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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1932
Page
4
A noisy message critiques prohibition as a moral issue and denounces propaganda by reform groups. It warns of factions exploiting voters for financial gain and suggests that temperance gains in Iowa reflect progress while warning against exploitation during hard times.
The American Association of State Highway Officials president argues roads are a relief and productive measure. He says 6,000,000 farmers face impassable winter roads hindering markets, schooling, medical care, and social contact. Road work circulates money and provides lasting value without heavy debt, suggesting a thousand miles of good roads can be built now. Every state and county should participate.
A column advocates forming a national group for men who did not serve in World War I. It complains the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars shelter veterans and urges readers to propose a name. The piece notes money lost by John D Rockefeller Jr. and other wartime grievances.
The cooperative movement shows strength and stability despite market stress since 1928. There are about 11,400 farmer owned co operatives with total business up $10,000,000 and membership up 160,000 in six months. The number may rise to 12,000 with under 80 failures. Success depends on loyal individual members backing cooperatives and recruiting neighbors for common good.
An authoritative source cites up to 600000 tax spending bodies in the United States spending about 14 billion in the first year, a 600 percent rise in per capita government cost since 1903. The piece blames political waste and new bureaus for higher taxes and urges genuine economy. It argues silver devaluation affects purchasing power, exports, and that minds seek a gold silver ratio to restore prosperity.
In 1918 government spending was 8.5 percent of national income, rising to 15.8 percent by 1929. This year incomes are forecast to be about 40 percent below 1929, with expenditures still increasing, raising the share of income absorbed by government to at least 80 percent. Urgent public demand for economy is urged as the outlook darkens. Graettinger, 8, Wallingford, 4. The Graettinger girls defeated Wallingford 3 to 4 in a recent game amid a large crowd, noting a series of matches this year in Western stores on a cash basis. A. P. Thompson reports a six thousand mile West Coast trip for Thompson’s Grocery, noting cash-only business across many western towns. The Christopher home in Graetlinger marked a rare family gathering with Mrs. Basile Olson and daughters Alice and Norma from Oakland, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Christopher of Melina, North Dakota, and other relatives from Caldwell Idaho, Waterloo Iowa, and Dickinson North Dakota.
Early Saturday morning a fire leveled the ice house on the west side of the Shadbolt and Middleton block in Wallingford. Mrs. Albert Christopher and Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Osher owned property nearby as firefighters halted spread to adjacent lumberyard and residences. Estimated loss runs about 3000 dollars. building insured. Origin undetermined, with floaters possibly involved. Emmetsburg Democrat reports on prompt local response and long-standing community impact.
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