President Wilson Addresses Congress on Peace, Banking, and Rural Credit
President Wilson urges Congress to pass banking and currency reform promptly and to enact rural credit measures to assist farmers. He cites Mexico’s instability under Huerta, supports arbitration treaties, and calls for continued suppression of monopolies while reasserting commitments to territorial governance in Puerto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines. He also outlines Alaska development and safety improvements for mines and sea labor.
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London
Congress Opens With Broad Agenda For Sixty Third Session
Congress begins the Sixty third session with a long list of priorities including currency reform anti trust measures prohibition of interlocking directorships and extensive appropriations. The program covers trusts federal ownership railroad regulation rural credits and national primaries among other items and signals a drawn out battle into next summer.
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Army Reserve Corps
Markets Update Abruptly Ends Milk Official Price Quotes
New York wholesale market notes that official milk prices have been abolished and it is no longer possible to provide accurate quotations. Traders face undefined pricing as the market adjusts to new conditions.
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New York
Government Budget Outline Seeks 1.108 Billion for 1914
United States government fiscal year 1914 would require 1,108,681,777 dollars to run, per Treasury estimates to Congress. This is 34 million over the current year's appropriations, with increases noted across most departments including post, agriculture, naval, pensions, and public works.
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Public Service
Department of Agriculture
Post Office
Jail for Trust Violators Aims to Remove Fines
Washington report notes Representative Henry's amendment to the Sherman law proposes jail sentences only for violations with no fines. The measure would also make illegal any device to restrain trade manipulate prices or prevent competition or fix standards for controlling prices. Exemptions would cover non profit organizations and agricultural products.
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