State Income Tax Threat Seen to Burden Farmers and Towns
The piece argues that returning to an income tax paralleling the federal system would hit farmers and towns hard as crops and prices recover. It warns taxes could force some businesses to close, notes public spending and school funding burdens, and cites rising stock values in GE, American Tobacco, U S G 7 Pipe, Sears Roebuck, and others as examples of profitable firms facing scrutiny while profits at consumers’ expense grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurdena
Congressional Trust Busters
General Electric Co
American Tobacco Co
American Tobacco
U.S. G
U.S. G. 7. Pipe Which Has Jumped From 94 To 223 Within the Year; Sears Roebuck
Associated Dry Goods Co
Nash Motors
American Car and Foundry
United Fruit
Vice President Dawes Attacks Senate Rules In Speech
Dawes condemned minority delaying tactics and rules that subordinate business interests to Senate majority aims. He warned against overturning a hundred fifty years of Senate precedents and prerogatives. The piece also notes President Coolidge’s simple inauguration contrasted with expectations of grandeur in Washington.
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Dawes
Ww Singh
Senate
United States
President Coolidge Signs Pay Rise for Railway Mail Agents
The bill increases railway mail agents pay by 300 dollars per year and explains funding by higher parcel post and newspaper postage. The vetoed bill lacked this revenue mechanism, and supporters note agents are well worth the raise despite expenses away from home.
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Coolidge
Parcel Post
Farmers Favor State Income Tax Says Yodar Gazette
The Yodar Rapids Gazette observes farmers favor the state income tax though currently unprofitable. It notes farmers do not count much of their living from land as income and argues the tax would be repealed when agricultural conditions improve if the bill passes now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yodar Rapids
Cascade Dubuque Highway Gravel Demand Sparks Protest
A letter blasts delay on the military highway from Cascade to Dubuque urging immediate use of superior gravel from the McAleer farm pit. The writer condemns procrastination by authorities and backs extending gravel from Dubuque to Monticello, warning of costly losses to the public.
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Cascade Pioneer
Pioneer
Cascade
Dubuque
Iowa
Monticello
State Highway Commission
Board of Supervisors
Dubuque County
McAleer
Fillmore
British House Fails Immediate Vote on Suffrage for Women
Sioux City Journal notes the British House of Commons blocked immediate consideration of extending suffrage to all women over 21. The piece contrasts Conservative doubts with American views, arguing 21-year-old women are capable voters and highlighting wartime population shifts and the Pankhurst legacy.
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Sioux City Journal
House of Commons
Great Britain
Great
Britain
United States
Thigy
Congressman's take on agriculture reform and Dickinson substitute
Congressman Cole reflects in Cedar Rapids on agriculture policy three decades into debate. He notes a conference of farm leaders produced limited bills, faced broad opposition from farmers and state groups, and supports adopting Dickinson's two point substitute focusing on cooperative registration and auditing.
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Congressman Cole
Cedar Rapids
Conference On Agriculture
Bradfute
Granges
Tabor
Committee of Agriculture
Hearst
Towa
Dickinson
Iowa
House
Pst
They Bowl for Freedom and Boiled Water Remarks
People who bowl for freedom usually mean freedom from sweat. Water for sea making should be freshly boiled. Water which has been boiled for some time is lusipid.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Gas tax debate and Peyote bill in Iowa Senate
Iowa House and Senate committees advance a two cent gasoline tax plan amid road funding changes and a pedyote prohibition bill. Indian delegation Sam Peters leads resistance defending peyote as part of religious practice with attorney Willard Russell present.
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Tama
Willard Russell
Toledo
America
Sam Peters
Brookhart
House
Senate
Prichard and Forsling
Woodbury County
Iowa House to Debate State Income Tax After Recess
The Ways and Means committee approved the state income tax bill 24 to 3 with 11 absent. The plan originally included a 3 percent flat corporate tax but that was removed. Farmers largely support the measure while professionals and manufacturers oppose. Senator Rigby’s pure seed bill passed the senate 385 to 9 and moves to the House committee. Two child welfare bills from the Kendall commission, chaired by James B. Weaver, pass, creating a Department of Child Welfare under the Board of Control with a $3,000 salary for the superintendent and a $10,000 two year appropriation.
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Ways and Means
House
Rigby
Senate
White
Child Welfare Commission
Kendall
James B. Weaver
Des Moines
Department of Child Welfare
Board of Control
Senate and House leaders vote to raise pay for session
Forty eight senators and representatives voted to raise the president of the Senate and speaker of the House pay to 2000 dollars for the session, from 1000. Representative Kennedy of Lee county describes a 25000 dollar bill to aid corn sugar production and distribution through the Department of Agriculture, aiming to boost state use and marketing. Kennedy notes several corn sugar factories exist in the state, including Weekuk, and argues surplus corn could supply a portion of state needs.
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Senate
House
Kennedy
Lee County
Department of Agriculture
Ex-Congressman Stephens touts Nebraska bank guarantee plan
Ex congressman Dan V Stephens told northeast Nebraska senators and receptive House members about the banking guarantee law in place for 15 years. He owned several banks and argued the system is cheaper and safer than bonds and receiverships. He warned bankers oppose innovation yet praise the Federal Reserve era.
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Dan V. Stephens
Nebraska
Senate
House
Stephens
Congress
Iowa
Legislative rush on measures after recess ends March 4
Important measures now before the legislature will be started on their passage immediately following the recess that ends March 4. An indication is the daily arrival of legislative representatives from all sectors including highway bills gasoline tax appropriation railroad bills and the bank guarantee bill. Frank Moore Guthrie Center a banker leads visiting interests as candidates for office and railroad leaders push for or against major proposals.
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State Board of Education
Bee Keepers’ Association
Frank Moore
Guthrie Center
Moore
Coolidge economy drive gains broad national praise
A Washington Post excerpt notes widespread approval of President Coolidge’s thrift policies. His address is distributed widely, with letters praising his conduct of government and urging efficiency to reduce waste and boost savings across corporations and government alike.
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Washington Post
Coolidge
Far East Customs Are Fascinating in Shanghai
A correspondent describes New Year festivities in Shanghai with Chinese customs, markets, and temples. They detail street crowds, bargaining, gifts, debts, and decorations, plus visits to a Russian service, American schools, and local cinema amid an international city scene.
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Shanghai
China
Christmans
Miss Venable
Eiven
Danuser
Lough
Tailey
Dro
John Timothy Stone
Fourth Presbyterian Church of
Chicago
Burger Cities
Tiaroth Lloyd
England
Ching
Stal
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Brittain
Hammill
United States Department of the Interior
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Highway Commission
Amamosa Journal
Far East
Essie Hoag
Purdue University
J. LeRoy Farmer Canning Company
Monticello, Iowa
C. H. Schipman
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