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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1923
Page
2
The Corydon Democrat published weekly in Corydon Indiana notes editor Lew M O Bannon as editor and proprietor. It lists a circulation of 3400 and mentions foreign advertising representation by The American Press Association.
Advertising details list display rates at 40 cents per inch and reader charges of 5 cents per line with standing ads. Subscription prices are posted for in county and out of county readers, with advance payment requirements and various term lengths. The legible parts indicate one year and six month options, plus a note on prepayment for out of county subscribers.
Dr E L Powell of Louisville writes from Washington that Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations will prevail over narrow Americanism. He argues Europe must stabilize to aid America, condemns isolationists, cites Senator Underwood on Western wheat markets, and endorses League cooperation to avoid future wars and achieve peace.
The New York Times reports Senator Magnus Johnson advocates government intervention to raise farm prices, arguing for relief similar to protections long sought by manufacturers. He insists on methods, while the principle remains aiding ailing farmers against world competition.
The piece argues Republicans faced with Minnesota’s Farm Labor gains should reexamine their protectionist legacy. It links wide protection to universal reliance, rising costs for farmers, and a broader economic squeeze, citing wheat price declines and coal prices, plus Canadian pulp embargo fears linked to Fordney McCumber tariffs.
Former President Woodrow Wilson writes in Atlantic Monthly that world unrest and domestic distress stem from the clash between haves and have nots and the spiritual life of the times. He argues capitalism must be reformed to avert material ruin and calls on churches, politics, and capitalists to lead a spiritual renewal.
A Chicago conference of seven states Republican leaders warns that farmer discontent fuels a rising radicalism. With wheat under 1 dollar a bushel and livestock prices weak, party leaders fear unity fractures and seek to promise slow prosperity to the rural vote. The farmer’s grouch drives bloc influence and radical tendencies in the upper valley states.
Bradstreet reports commercial failures continue at about 17 000 per year with May 1923 failures at 1467 versus 1775 in May 1922. Historical May totals show higher failures during Wilson administration years, while Kansas wheat crop values hover around 80 cents per bushel reflecting farmers’ costs and Western grain conditions.
Notice in Harrison Circuit Court May Term 1923 directs sale of rents and profits of two parcels in section 7 township 5 south range 5 east, totaling 41 acres approx, to satisfy judgment of Morris J Liebert against William T Stallings. Sale at Corydon Court House on August 25 1923. Details describe parcels and boundaries including meanderings of Elizabeth and Laconia road.
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