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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1895
Page
3
The Kiel Canal opening marks a landmark achievement in German engineering. It promises a major reduction in voyage distance to the Baltic, speeds up naval redeployments, and shifts trade away from Denmark with vast implications for international shipping and wartime mobility.
The article details the grand opening of the Ballin canal linking the Baltic to the North Sea, with Emperor William I laying the finishing stone amid a 3000-guest banquet and landscape designs. It notes the project cost about 39.5 million and spans fifty-nine miles from Schleswig to Holtenau, after decades of schemes and eight years of construction.
Reports indicate an unusually favorable outlook for crops in the western and northwestern United States. Winter wheat is being harvested. oats face some damage in Illinois and southern boundaries, but overall output remains strong. Spring wheat and corn appear promising. hay short in parts of Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado. potatoes and fruit look good. beets planted widely in eastern Nebraska. Weather varies with rain and heat, but overall yields seem secure. Railroads prepare for a large harvest. desaparecido: Graham, an artist and farmer from Chicago, remains missing from the Hotel Mateo in San Francisco.
The eighth national convention of Republican clubs met at Central Music Hall Cleveland with about 2000 delegates and visitors. President Tracy of Chicago delivered the annual address attacking Democratic policy and urging free silver but noting the convention should not draft platforms. McAlpin elected president amid a joyous reception, with Milwaukee chosen for the next meeting site and a banquet held for delegates.
The Falls of Doe bound for San Francisco from Newcastle upon Tyne faces perils at sea with anxious locals fearing for the vessel and crew. In Crawfordsville Todd a dramatic incident saw Wayne eject a piano player from a hotel window while Pen Blanchard and Randolph Schafer fought in the street, leaving Schafer jailed after a near fatal clash.
General Newton recalls a Bloomsburg era tale about blasting limestone without dynamite. A Greensburg quarry superintendent used unslaked lime and a wooden board to demonstrate controlled cracking, then drilled holes filled with lime to split rock over hours. Newton praised the Welshman’s method and prudence.
The piece discusses voting indifference as a form of political apathy seen in Paris and Margerlice elections with thousands registered but far fewer voting. It cites social indifference from busy citizens and the demagogue threat, then contrasts a Wren anecdote about a royal audience and a sharp retort about room height.
A rich old farmer argues he funds his son's schooling at a country academy. He complains the place is too humble and insists his son receives liberal education despite critics. The exchange highlights tensions over tuition and perceived quality.
The will of a noted musician is made public in St Petersberg. Two houses worth 175000 pass to heirs, with rights divided among son, daughter and widow.
An open column invites articles on all sides of tax reform questions. The editor welcomes well written submissions within reasonable limits and to the point, excluding tariff discussions. Landowners should note the value increases land gains from improvements. Address to P O Box Buffalo NY.
A letter to the Farmers Advocate argues that under a single tax based on land values, cities would bear more taxes while rural counties see relief. It cites Fulton and Herkimer counties, noting exemptions for improvements would shift taxes to landowners in fertile areas and to towns near railroads. The writer asserts that farmers across Steuben Remain Hoonville and New Hartford back the Ainsworth bill for local relief.
A letter argues land should be taxed at its real market value whether in use or vacant. This would curb speculation, force use or sale, and open unused land to housing projects. It predicts investments in improvements would rise and labor wages would return to natural levels.
Crosman from Boston argues that such a system would reduce rents and boost wages, spur industry and thrift, and equalize opportunities, thereby ending voluntary poverty and curbing greed, intemperance, and vice born of poverty.
The article reports a communication to the general assembly urging swift action to curb abuses in state school fund management in Cook County. It highlights properties rented to corporations at low rates, non taxation, and a proposed six year revaluation with six percent rent, naming Chicago papers as offenders and criticizing profiteering under patriotism.
W W Harris argues Massachusetts land values for building rise far above agricultural land values with sixty five towns taxing land at over one million and total land value 1897 824 672. He contends land value taxation differs from an acreage tax, applying only to valuable land rather than all land.
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