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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1914
Page
9
The Salt Lake Tribune discusses a U S judge firing two New York reporters for refusing to reveal informants in smuggling cases. It argues law does not recognize journalist communications as privileged unlike lawyer client or doctor patient. notes rarity of shield cases and tension between courts and sources.
The text argues that journalism is recent and powerful, requiring reporters to investigate political and social matters. It claims reporters deserve legal privilege to protect informants, akin to lawyers shielding client communications, and urges the law to recognize journalism’s high ethical standard.
William Allen White in the Emporia Gazette argues tariffs favor foreign producers as cattle and corn move through Atlantic ports cheaper than by rail from Colorado and Kansas. He warns the tariff harms Kansas pasture lands and food growers, urging reflection by lawmakers and the public.
The article notes a 2340 percent rise in lemon imports and increased imports of raisins almonds and figs under a new tariff, with no drop in consumer prices. It warns California industries could be driven out by imports and alleges a looming middleman trust will push egg prices up while Shanghai costs remain lower. Poultry interests push for Congress pledges to restore protection.
At a Lincoln dinner in Peoria Illinois Speaker Cannon warned that the great menace is non employment not trusts He criticized Democratic policy experiments as unsuccessful and said they have unsettled domestic tranquility and reversed tried policies.
Public notice warns against catarrh treatments containing mercury and urges prescriptions from reputable physicians. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as a mercury free internal remedy, with testimonials and a 75 cent bottle price. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Helena Independent highlights that states border Montana have made agriculture compulsory in public schools. It urges Montana teachers to prepare for such a shift, noting Ohio Idaho and Wyoming have already adopted elementary agriculture for teachers' certificates and predicting Montana may follow.
A Chicago mail order firm sold 93 million dollars of goods in 1913, averaging one dollar per inhabitant. In Danvers that amounts to 816 thousand dollars pulled from local circulation, illustrating the impact of continuous advertising on country merchants and signaling a push to act before rivals gain more ground.
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company has enough wire to circle the Earth twenty two times. Across its seven states there is one telephone for every eleven residents. By comparison Europe averages one phone for forty three people as Americans use the telephone more freely than any other people.
Argentina plans to ship a large corn surplus to New York in April. The crop is estimated at 300 million bushels, aiming to displace U S corn and could cost American growers at least 97.5 million dollars annually. The piece questions how farmers will offset this loss.
A Billings man in Argentina warns Montanans to avoid travel there citing strong anti American sentiment, low wages, 200000 unemployed due to crop failure and panic, describing hardships and risk.
Willys Overland plans to concentrate all plants on a single model with a redesigned chassis and lower price of 1950. The push aims to boost volume with fifty thousand cars produced this year as demand drives efficiency across departments. Ford reports January 1914 output of 25,986 cars, surpassing June 1913 record, while Buick and Hudson updates cling to fast growth and new road tests dazzle observers.
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