Provident Bank Postage Savings Plan Urged
The article argues that a postal savings system could restore withdrawn deposits to the economy. It notes depositors have fled from national banks and trust companies, causing funds to be hidden by workers, and asserts postal channels would return money to trade for the benefit of capital and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timig
Saysnes Tagehs
Withittesd
Congress
Treasury
National Gallery of Art
Smithsonian Institution
Postmaster Reform and Alaska Policy Hearing
The speech urges congress to extend post office funding to rural routes, push civil service inclusion for fourth class postmasters, and support Alaska self government, coast navigation aids, salmon protection, and a 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition to boost Pacific trade. It also calls for national public health strengthening, census modernization, and a national gallery of art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Alaska
Prince William Sound
Puget Sound
Columbia
United States
Far Northwest
Pacific
Washington
Seattle
Campaign Expenses and Campaign Disclosure Debate
The text argues that voting is a citizen duty and urges prohibiting corporate contributions to presidential campaigns. It supports disclosure of both campaign contributions and expenditures while warning about enforcement difficulties inherent in such laws.
Biological Survey Aids Agriculture With Bird And Pest Studies
The Biological Survey conducts original research on birds and mammals affecting farming, forestry and horticulture. It shows benefits of predators like hawks owls woodpeckers and cuckoos, helps control pests, inspects ports to curb invasive species, and cooperates for game protection and uniform state laws. It argues for congressional funding matching its importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton
Texas
Atlantic
Pacific
Illinois
Biological Survey
America
Congress
Extension of ocean mail act urged to boost American seas power
Speech calls for expanding the 1891 ocean mail act to allow contracts for mails to South America Asia the Philippines and Australia at rates up to four dollars per mile for 16 knot steamships. Argues profit from current service should fund stronger maritime power and a larger peacetime army medical corps and officer pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Central America
Hawaii
Philippines
Pacific
Atlantic
Post Office Department
Canada
Mexico
United States Exchange Post
United States Post
United States
South America
Australasia
Puget Sound
Orient
New York
Asia
Australia
China
Promotion Reform for Army Officers and Expanded Service Corps
The proposal calls for strict examinations up to major, selection for higher ranks, mandatory retirement after stagnation, and extended field exercises. It urges rigid physical and horsemanship tests, creation of a chief of cavalry, and a law to raise pay across army branches plus authorization for more officers and new service corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Reveue Cutter Service
Service Corps
Larger Navy Needed for Wartime Sea Power and Training
The speaker argues against international arms limits at The Hague and urges rapid naval expansion. Plans call for four new battleships this year, more coaling stations and docks on the Pacific, and fortifications to support an offensive navy. He notes training gains, the Magellan voyage of sixteen battleships under Rear Admiral Evans, and the need to keep fleets split only when necessary, with annual Pacific–Atlantic rotations once the isthmian canal is built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pittsburg
War Department
Congress
The
Hague
Pacific
Atlantic
California
Oregon
Washington
Union
Maine
New York
Louisiana
Texas
Strait of Magellan
Pacific Coast
Evans
San Francisco
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Oklahoma
Nawaii
Ilawaii
Earl Harbor
Tagam
Porto Rico
Bureau of Mines
Secretary of the Interior
Interior Department
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
Hermitage Association
Vicksburg National Park
Permanent Census Bureau
the Public Health
the Army
Medical Department
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