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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
2
A provincial view criticizes trade excursions by major city wholesalers. Travelling reps cover large territories, offer meals on trains, and host flattering receptions in small towns to showcase products. Local merchants are urged to welcome visits while noting the trips mainly serve advertising and relationship building.
A Montana newspaper rebukes Senator Meyers for misstating wool tariff talks and Democratic views. It argues his interview misreads Montana sentiment, noting no prominent Montana Democrat supports his tariff stance while highlighting opposition from woolgrowers and party factions.
A renowned firearms manufacturer reportedly offered an annual large gift to the National Association of Audubon Societies. The same company has been trying to win free ads by sending newspapers a sensational tale of a marksman achievements with its firearm.
The remark notes that Americans who travel to Canada and learn Montana nonirrigated land is selling for 50 dollars per acre may regret not turning south at the border. The line colors the migration and land price contrast in a blunt, tongue in cheek style.
A manufacturing firm stopped producing a long advertised item yet received a post office order decades later. A farmer, finding the ad while picking up a carpet, was impressed by the product and wrote for it, only to learn it was no longer made.
A long haired cleric elected mayor abandons pre election promises and begins devising methods to increase revenue. He argues existing tax rates are insufficient to cover expenses and leave a balance, despite socialist administration claims.
Butte's socialist mayor and council push an ordinance taxing mines by output and require favored holdouts to pay a license fee. The proposal draws louder calls from affected residents for a commission form of government than ever before.
The piece argues that the United States risks disaster by neglecting war readiness. It criticizes dependence on diplomacy while urging a six month enlistment plan to build a reserve force and quicken mass mobilization. It warns opposition underestimates the need for credible defense and cites past costs of unprepared wars.
The Anaconda Standard analyzes growing tariff tensions inside the Democratic Party. It notes William Jennings Bryan’s sharp critique of wool policy and Underwood’s dignified reply. The piece suggests party unity will be hard to achieve for the 1912 tariff plank and warns of ongoing internal conflicts.
Critics say the new Laurel Outlook editor comes from a journalism school that neglects ethics by reprinting articles from other papers without credit. The accusation centers on improper attribution and professional standards.
Evidence in the lower house shows no inclination to use the rule of reason in tariff legislation. The report notes the majority appears not to favor this approach at this time.
A Fort Meyer colonel named Garrard blocked a rank promotion for an enlisted man named Bloom, citing Jewish heritage. President Taft condemned the bias, noting Bloom’s merit and Roosevelt’s earlier support, and Garrard was admonished to avoid repeating such actions.
Montana newspapers resist broad appeals urging readers to buy a cereal mill product, arguing that support should come from genuine advertising rather than coercive campaigns. They say local trade can grow through prudent ad spending by the manufacturer rather than external pressure.
Newspapers and flour mills are described as home institutions whose owners must live with their consequences, as should those who depend on them. The remark underscores the social and economic ties binding local industries to the community.
The piece denounces gullible investors duped by a grand nationwide bank-note fraud. New York bankers allegedly backed a fictional national issue and offered fifty percent profits. Seattle victims invested 500 to 1000 dollars each, only to learn the scheme collapsed and authorities seek the rogues. The author argues punishment should fit the crime.
Hon. W. G. Conrad states he bears no bitterness toward the four or five Democrats who did not support him last winter. He expresses no resentment and says he is glad Meyers won with their votes, insisting he remains friendly toward them despite the defeat.
Patronize home industry. Home cured hams and bacon and pure kettle rendered lard at Bray's. tf
The piece recalls 1892 1894 1897 partisan shifts between Democrats and Republicans, noting Democratic drives to scrutinize executive departments. It contrasts earlier Democratic rule with later Republican control and warns against a 1912 repetition of costly investigations and misrule amid economic panics.
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