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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1923
Page
1
The author stresses that clear terms and proper naming are crucial for achieving political goals. Precise language and well defined roles help avoid confusion and enable effective action in governance.
A wry remark contrasts Shakespearean phrasing with subsidies, noting that naming changes may alter perception of support measures. The quip frames subsidies as a policy instrument whose branding can affect reception without changing underlying substance.
Shipping interests object to the word subsidy as government aid highlighted for them while other sectors repeatedly seek public help under more acceptable names, revealing a persisting bias in how aid is framed and perceived.
The text argues that not all government aid comes from the treasury. It notes a perceived benefit when funds for subsidized persons can be collected directly from the public by law, avoiding government handling. This reduces the risk of triggering a “burglar alarm” and implies multiple reasons for preferring direct collection.
The text defines a subsidy as financial aid to a person or class by legislation, specifically a grant exceeding compensation that can be sourced under competitive conditions. It notes the justification for shipping subsidies is that ships are an important transportation means.
The passage notes warrants the gift to them money sufficient to permit them to exist in the face of adverse economic conditions. It references financial support designed to sustain livelihood during hardships within a broader discussion of aid and welfare.
The author notes past railroad subsidies via local taxes and land grants. Tax funds collected in Marion county supported railroads, including a Pella vote less than 25 years ago that failed to collect because the road wasn’t built. He warns that public lands given to railroads 50 to 75 years ago remain a continuing subsidy under current land laws.
The text discusses ongoing subsidies to railroads under the Esch Cummins act. It notes the Interstate Commerce Commission sets rates to ensure a fixed income on valuation, with more powerful lines receiving subsidies. It also mentions hoped strengthening of subsidy provisions and other interests seeking to join subsidy schemes after WWI.
The piece argues the protective tariff functions as a subsidy. It asserts the tariff’s primary aim is to boost protected workers’ incomes rather than raise government revenue, and it challenges readers to see beyond surface claims.
Ship owners critique a “protective” tariff as a grant exceeding service compensation. Beneficiaries favoring protection oppose the request for aid, illustrating the illogical stance amid political maneuvering.
The article notes dairy groups will push aims this winter in Iowa to block selling filled milk, a mix of canned milk and coconut milk, similar to Wisconsin where sales of intoxicating liquor are favored. Opponents cite infant health concerns, while supporters say price competition harms dairy profits.
The Chronicle resists an unrestricted sale of filled milk while opposing prohibitions on a nutritious food for a broad population. It cites school milk distribution limits near Pella and argues substitutes for dairy milk could aid underweight pupils without harming adults. The piece notes labeling rules and critiques subsidies in agricultural markets.
The speaker argues against subsidies except as temporary wartime measures and warns that protective tariffs and railroad grants erode economic structure. He critiques Brookhart’s farm advocacy, urges leveling the field for all industries, and notes the shift toward domestic manufacture as transportation links improve trade with neighbors.
The speaker argues subsidies undermine industrial vigor and economic health. They urge removing artificial barriers hindering shipping rather than adding new restrictions, seeking a freer, more dynamic economic structure aligned with peace goals. The emphasis is on eliminating obstructions to improve commerce.
Los Angeles party led by John D. Callicott returns from a seven week hunt in the Canadian Rockies with enormous grizzly hides and moose caribou and goat heads. Callicott predicts a coming gold discovery in the caribou country that could outshine the Klondike. They witnessed surface gold mining yielding 400 to 500 ounces daily with ground worked by old fashioned methods and hydraulic mining at one site.
Miss Edith H. Kitching of 80 State street Brooklyn, 58, worth 100000, developed a positive aversion to money after Europe trip. Lawyer Bertha Rembaugh seeks incompetence ruling and conservator. She reportedly spent freely on cousin Frederick Henry Kitching, who is in Tombs. Supreme Court Justice Lewin orders jury trial to determine her mental condition.
A pilotless aircraft system completed a two day trial over Paris area, with a government passenger biplane of 800 horsepower flying over Etampes aviation field for several hours. It lifted with no crew, followed ground control signals via radio waves, performed standard maneuvers and landed safely.
A window spectacle in Marceline New Mexico shows a rat trapping and eating files in a shop window. Ed Disney observed the event as the rat stood on its hind feet and jumped about catching and eating flies. The shopkeeper may loan the rat to curious neighbors.
Observations recounts a shoe clerk nearly bald saved from suffocation by fellow clerks after a joke misread by a lady customer. A weather piece questions signs of upcoming conditions. The Will Pettebaum baby born Tuesday December 19 is noted with two teeth at birth. A Pella graft scheme and a Lancaster Ohio school board 1828 document are mentioned. Postal service delays in Pella and holiday hours spark commentary.
A short quotation from Phillips Brooks on moral courage describing unwavering commitment to right action despite public opinion. It defines triumph as pressing forward to do what is right regardless of what others say.
Stockholm reports Sweden’s Viking vessel, crewed by salesmen with locomotive literature, will sail to South America to market Swedish engines. The expedition, led by the company president and experts, follows delivery of the 200th locomotive to Russia and includes a 500 ton Spanish steam yacht as the ship. A Swedish navy commander will skipper the mission, with crew from a recent round-the-world sailing cruise.
Chicago reports thirteen families believed to be remnants of the lost tribes carried into captivity by Babylon. They fled from Urumis Persia over mountains with ox teams and on foot. A rabbi Vanock Siminiv carried records linking the Israelite colony at Urumis to the lost tribes. Only 47 adults and 88 children survived the journey.
Lettie, driven by debt and a strict husband, borrows from Mason’s and a loan company to pay for a costly autumn salt. Monthly payments spiral, cash flow collapses, and she faces threats of legal action until Henry reveals the bill was sent to him by mistake, and they reconcile.
The seeds of the buttercup are tiny yet described as edible by Indians who once gathered them for food. Initially, harvesting would seem impractical, but seeing fields thick with buttercups changes the perception, making large-scale collection appear feasible.
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