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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1914
Page
1
A pasted editorial column rails at political vanity and the press while musing on public figures and events. It lampoons diplomats and party leaders, notes Prohibition era tensions, and mocks sensational crime talk. It cites Wilson tolls, suffrage debates, and Mexican politics with a cautious, satirical tone.
Iowa will produce about 45,000,000 bushels of corn this year per a July government estimate. Winter wheat may reach 10,000,000 bushels, 4,000,000 above average. Oats will exceed average by 6,000,000 bushels with total year yield around 172,000,000 bushels. Potatoes and other crops show various readings. many fruits and vegetables posted above or near average levels.
A. A. Coates, prominent prohibitionist, voices approval of the Progressive Party state convention adopting their program to tackle the saloon issue. He hints at possible amalgamation with the five parties, noting the national Progressive platform already mirrors much of their own. Coates says Iowa could unite with them to advance prohibition.
Lyman Westcott aged 17 son of Mr and Mrs Howard Westcott died at the National Oats plant after falling into a disinfectant vat while handling fumigating bags. He suffocated before rescue and his parents will receive 1000 under the new workers compensation act.
In Des Moines delegates voted 358 to 283 to approve a dry plank in the Iowa Progressive platform. The resolution backed prohibiting manufacturing and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage, amid a bitter fight in the resolutions committee and convention with notable opponents and supporters among clergy and lay members.
Government crop estimates show wheat production surpassing all prior records. Winter wheat yields reach 655 million bushels, spring wheat 275 million, totaling 930 million bushels, a gain of 167 million over any previous year. The drought-affected corn and oats crops also altered overall totals, with harvests reaching historic levels in earlier decades.
The term Cathay, an old European usage for China, allegedly entered from Khitai via Khitan influence, with Marco Polo noted in some accounts as a conduit. the explanation links the name to the conquerors of the Celestial empire in antiquity.
By the Iowa State wide Publicity Commission chairman this piece extols Iowa as a leader among states for multiple firsts. It highlights top rankings in farm machinery value, hog production, banking deposits, corn production, literacy, and a billion-dollar prosperity distinction, urging readers to consider Iowa's agricultural and educational advantages.
Federal judges ruled the blue sky law passed by the Thirty fifth general assembly unconstitutional re discrimination and interstate commerce concerns. The decision reverses a previous ruling and sends the case to the Town supreme court on appeal. The measure, challenged by William R. Compton Co and Reed Elliott Harrison and McCoy Co, faces licensing penalties.
The Sinclair Packing Company of Cedar Rapids objects to federal meat inspectors condemning their ice. Representative Good has appealed to the agriculture department. Washington awaits examination of ice samples while Sinclair argues inspections are too rigid and favor big packers, with similar complaints from other quarters and mention of Des Moines plant actions.
Notice of appeal to the United States Supreme Court in an ice cream case is filed with the court clerk. The dispute questions whether a state may set any required quality for food products. The Iowa court previously ruled in the state's favor.
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