Cutting comment on current events in the nation
A column of editorial observations surveys tariff politics, immigration land laws, and international affairs. It cites California land bills, the Wilson Underwood tariff, Japan landholding questions, and European postwar settlement, with references to figures like Secretary Bryan and President Wilson.
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J. Bryan
Wisser
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United States
Japan
Roosevelt
U.S
Supreme Court
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Underwood tariff sparks debate on burdens and benefits
Representative Geo R Smith attacks the Underwood bill saying producers bear the costs while consumers gain little. He argues tariffs place duties on farmers and small manufacturers, while large trusts enjoy extensions and the bill reflects political expediency rather than consumer benefit.
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Geo. R. Smith
House
Great Steel Trust
Beef Trust
Sugar Trust
Woolen Trust
Washington
Mr. Bryan
Texas
Mr. Garner
Louisiana
Ways and Means Committee
Alabama
Mr. Underwood
Tariff Board
Tariff Reform Call From Nonpartisan Board
A plea for tariff measures based on a non partisan tariff board with ample power to gather authentic information. The speaker insists tariffs must be freed from partisan politics to achieve just and equitable results.
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Tariff Board
Republicans Move Toward Reuniting Party At Chicago Conference
A Chicago conference of Republican United States senators and leaders agreed to urge the Republican National Committee to call a national convention this year to reorganize the party along progressive lines. The aim is to change representation bases and promote constructive government activity. Senator Borah opposes a top down national meeting, arguing reform cannot be driven from the top.
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Chicago
Republican Party
United States
Republican National Committee
Washington
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
William E. Borah
Idaho
Herbert S. Hadley
Progressive Party
Cummins
Borah
President Wilson Bests Dewey as Beau Brummel of Washington
Admiral George Dewey once led Washington’s style, but President Wilson now rivals him in dress. Wilson sports faultless grays and browns, silk socks with matching neckties, and a coordinated handkerchief. He favors sack coats for day wear and hosts delegations in the east room without a frock coat. Unlike others, he never carries a cane and still favors soft felts over straw hats.
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Europe
Washington
Wilson
Woody
England
George
Germany
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Woodrow Wilson
Dewey
Careless Postcards Judged Unreturnable Under New Rule
A department head orders all unpaid misdirected unmailable and unclaimed domestic postcards destroyed unless the sender’s name is clearly written to allow return. The ruling aims at curbing clandestine courtship mail via postcards, but excludes properly addressed and legit mail.
Rail Commission to Condemn Land for High Power Line
The board of railroad commissioners will travel to Marshalltown at the request of the Iowa Railway and Light Company under a new law granting condemnation rights for electric transmission. This marks the first case on record of its kind.
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Board of Railroad Commissioners
Marshalltown
Iowa Railway and Light Company
General Assembly
Ind
The Hero in Slush: A Grin Through Hard Times
Poem fragment notes the value of a good heart over mere appearance. It contrasts a pleasant smile in spring with the enduring cheer of a person who stays optimistic after misfortune, even sinking into slush.
Vice Commission Debate Sparks Iowa Moral Reform Questions
Discussion follows Governor Clarke’s push for a vice commission in Iowa. Parole board data show rising general crimes but declining social crimes from 1910 to 1912, with rising costs of prosecution and sizable uncollected fines. The state capitol ponders retrenchment and reform committee scrutiny.
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Vice Commission
Iowa
Clarke
General Assembly
State Board of Parole
Erst Ak Chaebakes
State
Iowa State tour to study farming in sixteen counties
A group from Iowa State College will conduct a June automobile tour through sixteen counties to study farming conditions in barns and fields. Participants may join in several counties with over fifty autos expected in some. A public meeting will present findings after each tour with specialists including Hauser Ten Eyck Buchanan O Donnell and Dodds.
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Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
W. J. Kennedy
John Buchanan
Roy O'Donnel
Dodds
Creston
Logan
Glidden
Panora
Grinnell
Dallas Center
Humboldt
Pocahontas
Inwood
Emmetsburg
Buffalo Center
Nashua
Cresco
Decorah
Toledo
Marshall Town
Automobile license receipts show Iowa growth in 1913
The secretary of state reports January 1913 automobile license receipts of 518,820. The January 1913 general fees totaled 20,077.24, up from January 1912 figures of 12,030.32, signaling broader prosperity.
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Iowa
Indians Regaining Sight Report Highlights Restored Vision
Dana H. Kelsey, U S Indian superintendent in Oklahoma, reports in an annualInterior briefing that many Indians who were blind for years now function un attended or have had their sight entirely restored. Two eye specialists who have worked a year note trachoma is very prevalent among full bloods.
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Dana H. Kelsey
United States
Oklahoma
Secretary of the Interior
Fisher
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