New Tariff Lobby Emerges Without Old-Style Influence
The May 3 1929 article describes a new kind of tariff lobbying replacing the traditional forceful, expensive advocates. It notes House Ways and Means Democrat Henry T Rainey sees little of past lobbyists and that the Fordney McCumber era style has faded. The piece portrays a shift to a legitimate, largely unseen form of influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray T. Tucker
Washington
Henry T. Rainey
Ilinois
House
Ways and Means Committee
Third House of Congress
Industry shifts as leaders pursue own legislative interests
The passage notes leaders focus on personal legislative agendas rather than hiring others, while industry and business largely abandon old lobbying methods and outdated production and distribution systems.
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Short
Explorers Seek Cherokee Pictures in Smokies Expedition
Asheville editorial notes an expedition to study Indian picture writings in the Great Smoky Mountains, Western North Carolina. Officials plan hearings in Washington with involvement from local historians and business leaders. The project focuses on fauna flora and cliff writings in the Smokies.
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Indianapolis Times
Sawtooth
Great Smoky Mountain National
North Carolina
Tennessee
Asheville
Washington
Smokies
Houe
Walter Adams
American Business Man
Robert
Miss Belle Brown Sues Ice Rink for 50000 Damages
In San Francisco on May 3 Miss Belle Brown seeks fifty thousand dollars in damages from a local ice rink alleging dangerous holes and crevices in the ice caused her fall. The suit requests compensation for injuries.
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San Francisco
Belle Brown
Bug Hunters School Opens in Westminster
The department of agriculture starts a bug hunters course in Westminster Vermont to train young men in gypsy moth control. Sixty students have already enrolled for the program.
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United Press
Westminster
Department of Agriculture
Konjola praised as master medicine in Indianapolis ad
The Konjola Man at Hook Dependable Drug Store in Indianapolis extols Konjola as a peerless remedy. He cites Mr. M. Fink of 328 North Jefferson Street who claims dramatic stomach, liver and skin improvements after using Konjola, urging others to seek treatment and evidence of its purported benefits.
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Konjola Man
Hook
Illinois
Washington Streets
America
M. Fink
North
Jefferson Street
Indianapolis
Fink
Konijola
Konjola
Mr. Fink
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Asheville, N. C
Heid’s Shoe Store
E. Washington St
E. Wash. St
N. Til St
MR. M. Fink
National Studio
Pauls
U. S
Patent Office
Wearington Suits
Wearington
Strauss
Wearingtons
Oxfords Alway
Mer
L.strauss
Belfast
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