Oklahoma Land Rush and Economic Shifts Across the Nation
The article outlines vast land sales in Oklahoma with Osage and state college lands totaling over two million acres. It covers Osage wealth, land allocations and conservation of homestead rights, wage decisions at Fall River mills, rising telephone counts in the U S and Europe, Smoot’s domestic craft funding proposal, wheat sowing area changes, cotton exchange critiques, per capita money, forest export value, pig iron output, Marshall Field estate receipts, and surplus of railroad cars in the U S and Canada.
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Oklahoma
Osages
State College Fund
Sen Tom Carter Defends Wool in Senate Speech
The Protectionist Boston Home Market club prints six pages of its December issue with Senator Tom Carter’s Senate defense of U S wool duties. It compares U S wool production costs with Australia and South America, highlighting Montana woolgrowers’ stake in the policy.
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Tom Carter
The
Protectionist
Boston
Home Market Club
Senator Carter
United States Senate
Montana
Australia
South America
Senator Carter argues for stronger wool protection
Senator Carter sums up the situation with figures showing labor costs three to ten times higher than competitors and rising land values. He argues open ranges are a thing of the past and sheep owners face taxes, pasture and feed costs, with artificial feeding and higher wages eroding profitability. He asserts Dingley rates are inadequate as land and costs have surged since 1897.
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Carter
United States
Stock Not Injured Amid Heavy Snowfall On Ranges
Stockmen report snow over a weekold as a concern yet says sheep horses and cattle remain unfazed for now. The main risk is melting snow followed by freezing creating an ice layer that blocks feed access. Ranchers have prepared hay stocks to sustain herds through the freeze danger.
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Port Said
Suez
Canal
Europe
Fall River
Mass
France
New York
Austria
Chicago
Smoot
Commissloyer
Herbert Knox
Treasury
Marshall Field
Canada
Stock
ISMAY
Ismay, Montana
Ord
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