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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1909
Page
2
The piece notes that three million matches are read in a minute and seven billion annually, with Americans consuming half. It discusses match timber quality, sources like pines and birch, and warns that dwindling timber and rising stumpage prices push conservation. It urges wiser forest use to sustain supply for years.
The critic prefers Bwana Tumbo's Tales of the Jungle to President Tail's annual message noting its swift action and picturesque language. The Nicaraguan section is brief and the overall tone finds the presidential document placid and unexciting.
The analysis notes Taft's restrained tariff stance, concerns over rising living costs, and a policy tilt toward ship subsidies. It highlights his reliance on bankers like J Pierpont Morgan, the Nicaraguan issue, and the Panama Canal cost overruns. A large federal deficit looms, prompting calls for strict economy and limited new naval construction.
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