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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1920
Page
5
The piece argues that seven years under Wilson brought chaos and profiteering. It claims government spending enriched profiteers and that labor and business exploited the system. It urges a return to law and order by electing a Republican administration next November.
The piece argues Soviet Russia is harsher than czarist rule with conscription and property confiscation, citing Emma Goldman. It also notes Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Chicago campaign kickoff and his reliance on Theodore Roosevelt’s name, which the writer criticizes as ineffective.
The passage accuses Democrats of noisy fundraising while urging Republicans to explain how wartime donations were spent. It notes Wilson’s attempt to avoid an overt break and questions about administration accounting.
The piece argues the Republican path is easier today and urges voters to participate in the upcoming primary next Tuesday remarking on Cox and Wilson as symbolic figures in the partisan climate.
The piece critiques Bryan's pride in politics and analyzes Harding Cox Roosevelt and Wilson League dynamics. It notes Lyndon Hubbard's Denver Harding-Coolidge Club with 3500 members and speeches by Senator Johnson praising Harding Coolidge, while questioning policy on the Covenant and League of Nations amid European sugar and Poland sentiments.
A reader argues that those imprisoned for obstructing the draft and aiding the enemy are portrayed as patriots by supporters. The piece blames Europe for excessive policy influence, urges stronger American protectionism, and cites calls to cut State Department cables and claim France regressed per various agency reports.
The article notes concern in France over top officers' large salaries at the League of Nations and the sizable payroll. It reports that at least 100 persons favor the League.
The Jones Chautauqua system closed a three days engagement in Manderson Tuesday night. Attendance was lighter due to short notice advertising, but locals were well pleased and expect a return engagement next year. The event was a perfect success and greatly enjoyed by attendees.
Analysis warns against the Non-Partisan League as it fields a full state ticket and campaigns for state ownership of industries. It cautions that unrest could unite radical elements and urges voters not to trust such experiments, noting suffrage amendment ratification by party in various states.
A proposal urges states and nation to enact a public welfare law requiring big business to file annual reports on capitalization earnings operating expenses profits and dividends. It envisions an impartial tribunal for labor grievances and cites the Kansas industrial court as a model benefiting capital labor and the outside consuming public.
A. F. Haines of Pacific Seamship Co calls for immediate filling of the five vacancies on the United States Shipping Board. He cites policy, rate, and compensation questions awaiting presidential action and endorses the new merchant marine law. He defends section 28 of the act, arguing freight guarantees to tidewater do not harm port competition with Japanese vessels.
The piece cites British government losses on railways and the state telephone system, cites Emma Goldman’s Russia critique, notes labor leaders distancing from Sinn Fein, and observes postwar quiescence of stateism while highlighting Bolshevik Russia facing famine and typhus.
A Washington farmer urges inviting a million Japanese to clear logged lands to reforest them. He argues the land should be used to grow forests, benefiting water supply and rainfall. He warns against land ownership concentration and promotes reforestation as a sound policy for future timber.
R. L. Praetor and C. Webster report Tasman Mountain Oil & Gas Co has a verbal agreement with Peterson Co of Riverton to take over the Burlington rig and holdings and begin work within sixty days. The test well, now 1200 feet deep, is the valley’s only test and should be completed soon. Hyattsville visitors Dr and Mrs C E Fawcett were in town yesterday.
A call is issued for a meeting of the Republican State Central Committee of Wyoming. County chairmen elected at August 17 1920 primaries will gather September 6 1920 at 2 PM in Cheyenne to elect officers and handle committee business. T. Blake Kennedy chairs the outgoing committee. Basin Republican is official paper.
Full blooded Hereford bulls for sale aged yearlings to four years. Contact G Hartigan Basin. 2011 Mrs Cleveland visiting her mother Mrs D L Carr then left for her Missouri home last Saturday.
Mr. Abbott, father of C. B. Abbott of the Epplesheimer Abbott pharmacy, bought the D. A. Null residence on the corner of Fifth and B streets and expects to take possession in about one month.
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