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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1931
Page
2
The article argues the Democratic Party must prepare to govern after the next election. It condemns Republican policy as failed, cites shifts toward international trade and Europe, and calls for a clear platform on tariff, farm relief, and foreign relations to win in 1932.
The piece surveys GOP doubts as Philadelphia Mayor Mackey urges next year’s convention in his city to boost Pennsylvania for Hoover. It notes Capper’s Kansas concerns over the Hoover Farm Board, Vice President Curtis weighing a 1933 Senate race versus a return to the national stage, and Watson of Indiana weighing a run for vice president. It frames party disarray as Curtis and Watson consider paths amid a shifting national mood. A Kansas City hall moment in 1928 looms as context for Curtis’s stance and the broader GOP struggle.
The piece argues that depressions stem from under consumption and money circulation must rise. It notes hungry people in towns like Henryetta and laments wealth holders withholding funds. It also hints at a proposed highway law limiting truck and trailer length to thirty feet and jokes about cabooses on trucks.
The article notes an Illinois farmer who saved four cents per bushel on oats by burning his field after rejecting an 11 cent offer and facing harvesting costs of 15 cents, aided by a tariff of 16 cents. President Hoover targets short wheat speculators as prices fall while the Agriculture Department estimates a July 1 wheat harvest of 869,018,000 bushels, up 5,538,000 from last year.
Farmers in western states face low prices as the Hawley Smoot tariff fails to benefit agriculture. The piece cites wheat prices dropping to alarming levels, with fuel and farm inputs costing more. Missouri and Illinois examples illustrate the tariff’s insufficient aid. It argues farmers demand tariff relief on essentials to sustain production and families.
The document lists multiple commissioners allowances for the August term 1931 including Harshman Jarrellee machine company payrolls W Hunter L 2000 accountant entries for Indiana service and others such as Frank Houser William Harrison Carrie Vaughan and Newton Sidenbender with various amounts and payees from The Delphi Journal The Hoosier Democrat Carroll County Press and other local publications. It also notes county gravel road claims including Riley Ie Sink A W Jackson George Bowman Robert Tyler Dale Hunt and Tom Beaver with summed totals and accompanying vendors like Camden Cement Tile Co and Minerva Brewer.
Public sale scheduled on Friday 14 1931 at 1 30 PM by Hoshaw Bros as auctioneers. Items include library tables chairs mirror oak bedstead chiffonier sideboard china closet ice box dining sets kitchenware bedding rugs garden tools and porch furniture among others.
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