Anti Reciprocity Day in Senate Hits Canadian Bill
Senate debate on the Canadian reciprocity bill continues as Senator Cummins of Iowa argues amendments to agricultural provisions and highlights two main effects. The session, an anti reciprocity day for insurgent Republicans, faces adjournment after a storm interrupts Senator Borah’s remarks.
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Washington
Cummins
Iowa
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Capitol
Owens
Commission
United States
Canada
Insurgents Face Senate Pressure Over Canada Reciprocity
Washington report says insurgents blocking the reciprocal trade measure will be pressed to speak or vote. Early sessions and late sittings are planned to force action, with Senator John Sharp Williams backing the tactic to end drift and push for passage without amendments.
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Washington
Senate
Lafollette
John Sharp Williams
Barbecue Advice After Pulaski County Acquittals
Four Pulaski county figures recently acquitted of peonage in a U S court plan a July fourth celebration. An invitation to the twelve jurors was extended, prompting Judge Emory Speer to warn jurors against attending. He states tampering with a jury is against the law, but some jurors say they will still attend.
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Macon
Pulaski County
United States
Emory Speer
United States Court
Greek Rivalry in Sugar War Ends in West East Alliance
Testimony to the house sugar trust committee recounts Claus Spreckels and Henry Havemeyer waging a decades long sugar war in the 1890s. Spreckels describes eastern incursions, a Philadelphia refinery, and a late consolidation that formed Western Sugar Refining. The two giants split ownership of the new firm with the Philadelphia Spreckels sale to American Sugar Refining in 1892.
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Washington
Claus Spreckles
Henry O.havemeyer
Sugar “Trust
House
John D. Spreckels
Pacific Sugar
Western Sugar Refining Company
San Francisco
Claus Spreckels
Henry O. Havemeyer
Madison
Mr. Spreckels
Philadelphia
Mr. Madison
Havemeyer
East
California
American Sugar Refining Company
West
Philadelphia Spreckels
Labor Leaders Targeted in Contempt Rule by Court
Justice Daniel T. Wright issued a rule against Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell of the American Federation of Labor requiring them to show cause on July 17 why they should not be found in contempt of court. The action follows a report from a special committee on contempt proceedings in the Bucks Stove and Range case, and the U S Supreme Court recently reversed Wright by holding the earlier contempt was civil and aimed at the Buck Stove and Range company.
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Wright
Gompers
Mitchell
Washington
Daniel T. Wright
District Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
United States Supreme Court
Justice Wright
Supreme Court
Buck Stove and Range Company
World cotton output in 1910 and expansion efforts
The 1910 census bulletin reports global cotton production at 9.5855 billion pounds, valued around 1.251 billion dollars. The United States led with 59.9 percent of output, followed by British India 18.3 percent, Egypt 8 percent, and Russia 4.7 percent, with long-standing producers like Brazil and Asiatic Turkey declining in importance. Efforts to grow cotton beyond traditional regions, including irrigation and machinery in Russian Turkestan, Peru, British India and Persia, aim to reduce dependence on American supply.
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Washington
Centrus Bureau
Russian Turkestan
Peru
British India
Persia
United States
Egypt
Russia
China
Brazil
Asiatic
Turkey
A Great Wave of Economy Hits American Spending
A government report shows Americans cutting imports of diamonds, champagne, and furs by large amounts over the last eleven months, while overall imports rose by over 145 million dollars from the 1910 period. Diamonds fell from 37.25 million to 30.5 million. champagne purchases dropped to 3.5 million. silk laces and dressed furs also fell. works of art were the only category to rise, up to 21.5 million.
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Washington
Bureau of ‘Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Corn show urged to fight boll weevil in Georgia
Merchants and Manufacturers association backs a corn show as a main weapon against the boll weevil. Donations from fertilizer retailers and farm implements dealers total between 2,500 and 4,000, with an estimated 10,000 needed for a full exhibit. Speakers warn the pest will reach Georgia soon and devastate cotton, urging diversification and farmer education through the event.
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Al.acta
Merchants and Manufactures’ Association
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Geeral
Atlanta
Alabama
Walter G. Cooper
Frederic J. Paxon
H. E. Stockbridge
Georgia
Dr. Stockbridge
Chattahoochee
Louisiana
West
Doctor Stockbridge
Masked men hold up mail train near Erie
A band of about a dozen masked men halted a fast mail and passenger train five miles from Erie Pennsylvania. Mail clerk C H Block and conductor H D Rooney were injured, Bemis shot in arm. Train crashed into obstacles placed on track. passenger shot, a man thrown over a 300 foot embankment. A full inquiry and related political notes follow in Atlanta and Marietta events.
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Erie
Philadelphia & Erie
C. H. Block
H. D. Roonie
D. Bemis
Block
Rooney
Cotton Market Awaits July Government Report
New Orleans reports a steady cotton market as traders wait for the July government crop condition forecast. Most expect bearish or higher figures, with some anticipating record highs and others fearing surprises. Texas and Oklahoma crops through June 25 show no drought damage and near normal conditions across central and eastern belts.
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New Orleans
Texas
Oklahoma
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