England Raises Birth Hope With National Insurance Law
A British national insurance measure offers a birth bounty of seven and a half dollars and maternity medical care to promote population growth. The piece argues poverty and low wages push families away from parenthood, linking Boer War casualties and army draft standards to Britain’s demography. It notes class disparities and stresses that social conditions drive crime and hardship, potentially affecting national vigor.
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England
France
Rome
Greece
Great Britain
South Africa
Billy
America
Open River for the Northwest and the Celilo Canal
The piece argues for accelerating the Celilo canal to open river commerce on the Columbia and Snake. It cites Lewis and Clark, Cascades, Celilo Falls, and wartime authorizations, projecting vast economic benefits from cheaper transport, settlement, and inland development across Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. It notes a $40 million river and harbor appropriation with $600,000 for Celilo and predicts lower freight rates and broader growth once water routes are open.
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Inland Empire
Columbia
Cascades
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
The Columbia River as Nation's Gateway to the Pacific
The article extols the Columbia River system and its tributaries as the nation’s main inland waterway, predicting vast economic growth from dam construction, irrigation, and increased shipping. It argues that improved navigation will spur rail and canal competition, boost agriculture, industry, and settlement, and position the Northwest to dominate transpacific trade. It also notes a proposed ambitious power plant at Celilo Walls with 300,000 to 546,000 HP capacity, estimated cost $23,000,000, to be built by Washington and Oregon.
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Pacific Coast
Columbia
Snake River
Pics
Columbia River
New York
Orient
United States
Panama Canal
Sime
Columbia Basin
Atlantic
Pacific
Interior
Northwest
Lewis
Oregon
Élito Walls
Washington
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Lewis and Clark
New
Celilo
Pres
Pacific Ocean
Great ‘Northwest
Addal
Canadian Pacific Railway
West
Dalles
Celilo Falls
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Snake Rivers
Celilo Canal
Humphrey
Celilo Rapids
Colubia
Priest Rapids
Kettle Falls
Spokane
Pend O’reille
Pacific Northwest
San
Cascade Locks
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