Old Favor Reappears Anti Revolver Law Debate
The Washington Post surveys revived calls in state legislatures for stricter revolver controls, arguing such laws burden ordinary citizens and fail to deter criminals who ignore age old gun laws. It endorses severe penalties for crimes using deadly weapons and cautions against broad anti gun measures. It also quotes Calvin Coolidge on Muscle Shoals and critiques federal ventures like power and fertilizer projects as misuses of government power.
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America
Calvin Coolidge
Congress
United States
Norris
Senate
Treasury
Century-Long Survey Marks Historic Agricultural Issue
The January issue titled Historical Number of The Country Gentleman commemorates 100 years of American agriculture and the oldest agricultural journal. It traces The Genesee Farmer’s 1831 founding, its 1840 merger with The Cultivator, and The Country Gentleman’s rise as a national magazine in 1858 with 192 pages of articles, fiction, and features.
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Curtis Publishing Company
Philadelphia
Department of Agricultural Development
America
Genesee Farmer
Luther Tucker
New York States
The
Cultivator
New York Agricultural Society
Country Gentlemen
Farm Almanac Style Agricultural Tidbits
Breeding ewes should be active healthy and well grown with dense wool. A chicken accustomed to outdoor runs may struggle in bad weather. Birds cannot drink frozen water. Train the young apple tree avoid butchering. Indiana markets favor Indiana products. An orchard is a poor pasture site. Naturalize bulb plants along roadsides. Order farm machinery repairs now to avoid delays.
War and Taxes Show Peace Costs in 1931 Spending
Treasury figures cited by the New York Times estimate that in the first half of fiscal year 1931 the federal government spent about 1.801 billion dollars. Of this amount over 1.127 billion dollars, or 62 cents of every tax dollar, may be attributed to past wars and national defense costs.
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Treasury Department
New York Times
National Dairy Pays 5 Million Weekly to Farmers
Thomas H. McInnerney president of National Dairy Products Corp told the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation in Des Moines that the country’s dairy farmers receive about five million dollars weekly in cash for their products. He argued for collective bargaining in raw materials but endorsed private distribution, urging expanded milk consumption and market growth through company advertising and promotion.
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National Dairy Products Corporation
Thomas H. McInnerney
National Dairy
National Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation
Des Moines
McInnerney
National Dairy Products Ton
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