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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1913
Page
4
Senator Kenyon calls for a thorough senatorial inquiry into the Frisco road, urging exhaustive examination and candid censure if warranted. The piece argues modern courts curb fraudulent stock issues, notes possible extravagant management, and stresses Texas needs rail expansion to fuel future growth while European investment remains wary.
President Wilson opposes a single six year term while Bryan backs it as a platform plank. A Chicago representative, Britten, disclosed discussions on a constitutional amendment for direct presidential nominations and elections and a six year tenure with no re election, highlighting a rift between executive views and party proposals.
The piece argues for immediate legislation on currency and banking to accompany tariff revisions. It warns that an inflexible gold standard and concentrated banking could trigger destructive booms and busts, while elastic currency and credit-based wealth distribution would prevent such panics and promote equal opportunity. It contrasts U S systems with France and Britain, noting France’s relative absence of financial panic.
Dispatches from Mexico describe rising unemployment due to mine and railroad shutdowns and predict soon many could join the Constitutionalists. It argues that arms can reach them via Matamoros Havana and Point Isabel, despite neutrality laws, under a 1912 joint resolution.
The piece argues that Bryan attacked Wilson as a criminal for ignoring the Democratic platform then reversed, showing the futility of party platforms. It suggests direct primaries as a cure, with candidates drafting and defending their own pledges.
The Bank of France and the government cooperate, making currency creation elastic. If France revises tariffs, those harmed by duty cuts cannot claim retaliation. In the United States protection remains, not for tariffs but for tariff schedules, as currency reform redefines protection to shield the scheduling system.
A Philadelphia Ledger quotation lauds baseball as a universal sport that levels social distinctions, simple to grasp unlike complex plays, and offers virtuous heroes for youth. It contrasts baseball with brutal pastimes, praising its clean, honorable, manly athletic ethos and its firmly established popularity in the United States.
The Dallas Times Herald notes the tariff question is ancient and Texas faces a stubborn penitentiary issue. The write up jokes at the endless investigation industry while urging a decisive solution for a suffering public.
In Bedlam a visitor hears of Charles M Dobson, once a rising civil engineer in England and India. After his wife is killed by a boa constrictor she unites with, he descends into madness, his hair turning white, now haunted by snakes and seeking vengeance by slaying them.
A column notes Socrates advised women to work in ancient Athens as Aristarchus struggled to support relatives. The piece contrasts age old human issues with Morenci Arizona, a town without streets or vehicles, relying on trails and pack animals. It also mentions planned record Australian fruit exports of 300,000 cases.
ARTHUR C. WHEATLEY C E argues for proper sewer velocity to prevent silt buildup and supports storm water impoundment north of the city. He contends settling basins could fertilize fields, and stresses data driven study, engineering judgment, and landscape integration to balance science and nature.
The 1911 census of Ireland shows a population of 4,390,219 across 861,879 houses. Leinster gains population while Munster Ulster and Connaught decline. Most families live in under five rooms. pauperism falls to 77,184. Marriages 227,628. births 1,023,211. deaths 764,811. Religious breakdown lists Catholics 38,242,670. Episcopalians 576,611. Presbyterians 440,525. Methodists 62,382. others 65,652. Literacy rate 7.6 percent reading or writing, 831,817 illiterate. Instruction attendees 704,807. Small towns in Norway also cited for electricity use.
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