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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1919
Page
4
The poem critiques town boosters demanding funds for projects while the speaker prefers investing elsewhere. It rails against railroad practices, high freight rates, and political attempts to regulate for more leisure, arguing for efficient markets, rail service along tracks, and cheaper food via direct delivery and central warehouses.
The piece discusses how distribution costs inflate city food prices compared with farm prices, arguing Europe uses a more economical system. It also notes staff changes at The Enterprise with C. M. Brown moving to Greensboro Daily News and Edwin Brietz heading to the Charlotte Observer, Asa Biggs to edit. It mentions Allied Army front activity and early aviation history related to Madame Shereh Pelter.
Today marks multiple observances including the 161st birth anniversary of Lafayette and the fifth anniversary of the Marne battle. Rome honors Benedict III, Rosecrans anniversary events occur in Louisville, and Cardinal Grace Church hosts the wedding of Dorothea Mann to Major Clinton Harbison in New York City.
A labor union committee criticizes factory practices in High Point, accusing mills of keeping wages low, using coercive inducements, and pressuring workers. The letter cites Farriss’s 1915 book, wage scales, and a proposed union plan offering fairer pay while warning of employer-initiated discharges for joining. It calls for improved streets, lower taxes, and better schooling.
Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming marks his 62nd birthday today. A vocal critic of meat packing methods, monopolies, and middleman tactics, he has deep ties to Sheridan and Wyoming ranches. Born in Texas, he lived in Colorado before settling in Wyoming. He entered public life in 1910 as a Wyoming senator and served as governor from 1915 until his U.S. Senate election.
Today marks anniversaries for Cardinal Annette in Paris born in France at Douryille 69 years ago. British officials Rt. Hon. R. E. Prothero 67 years old and Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph P. Maclay 62, born in Britain. James K. Hackett, Samuel C Black, Jane Adams, Clara Kimball Young noted for their careers and births in North America.
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