.
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