Insurgent Senators Demand Greater Committee Representation
LaFollette and thirteen insurgent senators warn that party differences run deep over major legislation affecting ninety million people. They push for larger roles on key committees, arguing unity masks fundamental convictions and a realignment is needed. Uncle Joe Cannon criticizes parcels post, linking it to express and rail interests and elite access at New York clubs.
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LaFollete
Joe Cannon
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Express
United States
Uncle Joe
Railroad
Metropolitan Club of
Millionaires’ Club
Danville
Apple crop to surpass wheat and timber value in 25 years
Louis W. Hill predicts Pacific Northwest apple crops will exceed the combined annual value of wheat ore and timber within a quarter century. He cites current Washington state output at about 125 million dollars yearly and pegs the Pacific Northwest total around 250 million, arguing apples could outrun that figure. He compares the projected apple boom to the Klondike gold rush and Alaska Yukon totals, calling Washington apples a luscious future worth far more than past booms.
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Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Mr. Hill
Oregon
Idaho
Hill
Klondike
Alaska
British
Yukon
Equal share of Washington wealth eyed at $2064 per person
An article notes that if all real and personal property in Washington were divided equally among residents based on the 1910 census, each person would receive 2064.38 dollars. Excluding railroad property, per capita wealth is 1805.33 dollars, with total assessed property valued at 906,247,944 dollars per figures from the State Tax Commission.
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Washington
State Tax Commission
Returning Prosperity and the Example of Eugene Schmitz
The New York stock market remains buoyant with railroads and industrials in demand as trust decisions ripple through Wall Street. Eugene Schmitz once a $3 daily fiddler and San Francisco mayor, ended with wealth stolen in office, now poorer than before and shamed as a thief.
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New York
Eugene Schmitz
San Francisco
Schmitz
Milwaukee Begins Passenger Service on The New Steel Trail
The Milwaukee Railway starts transcontinental passenger service on May 29 with trains from Chicago and Seattle meeting en route. The new route shortens Puget Sound to East travel to 72 hours with two trains each way daily and $2,000,000 invested in all-new equipment. Milwaukee promotes land development along its lines to boost the system’s growth.
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Northwest
Milwaukee Railway
Chicago
Seattle
Puget Sound
Milwaukee
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