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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
1
A collage of opinions on farming, politics, tariffs, and social issues. Observations on editors, suffrage, and the economy mix with notes about farmers, tobacco and wool markets, and rail topics. Several remarks salute farmers as a moral index and discuss Iowa farm trends alongside national debates.
Delegates said the town pays more attention to hogs cattle and crops than to workers. They argued only four factory inspectors exist in the state, an inadequate force to enforce laws preventing child and woman labor abuses, long hours and low wages.
Warden J C Sanders leads a publicized program sending about 200 inmates outside the Fort Madison penitentiary under minimal guard. They perform barn and road work and farm clearing while earning share of wages, with costs covered by state, praised by Senator McColl as a notable reform that may inspire other states like Oregon and Colorado.
W C Brown former president of the New York Central spoke at a bankers convention in Lime Springs Howard county Iowa correcting a program error. He praised Iowa railroad regulation saying Iowa was right and railroads were wrong and recalled banker fundraising for Civil War troops. He said he is glad to return to Iowa after forty years wandering, calling it the Indian summer of his life.
Iowa coal operators and the state board of control agreed to give Iowa coal priority for state institutions. A committee will revise specifications to let Iowa product compete with Illinois coal. About twenty operators from four districts met to clear up misunderstandings and discuss contracts. Thirty mentions of Iowa institutions use around 140000 tons of coal. Illinois coal dominates in some cases.
Chairman Rawson of the Republican State central committee calls a delegate convention in Des Moines July 15 with 1 021 delegates. Caucuses open at 10 a m and the convention at 11. Delegates are apportioned by county and Clarke vote totals from 1912, Winneshiek County to have 13 delegates.
The town state fair will not display machinery from leading manufacturers for the first time, unless company policies change before August. Local managers cite curtailing expenses and hint at a boycott affecting the Iowa fair.
The state legal department debates how to interpret the primary law for write in names on ballots. It argues a write in should not bind a nomination unless the candidate has earned 35 percent of the vote.
Chautauqua sessions begin Tuesday June 23 featuring Liberati's band and notable speakers from Des Moines and across the country. The program includes Judge Sadler, Dr. Grey, Madam Mountford, Miss Fola LaFollette, and Dr. Mattison W. Chase with lectures on vice, democracy, and self made men. Local managers promise lively concerts and affordable admission, urging community support.
A humorous farmer letter warns Dakota readers about alfalfa chaos. The author recounts June toil cutting a three foot high patch delaying corn cultivation, chautauqua attendance, and a June to September race with hay. Seed costs, unexpected growth, and eventual use as cattle fodder are described by SOHN PETERSON.
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