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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
19
A reflective piece laments changing times as youths drift from apprenticeship toward city life. It argues boys lack patience to learn trades, accept low early wages, or show ambition to own businesses. The author contrasts industrious elders with modern youths chasing city flings.
A university professor notes strikes and rumors as a major modern issue. He cites pay demands and working conditions as root causes, warns that wage gains raise living costs, and predicts a lengthy postwar readjustment. He argues Americans will stay steady despite unrest.
The article discusses widespread strike disruption in England and its impact on daily life and the middle class. It notes growing hardship as labor unrest affects employment costs and living standards for ordinary citizens.
The piece discusses a rising union among a large unorganized worker class including lawyers doctors preachers brokers and many others not in unions. It notes wage and living cost pressures, profits favoring capitalists, and calls for a liberal economic shift while reflecting on American conditions and a need to keep prosperity local during Christmas.
The weekly market review notes a clear tilt to lower prices for eggs and butter. USDA December stock figures show egg stock at 2,000,700 cases for 1919 vs 4,828,700 in 1918, with butter at 49,483,000 pounds vs 40,908,000, signaling a large reserve to ease current production. High prices have curbed consumption, while butter sales face pressure from surplus on major markets and lighter cream receipts this week.
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