Approaching domination of food control in the United States
The Federal Trade Commission warns to prevent a packer monopoly as the five largest meat and food conglomerates Swift Armour Wilson Morris and Cudahy wield vast cross holdings. The report cites 762 connected firms and expands into meat by products, textiles, oils, and other industries, urging full disclosure of ownership to curb anticompetitive power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Wilson & Co
Morris & Co
Cudahy Co
Plan Strike Vote in Steel Plants Across Nation
Representatives of 24 affiliated international unions in the steel industry adopt a resolution to hold a strike vote. Action on the recommendation is planned at a July 20 conference in Pittsburg with the aim of forcing recognition of unions and collective bargaining in a traditionally open shop sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pittsburg
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Elbert H. Gary
American Iron and Steel Institute
Atlantic City
Texas National Guard Rushes to Border in Race Clash
Nearly 200 Texas National Guard members from Dallas and Nacogdoches arrived by train and car at Longview by order of Governor Hobby to prevent further white and black clashes. Four whites were wounded in a prior exchange with about 75 armed Negroes. reports of a black death could not be confirmed. City and county officials expected no further trouble.
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Longview
Texas
Texas National Guard
Dallas
Nacogdoches
W. P. Hobby
Toledo Street Car Service Ends At Midnight
The Toledo Railways and Light Co will cease street car operations in Toledo at midnight July 30 under an ordinance signed by Mayor Schreiber. City Council adopted the ordinance a week earlier. Frank R. Coates, president of the traction company, said the concern is not “four-flushing.”
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Toledo, O
Toledo Railways and Light Co
Toledo
Schreiber
Frank R. Coates
Traction Company
Thrift Stamps Continue in Peace Time Financing
Secretary Glass announced the treasury will continue sale of 25 cent thrift stamps permanently. The stamps, which have raised 956 million dollars for war financing, will become a regular part of peacetime government funding and be explained to the National Education Association.
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Washington
Treasury
Glass
National Education Association
Plot Uncovered in Coblenz Food Tire Theft Ring
Army officers uncover a plot involving wholesale thefts of food tires and troop supplies for shipment to Germany. German suspects were arrested and three cars of American bacon and three cars of tires and tubes returned to Coblenz from the bridgehead edge.
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Coblenz
Germany
Five firms dominate meat trade says survey
A historical survey alleges control by the Big Five firms Armour & Co Swift & Co Morris & Co Wilson Company Inc and Cudahy Company. It reports $3 billion annual business seventy one percent of meat trade in large cities and ninety percent of refrigerator car shares.
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Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Wilson Company (Inc
Cudahy Company
Wilson Addresses Senate on Versailles Peace Treaty
President Wilson presented the Versailles peace treaty and the League covenant to the Senate, arguing the world needs an International concert led by America. He acknowledged compromises in the treaty and defended core principles as vital, while the chamber greeted him with cheers and later held extended Q and A sessions on treaty details.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Versailles
League
America
Capitol
Shantung
No Dry Repeal Dominates War Time Prohibition Debate
President Wilson’s stance linking army demobilization to Germany’s treaty terms and ratification drew broad attention in Congress and among advocates. Prohibition supporters warned demobilization may not align with a dry January 16 constitutional amendment deadline.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
Tax Dodgers Sought By Treasury Probes Of Brokers
Treasury Department plan to prosecute stock brokers for income tax evasion. An examiner said nationwide tracing targets large sums moved from New York brokers to banks elsewhere to hide income.
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New York
United States Treasury Department
Department
Bureau of Commercial Frauds
District Attorney's Office
Blockade on Germany Ends and Trade to Resume
The United States plans to lift the blockade on Germany immediately enabling resumed trade within days. Blanket licenses will be issued with details to follow after legal review. payments will run on a private capital credit system yet to be arranged.
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United States
Germany
Washington
Paris
Polk
State Department
Peace shift floods Patent Office with requests
Washington manufacturers moving from war to peace production flood the Patent Office with 75,000 to 85,000 weekly requests for patent issue copies. Patent Commissioner Newman told Congress two more employees are needed and urged a $44,000 special appropriation to handle the mail backlog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Patent Office
Newman
Congress
Interchurch Fund Seeks 400 Million for Ten Years
The interchurch cabinet outlined a 400 million dollar program for ten years. The plan includes repeating the Methodist Centenary Exposition and invites Pasadena and St Petersburg to host this winter while Chicago is favored for the next exposition.
