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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1913
Page
4
A playful essay from San Antonio lauds ideal weather while stretching into Canada US trade, noting scarce food due to export gains and Ottawa's tariff stance. It discusses Laurier and reciprocity as likely future political themes, framing tariff debates in larger economic terms.
In a Hamilton Ontario speech Sir Wilfred Laurier urged Canada to adopt an absolutely free food policy, criticizing the revised tariff schedules that place many everyday commodities on the free list. He warned that lifting duties on food imports deepens Canada’s economic bind and urged action without delay.
The war department accepts a new flag design by Wayne Whipple of Philadelphia featuring a central six pointed star with a surrounding ring and additional stars for states added since 13. It notes 48 stars including Arizona and New Mexico and says the old flag will remain standard though the new flag is permissible. Public interest appears low as the nation remains attached to the present flag and its red and white stripes.
An article critiques the proposed flood control scheme north of the city as a dangerous compromise. It notes the October flood and favors gradual water admission into the San Antonio river while supporting river straightening to reduce flood risks.
The critique argues that a sieve like dam would fail under floods and threaten northern lands. It calls for straightening and deepening the river channel as safer, cheaper, and enabling reclamation of waste land, countering new barrier plans with doubts about calculations and dangers.
The Boston Transcript denounces the White House for delaying full disclosure on its Mexico policy and warns that Congress must demand papers to craft a real plan. It urges cooperation with Latin America and Pan American talks to pacify Mexico, noting the administration’s “watchful waiting” stance as ineffective.
The New York Globe notes American readers should avoid over detailing Mexican affairs as federal and constitutionalist actions unfold. It argues elite delays in reform enabled Huerta and violence, likening Mexico’s crisis to historic aristocratic betrayals and warning intervention could worsen guerrilla warfare.
The Nome Nome outposts await the first steamer until June as Bering Sea navigation closes. The last Nome vessel reached Seattle on the 18th carrying 750000 dollars in gold, furs, and passengers. Departed Seattle October 25, it tied the era for far North sailing. a third of the gold moved down the Yukon while ice halted river steamer transit, gold moved by dog sledges.
A lone secretary befriends Redhead the cheerful baby in a poverty district. When the baby's father, the secretary's brother, grows gravely ill, she learns he is Horace and contemplates care for the child. A doctor aids the family and the woman considers marriage to share guardianship of the child.
A reader appeals to The Light to publish a call for aid for 20,000 flood‑sufferers in the state. The writer condemns indifference and urges the city to raise at least $100,000 within twenty‑four hours to clothe feed and shelter those in need. The letter notes anonymous signings and clarifies publication policy.
The scene shows a tense moment of awaiting decisions as a doctor speaks about tomorrow and a young man shows reassurance to Redhead. Emotions mix with tentative optimism as adults and Redhead react with hopeful smiles and quiet doubts.
The St Louis Times notes General Huerta will not heed Washington demands but intends to enlarge his forces to 500000. It argues most Mexican citizens oppose him and predicts the United States may aid Constitutionalists by supplying arms from across the border. The piece criticizes Huerta’s diplomacy as dishonest and Diaz era style.
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