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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1917
Page
6
The K. D. road grows rougher between Pella and Des Moines as the company plans to raise fares by two cents to cover the extra distance traveled by passengers.
A local discussion in Minnesota centers on organizing a new county where Sam Sherman resides. A proposal to name it Verendrye after an early explorer is raised, but Sam, via his Northern Light, objects, noting the name resembles Very Dry.
A writer criticizes forbidding interest on deposits to push industrial investment, explains banks loan deposits to finance industry, and argues for a state guarantee fund to secure bank deposits. Citing Oklahoma and Nebraska, the piece urges Iowa to adopt stronger safeguards to reduce banking losses while preserving the volume of deposits.
The text argues the United States must stay aligned with England and France if it enters war with Germany, warning that a separate peace would betray allies and widen conflict. It cites past Spanish-American War outcomes and U.S. imperial tensions in the Philippines as ongoing concerns impacting democracy and policy.
The Newton Record notes eastern Iowa pearl button factories fear Japanese imports, as workers in Japan earn 15 to 30 cents daily and undersell domestic production. It argues for tariff protection to shield local jobs and industries, claiming Iowa can trade surplus goods for Japanese buttons and avoid global trade freely sparking conflict.
One suggestion from the Iowa Press Association in Des Moines last week notes the high cost of paper affecting all kinds of paper goods. Merchants face record prices for bags wrapping paper and even coarse brown paper, signaling widespread price pressures.
The writer urges reducing wrapping paper to curb costs and hurt the paper trust. Emphasizes benefit to merchants consumers and publishers by saving print material amid high life costs. Argues the paper shortage claim is a tactic and calls for economy now.
The piece argues that overbuilt small town commerce and excess capital raise prices and waste resources. It contends that land value pricing blocks productive work, and proposes destroying private land monopoly to shift land value to the people, reducing taxes and enabling broader business activity.
A columnist condemns the literacy test for immigrants, arguing it abandons America as a refuge and harms the oppressed. The piece insists human dignity outweighs education barriers and urges reform to balance humanitarian aims with economic realities and land use reform.
The writer argues that government action against trusts is limited unless land held by the state is used to regulate production. If land is publicly owned and access paid per barrel or ton, hoarding ends, production rises, and prices fall. Until then, protests and investigations yield little lasting benefit.
Des Moines Iowa February 13 Special the Iowa legislature faces a deficit of about 1 3 million dollars for the next biennium with receipts of 4 239 447 and authorized expenditures of 5 724 958 leaving a shortfall of 1 485 511 though adjustments may reduce that to 1 300 511 The heavy drain centers on state educational institutions and lawmakers blame the 35th assembly for unsustainable budgeting and call for a 6 6 mill levy to cover the gap A bill by Senator Foster would convert the Panora county high school into a state normal school requiring state operation funds for the ensuing biennium
The Panora stone and brick building stands in the town center and represents the county high school now. The text notes ongoing debates about centralized schools and legislative action, with early references to the 30th general assembly and the need for a prison binding bill to spur action.
Mrs Amanda Gierhart of Waynesfield credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with curing coughs and colds in her family for twenty years. The advertisement notes it is for sale by D Stubenrauch.
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