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Columbus
Interchurch
Interchurch Cabinet
Pasadena
Cal
St. Petersburg
Fla
Chicago
Wheat yield estimated in Kansas crop report
Topeka Kan July crop report by Edward Paxton U S Department of Agriculture estimates Kansas wheat yield at 198 718 000 bushels with 08 percent condition at harvest. The probable production is 200 674 000 bushels.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Edward (. Paxton
United States Department of Agriculture
Bolshevik Detachments Penetrate Lower Austria
Dispatches from Vienna report Hungarian Bolshevik detachments entering Lower Austria. About 5,000 Bolshevists are concentrated near Altenburg and Neustadtler Lake, said to plan advances toward Vienna and Neustadt.
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Basle
Lower Austria
Vienna
Altenburg
Neustedeler Lake
Neustadt
Tornado Toll In Bradford Pennsylvania Two Dead
An electrical storm and high winds struck Bradford Pennsylvania killing two people and injuring twenty others many seriously. Officials said the weather event caused extensive damage across the city.
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Pennsylvania City
Bradford
Penn
Misused public funds alleged by wartime spruce contracts
Affidavits claiming criminal misuse of Spruce Production Division funds are before a House committee led by Rep. James Frear. They accuse cost plus contracts awarded to inexperienced firms, waste in camp construction, food mismanagement, and timber misgrading under Col Bryce P. Disque.
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Union News Service
Washington
Army Air Service
Providence
I. S.) Journal
House Committee
War Department
James A. Frear
Wisconsin
Frear
Pacific Coast
Bryce P. Disque
Seamen Win Increase Washington
The Shipping Board granted roughly ten percent wage increases to crews on vessels from Atlantic and Gulf ports after a board officials conference. The raise covers deck officers seamen water tenders oilers engineers firemen stewards and cooks and is expected to end the marine engineers firemen and oilers strike. The board says the new scale, while limited to Shipping Board vessels, should influence private line wage talks.
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Washington
Atlantic
Gulf
Shipping Board
Death of Secret Service agent Dowsey spurs demand for suspensions
Seattle investigators probe the death of Federal Secret Service agent I A Dowsey whose body was found May 2 in a local office building as an investigation in Seattle into a large government fraud proceeds. The King County Democratic Club adopted a resolution calling for suspension of Federal Shipping Board officials in Seattle pending the inquiry.
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Seattle
Wash
I. A. Dowsey
Federal Secret Service
Dowsey
King County Democratic Club
Federal Shipping Board
Change In Dry Bill Urged
Washington reports Representative Benson of Maryland released a telegram from Columbus Ohio by James Cannon Jr and Ernst H Cherrington leaders of the National Anti saloon League to Wayne Wheeler general counsel urging a modification of the prohibition enforcement bill to exclude flavoring extracts from its provisions.
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Washington
Benson
Maryland
Columbus
Ohio
James Cannon, Jr
Ernst H. Cherrington
National Anti-saloon League
Wayne B. Wheeler
League
De la Barra Opposes U S Intervention in Mexico
Francisco Leon de la Barra, former provisional president of Mexico, says U S intervention in Mexico would worsen the situation rather than improve it in response to Paris dispatches noting possible American action.
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Paris
United States
Mexico
Francisco Leon de la Barra
Exiled former president Jose Pardo leaves prison for voyage north
Lima reports Jose Pardo, ousted July 4 by Leguia partisans, exits prison with brother Juan and heads to Chorrillos to board steam tug Hercules. They plan to catch the Peruvian line steamer Uoa yall off the coast and sail north, beginning exile.
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Lima
Peru
Jose Pardo
Augusto Leguia
Juan
Chamber of Deputies
Choreillos
Hercules
Uoayall
Vardo Brothers
Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root Advertised Remedy
An old newspaper ad promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root claiming cures for kidney liver and bladder issues and rheumatism. It offers a sample bottle by mail from Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton NY and notes availability in drug stores with a 10 cent note.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
China Exports Flour as War Stimulates Self-Reliance
China, previously importing much wheat flour, now develops an export trade due to wartime strains. In 1917 the country shipped 500000 barrels, with half sent to Russia. Advertisement promotes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as a gentle tonic laxative.
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China
Russia
Wright
Noted Bias in Baseball Umpiring Affects Wins
A commentator observes that biased umpiring does not seem to prevent strong teams from winning baseball games, suggesting the issue may not swing outcomes singlehandedly.
It Is Impossible to Beat an Ignorant Man in Argument
A concise adage stating that arguing with an uninformed opponent yields no victory. It emphasizes limits of debate when one side lacks knowledge.
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