05 Dec 1930
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Newspaper
Ironwood Times
Location
Ironwood, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1930
Page
1
A sprawling column surveys global pride and 1930s optimism. It contrasts California’s hurricane with Florida earthquakes, notes Germany’s postwar shipbuilding and a shift toward a new industrial Germany, and previews a forecast of prosperity driven by reliable employment. It closes with a practical plan: offer guaranteed jobs to stabilize the economy through winter, extending hope for better times.
Congress will push road bills totaling 350 600 000 for 1931 with states paying proportionally, potentially over 700 million. Modern roads require machinery, spreading cement like batter. Russia’s government runs a 642 000 acre farm employing 2800 at 100 rubles monthly, with 14 million invested and 300k acres sown in wheat and rye. Einstein notes Kepler’s era advanced science despite poverty and superstition, while Tycho Brahe’s court showed superstition in play, and today some scientific talk echoes that era.
The piece argues against “buy now” campaigns as a camouflage for prosperity, noting that the unemployed and those fearing job loss cannot spend. It highlights two non-buying groups: those with no money to spend and workers worrying over future employment, making immediate purchases unlikely despite desire.
A long editorial critique cites Governor Green’s plan to parole four hundred prisoners to free space amid rising inmate population and possible new Michigan prisons. It also mocks Florida citrus aid and electoral leanings while noting a $5,000,000 prison spending trend over five years.
The Marquette prison is overcrowded, with 100 inmates to be moved and about 150 more from Chelsea cement plant. The Jackson prison houses some 800 inmates awaiting release, while a large investment of millions is needed for new capacity. The legislature may act in January to fund expansions, potentially building a new incorrigibles detention facility on a sparsely populated island to deter escapes and riots. The report criticizes parole as a palliative and notes the broader rise in convicts during prohibition, the Jones five and ten law, and Michigan’s Cuthbertson law. It urges decisive action and expanded judicial discretion to curb anti social forces.
Michigan State Digest argues the federal Farm Board loans to California grape growers for concentrates finance the wine market and note such aid reveals a long standing farmer exemption in prohibition. The piece accuses prohibition leaders of accepting political deals that favored farmers and warns that government liquor stores could end bootlegging, as in Ontario.
Movements in New York and other large cities to end industry tribute by racketeers reveal extensive reach. A speaker notes complaints show them involved in many areas from babies to broad commerce, hinting at a pervasive racketeering influence.
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