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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1930
Page
14
Editorial laments Congress failure to aid farmers through tariff reform and warns of lobbyist influence. It argues for presidentially guided flexible tariff adjustments based on technical studies, subject to legislative control, to curb special interests and protect the public.
An article notes researchers from the Smithsoniai Institution developing soilless tomato culture. Tiny sprouts are placed in corks with roots in a solution contained in bottles, suggesting future food production ideas and potential economic uses for bottles and corks.
The piece expresses a bold creed to live fully and truthfully, despite fear and discomfort. It champions questioning, seeking truth, and facing humiliation to escape complacency, even as the author notes risks and personal costs. It contrasts fearless living with fear of comfort.
A discussion of microscopic scale methods introduces the micron as a unit and explains that objects smaller than a micron can be inferred to exist. It describes ultramicroscopic or filter passing organisms and notes diseases like foot and mouth can be transmitted by filtrate fluids.
A pungent critique denounces Secretary Slimson and Hoover hardening against foreign influence while warning against entrusting U S wealth and conscience to international leagues. The piece blames Wardrew and MacDonald for poor alliance trials and mocks Branae and French policy as manipulative, urging a return to Washington's disciplined independence.
An 1930 vicinity vignette paints Battery Park and South Street churn with wind, waves, and bell houses while shadows of luxury rise. It notes notable residents like Charles Lindbergh and J. P. Morgan, cites dances taught by Louis H. Chalil, and recalls a cabaret chorus girl's pen name Joy Aippee amid a panorama of poverty and splendor.
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