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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1909
Page
1
Lawmakers face a heated clash over tariff legislation with leaders urging support for aid while critics labeled standpatters as resistant. The dispute centers on pricing, industry protection, and the bill’s potential impact on imports and domestic jobs.
Washington reports a rumor that Republicans may propose trimming the cotton baseline and placing a duty of five cents per pound on Egyptian cotton imports if Democrats drop free junior and other amendments. The move, urged by several prominent Democrats, targets the Payne bill’s cotton duties as onerous to farmers. Senate leaders note a treasury deficit near 99 million dollars with a potential over 100 million by year end. President Taft reportedly discussed the plan with Speaker Cannon and top Republicans at the White House.
The southern child labor conference adopted recommendations for stringent laws. Proposals include no factory employment for under 14, no mine or quarry work under 16, and no work after 7 p.m. for under 16 except farming or domestic service. An eight hour day for under 16, state inspection, and birth registration were urged.
President Taft announced at a dinner for Charles W. Eliot that Eliots choice Dr Elliot to be ambassador to Great Britain is endorsed by the president. Senator Root had indicated the selection and Taft affirmed that support.
Jefferson Davis farm in Louisville, Kentucky is to be purchased by the Davis Farm Association. Thomas D. Osborne notes that subscriptions from southerners total $2,000 so far, with gifts ranging from 10 to 100 dollars. The fund needed to close the option is $3,000 and is expected to be raised before the option expires.
Washington D C Representative Bennett of New York introduces a bill to amend the sixtieth congress apportionment by reducing representation in states denying Negro citizens the ballot. Alabama would drop from nine to five seats and other southern states face similar cuts. Senator Money seeks Supreme Court review of the fourteenth amendment’s validity and a directive to the attorney general to submit information on how the amendment could be adopted and enforced.
Reports from Louisville indicate a boll weevil or similar insect found in Winston county Mississippi. Experts doubt the identification and say arrival by 1910 is unlikely absent accelerated migration, with specimens sent to Starkville for verdict and weather hindering spread.
Foreign Secretary Grey told the English Commons that the government’s naval policy faced no confidence vote. Arthur Hamilton Lee and A. J. Balfour pressed eight Dreadnoughts now, criticizing cabinet incompetence while Grey warned of ongoing German arms race and potential European bankruptcy if it persists.
Jesse Powers of Wendell Massachusetts leapt from a church steeple about seventy five feet suffering fractured ankles as ground dents show impact. Clergy reform urged by Dr J A Adams at Chicago ministers meeting calls for oath rules on preachers and limits on preaching content. Archdeacon Emery resigns amid family scandal and criticism. A dead unknown white man found buried in cotton seed near Clinton South Carolina with pistol and money. Maine passes repeal of the Sturgis liquor enforcement law. senate position remains unchanged.
Comptroller General Wright urges holding new appropriations until revenue grows from non tax sources. He calls for stricter insurance laws and broader taxation, including inheritance and occupations, plus reform of property assessment to curb tax evasion. A table shows Black property rising from 5.8 million in 1880 to 27.0 million in 1908.
Savannah and Georgia reports on Daniel J Sully show opposition to his idea of a southern chain of cotton warehouses holding a third of the year's cotton crop. A Savannah cotton exchange member calls the plan impracticable and says the Farmers' Union would have backed it if viable, predicting resistance and no benefit to planters or factors.
Antitoxin sufficient to meet the state's needs is on hand in the Georgia state board of health laboratories. The antitoxin has been prepared carefully and accurately by the board. Physicians may obtain any amount free of charge by writing or telegraphing to the secretary of the board, care of the laboratories in the state capitol.
The prison commission bans chains on female convicts in both state and county gangs, approved by Governor Smith, with enforcement across jurisdictions. A permanent Southern Musical Festival in Atlanta next May is planned, promising major acts including Caruso. Rural delivery expands in Murray County, and a Vicksburg monument project gains momentum. Georgia’s Ananias club, farm debates, a 10 percent school fund advance, cattle tick inspections, and convicts’ road work feature in ongoing state affairs.
Daniel J. Sully, famed cotton magnate, predicts the deep seed of emancipation for southern farmers within twenty years. He argues farmers must unite, leverage internal initiative, and accept that cotton is the world’s dominant industry, with American capital flowing to southern mills as New England investments move south.
Representative Dawson of Iowa says a design flaw in the Dingley tariff and war revenue changes left tobacco consumers paying a hidden tax since 1902. The misapplied packaging sizes meant buyers in small 2 ounce and larger 4 ounce packs effectively paid extra cents per package, totaling about 45 million dollars.
Savannah Ga H Nash president of the American Naval Stores Company writes an open letter to Senator Taliaferro of Florida in reply to a recent senate speech attacking Nash's firm. He accuses the senator of taking large dividends from the Atlantic Investment Company later declared restraint of trade and publishes check images. He claims the senator stayed with the company until forced to withdraw.
James Horton of San Francisco reports Japan will seek 175000 annually for horse breed improvement, to be shared among 13 race clubs. Races allowed only twice yearly per club, four days per meet, and only clubs compliant with the Civil Code may operate. Local authorities will enforce order and morals. disorderly patrons risk losing licenses.
Government Agent J F Boepple tours federal mussel prospects while Congress budgets 5000 for outlook research and 25000 for a hatchery to supply shells for button factories. Boepple, praised as father of the mussel shell button industry, relocated from Germany to found Americas first factory in Iowa Grayville Independent. AS PICTURED. Miss Peachly’s photo prompts chatty exchange about her changing looks.
A nervous coffee fiend recalls how her sister secretly swapped Postum for morning coffee. She credits Postum with strengthening her, improving color and vitality after ten days. The testimonial invites readers to try Postum and seek The Road to Wellville booklet.
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